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Kyle McDonald, Project Manager at Western Specialty Contractors in Delray Beach, Florida, recently joined the CoatingsPro Interview Series with insights pertaining to his job scope and beyond. Discussion topics include standout projects from his time at Western; unique coating factors to consider with concrete substrates and his regional market; industry trends related to technologies, materials, equipment, and workforce development; and much more.

Kyle McDonald, Project Manager at Western Specialty Contractors in Delray Beach, Florida, joins the CoatingsPro Interview Series with insight on his job and beyond. Discussion topics include standout projects from his time at Western; unique coating factors to consider with concrete substrates and his regional market; industry trends related to technologies, materials, equipment, and workforce development; and much more.

California homeowners face a complex puzzle in decarbonizing their homes: electrification without rooftop solar could increase bills due to expensive electricity, while installing solar first risks oversizing or underutilizing the system. Balto Energy, a startup founded by James Quazi, uses AI to analyze utility bills and recommend the most cost-effective clean energy strategy. In this episode, we discuss Balto's tool, its potential to empower contractors, and what California's situation reveals about the future of clean energy policy nationwide.(PDF transcript)(Active transcript)Text transcript:David RobertsHello everyone. This is Volts for September 13, 2024, "A tool that enables solar first home electrification." I'm your host, David Roberts. Californians who want to decarbonize their homes face something of a conundrum. If they electrify their cars and appliances without getting rooftop solar, they could end up paying higher overall bills thanks to California's notoriously expensive electricity and cheap natural gas. If they install rooftop solar before electrifying their cars and appliances, they could either undersize the system for their eventual needs or oversize it and over-produce and export solar power to the California grid. Thanks to California's recent NEM 3.0 decision on rooftop solar compensation, utilities pay much less for that exported rooftop solar power than they used to.The most economical strategy for most homeowners is likely to be some mix of electrification, batteries, and rooftop solar. The more a California homeowner stores and consumes their own cheap rooftop solar power, the more value they get out of that solar and the lower their total bills. It is a complex calculation, though, that most homeowners are in no position to make. That's where the startup Balto Energy comes in. Founder James Quazi, a longtime energy modeler and entrepreneur, has built a tool that can use a home's utility bills to create a model of its consumption patterns, predict what they will be as appliances are electrified, and recommend the maximally economical approach.It's part of a larger effort to help contractors and solar companies navigate a post-net-metering world. I'm excited to talk to Quazi about why his tool is needed and how it works, how it will empower contractors, and what California's present says about the future of clean energy policy in the rest of the country.With no further ado, James Quazi, welcome to Volts. Thank you so much for coming.James QuaziThank you for having me. That was a great intro.David RobertsThanks. So, you know, I sort of went over it a little quickly in the intro there. But let's talk a little bit about this conundrum for Californians who are trying to decarbonize. So, just by background — I don't even know if everyone's been following the California rooftop solar wars, I kind of assume everybody has — but just by way of background, California recently basically issued a new policy on rooftop solar, and the long and short of it is that they're going to compensate homeowners much less. It used to be that basically you could get paid the retail rate for your excess solar, and now they're just going to pay much, much less than that.On the surface, this really damages the economical case for solar for homeowners, they'll get compensated much less. This has resulted in a huge blow to the solar industry in California. There are solar companies shutting down, jobs being lost, etcetera, etcetera. So, talk a little bit about the conundrum and how you think about solving it.James QuaziYeah, so about a year ago, the net energy metering policy in California changed from NEM 2.0 to NEM 3.0, now called Net Billing Tariff. The difference is, as you mentioned, that now customers get paid on a schedule. Each hour per year is a different rate. But generally, you can think of it as between like $0.05 and $0.08 for exported energy, while imported energy for me in San Diego is between $0.38 and $0.52 an hour. So it degrades the value proposition for residential solar for a homeowner. For contractors, it's also proven really difficult. So in the past, it was really easy to have rule of thumb sizing or heuristics, or if you took annual energy over the last twelve months and you designed a system that produced around that same amount of energy, it was generally going to be a good value proposition for the homeowner.But now, what you need to understand is, like, how much of that solar production is actually coincident with the load on the house, because the export of energy is devalued.David RobertsRight. So, the economics now have shifted to make it so that, I mean, maybe this was true already, but more true now that the ideal thing for Californians with rooftop solar to do is to consume as much of the generated power as conceivably possible.James QuaziThat's absolutely correct. So, if you can think of it as, and I'm sure your listeners are familiar with the terminology, like LCOE. So, the cost of solar, residential rooftop solar, is somewhere between, let's say, $0.10 and $0.12 a kilowatt-hour to produce, whereas the retail rate is much higher depending on the IOU that you're a part of. To the extent that you can consume cheap on-site electricity, you are hugely benefited as a customer.David RobertsRight. So then the question becomes, well, there's a bunch of different ways of approaching this question, but from this sort of like, if I'm trying to sell solar, right, I need a little bit of a new pitch, right? Because before, with full retail compensation, it's kind of a no-brainer, you could make a lot of money, but now you can make a lot less money. So this changes the value proposition for solar. So, explain exactly how the sort of calculation shifts.James QuaziSure, I would actually reframe it a little bit in terms of, like, I believe so in the previous net metering paradigm. We often saw simple solar paybacks in the five to seven years. I believe that those paybacks are still available to homeowners, but it's just a different set of products and services than simply rooftop solar on the roof. So, I think our goal is to help retool the solar industries, to help look at a house as a whole, maybe converting a lot of the energy on site that we previously ignored, whether that's natural gas or gasoline, and then power that all with cheap onsite renewables, and that will drive the value proposition for that homeowner.David RobertsRight. It's still worthwhile getting solar, even maybe still a comparable payoff period, but a different approach. And basically, it's going to be a little bit more of a complicated approach. Right? Like, it's one thing just to stick solar on the roof. Like, how much energy do I use, let's stick that much solar on the roof. Pretty easy. Once you bring in the whole home, just the combinatorial, you know what I mean? Just the calculations get a lot more complicated.James QuaziFor sure. So, like, I think in two respects. One, it's more complicated for the contractor to feel confident in the system that they're proposing and the financial outcome for the homeowner. And then two, from a homeowner's perspective, it's more complicated to understand and digest and comprehend a suite of services that might include solar and a battery and a heat pump and an EV, than it is simply like panels on a roof. Our goal at Balto Energy is to sort of do the modeling and ingest the complexity and then deliver it in a way that's consumable for both a contractor and a homeowner.David RobertsRight. So, talk briefly about what your tool does. What is the outcome supposed to be? What is it trying to accomplish?James QuaziYeah, so our perspective on it is that oftentimes in the past, if you asked for a solar quote, you would get maybe one option, two options, or three options, max. Really, like, if I take my own house as an example, so I live in San Diego, I can fit up to 30 panels on the roof, which is constrained by roof geometry, area shading, what have you. So let's call it maybe 20 to 30 different flavors of solar systems that I could possibly engage in. If I layer on batteries, I could have 1, 2, 3, 4 batteries. And then EVs, one or two EVs, and heat pump or not heat pump, water heater or not water heater.And our first step in the process is to ingest an address and then interval bill data. So, we need hourly electric reads and daily gas.David RobertsAnd that, just to be clear, this is the sort of raw information that's going into the model?James QuaziYeah, that's correct.David RobertsIt's utility bills. And this, these are available from the utility. There's no, it's not difficult to get this information.James QuaziSomewhat loaded question. It should be available. I just finished listening to your podcast on "Free the energy data." I have —David RobertsThat's why I ask. I'm wondering how straightforward it is to get the raw data that you need.James QuaziI would say that having been in this industry for 20 years, it's much easier now than it has ever been before. That being the case, there are still hurdles. There's a lot of missing intervals. There's patchwork to be done. There are services that provide synthetic intervals. It's not as clean of a dataset as I would ideally like, but it's generally like the authorization, and there are a couple of third-party companies now that do it and are making it easier.David RobertsIs it notably easier in California than it is in other states? Different in California than in other states? Or is this just a utility by utility thing across the country?James QuaziOur focus is in California right now. So, I have the most depth and experience there for this problem. Even within California and the IOUs, it is utility by utility.David RobertsSo are you restricted geographically where you can sell your product based on the utilities, whether you can get these to utility information or not?James QuaziOur position is that to accurately model a home's energy use and consumption profiles, you need two things. One is you need a physics-based model of the building, and then you need to be able to calibrate that with what is actually happening in the home. I've done a lot of energy modeling, auditing, that sort of thing. I think the one definitive thing that I've learned is that the best site observed data is actually bills. It will help you ferret out how people use their home, what their preferences are, and is actually the ground truth data.So, our position as a company is because we want to be able to confidently project — like, let's say if I converted a gas furnace to a heat pump, and I want to know on an hourly basis, what is the energy input to that system. To do that accurately, I believe that you need interval data.David RobertsSo you are in some sense beholden to utilities here or dependent on utilities to be forthcoming?James QuaziYeah, I think, unfortunately. And then to "Free the energy data" podcast. Yes, this is true, and it is being in some ways held hostage, and that's not great for the industry. I would say that our success rate right now is like, it's significant enough that we see this as somewhat of a hurdle, but not a deal breaker.David RobertsRight, right. So, I mean, getting utility bills seems straightforward enough. You just ask the homeowner and they give them to you. But when you say a physics-based model of the house, you have to go do that in person. Can you construct that from publicly available data?James QuaziYes, you can. We've done this in several iterations in the past. So, the background engine that does this is an NREL product called EnergyPlus. And it has, let's say, a full set of data requirements, which you can imagine has a lot of physical attributes of the specific house. And what we do ourselves and through partners, is comb, let's say, permit record databases and MLS listings. And we can get close enough with that set of information to build the first model. And then it's really, in comparing that model to the billing data, what's actually happening on an hourly basis, that allows us to calibrate it.David RobertsInteresting. So, you don't have to do a site visit to do any of this, really. You could theoretically do all of this modeling remotely?James QuaziYep. Everything like roof geometry, shading, building modeling, tariff engines, all the things that are sort of the processes to get to an output, can be done remotely.David RobertsAll right. And so, you put all this information into the model, and then what is the model supposed to do? And here's a question I had also: Am I the homeowner, interacting with this model in any way, or is the model a tool for contractors?James QuaziOur plan, at the very start, we're working with a set of contractors, and we're in Napa and Sonoma to start, most notably Northern Pacific. Our plan is to deliver a tool to a solar contractor that they can use to propose a wide range of solutions that a homeowner might want. I think that this will become a customer-facing tool or exploratory tool in the future, but we are definitely starting with solar contractors.David RobertsInteresting. Yeah, because one of the questions I had about this is just that I'm sure I'm not telling you anything as someone who's worked in energy for a long time, but just like, people are pretty lazy, and the way people make decisions about appliances and stuff like that is generally to ignore it until it breaks and then go to Home Depot. So, like this comprehensive, long-term, holistic planning, I'm just like, wondering, like, how many homeowners are really that committed?James QuaziSo, let me give you an idea of, like, what the output of the tool is, then where I see this going. So, you know, back to my house, 30 panels, batteries, EV's, all the things. What we want to do is expand the solution set for all possible outcomes for that house. So, if I permutate those things, it ends up being a set of maybe like a couple hundred to a thousand different individual pathways. It could be 28 panels —David RobertsAnd these are like mixes of the number of panels, the number of batteries, what kind of appliances, that kind of thing.James QuaziThat's absolutely correct. And then what we've created is sort of a decision-making framework that allows you to search that space for the thing that's right for you. At first, contextualized in one of three goal seeks. So the first one being a very standard solar approach, which is "Deliver me the best financial outcome." The second one, which we're seeing a sort of increasing adoption around, is like, "Yeah, I want a great financial outcome, but I also want to power this set of critical loads or my entire house through an outage of this duration. And I'm not cost-sensitive around that."So, like, if I need to add a battery or two batteries and it provides that service, that's fine. And then the third one is a sort of immersion. Ten years ago, when I was in the solar industry, it was like there was a time when we thought we had to deliver day one savings to get adoption. And it turned out there was a segment of the population, mostly retirees or people that were about to retire, who, let's say, had a $150 utility bill. And they're like, "You know, saving money isn't as important to me as, you know, I experienced the grid cost is volatile, but always volatile in the upward direction.And if you are going to put on the system and it has a 20-year lifespan, can you lock in this $150 for 20 years? And I don't experience any increase in costs." So those are starting points. I will say that I think there's more out there. So, there are a segment of customers that could be interested in just like the environmental outcome, and there's ways to calculate that based on grid dynamics. That's where we're starting, and I think we'll kind of learn our way into the solution.David RobertsRight, so you can tweak the model depending on what your goals are, depending on what your aims are. And I guess one of the questions I had about it is, like, in California at least, grid electricity is so expensive and natural gas is so cheap, and solar compensation is now so low, that it seems like the most economical outcome for homeowners is always going to be to electrify all your appliances and put a bunch of rooftop solar to power your appliances. It seems like that's always going to be the cheapest outcome, is it not? And that's also always going to be the most environmentally preferable outcome, right?Because it's zero carbon. In other words, what if I, as a contractor, just came to you and said, "Look, I can do all these complicated calculations, but trust me, you want to electrify all your appliances and put rooftop solar on your roof. That's what it's going to end up showing you." Does it ever show otherwise?James QuaziSo, if we were to implement generalized or rules of thumb, I think that would be a good one. What I have seen is there are time when your're roof constrained, so you might not have the roof capacity to power all the things, and then you'd want to make better decisions. To the extent that you have vast plains of south-facing, west-facing roof area, we want to make sure that we're installing the right amount of solar and batteries. So, I think that there's an optimization problem there. But, I think you're right in the sense that to the extent that you can self-consume a ton of energy that you generated on-site, that will be the best outcome for you.David RobertsSo then, if I'm a homeowner and I run this model, or a contractor comes to me and runs this model, and the outcome of the model is the most economical approach for you, the homeowner, is to buy a heat pump, buy a heat pump water heater, buy an induction stove, et cetera, buy a bunch of batteries and put a bunch of rooftop solar on the roof. On the one hand, I might believe, I might find it perfectly plausible that that is the end state that will yield the lowest ongoing operating costs for my house. But on the other hand, that's a daunting upfront investment. Do you know what I mean?In a sense, if I'm a homeowner and a contractor comes to me, he's like, "I'm selling solar. And by the way, I have this fancy tool that shows me that you also need to buy a bunch of other stuff from me." I guess I'm just a little suspicious.James QuaziI think the intent of the tool is to allow a homeowner to make the best decision for them. To the extent that the best decision is, in fact, a larger PV system, more batteries, maybe a heat pump, and all of those things in aggregate end up being expensive directionally , but have great payback. I think that hits on like sort of the second vein of Balto. So the first is like, how do we create a decision framework and compute engine to give you the scenarios and help you make a decision? Once you've made a decision —David RobertsWill the model also crank out a preferred order of operations for that? You know what I mean? Not just like an end state that would be best, but like, what steps in what order are economical?James QuaziThis is getting back to the solar-led electrification vision for this. Our position is that solar and storage should lead always , and we should be building 20 or 25-year products for the future energy consumption. The tool is there to say, can we share a vision of the future and what applies and things you'll be engaged in, whether that's EVs or heat pumps or whatever. Once we have that, can we build 25-year renewable infrastructure on site to support those things over time? We think that there are interesting ways. And I'll touch on the financing in a little bit about how to transact this and make it consistent.David RobertsYeah, I want to get to the financing in a minute, but before I leave this question. So, why always solar and batteries first? Or put it this way, why shouldn't I put a little bit of solar and batteries on, enough to power my current appliances? And then, you know, when I switch out my furnace for a heat pump, just stick a couple more solar panels on the roof. Why not do it incrementally like that?James QuaziYes, I myself have a background, and then we've got some deep partnerships with contractors. They are not a fan of that approach for a number of reasons. One is if I take a five-kilowatt system and then I append a three-kilowatt system on later, that is not the cost of an eight-kilowatt system. It's much more costly.David RobertsBecause just coming out to the site again and all—James QuaziRedesign, permitting. Yeah, all the things. And then separately, depending on the time lag between system one and system two, there are at times, compatibility issues with modules that make it more difficult. I think solar's gotten inexpensive enough where if you were going to engage in one of maybe the three big electrification projects, which would be EV, heat pump, heat pump water heater, I mean, you should be sizing for at bare minimum that. And I would argue for the whole thing if that's what you intend to do, on day one. And then if you're doing other things, let's say that have a more de minimis impact on your meter or your electrical consumption, like a stove, then maybe it's fine to wait.But to the extent that, like, you're considering solar and storage and one of the other things, I think it makes a lot of sense to size appropriately for future loads.David RobertsSo, you would say to any homeowner contemplating solar that the financially smartest thing to do is to size a system for your projected total need in the future, not your current need.James QuaziYeah, no, I feel strongly that that is the case. I will take myself as an example again. I have an EV. I am considering a heat pump. I have a tankless hot water heater that is in a closet and is not easily replaceable with a heat pump water heater given form factor. But given those things, I did size the PV to the anticipated heat pump. Even if that doesn't happen on day one, it might happen on year one, three, five, or seven, right?David RobertsSo, are you not then, while you have the solar that's oversized for your current needs, are you not sort of financially losing out in the interim, in the meantime?James QuaziSo, I think that again, the export value for solar today directionally is much lower. So, there is some value, it's not a lot. I would categorize it as you're not optimizing the system today.David RobertsSuboptimal, then let's see.James QuaziBut I think that what you're really doing is putting together the infrastructure to adopt more products in the future.David RobertsRight. A contractor comes to me as a homeowner, says, "Let's look at how much solar you will need once you've electrified your home," basically, and install that amount. Do you envision these same contractors who are trying to sell solar, selling these other things to homeowners as well? Sort of like offering, like moving beyond solar to offer kind of total home electrification packages type of things.James QuaziI