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Oggi a Cult: Alberica Archinto e Daniela Nicolò presentano "Daemon" dei Motus, che arriva a BASE Milano per la rassegna "Stanze"; all'Accademia Carrara il percorso "Dentro Lornzo Lotto"; Francesca Gabriellini introduce il ciclo "Salvatore Veca Lectures" alla Fondazione Feltrinelli di Milano; La corrispndenza dal Festival del Cinema di Cannes di Barbara Sorrentini; la rubrica GialloCrovi a cura di Luca Crovi...
In this episode of The Spine Pod, co-hosts Courtney Schutze and Brady Riesgraf head to Shreveport, Louisiana to sit down—scrubbed in and ready—with one of the true leaders in modern spine care, Dr. Pierce Nunley. Founder of the Spine Institute of Louisiana, Dr. Nunley brings decades of surgical experience, a passion for research, and a hands-on approach to patient care that's shaping the future of the field. In this episode, we step inside the operating room to talk about what it means to build a comprehensive, research-driven, spine practice. From his early days fixing motorcycles on a farm to leading national clinical trials, Dr. Nunley shares the mentors and experiences that shaped his commitment to patient-first care, education, and innovation. Dr. Nunley goes on to discuss the creation of the Spine Center of Excellence, a dedicated spine-only ambulatory surgery center focused on safety, efficiency, and patient care. He shares insight into his leadership of multiple clinical trials, including recent studies on MOTUS, a lumbar total joint replacement under IDE investigation, and PerQdisc, a nucleus replacement - with both implants focused on the primary goal of restoring function to spine patients while preserving motion. Throughout the episode, Dr. Nunley emphasizes the importance of real-world data, the responsibility of training future surgeons, and the value of applying experience with humility when evaluating new technologies. His leadership in research, education, and clinical care continues to influence the direction of spine surgery across the country and provides new and improved treatments for patients struggling with chronic neck, leg and/or back pain. In this episode, you'll learn: Why the Spine Center of Excellence was built as a spine-exclusive ambulatory surgery center—and what that means for patient outcomes. How Dr. Nunley is helping shape the future of spine surgery through clinical research and motion-preserving innovation. Why PerQdisc (a spine disc nucleus replacement), Synergy & Baguera (cervical disc replacements), and non-instrumented implants are generating excitement and what makes them different from currently available technologies. The early promise and current progress of MOTUS, the first lumbar total joint replacement under US clinical trials. How integrity, data collection, and a lifelong curiosity drive better care—and why first surgeries matter most for long-term outcomes. As a surgeon, researcher, and mentor, Dr. Nunley has built a model for what it means to advance spine care thoughtfully. From running a world-class clinical practice to engaging in nearly 40 clinical research studies as a principal investigator, his voice is a trusted one across the industry. This episode of The Spine Pod is a must-listen for anyone invested in the future of spine surgery. Learn more about Dr. Pierce: Spine Institute of Louisiana: https://louisianaspine.org/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/piercenunley/ You can find The Spine Pod on all Podcast Streaming Platforms, including: YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TheSpinePod Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0DBzWfVt1ExQE0qTjhOERa?si=EEBPwQgRQSujyZsaXnJagA Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-spine-pod/id1745442311 Amazon Music: https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/98fd41ad-75ee-4371-bb70-c5b274324a47/the-spine-pod?ref=dm_sh_kmfvSHB5iY109GDslhiJul22E iHeart Radio: https://www.iheart.com/podcast/269-the-spine-pod-174320414?cmp=ios_share&sc=ios_social_share&pr=false&autoplay=true Follow The Spine Pod on Facebook to learn more about the latest episodes and happenings in the world of motion preservation: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61558880652712 The information in this podcast is for educational and informational purposes only and is not intended as medical advice. It does not replace consultation with a qualified healthcare professional. Always seek the advice of your physician or another qualified healthcare provider regarding any medical condition or treatment.
À l'heure où j'écris ces lignes, des défilés de néonazis escortés par la police viennent de prendre place dans la capitale, au lendemain des célébrations du 8 mai et de la victoire contre l'Allemagne nazie. Dans les rues de Paris, les fascistes criaient « Europe, jeunesse, révolution ». Une révolution de la jeunesse, nous aussi, dans notre camp politique, on pourrait le revendiquer. Ça ne voudrait pas dire les mêmes choses, mais les mots pourraient déraper. Les remparts qu'on croit inébranlables, ceux qui nous séparent du « pire » (qu'on met entre guillemets parce qu'en vrai on ne sait pas trop ce qu'il veut dire) pourraient en fait céder sans qu'on s'en aperçoivent. Peut-être même que l'écologie elle-même pourrait être utilisée pour les fissurer, les mettre à bas, et achever de convaincre ceux d'entre nous qui se sont laissés ramollir, et dont la solidité nous manquera terriblement dans les années à venir. C'est de ça, finalement, que l'on va parler dans ce nouvel épisode d'Oïkos. De ces frontières poreuses, entre l'acceptable et l'inacceptable, de ces moments où l'on arrête de penser et l'on glisse, ou que l'on refuse de penser et que l'on bascule. Pour ce faire je reçois aujourd'hui au micro Antoine Dubiau, doctorat en géographie, et auteur du livre « Ecofascismes » aux éditions Grévis, paru en 2022. 2022, de là où on est ça fait un peu loin. Et avec Antoine, on s'est ratés à plusieurs reprises, mais maintenant qu'on est là, en 2025, avec tant de choses qui ont changé et un ordre mondial qui semble recomposé de carbofascistes et autres mots un peu barbares qui se multiplient pour décrire nos réalités indicibles, on va pouvoir revenir en arrière et analyser tout ça avec un peu de recul. Merci à Antoine pour ses patientes explications et son travail de pédagogie, j'espère que ça vous nourrira pour continuer à garder les cerveaux et les corps allumés face à cet avenir qui sent pas bon. Le livre d'Antoine : https://editionsgrevis.bigcartel.com/product/ecofascismesLe livre Fascisme Fossile dont on parle dans l'épisode : https://lafabrique.fr/fascisme-fossile/__NOUS SOUTENIR :https://www.helloasso.com/associations/motus-et-langue-pendueMotus & Langue : https://motusetlanguependue.fr ; sur Instagram @motuslemedia & sur LinkedIn Motus le médiaPour nous contacter: oikoslepodcast@gmail.comRejoindre notre Discord :https://discord.com/invite/E7HU7fUzNB
Twomorrow : https://www.twomorrow-project.com/__NOUS SOUTENIR :https://www.helloasso.com/associations/motus-et-langue-pendueMotus & Langue : https://motusetlanguependue.fr ; sur Instagram @motuslemedia & sur LinkedIn Motus le médiaPour nous contacter: oikoslepodcast@gmail.comRejoindre notre Discord :https://discord.com/invite/E7HU7fUzNB
In this special OT Month episode, we are doing something a little different — a reunion episode! Just a couple of weeks ago, the four of us were on stage at SXSW, one of the world's most influential festivals for tech, film, music, and culture, sharing our experiences, perspectives, and our passion for role-emerging and non-traditional OT practice. And today, we're bringing the band back together to debrief, reflect, and process what that incredible panel meant to us — and where we go from here. So, I am thrilled to welcome back our three amazing panelists — Francisco Lasta, Dawn Heiderscheidt and Esther Bae— brilliant practitioners, storytellers, and changemakers in the OT design space. If you missed our SXSW panel, don't worry — we'll catch you up, dive deeper, and pull back the curtain on what it really felt like to share our message with such a dynamic and diverse audience.Occupation-Centered Design: Unlocking Inclusive Experienceshttps://schedule.sxsw.com/2025/events/PP146632 Francisco Lasta, OTR/L, Assoc. AIAInclusive Spaces & DesignLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/flastaotr/IG: @spinyfiredragon Esther Bae, OTD, OTR/L, CPACCMake Up, Beauty & Product DesignWebsite: https://www.modifiedindependent.com/LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/esthersbae/IG: @modifiedindependent Dawn Heiderscheidt, OTR/L, ECHM, CAPS, CHAMPAging In Place SpecialistWebsite: https://www.auroraindependence.com/LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dawn-heiders2024/IG: @auroraindependenceAs always, I welcome feedback & ideas from all of you or if you are interested in being a guest on future episodes, please do not hesitate to contact Patricia Motus at transitionsot@gmail.com or DM via Instagram @transitionsotTHANK YOU for LISTENING, FOLLOWING, DOWNLOADING, RATING, REVIEWING & SHARING “The Uncommon OT Series” Podcast with all your OTP friends and colleagues!Full Episodes and Q & A only available at:https://www.wholistic-transitions.com/the-uncommon-ot-seriesSign Up NOW for the Transitions OT Email List to Receive the FREE Updated List of Uncommon OT Practice Settingshttps://www.wholistic-transitions.com/transitionsotFor Non-Traditional OT Practice Mentorship w/ Patricia:https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeC3vI5OnK3mLrCXACEex-5ReO8uUVPo1EUXIi8FKO-FCfoEg/viewformHappy Listening Friends!Big OT Love!All views are mine and guests' own.
In this special OT Month episode, we will learn from inspiring industry leaders in the OT Design Space. Listen to our SXSW 2025 panel discussion recording as we dive deep into Occupation-Centered Design. Occupational science provides crucial insights into human capabilities, diverse needs, and environmental impacts required for inclusive design. This presentation explores the transformative power of collaboration between Occupational Therapists (OTs) and designers. By leveraging OTs' expertise in occupational science, systems thinking, and diverse client experience, we can create spaces and products that facilitate our meaningful engagement in activities that contribute to our well-being.Occupation-Centered Design: Unlocking Inclusive Experienceshttps://schedule.sxsw.com/2025/events/PP146632Francisco Lasta, OTR/L, Assoc. AIAInclusive Spaces & DesignLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/flastaotr/IG: @spinyfiredragon Esther Bae, OTD, OTR/L, CPACCMake Up, Beauty & Product DesignWebsite: https://www.modifiedindependent.com/LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/esthersbae/IG: @modifiedindependent Dawn Heiderscheidt, OTR/L, ECHM, CAPS, CHAMPAging In Place SpecialistWebsite: https://www.auroraindependence.com/LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dawn-heiders2024/IG: @auroraindependenceWe will explore how an occupational therapy perspective can reshape design thinking
RMB's Matete Thulare unpacks Motus results as car sales stall and second-hand purchases rise. Standard Bank's Motlatsi Mkalala explores the growing spending power of the working class despite ongoing challenges. Plus, Simon on why the same investment strategy yields different stocks over time.
