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En Radio Fórmula informé del cierre del MNA y del silencio de las autoridades responsables, que se negaron a dar información.

There's an air of excitement in Ottawa as it prepares for King Charles III to arrive and deliver the speech from the throne, which lays out the Liberal government's plan and priorities. His visit is also widely seen as pushback against U.S. President Donald Trump's threats to turn Canada into the 51st state. But according to the new U.S. ambassador to Canada Pete Hoekstra, that saga is over and Canada should move on. He sits with Catherine Cullent to discuss that and the next steps in the Canada-U.S. relationship.Plus, after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu accused Canada of emboldening Hamas, a Middle East expert joins The House to talk about if there's been a shift in Canadian-Israeli relations. Then, a constitutional expert, a royal watcher, an Indigenous leader and members of Quebec's sovereignty parties talk about what message King Charles' speech will send to Trump — or whether the whole thing ultimately means nothing to the U.S. president.Finally, the parliamentary bureau chief of the National Post and the Ottawa bureau chief of La Presse explain what to look for in the government's to-do list.This episode features the voices of:Pete Hoekstra, U.S. ambassador to CanadaThomas Juneau, University of Ottawa political science professorPatricia Treble, royal watcherPhilippe Lagassé, Carleton University political science professorPerry Bellegarde, former national chief of the Assembly of First NationsPascal Bérubé, Parti Québécois MNACatherine Gentilcore, Parti Québécois MNARuba Ghazal, Québec solidaire MNAStuart Thomson, National Post parliamentary bureau chiefJoel-Denis Bellavance, La Presse Ottawa bureau chief

ဒီမိုကရက်တစ်မြန်မာ့အသံ(ဒီဗွီဘီ)ရဲ့ မေလ ၇ ရက် ညနေခင်းသတင်းတွေကို တင်ဆက်ပေးပါမယ်။  ဒီကနေ့ နားဆင်ရမယ့် သတင်းတွေကတော့ -  -အာဏာသိမ်း စစ်ခေါင်းဆောင် ရုရှားနိုင်ငံကို ထပ်မံသွားရောက်နေတဲ့သတင်း-MNA လေယာဉ် ပြေးလမ်းပေါ် ဘီးပေါက်ပြီး တာယာမီးလောင်သွားတဲ့သတင်းနဲ့-ဒေါက်တာနေစိုးမောင်ကို အိုးဘိုအကျဥ်းထောင်မှ အင်းစိန်ထောင်ကို ပြောင်းရွေ့လိုက်တဲ့ သတင်းတွေ နားဆင်ကြရမှာပါ

Sunday April 27, 2025. "God is Greater," a sermon on 1 John 4:1-6 from Dr. Irwyn Ince, Coordinator of MNA

En este episodio de Meatspad, el Dr. Gustavo Sobrevilla, especialista de la empresa MNA, analiza el impacto del uso de antibióticos en la producción cárnica, abordando su influencia en la seguridad alimentaria, la resistencia bacteriana y las propiedades sensoriales de la carne. Acompáñanos en esta conversación basada en ciencia y evidencia para esclarecer dudas sobre uno de los temas más debatidos en la industria cárnica.

Mitochondria are the powerhouse of the cell, but their role in longevity and overall health goes far beyond energy production. When mitochondrial function declines, it contributes to aging, inflammation, and chronic disease. In this episode, I am excited to welcome back Dr. Elizabeth Yurth to break down why mitochondria are at the root of longevity, how to optimize mitochondrial function, and the best peptides, supplements, and lifestyle strategies to support cellular health.Dr. Elizabeth Yurth, MD, is a board-certified specialist in longevity, regenerative medicine, and orthopedics, as well as the co-founder and medical director of the Boulder Longevity Institute. She's a leading expert in peptide therapy, cellular medicine, and age-related disease prevention.- Intro (00:00 - 00:57)- Dr. Elizabeth Yurth's recent work in cellular medicine (00:57 - 04:34)- Why mitochondria are essential for energy and longevity (04:34 - 07:05)- Mitochondria and hormone production: The overlooked connection (07:05 - 08:20)- Mitochondrial dysfunction: The root cause of chronic disease (08:20 - 11:24)- How mitochondrial dysfunction leads to inflammation & oxidative stress (11:24 - 17:33)- Top signs & symptoms of mitochondrial dysfunction (17:33 - 24:31)- Environmental factors that damage mitochondria (toxins, stress, diet, etc.) (24:31 - 31:31)- Can we test for mitochondrial health? Biomarkers & lab tests (31:31 - 39:00)- How lifestyle impacts mitochondria: Fasting, exercise, red light therapy (39:00 - 45:15)- Best supplements for mitochondria: NAD, CoQ10, 1-MNA, creatine - and are NAD precursors like NMN & NR actually beneficial? (45:15 - 48:39)- Ketones & creatine: The ultimate mitochondrial enhancers (48:39 - 55:33)- Mitochondrial peptides: SS-31, Humanin, 5-Amino-1MQ & more (55:33 - 01:01:56)- How SS-31 repairs mitochondrial membranes & boosts energy (01:01:56 - 01:09:53)- The future of mitochondrial medicine: Mitochondrial uncouplers & new peptides (01:09:53 - 01:14:48)- Dr. Yurth's biggest lesson on longevity & cellular medicine (01:14:48 - 01:18:08)- Where to find Dr. Yurth & learn more about mitochondrial health (01:18:08 - 01:18:30)

Em meio a uma concorrência mundial acirrada pelo desenvolvimento da inteligência artificial (IA), um grupo de países busca impulsionar o chamado uso “frugal” da tecnologia. A diminuição do impacto ambiental da IA foi um dos focos da Cúpula para a Ação sobre a Inteligência Artificial, sediado em Paris esta semana. A declaração final do evento foi clara: prega “uma inteligência artificial sustentável e inclusiva para a população e o planeta”. Os Estados Unidos, em pleno revés ambiental após o retorno de Donald Trump, não assinaram o comunicado, ao contrário de outros 61 países, entre eles o Brasil.Estima-se que a poluição digital pelo uso crescente da internet responda por 4% das emissões mundiais de gases de efeito estufa a cada ano. Mas a IA, em especial a generativa, alça este impacto a um patamar jamais visto, salienta Aurélie Bugeau, pesquisadora em Informática da Universidade de Bordeaux e uma das autoras do texto de referência da Agência Francesa de Normas sobre a inteligência artificial frugal. A França foi pioneira mundial em determinar, no ano passado, parâmetros para limitar o impacto ambiental da IA.“Já temos um crescimento exponencial só nessa fase de treinamentos dos modelos de IA generativa: do número de placas gráficas utilizadas, do consumo de energia. Portanto as emissões de gases de efeito estufa estão também em crescimento exponencial, assim como o esgotamento dos recursos abióticos, ou seja, não vivos, segue nessa mesma trajetória”, explica a especialista.Riscos x benefícios O tema pode ser visto sob dois prismas: se, por um lado, os data centers e os bilhões de cálculos realizados pela IA exigem um uso exponencial tanto de energia e água, quanto de matérias-primas, como metais raros, por outro o avanço da tecnologia oferece um manancial de oportunidades para melhorar a pegada de carbono nos mais variados setores.A IA pode ter aplicações concretas para ajudar a enfrentar os problemas ambientais, como impulsionar energias descarbonizadas, melhorar eficiência energética dos transportes e da agricultura, e assim, cortar emissões.Os seus avanços também poderão ser úteis para ser usada para prevenir enchentes, evitar o desperdício de recursos naturais, detectar escapamentos de metano na indústria fóssil, além de identificar irregularidades em diferentes atividades, como o desmatamento ou a pesca ilegais. Diversas iniciativas são descritas no coletivo Climate Change AI, alimentado por especialistas e pesquisadores.Entretanto, por enquanto, o lado mais visível da moeda é a disparada das emissões das grandes empresas de tecnologia: a Microsoft aumentou 30% entre 2020 e 2023, e a Google chegou a 48%, devido ao desenvolvimento de suas inteligências artificiais. Elas exigem uma alta significativa do consumo de energia para alimentar as máquinas, processadores e chips superpotentes, e de água para resfriar os data centers que abrigam as suas informações.Leia tambémNa corrida mundial pela IA, UE aposta em proteção de dados para se diferenciar de excessos de concorrentesNa Irlanda, os data centers podem, já em 2026, ser responsáveis por nada menos do que 30% do uso total de eletricidade no país. Para países como a França, a saída para compensar este impacto brutal é apostar na descarbonização da energia – mas isso não resolve o gargalo do uso excessivo de água para o resfriamento das infraestruturas.“As empresas alertam que é um verdadeiro desafio para elas conseguirem atingir a neutralidade de carbono que era visada para 2030, afinal a IA traz novos desafios. Por isso que esse imenso consumo de energia pode levar à reabertura de usinas nucleares, como nos Estados Unidos, sob o impulso da Microsoft”, nota Bugeau.'Não precisa de ChatGPT para encontrar um restaurante'A IA frugal aparece como uma espécie de guia para que empresas, governos e instituições busquem desenvolver e utilizar essa tecnologia, porém com os menores danos possíveis ao planeta – de modo que os benefícios da inteligência artificial se sobreponham aos riscos.“Tem muitas e muitas aplicações possíveis, mas hoje não existe, que eu saiba ou meus colegas saibam, avaliações completas sobre os ‘riscos' versus ‘benefícios' da IA para o meio ambiente. Por enquanto, as promessas são apenas promessas e pouco foi provado”, salienta Bugeau. “Nos faltam dados porque falta transparência, da parte dos industriais. Os pesquisadores são obrigados a estimar os dados, pois não têm informações completas sobre toda a cadeia da IA, da fabricação das máquinas passando pelo uso e o fim de vida delas, e que não são divulgadas.”A IA frugal também significa especificar melhor as diferentes utilizações da tecnologia – e inclui aceitar não utilizá-la sistematicamente, apesar das facilidades que ela traz. Segundo a Agência Internacional de Energia (AIE), a IA generativa consome 10 vezes de vezes mais energia por ser polivalente – combina outras inteligências artificiais especializadas, capazes de executar diferentes tarefas como procurar, traduzir, combinar, resumir, escrever e criar novos dados. Não é necessário recorrer a uma plataforma com capacidades gigantescas como ChatGPT para uma busca simples, que demanda muito menos dados para uma resposta satisfatória – portanto, exige menos infraestruturas e energia do que a gigante mundial da inteligência artificial generativa. “Você não precisa usar o ChatGPT para encontrar um bom restaurante”, disse a ministra francesa da Transição Ecológica, Agnès Pannier-Runacher, à emissora BFMTV.

Pastor George talks about his upcoming call to join MNA's Ministry to State as the State Capitol Minister to North Carolina. Pastor Darin shares his experiences in this position and how Christians should view their relationship to government and elected officials.

Alexandre Leduc, MNA for Hochelaga-Maisonneuve and member of the Select Parliamentary Committee on the Impacts of Screens and Social Media on Young People's Health and Development, spoke to Andrew Carter.

Finding Peace During the Busy Season Welcome to another episode of the Mna-to-Man Podcast, “'Tis The Busy Season.” With the holiday rush upon us, this episode explores how we can find peace amidst the busyness of December. We'll discuss practical ways to create moments of stillness, embrace rest, and stay connected to God as the true reason for the season. This is a time to slow down, reflect, and prioritize what truly matters. Embracing Stillness Amidst the Rush The holiday season can be overwhelming, with endless to-do lists, family gatherings, and last-minute shopping. In our conversation, we shared about planning family outings and Christmas light tours, which can still feel like a whirlwind. Even with fun traditions, it's essential to find those intentional quiet moments. Key Takeaways: Prioritize Quiet Time: Taking even a few minutes each day can bring peace and clarity. Reframe the Season's Purpose: Remember that Christmas celebrates Christ's arrival—a moment of peace in a chaotic world. Challenge: This week, consider setting aside small moments for stillness. How might these moments help you find peace during this busy season? Scripture Reflection: Psalm 46:10 says, “Be still, and know that I am God.” Finding peace means pausing and acknowledging […] The post Tis The Busy Season appeared first on UNCOMMEN.

Summary:  Navigating the intricate landscape of ESG and shareholder activism requires a deep understanding of both market dynamics and investor expectations. That's why expert guidance is indispensable for companies looking to build lasting value and trust with their stakeholders.Today we're sitting down with Lyndon Park, Head of ICR Governance Solutions. Lyndon advises boards and management teams on complex corporate governance, ESG and shareholder activist event-driven issues to align clients with investor and market expectations. Before joining ICR, Lyndon was Head of Global Corporate Governance at Dimensional Fund Advisors, where he oversaw the firm's global stewardship and ESG initiatives. Prior to Dimensional, Lynden was a partner and Head of Governance and Listing Standards at EQX, a capital market startup. He began his career in governance at BlackRock by supporting BlackRock's board of directors on intercompany governance matters before serving as one of the BlackRock Investment Stewardship teams' lead governance analysts, overseeing portfolio companies representing about $450B of BlackRock's AUM. Lyndon is a recognized thought leader in ESG and shareholder activism, frequently participates on panels, and his perspectives have been published or quoted in numerous leading media outlets like the Wall Street Journal and the Financial Times. Highlights:Takeaways from the 2024 proxy season (3:25)What companies can do differently to avoid Executive comp challenges (6:00)What companies can do differently when under duress during proxy season (8:58)Lyndon discusses the effects of the Universal Proxy Card (11:45)Lyndon discusses MNA-driven attacks (16:06)Examining the recent Starbucks ESG activist campaign (17:25)The current anti-ESG movement, and Lyndon's take (19:24)Lyndon's advice on easy wins in ESG strategy in this moderating DEI climate (21:50)Lyndon shares what he sees on the horizon in 2025 (25:05)How the best boards and management teams tackle this landscape (28:17) Links:Lyndon Park on LinkedInICR LinkedInICR TwitterICR Website Feedback:If you have questions about the show, or have a topic in mind you'd like discussed in future episodes, email our producer, marion@lowerstreet.co.

Une mise à l'épreuve éducative Aujourd’hui, on juge Sofiane en audience de sanction. C’est un MNA : un mineur non accompagné. Sofiane est arrivé en France tout seul à l’âge de 14 ans. Aujourd’hui, il a 18 ans. Il y a 6 mois, il a été reconnu coupable de trafic de stupéfiants et de violences sur un policier. Pour décider de la sanction, on doit tenir compte de son évolution au cours des 6 derniers mois. Dans le jargon de la justice, ça s’appelle : la période de mise à l’épreuve éducative.Délits mineursDélits mineurs raconte la justice des mineurs depuis le point de vue d’une assesseure au tribunal pour enfants de Bobigny, en Seine-Saint-Denis. Les assesseurs sont des citoyens-bénévoles qui assistent le juge des enfants dans les affaires où des mineurs sont suspectés d’avoir commis des délits graves, parfois des crimes. Il y a un juge et deux assesseurs par audience. En délibéré, les décisions se prennent à la majorité des voix. Le juge et les assesseurs disposent chacun d’une voix, de valeur égale. Chaque épisode de Délits mineurs plonge l’auditeur dans l’histoire d’un jeune, dans le déroulement d’une audience et dans une expérience subjective, parfois déchirante : celle de juger.Délits mineurs est un podcast bi-mensuel, à retrouver tous les quinze jours sur ARTE Radio et les plateformes d'écoute. Enregistrements 2024 Réalisation Annabelle Brouard Illustration Xavier Lissillour et Iris Lorenzini

Groundwater Policy and Federal Facilities Overview is a two-hour webinar course that provides an overview of U.S Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) groundwater policies and guidance with emphasis on cleanups at federal facilities. By taking this course, participants will achieve the following objectives:Identify EPA groundwater policies;Understand groundwater classification and beneficial use in restoration objectives;Understand nature and extent considerations from groundwater contaminant plumes;Explore applicable or relevant and appropriate requirements (ARARs) commonly associated with groundwater remedies;Identify groundwater considerations for monitored natural attenuation (MNA), institutional controls, and technical impracticability waivers; and,Discover information on major groundwater policies from other federal agencies, such as Department of Defense (DoD) and Department of Energy (DoE).The instructional methodology for this course includes lecture and quizzes. The target audience for this course is federal, state, and tribal representatives who work on Federal Facility cleanups. Ideally, students should have a basic understanding the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA). This course is part of the Federal Facilities Academy training program. Please consider registering for other Federal Facility Academy courses and obtain a certificate upon completion of the entire Federal Facility Academy series (12 courses total). To view this archive online or download the slides associated with this seminar, please visit http://www.clu-in.org/conf/tio/FFAcademy7_111324/

Groundwater Policy and Federal Facilities Overview is a two-hour webinar course that provides an overview of U.S Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) groundwater policies and guidance with emphasis on cleanups at federal facilities. By taking this course, participants will achieve the following objectives:Identify EPA groundwater policies;Understand groundwater classification and beneficial use in restoration objectives;Understand nature and extent considerations from groundwater contaminant plumes;Explore applicable or relevant and appropriate requirements (ARARs) commonly associated with groundwater remedies;Identify groundwater considerations for monitored natural attenuation (MNA), institutional controls, and technical impracticability waivers; and,Discover information on major groundwater policies from other federal agencies, such as Department of Defense (DoD) and Department of Energy (DoE).The instructional methodology for this course includes lecture and quizzes. The target audience for this course is federal, state, and tribal representatives who work on Federal Facility cleanups. Ideally, students should have a basic understanding the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA). This course is part of the Federal Facilities Academy training program. Please consider registering for other Federal Facility Academy courses and obtain a certificate upon completion of the entire Federal Facility Academy series (12 courses total). To view this archive online or download the slides associated with this seminar, please visit http://www.clu-in.org/conf/tio/FFAcademy7_111324/

Legendary sports shock jock Scott Ferrall takes the gaming world by storm with his “in your face” style, previewing the evening slate of games going over lines, totals and props, keeping you out of harms way and on the right side of the line. Ferrall and the crew are back for an all new episode of Coast to Coast! On this episode, Ferrall and Carver discuss the latest NFL news including the news of the Jets firing Robert Saleh, take a look at the upcoming NHL action, and more. Plus, Gabe Morency joins to share some best bets for tonight's action. And Mike DeCourcy joins to discuss Big Ten football and more!