think there's going to be a couple of different flavors, and we'll see what sorts out. In San Diego, one of the biggest residential installers actually has historically had a heat pump division of their company. That's probably not the norm. I do see a lot of solar installers — I mean, certainly, a solar installer is now installing storage by default. A lot of them install EV chargers. I've seen some interest in heat pump water heaters as the installation is quite a bit easier than heat pumps, HVAC. So, I think that we'll see some adoption of product over time.I do believe that the heat pump is probably the one thing that is a set of expertise that is probably different than what solar providers have in-house. What they can do, and we anticipate doing, is a lot of pre-wiring work. It's taken as an industry axiom that HVAC products get replaced when they break. To the extent that that infrastructure, whether it's a 240 circuit to the existing furnace location, is not in place, it's very likely that the existing thing gets replaced with something very similar, and then we're locked into this pattern for 15 years.So, we're very interested in, again, sizing appropriately, but then also doing some of the pre-work that allows these things to be adopted.David RobertsTrey, interesting. And so, from your perspective, you're going to put the tool in the hands of contractors, and then to some extent, the contractors are going to figure out exactly how best to use it and what kind of packages to offer and stuff like that. Is Balto out being a contractor, like running this, interacting with homeowners?James QuaziNo, we are not. So, what we're doing is providing a toolset, which is computational tools, finance tools that allow existing contractors today to be more effective.David RobertsGot it. And so, talk about the financial side of this. So, I'm guessing I'm borderline illiterate when it comes to money issues. But I'm guessing that part of the promise of this is that if you can more accurately and reliably project future energy needs in a home, you're going to have an easier time financing the sort of oversized solar system that you want in anticipation of those loads. Is that right? Part of this is like giving confidence to financial institutions to finance these things, right?James QuaziYeah, that's exactly right. So, I would say that the first step is having a shared vision of what the future of this home looks like. So, what are the appliances that are on the list and off the list? EVs, whatever the case is. And then, from past learnings at Solar City and Dandelion, really what you have to do is package it in a way that people can experience the savings at the same rate as they chunk off the capital cost of these projects. And then, in terms of energy savings over time and confidence, I think the goal there is, and we could think of it as if you were getting a loan.One factor in the loan might be your debt-to-income ratio. How much debt do you have, and can you actually service this loan over time? And our position is, to the extent that these suite of products actually lowers your obligations to pay, so your utility bills, that should be factored into any financial product as well. Does that make sense?David RobertsYeah. So, it's almost like future income increases, almost like.James QuaziYeah, so if I had, like, if my obligations to pay a loan provider were $1,000 a month, just randomly, and I made x amount of income, if the obligation was less, if it was $500 a month, given all these energy savings, I would have a greater ability to pay back that loan, and that should be factored in.David RobertsOh, I see, I see. So, is the idea here just for this tool you've created to give confidence to homeowners who are going to banks and stuff, or are you getting in the finance game at all?James QuaziOur intention is to provide the financing for it as well. I mean, like, I think any time we're trying to make the process as seamless as possible. So, it's sort of like a one-stop shop in terms of assessing what's right, what's the best fit for you in terms of these projects, and then packaging it in a way that — we're hoping it incentivizes people to do more sooner, but to the extent that they want to do things over time, it is also like a flexible facility that allows you to adopt a heat pump water heater in year three, if that's what you want.David RobertsSo the contractors are the ones offering the homeowners this sort of financing package?James QuaziYep, that's correct.David RobertsRight. And the contractors are able to do it because they have this information from your tool that gives them confidence?James QuaziHand in glove.David RobertsRight. So, just having gone over all this, let's rewind and just imagine I'm a homeowner, and a contractor knocks on my door. What do you envision the contractor sort of like, what is the homeowner facing pitch from the contractor? Because there's a lot of complicated stuff going on behind the scenes for the contractor. What is the homeowner hearing? What is the pitch to the homeowner?James QuaziYeah, we see it as a stepwise process. So, because our go-to market is through solar contractors, the first step is to say, if I were any other solar contractor, and you called me for a solar and potentially storage system, what I would have done is looked at your current electrical bills and size the system this way, and this is what... "You want a five kilowatt solar array and one battery, 110 kilowatt hour battery." The next step is to say, "Hey, listen, we're actually in that world. We're only looking at one of probably three silos of energy that you're using."So, we're ignoring the natural gas side of the bill. We're ignoring everything that's happening at the pump. But, if we look at your energy spend holistically, here are a suite of options that are available to you. And this is the differential sort of financial outcome versus just a solar system, versus, like, resiliency versus bill stability kind of thing.David RobertsSo, the idea here is, I go to the contractor and say, "Hey, I've been thinking about solar and battery," and the contractor says to me, "Well, hey, what about this larger package? You could have even bigger savings, and you could have resilience," and stuff like this. So, it's a little bit like an upsell for a contractor.James QuaziYeah, I mean, I would think of it as like, being able to more holistically address energy spend. Like, that's our goal, is to say, "It's not just one flavor that we're dealing with. We're looking at the entire house and things, and we want the best solution for you."David RobertsIt makes me wonder how long it will be before homeowners think that way, or if they ever will. Because homeowners just think of products as separate products. I don't know that a lot of homeowners, especially outside our world, even sort of think of the home as a system, right? With certain energetic inputs and outputs that should be dealt with as a holistic system. Like, that's just — I'm not even sure homeowners are at all accustomed to thinking that way.James QuaziI wonder if I myself am, like, blinded by sort of a friend group or whatever the case is. But I would say that, like, I don't know of a lot of people that aren't at least considering an EV, right? Even if they're not, like, actively join in. But it's like, "Hey, listen, this is actually a real option." I don't think that heat pumps are very far behind that curve. It's interesting, like when people, like historically, when people inquire about solar, we often times have thought of that as they want bill savings. But I am not entirely sure that that is the reason.David RobertsDo we know? Have we done surveys and polls? I'm so curious. I would also assume, just out of a sort of, I guess, a low, like a background degree of cynicism, that that's going to be the dominant motivation. But is it? Like, I don't feel confident about that at all.James QuaziWell, I don't either. My belief is that bill savings are part of a decision-making process, but probably very rarely the primary driver. And that is the thing. And even if you look at, like, the funnel conversion metrics of, like, the solar industry as a whole, it's just like, for every hundred people that inquire, single-digit people actually do the things. And our perspective is like, you know, they're getting stuck somewhere in the process. And it's oftentimes with questions that cannot be answered, and that's when they stall out. And that is our reason for expanding the set to everything that's possible in your home and letting you search that, because we think we'll figure out what are the motivations. I think that there's a strong cohort of people that are just anti-utility.David RobertsThat's a piece of it. There's an environmental piece of it. There's a sort of independence, anti-utility piece of it. There's a vague mix. There's just social contagion, there's just peer pressure. You see it around you. It's the whole stew of motivations. I'd love to understand that better. So, I mean, it kind of seems like what you'd want is for your tool to be in the hands of everybody involved in any of those products. Do you know what I mean? Like, if I want an EV and I go to the car dealership, you know, it'd be cool if the car dealer could say to me, "Hey, you know, save even more money if you threw in a heat pump with this and a solar panel."You know, like if, or the heat pump, people are like, "Hey, throw in an EV and solar panels." Like, it'd be nice if homeowners confronted the idea of total electrification everywhere they looked, right? I mean, that'd be ideal.James QuaziYeah, 100%. I really think that's the vision, and that's where we're going. I think the entry point into a lot of this stuff will be varied. Like, it will be through an EV at the start, or a broken furnace that gets replaced by a heat pump or whatever the case is. I think our goal is to engage homeowners in a way where we have a persistent bill connection. I think that this is why that episode resonated so much with me. If we have an address and a persistent daily, hourly, monthly, whatever the case is, bill connection, you can drive insights over time to a homeowner at very meaningful times to intercept them.Right now, I think this business, like solar in general, is very transactional. We think of it as like, we get leads in the top of the funnel, we set them at this rate, we convert them at this rate, we install them. It's a 30% gross margin, and then that's the end. Whereas, I don't believe that that's the way the products will be adopted and people will have to, I mean, internally we call it energy literacy. Like, how do I start to understand the problem and the solutions?David RobertsRight. So, in the same way, you sort of have a financial advisor, you could have like a home advisor, basically. A home energy advisor.James QuaziAnd we also think it's got to be low impact, so it can't be like, "Hey, you've got to go do this detailed sort of appliance audit or whatever the case is." So it's bills and address, and then, you know, this is a great state of change problem where utility rates are constantly changing, prices of products are changing, incentives are changing, and there's always a chance to message. I very viscerally feel this in the sense that, like, when I took four years off and then reengaged with the industry, I was like, "Wow, we like, crossed the threshold, like, the point of no return, where electrification now makes sense for everyone," and I had missed it, and this is the only thing I'd ever done.David RobertsYeah, I mean, it's moving so quickly. I will say, though, one thing I hear from, you know, and there's been articles written about this. It's just like, it's all out there from people who have tried to do this total electrification thing. It's just incredibly difficult, just incredibly difficult to synchronize everything and arrange everything. And so, in that context, the idea of having a kind of home advisor where, like, your hot water heater breaks and you just call your home advisor, you figure out, like, what's the right approach here, what's the economical approach, where to look, what kind of thing to get?A lot of people would very much welcome having one of those, I feel like.James QuaziAnd I think that this speaks to the general funnel conversion in the industry, but generally, a lead comes in, and then what we're trying to do is furiously convert them to a sale and install as quickly as possible, hopefully within 30 days, hopefully in one set. And I just don't believe that that's the way that people will consume products. It will be through a bunch of different experiences over time. And I think that's a meaningful difference. Like, you know, we're in such a rush to do all the things. Like, I'm in a rush to do all the things at once, but I think we have to also meet people where they are and, like, engage them in some way over time so they can make a decision, so they can make another decision.David RobertsI hope it changes because, honestly, like, you know, I've thought about solar. Ten years ago, we did one of those sort of, like, online audit things, and it was like, "No, you're too shaded." But I think it's just changed since then. Uh, just like, what's possible. But, like, I know that if I got a solar contractor and sat down at a table with that person, that they would just be sweaty and desperate, you know what I mean? To sell me just like it, exactly like I feel at the auto dealership, which is just like, "Ew," kind of uncomfortable, you know what I mean?And rushed and don't feel like I have a full sense of all the pieces in play, and that I can't trust the person I'm talking to, to help me out, you know what I mean? I'm sort of, like, adversarial. I hate that whole model, you know what I mean? And just like, I would be, I don't know how representative I am, but I'd be inclined to spend more money if I just had a person who was like, had the big picture, had the model, had the data in hand, said, "You know, like whenever you're ready, this is the right first step."Just like a better environment for homeowners to deal with these things and think about these things.James QuaziYeah, no, I get it. I feel very similarly. I totally understand from the other perspective, like solar sales reps are expensive and they're hired to do one thing. I just don't know that it's the way that most people want to adopt the things.David RobertsYeah, I can't believe that it's going to go to truly, truly mass penetration running on this model. It's going to have to evolve into something else. As we near the end here, let's pull the camera back a little bit and talk about the Agile Electrification project. My understanding basically is that the NEM 3.0 decision in California threw the solar contracting world into a bit of a tizzy. And there are efforts now to organize and figure out how to move forward and how to help contractors and what the right approach for contractors is in this new world.So, tell us a little bit about what the Agile Electrification project is.James QuaziIt is an industry-sponsored project that's hosted at the Design and Innovation Center at UCSD. The genesis of it was a lot of, quite honestly, hammering around NEM 3.0. It was like if you read Canary or any of these publications, a lot of it is doom and gloom. This industry is down 70%.David RobertsYeah, there's a lot of "sky is falling" sentiment flying around.James QuaziYeah, I think there have been. And you know, a lot of people are like, "Hey, listen, a lot of the bad actors are going to get flushed out with this," which I believe. I also believe a lot of some good actors will go out of business. So this is like a real issue. In times of turmoil, there's oftentimes opportunity and there's a group of people, contractors, manufacturers, investors, who have come together in this venue where sometimes it would be competitive or driven by business interests and they're coming together to solve problems for the industry. So right now it's a series of three projects to expand from there.One is like energy modeling for the entire state of California. It's something that everyone needs. We want to do it and open source it. Another one that we touched on earlier is understanding customer motivations and understanding where they got stuck and how to unstick them, because our general sense is they want to save money. And I don't know if that's the primary motivation. And then the third one is around incentives and rebates and how to, like, it's a constantly evolving landscape and just staying on top of it is like a challenge and maybe a full-time job.So, it's how to open-source that aspect of it, and how to qualify people for rebates and make sure that they're up to date, make sure they're not over-allocated, and deliver that information to the people on the ground that are actually installing the systems.David RobertsRight. And so, I'm stuck on this point. I just wanted to reiterate one more time. So, it's your belief that, because I think this sort of popular belief is that the NEM 3.0 decision has radically reduced homeowner incentives to get solar power, that it's just not as worth it anymore to get solar power. What you're saying is, with the right holistic approach, solar power is as valuable as ever and just as worth getting as ever. Is that your position?James QuaziThat is my position, yes.David RobertsDo you think that that is widely, like solar contractors believe that, or are you having to sort of buck them up and convince them of that?James QuaziWell, I think we're in a stage right now where, I mean, we set up the simplest possible website, have done very little marketing. We've had directionally 75 to 100 contractors sign up and say they're interested. I believe that the contractors are looking for solutions. For sure. That is definitively true. I think they should believe this because it is true that there is a great value proposition in homeowners. I think the issue here, maybe the persistent issue that's undeniable, is that it's more complex. Describing the value proposition has become more complex. For sure. There's no way around that.So, we're trying to find ways to — I mean, the back-end compute engine is great. The real challenge is finding ways to deliver that information to customers in a way that's actionable.David RobertsFor sure. Final question then. A lot of this seems very Californian. The fears and the solutions and all of it seems sort of very customized to California's current circumstances. How applicable is all of this, do you think, outside of California? Would your model be helpful to a homeowner in, I don't know, like Arkansas?James QuaziYeah. So, I would take it in two flavors. One is, I think there's the expectation, for good reason, that these policies in California will get exported to other states. So, it will become hugely relevant soon.David RobertsYou mean rooftop solar compensation getting cut way back? It's already happened in a couple of other states. I mean, it's definitely a trend.James QuaziYeah. So, that's true. NEM 3.0, or like the difference between export energy valuation and import and parity, does not have to be true for this general value proposition to hold true. So, to that extent, I would say that it's portable anywhere. We chose to start in California because it is by far the biggest solar market. It accounts for about 50% of solar and there was a demonstrated need. I will say that it's a very complex problem to solve and it has geographic sides to it. So, as you move location, utilities change and their tariffs change and the way that they charge and weather changes.David RobertsThe information they make available.James QuaziExactly, exactly. So, we've tactically started it in California for those reasons and constrained it. But there's no reason why this shouldn't be applicable to, like, any other place.David RobertsRight. It's sort of interesting. The big fear, or I guess the thing that solar people used to say to utilities when warning them away from NEM 3.0, is like, "Look, if you cut compensation too much, we're just going to self-consume and then install more electric appliances and then slowly wean ourselves off the grid and then not need the grid anymore. And then you're losing customers." The much-fabled death spiral. It seems like you're organizing to make that real, to make that happen.James QuaziI have some thoughts on this. I really do think, and I don't know the answer, but at some point down the road, we're going to have a fork. That fork will be either we find a way to use essentially distribution resources to cooperate, and I think that is the best societal outcome, or we find that we can't cooperate and everyone has to be their own, like a little micro picogrid, and that we have to build the infrastructure to do it. And, you know, I think that it's probably more likely that that's going to happen, which is unfortunate, but I do think that, as always, the affluent will serve themselves first and make good decisions and the rest of the costs will be pushed on to everyone else. And actually, in my heart of hearts, what I think will happen is we'll find a way to cooperate, but only after we've sort of incurred a huge amount of pain.David RobertsThat sounds like the American approach that I know and love. We'll stumble through some disasters and then eventually get our act together.James QuaziYeah, you end up doing the right thing when you're forced to. So, I think that that's the way I see it happening.David RobertsAll right, well, cool. James, this is really interesting. I've been meaning to look into solar in California, how they're dealing with all this. And this is a really interesting approach. I mean, it's never funny. Until I sort of read about this, it never occurred to me, even though it's really obvious, that like, of course, electrifying your appliances and getting your battery and getting your solar panels are — that's like the same thing. You know what I mean? Like, that's all one. That's all one thing. Like I said, it's like a switch that kind of flips in your mind.You're like, "Oh, like, it's a holistic system." It would be interesting to try to train homeowners to think that way more. Thank you so much, James. Thanks for taking the time.James QuaziThank you. Appreciate it.David RobertsThank you for listening to Volts. It takes a village to make this podcast work. Shout out, especially to my super producer, Kyle McDonald, who makes my guests and I sound smart every week. And it is all supported entirely by listeners like you. So, if you value conversations like this, please consider joining our community of paid subscribers at volts.wtf. 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Join us as we venture into the enigmatic world of Bigfoot with Kyle McDonald from Southern Oregon. Kyle recounts his 20-year journey of extraordinary encounters, sharing astonishing tales of sightings, interactions, and even healing powers linked to this elusive creature. His stories extend into eerie experiences in Oakridge, with unusual bird mimicry, odd sounds, and paranormal phenomena like cloaking. Kyle presents compelling evidence through photographs and recordings, detailing his nocturnal adventures and spiritual connection with Bigfoot. This episode is a fascinating dive into the unknown, exploring the inexplicable and urging an open mind.BONUS: Kyle shares his recent experiences on Neer City Road in Rainier, Oregon.Resources: contact Kyle with this email: mcsquatch1@gmail.comShare your Bigfoot encounter with me here: bigfootsociety@gmail.comWant to call in and leave a voicemail of your encounters for the podcast - Check this out here - https://www.speakpipe.com/bigfootsociety(Use multiple voice mails if needed!)