Stephen Grootes speaks to Ockert Janse van Rensburg, CEO of Motus, about the company's decline in new vehicle sales, and to Johan Theron about the challenges facing the platinum group metals sector. In other interviews, Investment school unpacks AGMS and why they are important to every investor with Hlelo Giyose, Chief Investment Officer and Principal at First Avenue Investment Management & Tracey Davies, Executive Director at Just Share. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Ockert Janse van Rensburg, uitvoerende hoof van Motus, bespreek die groep se finansiële resultate en sê daar was min vertroue in die mark, en dat vertroue eers begin toeneem het toe die rentekoers verlaag is. Volg RSG Geldsake op Twitter
Stephen Grootes speaks to Ockert Janse van Rensburg, CEO of Motus, about the company's decline in new vehicle sales revenue and its strategy to navigate the challenging automotive market.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Ockert Janse van Rensburg – CEO, Motus SAfm Market Update - Podcasts and live stream
This evening we look at the markets with PSG Old Oak, we speak to Impala Platinum and Motus about their respective results, we zone in on all things G20 with Liberty and the University of Johannesburg, and in our SME of the Week, we speak to INO Biodiesel, a Benoni-based small business turning used cooking oil into green fuel. SAfm Market Update - Podcasts and live stream
Elle s'appelle Mathilde François, j'ai bu ses paroles pendant plus d'une heure, et je crois qu'elles feront du bien à n'importe qui que ce monde épuise, exploite, et tord pour faire rentrer dans des cases. La case principale de notre monde étant : un corps et un esprit productif, valide, à disposition 24h sur 24. Mathilde, elle, comme elle le dit si bien, a un corps intermittent. Un handicap invisible, chronique et qui lui fournit bien des raisons de se révolter, mais aussi une vision de la vie qui devrait tous nous concerner et nous enthousiasmer. Elle dessine tout ça sur son compte Instagram @lavieacroquer, milite chez les camarades des Dévaliseuses, et est aussi une écolo chevronnée, qui tisse des liens précieux entre nos propres burn-out et celui de notre monde en général. Croyez-le ou non, quelques jours après notre discussion paisible et de cette journée ensoleillée où j'ai tant appris sur le handicap, et ce que nos modes d'organisation font à l'écologie, j'ai moi-même été paralysée pendant plusieurs jours par une violente crise de vertiges, certainement due à mon surmenage. De quoi remettre les choses en perspective, et comme je l'ai écrit à Mathilde dans la foulée, se dire que rien n'arrive par hasard. J'espère que cette conversation vous donnera autant de clés qu'elle m'en a donné à moi, et que vous pourrez vous en saisir pour revendiquer des déviances à l'ordre établi qui sont autant de moyens de nous reposer, pour faire de la révolution quelque chose d'enthousiasmant et de beau. __NOUS SOUTENIR :https://www.helloasso.com/associations/motus-et-langue-pendueMotus & Langue : https://motusetlanguependue.fr ; sur Instagram @motuslemedia & sur LinkedIn Motus le médiaPour nous contacter: oikoslepodcast@gmail.comRejoindre notre Discord :https://discord.com/invite/E7HU7fUzNBLe travail de Mathilde : https://www.instagram.com/lavieacroquer/Les Dévalideuses : https://lesdevalideuses.org/Le livre de Charlotte Puiseux : De chair et de fer https://www.editionsladecouverte.fr/de_chair_et_de_fer-9782348067778
Ep 17 Founder Series Pt 2: A 20-Year Journey to Make Motion Preservation the New Standard in Spine, Scott Hodges, DO In Part 2 of our Founder Series, co-hosts Courtney Schutze and Brady Riesgraf sit down with fellowship-trained, orthopedic spine surgeon Dr. Scott Hodges. Well known by several titles, including Medical Director at 3Spine, co-inventor of MOTUS, and leading advocate for motion preservation in spine surgery, Dr. Hodges shares his behind-the-scenes journey to bringing motion preservation to the forefront of spine care. His enthralling story includes the more than 20-year process of bringing a novel spine implant to market- from initial sketch drawings and early prototypes to clinical trials in South Africa and the U.S. Dr. Hodges' journey began at Southern Adventist University in his current hometown of Chattanooga, Tennessee, followed by medical school at Kansas City University, residency at Ohio University, and his fellowship in spine surgery at Loyola University Chicago School of Medicine. He went on to build a thriving surgical practice in Chattanooga, Tennessee, and it was here that the idea to improve upon the current standard of care for spine patients was formed and flourished. Dissatisfied with the available technologies and long-term patient outcomes in spine, Dr. Hodges dedicated his career to creating a solution. With an aim for creating a better treatment for spine surgery patients, Dr. Hodges partnered with Dr. Craig Humphreys to co-develop MOTUS, the first total joint replacement for the lumbar spine. Their goal was to create an implant that restored function in the lumbar spine and the entire kinetic chain, without sacrificing the body's natural motion. With this new endeavor, Dr. Hodges shifted his focus entirely to bringing these solutions to patients, navigating the complex world of medical device development, and leading surgeon education for this novel approach to spine care. In this episode, you'll learn: The road to innovation: What it takes to develop, refine, and clinically validate a motion-preserving device. What's next for spine surgery: How motion preservation, total joint replacement, facet replacements, and endoscopic techniques are shaping the future of spine care for patients struggling with chronic leg and/or back pain. The origins of MOTUS: How a simple concept became the first lumbar total joint replacement. Patient demand as a driver of care: How patient demand is driving new technologies to the forefront of surgical care. The importance of the kinetic chain: Why motion in all areas of the body is important and how the different joints in the body - knees, hips, ankles, and spine - work together to allow the body to properly function. Why training & education matter: How surgeon training and patient education play a pivotal role in the adoption and access of new technologies for spine care. This episode, recorded between the 3Spine headquarters in Chattanooga, TN and the world-renowned MERI Lab in Memphis, takes you inside the decades-long journey of bringing a new spine device to market, from the first clinical cases in South Africa to FDA trials in the U.S. As a pioneer, innovator, teacher, and leader, Dr. Hodges shares his compelling story of how data, surgeon training, and patient demand for motion preserving devices are driving the future of spine surgery. This episode is a must-watch for spine surgeons, medical innovators, and anyone interested in the future of spine surgery and the journey of bringing a new device to the market. Missed Part 1? Watch our interview with Dr. Craig Humphreys for the full Founder Series! Note: The MOTUS device is currently in the data collection phase of a US IDE FDA Trial and is not available for commercial use at the time of recording. To keep up with the progress of the trial, you can visit www.3Spine.com. Learn more about Dr. Hodges: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/scott-hodges-b7b036122/ You can find The Spine Pod on all Podcast Streaming Platforms, including: YouTube: / @thespinepod Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0DBzWfV... Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast... Amazon Music: https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/98f... iHeart Radio: https://www.iheart.com/podcast/269-th... Follow The Spine Pod on Facebook to learn more about the latest episodes and happenings in the world of motion preservation: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?... The information in this podcast is for educational and informational purposes only and is not intended as medical advice. It does not replace consultation with a qualified healthcare professional. Always seek the advice of your physician or another qualified healthcare provider regarding any medical condition or treatment.
Ep 16 Founder Series Pt 1: A Lifetime of Spine Surgery, Motion Advocacy & Giving Back, Craig Humphreys, MD In this first episode of our two-part Founder Series, co-hosts Courtney Schutze and Brady Riesgraf sit down with Dr. Craig Humphreys, a board-certified orthopedic spine surgeon, innovator, and pioneer in spine surgery, to discuss the evolution of motion preservation and the rewarding journey behind MOTUS—the first lumbar total joint replacement for the low back. From his early career in Chattanooga, Tennessee, to building a transformative spine practice in Soldotna, Alaska, Dr. Humphreys shares the journey of how he co-developed MOTUS (formerly the Kenai Device) with Dr. Scott Hodges. Their story began as a mission to offer patients a motion-preserving alternative to spinal fusion and culminated in the creation of a novel device aimed at restoring natural balance, maintaining motion, and preserving adjacent spinal levels. For this episode, we had the opportunity to travel to Soldotna, Alaska and sit down with Dr. Humphreys in his home, situated on the Kenai River—the very place that inspired the original Kenai implant (now known as MOTUS). During our visit, Dr. Humphreys shares how a 3 a.m. epiphany and a hand-drawn sketch led to a breakthrough medical device, his struggles and triumphs in navigating the medical device industry, and why he believes motion preservation is the future of spine surgery. Although Dr. Humphreys is native to Alaska, he started his medical education journey in the Midwest - graduating from the University of Notre Dame, receiving his medical degree at Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine, and completing his spine fellowship at The Medical College of Wisconsin. With over 25 years of experience, he has treated thousands of patients, contributed to major clinical advancements, and played a pivotal role in bringing motion preservation to the forefront of spine surgery. He has been instrumental in shaping the future of motion-preserving spine surgery, advocating for better long-term patient outcomes, and partaking in groundbreaking clinical trials. In this episode, you'll learn: The reality of developing a medical device: Why bringing new technology to market takes decades. The evolution of spine care: Why the shift to motion preservation matters and is gaining momentum. The origins of MOTUS - the first lumbar total joint replacement: How a simple idea turned into a breakthrough device. The fight to change the standard of care: Why motion preservation is facing the same uphill battle as total hip and knee replacements once did. The availability of new technology: How new advancements are providing alternatives to spinal fusion for patients struggling with leg and/or back pain. A lifetime of impact: His philanthropic work through the Carolyn Jane Foundation, bringing critical pediatric spine care to Africa. Beyond his contributions to spine care in Alaska, Dr. Humphreys and his wife, Julie Humphreys, RN, are deeply committed to philanthropy and global healthcare access. Through the Carolyn Jane Foundation, they provide life-changing scoliosis surgeries to children in underserved regions of Africa, ensuring that spine care is accessible to those who need it most. Their work has helped countless families, and their commitment to service is just as impactful as their innovations in spine surgery. This episode is Part 1 of a 2-Part Founder Series. Check out Part 2 with Dr. Scott Hodges, where we go even deeper into the promise of motion preservation and patient outcomes! https://youtu.be/F8mdFKVf_2I Note: The MOTUS device is currently in the data collection phase of a US IDE FDA Trial and is not available for commercial use at the time of recording. To keep up with the progress of the trial, you can visit www.3Spine.com. Learn more about Dr. Humphreys and The Carolyn Jane Foundation: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/craig-humphreys-md-87a8b234/ Dr. Humphreys Practice: https://spine.cpgh.org/ Carolyn Jane Foundation: https://carolynjane.org/ Cure Kenya Website: https://kenya.cure.org/ You can find The Spine Pod on all Podcast Streaming Platforms, including: YouTube: / @thespinepod Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0DBzWfV... Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast... Amazon Music: https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/98f... iHeart Radio: https://www.iheart.com/podcast/269-th... Follow The Spine Pod on Facebook to learn more about the latest episodes and happenings in the world of motion preservation: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?... The information in this podcast is for educational and informational purposes only and is not intended as medical advice. It does not replace consultation with a qualified healthcare professional. Always seek the advice of your physician or another qualified healthcare provider regarding any medical condition or treatment.