Legendary sports shock jock Scott Ferrall takes the gaming world by storm with his “in your face” style, previewing the evening slate of games going over lines, totals and props, keeping you out of harms way and on the right side of the line. Ferrall and the crew are back for an all new episode of Coast to Coast! On this episode, Ferrall and Carver discuss the latest NFL news including the news of the Jets firing Robert Saleh, take a look at the upcoming NHL action, and more. Plus, Gabe Morency joins to share some best bets for tonight's action. And Mike DeCourcy joins to discuss Big Ten football and more!

Charlotte, NC (September 30, 2024) - USA Taekwondo has been honored with the prestigious title of #1 Member National Association (MNA) in Governance by World Taekwondo at the recent General Assembly held in Korea, finishing ahead of the other 200+ member countries. This recognition highlights USA Taekwondo's commitment to excellence and transparent leadership within the global taekwondo community. The top five MNAs were USA, Korea, Italy, France and Great Britain. This acknowledges USA Taekwondo's devotion to efforts in implementing best practices in organizational governance and strategic planning. The achievement follows the organization's success last year when it was named the best MNA in the Pan American region. TO READ THE REST OF THE ARTICLE: https://www.usatkd.org/news/2024/september/30/usa-taekwondo-best-mna-in-governance *This episode is presented by Bet Online

Le 30 septembre est désormais la journée nationale de la Vérité et de la Réconciliation. Mais pour l'avocat, ancien député et organisateur communautaire Alexis Wawanoloath, on ne peut atteindre la réconciliation entre les Peuples autochtones et l'État colonial qu'en prenant le temps de mener un processus, long et difficile, de guérison et de restitution. Alexis Wawanoloath démontre que les intérêts politiques et économiques des agences gouvernementales priment toujours sur les droits des communautés autochtones, dans le continuum d'un projet colonial amorcé il y a des siècles. Dans la deuxième partie de l'émission, Emilie échange avec son invité sur la place des personnes autochtones dans les médias. Ensemble, ils se demandent comment dépasser le phénomène de ‘tokenisation' et si tous deux doivent vivre avec ça. September 30th is the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation. But for the lawyer, former MNA and community organizer Alexis Wawanoloath, reconciliation between Indigenous Peoples and the colonial state can only be achieved by taking the time to undertake a long and difficult process of healing and restitution. Alexis Wawanoloath demonstrates that the political and economic interests of government agencies always take precedence over the rights of Indigenous communities, in the continuum of a colonial project that began centuries ago. In the second part of the show, Emilie discusses with her guest the place of Indigenous People in the media. Together, they wonder how to overcome the phenomenon of ‘tokenization' and whether they should have to live with it.Animation : Emilie NicolasGénérique : Lucie Laumonier (Production), Tristan Capacchione (Production technique), max collins (Coordination de production)Coanimation : Alexis WawanoloathPour en savoir plus :Alexis Wawanoloath sur FacebookLa journée de la Vérité et de la Réconciliation — APTNAutochtones et Hydro-Québec: le grand malaise des factures impayées — Radio-CanadaSuivre l'actualité au Liban — Al-JazeeraKwé, Bonjour (rattrapage) — Canal MSi vous appréciez ce podcast, soutenez-nous ! Vous obtiendrez un accès en prime à toutes nos émissions gratuitement, y compris les premières diffusions et le contenu bonus. Vous recevrez également notre lettre d'information exclusive, des rabais sur les produits dans notre boutique, des billets pour nos événements en direct et virtuels, et surtout, vous ferez partie de la solution à la crise du journalisme au Canada. Vous ferez en sorte que notre travail reste gratuit et accessible à tout le monde. Vous pouvez écouter sans publicité sur Amazon Music, inclus avec Prime. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Elias Makos welcomes back Dan Delmar, Co-founder of the PR and content firm TNKR Media and host of the Inspiring Business Hour - Saturdays at noon on CJAD 800, and Akil Alleyne, Reporter and Manager of the GemStar Circle of Excellence Scholarship Program. Bedlam in the House of Commons on Wednesday. The nastiness between the Liberals and Conservatives reached new heights The Bloc Québecois has issued its list of demands to keep the Liberals in power Are we giving Northvolt ‘bad press'? That's certainly what one CAQ MNA is suggesting. Louis Lemieux, the MNA for Saint-Jean and a former journalist himself, is denouncing what he calls a “witch hunt"

In this episode, we dive deep into the science of longevity with Courtney Van Bussum, COO of Longevity Launch Labs. Courtney shares her insights on the NAD (Nicotinamide Adenine Dinucleotide) pathway, a critical component in the aging process and how we can leverage it for longevity optimization. We explore the fascinating molecule 1-MNA (1-Methylnicotinamide), its unique role in the body, and how it helps lower levels of the NNMT (Nicotinamide N-methyltransferase) enzyme, which is associated with various age-related diseases and metabolic disorders. Key Topics Discussed: Introduction to the NAD Pathway: Overview of the NAD pathway and its significance in cellular metabolism and aging. The role of NAD+ in DNA repair, energy production, and maintaining cellular health. Understanding 1-MNA (1-Methylnicotinamide): What is 1-MNA, and what is it's role in the NAD story. The unique properties of 1-MNA and its potential as a longevity molecule. The NNMT Enzyme and Its Implications for Health: Explanation of NNMT (Nicotinamide N-methyltransferase) and its impact on metabolic health and aging. How elevated NNMT levels are linked to obesity, cancer, diabetes, and other age-related diseases. How 1-MNA Lowers NNMT Levels: The mechanism by which 1-MNA reduces NNMT activity, promoting healthier aging. Potential benefits of 1-MNA in reducing inflammation, improving metabolism, and supporting overall health.  How the immune system and NAD pathways are both key to longevity and health optimisation and how we can leverage and optimise both as we age.  Longevity Optimization Strategies: How targeting the NAD pathway and modulating NNMT activity can be part of a comprehensive longevity strategy. Practical tips for integrating 1-MNA and other NAD-boosting supplements into your daily routine. Courtney's Vision for the Future of Longevity Research: Insights into the latest developments at Longevity Launch Labs. The future of NAD research and its potential to revolutionize aging and healthcare. If you want to supplement 1-MNA you can now get it in our Longevity and Anti-Aging store  Bio Courtney Van Bussum is a dynamic entrepreneur and business leader who currently serves as the COO of Longevity Launch Labs, a pioneering incubator focused on advancing the Cellular and Longevity Medicine sectors. With a Bachelor of Science in Biomedical Engineering from Arizona State University, Barrett Honors College, Courtney has overseen several startups in the healthcare and medical arenas ranging from fitness applications to wearable medical devices. Her early career began as a strategy consultant in Scottsdale, Arizona where she honed her skills by working with Fortune 500 companies and startups, streamlining processes and driving innovation. In 2020, Courtney joined the Boulder Longevity Institute, where she played a crucial role in enhancing the institute's core technology and operational systems. Two years later, she co-founded Longevity Launch Labs, where she has been instrumental in building the operational frameworks that have propelled the incubator to become a key connector in the industry. Under her leadership, Longevity Launch Labs offers a range of services including product co-formulation and development, distribution, product rollout strategy, and mentorship, all aimed at supporting companies and healthcare practitioners in the rapidly evolving field of longevity medicine. Through Launch's Longevity Impact Fund, Courtney also helps early-stage startups access key capital to further development of their healthcare innovations. Having grown up around the world of medicine, Courtney understands that changing healthcare can only be achieved through creating innovative parallel systems that improve outcomes and experience. Her visionary leadership and deep expertise make her an invaluable voice in the conversation around healthcare innovation and longevity. Subscribe to our podcast for more expert insights on longevity, health optimization, and cutting-edge research. Visit Longevity Launch Labs' website for more information on 1-MNA and other groundbreaking research initiatives.  Connect with us on social media and share your thoughts on this episode using the hashtag #1-MNA   Personalised Health Optimisation Consulting with Lisa Tamati Lisa offers solution focused coaching sessions to help you find the right answers to your challenges. Topics Lisa can help with:  Lisa is a Genetics Practitioner, Health Optimisation Coach, High Performance and Mindset Coach. She is a qualified Ph360 Epigenetics coach and a clinician with The DNA Company and has done years of research into brain rehabilitation, neurodegenerative diseases and biohacking. She has extensive knowledge on such therapies as hyperbaric oxygen,  intravenous vitamin C, sports performance, functional genomics, Thyroid, Hormones, Cancer and much more. She can assist with all functional medicine testing. Testing Options Comprehensive Thyroid testing DUTCH Hormone testing Adrenal Testing Organic Acid Testing Microbiome Testing Cell Blueprint Testing Epigenetics Testing DNA testing Basic Blood Test analysis Heavy Metals  Nutristat Omega 3 to 6 status and more  Lisa and her functional medicine colleagues in the practice can help you navigate the confusing world of health and medicine . She can also advise on the latest research and where to get help if mainstream medicine hasn't got the answers you are searching for whatever the  challenge you are facing from cancer to gut issues, from depression and anxiety, weight loss issues, from head injuries to burn out to hormone optimisation to the latest in longevity science. Book your consultation with Lisa    Join our Patron program and support the show Pushing the Limits' has been free to air for over 8 years. Providing leading edge information to anyone who needs it. But we need help on our mission.  Please join our patron community and get exclusive member benefits (more to roll out later this year) and support this educational platform for the price of a coffee or two You can join by going to  Lisa's Patron Community Or if you just want to support Lisa with a "coffee" go to  https://www.buymeacoffee.com/LisaT to donate $3   Lisa's Anti-Aging and Longevity Supplements  Lisa has spent years curating a very specialized range of exclusive longevity, health optimizing supplements from leading scientists, researchers and companies all around the world.  This is an unprecedented collection. The stuff Lisa wanted for her family but couldn't get in NZ that's what it's in her range. Lisa is constantly researching and interviewing the top scientists and researchers in the world to get you the best cutting edge supplements to optimize your life.   Subscribe to our popular Youtube channel  with over 600 videos, millions of views, a number of full length documentaries, and much more. You don't want to miss out on all the great content on our Lisa's youtube channel. Youtube   Order Lisa's Books Lisa has published 5 books: Running Hot, Running to Extremes, Relentless, What your oncologist isn't telling you and her latest "Thriving on the Edge"  Check them all out at  https://shop.lisatamati.com/collections/books   Perfect Amino Supplement by Dr David Minkoff Introducing PerfectAmino PerfectAmino is an amino acid supplement that is 99% utilized by the body to make protein. PerfectAmino is 3-6x the protein of other sources with almost no calories. 100% vegan and non-GMO. The coated PerfectAmino tablets are a slightly different shape and have a natural, non-GMO, certified organic vegan coating on them so they will glide down your throat easily. Fully absorbed within 20-30 minutes! No other form of protein comes close to PerfectAminos Listen to the episode with Dr Minkoff here:    Use code "tamati" at checkout to get a 10% discount on any of their devices.   Red Light Therapy: Lisa is a huge fan of Red Light Therapy and runs a Hyperbaric and Red Light Therapy clinic. If you are wanting to get the best products try Flexbeam: A wearable Red Light Device https://recharge.health/product/flexbeam-aff/?ref=A9svb6YLz79r38   Or Try Vielights' advanced Photobiomodulation Devices Vielight brain photobiomodulation devices combine electrical engineering and neuroscience. To find out more about photobiomodulation, current studies underway and already completed and for the devices mentioned in this video go to www.vielight.com and use code “tamati” to get 10% off     Enjoyed This Podcast? If you did, subscribe and share it with your friends! If you enjoyed tuning in, then leave us a review and share this with your family and friends. Have any questions? You can contact my team through email (support@lisatamati.com) or find me on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and YouTube. For more episode updates, visit my website. You may also tune in on Apple Podcasts.  To pushing the limits, Lisa and team

Elias Makos is joined by Andrew Caddell, a town councillor in Kamouraska, columnist for the Hill Times in Ottawa and President of the Task Force on Linguistic policy. He was previously a diplomat, ministerial advisor and broadcast journalist and Christina Chough (C-H-O), Spanish teacher and Chair of the modern languages department at Dawson College The Quebec government will crack down on the explosion of tipping. Justice Minister Simon Jolin-Barrette will soon table a bill better regulating the how and why of tipping in the province. Quebec will also make adjustments to how grocery stores display pricing - ensuring the price of a single item is clearly marked. After publishing an open letter in Journal de Montreal criticising his own party, CAQ MNA Youri Chassin will make an announcement this morning about his political future. Now why should anyone care about a Saint-Jérôme MNA you've never heard of before? Well, after leaving the Montreal Economic Institute to enter politics, Chassin has become increasingly disgruntled with not being named a minister, and with Quebec's ballooning deficit. His economic right leanings and feelings of malcontent could mean he would run into the arms of Eric Duhaime and the Conservatives - giving that party an MNA. A third of Canadians now say they are political orphans. Are you, and if so, why?New Angus Reid polling shows Quebec to be more open to foreign workers than the rest of Canada. Overall, 42% of Quebecers believe that there are too many temporary foreign workers in the country, much less than in Ontario (61%) or Alberta (65%).

Industrial Talk is onsite at Xcelerate 24 and talking to Jay Hack, Vice President of Operations with Fluke Reliability about "Investing in innovation to significantly improve asset reliability". Jay Hack, Vice President of Business Operations at Fluke Reliability, discussed his role and the company's non-destructive testing (NDT) business, which focuses on eddy current inspection of steel rods. He highlighted the recent acquisition of Azima, which uses AI to enhance predictive maintenance, allowing customers to monitor thousands of assets more efficiently. The acquisition, completed in August 2023, is ahead of expectations. Hack also mentioned ongoing efforts to integrate Azima's technology with Fluke's existing solutions and explore new partnerships to expand their connected reliability ecosystem. Action Items [ ] Integrate Azima acquisition more fully within 1 year to allow seamless data integration between Fluke's existing solutions and Azima's AI capabilities. [ ] Continue exploring partnerships around areas like spare parts management, connected worker solutions, and other modalities to expand Fluke's predictive maintenance offerings. [ ] Connect with Jay Hack via email (jayhack@fluke.com) or LinkedIn to learn more about Fluke reliability's solutions. Outline Introduction and Welcome to Accelerate 2024 Scott MacKenzie welcomes listeners to the Industrial Talk podcast, highlighting the event's focus on industry professionals and their contributions. Scott introduces the guest, Jay Hack, and mentions Jay's role as Vice President of Business Operations for Fluke Reliability. Jay shares his experience from the previous year's event, where he lost his voice due to excessive celebrating. Scott and Jay engage in small talk about the event's atmosphere and the busy schedule. Jay Hack's Role and Fluke Reliability Overview Jay provides a background on his role, including leading MNA and partnerships, general management of the non-destructive testing (NDT) business, and overseeing the Florida Business System (FBS). Scott asks Jay to explain NDT, and Jay describes it as non-destructive testing, focusing on eddy current inspection of steel rods. Jay explains the niche market of NDT and its importance in the steel production process. Jay mentions that Fluke Reliability is a global leader in this niche market, with a long-standing business model. Discussion on AI and Azima Acquisition Scott shifts the conversation to AI, noting its ubiquity and the challenges in applying it across various applications. Jay explains the acquisition of Azima and its integration with Fluke Reliability's existing offerings. Jay describes how Azima's AI technology enhances predictive maintenance by making vibration analysts more efficient. Jay highlights the benefits of Azima's business processes and AI architecture in improving maintenance efficiency. Integration of Azima and Future Expectations Scott inquires about the integration of Azima with Fluke Reliability's existing solutions. Jay explains that the integration is still in progress but is ahead of expectations, with a focus on enhancing current offerings. Jay discusses the future expectations of Azima, including expanding and deepening predictive maintenance capabilities. Jay mentions the exploration of new partnerships and categories, such as spare parts management and connected worker solutions. ...

durée : 01:00:51 - LSD, la série documentaire - par : Raphaël Krafft - Les Mineurs Non Accompagnés (MNA) attendent des mois, parfois des années, pour accéder à leur vœu le plus cher : l'école. Orientés le plus souvent dans des filières professionnelles, certains, comme Mohammed et Mamadou, se lancent dans de longues études. - réalisation : David Jacubowiez