Murray Shanahan is a professor of Cognitive Robotics at Imperial College London and a senior research scientist at DeepMind. He challenges our assumptions about AI consciousness and urges us to rethink how we talk about machine intelligence. We explore the dangers of anthropomorphizing AI, the limitations of current language in describing AI capabilities, and the fascinating intersection of philosophy and artificial intelligence. Show notes and full references: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ICtBI574W-xGi8Z2ZtUNeKWiOiGZ_DRsp9EnyYAISws/edit?usp=sharing Prof Murray Shanahan: https://www.doc.ic.ac.uk/~mpsha/ (look at his selected publications) https://scholar.google.co.uk/citations?user=00bnGpAAAAAJ&hl=en https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murray_Shanahan https://x.com/mpshanahan Interviewer: Dr. Tim Scarfe Refs (links in the Google doc linked above): Role play with large language models Waluigi effect "Conscious Exotica" - Paper by Murray Shanahan (2016) "Simulators" - Article by Janis from LessWrong "Embodiment and the Inner Life" - Book by Murray Shanahan (2010) "The Technological Singularity" - Book by Murray Shanahan (2015) "Simulacra as Conscious Exotica" - Paper by Murray Shanahan (newer paper of the original focussed on LLMs) A recent paper by Anthropic on using autoencoders to find features in language models (referring to the "Scaling Monosemanticity" paper) Work by Peter Godfrey-Smith on octopus consciousness "Metaphors We Live By" - Book by George Lakoff (1980s) Work by Aaron Sloman on the concept of "space of possible minds" (1984 article mentioned) Wittgenstein's "Philosophical Investigations" (posthumously published) Daniel Dennett's work on the "intentional stance" Alan Turing's original paper on the Turing Test (1950) Thomas Nagel's paper "What is it like to be a bat?" (1974) John Searle's Chinese Room Argument (mentioned but not detailed) Work by Richard Evans on tackling reasoning problems Claude Shannon's quote on knowledge and control "Are We Bodies or Souls?" - Book by Richard Swinburne Reference to work by Ethan Perez and others at Anthropic on potential deceptive behavior in language models Reference to a paper by Murray Shanahan and Antonia Creswell on the "selection inference framework" Mention of work by Francois Chollet, particularly the ARC (Abstraction and Reasoning Corpus) challenge Reference to Elizabeth Spelke's work on core knowledge in infants Mention of Karl Friston's work on planning as inference (active inference) The film "Ex Machina" - Murray Shanahan was the scientific advisor "The Waluigi Effect" Anthropic's constitutional AI approach Loom system by Lara Reynolds and Kyle McDonald for visualizing conversation trees DeepMind's AlphaGo (mentioned multiple times as an example) Mention of the "Golden Gate Claude" experiment Reference to an interview Tim Scarfe conducted with University of Toronto students about self-attention controllability theorem Mention of an interview with Irina Rish Reference to an interview Tim Scarfe conducted with Daniel Dennett Reference to an interview with Maria Santa Caterina Mention of an interview with Philip Goff Nick Chater and Martin Christianson's book ("The Language Game: How Improvisation Created Language and Changed the World") Peter Singer's work from 1975 on ascribing moral status to conscious beings Demis Hassabis' discussion on the "ladder of creativity" Reference to B.F. Skinner and behaviorism