Je voulais vous sortir un épisode très important en 2 parties ces dernières semaines : il parle d'écologie différemment, avec de l'histoire, et des colères.Il parle de Mayotte en ce moment, et de ces peuples dont on a banalisé et neutralisé la colère, alors qu'elle devrait nous alerter sur l'état de décrépitude de notre propre humanité, ici en France métropolitaine.Nous ne connaissons pas notre histoire. C'est, en gros, le constat que j'ai tiré de ma discussion passionnante avec Damiens Nicolas, de l'observatoire Terre-Monde, qui est un centre d'étude des écologies politiques des Outre-mer français et de leurs proches régions, né d'une volonté partagée de mettre en lumière la diversité des enjeux écologiques inhérents aux territoires dits « d'Outre-mer », qu'on connaît si mal ici en métropole. Cette méconnaissance n'est pas juste un manque de culture générale, c'est quelque chose qui cause bien des problèmes dans notre appréhension de la crise écolo, et on le voit particulièrement aujourd'hui après le cyclone qui a ravagé Mayotte en décembre 2024.⚠️ cet épisode a mis un peu de temps à sortir suite à un souci de son! on a enregistré à distance, moi de paris, Damiens de Trinidad, et le son a été très mal capté par mon logiciel : notre conversation pourtant méga importante était quasi inaudible. On a travaillé le son au max avec mon papa qui est ingé son et que je remercie ici, et je trouve qu'il permet de suivre la discussion. Alors je vous préviens, c'est quand même pas très agréable à écouter, mais j'espère que vous prendrez quand même le temps de vous mettre ça dans les oreilles à un moment ou un autre, parce que ce serait dommage qu'un souci technique nous fasse perdre tous les apports qu'il y a eu dans cet échange. Je m'excuse de cette qualité d'enregistrement!Bonne écoute tout de même ;)__NOUS SOUTENIR :https://www.helloasso.com/associations/motus-et-langue-pendueMotus & Langue : https://motusetlanguependue.fr ; sur Instagram @motuslemedia & sur LinkedIn Motus le médiaPour nous contacter: oikoslepodcast@gmail.comRejoindre notre Discord :https://discord.com/invite/E7HU7fUzNBL'observatoire Terre-Monde :https://terremonde.org/
Trump Trade Tariffs & Global Market Impact: Initial tariffs of 10% (China) and 25% (Canada, Mexico) announced but later revised. U.S.-Canada relations strained, with Warren Buffett warning of reputational damage. Global negotiation shifts—China, Russia, and Europe eye opportunities. Continued U.S.-China trade tensions, including semiconductor restrictions and rare earth tariffs. Market volatility expected; long-term investment strategies recommended. Investment Strategies Amid Uncertainty: Volatility is high—avoid panic selling. Keep cash reserves for opportunities (buy the dip cautiously). Long-term focus: presidential terms are temporary, investments span decades. Interest Rate Decisions & Market Reactions: Bank of England expected to cut rates. U.S. Fed Chair Jerome Powell pauses rate hikes due to inflation concerns. South Africa's MPC cuts rates, prime now at 11%. Analysts predict one to two more rate cuts in 2024. Gold Market Strength & Outlook: Gold price hovering near $2,900, with potential to break $3,000. Supply constraints—minimal new gold mining projects. Strong central bank purchases—1,000+ tons bought in 2023. Retail ETF inflows return after three years of outflows. Gold miners like Harmony, AngloGold*, and Pan African positioned well. Gold weekly | 06 February 2025 Retail Sector & Consumer Spending: Mixed trading updates: Pick n Pay and Boxer show early turnaround signs. Modest growth in TFG, Mr. Price*, and Clicks; Shoprite* remains strong. Cautious consumer spending patterns persist. Two-Pot Retirement System: Initial withdrawals lower than expected—around R50 billion. Future ongoing withdrawals expected as a structural component in SA's economy. Vehicle Sales Trends: January sales at 46,400—stronger than expected. Used car market expanding, Chinese brands gaining traction. Auto sector investment options: CMH*, Motus, and Zeda. Such African monthly vehicle sales Sasol's Ongoing Struggles: Six-month trading update—earnings per share around R14. Continual asset write-downs and operational challenges. PE ratio suggests market pricing for bankruptcy, but survival likely. No clear turnaround signals yet—investors should wait for stronger confirmation. Simon Brown * I hold ungeared positions. All charts by KoyFin | Get 10% off your order 00:00 Market Overview and Podcast Introduction 01:10 Trump Tariffs and Global Trade Dynamics 06:25 Interest Rates and Economic Implications 10:02 Gold Market Trends and Predictions 12:51 Retail Sector Performance and Consumer Behavior 14:17 Vehicle Sales Insights and Market Trends 16:40 Sasol's Financial Challenges and Future Outlook
By size, shape and style, you might mistake this owl for a cuddly toy, but it's actually a deadly predator. In today's episode we chat about the Northern Saw-whet Owl - their adaptations, how to identify them by sound, how banding operations are helping to track their populations, and how you could get involved! Happy Superb Owl day! #superbowlProtect habitat while sipping on a cup of bird-friendly coffee! Birds and Beans will even donate to this podcast when you use the code "warblers" at checkout. Join the Nocturnal Owl Survey, or keep an eye out for owl banding at a banding station near you. Follow Long Point Bird Observatory on FB or IG @longpointbirds Kyle Cameron got hooked on birds from a young age and turned it into a career! He currently works as the Ontario Projects Biologist for Birds Canada, where he provides contributions to numerous projects including education programming, the Motus wildlife tracking system, and the Long Point Bird Observatory. Andrea Gress (she/her) secretly thinks Piping Plovers are better than all the other birds...studied Renewable Resource Management at the University of Saskatchewan. She pivoted towards birds, after an internship in South Africa. Upon returning, she worked with Piping Plovers in Saskatchewan, and then as the Ontario Piping Plover Coordinator. Years of sharing her love of plovers with beach goers has turned into a full time communications role with Birds Canada.
"Limité à 80" Pascal Atenza revisite l'actualité en 80 secondes ! Découvrez la chronique d'aujourd'hui !
"Limité à 80" Pascal Atenza revisite l'actualité en 80 secondes ! Découvrez la chronique d'aujourd'hui !
Je voulais vous sortir un épisode très important en 2 parties en cette rentrée d'Oïkos cette semaine : il parle d'écologie différemment, avec de l'histoire, et des colères. Il parle de Mayotte en ce moment, et de ces peuples dont on a banalisé et neutralisé la colère, alors qu'elle devrait nous alerter sur l'état de décrépitude de notre propre humanité, ici en France métropolitaine. Nous ne connaissons pas notre histoire. C'est, en gros, le constat que j'ai tiré de ma discussion passionnante avec Damiens Nicolas, de l'observatoire Terre-Monde, qui est un centre d'étude des écologies politiques des Outre-mer français et de leurs proches régions, né d'une volonté partagée de mettre en lumière la diversité des enjeux écologiques inhérents aux territoires dits « d'Outre-mer », qu'on connaît si mal ici en métropole. Cette méconnaissance n'est pas juste un manque de culture générale, c'est quelque chose qui cause bien des problèmes dans notre appréhension de la crise écolo, et on le voit particulièrement aujourd'hui après le cyclone qui a ravagé Mayotte en décembre 2024. ⚠️ cet épisode a mis un peu de temps à sortir suite à un souci de son! on a enregistré à distance, moi de paris, Damiens de Trinidad, et le son a été très mal capté par mon logiciel : notre conversation pourtant méga importante était quasi inaudible. On a travaillé le son au max avec mon papa qui est ingé son et que je remercie ici, et je trouve qu'il permet de suivre la discussion. Alors je vous préviens, c'est quand même pas très agréable à écouter, mais j'espère que vous prendrez quand même le temps de vous mettre ça dans les oreilles à un moment ou un autre, parce que ce serait dommage qu'un souci technique nous fasse perdre tous les apports qu'il y a eu dans cet échange. Je m'excuse de cette qualité d'enregistrement! Bonne écoute tout de même ;) __ __ NOUS SOUTENIR : https://www.helloasso.com/associations/motus-et-langue-pendue Motus & Langue : https://motusetlanguependue.fr ; sur Instagram @motuslemedia & sur LinkedIn Motus le média Pour nous contacter: oikoslepodcast@gmail.com Rejoindre notre Discord : https://discord.com/invite/E7HU7fUzNB L'observatoire Terre-Monde : https://terremonde.org/
In this episode of B2B Sales Trends, Harry Kendlbacher speaks with Chuck Serapilio, VP of Sales at Motus, about the critical role of active listening in driving sales success. Chuck shares how truly understanding your clients—not just hearing them—can uncover hidden needs, build stronger relationships, and lead to more closed deals. The discussion includes practical tips for honing listening skills, staying present in client conversations, and asking the right questions to guide prospects toward solutions. Chuck highlights why active listening is a non-negotiable skill for any salesperson aiming to excel in today's competitive B2B market. Whether you're a seasoned professional or just starting your sales journey, this episode is packed with actionable insights to enhance your approach and deliver meaningful results.
J'espère que vous allez bien les amis, et bienvenue dans ce dernier épisode de l'année 2024, et pas des moindres. On a parfois du mal, quand on n'est pas atteint dans sa chair, quand on grandit dans un paysage écolo fait par et pour les blancs, quand on évolue dans un monde où les exploitations d'hier continuent sans que les épargnés s'en rendent compte, à se figurer clairement les liens entre les gros concepts contemporains. La guerre, la paix. Le capitalisme, l'écologie. Le colonialisme, la pensée décoloniale. Ces mots-là sont liés entre eux, mais c'est parfois un peu dur de démêler les noeuds. Ce sont des mots précieux, parce qu'ils servent à faire exister dans le langage des faits qui ont été niés et enfouis pendant des années, si ce n'est des décennies. Mais oui, parfois, on n'a pas besoin de les brandir pour les comprendre. Parfois il suffit de se pencher sur une histoire de vie pour qu'ils nous sautent à la figure, et qu'ils veuillent dire exactement ce qu'ils veulent dire. Ça a été mon cas quand j'ai découvert, bien tardivement, l'histoire de Tran To Nga, militante franco-vietnamienne exceptionnelle, toujours en lutte même si elle est aujourd'hui octogénaire. Tran To Nga porte un combat qui fait ricochet sur absolument toutes les problématiques de notre temps, de la santé à la colonisation en passant par la justice et l'écologie. Ce combat, c'est celui de la justice pour les victimes de l'horrible agent orange, dont on va vous expliquer l'histoire juste après. Il se trouve que c'est à la fois un combat pour la reconnaissance d'un crime d'écocide, mais aussi un acte de guerre, un moment de l'histoire coloniale, et une contamination aux produits chimiques à grande échelle – sur plusieurs générations humaines. C'est ce combat que porte et que fait connaître le Collectif Vietnam Dioxine, dont on discute aujourd'hui avec l'un de ses membres, Marvin Freyne, qui est aussi doctorant sur ce sujet. Merci à lui d'avoir partagé ses connaissances (nombreuses!!!), j'espère que cet épisode vous marquera autant que moi! Bonne écoute! __ NOUS SOUTENIR : https://www.helloasso.com/associations/motus-et-langue-pendue Motus & Langue : https://motusetlanguependue.fr ; sur Instagram @motuslemedia & sur LinkedIn Motus le média Pour nous contacter: oikoslepodcast@gmail.com Soutenir le collectif Vietnam Dioxine : http://vietnamdioxine.org/
Tous les jours de la semaine, de 16h30 à 17h, retrouvez Podcast +, votre émission consacrée à la création sonore, radiophonique et podcastique. Aujourd'hui, Maëlle Grand Bossi reçoit Anne de Giafferri, créatrice du podcast "Motus et bouche cousue". Une expérience d'écoute collective proposée dans le cadre de la Nuit de la Radio 2024.