À Marseille, entre 150 et 200 personnes se déclarant mineurs dorment dehors. Le département doit les prendre en charge, mais se dit débordé et prêt à se mettre « hors la loi » en les refusant. En France, 16 700 mineurs étrangers sont arrivés en 2019 et 14 700 en 2022, après une baisse durant les années Covid. (Rediffusion) Dans le hall d'un bel immeuble du boulevard Longchamp, à Marseille, un brouhaha monte des escaliers. En bas des marches, des néons tressautent et tentent d'éclairer les deux pièces exiguës du sous-sol. Une cinquantaine de jeunes attend d'atteindre l'une des deux bénévoles. « Et hier c'était pire ! », crie Monique Cherel depuis l'autre bout de la cave.Deux fois par semaine, le Collectif 59 Saint-Just oriente les jeunes, fait le point sur leur situation, distribue des cartes téléphoniques. Parfois aussi, des tickets alimentaires de l'Abbé Pierre. C'est en réalité ce que beaucoup de jeunes sont venus chercher. « Je n'ai pas mangé depuis hier… » Mais Monique n'a plus de ticket, tout a été distribué la veille. « Je sais, j'étais là. Mais on était trop, je n'en ai pas eu. »Leurs visages sont creusés, parfois à l'extrême, les yeux rougis, le regard vide. Un jeune garçon sautille sur place, compulsivement. « Tu n'as pas besoin de parler, regarde juste leur tête : tu vois que ça ne va pas », souffle un garçon. À défaut de pouvoir manger, ils essaient de se réchauffer. Entre 150 et 200 personnes dorment dans la rue ou dans des squats à Marseille, selon les collectifs.Une majorité, reconnus mineurs en recoursLes jeunes se succèdent devant « Madame Catherine » qui remplit des fiches : « Tu as quel âge ? Tu dors où ? » Alassane* a 16 ans, il dort dans une tente. « Je vais faire une demande d'avocate pour toi. Tu as déjà fait l'évaluation de ta minorité avec l'Addap 13 ? »L'Addap 13 est l'association mandatée par le département des Bouches-du-Rhône (13) pour prendre en charge les mineurs non accompagnés (MNA). Mais ici comme ailleurs, les départements sont débordés. Pourtant, en 2022, le nombre de MNA est inférieur à celui de 2019, avant la crise sanitaire. De 16 700 à 14 700.Quand une place se libère, les jeunes sont logés à l'hôtel puis convoqués pour réaliser une « évaluation », durant laquelle le Département vérifie qu'ils sont mineurs. David Lemonnier, directeur général adjoint de l'Addap 13 admet que la plupart des évaluations conduisent à « la majorité » : 7 jeunes sur 10 sont déboutés en 2022.Politique de découragementCes jeunes attendent alors que leur demande de minorité soit réévaluée par le juge des enfants. En recours, 75% finissent finalement par avoir gain de cause, selon les associations. Une « politique de découragement », selon Jeanne, collectif 113. Ils ne sont pas les bienvenus : on les déclare majeurs pour qu'ils quittent le territoire. » Le sérieux des évaluations est aussi contesté. Sur celle de Moussa*, il est écrit : « L'intéressé ne semble pas intimidé par l'évaluateur [...], son langage et sa posture ne font pas ceux d'un adolescent mais d'un adulte [...]. Il ne présente pas les caractéristiques physiques d'un adolescent de 15 ans. » Sur la dernière page du dossier, la photocopie intégrale de son acte de naissance.David Lemonnier réfute toute subjectivité : « Nous sommes régulièrement contrôlés et la procédure est conforme. Et l'Addap 13 n'a aucune consigne du Département. » Mais pour Marlène Youchenko, avocate, le fait que les départements soient juges et parties pose un problème d'impartialité.En attendant leur recours, les jeunes ne sont plus protégés, sauf si le juge des enfants délivre une ordonnance de placement, ce qui arrive de moins en moins souvent, déplore l'avocate. « Juridiquement, c'est un trou dans la raquette », admet David Lemonnier. « Ils passent six mois ou un an dehors, dénonce Jeanne. Sans les bénévoles, ils mourraient et seraient en proie à tous les trafics. C'est de la non-assistance à personne en danger. »Crise de l'accueilUn bras de fer se joue déjà entre les départements et l'État. L'Ain (01) a indiqué ne plus accueillir de MNA pendant trois mois. Martine Vassal, présidente du Conseil départemental (13) est prête à se mettre « hors la loi ». Ça ne serait pas la première fois : elle a déjà été plusieurs fois condamnée par le tribunal administratif. La question des MNA ne figure pas dans la loi immigration, ce que déplore l'Assemblée des départements de France (ADF). Gérald Darmanin leur a promis des aides financières.La question des moyens est indéniable. Mais les collectifs dénoncent unanimement un manque de volonté politique, alors que Martine Vassal revendique de fortes positions anti-immigration. En septembre, avant l'arrivée du Pape à Marseille, 40 jeunes ont occupé une église. Pour éviter le scandale, le département les a relogés en quelques jours. « On entend parler d'une "crise migratoire", il s'agit en réalité d'une crise de l'accueil », estime Jeanne.Au milieu du champ de bataille, des jeunes essaient de ne pas mourir. « Je ne pensais pas que ça allait être si difficile », murmure Joël*, assis dans la cave du boulevard Longchamp. Après avoir quitté sa famille, traversé le désert et la mer sur une embarcation de fortune, il ne pensait pas dormir à la gare. « Là-bas, des inconnus nous donnent 5 euros pour manger. Le lendemain ils reviennent et nous proposent de vendre de la drogue. On refuse, mais on va manger comment ? » À l'autre bout de la cave, comme un disque fatigué, Monique Cherel répète en boucle : « Nous-n'av-ons pas-de-tic-kets-au-jour-d'hui ! ». Mais les jeunes ne peuvent pas l'entendre : « On a besoin d'aide », implorent-ils en se faisant passer une boîte de Nesquik trouvée on-ne-sait-où qu'ils vident par poignées affamées.*prénoms d'emprunt.

Navigating the intricate landscape of ESG and shareholder activism requires a deep understanding of both market dynamics and investor expectations. That's why expert guidance is indispensable for companies looking to build lasting value and trust with their stakeholders.Today we're sitting down with Lyndon Park, Head of ICR Governance Solutions. Lyndon advises boards and management teams on complex corporate governance, ESG and shareholder activist event-driven issues to align clients with investor and market expectations.Before joining ICR, Lyndon was Head of Global Corporate Governance at Dimensional Fund Advisors, where he oversaw the firm's global stewardship and ESG initiatives prior to Dimensional, Lynden was a partner and Head of Governance and Listing Standards at EQX, a capital market startup. He began his career in governance at BlackRock by supporting BlackRock's board of directors on intercompany  governance matters before serving as one of BlackRock Investment Stewardship teams' lead governance analysts, overseeing portfolio companies representing about 450 billion of BlackRock's AUM.Lyndon is a recognized thought leader in ESG and shareholder activism, frequently participates on panels, and his perspectives have been published or quoted in numerous leading media outlets like the Wall Street Journal and the Financial Times.Highlights:Takeaways from the 2024 proxy season (3:25)What companies can do differently to avoid Executive comp challenges (6:00)What companies can do do differently when under duress during proxy season (8:58)Lyndon discusses the effects of the Universal Proxy Card (11:45)Themes surrounding proxy contests (13:53)Lyndon discusses MNA-driven attacks (16:06)Examining the recent Starbucks ESG activist campaign (17:25)The current anti-ESG movement, and Lyndon's take on that (19:24)Lyndon's advice on what are easy wins in ESG strategy in this moderating DEI climate (21:50)Lyndon shares what he sees coming for 2025 (25:05)How the best boards and management teams tackle this landscape (28:17)Links:Lyndon Park on LinkedInICR LinkedInICR TwitterICR WebsiteFeedback:If you have questions about the show, or have a topic in mind you'd like discussed in future episodes, email our producer, marion@lowerstreet.co.

Santo Garofalo and his wife, Mary Ellen served as MNA church planters in Atlantic City for 13 years and are now MTW missionaries at Nuova Vita in Salerno, Italy. He grew up in Point Pleasant and first came to faith through the ministry of Calvary. 

In this episode, we delve into a revolutionary longevity molecule that you might not have heard of before: 1-MNA. If you're interested in staying younger longer and if you want to maintain your energy and vitality then this is an episode for you. Perhaps you have read the groundbreaking book by Dr David Sinclair "Lifespan" where he talks about NAD and how crucial it is for the body and how it can help upregulate sirtuin genes (longevity genes) and help you maintain your cellular health and energy. We are now 4 years on we have more data, studies and information to share in this arena. Perhaps you have been trying to improve  your NAD metabolism, taking NMN (nicotinamide mononucleotide)  or NR (nicotinamide riboside), and upregulating sirtuin genes, if you have then you need to hear this.  We'll explore the intricacies of NAD pathways, the role of key enzymes, and why simply supplementing with NAD precursors may not be the best holistic approach and how we can improve on that approach to anti-aging Key Points Discussed: Introduction to NAD Metabolism: Overview of previous episodes on NAD metabolism with experts like Professor Joseph Baur, Dr. Elizabeth Yurth from the Boulder Longevity Institute, and Dr. Elena Seranova. Importance of understanding the complexities of NAD pathways beyond the basics. Understanding 1-MNA: Explanation of 1-MNA and its role in controlling NAD levels by blocking the enzyme NNMT (Nicotinamide N-methyltransferase). The dangers of upregulating NNMT, which degrades NAD and can lead to various health issues. Key Enzymes in NAD Metabolism: Discussion on the salvage pathway and two critical enzymes that degrade NAD. Importance of regulating NNMT to prevent its deleterious effects, particularly in senescent cells, cancer cells, and fat cells. Benefits of 1-MNA How 1-MNA can help maintain a balanced NAD metabolism by inhibiting NNMT. Potential benefits for conditions like schizophrenia, neurodegeneration, liver diseases, and cancer. Research and Studies: Overview of studies showing the positive effects of 1-MNA on post-COVID conditions, inflammation, and mitochondrial function. Insights from animal studies on 1-MNA's protective effects against metabolic disorders. Practical Applications: Recommendations for integrating 1-MNA into supplement regimens, especially for those taking NMN or NR. Potential benefits for various conditions, including obesity, metabolic syndrome, cardiac disease, liver disease, cancer risk, long COVID, and fatigue. Balancing NAD Levels: Importance of maintaining NAD levels for energy production, DNA repair, neurotransmitter health, and longevity. The role of NAD as a redox molecule and the balance between NAD+ and NADH. Conclusion: Encouragement to explore further research on NNMT and its impact on health. Final thoughts on the potential of 1-MNAas a crucial supplement for maintaining NAD balance and promoting longevity. References and Links: Boulder Longevity Institute: https://boulderlongevity.com/ SSRP Institute: https://ssrpinstitute.org/ Studies on NNMT and related conditions: Research   If you enjoyed this episode, please give it a like, share, and subscribe to the YouTube channel. Tune in weekly for more interviews with top doctors and scientists on health optimization and longevity. Get Your 1-MNA now If you want to start supplementing with 1-MNA to support your own healthy aging journey, to upregulate your NAD metabolism, support sirtuin genes and prevent the overexpression of the deleterious NNMT Enzyme you can buy it here: 1-MNA and use code NAD to get $25 off your first order Stay up-to-date with the latest research and evolve with the science to optimize your health and longevity. See you in the next episode!       Personalised Health Optimisation Consulting with Lisa Tamati Lisa offers solution focused coaching sessions to help you find the right answers to your challenges. Topics Lisa can help with:  Lisa is a Genetics Practitioner, Health Optimisation Coach, High Performance and Mindset Coach. She is a qualified Ph360 Epigenetics coach and a clinician with The DNA Company and has done years of research into brain rehabilitation, neurodegenerative diseases and biohacking. She has extensive knowledge on such therapies as hyperbaric oxygen,  intravenous vitamin C, sports performance, functional genomics, Thyroid, Hormones, Cancer and much more. She can assist with all functional medicine testing. Testing Options Comprehensive Thyroid testing DUTCH Hormone testing Adrenal Testing Organic Acid Testing Microbiome Testing Cell Blueprint Testing Epigenetics Testing DNA testing Basic Blood Test analysis Heavy Metals  Nutristat Omega 3 to 6 status and more  Lisa and her functional medicine colleagues in the practice can help you navigate the confusing world of health and medicine . She can also advise on the latest research and where to get help if mainstream medicine hasn't got the answers you are searching for whatever the  challenge you are facing from cancer to gut issues, from depression and anxiety, weight loss issues, from head injuries to burn out to hormone optimisation to the latest in longevity science. Book your consultation with Lisa    Join our Patron program and support the show Pushing the Limits' has been free to air for over 8 years. Providing leading edge information to anyone who needs it. But we need help on our mission.  Please join our patron community and get exclusive member benefits (more to roll out later this year) and support this educational platform for the price of a coffee or two You can join by going to  Lisa's Patron Community Or if you just want to support Lisa with a "coffee" go to  https://www.buymeacoffee.com/LisaT to donate $3   Lisa's Anti-Aging and Longevity Supplements  Lisa has spent years curating a very specialized range of exclusive longevity, health optimizing supplements from leading scientists, researchers and companies all around the world.  This is an unprecedented collection. The stuff Lisa wanted for her family but couldn't get in NZ that's what it's in her range. Lisa is constantly researching and interviewing the top scientists and researchers in the world to get you the best cutting edge supplements to optimize your life.   Subscribe to our popular Youtube channel  with over 600 videos, millions of views, a number of full length documentaries, and much more. You don't want to miss out on all the great content on our Lisa's youtube channel. Youtube   Order Lisa's Books Lisa has published 5 books: Running Hot, Running to Extremes, Relentless, What your oncologist isn't telling you and her latest "Thriving on the Edge"  Check them all out at  https://shop.lisatamati.com/collections/books   Perfect Amino Supplement by Dr David Minkoff Introducing PerfectAmino PerfectAmino is an amino acid supplement that is 99% utilized by the body to make protein. PerfectAmino is 3-6x the protein of other sources with almost no calories. 100% vegan and non-GMO. The coated PerfectAmino tablets are a slightly different shape and have a natural, non-GMO, certified organic vegan coating on them so they will glide down your throat easily. Fully absorbed within 20-30 minutes! No other form of protein comes close to PerfectAminos Listen to the episode with Dr Minkoff here:    Use code "tamati" at checkout to get a 10% discount on any of their devices.   Red Light Therapy: Lisa is a huge fan of Red Light Therapy and runs a Hyperbaric and Red Light Therapy clinic. If you are wanting to get the best products try Flexbeam: A wearable Red Light Device https://recharge.health/product/flexbeam-aff/?ref=A9svb6YLz79r38   Or Try Vielights' advanced Photobiomodulation Devices Vielight brain photobiomodulation devices combine electrical engineering and neuroscience. To find out more about photobiomodulation, current studies underway and already completed and for the devices mentioned in this video go to www.vielight.com and use code “tamati” to get 10% off     Enjoyed This Podcast? If you did, subscribe and share it with your friends! If you enjoyed tuning in, then leave us a review and share this with your family and friends. Have any questions? You can contact my team through email (support@lisatamati.com) or find me on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and YouTube. For more episode updates, visit my website. You may also tune in on Apple Podcasts.  To pushing the limits, Lisa and team

Listen as Steve Jensen with MNA (Mission to North America) preaches a sermon called The Cost of Mercy from Luke 10:25-37.