Leland McInnes is known for a lot of packages. There's UMAP, but also PyNNDescent and HDBScan. Recently he's also been working on tools to help visualise clusters of data and he's also cooking up something new that's related to nearest neighbor algorithms. This interview touches all of these topics.If you're interested in learning more about the MoMA exhibition, it was by Refik Anadol: https://refikanadol.com/ and this was the work at MoMA: https://refikanadol.com/works/unsupervised/.The other artist was Kyle McDonald: https://kylemcdonald.net/ and the piece we mentioned was this one: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=04DqdT0-NtI.

Get the #GirlDad in your life a perfect gift for Father's Day. Tye The Dreamer is a story about a daddy's girl who has a big heart and bigger dreams. She loves her cat, her friends, and her community. Tye lives with her father who loves and supports her dreams unconditionally. One day he gives her a gift, and they couldn't predict how the gift would influence her ambition. She learns that knowing what she wants and believing in herself are the cornerstones to joy. Written by Dr. Stephany Coakley. Purchase your copy here.   _________ @1QLeadership Question: How do schools provide fans and donors transportation to bowl games, NCAA tournaments, and other events? Kyle McDonald, President of Sports & Entertainment Travel, LLC (SET), talks about providing experiences around athletic related events. While schools transport teams, coaches, and other related staff, may departments outsource the logistics and experiences of the outside constituency. Provide options for travel, lodging, entertainment, etc. Facilitate donor experiences related to giving societies Assist athletics department in identifying quality experiences McDonald and his business partners started the company in 2014 after identifying a need in the college athletics industry. - One Question Leadership Podcast - Tai M. Brown

Voice in My Head is a provocative immersive exploration by Kyle McDonald and Lauren Lee McCarthy that takes large language models the logical extreme of remixing and modulating your inner monologue. Audience participants are invited to customize ChatGPT character that clones your voice to speak to you via an ear bud as you walk around the DocLab festival in Amsterdam and have casual conversations with festival attendees for a half hour. The AI listens to everything you and your interlocutors say, and then pipes every minute or so with feedback based upon your instructions thereby creating a new modulated voice in your head. The piece made me reflect upon my own inner dialogue, and how surprisingly compelling of a piece this is in exploring both the social, ethical, and privacy boundaries of technology but also how art contexts like this create a safe space for earnest exploration for some of the new potentials of immersive technologies and contextually-aware AI. I had a chance to unpack it all with the creators McDonald and McCarthy in Amsterdam after a few days of their world premiere exhibition at IDFA DocLab. This is a listener-supported podcast through the Voices of VR Patreon. Music: Fatality

From 'Spits & Suds' (subscribe here): Big news this week as one of the Dallas Stars top prospects Defenseman Lian Bichsel has decided to return to Sweden to play. Stephen Meserve, who covers the Texas Stars for 100 degree hockey, joins host Gavin Spittle to tell Stars fans not to hit the panic button. The guys also discuss Logan Stankoven, Mavrik Bourque, Goaltenders Matt Murray and Remi Poirier as well as Kyle McDonald, a 21 year old that is quickly proving why he should be in the top prospect conversation.  To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

We are back for a special double-episode week! Today's guest is the Royals Director of Mental Performance, Kyle McDonald! He is the owner of Competitive Will Performance Consulting. Through 15 plus years involved in competitive sport, along with his academic background in the fields of sport psychology and leadership (PhD Candidate), Kyle has developed a strategic outlook on mental training and the high performance needs of individuals and organizations. During the episode, we chatted about his strategies for connecting with players in the quickly changing world, transitioning from coaching to the mental performance side and much more. Kyle also offers up some tips on how you can work on yourself and focus on small everyday things which can help elevate your life.