Shumani Tshifularo, Renault CEO speaks to Bongani Bingwa about how the DP World and Motus Community Trust provides educational support to underserved communities in the country.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Un problème embarrassant ? Un sujet de discussion qui fâche ? Des personnalités qui dérangent ? La solution, radicale : contourner l'obstacle en censurant, en muselant ou encore en excluant. L'actualité politique sur le continent nous offre quelques exemples récents… À commencer par le Niger où neuf proches du président déchu Mohammed Bazoum ont été déchus vendredi dernier de leur nationalité. L'information barre la Une du site Actu Niger : « déchéance provisoire de la nationalité : Rhissa Ag Boula, (ancien ministre et ex-figure des rébellions touarègues), et huit autres proches du Président déchu Mohamed Bazoum sanctionnés pour atteinte à la sécurité nationale. (…) Ces mesures interviennent dans un contexte où le gouvernement intensifie ses efforts pour protéger les intérêts stratégiques du pays et maintenir l'ordre public ». Pas d'autres commentaires…Le site L'Evénement Niger, pour sa part, se permet de rappeler l'article 15 de la Déclaration universelle des droits de l'homme de 1948 qui stipule que : « tout individu a droit à une nationalité. Nul ne peut être arbitrairement privé de sa nationalité, ni du droit de changer de nationalité ».En effet, précise Afrik.com, « des organisations de défense des droits de l'Homme ont rapidement dénoncé la mesure. Elles la qualifient de violation des engagements internationaux du Niger. Moussa Tchangari, secrétaire général d'Alternative Espaces Citoyens, juge cette décision “très grave“. Elle contrevient, selon lui, à la Déclaration universelle des droits de l'Homme, qui interdit de rendre une personne apatride ».Mais « pour de nombreux observateurs, poursuit Afrik.com, cette décision dépasse le cadre juridique. Elle vise avant tout à affaiblir l'opposition. Cela envoie un message fort aux dissidents. Cette stratégie est déjà utilisée par d'autres régimes militaires dans la région, comme au Mali et au Burkina Faso. »Guinée : les ministres à la maison…En Guinée, à présent, les ministres n'ont plus le droit de voyager à l'étranger jusqu'à la fin de cette année… Officiellement, il s'agit de faire des économies : « le porte-parole du gouvernement, Ousmane Gaoual Diallo, a justifié cette décision par la “nécessité de rationaliser les dépenses publiques“ », relève Le Monde Afrique. Une mesure diversement appréciée… Pour le coordinateur national de la Maison des associations et ONG de Guinée, Mamadou Saliou Barry, cité par Guinée 360 : « bien que cette décision semble refléter une volonté d'accroître la transparence dans la gestion publique, je crains qu'elle n'entrave les relations internationales et l'efficacité de la diplomatie guinéenne. Une telle mesure pourrait être le signe de tensions internes au sein du gouvernement, poursuit-il, ou d'une perte de confiance dans la capacité des ministres à représenter efficacement l'État à l'étranger ».Le Forum des Forces Sociales de Guinée affirme pour sa part dans Guinée News que « cette situation met en lumière une gestion irrationnelle et abusive des deniers publics, alors que le pays fait face à des défis économiques et sociaux sans précédent ».Enfin, rapporte Ledjely, l'un des principaux partis d'opposition, l'UFDG se félicite de cette décision qui « limitera les dépenses inutiles » et espère également « que cette mesure, qui doit cesser le 31 décembre, marquera la fin de la transition en Guinée et que des élections seront enfin organisées ».L'état de santé de Paul Biya ? Motus !Et puis autre interdiction, cette fois au Cameroun : défense de parler de l'état de santé du président Biya…« Après avoir vigoureusement démenti des rumeurs alarmantes sur l'état de Paul Biya, les autorités du Cameroun ont “formellement interdit“ aux médias d'évoquer sa santé », rapporte Le Monde Afrique.« Taisez-vous, y'a rien à dire », commente L'Observateur Paalga à Ouagadougou qui s'interroge « qu'arriverait-il si le président camerounais (91 ans) n'était plus en mesure d'assurer ses fonctions alors que son dauphin constitutionnel (le président du Sénat, Marcel Niat Njifenji, bientôt 90 ans) est lui aussi quelque peu impotent ? »Pour Le Pays, toujours au Burkina, « cette décision, contrairement à l'effet recherché, prouve que le président Paul Biya ne se porte pas bien. Malade ? Non, de source officielle. Mais malade du pouvoir ? Oui, certainement ».Enfin WakatSéra s'interroge : « comment éviter de spéculer, quand un flou opaque, artistiquement entretenu, entoure la santé de celui qui dirige son peuple depuis Mathusalem ? Comment, sans argument palpable, parler objectivement de la santé du plus vieux dirigeant élu en exercice au monde ? »
Every time your employees get behind the wheel for work—whether in their own car or a company vehicle—your business is exposed to risk. With vehicle insurance rates surging 22% year-over-year and 1 in 7 drivers now opting to forego insurance entirely, the stakes for companies have never been higher. Many employees who do have insurance are turning to low-cost policies that leave them dangerously underinsured, and in the event of an accident, their employer could be left footing the bill—an average of $75,000 for non-fatal incidents.Are your drivers among those at risk? And more importantly, would you even know if they were?In this episode of SAP Concur Conversations, join host Jeanne Dion and Jonathan Steele, Director of Product Management at Motus, as they explore the hidden dangers of driver risk. They'll discuss real-life stories where businesses learned the hard way about the cost of overlooking compliance, driver safety, and insurance verification. Jonathan will also share actionable strategies that can help you get ahead of these risks, from building a seamless mileage reimbursement program to deploying proactive monitoring tools that protect both your employees and your bottom line. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
This evening we look at market developments with Sasfin Wealth, unpack the benefits of technology in marketing, and analyse the US elections. Our Warning Wednesday feature looks into the trend of illegal lenders, and in our Executive Lounge, we are joined by Osman Arbee of Motus to reflect on a 43-year career and what he's most looking forward to about retirement. SAfm Market Update - Podcasts and live stream
Ep. 10 Motion Preservation First: A Spine Surgeon's Journey to a Fusion-Free Practice, J. Alex Sielatycki, MD In this episode of The Spine Pod, hosts Courtney Schutze and Brady Riesgraf sit down with Dr. Alex Sielatycki, an orthopedic spine surgeon dedicating his career to revolutionizing spine surgery through motion preservation. Operating out of Steamboat Springs, CO at the Steamboat Orthopedic & Spine Institute (SOSI), Dr. Sielatycki is at the forefront of a significant shift in spine care—one that prioritizes preserving mobility and improving patient outcomes. Dr. Sielatycki continually proves his commitment to research through clinical trials, including being a primary investigator in multiple recent trials and also offers multiple FDA-cleared, currently available motion preserving devices, including Medtronic's Prestige LP cervical disc and Centinel Spine's prodisc C and prodisc L for cervical and lumbar pathologies. In this episode, Dr. Sielatycki delves into the innovative technologies in spine motion preservation, including 3Spine's MOTUS lumbar total joint replacement, currently in US clinical trials, explaining how it has the possibility to broaden the scope of motion-preserving options available to patients in search of treatment for leg and back pain. He goes on to discuss the potential of establishing motion surgery centers specifically for spine care patients, where all aspects of care are designed to maintain patient mobility. This concept arose out of increasing demand that Dr. Sielatycki recognized from his patients seeking alternatives to spinal fusion. In this episode you'll learn: How motion-preserving alternatives are providing the opportunity to shift the treatment timeline for patients needing spine surgery. The importance of providing patients with new technologies through novel clinical trials. How patient demand is influencing surgeons' desires for new and alternative spine surgery implants. Patients increased willingness to travel for improved spine surgery treatment options. The possibility for patients to return to work and regular activity earlier through motion-preserving devices. The growing number of surgeons looking to create spine surgery practices focused exclusively on motion-preserving alternatives. As a father, husband, surgeon, and leader across the spine industry, Dr. Sielatycki is paving the way for the next generation of spine surgeons, focused on providing motion surgery treatment options for all patients he treats. Building upon the practice founded by his mentor, Dr. Clint Devin, and serving eight different cities across Colorado and Wyoming, Dr. Sielatycki continues to drive forward the field of motion preservation - committed to providing the highest level of care for spine patients across the mountain region and the greater United States. For patients, surgeons, and industry professionals, this episode provides insight into the future of spine surgery, where patient-centered innovation leads the way. Learn more about Dr. Sielatycki and SOSI: -Website: https://steamboatortho.com/ -LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/j-alex-sielatycki-95991515a/ You can find The Spine Pod on all Podcast Streaming Platforms, including: -YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCcA8vODr8pDabWImOrHv3ZQ -Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0DBzWfVt1ExQE0qTjhOERa?si=P2WUmAbFSmORUvd3PH0s5A&nd=1&dlsi=842b910ca7704b44 -Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-spine-pod/id1745442311 -Amazon Music: https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/98fd41ad-75ee-4371-bb70-c5b274324a47/the-spine-pod?ref=dm_sh_MQE4wl3lyb6590VX9msjWdqkn -iHeart Radio: https://www.iheart.com/podcast/269-the-spine-pod-174320414/?cmp=ios_share&sc=ios_social_share&pr=false&autoplay=true Follow The Spine Pod on Facebook to learn more about the latest episodes and happenings in the world of motion preservation: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61558880652712
Diversification in the strained environment in South Africa, the UK and Australia has helped Motus grow its revenue and Ebitda, and pay a lower dividend – CEO Osman Arbee.
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Stephen Grootes speaks to Osman Arbee, CEO at Motus, to discuss the company's latest annual results and the outlook for the automotive sector in South Africa.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Episode Summary: In this episode of JSE Direct, Simon Brown delves into the impact of anticipated interest rate cuts and how they may affect various sectors and stocks. He shares his thoughts on potential beneficiaries like consumer stocks, REITs, and companies with high levels of debt. The episode also covers key updates on Nvidia's earnings, Nike's stock valuation, and a new ETF listing by ETFSA. Interest Rate Cuts and Market Impact: Jerome Powell's Jackson Hole Speech: The anticipation of rate cuts as early as September, with an expected reduction of around 75 basis points by the end of the year. Benefiting Sectors: Companies with significant debt, consumer stocks (Mr Price, Foschini, Shoprite), and REITs are likely to benefit from lower interest rates. Sector-Specific Insights: REITs: Discusses the potential for real estate investment trusts like Storage, Spear, and the concerns around office spaces with high vacancy rates. Consumer Stocks: Simon reiterates his positive outlook on consumer-focused companies and the strong performance of used and new car sales, highlighting stocks like CMH and Motus. Stock Analysis: Nvidia: With results due, Simon highlights the market's expectations and the potential for significant movement based on the earnings report. Nvidia | Close 27 aug 24 | Weekly chart Nike: Simon discusses Nike's current valuation, seeing it as a strong buy at its multi-decade support levels, despite its challenges. Nike | Close 27 aug 24 | Weekly chart ETF Updates: ETFSA's New Actively Managed ETF: Introduction of the Balanced Foundation ETF, which is actively managed due to the lack of a specific index and includes a mix of local and foreign equities, bonds, and property. Satrix Nasdaq ETF: The transition from a feeder fund to a standard fund, reducing total expense ratios and offering cost benefits to investors. Housekeeping: No Show Next Week: Simon will be on vacation and the podcast will resume on 12 September. Money Summit: Scheduled for 10 September in Johannesburg with free tickets available using the code "MONEYWEBGEST" at MoneySummit.co.za. Simon Brown * I hold ungeared positions. All charts by KoyFin | Get 10% off your order
In this episode of the BetterTech podcast, host Haseeb Khan interviews Ryon Packer, Chief Product Officer at Motus. The discussion revolves around the future of fleet design, emphasizing the need for a comprehensive, technology-driven approach. Ryon elaborates on the evolving needs of fleets, the impact of electrification, and the importance of data-driven decision-making. The conversation also touches on the role of AI and automation in optimizing fleet operations and how companies can prepare for the future by adopting flexible and sustainable strategies. Ryon concludes with insights into the challenges and opportunities facing the fleet industry, providing a roadmap for companies to design the fleet of their dreams.