It's another special edition of Beyond the Mask where we let you hear directly from the candidates running for various AANA offices in the upcoming fiscal year. This year we recoded the speeches when they were given in front of a live audience at the Mid-Year Assembly. From advocating for full practice authority to enhancing member engagement, each candidate shares their unique vision for advancing the profession. Don't miss this opportunity to hear directly from those who aspire to shape the future of nurse anesthesiology.   Don't forget that voting for these candidates is now open! Here's the link to let your voice be heard: https://www.aana.com/membership/elections-and-governance/governance/election-center/candidates/     Here are the candidates we'll hear from: Director Candidates: Daniel King, DNP, MNA, APRN, CRNA, CPPS, CNE - Illinois Erik Rauch, DNP, MBA, CRNA, NSPM-C - Florida Ann Miller, DNP, CRNA, APRN, FAANA - Florida Sherry Bernardo, DNP, MHA, CRNA - North Carolina Jason Bauer, MSN, RN, CRNA, PHRN, FAANA - Pennsylvania Howie Goodwin, DNAP, MSN, CRNA, CHSE, FAANA - Virginia Dee Bender, DNAP, CRNA, MNNA, ARNP - Washington Lew Bennett, DNP, CRNA - Pennsylvania Erin Foley, DNAP, MSNA, CRNA, FAANA - Maine Susan Hall, DNP, CRNA - Massachusetts Debra Diaz, DNP, CRNA, APRN, FAANA - Florida William Howell, DNP, CRNA - Georgia   Treasurer Candidate: Jennifer Banek, MSN, CRNA - Illinois   VP Candidate: Tracy Young, MSNA, MBA, CRNA - Louisiana   PE Candidate: Jeffrey Molter, MSN, MBA, CRNA - Ohio     Visit us online: https://beyondthemaskpodcast.com/   Get the CE Certificate here: https://beyondthemaskpodcast.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Beyond-the-Mask-CE-Cert-FILLABLE.pdf   Help us grow by leaving a review: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/beyond-the-mask-innovation-opportunities-for-crnas/id1440309246   Donate to Our Heart Your Hands here: https://www.ourheartsyourhands.org/donate 

Connect with Pilar on LinkedInVisit YCP SolidianceVisit Asia Business Podcast Full show Transcript below Summary and TimestampsOverviewIn this episode of the Asia Business Podcast, host Art Dicker interviews Pilar Dieter, CEO of YCP Solidiance, an Asia-focused strategic advisory firm. They discuss the challenges and opportunities in the Asian market, focusing on China's decreasing foreign direct investment (FDI) and the strategies for diversifying supply chains due to geopolitical tensions and supply chain resiliency. Pilar provides insights into the factors leading to net capital outflows from China, the impact of global perceptions on investment, and the shift toward domestic consumption driving growth in China. The conversation also covers the trend of businesses de-risking by moving operations from China to Southeast Asia, India, or nearshoring to places like Mexico, and how YCP Solidiance facilitates this transition. They delve into industry-specific shifts, the increasing interest of Chinese companies in outbound investment, and the importance of strategic and post-merger integration services in navigating the complexities of the Asian market. The episode wraps up with how companies can reach Pilar and YCP Solidiance for strategic advice and support. Timestamps00:00 Welcome to the Asia Business Podcast with Pilar Dieter00:57 Deep Dive into China's Business Landscape01:49 Navigating Supply Chain Resilience and Diversification03:21 The Future of Foreign Direct Investment in China06:05 De-risking Strategies for Global Supply Chains11:20 Exploring New Markets: The Shift in Asian Investment Patterns23:09 The Role of Strategic Advisory in Global Business Expansion28:07 M&A Trends in Asia: Insights and Opportunities36:03 Closing Thoughts and Contact Information TranscriptArt: [00:00:00] Welcome everybody to another episode of the Asia business podcast. I'm your host, Art Dicker. And today we have the true pleasure of welcoming Pilar Dieter. She is the chief executive officer at YCP Salidians. YCP Salidians is an [00:00:15] Asia focused strategic advisory firm with 17 offices worldwide, predominantly in Asia.Art: Welcome, Pilar. Pilar: Thank you, Art. It's a true pleasure to be here. Thanks for having me. Art: Yeah, we've talked about [00:00:30] doing this for a while now. And we both had recent visits to China. And so I think we've got plenty to talk about. We're gonna I think China is going to be a big part of what we talk about today.Art: But as we said at the top, your firm is a big presence all throughout Asia. And I think it's [00:00:45]going to be interesting to do a bit of comparison between different parts of that region and see what's going on. So I'm happy to get into it today and really looking forward to it. Pilar: Absolutely. I'm looking forward to the exchange as well.Art: Great. Let's off maybe with With China. And I [00:01:00] know you guys work a lot with the sort of the top fortune 500 companies there. But also you work with them throughout Asia and beyond. And we've seen a lot of statistics come out lately where looking at the net capital outflows from China after [00:01:15] years and years of inbound investment increasing year after year.Art: And do you see that trend reversing anytime soon? And if so, the trend of the negative outflows, negative inflows, I should say. Do you see that trend reversing [00:01:30] anytime soon? And if so, what sectors might it reverse in? Pilar: I think the way to determine whether or not this is something that would reverse is it's first important to understand why that F.Pilar: D. I. into China has decreased over the last few years. So there's a couple, [00:01:45] I would point to three things. Two are obvious, one might be a little less obvious. So I would point to number one, really the supply chain resiliency move. This concept of. Diversifying supply chains. This isn't a sudden thing.Pilar: We can track [00:02:00] this back to really 2016 2015 era, even before trade tariffs were starting to come into play. So a lot of conversation around why diversification matters in supply chains. That's 1 of the reasons that you're starting to see a little bit of that [00:02:15] decline in F. D. I. The other one, another obvious element is the geopolitical tension.Pilar: Lots of media attention that's driving and easily influencing the way that U. S. corporations or multinational corporations are really viewing China with a bit [00:02:30] more of a fine tooth comb before making really readily decisions to make big investment into China because of the beauty of the growing market and the size of the market.Pilar: But I'd say the third and maybe less obvious. Point that would be directed to why [00:02:45] FDI in China is decreasing is when you actually talk to some of the bank leadership in China, they will actually point to a decrease due to companies moving liquid capital out of China as a result of interest rates coming down [00:03:00] markedly And that, I think, when we looked at what was happening during COVID times, China interest rates were obviously quite high compared to other countries, making it a little bit more of an attractive play.Pilar: So now, with the decrease continuing that seems to be something that [00:03:15] others, especially domestically or regionally, that I was talking to when I was in Shanghai a couple days ago or weeks ago were also pointing to. But to your point about, Given these realities of why FDI has declined, do I see this trend reversing?Pilar: My short answer is [00:03:30] no, not in the short term and for the USA, most decidedly, not in this election year. The two main reasons I would point to for this, though, would really be, while China still would like to maintain strong performance on [00:03:45] investment, when GDP numbers and their aggressive growth target of 5 percent that's been stated by Xi Jinping.Pilar: What we end up seeing is the investment lever of GDP is something that has been a big driver for them achieving their growth rates. But at this point in [00:04:00] time, the investment lever is taking a back seat. To some of the consumption activities that they're trying to really influence and push.Pilar: So I would say, looking internally in China, they're really going to be focused more on domestic consumption to be able to drive that [00:04:15] growth. And then the second reason why I would say that the trend might not be reversing, at least within this next year, Is US companies are just continuing to face more scrutiny within their own organizations.Pilar: Whenever I see clients trying US [00:04:30] clients in particular, trying to make decisions on deeper investment in China, whether that's through acquisition or through basic investment into greenfield or brownfield plants, or even finding new supply base that might actually be Chinese based. [00:04:45] It's coming with a very high higher bar in terms of scrutinizing whether or not it's the right partner.Pilar: So bottom line not reversing I would say within the foreseeable future being at least 12 to 18 months out Art: Yeah, and I'm [00:05:00] sure you got this question a lot when you visited China as well, both even from friends and business people in China, asking you maybe when, when do you think things will get better as far as the investment there and stuff.Art: I certainly got that. I just got back and got that a lot. [00:05:15] And I agree. It's part of it is it's. It's perception and reality, right? The reality is the Chinese economy is not doing well. And so that probably, as you said, might be the biggest factor, even beyond anything we read about in the news [00:05:30] and the headlines and the politics of of of, not great relations between the U S and China right now.Art: And at the same time I hear what you're saying too, with some of my own clients getting internal pushback for any, anything that, you know, because, and again, [00:05:45] that might be more of just as much perception of what they see in the headlines of the wall street journal or whatnot, and say why are we investing there more?Art: I thought it was getting harder, whether or not that's true or not. That's at least we can say that perception is there, and that's not going to help make [00:06:00] that fight any to get increased investment any easier internally, like you said. You see then, I guess it goes without saying that companies are de risking from China and moving either to Southeast Asia or India, if [00:06:15] it's manufacturing or even coming back closer to home let's say, Mexico.Art: Do you, are you actually with, internally at your firm trying to position yourself? As a bridge for that that de risking, where clients say we've [00:06:30] really valued all the advice you've given us in China we see you have offices all throughout Asia.Art: How have you guys been helping clients through that process a lot recently? Pilar: It would be relatively [00:06:45] relatively easy to say absolutely a hundred percent. I think that it wants, we want to caveat this a bit because I think the question oftentimes when our clients come to us and say, hey, here's our direction.Pilar: We've decided we need to de risk or sometimes the [00:07:00] terminology becomes anti fragility and that concept really means putting us putting our company or the client in a state where we are not subjected to the exogenous effects of any global economic player. [00:07:15] That could impact our business so detrimentally.Pilar: So put another way. Make us bulletproof, help us figure out what can we do, whether it's, taking these out of China and putting them into Southeast Asia, bringing things [00:07:30] nearshore, reshore, friendshore, back over to Mexico. Those are the common go tos. But what we have found is it helps to actually bring the client before they come to us with, here's our decision.Pilar: We want to take factories or [00:07:45] take suppliers out of China and move them to somewhere else in the world. We say let's take a step back and try to understand what is your objective here? And a lot of times when you really peel those layers back, what you're starting to hear the client say is we don't want to have another [00:08:00] COVID impact our complete business.Pilar: We also don't want another, whether it's a pandemic or it's a landshoreman strike in Los Angeles, or it's some kind of labor union strike in Europe, or it's pirates [00:08:15] in the Panama Canal, all of these global realities is what's causing us to reconsider. Are we securely operating and supply chain is the natural 1st place to go.Pilar: When you hear companies jump immediately to, we need to. [00:08:30] de risk and reshore. I think those can actually they're not mutually exclusive, so when you can separate them, you can actually unpeel a lot more on this de risking piece as opposed to the reshoring piece. But to come back to the [00:08:45] specifics of your question, are we seeing clients wanting this?Pilar: Yeah, definitely. We have one client, for example, in Furniture manufacturing, right? So a sector that is very well entrenched in China, they had been sourcing probably 70 percent of [00:09:00] their products out of China maybe doing some sub assembly in places like Mexico, and this was an American company and what they decided, and this was probably about a year or two after COVID lockdown ended and they said, [00:09:15] we really want to figure out a way to.Pilar: Bring this back home. So we want to double down on our investment in Mexico. Now, as you rightedly pointed out at the onset, we're more of an Asia based firm, but because we recognize the need for this [00:09:30] kind of pivot, we made a small investment in Guadalajara, Mexico, where we now have a small team that supported specifically these kinds of requests.Pilar: And this example on the furniture company is not, is only one, but I think it highlights the point where we took this [00:09:45] client and said Okay. What are the components or products that are coming out of China for you? We did the cost arbitrage of which products were the most expensive to relocate versus those that might be easier to relocate and wouldn't disrupt their supply chain too dramatically, but bring them additional cost [00:10:00] savings.Pilar: And in doing that, we ended up going through a, an MNA process in Mexico to help them find not just suppliers, but actually some manufacturing footprints that they could. Absorb and take over and move on. So in that example, I would argue that it [00:10:15] wasn't so politically driven. There wasn't the motivation was more on cost management.Pilar: China is no longer the cheapest place to source furniture. Not to say that Mexico is significantly cheaper, but when you put the landed cost calculations into play, [00:10:30] you do start to see. Some benefits there. Art: Yeah. And shipping, like you said, the risk of factory shutdowns, that's not necessarily a political risk.Art: China, I guess everything can be somewhat political but that's the, The supply chain disruptions, [00:10:45] that, that's something that is maybe wasn't as much of an issue, but you're seeing your clients and helping your clients price that additional risk into their calculations and then it's at a place like Mexico makes more sense.Art: I wonder if that's going to be, or, if you're seeing that as a trend for not just. [00:11:00] traditional multinational companies, American or European based, but even Asian companies and even Chinese companies realizing, Hey maybe this whole, the potential for supply chain disruption, obviously it affects our business as a Chinese manufacturer just as [00:11:15] much.Art: Maybe we need to diversify our own supply chain out into other parts of the world. And are you seeing that directly or indirectly? And how would you describe that phenomenon?Pilar: Yeah, I would. And I think it's very industry specific. So [00:11:30] what you find is when these companies that are the larger players decide to make any kind of further investment outside of China, their ecosystem that they have spent decades truly building up in China, which is what makes China such a [00:11:45] beautiful manufacturing prowess because they did masterfully put together complete communities really in certain industries that would be pockets for Supporting those large manufacturers take.Pilar: Automotive is the easy go to [00:12:00] example. So when you have the large, the starting point of those big companies saying, okay we've been manufacturing in Chongqing for decades, and all of our component suppliers are conveniently just [00:12:15] kilometers away from us. We now are going to make our next investment.Pilar: We're not shutting anything down. We're not moving anything away, but we're making our next investment in Fill in the blank, Vietnam, India, Indonesia, wherever. And as a result of that, we are asking you, Mr. [00:12:30] Supplier, to make a move as well. Are we seeing this mass exodus of complete comprehensive supply chains not evacuating China and moving elsewhere, but making their further investment overseas?Pilar: Yes, I would say that from our firm's standpoint, [00:12:45] we're seeing an uptick in the inquiry. About how to make that possible. We also have seen an increase in our clientele mix. Normally our clients were predominantly Western clientele with certain. A lot of [00:13:00] Japanese and a lot of Indian domestics also as our key clientele, but not so many Chinese.Pilar: Native domestic clients up 2 years. That and their inquiries are all about export opportunities. Where can I [00:13:15] be outside of China that can also be a market opportunity for me to serve these customers that have always been part of my ecosystem and are now possibly opening up a whole new market for me to be a part of?Pilar: So I would say that we [00:13:30] are seeing that as far as the companies that we're finding, looking for overseas, going outside of China Japan is another one. So we at YCP, our founder is Japanese. We were born [00:13:45] in Japan. We are publicly listed and traded on the Japanese stock exchange. And our largest revenue contributor in terms of our firm is our Japanese office.Pilar: Given that I'm now coming at you with a perspective of the [00:14:00] Japanese mindset and what their businesses are starting to do and looking at the Asia, Asia picture. And when they look at that Asia map, a lot of our Japanese clients are starting to have an elevated focus in [00:14:15] expanding artifi, not China.Pilar: There's a Japanese India corridor that's starting to open up. You can see with Kishida just here last week all of the increased investment ambition that they have, that Japanese have for for the U. S., which [00:14:30] is not to be understated. And really what you're finding there are some very salient examples that we work in more in the retail and consumer goods categories, as well as food and beverage, that these Japanese companies are seeking [00:14:45] outbound opportunities.Pilar: Amen. And I'd love to hear your thoughts on this to art, but I think one of the One of the examples we have with some Chinese companies, and I'm going to give you to illustrate how Chinese [00:15:00] companies without that whole ecosystem example, I laid out in the beginning on the automotive case, but how some Chinese companies are starting to view outbound investment.Pilar: And. The first thing I would highlight is one of our clients is in the artificial intelligence and [00:15:15] technology sector, and clearly, AI plays a very sensitive role, especially when you're talking about Chinese AI looking to invest outside of China. But in this case they, we are working with this company to find joint venture partners [00:15:30] because their ambition to get out of China is exceptionally high because they are worried that the market cap in China is already too low for them as well as already quite inundated with domestic players that have more [00:15:45] government influence. The 2nd indicator I would share with you. The 2nd client I would share with you is no surprise in the energy sector, a solar panel manufacturer in China. Who is eagerly exploring where they can be moving [00:16:00] to in what markets are going to be welcoming and accepting of their equipment and products.Pilar: In the US and Europe. So couple that with a lot of the, you have Janet Yellen just recently returning from her visit and making a very pointed [00:16:15] statement about no anti dumping. We don't need your overcapacity problems to influence us. And solar panels is right up there on the list. So this is an example to where you can see the overcapacity element, [00:16:30] which is a structural challenge.Pilar: China has is another factor. That's going to play into more Asian companies seeking those outbound investment opportunities. I would say.Art: Yeah, that mirrors like you alluded to that that mirrors what I'm seeing too. What you [00:16:45]described is in your role as a strategic consultant is very similar to my role as a legal consultant.Art: It's that, that shift from have starting to see Chinese companies have more and more interest to go outbound and needing professional advice. [00:17:00] And, willing to pay for that professional advice, which is, was not as in the old days was a little bit harder. So that's an an interesting development.Art: And I also think that the similarly, like clients are coming to the U S or out of China, not [00:17:15]so much because because as you said, China is so competitive, right? And so it's actually. Maybe the second example you use is better with the solar panels or where there's a more less competition and more.Art: There's at least some margin to have in the US being a high [00:17:30] margin place for a lot of different products still compared to China. That seems to be the biggest push that I've seen for companies as well. Art: And it's interesting you mentioned the AI case. I totally get that. That's. Yeah, that for a lot of reasons, I could see that there be there would [00:17:45] be limitations on what they can potentially, their ceiling in China, what they can do there.Art: And so that makes if they have the fundamental technology that may totally make sense that they would be looking to move out or sooner rather than later. Yeah. And it also begs the question where, you know, The whole [00:18:00] domicile of these companies and, like moving around, is it Singaporean companies and Chinese company?Art: You can, of course you can say the same thing about U. S. companies, right? That so many multinational quote U. S. companies get less than half their revenue from the U. S. And so [00:18:15]what does that make them, right? So many French. Fashion companies make much more money in China than they make in Europe.Art: So are they a Chinese fashion brand or are they, L'Oreal or something like that? Certainly if you ask them, they would never say so, but knowing some people that work at L'Oreal [00:18:30] but yeah I, it's, And I guess that gets to my, my, my next question, of the the solar panel example and the potential for dumping anti dumping countervailing duties on on exports to the U S and [00:18:45] E and EU potentially, how much, cause that's so much of a must be so much of what goes into your analysis of, for your, and advice for your clients.Art: Do you ever, Market that as [00:19:00] it's not necessarily like a standalone like service Hey, we also offer this political risk advisory bucket of us as a service, or it's just always part of what you do. You don't have to break it out as a separate kind of business line or separate cut because there are firms that's [00:19:15] clearly this do that, right?Art: So I don't know if you're thinking of integrating that kind of a service into what you already do. Pilar: Yeah, I wouldn't say we do it to the degree of the risk factors that a company like control risks, for example, might do, or even a law firm [00:19:30] like yours. But when you talk about a go to market strategy, you will oftentimes find that the pestle analysis and what's going on with, political instability and perceptions of a Chinese entity coming into a certain [00:19:45] market. What? How will that withstand the test of time and built on that macroeconomic perspective on the industry and that market we then go ahead and build out some of the detailed strategic plan of how do you bring your product to [00:20:00] this market?Pilar: Who are the distributors? What's the channel? Who are the customers? The competition? Typical strategy engagement. What I will share, and I think that this is actually quite fascinating, is I recently had a Chinese client who was exploring the [00:20:15] U. S. market, and they asked us, as part of our go to market roadmapping, and again, like I shared in the beginning, We aren't extensive in the U.Pilar: S. But when we have Chinese clients who are working with our China team, and they have a U. S. element, they bring in our small team in the U. S. [00:20:30] to help them with this. And this client on a call, Chinese executive said, now, tell me when we're going through the site selection phase of this project.Pilar: We really need to understand what regions in the U. S. are [00:20:45] amenable to working with Chinese people. very much. And where are the risks the highest because of gun policy, these were, it didn't necessarily take me back, but it just it was not a typical question [00:21:00] when doing these kinds of risk analyses and.Pilar: Ability to work in a certain country, those are things that you just don't think of people being so concerned with, but it was a legitimate fear and a legitimate. Component that went into the decision [00:21:15] making process for this company of where do we even want to go? Is it Texas, Alabama or Minnesota?Pilar: And. The reasons we're not just, an Excel spreadsheet rationale of a cost savings benefit analysis. So it comes into a lot [00:21:30] more of the social factors of how these. Foreign companies are starting to invest to Art: well, that's interesting. I have, I don't know if I've heard exactly that kind of a question, but I have heard that kind of it's I'm no longer [00:21:45] surprised if that came up either in a client inquiry, you and I probably think why is that so relevant?Art: We're not to diminish the, not to diminish that there is a real, Problem there with crime and gun violence and all of that sort of thing, but wouldn't necessarily. Yeah, [00:22:00] you and I wouldn't think of that as being a material factor in deciding, like you said, site selection. But yeah, Pilar: more generally, Art: yeah, things have changed.Art: There's a couple things there. One is I think there's probably a sensitivity more broadly to, [00:22:15] especially from Chinese companies or any international companies of how they'll be perceived in the local community, right? And so culturally they'll fit in. And so for that, so that's relevant. Whereas maybe we wouldn't think that should be relevant.Art: But these days, it maybe it [00:22:30] is. And so some states, like you said, Texas might be a little more open these days to foreign to, to companies coming in with foreign investment than others. And then you've got, That's would go back to what we said more at the top of this whole perception [00:22:45] versus reality.Art: Again, got crime and gun violence is definitely a problem. That's that is a reality. But maybe the perception in, let's say, China of how bad things are in the US, it could be even worse. So that we're [00:23:00] all somewhat of and we're the same way here. We're all a bit of a victim of. Where we get our information from, right?Art: So Pilar: absolutely. Art: Yeah. I was, cause, cause I've, I, we've talked about some of the clients that you've worked with anonymously. We've talked about some of the [00:23:15] clients you've worked with before since stories I've heard one to one talking with you over coffee, but I thought it would be great if you could share with our audience any more specific examples of.Art: How you walk the client through the whole process, [00:23:30] right? Because I think What you do, of course, is very valuable, but still, there's probably, and I expect, especially with Chinese clients, there's still some, a bit of a learning curve for them. On how the value they get from working with you.Art: So I'd be curious [00:23:45] how you what's the typical process, especially for a new client coming on board, how you help them solve the strategic problem. Pilar: Yeah thank you for the question. I think. With the clientele makeup that we have, as I mentioned before, Western clients, and I put [00:24:00] Japan in that bundle and let's just for argument's sake, put India in that bundle too, probably represent about 80 to 90 percent of our clients.Pilar: So our volume of Chinese clients is small, but growing mightily which I'm very proud of. So taking it from the perspective of [00:24:15] that larger massive clientele who come to us, they typically come to us and their problem statement is, I need to grow. The only region geographically that's growing for our industry is Asia Pacific.Pilar: Help me figure out how to crack [00:24:30] that. And many times, especially with multinationals, they've got a very solid footprint already. It's not as if they need the one on, what is India's GDP and population? What they're really after is, you know, help me [00:24:45] understand how to compete locally, and this is becoming more and more relevant for our China clients as well.Pilar: So the kind of services that they are looking for that we often are being asked to support them in is both [00:25:00] formulating that strategic plan. And then actually delivering it, so what that turns into is sitting down with the client and saying, let's get a both an inside out and an outside in perspective.Pilar: Let's understand your business operations, [00:25:15] understand your business model. Look at what your core services are. How do we expand that core and grow beyond it? Whether that means other products, other geographies, other partners, and then how do we even go well beyond that core for the [00:25:30] future, 10 to 15 year vision?Pilar: And that might be, going into something that is so foreign to what they are today. If they're an HVAC company, for example, going beyond the core might mean, okay, let's go from, Heating and venting and just air conditioning units [00:25:45] into something like building security. That's adjacent, but then what would be way out there?Pilar: Maybe we can start getting into, artificial intelligence for temperature controls in cities where [00:26:00] climate change is affecting the way in which those the air quality and pollution is working. But, that's moonshot. So we, they come to us and say, how do we grow the core, expand the core and go well beyond the core?Pilar: And what are some of those immediate? [00:26:15] Activities that we need to take on. So those initiatives take anywhere from, 2 to 4 months and it's very intensive because like I said, inside out means we talk with client outside in means we're going out and doing field research. So we're speaking with their [00:26:30] customers and competitors to really get a perspective of the market, because as I like to say, to my clients, your opinion on what you should do while possibly interesting is totally irrelevant.Pilar: The market is what matters. So we're always [00:26:45] telling our client. You have to understand what your customers are after and where they're going instead of just forcing your opinion, which is probably very closely aligned to be fair, but you really need that outside in. Once we have that whole [00:27:00] map identified, we build out the whole execution plan.Pilar: We then go into delivery mode and that delivery mode looks a lot like a business transformation exercise. It's. Activating anything from a sales and marketing [00:27:15] perspective. It's implementing some organizational changes, adopting a new digital strategy and technology innovation program within that company as well.Pilar: And that's all done under kind of our guidance and leadership to carry that through. And that's really [00:27:30] where the value is. We have a tagline that you'll find on our website that's called Strategy Delivered. And that's exactly what it is. It's the delivery of that strategy or a strategy they've already defined elsewhere.Art: Got it. Okay. [00:27:45] That's fantastic because I, I can I can tell just by going on the website that you have these wonderful testimonials, which I'm sure it didn't take too much prodding to get from your clients because they've seen, they all seem quite happy with the work that you've done at this.Art: That's what [00:28:00] struck me as I don't see many firms with that many amazing kind of testimonials on their site. So it's just a tribute to the work that you guys do. And the last thing I wanted to touch on because I know speaking of your firm, I know historically so much of The work that you've done over the years has been M.Art: N. A. [00:28:15] Related and, and the testimonials also speak to that. So I wonder if you could comment a bit about obviously M. N. A. or globally has slowed down. As you mentioned, the interest rates changing, increasing over the last few years, and [00:28:30] I'm sure that's 1 of the primary factors. D.Art: What are you seeing? Any trends in the region as far as M. N. A. Activity and. And who is active and who and how things may or may not change in the near future. Pilar: Yeah, no, I think you've hit on [00:28:45] it and just, 1 of the things I was looking into is just as far as Chinese M& A deals and how they have slipped.Pilar: It's been pretty severe. So when you look at M& A deals in 2023, they were at about 2, 500, according to [00:29:00] S& P. When you look at 2022, the year before, they were. At 2, 598. There it's just, it's a small decline, but it's definitely directional and going in that area. And in 2019, they were the lowest for [00:29:15] the whole decade at.Pilar: Just at 2, 500 this seems to be the sweet spot number for the last 5 years. What. We anticipate is we do see a little bit of uptick in our M and a practice. But it is, again, industry [00:29:30] centric, so some of the categories where we see it is energy. So some of our clients in the energy space, whether it be oil and gas, new energy, battery storage and energy transmission and then also on [00:29:45] the telecom media and technology, the sector that seems to be driving as well.Pilar: There's also, in terms of our anecdotal experience, automotive, we're seeing quite a bit, and we would actually bundle the EV piece under there, more so [00:30:00] than energy, but on that mobility piece, just to give you a case example, we are working right now on 2 separate deals tied to China, and it's 1 of them is, On the buy side, the other on the sell [00:30:15] side.Pilar: So on the buy side, it's in the automotive aftermarket, and this, sheds light on foreign companies open to and willing to invest in acquiring Chinese players. Not opposed to finding a Chinese [00:30:30]company that would be a good fit from, A product standpoint for export, a product standpoint from getting deeper into the market.Pilar: So it's to hit both. The valuations Art: are probably pretty attractive these days, especially for Chinese. That are pegged to the Chinese [00:30:45] capital markets for P ratios and stuff, so forth. Pilar: Exactly. Exactly. And then, on the sell side example, we've got one company that does have a plant there and in.Pilar: Latin America, and they are in the process [00:31:00] of trying to explore not for geopolitical reasons, purely just owner ready to exit. They are also looking to explore potential buyers from anywhere in the world, and they have their hypothesis is we believe the buyer should be a Chinese buyer. [00:31:15] And that's been an aggressive play on the sell side.Art: And, for those kind of I'm curious how you work with folks because a lot of these companies in Asia that you might be working with and are acquisitive [00:31:30] in these days are they green at all? Do you have to walk them through more of the process as far as, how you, you think about going about a deal and on, then on the backend, getting ready for the, the post merger integration.Art: How has your team traditionally [00:31:45] helped companies, let's say maybe that are a little less experienced in M& A. Pilar: Yeah, there's, there is a bit of the not just on The tactics of acquisition and deal transaction, but also on the on the landscape of the markets that we're [00:32:00] talking about.Pilar: So sometimes when the remit or the mandate is a pan Asia, and we showcase Indonesian company, a Thai company, a Chinese company, and a Japanese company, there's a separate section outlining, here's a Japanese. [00:32:15] that you need to be aware of on top of, everything else. So that's something to be thinking about with regards to helping companies do this.Pilar: It's actually quite common that the individuals within these organizations that are working [00:32:30] on these deals come with enough background in, in transactions, whether they're bankers themselves and they've just gone in house. Or that they've done deals within the company before and they just get it.Pilar: Or a third example is they may be private equity owned. And so they're [00:32:45] having the PE guys get involved in the project. So either way, the amount of education possibly needed and how the transaction works isn't necessarily something that we're finding ourselves having to do. I will share though, that on the post merger [00:33:00] integration, that's a key core competence of ours.Pilar: And that's, Essentially, when you look at our founder and I started, I gave you that whole Japanese background, but our founder, Japanese gentleman by the name of Yuki Ishida, he actually is former Goldman Sachs guy. [00:33:15] So he's Columbia university educated, spent a lot of time in the States, but has that knack for investments.Pilar: And so when YCP was first started, it was all on the concept of Taking M& A deals [00:33:30]and then helping them implement and integrate and realize the synergies that they went after in the first place. So we go through and do PMI all the time with clients. And what I think is most telling is we ourselves are quite acquisitive and [00:33:45] having done, on record, I think we've probably finished about.Pilar: three, maybe four deals in the last two years. So we ourselves walk our talk. We have a very structured methodology. How does the first hundred day plan go? How many BD [00:34:00] interactions do you have? What's the HR and the closing activities? So it's it's kind of part of our DNA. But when talking about, what are clients doing in China right now with regards to M& A, I think that there is definitely heightened interest again and it's [00:34:15] encouraging to see because, like you said, the valuation is there, but I would argue that it's probably some of the smaller sized companies that don't have to go through so many hoops to jump through in the boardrooms at your fortune fifties, where they've got a little bit of a concern around [00:34:30] making deeper investment in China.Art: That makes sense. But no, nevertheless, you guys are well positioned I think, I would guess, especially because you have your DNA in Asia and the deep experience there and that focus there. I imagine the PMI is, so much of it is [00:34:45] just as much kind of the cultural integration as it is anything else, and that put, I can't think of anyone, more focused than you guys on in Asia.Art: So I think that's probably, it's another thing that makes you guys stand out. To help on that part of the process. Pilar: [00:35:00] Thanks. Art: Yeah I think. Pilar I think people listen to this, there's going to be no shortage of people that want to reach out and it could be anywhere from an inquiry, about potential, potentially helping them or or, other ways to work with you.Art: What is [00:35:15] traditionally the best way people can reach out to you? Is it LinkedIn or go to the, your website or how should people contact you? Pilar: Yeah, that's a great question. And both are very valuable. So my LinkedIn is publicly available. I encourage people to follow up with [00:35:30] me.Pilar: I'm quite responsive there. And then also, yes, our website does have. Direct access with reforms to to reach our team and your inquiries, if they are specific to a certain geography or a certain industry. Are directed to the [00:35:45] most appropriate partner within our firm. As you mentioned, there's about 400 plus people in our organization and we've got well over 20 partners.Pilar: So there's a lot of industry specialization and there's also a lot of geographic specialization. And I'm always happy to make sure that you're [00:36:00] connected to the right folks as well. Art: Great. Thanks Pilar for joining. It's been fascinating. I think we hit on a lot of topics that, that are really hot and in the news these days.Art: And I think the audience will get quite a bit out of listening to this episode.Pilar: Art, like I said at the beginning, I was, I've been looking forward to [00:36:15] this. So thank you for making it happen. And we're excited to be partnering and collaborating with you.Pilar: So congratulations on this great podcast program. You've been developing and driving for the last few years. Art: Thanks. Much appreciated. Thank you again for coming on the show.   https://www.asiabusinesspod.com/