There is no feeling in the world quite like enjoying a concert on a summer night. The pandemic stripped us of that unique and awesome experience. Now, for the first time in years, many bands are returning to the road for live shows. The reggae, rock-fusion band Slightly Stoopid is among them. Their Summer Traditions 2022 Tour kicked off July 7 in Bonner, Montana. It's the first in an epic concert schedule concluding in San Diego, California.The ensemble was formed by Kyle McDonald and Miles Doughty in the mid 90s, pairing a unique style of California funk with reggae-inspired roots. Over the past two decades, Slightly Stoopid's sound has evolved but its message has consistently called for cannabis reform. The band launched its cannabis brand Stoopid Organics in mid 2021. Cannabis & Tech Today spoke with Doughty just before the band kicked off its summer tour to discuss his return to the road and why he's been such a passionate advocate for cannabis the last twenty years.Cannabis Tech Talks are brought to you thanks to the support of Polyscience. Discover how Polyscience is changing the world of temperature control by visiting https://Polyscience.com.

Steve and AJ are joined by Matt Sekeres, they look around the NHL at some of the Sens scoreboard watching last night, they talk about Kyle McDonald signing with Dallas and they go over the Sens win in Seattle last night.

On this week's WAC Podcast - we are in WAC Vegas! Kendra and Eric break down the tournament pairings in segment one. In segment two, Kyle McDonald, the editor-in-chief of WAC Hoops Digest joins the show and talks all things WAC Vegas - including his picks to win the tournaments!

Listen to leaders of trust companies discuss how they navigate decisions for growth and sustainability. As we begin 2023, they will discuss maximizing technology, market swings, interest rate changes, succession planning, and more.   *The discussion from January's Association of Trust Organizations (ATO) Speaker Series was repurposed for this episode. Phil was the moderator; see the three panelists below.    Resources: Stuart Allen, CEO of Allen Trust Company https://www.allentrust.com/team-stuart-allen Daniel Carter, President of The Trust Company of Tennessee https://thetrust.com/our-team/daniel-k-carter/ Kyle McDonald, CEO of Argent Financial Group, Inc. https://argentfinancial.com/people/kyle-mcdonald/   Please send Comments, Questions, and Feedback to: mojo@cannonfinancial.com Please send First Friday Feedback submissions to: mojo@cannonfinancial.com

For the first time since winter 2021, Battalion fan favourite Kyle McDonald joins the Frontline!McDonald breaks down his camp in Ottawa and Belleville, coming back to North Bay, baseball, his favourite chips, the playoffs, Windsor and much more!Additionally, the podcast introduces a new segment, Tommy's Troops Trivia! Tommy Wong makes his return to the Battalion world by hosting a trivia segment, and afterwards, Matt joins Kortney to discuss the upcoming week for the Frontline!

Q&A for the session Get together with Web3 featuring Mikkel Malmberg, Penny Rafferty, Kyle McDonald

“When tech moves fast and breaks things, who picks up the pieces after?”Kyle McDonald is an artist working with code who has done a lot of work researching the ecological impact of the Ethereum network. He shows the findings of this research which he has also published as an in-depth report. Kyle reflects on how the amount of energy consumption will drop significantly once Ethereum transitions from proof-of-stake to proof-of-work - two different methods of validating transactions on the blockchain. That will improve things but Kyle's research shows a lot of ecological damage has been created as a result of Ethereum so far which he believes need to be remedied. He has created an artistic response in the form of NFTs titled Amends, designed to capture all historical emissions from three major NFT marketplaces. The work is priced to fully fund carbon mitigation. He presents the full concept behind this project and muses on the signal that is sent if the NFTs are sold but also the larger significance if the work doesn't sell.

Slightly Stoopid is a duo that has not only survived, but thrived - staying true to their authenticity throughout two decades of relentless touring and an evolution of songwriting. Remaining unwavering in their principles of independence, honoring their diversity of influences and mentors, and furthering their inherited legacy of the Southern California sound, Slightly Stoopid continues to stand strong as a musical brotherhood that always welcomes guest musicians and the art of collaboration.  https://www.slightlystoopid.comIG: @slightlystoopidSpotify: Slightly Stoopid NEW album Follow Your Heart: https://orcd.co/followyourheartKeep in touch with Michael online: https://michaelfranti.comThe Stay Human podcast is available wherever you listen to podcasts: https://stayhumanpodcast.com PODCAST EPISODE CREDITS:Executive Producers: Michael Franti and Activist Artists ManagementProducer: Angie Griffith for BPOSITIIVArtist Manager: Caitlin Stone for Activist Artists ManagementManagement Coordinator: Bryce Matthews for Activist Artists ManagementSocial Media Manager: Kaitlyn Parmenter for Alchemy Artist ServicesPresenting Sponsor: Gibson Brands  Instrumental from: “Crazy For You” by Michael Franti Editing by: Roger Gowdy for Page Turners Studio

With his project 'Amends', Kyle McDonald measures NFT activity on Ethereum during PoW and captures the historical emissions of three NFT marketplaces as handmade glass sculptures, to be auctioned during the merge, when Ethereum switches to Proof of Stake.

Slightly Stoopid is a duo that has not only survived, but thrived - staying true to their authenticity throughout two decades of relentless touring and an evolution of songwriting. Remaining unwavering in their principles of independence, honoring their diversity of influences and mentors, and furthering their inherited legacy of the Southern California sound, Slightly Stoopid continues to stand strong as a musical brotherhood that always welcomes guest musicians and the art of collaboration.  https://www.slightlystoopid.comIG: @slightlystoopidSpotify: Slightly Stoopid NEW album Follow Your Heart: https://orcd.co/followyourheartKeep in touch with Michael online: https://michaelfranti.comThe Stay Human podcast is available wherever you listen to podcasts: https://stayhumanpodcast.com PODCAST EPISODE CREDITS:Executive Producers: Michael Franti and Activist Artists ManagementProducer: Angie Griffith for BPOSITIIVArtist Manager: Caitlin Stone for Activist Artists ManagementManagement Coordinator: Bryce Matthews for Activist Artists ManagementSocial Media Manager: Kaitlyn Parmenter for Alchemy Artist ServicesPresenting Sponsor: Gibson Brands  Instrumental from: “Crazy For You” by Michael Franti Editing by: Roger Gowdy for Page Turners Studio

WAC Hoops Digest founder and editor Kyle McDonald joined the podcast to discuss College Realignment, Men's Basketball, and in-state rivalries with podcast host Rey Silva. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

What could be better than trapping Jay Dalton in a room to talk about all things BMX and Moto? Well, having Chase Pauza and Jamie Bestwick be the surprise call-ins didn't hurt! Jay is such a modest dude so when you flip through his Instagram it's pretty wild. He is an incredible bike rider and equally as talented on a 450cc motocross bike. Enjoy! A shout to Southside_bmx (Kyle Mcdonald) and Southsidebmx.net from Ireland for the podcast donation, much appreciated! Please DM me at @gromdad200 or FB Messenger at Joe Doherty. Any donation is helpful. If you are not able to donate, no problem! Please subscribe to the podcast and give a rating. Thank you in advance! Thank you once again @nagooarts for the podcast announcement graphics and @artvideophoto for the amazing shot of Jay! #bmx #bmxpodcast #bmxtrails #bmxfreestyle #ctclaimsjaydalton

In this week's episode, Tony discusses with Kyle the importance of seeing the opportunities with money and how to learn from the wealthy. They review: 1.) How do wealthy people think? 2.) Women want to continue personal growth 3.) How planning saved the gym 4.) Level-up Coaching 5.) Mental Roadblocks 6.) Building an Empire Tune in again next Monday at 8pm EST. #domore #bemore #businessstrategies #businesstactics #buildleaders #leadership #strongleadership #mentaltoughness #empiremaker #influence #buildup #strongeryou #empire #financial

On this episode of Our American Stories, Jeremy Swick of the College Football Hall of Fame recounts the remarkable story of the street dog, Sgt. Stubby, turned soldier turned mascot. Kyle McDonald, founder and CEO of Argent Financial Group, shares how he founded this wealth management company, how it has grown, and why gaining and keeping clients' trust is important to him. Support the show (https://www.ouramericanstories.com/donate) Time Codes: 00:00 - The Most Decorated War Dog of WWI  10:00 - Building Financial Legacies Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

WAC Hoops All-Access w/ Kyle McDonald & Brian Burton! -- BRETTE TANNER -- ACU MBB Head Coach

The newest members of your North Bay Battalion join the Frontline for their first tour of duties!Kyle McDonald & Grayson Ladd dish on their trade from Windsor, favourite places to play, fitting in with the Troops as well as past OHL experiences!

These are the stories of leaders of color who carry the legacies of those who built the movement to end gender-based violence. They carry on the fighting spirit of giants who have moved on from this work like Sojourner Truth, Grace Lee Boggs, bell hooks, Ida B. Wells, Audre Lorde, and Yuri Kochiyama. We talk about the ways they have been harmed by this world while trying their hardest to keep their passion for the movement alive. Consider this our love letter to them and to aspiring leaders of color looking for belonging, inspiration, and affirmation.This series is supported by the Office on Violence Against Women (OVW). [This podcast tile uses modified images of: Alice Walker from The American Library Association, Angela Davis from Columbia GSAPP, Audre Lorde from Esla Dorfman, bell hooks from Alex Lozupone (Tduk), Grace Lee Boggs from Kyle McDonald, Ida B Wells: Public Domain, Patricia Hill Collins from Valter Campanato/Agência Brasil, Sojourner Truth: Public Domain, Yuri Kochiyama from Kochiyama family/UCLA Asian American Studies Center.]