Sasol's Struggles: Simon revisits Sasol's recent production and trading updates. Despite some positive news, the company's financials remain grim due to significant write-downs and a challenging pricing environment, especially in the chemical complex. With a forward PE ratio hovering around 3, Simon questions the actual value in Sasol and advises caution, emphasising the importance of waiting for a stock to show signs of recovery before investing. Sasol weekly chart | 13 August 2024 ADvTech's* Solid Performance: Simon provides insights into ADvTech's latest trading update. Despite a voluntary update (not mandated by a 20% variance), the company shows strong growth in earnings per share. He discusses the stock's valuation, historical performance, and why he remains optimistic about its future prospects, even as it trades at a PE ratio of around 15. ADvTech weekly chart | 13 August 2024 Combined Motor Holdings* (CMH): Simon shares his thoughts on CMH, a stock he has held for years. Despite a stagnant price movement over the past three years, the stock offers a solid dividend yield. He discusses the broader consumer environment, the potential impact of reduced interest rates, and why he continues to favour CMH over competitors like Motus. CMH weekly chart | 13 August 2024 Renegen's* Milestone: After a year and a half of delays, Renergen finally starts producing helium. While the stock has seen a recent uptick, Simon highlights the challenges that still lie ahead, including scaling up production and the company's upcoming NASDAQ listing. He also reflects on the broader sentiment in the junior mining sector. Coronation's Active ETFs: Coronation has launched six actively managed ETFs on the JSE, a significant development in the local ETF market. Simon explains the concept of actively managed ETFs and why this move could be a game-changer for both Coronation and the JSE, even if he personally isn't planning to invest in them. Find details here. US Inflation Update: The latest US CPI data shows a slight decrease to 2.9% for July, but core inflation remains elevated. Simon discusses the implications for future interest rate cuts by the Federal Reserve and the potential impact on South African monetary policy. Tribute to Brett Duncan: Simon pays tribute to Brett Duncan, a former stockbroker and warrants market leader at Standard Bank, who recently passed away. Brett was a key figure in Simon's early career and played a significant role in the South African warrants market. His passing is a significant loss. Simon Brown * I hold ungeared positions. All charts by KoyFin | Get 10% off your order
Chaque jour, Jean-Philippe Longo revient sur des événements de l'histoire de la télévision.
Chaque jour, Jean-Philippe Longo revient sur des événements de l'histoire de la télévision.
Host Jen Miller meets with Rob Swindell, President of the Black River Audubon Society, and talks about the recent installation of the Motus tower at the Avon Lake Public Library. Upcoming events happening in Avon Lake: June 8, 10:00 AM: North Coast Rotary Club's Medical Equipment & Supplies Donation Drive at the Clubhouse of Independent Living at Sprenger Health Care's Towne Center June 9, 12:00 PM: Lake Shore United Methodist Church Lasagna Dinner Pickup at Lake Shore United Methodist Church June 12, 10:00 AM: Environmentally Speaking: Forest Bathing at the Avon Lake Public Library June 13: Deadline to Register for Avon vs. Avon Lake Community Wellness Challenge June 16, 6:00 PM: Avon Lake Summer Concert Series - Monica Robins and the Ninja Cowboys at Miller Road Park June 20, 4:00 PM: CLE MARKET & Avon Lake Summer Concert Series - The RayBans Trio at Veterans' Memorial Park June 21, 3:00-10:00 PM: Make Music Day at Veterans' Memorial Park, the Old Firehouse Community Center, & the Dogg House Bar & Grill June 22, 6:00 AM-2:00 PM: 11th Annual Hooks for Hunger Walleye Tournament at Miller Road Park For information about these and future events/meetings in Avon Lake, please visit www.AvonLake.org/Events.
Nvidia's Financial Performance Nvidia's Q1 Results: Revenue up 262% year-on-year to $26 billion. Net income up 628% year-on-year to $14.9 billion. Gross margins at 78.9%. Stock Split: 10-for-1 stock split set for 7 June. Market Reaction: Stock traded over $1,000 in the aftermarket. Anglo American and BHP Group BHP's Third Offer: Anglo American rejects BHP's third offer. Deal Concerns: Issues with the price and risk of the deal. Next Steps: Extended deadline for BHP's offer to 29 May. Richemont's* Results Richemont's Position: Holding steady in a tough luxury market. Earnings Growth: Expected around 10% over the next few years. Preferred Stock: Richemont favored over LVMH for its focused luxury product line. Copper Market Copper Boom: Strong performance but cautious outlook due to potential price pullbacks. Investment Options: Local ETNs and offshore ETFs available for copper investment. Structured Products Educational Video: Power Hour session on structured products by Kevin Swartz from Standard Bank. Features: Capital protection and enhanced upside. Pick n Pay's Plan Sales Update: For 52 weeks ending 25 February, bleak results expected. Market Reaction: Stock closed 4.5% higher on news of a plan. South African Economic Indicators CPI Inflation: 5.2% for April. Primary Surplus: Revenue exceeded expenditure (excluding interest). Vehicle Sector Analysis Companies Covered: Combined Motor Holdings (CMH), WeBuyCars, Motus, and Zeda. WeBuyCars showed strong sales growth. Motus and CMH had high dividend yields. Zeda focuses on car rentals and mobility as a service. CMH preferred for its consistent performance and dividend yield. Home Building Sector Analysis Companies Covered: Calgro M3* and Balwin. Balwin struggling with higher-priced units. Calgro M3's flexible pricing strategy favored in current market conditions. [caption id="attachment_42201" align="aligncenter" width="849"] Calgro M3 vs Balwin[/caption] Santova Directors' Selling Director Sales: Recent director sales not seen as a significant concern. Market Impact: Director selling viewed as a neutral action. Disclaimer JSE Direct is an independent broadcast and is not endorsed or affiliated with JSE Limited. Views expressed are solely those of the presenter. * I hold ungeared positions. All charts by KoyFin | Get 10% off your order
Jonas Schneiter est entouré pour cette émission de Michel Audétat, Stéphanie Mérillat, Coline de Senarclens et de l'humoriste Benjamin Décosterd. L'équipe débat des confrontations économiques entre l'Europe et la Chine, de la limitation du temps de parole en politique et des monuments controversés. En deuxième partie d'émission, les beaux parleurs accueillent Steven Meyer, expert en cybersécurité.
Join us on The Spine Pod as we delve into a behind-the-scenes look at spine surgery with Dr. Armen Khachatryan, a world-renowned orthopedic spine surgeon known for his expertise in motion preservation and cervical disc replacement procedures. Founder of The Disc Replacement Center in Salt Lake City, Utah, Dr. Khachatryan is pioneering patient care with advanced surgical techniques in motion surgery. In this episode, Dr. Khachatryan shares his insights on the concept of promoting functional spine surgery, emphasizing the significance of preserving natural range of motion in the spine. Learn about how his surgical approach challenges traditional spinal fusion and his continual drive toward his ultimate goal of enhancing mobility and quality of life for each of the patients he treats. His discussion ranges from his early days in clinical trials with artificial disc replacements, and his most recent trials including the MOTUS lumbar total joint replacement, which just completed enrollment of its U.S. clinical trials. Listen as Dr. Khachatryan, alongside our hosts Courtney Schutze and Brady Riesgraf, discusses the shifts that have occurred in spine care towards motion preserving alternatives, the evolution of surgical specialization, and the critical role of patient education in making informed treatment decisions. Tune in to The Spine Pod for this in-depth conversation about the future of spine care and learn why the right surgical approach can transform your health journey. For more information on Dr. Khachatryan you can follow him on: Linkedin Facebook The Disc Replacement Center Masters of Spine Check out The Spine Pod on: Youtube Apple Podcasts Amazon Music
On this episode I talk with Holly Garrod, an accomplished birder, bird bander and conservationist about her work on bird banding networks with Birds Caribbean, and about the MOTUS network progress in the Caribbean. Her energy is fabulous, and her knowledge and expertise wonderful. I think you'll enjoy hearing her story. Check out Birds Caribbean here. See the Caribbean Birding Trail information here. Learn about the MOTUS network and the Caribbean MOTUS systems at these links. Here is info on the 2023 Caribbean Global Big Day efforts. Read more about Holly and the topics we discussed on the Bird Banter Blog Post. Thank for listening. Until next time, good birding and good day!
Insights on Motus results and Gridrod's robust trading update with Odwa Magwentshu from Trive SA. Daniel King from Merchant West Investments discusses valuing property stocks trading at a discount to net asset value. Mitchan Adams from Aions Creative Technology emphasises the importance of investing during your student years.
Summary: Now that you know what MOTUS is and what it does, let's talk about how is helps Arizona birds. Join Cheryl and Kiersten to find out how MOTUS is helping some Arizona birds. For our hearing-impaired listeners, a transcript of this podcast follows the show notes on Podbean. Show Notes: “Desert Deliverance”, by Margo Rosenbaum, Audubon Magazine Fall 2023, pg 18-19 “Home Away From Home”, by Daniel Grossman, Audubon Magazine Fall 2022, pg 30-35 “The Mysterious Decline of the American Kestrel,” by Jillian Mock, Audubon Magazine Spring 2023, pg 20-27 “Keeping Up with the Grosbeaks,” by Zoe Grueskin, Audubon Magazine Winter 2023, pg 15 Transcript Cheryl-Intro: Recently, we posted a podcast about MOTUS. What it is-radio tracking system-more towers being placed in Arizona, one possibly at the Gilbert Riparian Water Ranch. I wanted to revisit this because I found actual research studies using MOTUS that has an impact on Arizona birds. It is exciting to see the impacts of this new technology and how it is advancing research in bird studies. Keirsten: Purple Martins If you have lived on the east coast or in the mid-west of U.S. you have seen Purple Martins, and the colonial-style bird houses that they like to nest in. A little back story about this bird, Purple Martins are insectivorous (insect eaters) which has made them vulnerable to the pesticides we use on our yards. So, their numbers were really in decline here in the U.S. until citizen science got involved. People who enjoyed seeing the birds and understood their importance to local insect control started placing the correct nest boxes these birds like. These citizen scientists monitored the boxes, eliminated pesticide use on their properties, kept cats indoors etc. Over time the populations of Purple Martins bounced back in the Untied States. So why are we talking about them…because their numbers are still in decline, and scientists don't really know why. Purple Martins have been studied extensively In North America; scientific knowledge tapers off when they fly south. Just where do they go, Wat routes they take, and what critical habitat lies Along the way remain largely a mystery. The marathon journeys these birds undertake every year compounds the risk to their survival. Arizona has its own sub-species of Purple Martins that prefer to nest in Saguaro cacti in the southern part of our state. Arizona's Purple Martins spend the winter where? They take a similar marathon journey as those who summer east of the Mississippi River. Cheryl: Get to the point-Brazil. Just off a slice of land sitting mid-stream in Brazil's Rio Negro, is an island locally known as Ilha do Comaru, every year this island is submerged in March and only the tree tops poke above the surface. There in those treetops are Purple Martins. Now, Motus helped to locate this tiny island of 12 acres (slightly larger than Yankee Stadium). How you ask? Back in the U.S., scientists with the help of volunteers tagged nesting Purple Martins (adults and fledglings) with radio tags that will ping a receiver, that by chance was placed near this island. Scientists looked at the MOTUS network tracking and thought huh? Where is that? It turns out that MOTUS revealed to scientists a space that is host to a concentration of roughly 250,000 birds between February and April, it's one of the largest Purple Martin roost ever discovered. Its significance isn't just its size, however, but also the pivotal role the roost may play in the bird's long-distance migration. Comaru could be the staging ground, or launch pad, for many of the 9.3 million Purple Martins that funnel through from South to North America. Scientists are tagging Purple Martins on this tiny island, so they can trace birds coming and going to see where these birds' journey to breed. Some head to Arizona, and some head towards the east coast of the U.S. This is important to Arizona Purple Martins because our sub-species like to nest in Saguaros that are 40 ft high. It is easier for everyone if the tagging is done on this tiny island. Scientists are excited to trace the movements of these birds to figure out what they're eating and analyze whether they've been contaminated by pesticides and other pollutants, we can learn something about how they're doing in Brazil. Scientists feel that by taking a closer look at the birds onto this small isle, they hope to glean insights that can help secure the future of the entire species, and any discoveries they make will help uncover what's behind the decline of other songbirds, especially other aerial insectivores. Keirsten: The American Kestrel Arizona hosts the American Kestrel all year long. It just moves within the state. This bird is on the decline here due to loss of habitat, pesticide use, and the increase in population of Cooper's Hawks, to name a few challenges this small falcon must face daily. Scientists are racing to understand why this bird is continuing to disappear from our skies. Let's move to Texas where there is a project that outfits kestrels with radio trackers to glean how they move on their wintering grounds and where they breed come spring. The exact paths kestrels take and the ultimate winter destinations for many populations are mysteries. Their smaller scale movements are also an enigma: researcher Maddy Kaleta stated in an article for Audubon Society “We know kestrels need open space, but we don't know enough about where they prefer to hunt, how big their territories are, or what they do when their preferred habitat disappears. Kestrels that spend one winter hunting in a field may return to find it has disappeared under concrete and new shopping attractions the next winter. MOTUS is helping answer these questions. Data from this study indicates sharpest kestrel declines are in the East. For the birds that show up in the nest boxes placed by citizen scientists, their success rates are very high. A single kestrel pair fledges three to four chicks on average. The puzzling problem is that they are not showing up. In the west, kestrels are showing up, but they are breeding weeks earlier than they did in the 1990's and scientists discovered that farmers are taking advantage of significantly warmer winters by planting crops earlier to avoid the hotter summers. The change in planting draws insects and rodents which is a bounty for the kestrels, and kestrels are taking advantage of this change. All this data collected will help Arizona protect the American Kestrels that choose Arizona as their home. Cheryl: Evening Grosbeaks This beautiful bird winters here in the lower part of Arizona on occasion but spends most of its time up in Arizona's boreal forests. But since 1970, the once common species has sharply declined in the EAST, making irruptions less frequent and grosbeak visits increasingly rare. Scientists started out with a small number of tagged birds aiming to discover where these birds go in spring. Then with numbers declining they scaled up their tagging and tracking to over 200 birds so far. Using radio and satellite tags, scientists plan to expand across more of the species U.S. Range because Evening Grosbeakshave unpredictable roving patterns and this makes it vital and challenging to understand their movements. These birds are somewhat secretive and breed in remote areas, so trying to find where they're nesting isn't easy. So once a bird is tagged in winter scientists can follow its journey. This data collected from MOTUS will help answer questions and could reveal bottlenecks or pressure points for the species and clues about what's driving the decline. Researchers have found evidence of climate change is stressing spruce and fir forests where these birds like to nest, and diseases such as conjunctivitis, West Nile virus, or salmonella infections may all play into Evening Grosbeaks and their decline. Tagging and tracking birds has highlighted the vulnerability of birds and window strikes. All this data, even if it is collected on the East coast will help Arizona fast track efforts to protect our population of Evening Grosbeaks with MOTUS' help.