Well, hel-looo Kits ‘n' Kubs!   On Episode 368 of our show, we explore seemingly self-destructive choices by Conservative figure heads. Also, we talk about: PWHL Rocks Carbon in SK 55 Days in Arrears Scrimshaw Road Stop Cons Can't Say Alex The Daily Beaver Morning Show is broadcast LIVE (most of the time), weekdays at 7-ish a.m. Eastern. Our take on the news is the purrr-fect thing for The Best #DAMFAM in all podcasting™, Canadians on-the-go who want to stay engaged. Until next time, be kind to — and gentle with — yourselves, Your Eager Beaver and Mr. Grizzly ___________________________________________________ We welcome retweets, shares, gentle corrections, constructive criticism, compliments, show guest recommendations, and photos of what you are cooking. Send them to us via our show's Facebook blog page [https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100063635884012], our Xitter feed @TrueEager, or our e-mail at truenortheagerbeaver@gmail.com. If you like to smash with buttons, subscribe to our Podpage [podpage.com/the-true-north-eager-beaver/], sponsored by The Rae Girl, or our YouTube page [youtube.com/@truenortheagerbeavermedia] (where you can find the video version of our show and, exclusively, our monthly all pub chat / no politics live PubCast event). If you wish to encourage us to do more, leave us a positive review and stars on Apple Podcasts [https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/the-true-north-eager-beaver/id1564803781], retweet and share our shows, or tell your peeps and poops about us. Better yet, since our content is free and we shake it to earn your tips, you may now financially support our efforts via SuperChat on our YouTube page, but if you want to ensure that greater than 90% (rather than 70%) of your support gets to us, buying us a cup of coffee or mug of hot chocolate via The Eager Beaver Lodge Emergency Hydration Fund [https://ko-fi.com/eagerbeaver] really makes our day. ___________________________________________________ Not everyone can do everything. But everyone can do something. Because #DemocracyIsSomethingYouDo... Write to your MP, MPP, MLA, MNA, Senator, or preferred local media outlet to tell them you expect them to dig deep into the Doug Ford corruption story as well as indicted-in-the-USA-for-trying-to-steal-an-election Mike Roman's links to Stephen Harper and Andrew Scheer. And tell them you want them to do more to house the homeless. If you live in Alberta, you have until April 22 to register to vote in the AB NDP Leadership race. With the current strain on our health care professionals, do the right neighbourly thing to keep our hospitals unclogged: get your XBB, flu, pneumonia, and / or RSV shots , as well as meningitis B, COVID, and MMR boosters.   Finally, support your fellow Canadians by donating to the Red Cross Wildfire Response. _________________________________________________   Thank you to our podcast's founding sponsors:   * The Peppermaster * The Miss Vee Mysteries from Corvid Moon Publishing * Canadian Tarot Dot Com   Artwork credit: Peter Jarvis Opening and Closing Music Sequence credits:  Cranky Canuck [cranky@crankycartoons.com] Paul Joseph Something [pauljosephsomething@gmail.com] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Well, hel-looo Kits ‘n' Kubs!   On Episode 366 of our show, we explore plastic pollution, discuss Danielle Smith's schtick and our duty to each other in heated times. Also, we talk about: Plastics Treaty AB Is Unlike QC Sabotage Smith Honda Industries of the Future Grocery Competition Anti-Semitism on the Hill 200 Days Kurtis from Alberta Health Fees The Daily Beaver Morning Show is broadcast LIVE (most of the time), weekdays at 7-ish a.m. Eastern. Our take on the news is the purrr-fect thing for The Best #DAMFAM in all podcasting™, Canadians on-the-go who want to stay engaged. Until next time, be kind to — and gentle with — yourselves, Your Eager Beaver and Mr. Grizzly ___________________________________________________ We welcome retweets, shares, gentle corrections, constructive criticism, compliments, show guest recommendations, and photos of what you are cooking. Send them to us via our show's Facebook blog page [https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100063635884012], our Xitter feed @TrueEager, or our e-mail at truenortheagerbeaver@gmail.com. If you like to smash with buttons, subscribe to our Podpage [podpage.com/the-true-north-eager-beaver/], sponsored by The Rae Girl, or our YouTube page [youtube.com/@truenortheagerbeavermedia] (where you can find the video version of our show and, exclusively, our monthly all pub chat / no politics live PubCast event). If you wish to encourage us to do more, leave us a positive review and stars on Apple Podcasts [https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/the-true-north-eager-beaver/id1564803781], retweet and share our shows, or tell your peeps and poops about us. Better yet, since our content is free and we shake it to earn your tips, you may now financially support our efforts via SuperChat on our YouTube page, but if you want to ensure that greater than 90% (rather than 70%) of your support gets to us, buying us a cup of coffee or mug of hot chocolate via The Eager Beaver Lodge Emergency Hydration Fund [https://ko-fi.com/eagerbeaver] really makes our day. ___________________________________________________ Not everyone can do everything. But everyone can do something. Because #DemocracyIsSomethingYouDo... Write to your MP, MPP, MLA, MNA, Senator, or preferred local media outlet to tell them you expect them to dig deep into the Doug Ford corruption story as well as indicted-in-the-USA-for-trying-to-steal-an-election Mike Roman's links to Stephen Harper and Andrew Scheer. And tell them you want them to do more to house the homeless. If you live in Alberta, you have until April 22 to register to vote in the AB NDP Leadership race. With the current strain on our health care professionals, do the right neighbourly thing to keep our hospitals unclogged: get your XBB, flu, pneumonia, and / or RSV shots , as well as meningitis B, COVID, and MMR boosters.   Finally, support your fellow Canadians by donating to the Red Cross Wildfire Response. _________________________________________________   Thank you to our podcast's founding sponsors:   * The Peppermaster * The Miss Vee Mysteries from Corvid Moon Publishing * Canadian Tarot Dot Com   Artwork credit: Peter Jarvis Opening and Closing Music Sequence credits:  Cranky Canuck [cranky@crankycartoons.com] Paul Joseph Something [pauljosephsomething@gmail.com] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Well, hel-looo Kits ‘n' Kubs!   On Episode 367 of our show, we explore  Also, we talk about: Campus Activism Canada Post Carbon Pricing Catch & Kill PeePee's Atlantic Vacation QC Capital Gains Anti-Semitism on the Hill Johannes Rivoire  The Daily Beaver Morning Show is broadcast LIVE (most of the time), weekdays at 7-ish a.m. Eastern. Our take on the news is the purrr-fect thing for The Best #DAMFAM in all podcasting™, Canadians on-the-go who want to stay engaged. Until next time, be kind to — and gentle with — yourselves, Your Eager Beaver and Mr. Grizzly ___________________________________________________ We welcome retweets, shares, gentle corrections, constructive criticism, compliments, show guest recommendations, and photos of what you are cooking. Send them to us via our show's Facebook blog page [https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100063635884012], our Xitter feed @TrueEager, or our e-mail at truenortheagerbeaver@gmail.com. If you like to smash with buttons, subscribe to our Podpage [podpage.com/the-true-north-eager-beaver/], sponsored by The Rae Girl, or our YouTube page [youtube.com/@truenortheagerbeavermedia] (where you can find the video version of our show and, exclusively, our monthly all pub chat / no politics live PubCast event). If you wish to encourage us to do more, leave us a positive review and stars on Apple Podcasts [https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/the-true-north-eager-beaver/id1564803781], retweet and share our shows, or tell your peeps and poops about us. Better yet, since our content is free and we shake it to earn your tips, you may now financially support our efforts via SuperChat on our YouTube page, but if you want to ensure that greater than 90% (rather than 70%) of your support gets to us, buying us a cup of coffee or mug of hot chocolate via The Eager Beaver Lodge Emergency Hydration Fund [https://ko-fi.com/eagerbeaver] really makes our day. ___________________________________________________ Not everyone can do everything. But everyone can do something. Because #DemocracyIsSomethingYouDo... Write to your MP, MPP, MLA, MNA, Senator, or preferred local media outlet to tell them you expect them to dig deep into the Doug Ford corruption story as well as indicted-in-the-USA-for-trying-to-steal-an-election Mike Roman's links to Stephen Harper and Andrew Scheer. And tell them you want them to do more to house the homeless. If you live in Alberta, you have until April 22 to register to vote in the AB NDP Leadership race. With the current strain on our health care professionals, do the right neighbourly thing to keep our hospitals unclogged: get your XBB, flu, pneumonia, and / or RSV shots , as well as meningitis B, COVID, and MMR boosters.   Finally, support your fellow Canadians by donating to the Red Cross Wildfire Response. _________________________________________________   Thank you to our podcast's founding sponsors:   * The Peppermaster * The Miss Vee Mysteries from Corvid Moon Publishing * Canadian Tarot Dot Com   Artwork credit: Peter Jarvis Opening and Closing Music Sequence credits:  Cranky Canuck [cranky@crankycartoons.com] Paul Joseph Something [pauljosephsomething@gmail.com] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Well, hel-looo Kits ‘n' Kubs!   On Episode 364 of our show, we explore how the issue of corporate greed is showing up in our politics and discuss strategies. Also, we talk about: 0.13% Singh Flops Bills CIBC  Rope-a-dope  Swooning for Sean Donald Slump  Parti Québécois  The Daily Beaver Morning Show is broadcast LIVE (most of the time), weekdays at 7-ish a.m. Eastern. Our take on the news is the purrr-fect thing for The Best #DAMFAM in all podcasting™, Canadians on-the-go who want to stay engaged. Until next time, be kind to — and gentle with — yourselves, Your Eager Beaver and Mr. Grizzly ___________________________________________________ We welcome retweets, shares, gentle corrections, constructive criticism, compliments, show guest recommendations, and photos of what you are cooking. Send them to us via our show's Facebook blog page [https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100063635884012], our Xitter feed @TrueEager, or our e-mail at truenortheagerbeaver@gmail.com. If you like to smash with buttons, subscribe to our Podpage [podpage.com/the-true-north-eager-beaver/], sponsored by The Rae Girl, or our YouTube page [youtube.com/@truenortheagerbeavermedia] (where you can find the video version of our show and, exclusively, our monthly all pub chat / no politics live PubCast event). If you wish to encourage us to do more, leave us a positive review and stars on Apple Podcasts [https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/the-true-north-eager-beaver/id1564803781], retweet and share our shows, or tell your peeps and poops about us. Better yet, since our content is free and we shake it to earn your tips, you may now financially support our efforts via SuperChat on our YouTube page, but if you want to ensure that greater than 90% (rather than 70%) of your support gets to us, buying us a cup of coffee or mug of hot chocolate via The Eager Beaver Lodge Emergency Hydration Fund [https://ko-fi.com/eagerbeaver] really makes our day. ___________________________________________________ Not everyone can do everything. But everyone can do something. Because #DemocracyIsSomethingYouDo... Write to your MP, MPP, MLA, MNA, Senator, or preferred local media outlet to tell them you expect them to dig deep into the Doug Ford corruption story as well as indicted-in-the-USA-for-trying-to-steal-an-election Mike Roman's links to Stephen Harper and Andrew Scheer. And tell them you want them to do more to house the homeless. If you live in Alberta, you have until April 22 to register to vote in the AB NDP Leadership race. With the current strain on our health care professionals, do the right neighbourly thing to keep our hospitals unclogged: get your XBB, flu, pneumonia, and / or RSV shots , as well as meningitis B, COVID, and MMR boosters.   Finally, support your fellow Canadians by donating to the Red Cross Wildfire Response. _________________________________________________   Thank you to our podcast's founding sponsors:   * The Peppermaster * The Miss Vee Mysteries from Corvid Moon Publishing * Canadian Tarot Dot Com   Artwork credit: Peter Jarvis Opening and Closing Music Sequence credits:  Cranky Canuck [cranky@crankycartoons.com] Paul Joseph Something [pauljosephsomething@gmail.com] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Well, hel-looo Kits ‘n' Kubs!   On Episode 365 of our show, we debunk Pepe Le Pewlièvre's mantra claims that rent, housing, etc have doubled. Also, we talk about: Budget & Metrics Umar Zameer  US News Earth Day Elizabeth Irving  @PierreIsLying  Paul Kershaw on Overextraction Chess Patrick Norman  Halal Mortgages Acadie News Lantsman "Intergenerational Fairness" The Narwhal The Daily Beaver Morning Show is broadcast LIVE (most of the time), weekdays at 7-ish a.m. Eastern. Our take on the news is the purrr-fect thing for The Best #DAMFAM in all podcasting™, Canadians on-the-go who want to stay engaged. Until next time, be kind to — and gentle with — yourselves, Your Eager Beaver and Mr. Grizzly ___________________________________________________ We welcome retweets, shares, gentle corrections, constructive criticism, compliments, show guest recommendations, and photos of what you are cooking. Send them to us via our show's Facebook blog page [https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100063635884012], our Xitter feed @TrueEager, or our e-mail at truenortheagerbeaver@gmail.com. If you like to smash with buttons, subscribe to our Podpage [podpage.com/the-true-north-eager-beaver/], sponsored by The Rae Girl, or our YouTube page [youtube.com/@truenortheagerbeavermedia] (where you can find the video version of our show and, exclusively, our monthly all pub chat / no politics live PubCast event). If you wish to encourage us to do more, leave us a positive review and stars on Apple Podcasts [https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/the-true-north-eager-beaver/id1564803781], retweet and share our shows, or tell your peeps and poops about us. Better yet, since our content is free and we shake it to earn your tips, you may now financially support our efforts via SuperChat on our YouTube page, but if you want to ensure that greater than 90% (rather than 70%) of your support gets to us, buying us a cup of coffee or mug of hot chocolate via The Eager Beaver Lodge Emergency Hydration Fund [https://ko-fi.com/eagerbeaver] really makes our day. ___________________________________________________ Not everyone can do everything. But everyone can do something. Because #DemocracyIsSomethingYouDo... Write to your MP, MPP, MLA, MNA, Senator, or preferred local media outlet to tell them you expect them to dig deep into the Doug Ford corruption story as well as indicted-in-the-USA-for-trying-to-steal-an-election Mike Roman's links to Stephen Harper and Andrew Scheer. And tell them you want them to do more to house the homeless. With the current strain on our health care professionals, do the right neighbourly thing to keep our hospitals unclogged: get your XBB, flu, pneumonia, and / or RSV shots , as well as meningitis B, COVID, and MMR boosters.   Finally, support your fellow Canadians by donating to the Red Cross Wildfire Response. _________________________________________________   Thank you to our podcast's founding sponsors:   * The Peppermaster * The Miss Vee Mysteries from Corvid Moon Publishing * Canadian Tarot Dot Com   Artwork credit: Peter Jarvis Opening and Closing Music Sequence credits:  Cranky Canuck [cranky@crankycartoons.com] Paul Joseph Something [pauljosephsomething@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Well, hel-looo Kits ‘n' Kubs!   On Episode 362 of our show, we analyze Budget 2024 Also, we talk about: Success 1981-2012 Housing Growth & Productivity Inflation Data The Golden Weld Fiscal Guideposts Disability Disappointment Capital Gains The Pitch The Daily Beaver Morning Show is broadcast LIVE (most of the time), weekdays at 7-ish a.m. Eastern. Our take on the news is the purrr-fect thing for The Best #DAMFAM in all podcasting™, Canadians on-the-go who want to stay engaged. Until next time, be kind to — and gentle with — yourselves, Your Eager Beaver and Mr. Grizzly ___________________________________________________ We welcome retweets, shares, gentle corrections, constructive criticism, compliments, show guest recommendations, and photos of what you are cooking. Send them to us via our show's Facebook blog page [https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100063635884012], our Xitter feed @TrueEager, or our e-mail at truenortheagerbeaver@gmail.com. If you like to smash with buttons, subscribe to our Podpage [podpage.com/the-true-north-eager-beaver/], sponsored by The Rae Girl, or our YouTube page [youtube.com/@truenortheagerbeavermedia] (where you can find the video version of our show and, exclusively, our monthly all pub chat / no politics live PubCast event). If you wish to encourage us to do more, leave us a positive review and stars on Apple Podcasts [https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/the-true-north-eager-beaver/id1564803781], retweet and share our shows, or tell your peeps and poops about us. Better yet, since our content is free and we shake it to earn your tips, you may now financially support our efforts via SuperChat on our YouTube page, but if you want to ensure that greater than 90% (rather than 70%) of your support gets to us, buying us a cup of coffee or mug of hot chocolate via The Eager Beaver Lodge Emergency Hydration Fund [https://ko-fi.com/eagerbeaver] really makes our day. ___________________________________________________ Not everyone can do everything. But everyone can do something. Because #DemocracyIsSomethingYouDo... Write to your MP, MPP, MLA, MNA, Senator, or preferred local media outlet to tell them you expect them to dig deep into the Doug Ford corruption story as well as indicted-in-the-USA-for-trying-to-steal-an-election Mike Roman's links to Stephen Harper and Andrew Scheer. And tell them you want them to do more to house the homeless. If you live in Alberta, you have until April 22 to register to vote in the AB NDP Leadership race. With the current strain on our health care professionals, do the right neighbourly thing to keep our hospitals unclogged: get your XBB, flu, pneumonia, and / or RSV shots , as well as meningitis B, COVID, and MMR boosters.   Finally, support your fellow Canadians by donating to the Red Cross Wildfire Response. _________________________________________________   Thank you to our podcast's founding sponsors:   * The Peppermaster * The Miss Vee Mysteries from Corvid Moon Publishing * Canadian Tarot Dot Com   Artwork credit: Peter Jarvis Opening and Closing Music Sequence credits:  Cranky Canuck [cranky@crankycartoons.com] Paul Joseph Something [pauljosephsomething@gmail.com] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Well, hel-looo Kits ‘n' Kubs! On Episode 363 of our show, we honour and celebrate the life of @Scribulatora, a Canadian Who Makes Us Proud... and there's some budget chat too. Also, we talk about: Grateful In Memoriam Capital Gains Budget FearCONgering Less Greedy, More Grateful Mixed Singhals "Force" Play The Golden Weld Fiscal Guideposts The Daily Beaver Morning Show is broadcast LIVE (most of the time), weekdays at 7-ish a.m. Eastern. Our take on the news is the purrr-fect thing for The Best #DAMFAM in all podcasting™, Canadians on-the-go who want to stay engaged. Until next time, be kind to — and gentle with — yourselves, Your Eager Beaver and Mr. Grizzly ___________________________________________________ We welcome retweets, shares, gentle corrections, constructive criticism, compliments, show guest recommendations, and photos of what you are cooking. Send them to us via our show's Facebook blog page [https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100063635884012], our Xitter feed @TrueEager, or our e-mail at truenortheagerbeaver@gmail.com. If you like to smash with buttons, subscribe to our Podpage [podpage.com/the-true-north-eager-beaver/], sponsored by The Rae Girl, or our YouTube page [youtube.com/@truenortheagerbeavermedia] (where you can find the video version of our show and, exclusively, our monthly all pub chat / no politics live PubCast event). If you wish to encourage us to do more, leave us a positive review and stars on Apple Podcasts [https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/the-true-north-eager-beaver/id1564803781], retweet and share our shows, or tell your peeps and poops about us. Better yet, since our content is free and we shake it to earn your tips, you may now financially support our efforts via SuperChat on our YouTube page, but if you want to ensure that greater than 90% (rather than 70%) of your support gets to us, buying us a cup of coffee or mug of hot chocolate via The Eager Beaver Lodge Emergency Hydration Fund [https://ko-fi.com/eagerbeaver] really makes our day. ___________________________________________________ Not everyone can do everything. But everyone can do something. Because #DemocracyIsSomethingYouDo... Write to your MP, MPP, MLA, MNA, Senator, or preferred local media outlet to tell them you expect them to dig deep into the Doug Ford corruption story as well as indicted-in-the-USA-for-trying-to-steal-an-election Mike Roman's links to Stephen Harper and Andrew Scheer. And tell them you want them to do more to house the homeless. If you live in Alberta, you have until April 22 to register to vote in the AB NDP Leadership race. With the current strain on our health care professionals, do the right neighbourly thing to keep our hospitals unclogged: get your XBB, flu, pneumonia, and / or RSV shots , as well as meningitis B, COVID, and MMR boosters. Finally, support your fellow Canadians by donating to the Red Cross Wildfire Response. _________________________________________________ Thank you to our podcast's founding sponsors: * The Peppermaster * The Miss Vee Mysteries from Corvid Moon Publishing * Canadian Tarot Dot Com Artwork credit: Peter Jarvis Opening and Closing Music Sequence credits: Cranky Canuck [cranky@crankycartoons.com] Paul Joseph Something [pauljosephsomething@gmail.com] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Well, hel-looo Kits ‘n' Kubs!   On Episode 361 of our show, we explore various political angles prior to the official unveiling of Budget 2024 Also, we talk about: New Shoes  Inflation & Interest Moe Contradictions Balance BS  taPPing us Structural Deficits The Daily Beaver Morning Show is broadcast LIVE (most of the time), weekdays at 7-ish a.m. Eastern. Our take on the news is the purrr-fect thing for The Best #DAMFAM in all podcasting™, Canadians on-the-go who want to stay engaged. Until next time, be kind to — and gentle with — yourselves, Your Eager Beaver and Mr. Grizzly ___________________________________________________ We welcome retweets, shares, gentle corrections, constructive criticism, compliments, show guest recommendations, and photos of what you are cooking. Send them to us via our show's Facebook blog page [https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100063635884012], our Xitter feed @TrueEager, or our e-mail at truenortheagerbeaver@gmail.com. If you like to smash with buttons, subscribe to our Podpage [podpage.com/the-true-north-eager-beaver/], sponsored by The Rae Girl, or our YouTube page [youtube.com/@truenortheagerbeavermedia] (where you can find the video version of our show and, exclusively, our monthly all pub chat / no politics live PubCast event). If you wish to encourage us to do more, leave us a positive review and stars on Apple Podcasts [https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/the-true-north-eager-beaver/id1564803781], retweet and share our shows, or tell your peeps and poops about us. Better yet, since our content is free and we shake it to earn your tips, you may now financially support our efforts via SuperChat on our YouTube page, but if you want to ensure that greater than 90% (rather than 70%) of your support gets to us, buying us a cup of coffee or mug of hot chocolate via The Eager Beaver Lodge Emergency Hydration Fund [https://ko-fi.com/eagerbeaver] really makes our day. ___________________________________________________ Not everyone can do everything. But everyone can do something. Because #DemocracyIsSomethingYouDo... Write to your MP, MPP, MLA, MNA, Senator, or preferred local media outlet to tell them you expect them to dig deep into the Doug Ford corruption story as well as indicted-in-the-USA-for-trying-to-steal-an-election Mike Roman's links to Stephen Harper and Andrew Scheer. And tell them you want them to do more to house the homeless. If you live in Alberta, you have until April 22 to register to vote in the AB NDP Leadership race. With the current strain on our health care professionals, do the right neighbourly thing to keep our hospitals unclogged: get your XBB, flu, pneumonia, and / or RSV shots , as well as meningitis B, COVID, and MMR boosters.   Finally, support your fellow Canadians by donating to the Red Cross Wildfire Response. _________________________________________________   Thank you to our podcast's founding sponsors:   * The Peppermaster * The Miss Vee Mysteries from Corvid Moon Publishing * Canadian Tarot Dot Com   Artwork credit: Peter Jarvis Opening and Closing Music Sequence credits:  Cranky Canuck [cranky@crankycartoons.com] Paul Joseph Something [pauljosephsomething@gmail.com] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Well, hel-looo Kits ‘n' Kubs!   On Episode 360 of our show, we explore several manifestations of our nation's first ministers' can't do attitude, from national unity to research, and from housing to immigration, through health. Also, we talk about: World Champions Civility QC: Dueling Referenda Housing & Immigration 70b Missing Health Dollars Research Israel-Iran Alan Thicke Facial Recognition Taxes Jury Selection The Daily Beaver Morning Show is broadcast LIVE (most of the time), weekdays at 7-ish a.m. Eastern. Our take on the news is the purrr-fect thing for The Best #DAMFAM in all podcasting™, Canadians on-the-go who want to stay engaged. Until next time, be kind to — and gentle with — yourselves, Your Eager Beaver and Mr. Grizzly ___________________________________________________ We welcome retweets, shares, gentle corrections, constructive criticism, compliments, show guest recommendations, and photos of what you are cooking. Send them to us via our show's Facebook blog page [https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100063635884012], our Xitter feed @TrueEager, or our e-mail at truenortheagerbeaver@gmail.com. If you like to smash with buttons, subscribe to our Podpage [podpage.com/the-true-north-eager-beaver/], sponsored by The Rae Girl, or our YouTube page [youtube.com/@truenortheagerbeavermedia] (where you can find the video version of our show and, exclusively, our monthly all pub chat / no politics live PubCast event). If you wish to encourage us to do more, leave us a positive review and stars on Apple Podcasts [https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/the-true-north-eager-beaver/id1564803781], retweet and share our shows, or tell your peeps and poops about us. Better yet, since our content is free and we shake it to earn your tips, you may now financially support our efforts via SuperChat on our YouTube page, but if you want to ensure that greater than 90% (rather than 70%) of your support gets to us, buying us a cup of coffee or mug of hot chocolate via The Eager Beaver Lodge Emergency Hydration Fund [https://ko-fi.com/eagerbeaver] really makes our day. ___________________________________________________ Not everyone can do everything. But everyone can do something. Because #DemocracyIsSomethingYouDo... Write to your MP, MPP, MLA, MNA, Senator, or preferred local media outlet to tell them you expect them to dig deep into the Doug Ford corruption story as well as indicted-in-the-USA-for-trying-to-steal-an-election Mike Roman's links to Stephen Harper and Andrew Scheer. And tell them you want them to do more to house the homeless. If you live in Alberta, you have until April 22 to register to vote in the AB NDP Leadership race. With the current strain on our health care professionals, do the right neighbourly thing to keep our hospitals unclogged: get your XBB, flu, pneumonia, and / or RSV shots , as well as meningitis B, COVID, and MMR boosters.   Finally, support your fellow Canadians by donating to the Red Cross Wildfire Response. _________________________________________________   Thank you to our podcast's founding sponsors:   * The Peppermaster * The Miss Vee Mysteries from Corvid Moon Publishing * Canadian Tarot Dot Com   Artwork credit: Peter Jarvis Opening and Closing Music Sequence credits:  Cranky Canuck [cranky@crankycartoons.com] Paul Joseph Something [pauljosephsomething@gmail.com] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Well, hel-looo Kits ‘n' Kubs!   On Episode 359 of our show, we analyze the PM's testimony at the Foreign Interference Public Commission. Also, we talk about: The Lay of the Land Arbitrary Detention Briefings Han Dong Caretaker Mode India Russia Poverty Is a Business Alex Jones The Daily Beaver Morning Show is broadcast LIVE (most of the time), weekdays at 7-ish a.m. Eastern. Our take on the news is the purrr-fect thing for The Best #DAMFAM in all podcasting™, Canadians on-the-go who want to stay engaged. Until next time, be kind to — and gentle with — yourselves, Your Eager Beaver and Mr. Grizzly ___________________________________________________ We welcome retweets, shares, gentle corrections, constructive criticism, compliments, show guest recommendations, and photos of what you are cooking. Send them to us via our show's Facebook blog page [https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100063635884012], our Xitter feed @TrueEager, or our e-mail at truenortheagerbeaver@gmail.com. If you like to smash with buttons, subscribe to our Podpage [podpage.com/the-true-north-eager-beaver/], sponsored by The Rae Girl, or our YouTube page [youtube.com/@truenortheagerbeavermedia] (where you can find the video version of our show and, exclusively, our monthly all pub chat / no politics live PubCast event). If you wish to encourage us to do more, leave us a positive review and stars on Apple Podcasts [https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/the-true-north-eager-beaver/id1564803781], retweet and share our shows, or tell your peeps and poops about us. Better yet, since our content is free and we shake it to earn your tips, you may now financially support our efforts via SuperChat on our YouTube page, but if you want to ensure that greater than 90% (rather than 70%) of your support gets to us, buying us a cup of coffee or mug of hot chocolate via The Eager Beaver Lodge Emergency Hydration Fund [https://ko-fi.com/eagerbeaver] really makes our day. ___________________________________________________ Not everyone can do everything. But everyone can do something. Because #DemocracyIsSomethingYouDo... Write to your MP, MPP, MLA, MNA, Senator, or preferred local media outlet to tell them you expect them to dig deep into the Doug Ford corruption story as well as indicted-in-the-USA-for-trying-to-steal-an-election Mike Roman's links to Stephen Harper and Andrew Scheer. And tell them you want them to do more to house the homeless. If you live in Alberta, you have until April 22 to register to vote in the AB NDP Leadership race. With the current strain on our health care professionals, do the right neighbourly thing to keep our hospitals unclogged: get your XBB, flu, pneumonia, and / or RSV shots , as well as meningitis B, COVID, and MMR boosters.   Finally, support your fellow Canadians by donating to the Red Cross Wildfire Response. _________________________________________________   Thank you to our podcast's founding sponsors:   * The Peppermaster * The Miss Vee Mysteries from Corvid Moon Publishing * Canadian Tarot Dot Com   Artwork credit: Peter Jarvis Opening and Closing Music Sequence credits:  Cranky Canuck [cranky@crankycartoons.com] Paul Joseph Something [pauljosephsomething@gmail.com] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Well, hel-looo Kits ‘n' Kubs!   On Episode 358 of our show, we explore elements of testimony by members of the Government at the Foreign Interference Public Commission and Danielle Smith stoking safe supply fears. Also, we talk about: Inquiry Testimony Erin O'Toole Quadrant of Shame U.S. Inflation Minimum Wage: Alberta Addicts and Hospitals Housing  The Daily Beaver Morning Show is broadcast LIVE (most of the time), weekdays at 7-ish a.m. Eastern. Our take on the news is the purrr-fect thing for The Best #DAMFAM in all podcasting™, Canadians on-the-go who want to stay engaged.   Until next time, be kind to — and gentle with — yourselves, Your Eager Beaver and Mr. Grizzly ___________________________________________________ We welcome retweets, shares, gentle corrections, constructive criticism, compliments, show guest recommendations, and photos of what you are cooking. Send them to us via our show's Facebook blog page [https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100063635884012], our Xitter feed @TrueEager, or our e-mail at truenortheagerbeaver@gmail.com. If you like to smash with buttons, subscribe to our Podpage [podpage.com/the-true-north-eager-beaver/], sponsored by The Rae Girl, or our YouTube page [youtube.com/@truenortheagerbeavermedia] (where you can find the video version of our show and, exclusively, our monthly all pub chat / no politics live PubCast event). If you wish to encourage us to do more, leave us a positive review and stars on Apple Podcasts [https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/the-true-north-eager-beaver/id1564803781], retweet and share our shows, or tell your peeps and poops about us. Better yet, since our content is free and we shake it to earn your tips, you may now financially support our efforts via SuperChat on our YouTube page, but if you want to ensure that greater than 90% (rather than 70%) of your support gets to us, buying us a cup of coffee or mug of hot chocolate via The Eager Beaver Lodge Emergency Hydration Fund [https://ko-fi.com/eagerbeaver] really makes our day. ___________________________________________________ Not everyone can do everything. But everyone can do something. Because #DemocracyIsSomethingYouDo... Write to your MP, MPP, MLA, MNA, Senator, or preferred local media outlet to tell them you expect them to dig deep into the Doug Ford corruption story as well as indicted-in-the-USA-for-trying-to-steal-an-election Mike Roman's links to Stephen Harper and Andrew Scheer. And tell them you want them to do more to house the homeless. If you live in Alberta, you have until April 22 to register to vote in the AB NDP Leadership race. With the current strain on our health care professionals, do the right neighbourly thing to keep our hospitals unclogged: get your XBB, flu, pneumonia, and / or RSV shots , as well as meningitis B, COVID, and MMR boosters.   Finally, support your fellow Canadians by donating to the Red Cross Wildfire Response. _________________________________________________   Thank you to our podcast's founding sponsors:   * The Peppermaster * The Miss Vee Mysteries from Corvid Moon Publishing * Canadian Tarot Dot Com   Artwork credit: Peter Jarvis Opening and Closing Music Sequence credits:  Cranky Canuck [cranky@crankycartoons.com] Paul Joseph Something [pauljosephsomething@gmail.com] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Well, hel-looo Kits ‘n' Kubs!   On Episode 357 of our show, we explore the possibility of the PM actually agreeing to a national, televised, conference on carbon pricing. Also, we talk about: Alex Jones Fed/Prov Meetings Say His Name Mental Health Green Law Arizona 1864 Forever Chemicals RIP John Fraser RIP Peter Higgs Ian Tamblyn Gravy The Daily Beaver Morning Show is broadcast LIVE (most of the time), weekdays at 7-ish a.m. Eastern. Our take on the news is the purrr-fect thing for The Best #DAMFAM in all podcasting™, Canadians on-the-go who want to stay engaged.   Until next time, be kind to — and gentle with — yourselves, Your Eager Beaver and Mr. Grizzly ___________________________________________________ We welcome retweets, shares, gentle corrections, constructive criticism, compliments, show guest recommendations, and photos of what you are cooking. Send them to us via our show's Facebook blog page [https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100063635884012], our Xitter feed @TrueEager, or our e-mail at truenortheagerbeaver@gmail.com. If you like to smash with buttons, subscribe to our Podpage [podpage.com/the-true-north-eager-beaver/], sponsored by The Rae Girl, or our YouTube page [youtube.com/@truenortheagerbeavermedia] (where you can find the video version of our show and, exclusively, our monthly all pub chat / no politics live PubCast event). If you wish to encourage us to do more, leave us a positive review and stars on Apple Podcasts [https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/the-true-north-eager-beaver/id1564803781], retweet and share our shows, or tell your peeps and poops about us. Better yet, since our content is free and we shake it to earn your tips, you may now financially support our efforts via SuperChat on our YouTube page, but if you want to ensure that greater than 90% (rather than 70%) of your support gets to us, buying us a cup of coffee or mug of hot chocolate via The Eager Beaver Lodge Emergency Hydration Fund [https://ko-fi.com/eagerbeaver] really makes our day. ___________________________________________________ Not everyone can do everything. But everyone can do something. Because #DemocracyIsSomethingYouDo... Write to your MP, MPP, MLA, MNA, Senator, or preferred local media outlet to tell them you expect them to dig deep into the Doug Ford corruption story as well as indicted-in-the-USA-for-trying-to-steal-an-election Mike Roman's links to Stephen Harper and Andrew Scheer. And tell them you want them to do more to house the homeless. If you live in Alberta, you have until April 22 to register to vote in the AB NDP Leadership race. With the current strain on our health care professionals, do the right neighbourly thing to keep our hospitals unclogged: get your XBB, flu, pneumonia, and / or RSV shots , as well as meningitis B, COVID, and MMR boosters.   Finally, support your fellow Canadians by donating to the Red Cross Wildfire Response. _________________________________________________   Thank you to our podcast's founding sponsors:   * The Peppermaster * The Miss Vee Mysteries from Corvid Moon Publishing * Canadian Tarot Dot Com   Artwork credit: Peter Jarvis Opening and Closing Music Sequence credits:  Cranky Canuck [cranky@crankycartoons.com] Paul Joseph Something [pauljosephsomething@gmail.com] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Well, hel-looo Kits ‘n' Kubs! Are you all still here? On Episode 356 of our show, we explore the aftermath of the eclipse, elected representatives behaving like dicks, athletes who make us proud, and alcohol (two ways). Also, we talk about: Natural Beauty Angus v Kusie Speaker Does It Diagnosis: Stupid Privacy in the USA Curling Les Supremes Breathalyzer Paper Bags   The Daily Beaver Morning Show is broadcast LIVE (most of the time), weekdays at 7-ish a.m. Eastern. Our take on the news is the purrr-fect thing for The Best #DAMFAM in all podcasting™, Canadians on-the-go who want to stay engaged.   Until next time, be kind to — and gentle with — yourselves, Your Eager Beaver and Mr. Grizzly ___________________________________________________ We welcome retweets, shares, gentle corrections, constructive criticism, compliments, show guest recommendations, and photos of what you are cooking. Send them to us via our show's Facebook blog page [https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100063635884012], our Xitter feed @TrueEager, or our e-mail at truenortheagerbeaver@gmail.com. If you like to smash with buttons, subscribe to our Podpage [podpage.com/the-true-north-eager-beaver/], sponsored by The Rae Girl, or our YouTube page [youtube.com/@truenortheagerbeavermedia] (where you can find the video version of our show and, exclusively, our monthly all pub chat / no politics live PubCast event). If you wish to encourage us to do more, leave us a positive review and stars on Apple Podcasts [https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/the-true-north-eager-beaver/id1564803781], retweet and share our shows, or tell your peeps and poops about us. Better yet, since our content is free and we shake it to earn your tips, you may now financially support our efforts via SuperChat on our YouTube page, but if you want to ensure that greater than 90% (rather than 70%) of your support gets to us, buying us a cup of coffee or mug of hot chocolate via The Eager Beaver Lodge Emergency Hydration Fund [https://ko-fi.com/eagerbeaver] really makes our day. ___________________________________________________ Not everyone can do everything. But everyone can do something. Because #DemocracyIsSomethingYouDo... Write to your MP, MPP, MLA, MNA, Senator, or preferred local media outlet to tell them you expect them to dig deep into the Doug Ford corruption story as well as indicted-in-the-USA-for-trying-to-steal-an-election Mike Roman's links to Stephen Harper and Andrew Scheer. And tell them you want them to do more to house the homeless. If you live in Alberta, you have until April 22 to register to vote in the AB NDP Leadership race. With the current strain on our health care professionals, do the right neighbourly thing to keep our hospitals unclogged: get your XBB, flu, pneumonia, and / or RSV shots , as well as meningitis B, COVID, and MMR boosters.   Finally, support your fellow Canadians by donating to the Red Cross Wildfire Response. _________________________________________________   Thank you to our podcast's founding sponsors:   * The Peppermaster * The Miss Vee Mysteries from Corvid Moon Publishing * Canadian Tarot Dot Com   Artwork credit: Peter Jarvis Opening and Closing Music Sequence credits:  Cranky Canuck [cranky@crankycartoons.com] Paul Joseph Something [pauljosephsomething@gmail.com] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Well, hel-looo Kits ‘n' Kubs! On Episode 355 of our show, we explore the awesomeness of eclipse totality and the fact that about a quarter of NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh's caucus will not be returning for the upcoming election. Also, we talk about: Michael Myers Sun and Moon National Defense Strategy $2.4B for AI PeePee Demands Charlie Angus NDP Exodus Viability The Daily Beaver Morning Show is broadcast LIVE (most of the time), weekdays at 7-ish a.m. Eastern. Our take on the news is the purrr-fect thing for The Best #DAMFAM in all podcasting™, Canadians on-the-go who want to stay engaged.   Until next time, be kind to — and gentle with — yourselves, Your Eager Beaver and Mr. Grizzly ___________________________________________________ We welcome retweets, shares, gentle corrections, constructive criticism, compliments, show guest recommendations, and photos of what you are cooking. Send them to us via our show's Facebook blog page [https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100063635884012], our Xitter feed @TrueEager, or our e-mail at truenortheagerbeaver@gmail.com. If you like to smash with buttons, subscribe to our Podpage [podpage.com/the-true-north-eager-beaver/], sponsored by The Rae Girl, or our YouTube page [youtube.com/@truenortheagerbeavermedia] (where you can find the video version of our show and, exclusively, our monthly all pub chat / no politics live PubCast event). If you wish to encourage us to do more, leave us a positive review and stars on Apple Podcasts [https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/the-true-north-eager-beaver/id1564803781], retweet and share our shows, or tell your peeps and poops about us. Better yet, since our content is free and we shake it to earn your tips, you may now financially support our efforts via SuperChat on our YouTube page, but if you want to ensure that greater than 90% (rather than 70%) of your support gets to us, buying us a cup of coffee or mug of hot chocolate via The Eager Beaver Lodge Emergency Hydration Fund [https://ko-fi.com/eagerbeaver] really makes our day. ___________________________________________________ Not everyone can do everything. But everyone can do something. Because #DemocracyIsSomethingYouDo... Write to your MP, MPP, MLA, MNA, Senator, or preferred local media outlet to tell them you expect them to dig deep into the Doug Ford corruption story as well as indicted-in-the-USA-for-trying-to-steal-an-election Mike Roman's links to Stephen Harper and Andrew Scheer. And tell them you want them to do more to house the homeless. If you live in Alberta, you have until April 22 to register to vote in the AB NDP Leadership race. With the current strain on our health care professionals, do the right neighbourly thing to keep our hospitals unclogged: get your XBB, flu, pneumonia, and / or RSV shots , as well as meningitis B, COVID, and MMR boosters.   Finally, support your fellow Canadians by donating to the Red Cross Wildfire Response. _________________________________________________   Thank you to our podcast's founding sponsors:   * The Peppermaster * The Miss Vee Mysteries from Corvid Moon Publishing * Canadian Tarot Dot Com   Artwork credit: Peter Jarvis Opening and Closing Music Sequence credits:  Cranky Canuck [cranky@crankycartoons.com] Paul Joseph Something [pauljosephsomething@gmail.com] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Substance Use Disorder (SUD) impacts all types of people but trying to confront addiction is never easy. Today we'll try to unravel the stigma surrounding SUD among anesthesia providers with Amy Yerdon, DNP, MNA, CRNA, CNE. Our discussion illuminates the personal and professional challenges that arise when confronting substance abuse within our ranks. We tackle the complexities of recognizing signs of diversion and the imperative actions that follow, while sharing the poignant emotional toll it takes on everyone involved.   Here's some of what we discuss in this episode: Her perceptions about people with SUD and how that's changed as she's learned more about the disease. Stories that highlight how much more common this is than many people want to believe. Understanding the pharmacology and physiology of substance use disorder may help decrease our negative perceptions. Understanding the occupational and personal factors making anesthesia providers more likely to fall into SUD may help change negative perc Why anesthesia providers should look out for one another and communicate when they see something.   About our guest: https://scholars.uab.edu/6674-amy-yerdon   Visit us online: https://beyondthemaskpodcast.com/   Get the CE Certificate here: https://beyondthemaskpodcast.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Beyond-the-Mask-CE-Cert-FILLABLE.pdf   Help us grow by leaving a review: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/beyond-the-mask-innovation-opportunities-for-crnas/id1440309246   Donate to Our Heart Your Hands here: https://www.ourheartsyourhands.org/donate 