WAC Hoops All-Access Szn 1 - 1st FULL EPISODE - w_ Kyle McDonald of WAC Hoops Digest

Big one this week, artist and researcher Kyle McDonald did the gruelling work to calculate the energy and carbon cost of Ethereum, and we try to break down those numbers, calculate their relative impact, discuss critiques of web 3 and debate why they are mostly coming from where they are coming from.Ethereum Emissions: https://kylemcdonald.github.io/ethereum-emissions/Kyle's art: https://kylemcdonald.net/Follow Kyle: https://twitter.com/kcimcWho Pays Artists?: http://www.whopaysartists.com/People staring at computers: https://www.wired.com/2012/07/people-staring-at-computers/ 

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WAC Hoops Digest founder, Kyle McDonald joins the podcast to discuss some of the burning topics concerning the Western Athletic Conference. With college basketball underway Kyle and Rey talk about some of the early non-conference games plus WACxpansion. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/stbs/support

Have you ever heard the story of the red paperclip and how Kyle McDonald literally and actually traded a simple red paperclip for a farmhouse in Canada? Not even kidding! You're going to want to hear this and how it applies to YOU and your social selling / network marketing business! You read to boss up and stop making this mistake? I know I am! This episode is filled with encouragement and fire to help you go from where you're at to where you want to be!!! See ya inside!! xx, michelle   _____________________________________ FREE 2-DAY WORKSHOP! I'll be going LIVE and we'll talk all things NICHING IN! Join here > bit.ly/networkmarketingmamas Or be added here for all the details > https://www.growthagainstthegrain.com/contact LIQUID COLLAGEN! DID YOU KNOW that LIQUID COLLAGEN absorbs into your body at about 90-95% !! You want to feel better You want joint mobility You want younger looking skin You want hydration, firmness, and elasticity in your skin You want to increase your skin's collagen content There are two types of collagen products on the market - powdered - which absorbs into your body at about 30% OR...THERE'S LIQUID...which absorbs at about 90-95%! YES PLEASE! See changes and improvement in your *SKIN *HAIR *NAILS *EYES *JOINTS *AND SO MUCH MORE! GIVE IT A TRY AND SAVE $10 > https://bit.ly/LIQUIDCOLLAGEN10 HAVE QUESTIONS? email me at hello@growthagainstthegrain.com or DM me on IG HAVE YOU JOINED THE FB COMMUNITY? GIRL...if you're loving the podcast, then go over and meet your fellow unicorns in the FB group. https://bit.ly/networkmarketingmamas THE WHO, WHAT, WHERE, WHY, HOW & WHEN OF YOUR DREAM CLIENT: NICHE INTO SUCCESS for Network Marketers: bit.ly/nicheintosuccess INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/hey.its.michellecastro/ CONTACT ME: growthagainstthegrain.com/contact WEBSITE:  https://www.growthagainstthegrain.com    

Nathan Leeper, Kyle McDonald, and host Ryan Koelsch call up Bruce Vaughan to discuss land management, hunting Kansas whitetail, and Bruce's PGA golf career. Bruce is full of deer knowledge and still can hit a golf ball a mile! 

Travel is often one of the most exciting parts of events such as tournaments or bowl games, and Kyle McDonald gets a hand in providing these experiences for fans, donors and alumni that go beyond the standard. McDonald joins your host, Dan Gale, on this week's episode of "What Would You Say You Do Here?" to discuss his role at Sports & Entertainment Travel. Specifically, McDonald details his duties in business development and relationship cultivation, including why it is so important for collegiate athletic departments to factor travel plans into their logistics. With SET, athletic departments are then able to place an extended focus on both the student-athlete experience as well as donor relationships. Starting in his selected industry 12 years ago, McDonald brings a wealth of knowledge on both the tourism and collegiate athletic marketplaces. Be sure to tune in for a distinctive view of the Sports Tourism industry in what we hope is the post-COVID-era, specifically focusing on special offerings for a high quality and safe experience for all. You will not want to miss this week's episode of "What Would You Say You Do Here?" to get an inside-scoop of this budding industry.

In this episode, the guys discuss contemporary art, Kyle McDonald, Hunter Biden's upcoming exhibition, the billionaire space race, and the swindling away of America's retirement funds. LINKS Private equity and pension fund grifting https://jacobinmag.com/2021/07/public-pension-private-equity-investment Kyle Mcdonald webcam apple store bonanza https://kylemcdonald.net/psac/ Laundering in the art world- https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/19/arts/design/money-laundering-art-market.html Hunter Biden artist profile- https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/28/arts/design/hunter-biden-art.html Hunter Biden exhibition and auction- https://thehill.com/opinion/white-house/562377-the-art-of-hunter-bidens-latest-deal?rl=1 Jeff Bezos' salt tweet- https://twitter.com/blueorigin/status/1413521627116032001 SUPPORT US https://www.patreon.com/modernguilt FOLLOW US IG- https://www.instagram.com/modernguiltpod/ MG on Twitter- https://twitter.com/guilt_modern Hayden on Twitter- https://twitter.com/WhyWorry_OhWait

Today I had the opportunity to record the 500th episode of Monday Morning Mojo live. It was a unique honor to share this milestone with you, and I am grateful for all the support over these nearly 10 years. If you missed it, I invite you to watch a replay of the episode HERE. And a special thank you to the behind the scenes Cannon Financial Institute team, Sarah Jones and Dan Manske. Resources: Parody of  ”I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles)” - The Proclaimers by Chris Nekvinda, PhD - https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=tbNlMtqrYS0 John Yackel, Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder of Trucendent LLC - https://www.linkedin.com/in/john-c-yackel/ Shannen Fields, Film/TV Actress, Producer and Speaker - https://www.linkedin.com/in/shannen-fields-87890b10/ Lewis Carroll, English Church Official, Author, and Mathematician - https://www.notablebiographies.com/Ca-Ch/Carroll-Lewis.html Kyle McDonald, CEO at Argent Financial Group - https://www.linkedin.com/in/kyle-mcdonald-59786a27/ Amazon - https://www.amazon.com/ Apple - https://www.apple.com/ Starbucks - https://www.starbucks.com/ Virgin Atlantic - https://www.virgin.com/virgin-companies/virgin-atlantic Virgin Galactic - https://www.virgingalactic.com/   Please send Comments, Questions, and Feedback to: mojo@cannonfinancial.com Please send First Friday Feedback submissions to: mojo@cannonfinancial.com

Pressing Towards The Mark - Kyle McDonald

It's #WACvegas week! Rachel Vigil and Eric Danner break down the entire tournament field with Kyle McDonald, the Editor-in-Chief of WAC Hoops Digest!

Kyle jumps ship from being a Kansas Wildlife Biologist to join the crew at Red Cedar Land Co. Nate, Heath, and Ryan had plenty of questions for him covering his wildlife biologist career and how it will have a direct influence on his real estate practices. Podcast Highlights:Banding TurkeysTracking Elk on Ft. RileyPheasant and Quail Populations in KansasQuail Life Expectancy Boone and Crocket ScoringHeath Wants to Know How to Score a SheepLearn more about agent Kyle McDonald at www.redcedarland.com

On this episode of the East Meets West Hunt podcast, Beau Martonik is joined by Phil Baker and Kyle McDonald of UnGuided Outdoors to talk all about Wyoming elk hunting. With the application deadline approaching, we discuss their introduction to elk hunting, how Wyoming fits into their application strategy, and stories from the 2020 elk season.   Topics: Wyoming elk hunting facts Arizona OTC Mule Deer and Coues Deer hunt Unguided Outdoors Intro to elk hunting How Wyoming fits into the application strategy 2020 elk season success in Wyoming  Being mobile with elk hunting   Resources: Instagram:   @eastmeetswesthunt - https://www.instagram.com/eastmeetswesthunt/ @beau.martonik - https://www.instagram.com/beau.martonik/ @unguided_outdoors - https://www.instagram.com/unguided_outdoors/   Facebook:    East Meets West Outdoors - https://www.facebook.com/EastMeetsWestHunt/   https://www.eastmeetswesthunt.com/   Shop new apparel!  https://www.eastmeetswesthunt.com/shop   Amazon Influencer Page https://www.amazon.com/shop/beau.martonik   Partners: onX Mapping at your finger tips on your phone, computer or GPS that will allow you scout harder, hunt farther and increase your success rates. This is the number 1 tool that I use every single time I'm in the woods or mountains. Use code EMW for 20% off of the Hunt app. https://www.onxmaps.com/   Heather's Choice Healthy, great tasting, dehydrated meals for the backcountry. Use code eastmeetswest to get free shipping on ALL orders.  http://lddy.no/7og2 Maven Optics Top quality binoculars, spotting scopes and rifle scopes for your hunts from east to west. Use the code eastmeetswest-gift get a free gift with your next order! https://mavenbuilt.com/ MTN OPS MTN OPS is the leader in providing science based supplements to help you train inside and conquer more outside. Use the code BEAUFREESHIP for free shipping on all orders.  https://glnk.io/mw0/beaumartonik TETHRD The Tethrd Team has created the ultimate tree saddle hunting setup. The Phantom Saddle and Predator Platform system is truly the culmination of ideas & input from thousands of dedicated tree saddle hunting fanatics around the world.  https://tethrdnation.com/

Talking Shop | Kyle McDonald interview on acting, singing, and the reality of the industry Had a fascinating conversation with a very talented and introspective Kyle. This really was two guys talking shop and signing (yes if you ever wanted to hear how bad I am at signing stay till the end). If you are in the industry you will get something out of it, if you are new to it you should really watch this! I know it's long but we could have talked for 1.5 hours more and will when he returns (with more signing by both). Check it out! Kyle's IMDb - https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3108900 Follow Kyle on IG - https://www.instagram.com/kyledmcdonald Kyle's website - https://www.mightierproductions.com Subscribe now & hit the bell to be updated on the latest videos: https://www.youtube.com/c/TheLoveofActing Connect With Us: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/theloveofacting Twitter: https://twitter.com/theloveofacting Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theloveofacting #KyleMcDonald #Actor #Singer #Toronto Talking Shop | Kyle McDonald interview on acting, singing, and the reality of the industry