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Since 1994, Vineyard Team has been your resource for workshops and field demonstrations, research, and events dedicated to the stewardship of our natural resources. Learn more at www.vineyardteam.org. Transcript Craig Macmillan 0:00 And our guest today is Dr. Joshua Fisher. He is Associate Professor of Environmental Science and Policy at Chapman University, and also science lead with Hydrosat. And today, we're gonna be talking about ecosystem research that he's been doing in some modeling ideas. Thanks for being here, Joshua. Joshua Fisher 0:16 Thanks for having me. Craig Macmillan 0:17 Your area is broadly defined, I understand as Ecosystem Science, that'd be an accurate description of your professional life. Joshua Fisher 0:25 Sure, yep. Craig Macmillan 0:26 Before we get started, what exactly is Ecosystem Science? Joshua Fisher 0:29 it's kind of a combination of many sciences. And it's a combination of biology, we got to understand plants, animals, in, you know, down to bacteria and fungi. It's a combination of chemistry, you know, we need to understand how different nutrients and water and carbon interact and transform and it's combination of physics in terms of how energy flows through the system and in heat, and how to model and predict responses of the biology and the chemistry through the physics. So I kind of got into Ecosystem Science or environmental science more broadly, because I was indecisive as a student and couldn't pick a science, like all the sciences, and Craig Macmillan 1:10 I feel your pain. Joshua Fisher 1:11 And I didn't want to just pick one. So I was looking around for a major that combine the sciences and environmental science was a good one and got me a chance to get outdoors. Craig Macmillan 1:20 That's an interesting way to get into what are the applied aspects of this area? Like what are the things things are that you're interested in, in terms of like the applications, but what do you do, and then we'll talk about what you do. Joshua Fisher 1:32 The applications are really interesting. And it's kind of a career trajectory to, I think, as a student, and as an early career scientist, it was really about doing science, with the applications kind of out there more broadly, for context, but not actually doing anything about anything other than coming up with the best science possible, coming up with the best models, launching satellites, developing new datasets and understanding the way the world works. But actually feeding back to society was something that I've really ramped up throughout my career. And I've seen that among my peers as well, you know, especially in terms of the science trajectory and science reward system, science rewards you for publications for getting grants, and for doing a bit of ivory tower research, it doesn't really reward you, promote you and sustain you for doing applied sciences. And that tends to be a luxury that one gets one when gets into mid career, which is where I'm at now. And it's a great aspect. It's a great privilege to be able to feed back to society, to help farmers, water managers, policy makers, communities, people of color, indigenous tribes, and so on. It's a different type of award. Now it's, it's a reward, that's a personal reward. Something that I feel, you know, really happy about satisfied when I go to sleep at night. And I, you know, have to do my part to change the system for the early career scientist of today, to be rewarded for those applications as well. But in terms of my Applied Science, nowadays, I use my technology that I've launched a space and I'm continuing to launch the space, especially on thermal imaging, to monitor plant stress and water stress, heat stress, and plants using that to help inform irrigation and agricultural crop management, forest management, wildfire, prediction response, even down to urban heat and public health. I have got work with environmental justice, and communities of color and using the data that I've launched to help to help sustain public health as well as environmental science and agriculture and food production and food security. So lots of great applications out there. I'm even working with volcanologist. Our technology to help predict volcanic eruption. Craig Macmillan 3:43 Oh, wow. Joshua Fisher 3:44 Incredible array, you know, there's geology as well, mineral exploration. So a lot of applications, aquaculture, you know, helping improve shellfish and diversity as well. So when it comes to what I've gotten myself into, or gotten yourself into Dr. Fisher, over the years a bit of that. And it just happens to be that what I do has a lot of the connections, it isn't very limited. And what I what I've been doing for the past decade has a lot on temperature and heat. And so anywhere there's a signal of heat or temperature, whether it's in crops, whether it's in urban settings, whether it's in volcanoes, whether it's in wildfire that temperature permeates everywhere. And my data have and my science have the ability to help not only the science, but also the applications across nearly in the entire earth system. Craig Macmillan 4:35 All right now, what are you talking about heat you're looking at this, we're talking about what you do so like on any given day, and I know everybody has these crazy lives where we do one thing on Tuesday and something completely different on Wednesday, but you are scientists, scientists work with data. Your data is coming from space. How did you get into that? I know you've worked on a couple of other or a couple of projects both now When in the past with information data collected from sapce, and I want to know more about that, what kind of data? How's it collected? How's it work? Exactly, yeah, how does somebody get into terrestrial data scientist? Joshua Fisher 5:14 How does someone go from having one's head in the dirt to having one's head in space? Craig Macmillan 5:21 And then then back in the dirt sounds like. Unknown Speaker 5:24 I'm back in the dirt again. Back to my college days, environmental science, started doing undergraduate research at Berkeley, where I was at, mostly because as an undergrad, I was like, Why? Why did I go to Berkeley, you know, it's just a number in a class. It's huge, not the best teaching, the reputation of Berkeley is really for the research. So I said, Well, if I'm going to be here, I better get involved in research. And I got involved in research as an undergrad, and started getting into the Environmental Modeling. And I liked it so much that I continued on at Berkeley for my PhD, and my PhD, and continued Environmental Modeling side. But I was like, well, let's add a new tool to my toolkit. And let's start playing with satellites. Because really, they were just cool toys in the sky, I had really no other kind of ambition, other than to learn how to pick up a new tool and play with it. Craig Macmillan 6:12 I've seen some really pretty pictures, if you go to the NASA Earth Observatory page, and with all their links and stuff there. It's like a Christmas tree with presents under it. It's just all these pretty colors and all these amazing things. So I can see how you could get drawn into it. Joshua Fisher 6:27 Yeah, I mean, when you get into all the beautiful imagery, not only in the visible spectrum, but across the medic spectrum, you start to wonder if you are looking at science or art, that distinction that polarization between art and science really starts to blur. And you forget, what are you doing? Are you doing art? Are you doing science? And really, you're doing both. And it's all together. And I've been doing a lot of art, science and synergies over the year as well, which I'm happy to talk to you after I answer your first question, which is how I got into it. So playing with cool satellites, cool toys in the sky, interested in water, because I grew up in California and Alaska, kind of two, polar opposites of environmental extremes. And you know, when I was a kid, we were putting low flow showerheads, you know, in my showers in Los Angeles, where I grew up with my mother. And then my parents split when I was little, my dad lived in Alaska. And when I went to visit my dad, Alaska, we were putting on high flow showerheads, as a kid just kind of flying back and forth. It made me wonder how the world worked. And so growing up in California, especially under droughts and water shortages, as I got into college, I got involved in interested in being able to predict water and how much water we need. We had been able to measure rainfall and snow and groundwater, but not the evaporation components so much. And so that was where the models had to come into play. Because we couldn't measure it. We had a model that we had predicted based on other things. So when I started playing with satellites, my PhD, I was started wondering, I wonder if we could get at evapotranspiration from satellite remote sensing. And so that became the focus of my PhD. And sure enough, I was able to do it at the end of a nice long doctorate. So then right around that time, climate change really blew up. And I was in a unique place where I was observing the earth, using cutting edge technology and models and looking at cycles that transcended the whole earth. And so I kind of stepped right into that, for a fact finished my PhD, decided to if I wanted to be a global climate scientist, I needed to work globally. I had been in the Bay Area for almost 10 years in LA and so on. So I left the US and I went to England to Oxford University. And I thought I would leave the satellite and evapotranspiration stuff behind me. I started working on the climate model. There, I started getting into nitrogen, and the nitrogen cycle. And really my number one goal of moving to England was to pick up a British accent so clearly that although I can't say... Craig Macmillan 8:56 You went to Oxford, you went to Oxford to figure that out. You just couldn't move to the west end and a little apartment for a couple years. That wasn't going to do it clearly. Joshua Fisher 9:03 But partially because we got a big project in the Amazon as well and Andes. So I moved into the Amazon and Andes and conducted a big nutrient fertilization experiment up and down the Andes along with a larger team studying ecological dynamics of the rainforest and cloud forest there. So my Spanish got a lot better although it's very much field Spanish, you know, I can converse very fluently when it comes to roots and leaves and soils, but put me in a fine dining restaurant. And I'm like, what is all this cutlery? We didn't have this on Amazon. Eventually made my way out of Amazon Andes back to Oxford and was teaching remote sensing and GIS geographic information systems to the students there. We had a collaborator at NASA's Jet Propulsion Lab who was visiting with us and he had tried to recruit me to JPL back in California. And I said, Ah, you know, I just converted my postdoc to a faculty position at Oxford. we're pretty happy here. But then my partner who's awesome from Los Angeles, got a job at Occidental College in Los Angeles. And so she got the job. And so I was like, okay, so I called up my friend at JPL. She has that position still available. And he said, Yeah, you should apply. And so I did. And so I ended up taking a job as a NASA scientist at JPL. And I was there for about 12 years before I left, and joined Chapman University and Hydrosat. Hydrosat was actually a spinoff from JPL. Some JPL scientists, engineers spun off some technology that we'd actually launched to Mars, and decided that we could actually use it for Earth Science and applications and accelerate that transition to society a lot faster. If we did it from a commercial sphere, than from a governmental, you know, wait for contracts and proposals, sphere prime, the science lead for Hydrosat. And even though it's in the commercial realm, I represent the science community and my push to make sure the data are available for free to the science community. And so that's one of my big pushes. It's all about advancing the earth as a whole. And Hydrosat really supports that. And our employees are driven by that mission as well. So that's exciting. So yeah, that's how I got involved in remote sensing and satellites. And it keeps me here today, because that's just what I've gotten good at, for my time at JPL. Craig Macmillan 11:19 So what kinds of things is hydroset do? Joshua Fisher 11:22 So we are launching as of, you know, less than a year just in June of 24, a constellation of satellites. And then they measure thermal infrared, so temperature, have very high spatial resolutions. And because it's a constellation, we can cover the earth really rapidly and frequently. So we can get measurements every day, what we call field scales down to 50 meters, for the thermal and in the visible and near infrared down to 20 meters. So really high resolution really frequent and and that's what we need, especially for growers agriculturalists. But even for other applications, like urban heat waves, volcanic eruptions, you know, a lot of things happen at very fine scales, wildfires, and you need to be able to capture it frequently, you can't just wait. And so there's always been this traditional trade off between high spatial resolution and high temporal resolution, you can have one or the other, but not both. It's because you either have your satellite close to the Earth where you can see close detail, but it takes forever to wrap around the earth in full