Hamza Haroon, a Public Policy Analyst and a graduate of Harvard, is running as an Independent candidate in Islamabad. Hamza comes on The Pakistan Experience to discuss his campaign, the elections, Islamabad, Public Policy Issues in Pakistan and the need for the Youth in Politics. The Pakistan Experience is an independently produced podcast looking to tell stories about Pakistan through conversations. Please consider supporting us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thepakistanexperience To support the channel: Jazzcash/Easypaisa - 0325 -2982912 Patreon.com/thepakistanexperience And Please stay in touch: https://twitter.com/ThePakistanExp1 https://www.facebook.com/thepakistanexperience https://instagram.com/thepakistanexpeperience The podcast is hosted by comedian and writer, Shehzad Ghias Shaikh. Shehzad is a Fulbright scholar with a Masters in Theatre from Brooklyn College. He is also one of the foremost Stand-up comedians in Pakistan and frequently writes for numerous publications. Instagram.com/shehzadghiasshaikh Facebook.com/Shehzadghias/ Twitter.com/shehzad89 Chapters 0:00 Introduction 1:30 Why is Hamza Haroon running in Elections and Public Policy Making 9:00 Hamza Haroon's Manifesto and Local Government 11:18 Why should people vote for Hamza Haroon 26:45 Running an Election Campaign, Corner Meetings and Voters 32:00 What is the MNA's job? Governance System 39:00 Mainstream Parties and getting the Youth in Politics 48:00 Why vote for Hamza Haroon and Local Issues