Busy-Buzimo n'est pas souvent impressionné… Mais là, y en a un qui a toute mon admiration ! De qui est-ce que je cause ? D'un certain Kyle McDonald (un Canadien, originaire de Vancouver). Ce type a acheté une maison pour quelques centimes en s'attirant la sympathie du monde entier. Que dites-vous ? Où est l'astuce ? Aahha, j'aime votre curiosité… L'astuce, c'est que Kyle a tout bonnement fait du troc pour obtenir sa maison. Mais il ne l'a pas fait de manière classique, on va dire… Il a préparé son coup soigneusement en jouant sur le buzz. Ceci dit, je pense que sa démarche peut nous apprendre une petite leçounette toute sympa pour celui ou celle qui se décide à vendre une maison. Je vous détaille le bazar : Kyle McDonald avait un trombone dans sa poche. Un simple trombone. Pas celui qui fait de la musique… Un pauvre trombone dont la seule et unique mission sur terre est de clipser plusieurs feuilles entre elles. Et il s'est demandé (probablement avec un accent canadien à couper au couteau) : Si j'échangeais ce trombone avec quelqu'un, qu'est-ce que je pourrais obtenir en échange ? Alors, il a testé. Et contre son trombone, il a reçu un stylo en forme de poisson. Mais il ne s'est pas arrêté là. Il a ensuite troqué son stylo contre un bouton de porte… Puis, le bouton de porte contre un barbecue… Puis, il a obtenu un générateur électrique… Une pompe à bière… Une motoneige… Etcétéra, etcétéra jusqu'à ce qu'on lui propose une maison ! C'est un joli coup ou pas ? C'est un coup bien fumant, vous voulez dire ! Mais la petite morale de cette histoire c'est qu'avec des petites choses on peut en faire des grandes ! Tenez par exemple : On va revenir sur le thème de la maison. Il est carrément possible de donner 10 ou 15 mille euros de valeur en plus à une maison avant de la mettre en vente si on y apporte des petites touches de fraicheur qui ne coûtent que quelques centaines d'euros tout au plus. Un coup de peinture. Reboucher des fissures. Changer les ampoules. Installer de nouveaux robinets. Faire une petite déco tendance. Installer des poignées de porte (et de placards) plus tendance… C'est la science du homestaging. Des petites retouches (et un faible investissement) pour une vente à un prix plus élevé et plus rapidement. Si vous avez une maison ou un appartement à mettre en vente… par exemple après l'acquisition d'un nouveau bien, vous aurez peut-être envie de refourguer la torture administrative à une agence. Si tel est le cas, vous pouvez me contacter en répondant à cet e-mail. Je peux vous aiguiller vers un agent de confiance (un agent qualifié qui connait son métier et qui œuvre avant tout pour le bien ses clients !) À la revoyure, Buzimo S'abonner au podcast : https://anchor.fm/buzimo . Notre Site Web : https://buzimo.com L'article lié à cette vidéo : https://buzimo.com/la-lettre-de-buzimo/une-maison-en-echange-d-un-trombone/ Découvrez notre podcast, en audio tous les mercredis, et en vidéo le vendredi ! Toutes les plateformes ici : https://buzimo.com/medias/ Voici la lettre de Mr Buzimo ! Notre newsletter remplie d'astuces immo ! : https://buzimo.com/la-lettre-de-mr-buzimo/

It's time for a special episode of The Apple Seed, filled with stories for you and your family, celebrating the passing from one year to the next. And what a year this has been. We're looking forward to the hour with you. We'll think together about the unpredictable nature of a year's journey as we enjoy a story from Kevin Kling about riding the rails is search of great seafood. We'll acknowledge the difficulties of the year in a snatch of a story as old as 1889, written by Jerome K. Jerome. We'll think about the setting of goals and the making of resolutions as we hear the story of Kyle McDonald about his audacious adventure in trying to trade a single red paperclip for a house in Canada. We'll talk about the New Year's tune Auld Lang Syne, written by Bobby Burns and sung each year all over the English-speaking world to send the expiring year into the past. And we'll even have a little party with Bear and his animal friends in a story from Bill Harley. On today's episode, enjoy the following:"Train" by Kevin Kling (8:31)"Goodly Knights" by Jerome K. Jerome, performed by Sam Payne (2:48)"Red Paperclip" a conversation with Kyle MacDonald (13:22)"Come on Out and Play" by Bill Harley, performed live in The Apple Seed studio (12:08)"Auld Lang Syne" by Stewart Foster (3:33)

On this week's WAC Podcast we talk with Kyle McDonald, the Editor-in-Chief of WAChoopsDigest.com! (13:47) We discuss the possibility of NM State playing games out of state, Wednesday's NBA Draft and much more! Rachel also visits UTRGV men's basketball coach Lew Hill and Preseason All-WAC selection Javon Levi (44:03) We also have Rachel's interview with Grand Canyon women's basketball coach Molly Miller and freshman Katie Scott (48:53)!

Today's Co-Hosts: Ben Criddle (@criddlebenjamin) Subscribe to the Cougar Sports with Ben Criddle podcast:Apple Podcastshttps://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/cougar-sports-with-ben-criddle/id996764363Google Podcastshttps://www.google.com/podcasts?feed=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuc3ByZWFrZXIuY29tL3Nob3cvMTM2OTkzOS9lcGlzb2Rlcy9mZWVkSpotifyhttps://open.spotify.com/show/7dZvrG1ZtKkfgqGenR3S2mPocket Castshttps://pca.st/SU8aOvercasthttps://overcast.fm/itunes996764363/cougar-sports-with-ben-criddle-byuSpreakerhttps://www.spreaker.com/show/cougar-sports-with-ben-criddleStitcherhttps://www.stitcher.com/s?fid=66416iHeartRadiohttps://www.iheart.com/podcast/966-cougar-sports-with-29418022TuneInhttps://tunein.com/podcasts/Sports-Talk--News/Cougar-Sports-with-Ben-Criddle-p731529/

Today's Co-Hosts: Ben Criddle (@criddlebenjamin) Subscribe to the Cougar Sports with Ben Criddle podcast:Apple Podcastshttps://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/cougar-sports-with-ben-criddle/id996764363Google Podcastshttps://www.google.com/podcasts?feed=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuc3ByZWFrZXIuY29tL3Nob3cvMTM2OTkzOS9lcGlzb2Rlcy9mZWVkSpotifyhttps://open.spotify.com/show/7dZvrG1ZtKkfgqGenR3S2mPocket Castshttps://pca.st/SU8aOvercasthttps://overcast.fm/itunes996764363/cougar-sports-with-ben-criddle-byuSpreakerhttps://www.spreaker.com/show/cougar-sports-with-ben-criddleStitcherhttps://www.stitcher.com/s?fid=66416iHeartRadiohttps://www.iheart.com/podcast/966-cougar-sports-with-29418022TuneInhttps://tunein.com/podcasts/Sports-Talk--News/Cougar-Sports-with-Ben-Criddle-p731529/

We catch up with the Unguided Outdoors guys and talk about how they are building their Youtube Channel as well as how they are leveraging their social media platforms to gain traction in the outdoor market.

Kyle McDonald of Slightly Stoopid pranks Devin and Rog at the very beginning of the episode with a FREEZE before getting into stories, performing some acoustic tunes, and sharing some records from his personal collection and talking about awesome album artwork. Topics include the tradition of BBQ's after Slightly Stoopid shows, meeting the legendary Don Carlos and him teaching the band how to play bones, the band's very first show in high school and the story of meeting Bradley Nowell and Miguel of Sublime, touring with Sly & Robbie, and the magic of making music with friends. Acoustic performances include "No Cocaine," "Cool Down," and a cover of "On The Other Side" by Clinton Fearon...Tunes of the week:Niney The Observer - "Ital Correction"Otis Gayle - "I'll Be Around"SHOP PODCLASH MERCH! Every sale helps support the show. Thank you.https://rootfire-intl.myshopify.com/collections/the-reggae-podclash***Man-Like-Devin and Roger Rivas talk all things reggae with original and modern artists in the scene, live every other week at 6pm PT on http://thereggaepodclash.comDevin and Roger have a passion for sharing and discussing Jamaican 45 records. Each week they are joined by original and modern guests in the genre to talk all things Reggae.#ReggaePodclash #KyleMcDonald #SlightlyStoopid #Rootfirehttp://www.Rootfire.nethttp://www.TheReggaePodClash.comFollow us on Instagram @thereggaepodclashSupport the show (https://rootfire.net/tv/)

TRES DÍAS DE LUTO EN BRASIL. Brasil se encamina a convertirse en el epicentro de la pandemia de coronavirus (COVID-19) en América Latina, con más de 10 mil víctimas fatales y 150 mil casos positivos. De hecho, en las últimas 24 horas, registraron 730 nuevos fallecidos (10.627 en total) y 10.611 contagiados (155.939). Tras conocerse el preocupante reporte, el Congreso de Brasil decretó luto oficial por tres días en tributo a los muertos por la enfermedad de la pandemia. El número total de muertes de Covid-19 es de 282,495, según el centro de recursos de coronavirus de la Universidad Johns Hopkins. A nivel mundial, se han confirmado 4.091.297 casos. EFE EUROPA CON PROGRESOS. Europa ha logrado algunos progresos. ltalia registró la menor cifra de muertes y contagios por coronavirus desde que el confinamiento se extendió a todo el país el 10 de marzo. También Francia ha mejorado sus datos: han perecido 70 personas, la cifra diaria  más baja desde que comenzó el confinamiento el 17 de marzo, aunque los fines de semana las notificaciones se ralentizan. En España, mientras las comunidades que han cumplido los requisitos de sanidad se preparan para dar el paso a la fase l de la desescalada. La cifra diaria de muertos ha descendido también. CUARENTENA HASTA EL 1 DE JUNIO.  Boris Johnson, el primer ministro de Reino Unido, extendió la cuarentena británica hasta el 1° de junio. A pesar de esto, permitió que regresen a las actividades aquellos trabajadores que no pueden cumplirlas desde sus hogares. Después de anunciar el confinamiento hasta principios de junio, instó a que los ciudadanos puedan salir a "hacer ejercicio de manera ilimitada".Toda esta información está comprimida en un hilo que el político publicó en su cuenta oficial de Twitter. BORIS JOHNSON DER SPIEGEL ACUSA A LA OMS DE CEDER ANTE CHINA. Un nuevo informe afirma que el Presidente chino Xi Jinping pidió personalmente al Director General de la Organización Mundial de la Salud, Tedros Adhanom, que "retrasara una advertencia global" sobre la amenaza de COVID-19 durante una conversación en enero.  El diario alemán Der Spiegel publicó las acusaciones este fin de semana, citando un reporte del Servicio Federal de Inteligencia del país, conocido como el BND. Horas después de que la noticia saliera a la luz, la OMS emitió una declaración calificando los datos como "infundados e incorrectos".  RT | WHO ESCUCHEMOS JUNTOS. Spotify dice que cada segundo, más de 30,000 personas presionan play en la misma canción. Ahora la plataforma está lanzando un nuevo sitio llamado "Listening Together", que visualiza estas instancias y nos muestra dónde están estos oyentes simultáneos, en tiempo real. El concepto comenzó como un experimento en 2014, cuando un artista de medios, Kyle McDonald, tuvo la idea de encontrar la "serendipia" de dos oyentes presionando play en la misma canción dentro de milisegundos el uno del otro. LISTENING TOGETHER AVIANCA EN BANCARROTA. La aerolínea colombiana Avianca anunció este domingo que se acoge a la ley de bancarrota de Estados Unidos para iniciar un proceso de reorganización debido a "la velocidad y el dramático escalamiento del impacto de la crisis" que generó el coronavirus. Avianca es la segunda aerolínea más grande de América Latina. Aseguran que por la pandemia, redujeron ingresos consolidados en más de un 80%. Indicaron que el objetivo de esta declaración es "preservar y reorganizar los negocios de Avianca". EL PAIS CAMBIOS SORPRESIVOS EN FIFA. A medida que en el mundo entero se van retomando las competiciones futbolísticas afectadas por la pandemia de la COVID-19, el International Football Association Board (IFAB) ha resuelto modificar de manera transitoria las Reglas de Juego sobre la base de una propuesta enviada por la FIFA que tiene por objeto preservar la salud de los jugadores. IFAB ha aprobado la propuesta de la FIFA consistente en introducir una modificación provisional en la "Regla 3. Los jugadores", para permitir un máximo de cinco cambios por equipo en aquellas competiciones ya iniciadas o que tengan la intención de hacerlo, y que estaba previsto que concluyeran el 31 de diciembre del corriente. No obstante, con el fin de evitar al máximo las interrupciones, cada equipo dispondrá de tres oportunidades para realizar las cinco sustituciones, que también se podrán llevar a cabo durante el descanso. Esta modificación transitoria entra en vigor con efecto inmediato. MARCA PREMIER LEAGUE COMPLICA EL REGRESO. La Premier League enfrenta una semana de caos luego de que el primer ministro desvaneciera las esperanzas de que el gobierno reiniciara el proyecto.  Hace una semana, las expectativas de luz verde habían sido altas después del ruido de los políticos de alto nivel sobre el regreso del deporte. Habrá otra reunión extraordinaria de sus 20 clubes esta mañana pero no están mucho más cerca de recibir autorización para reanudar el juego. EL UNIVERSO FALLECIÓ EL LEGENDARIO LITTLE RICHARD. El legendario músico Little Richard, considerado uno de los padres del rock and roll, murió este sábado a los 87 años en Estados Unidos, dijo a la revista Rolling Stone su hijo, Danny Penniman, quien no desveló el motivo del fallecimiento. Little Richard, cuyo nombre real era Richard Wayne Penniman, fue uno de los primeros artistas afroamericanos de EEUU que supo combinar con éxito la música góspel y el “rythm and blues” (R&B). Elvis Presley, Buddy Holly, James Brown, Quincy Jones, David Bowie y los mismísimos Beatles y Rolling Stones han reconocido en el pasado la influencia de Little Richard. Sus últimos trabajos de estudio fueron “Shake It All About” el famoso Hokey Pokey y “Little Richard Meets Masayoshi Takanaka”, ambos en 1992.

In this episode, Phil expresses gratitude for advice he has received over the years.  Why now? Why this advice? Well, Phil wasn’t necessarily sold on the decisions, but followed through anyway.  Listen in; you’ll be glad you did. Resources: Gloria Gainer, “I Will Survive”:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ARt9HV9T0w8 The Weather Girls “It’s Raining Men”:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l5aZJBLAu1E Chuck Jordan:  https://grahlconstruction.com/about-us/ Kyle McDonald:  https://www.linkedin.com/in/kyle-mcdonald-59786a27/ John Yackel:  https://www.linkedin.com/in/john-c-yackel/ Peloton:  https://www.onepeloton.com/ Please send comments, questions, and feedback to: mojo@cannonfinancial.com Please send First Friday Feedback submissions to: mojo@cannonfinancial.com

This week on the show, Bec and Geraldo interview Kyle McDonald (he/him), a senior scientist at Dow Chemical who did his PhD work in the Matzger lab at the University of Michigan. We discuss his transition from academia into industry, how Dow has fostered an inclusive workspace for him, DE&I initiatives in industry, and so much more! Y'all are going to love this one! Be sure to send us your submissions for our new segment Tea Time!! Stay healthy and safe out there. See y'all next week. Follow Kyle on Twitter @KyleAMcDonald90 and us @MFQCPod

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6-14-19 - Kyle McDonald - How UVU fans feel towards BYU with Pope & other leaving Orem for ProvoSubscribe to the Cougar Sports with Ben Criddle podcast:Apple Podcastshttps://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/cougar-sports-with-ben-criddle/id996764363Google Podcastshttps://www.google.com/podcasts?feed=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuc3ByZWFrZXIuY29tL3Nob3cvMTM2OTkzOS9lcGlzb2Rlcy9mZWVkSpotifyhttps://open.spotify.com/show/7dZvrG1ZtKkfgqGenR3S2mPocket Castshttps://pca.st/SU8aOvercasthttps://overcast.fm/itunes996764363/cougar-sports-with-ben-criddle-byuSpreakerhttps://www.spreaker.com/show/cougar-sports-with-ben-criddleStitcherhttps://www.stitcher.com/s?fid=66416iHeartRadiohttps://www.iheart.com/podcast/966-cougar-sports-with-29418022TuneInhttps://tunein.com/podcasts/Sports-Talk--News/Cougar-Sports-with-Ben-Criddle-p731529/Subscribe to the Cougar Bytes podcast:Apple Podcastshttps://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/cougar-bytes/id1459679000Google Podcastshttps://www.google.com/podcasts?feed=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuc3ByZWFrZXIuY29tL3Nob3cvMzQ3Nzc1OS9lcGlzb2Rlcy9mZWVkSpotifyhttps://open.spotify.com/show/5ZypcLEPas3ityVckKckVaPocket Castshttps://pca.st/9zjSOvercasthttps://overcast.fm/itunes1459679000/cougar-bytesSpreakerhttps://www.spreaker.com/show/3477759Stitcherhttps://www.stitcher.com/podcast/espn960sports/cougar-bytesTuneInhttps://tunein.com/podcasts/Sports--Recreation-Podcasts/Cougar-Bytes-p1217875

I'm joined with my very first guest, Kyle McDonald. Join us as we discuss websites and whether they're still important in the world of social media.

Watch Prof. Kyle McDonald from CCNY-CUNY/JPL talk about Remote Sensing Physics and Measurements at the Biodiversity Science and Remote Sensing Fundamentals short course on October 1, 2018 at the Keck Institute for Space Studies, Caltech.

Welcome to the launch of IronMic, a simple place to create automated podcast websites. Learn about the people behind the project. Leon Hitchens, Kyle McDonald, Sunny Singh talk about how they met, what lead them to this project, and what you will expect from this podcast for podcasters. You can find us on Anchor and podcast.ironmic.fm!

Joining us on the Cannon Curve today is Kyle McDonald – Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Argent Financial Group. Mr. McDonald's story is unique in that he has driven an entrepreneurial path in an industry rooted in tradition and relatively slow to change. Prior to his role at Argent, Kyle served as an Associate Attorney at Taylor, Porter, Brooks & Phillips; then, from 1985 – 1990, served as the Vice President & Trust Officer of Ruston State Bank. In 2016, McDonald received the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award for his innovative achievements and commitment to excellence; and in 2014, was recognized as Louisiana Tech Business School Alumnus of the Year. In this episode, we will touch on the concept of humble confidence – a characteristic of Kyle's leadership style that helped him drive Argent Financial Group to the success it knows today. We will also discuss the measured risk involved in stepping away from a larger bank to become independent, talk about the importance of finding passion in your work, and analyze the factors that are crucial to successful M&A activity. Enjoy the show! Resources: Kyle McDonald – EY Entrepreneur of the Year Award: https://argentfinancial.com/press-release/ey-announces-winners-for-the-ey-entrepreneur-of-the-year-2016-gulf-coast-area-award/ Argent Financial Group: https://argentfinancial.com/

Slightly Stoopid, the Ocean Beach-based jam band led by co-founders and multi-instrumentalists Kyle McDonald and Miles Doughty, have been going strong for 23 years. In this episode, Cantore drops by Miles' house in Point Loma to talks family, San Diego, and the future of the band.   This episode is brought to YEW! by Torrey Holistics and South Coast Surf Shops. Please visit / support our Patreon.com/YEW + (please) SUBSCRIBE/review on Apple Podcasts (please) !!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Slightly Stoopid, the Ocean Beach-based jam band led by co-founders and multi-instrumentalists Kyle McDonald and Miles Doughty, have been going strong for 23 years. In this episode, Cantore drops by Miles' house in Point Loma to talks family, San Diego, and the future of the band.   This episode is brought to YEW! by Torrey Holistics and South Coast Surf Shops. Please visit / support our Patreon.com/YEW + (please) SUBSCRIBE/review on Apple Podcasts (please) !!

DigitalOutbox Episode 219 DigitalOutbox Episode 219 - Twitter tweaks the timeline and bye bye Ballmer Playback Listen via iTunes Listen via M4A Listen via MP3 Shownotes 1:24 - Twitter now officially says your timeline is more than just tweets from people you follow 10:18 - Steve Ballmer Steps Down From Microsofts Board 11:39 - Online music videos to carry age rating from October, says David Cameron 14:45 - Amazons Whispersync for Voice hits the UK to help you switch between reading and listening to ebooks 18:18 - Mailbox for OS X enters public beta with new features, including snooze to device and Auto Swipe 19:51 - PlayStation Network Suffers DDOS Attack, Hackers Claim To Have Grounded SOE Presidents Plane Picks Ian Serendipity - Free - an online map that displays a stream of coordinates when two users played the same song at the same time. Serendipity isn't live, but is reflective of real-time data recorded recently over a one hour period. As each pair of listeners flashes onto the screen, the song they chose starts playing for a few fleeting moments before another song comes on. Serendipity only displays users who clicked Play within one tenth of a second of each other, Spotify says. The site isn't particularly useful, but is a fantastic visualization of how music spreads — and of the reach of Spotify's user base. It's also just a fun way to hear what the world is listening to. - Serendipity was built by Kyle McDonald, a Brooklyn-based digital artist who recently became Spotify's first "artist in residence."

Myles and Kyle talk about less-thinking-and-more-creating, Stoopid's new recording studio/funplex, X-Box 360, why playing Jimmy Kimmel's show was fun but not exactly their scene, family, traveling with minimalism in mind and more.

In our exclusive audio interview, media artist Kyle McDonald reveals how one project led to an unexpected visit from the United States Secret Service. Also in this episode, Seb tries to paint a library and Iain goes to London to … Continue reading →