coverage, or you can be further away and cover the earth more frequently. But then your pixel size is not as sharp. The problem with the thermal infrared imaging is that it's always been really expensive. Because it's a temperature sensor. It requires cooling, cryo, cooling, which takes a lot of energy and takes a lot of mass and volume. And on the engineering side, you start to add those up. And it becomes very expensive, from our public public satellites. Landsat has been our workhorse over the past couple of decades. And it's like a billion dollars to watch Landsat so you cannot have a lot. And that's a 16 day repeat. We advanced from Landsat with eco stress out of JPL I was the science lead for eco stress. We put it on the International Space Station. So we could use that energy system and power in crowd cooling. Interesting overpass cadence. So we didn't have to pay for a lot of the engineering. But you know, the the space station, of course, is very expensive. Craig Macmillan 13:10 What is the overpass cadence on the International Space Station? I've always wondered that. If you're up there, and you're going around how often do you see your house? Joshua Fisher 13:17 Yeah. And the answer is funky. Craig Macmillan 13:21 Scientists love that Josh. Yeah, that's a great scientific, that's great for science. Joshua Fisher 13:27 That's the jargon. That's the technical term. It is it's really funky. It's really weird. It doesn't go over the poles. For one, it hits about 50 to 15 degrees north and south. So it kind of like starts to get up there near Alaska. But it like it turns around, because what we call precesses kind of turns around, and so has this funky orbit. So if you're living in Los Angeles, or Chicago, or New York, a traditional satellite, like Landsat or MODIS, will pass over at the same time, every day for Motus 1030 or 130, for Landsat every 16 days at about 1030. So it's very consistent. And that's good for scientists, as you said, like scientist like that kind of consistent data, they can see if the planets heating up because at 1030, every time things are getting hotter, or whatever, the space station passes over at different times every time it takes your schedule and rips it up and says, you know, I'm doing my own thing. And so today, it'll be 11am. The next time it'll be 2pm. You know, next time it'll be 9am. It's not like every day or every three days. It's every like, sometimes it can be every day. And then like it just says like sia and then it comes back a week later. So it's very inconsistent. And that's why remote sensing scientists, NASA scientists had historically shied away from using the space station as a platform to observe the earth. I came along and said, You know what, this interesting high resolution spatial resolution because it's pretty close to the surface. You can actually see it from your house, passing over at night in this different times of overpass passes actually really good from a plant centric standpoint, plants, they use water throughout the day. But if you don't have enough water, especially in the afternoon, when it's hot and dry, plants will close this stomata, they'll shut down, and maybe reopen them a little bit in the evening to get a little bit more photosynthesis. And before, you know, there's no more sunlight from a 1030, consistent overpassed, you would never see that even from 130, you might not always see that getting that diurnal sampling was a unique trait that I thought would be valuable for Plant Science Ecosystem Science in agriculture. We propose that as part of the Eco stress mission proposal, the review panel at NASA headquarters, Congress love that we had been spending so much money as a nation on the space station. And we hadn't really been using those unique characteristics for Earth observation until we came along. And I think we were like the second Earth mission on the space station. And really the first one to ever use it to observe the earth with its unique characteristics. After we did that a whole bunch of other missions came up afterwards. We were trailblazers. Craig Macmillan 15:59 That's cool. There's implications in terms of and you know, we're we're focused on plants and one plant in particular, the grapevine the implications for this are that we can see quite a bit of detail, I mean, 50 meters by 50 meters is actually surprisingly tight pixel, small pixel. But we also can see regional, and learn in larger scale patterns that we wouldn't find otherwise, where let's say grow A has great information about what's happening in terms of ET rates on their property, or plant water stress measured with leaf water potential or something like that. Stem water potential, but I'm guessing the field is probably picking up on some some patterns that are beyond what we might have otherwise known about, even if we had really, really good high quality high definition data just at the ground level, but limited parcel size, for instance. Joshua Fisher 16:47 Yeah, absolutely. Thing is that hydrostat really combines a lot of great characteristics that you might get one from any, any any other individual instrument. So from again, Landsat, you've got that great spatial resolution, but you missed that frequency, promote us, you have the frequency, you miss the spatial resolution from drones, you get that great spatial resolution, but you don't get that large regional coverage, or even frequency from towers, similar, so from aircraft. So with Hydrosat, we're able to pick that a lot, which means that we can do a lot with I think we don't replace drone operations or towers, because those present and provide really useful information. But what we do provide is that just very consistent objective and large scale coverage at the field scale. So if you're a grower, and you got fields, you can run a drone or a couple of times, but you're really not going to see your field, you can get your Lance and your motors, but you're not gonna get that frequency or that resolution tight. So Hydrosat is really beneficial for you in terms of your audience for growers that have a lot of area, and a lot of interesting dynamics that you know, they need to be able to monitor and evapotranspiration, the soil moisture, the temperature, we can get that we also create a lot of products from our data. We just acquired a company called IrriWatch, which was started by my colleague Wim Bastiaanssen, who's a who's a giant and evapotranspiration, and so with me and Wim teaming up, we've got just where you know, the the two headed dragon of evapotranspiration are really pushing technology and solutions into agriculture, viticulture and all the other applications. So Wim and IrriWatch has done is they've reached out to hundreds hundreds of growers all over the world 60 countries and figuring out what are you what are your decisions? What are your What are your questions? What are your operational needs? And have answered pretty much all of them it can be from transpiration to soil moisture to soil deficit to how long do I need to turn on my hose? How long do I need to turn on my valve for? Where am I seeing water deficits? Where am I seeing water leaks? Can I tell us something about my soil health can I forecast crop yield, you know, in growing in viticulture, of course, we're not always trying to maximize the soil moisture to the field capacity. We're sometimes doing deficit irrigation. You even need more precision on that and more frequency. And so we work a lot with the US Department of Agriculture. I've got colleagues at USDA, Martha Anderson, they'll acoustics and tell him they've been doing a lot of viticulture applications. And so they're very excited about Hydrosat and we've been working with them on our early adopter product and hoping to have the USDA be a direct feed from Hydrosat and as much as all our individual growers and collective so we're definitely excited to support agriculture, viticulture, and anyone who can use the data. We want to make sure everyone has the best crop yield and best production and withstands these increasing heatwaves droughts and climate change that is facing everyone. Craig Macmillan 19:56 So what kind of products does hydroset producing report it advise advising, like, what? What does it look like? Joshua Fisher 20:03 Yeah, it's a huge list. I mean, so we actually have, since we acquired IrriWatch, we're trying to distill it because I think, with IrriWatch, we inherited about, like 50 different products. So different. So you got this web portal, this API, you can go in on your phone, or on your laptop, or your tablet, or whatever, and load up your field. And you can get your reports, your maps, your tables, your graphs across your different variables, your your irrigation recommendations, we provide irrigation recommendations, things before 10 In the morning, every day, local time. So people know what to do. But you know, then that's like growers, then there's more like water managers who are trying to manage water for a region, we've got policymakers, we've got consultants, so it's we have got a lot of different users, we've got a government. So we've got a lot of different users with different needs. And we have applications for all these different users. We're focused on agriculture, although we have a lot of interest and buy in from, again, like I said, wildfire communities, and forestry and public health and so on. So we're supporting a lot of those communities as well with our data. But we have a lot more analytics information and services for the Agricultural Committee at this at this time. Craig Macmillan 21:17 I wanted to transition into that area of analytics. And related, you also are interested in modeling. I understand. To me, that's the Holy Grail, and also the Demon. of anyone who works around data. When I collect data, I've got maybe a great looking backward looking model. Fantastic. I tell you what has happened. Okay, great. Tell me what's going to happen. Josh, that's a little harder. And you are you are interested in this and work with this and which supercomputing Is that correct? Joshua Fisher 21:48 That's right. That's right. Yeah, I do a lot of our system modeling. And it started with evapotranspiration, right again, because we couldn't measure it. So I had to predict it. And we had a lot of different models starting from him in Monte Thornthwaite. And recently, Taylor. And then moving forward, about the time I was in school, the global community started developing Eddy covariance towers, flux towers. And so we had some of the first ones at Berkeley that were measuring evapotranspiration, you know, frequently and across, you know, an ecosystem. So, I was like, well, let's test the models there. So I was, you know, one of the first scientists to test these different evapotranspiration models, and we got it like a dozen or so tested at the number of reflex sights, and I installed sap flow sensors and measured a bunch of things about water to be able to predict the models, or predict, predict evapotranspiration. That got me into understanding the process really well in the mathematics and the predictive capabilities. And then when I moved into the satellite remote sensing realm, we couldn't measure evapotranspiration directly as a gas flux. But you know, we were measuring the temperature signal, which is directly related, we can measure soil moisture, we can measure meteorology, we can measure vegetation, phonology. And so these components start to go together to get out of Apple transpiration. Actually, we can measure evapotranspiration using kind of atmospheric layers. It's very coarse resolution. It's not particularly useful for our land applications, but useful for weather and things like that. That modeling continued into using satellite data as the inputs to those models. And then like I said, I thought I would leave evapotranspiration remote sensing behind me as I moved to England and worked on the climate model. So I got into earth system modeling, and being able to predict, you know, essentially climate change, and what's happening to the fate of the whole planet, not just this year, next year, but 20 years from now, 50 years from now, and at the end of the century, as climate change is really ramping up and we're looking at tipping points in their system. When do plants really start running out of water? When do they run out of nutrients? When are the temperature extremes so much that plants can't survive? And this was actually just a paper that we published last month in nature made the cover of nature, and we use eco stress to detect temperature limits that we're seeing in tropical rainforests right now that we're just seeing starting to exceed the critical temperature in which photosynthesis shuts down. So that got a lot of widespread news coverage. Now we can put this back into their system models and say, are their system models doing this correctly? Some of my volcanology work is actually linked to earth system models, because one of the big uncertainties and unknowns and the fate of the planet is what are the rainforests going to do with increasing co2 And normally, we would set up experiments and pump co2 on to ecosystems and see what's happened. But it's hard to do that and rainforests working with my volcanologist colleagues, we've discovered that volcanoes leak co2 out of their like flanks into the low lying forests. And there's a chain of volcanoes in Costa Rica that are doing this in the rainforests. So we're going in again, back into the jungle, this time, the jungles of the volcanoes, flying drones to sniff out those co2 leaks, flying Lidar and thermal hyperspectral to see what the rainforest responses are. So that all ecology that remote sensing ties back to their system modeling predictive capabilities. Craig Macmillan 25:05 One of the things I think is fascinating is here we have an ecosystem where we can collect data, we can the ground truth, that data or collect other variables to ground truth and connect, we can then develop like you said, some predictive modeling, and you go, what would a rainforest have to do with Cabernet Sauvignon? My answer is a lot. So where I want to steer things next, as a viticulturist. This is where I should say, the viticulture side of me. I'm very selfish. Not all viticulturist are many are giving open people, but I'm very selfish, and the only thing I care about is okay, what's happening with my vineyard? And what's that gonna look like? 10, 15 years from now, very hot topic right now in the in the wine industry is Wow, things are changing clearly. And so what kinds of changes Am I gonna have to make? Or can I make in terms of what plants I'm planting? Going forward? And I'm guessing that you probably are having some, some insights into plant response under these different conditions? Do you think that we're going to have some models or some ideas in the future about how, you know specific crops like vines might be modified, either in terms of species choice varieties choice or management techniques, or things like that? Is there is there some help for us here? Joshua Fisher 26:18 Yeah, we already have those, there's kind of two paths or two, two sides to this coin, when it comes to climate change, and viticulture. One is big scale, where can we grow grapes that we couldn't grow before? And to where are we no longer going to be able to grow grapes into the future? The second one is, you know, it's hard to pick up a move to move into a new place or to move out of an old place, what can we do under the changing temperature and changing water cycle and changing seasonal cycle? And so I think that's probably the more immediate pressing question to potentially some of your your listeners is what can we do now? And so, you know, we're working with like the USDA and testing out different seed varieties, and so on. And there's a lot of commercial companies that do to do that as well. And so how do we help? We're not doing seed varieties. We're not doing the genetics of it, although I've got colleagues at Chapman University who are doing that. But what we can do is say, all right, you've got 5, 10 different varieties of the same type of grape, how much water are they using, what's the temperature sensitivity, and not just in a greenhouse or a lab, but across the field. And you can't always get towers and drones everywhere. And you know, maybe you can, but there's local conditions are a little bit unusual. So let's go ahead and plant 10 experimental fields, or maybe you're a grower, and you have a couple fields that you're willing to try out some new varieties. And we can just tell you, yeah, they use less water, or we have also another product called Water Use Efficiency crop for drop in terms of how much carbon is being taken up relative to how much water is being used. And so we can tell you that variety was was pretty good. I think that's the main crux, we can also tell you other things that other people can tell you in terms of phonology, and in Greenup, and so on. I think that helps and dovetails with how I actually got on your podcast with my buddy and colleague, Professor Katie Gold at Cornell University, who does a lot of remote sensing on disease. And so there's diseases are changing with climate change as well. And so with Katie and me arm and arm across, you know, across the coasts, hitting the disease in hyperspectral, and the plant water stress temperature shifts of the thermal, we present a very powerful one, two punch against climate change as it starts to attack our fields and crops. In a more immediate term, we have like a crop yield crop forecast, you know, seasonal forecasts that helps growers understand what they're doing in terms of coming to market, you know, that's a little bit potentially less useful for viticulture, it's more for grain crops and you know, big kind of bulk crops, it's also useful for investors as well. So there's a lot of futures, a lot of crop investors, crop insurance, and so on. And so we can provide just, you know, more accurate forecasts from the existing forecasts, because we have better data on existing conditions and more, a deeper insight into what the plants are seeing doing and feeling and responding because of that temperature signal because of that thermal response. Craig Macmillan 29:09 That's really cool. And very exciting. And I'm very happy with it. You and Katie, other people are working on this because I think we've done a number of interviews in this area now over the years. And one thing that I have been really inspired by is that 15 years ago, this was kind of a glint in somebody's eye. And then 10 years ago, things were starting to happen. And then probably at least more than even more than five years ago, you'd go to any of the big meetings, and it's like, Hey, we got drones, we can fly your plane. Hey, we got planes, we can fly a plane and these beautiful pictures and stuff. And then suddenly, it actually getting more than five years ago then it was like look at all this NASA stuff. I was like, holy cow. This is taking it to a whole nother level in literally a whole nother level. And so I'm really excited about first I was excited about the data and I'm excited about how we're learning how to use it. And I think that's always been a challenge is We're pretty good at finding ways of collecting data. We're not always so great at figuring out how to use it can run out of time here. But the one thing on this topic that you would tell grape growers in particular, there was one thing that you would tell a grower, what would it be? Joshua Fisher 30:16 Yeah, if there was one thing I would tell a grape grower is that we're here to support you. And we are working on the technology to meet your needs and demands, the technology is available for you, by all means, reach out, you can Google me, email me, no problem. I'll hook you up some sample data, you know, see if it looks good. If you want to buy in great, if not, no worries, if you just want some advice, consulting, it's all about help. We're all on this ship together Planet Earth to get there. You know, it's all about collaborations and helping across the board. Craig Macmillan 30:46 Where can people find out more about you? Joshua Fisher 30:48 I've got a website, my own personal website, you can see all my publications and datasets and so on. Craig Macmillan 30:54 We will link to that. Joshua Fisher 30:55 JB Fisher dot org. You can Google me on Josh Fisher and Chapman or Joshua hydrostat. I'm on Twitter, try to tweet out all my papers are relevant papers and science findings in the literature. I'm on LinkedIn and I do meet blog posts on papers met once a quarter on medium. So we're trying to get out there and try to communicate Yeah, more than happy to help. Craig Macmillan 31:17 Sounds like you're easy to find my guest today. It was Joshua Fisher. He's Associate Professor of Environmental Science and Policy at Chapman University. And he's also the science lead for a company called Hydrosat. And we've been talking about things that are a new window, and I'm very excited about having that window opened in that window being opened wider and wider all the time. Josh, thanks for being a guest. This is great. Joshua Fisher 31:39 Thanks, Craig. And hopefully, your listeners found it interesting. Nearly perfect transcription by https://otter.ai
Il a été l'un des présentateurs phares de France 2 en animant notamment le célèbre jeu télévisé « Motus » jusqu'en 2019. Depuis quelques années, Thierry Beccaro se livre aussi sur son parcours, et notamment sur les violences qu'il a subies enfant.Entre 4 et 17 ans, Thierry Beccaro est régulièrement battu par un père alcoolique qui s'en prend également à sa mère. Il lui faudra plusieurs années de thérapie pour se reconstruire. Ce passé douloureux, Thierry Beccaro l'a d'abord raconté dans un livre autobiographique, « Je suis né à 17 ans » sorti en 2018 (Plon), puis dans un téléfilm diffusé le 22 novembre dernier sur France 2, dans lequel il interprète son propre rôle. Thierry Beccaro témoigne au micro d'Ambre Rosala.Ecoutez Code source sur toutes les plateformes audio : Apple Podcast (iPhone, iPad), Google Podcast (Android), Amazon Music, Podcast Addict ou Castbox, Deezer, Spotify.Crédits. Direction de la rédaction : Pierre Chausse - Rédacteur en chef : Jules Lavie - Reporter : Ambre Rosala - Production : Clara Garnier-Amouroux, Raphaël Pueyo et Thibault Lambert - Réalisation et mixage : Julien Montcouquiol - Musiques : François Clos, Audio Network - Archives : France 2, INA. Hébergé par Acast. Visitez acast.com/privacy pour plus d'informations.
Welcome back Marc Zalmanoff, an expert in cultivating joy, mindset, and promoting health and fitness to Building Great Sales Teams. With a passion for helping individuals unlock the secrets to a joyful and fulfilling life, Marc specializes in what he calls "The Joy Code" and is a dedicated advocate for the Motus fitness app.General Points of Conversation:Cracking the Joy Code: Dive into Marc's unique perspective on joy and how individuals can unlock and integrate it into their daily lives.Motus Lifestyle: Explore the principles and practices of the Motus lifestyle, focusing on holistic health and fitness.Mindset Mastery for Well-being: Discuss the crucial role of mindset in achieving overall well-being and how it influences health and fitness.Contact Information: Connect with Marc Zalmanoff through his website marczfitness.com or on social media:Facebook: Marc ZalmanoffInstagram: @marczalmanoffExplore Marc's wisdom on joy, mindset, and fitness, and take a step towards a more joyful and healthier life.
Dr. Drew Morcos, PT, DPT, OCS, SCS, DNSP, ATC, CSCS, FAAOMPT is the President and CEO of MOTUS Specialists Physical Therapy, Inc. in Orange County, CA. MOTUS is a physical therapy clinic designed for professional, amateur and highly active clients. Dr. Morcos was the former Head Physical Therapist for the Los Angeles Lakers for the 2022-2023 NBA Season, helping the team go to the NBA Western Conference Finals. He has experience working with top athletes in professional sports including Russell Wilson and Nick Bosa from the NFL, Carmelo Anthony and Dennis Schroeder from the NBA, Tony Gonsolin and Albert Pujols from the MLB, John John Florence, Misty May-Treanor and celebrities like Usher, Sean “P Diddy” Combs, Mel Gibson and Steven Tyler to name a few. Prior to opening his own clinic, he was the Director of Rehabilitation at the University of Southern California-Athletic Medicine Department working with Division 1 athletes competing for NCAA Championships or for medals in the Olympic Games. Dr. Morcos continues to serve as an Adjunct Instructor of Clinical Physical Therapy for the Division of Biokinesiology and Physical Therapy at the Herman Ostrow School of Dentistry at USC. He earned a B.S. in Kinesiology with an emphasis in Athletic Training from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. He received his Doctor of Physical Therapy (DPT) degree from USC in 2007 followed by completion of a residency in Orthopaedics (OCS) and a fellowship in Sports Physical Therapy (SCS) through Kaiser Permanente, Los Angeles. He served on the Board of Context Experts to design test questions for the Sports Clinical Specialist exam. Dr. Morcos has published articles in the Journal of Orthopaedic and Sports Physical Therapy (JOSPT), and has been mentioned in the New York Post, ESPN and Men's Health Magazine. He has presented educational sessions at conferences since 2014. He is also a Fellow of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Manual Physical Therapy (FAAOMPT). He has been trained through the Professor Vladimir Janda and Professor Václav Vojta Approach. Dr. Morcos has been a certified practitioner in Dynamic Neuromuscular Stabilization (DNSP) for over 10 years. DNS is a technique that uses the movement patterns of a newborn in the first year of life as foundation for movement in adults and athletes. In today's episode, Dr. Drew Morcos and I discuss the significance of movement and proactive injury prevention in physical therapy. Dr. Morcos teaches us and challenges the traditional approach of rest for injury recovery. He also emphasizes the need to address the root cause of pain and promotes the benefits of movement, exercise, and natural analgesics in the healing process. We explore topics such as closed chain exercises, breath and core stability, diaphragmatic breathing, hydration and electrolyte intake, and blood flow restriction training. We also dive into the connection between movement and overall health, and the concept of availability in life. Listen now to learn more! Dr. Morcos Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/motusspt/?hl=en Dr. Morcos Website: motusspt.com Dr. Morcos TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@motusspt Dr. Morcos Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@themovementdoctor210 For 15% off your order at Fontana Candles Use Code JIPODCAST at https://fontanacandlecompany.com/
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