Mineurs non accompagnés, une jeunesse abandonnéeEn langage administratif, on les appelle des MNA, des mineurs isolés. Dans la réalité, des jeunes, pour beaucoup venus d'Afrique et qui se retrouvent notamment à Marseille dans le sud de la France,  livrés à eux-mêmes. En France, près de 15.000 ont été identifiés en 2022. C'est à chaque département de les prendre en charge à condition qu'ils soient bien mineurs, c'est en général l'objet d'une bataille juridique. Très souvent déboutés en première instance, la majorité de ces jeunes sont reconnus majeurs en appel. Human Rights Watch dénonce des évaluations arbitraires qui privent les enfants de leurs droits au logement, à la santé et à l'éducation.Un Grand reportage de Justine Rodier qui s'entretient avec Patrick Adam.   Chypre-Nord : 50 ans après, les espoirs vains d'une réunificationEn juillet 1974, il y a cinquante ans, ou presque. L'armée turque envahit le nord de Chypre, officiellement pour protéger la population turcophone d'une tentative de coup d'État de la junte militaire grecque et stopper les massacres intercommunautaires. Depuis, Chypriotes grecs et turcs vivent divisés de part et d'autre d'une ligne de cessez-le-feu. Mais dans l'autoproclamée République turque de Chypre du Nord, la population vit asphyxiée par les embargos internationaux et s'inquiète de l'ingérence croissante d'Ankara. Les habitants espèrent une réunification, les pourparlers, eux, sont au point mort.Un Grand reportage de Marion Chapelain qui s'entretient avec Patrick Adam.  

À Marseille, entre 150 et 200 personnes se déclarant mineurs dorment dehors. Le département doit les prendre en charge mais se dit débordé et prêt à se mettre « hors la loi » en les refusant. En France, 16 700 mineurs étrangers sont arrivés en 2019 et 14 700 en 2022, après une baisse durant les années covid. Dans le hall d'un bel immeuble du boulevard Longchamp, à Marseille, un brouhaha monte des escaliers. En bas des marches, des néons tressautent et tentent d'éclairer les deux pièces exiguës du sous-sol. Une cinquantaine de jeunes attend d'atteindre l'une des deux bénévoles. « Et hier c'était pire ! », crie Monique Cherel depuis l'autre bout de la cave.Deux fois par semaine, le Collectif 59 Saint-Just oriente les jeunes, fait le point sur leur situation, distribue des cartes téléphoniques. Parfois aussi, des tickets alimentaires de l'Abbé Pierre. C'est en réalité ce que beaucoup de jeunes sont venus chercher. « Je n'ai pas mangé depuis hier… » Mais Monique n'a plus de ticket, tout a été distribué la veille. « Je sais, j'étais là. Mais on était trop, je n'en ai pas eu.»Leurs visages sont creusés, parfois à l'extrême, les yeux rougis, le regard vide. Un jeune garçon sautille sur place, compulsivement. « Tu n'as pas besoin de parler, regarde juste leur tête : tu vois que ça ne va pas », souffle un garçon. À défaut de pouvoir manger, ils essaient de se réchauffer. Entre 150 et 200 personnes dorment dans la rue ou dans des squats à Marseille, selon les collectifs. Une majorité, reconnus mineurs en recoursLes jeunes se succèdent devant « Madame Catherine » qui remplit des fiches : « Tu as quel âge ? Tu dors où ? » Alassane* a 16 ans, il dort dans une tente. « Je vais faire une demande d'avocate pour toi. Tu as déjà fait l'évaluation de ta minorité avec l'Addap 13 ? »L'Addap 13 est l'association mandatée par le département des Bouches-du-Rhône (13) pour prendre en charge les mineurs non accompagnés (MNA). Mais ici comme ailleurs, les départements sont débordés. Pourtant, en 2022, le nombre de MNA est inférieur à celui de 2019, avant la crise sanitaire. De 16 700 à 14 700.Quand une place se libère, les jeunes sont logés à l'hôtel puis convoqués pour réaliser une « évaluation », durant laquelle le Département vérifie qu'ils sont mineurs. David Lemonnier, directeur général adjoint de l'Addap 13 admet que la plupart des évaluations conduisent à « la majorité » : 7 jeunes sur 10 sont déboutés en 2022. Politique de découragementCes jeunes attendent alors que leur demande de minorité soit réévaluée par le juge des enfants. En recours, 75% finissent finalement par avoir gain de cause, selon les associations. Une « politique de découragement », selon Jeanne, collectif 113. Ils ne sont pas les bienvenus : on les déclare majeurs pour qu'ils quittent le territoire. » Le sérieux des évaluations est aussi contesté. Sur celle de Moussa*, il est écrit : « L'intéressé ne semble pas intimidé par l'évaluateur [...], son langage et sa posture ne font pas ceux d'un adolescent mais d'un adulte [...]. Il ne présente pas les caractéristiques physiques d'un adolescent de 15 ans. » Sur la dernière page du dossier, la photocopie intégrale de son acte de naissance.David Lemonnier réfute toute subjectivité : « Nous sommes régulièrement contrôlés et la procédure est conforme. Et l'Addap 13 n'a aucune consigne du Département. » Mais pour Marlène Youchenko, avocate, le fait que les départements soient juges et parties pose un problème d'impartialité.En attendant leur recours, les jeunes ne sont plus protégés, sauf si le juge des enfants délivre une ordonnance de placement, ce qui arrive de moins en moins souvent, déplore l'avocate. « Juridiquement, c'est un trou dans la raquette », admet David Lemonnier. « Ils passent 6 mois ou un an dehors, dénonce Jeanne. Sans les bénévoles, ils mourraient et seraient en proie à tous les trafics. C'est de la non assistance à personne en danger. » Crise de l'accueilUn bras de fer se joue déjà entre les départements et l'État. L'Ain (01) a indiqué ne plus accueillir de MNA pendant trois mois. Martine Vassal, présidente du Conseil départemental (13) est prête à se mettre « hors la loi ». Ça ne serait pas la première fois : elle a déjà été plusieurs fois condamnée par le tribunal administratif. La question des MNA ne figure pas dans la loi immigration, ce que déplore l'Assemblée des départements de France (ADF). Gérald Darmanin leur a promis des aides financières.La question des moyens est indéniable. Mais les collectifs dénoncent unanimement un manque de volonté politique, alors que Martine Vassal revendique de fortes positions anti-immigration. En septembre, avant l'arrivée du Pape à Marseille, 40 jeunes ont occupé une église. Pour éviter le scandale, le département les a relogés en quelques jours. « On entend parler d'une “crise migratoire”, il s'agit en réalité d'une crise de l'accueil », estime Jeanne. Au milieu du champ de bataille, des jeunes essaient de ne pas mourir. « Je ne pensais pas que ça allait être si difficile », murmure Joël*, assis dans la cave du boulevard Longchamp. Après avoir quitté sa famille, traversé le désert et la mer sur une embarcation de fortune, il ne pensait pas dormir à la gare. « Là-bas, des inconnus nous donnent 5 euros pour manger. Le lendemain ils reviennent et nous proposent de vendre de la drogue. On refuse, mais on va manger comment ? » À l'autre bout de la cave, comme un disque fatigué, Monique Cherel répète en boucle : « Nous-n'av-ons pas-de-tic-kets-au-jour-d'hui ! ». Mais les jeunes ne peuvent pas l'entendre : « On a besoin d'aide », implorent-ils en se faisant passer une boîte de Nesquik trouvée on-ne-sait-où qu'ils vident par poignées affamées.*prénoms d'emprunt.

This is Matt Reustle. Today we venture into the world of HVAC to break down Trane Technologies. Now, it's not often that I come across an industrial company with a $50 billion market cap that I just hadn't heard of. So when our guest today, Brett Larson, investor at NZS Capital, suggested Trane, it was as easy of a 'yes' as they come. Brett and I cover the long corporate history of Trane, the dynamics that separate residential HVAC from commercial HVAC, and how Trane has helped create this unique consolidated industry. You may never look at your thermostat the same after this episode. Please enjoy this breakdown of Trane Technologies. ----- This episode is brought to you by Tegus, the modern research platform for leading investors. Stretch your research budget with flexible expert calls you can trust. At a fraction of the cost of traditional expert networks, Tegus customers pay only what an expert charges – with zero markups and no confusing call credits – netting an average 70% savings. Don't want to conduct a full hour call? Tegus offers the ability to schedule 30-minutes, an offer you won't find anywhere else. And they don't stop there. With white-glove custom sourcing for every project and robust compliance measures, including a dedicated 50+ analyst team that vets every call transcript, Tegus ensures your privacy and protection. As the industry innovator for qualitative insights, Tegus helps you find the right experts you need at a quality and speed that can't be matched. For a limited time, as a listener, you can trial Tegus for free by visiting tegus.co/patrick. ----- Business Breakdowns is a property of Colossus, LLC. For more episodes of Business Breakdowns, visit joincolossus.com/episodes. Stay up to date on all our podcasts by signing up to Colossus Weekly, our quick dive every Sunday highlighting the top business and investing concepts from our podcasts and the best of what we read that week. Sign up here. Follow us on Twitter: @JoinColossus | @patrick_oshag | @zbfuss | @ReustleMatt | @domcooke Editing and post-production work for this episode was provided by The Podcast Consultant (https://thepodcastconsultant.com). Show Notes (00:00) Show Introduction (01:59) Brett tells us what Trane is  (02:34) The companies corporate history and how it became Trane (04:05) Overall size of the commercial market  (05:18) He explains the go to market sales strategy  (09:20) An additional breakdown of business cost (10:12) Trane software uses (10:55) Revenue received from Trane software (10:11) A breakdown of the residential sales market (14:53) Trane's market share in the residential space (15:52) Differentiated products available on the commercial side (17:17) Included commercial software components (18:16) New equipment versus replacement equipment  (18:51) Growth expectations from aftermarket service providers (19:15) Average life cycle for commercial units   (19:26) He explains what a chiller is (19:49) Comparing chiller systems to energy storage systems  (21:19) Demand on commercial and residential sides of the market (25:31) The cyclicality of the business and how revenue has trended over time    (24:34) Revenue visibility being backlog versus forward facing     (27:35) A look at share gains and industry consolidation over recent years (31:09) How the management team is viewed by the industry (32:48) Trending margin points for each market  (34:10) How much net income converts to free cash flow  (34:46) Key contributions from MNA and future consolidation     (36:11) Relation to the reefer and life sciences transportation business (37:02) Data center demand for HVAC units (38:20) Framework used to evaluate this type of business (39:40) Transport refrigerators key role in the industry market   (41:02) Risks associated with the business (42:52) The importance of international growth  (43:30) What he's learned from studying Trane Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices