Podcasts about Utility

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How to Build Actual Utility With an NFT Project In episode #1975, we continue our series on NFTs, this time talking about how to build utility with an NFT project. While NFTs are valuable to people as assets and collectibles, many of the most desirable ones offer real-world utility too. Eric talks about the three tiers of utility he is planning to offer with the Leveling Up Heroes NFTs and also gets into some of the best examples of NFT utility offered by other players in the space. TIME-STAMPED SHOW NOTES: [00:20] Today's topic: How to Build Actual Utility With an NFT Project. [00:39] Examples of NFTs that are more than a cash grab and offer actual utility. [02:01] The three tiers Eric is building into the Leveling Up Heroes NFTs to give them utility. [04:15] How to know if people will value your NFT's utility. [05:20] The three best NFT utilities in Eric's opinion. [06:31] That's it for today! [05:12] Go to https://marketingschool.io for more resources based on today's topic.   Links Mentioned in Today's Episode:     Leveling Up Heroes Whitelist    VeeFriends Founder's Key CryptoPunks Bored Ape Yacht Club Subscribe to our premium podcast (with tons of goodies!): https://www.marketingschool.io/pro   Leave Some Feedback:     What should we talk about next? Please let us know in the comments below Did you enjoy this episode? If so, please leave a short review.     Connect with Us:    Neilpatel.com Quick Sprout  Growth Everywhere Single Grain Twitter @neilpatel  Twitter @ericosiu

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Neutrally Evaluation process is now in effect and making sellers and rights owners life a little easier, with a 3 week window, before the ASIN(s) are yanked. However, what happens when both parties put in the fees to enter their argument over the patent? That is what we will discuss on today's show with Rich Rich Goldstein works with entrepreneurs to help them protect their ideas, products, and brands with patents and trademarks. Over the past 26 years he has obtained more than 2,000 patents for his clients. Rich is host of the “Innovations and Breakthroughs” podcast. He is author of the Consumer Guide to Obtaining a Patent for the American Bar Association and regularly speaks to entrepreneurs and marketers to help educate them about the patent process is Links Explanation of patent claims: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4n3mQET0ylY&list=PLfB8Om5CN3mFMIrXPtNycYxlM4yGnhFYq Firm website: www.goldsteinpatentlaw.com Grab Tickets for Seller Sessions Live Brought to you by Thrasio on May 7, 2022 Featuring: Ivelin Demirov, Tim Jordan, Destaney Wishon, Adam Heist and many more Hosted by: Danny McMillan, Sharon Even and Izabela Hamilton Grab Tickets at: https://live.sellersessions.com/ Conference tickets include the “Afterparty brought to you by BetterAMS and Clear Ads”. Purchase tickets to the VIP Dinner “brought to you by Avask” https://live.sellersessions.com/ Big Thank you to our sponsors: Seller Sessions Live in brought to you by Thrasio (May 7) The VIP is brought to you by Avask (May 6) Afterparty is brought to you by BetterAMS and Clear Ads (May 7) Thank you to Perpetua, YLT Translations, SellersAlley & Pinformative

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You probably assume that the Utility-scale solar market, having deployed hundreds of GW globally, has surely by now figured out the necessary software suite to manage projects.  It's hard to imagine how everybody would just keep building novel tools in silos like it's still 1998 and Salesforce still doesn't exist! Well today's guest, Andrea Barber, founded RatedPower to solve the same challenges she noticed many of her colleagues were struggling with, including her former employer and their customers. In today's episode, we get into the details of how and why this powerful female leader found herself answering the call to step out on her own and start a company focused on solar project design & management software. Fresh off a ~$6M Series A, Andrea and team are bringing their SaaS suite of utility-scale solar project development tools to the US market, and Nico gets down to the details with Andrea on the acute problems they aim to solve, along with the usual how, when, where & why of choosing her founder team, scaling an MVP and capitalizing a new venture.  Impressively, RatedPower has been profitable since year one, so the fundraising was to fuel expansion. If you've been considering how to take your nascent idea and turn it into a viable venture, then you're going to love this candid discussion with Andrea.

You probably assume that the Utility-scale solar market, having deployed hundreds of GW globally, has surely by now figured out the necessary software suite to manage projects.  It's hard to imagine how everybody would just keep building novel tools in silos like it's still 1998 and Salesforce still doesn't exist! Well today's guest, Andrea Barber, founded RatedPower to solve the same challenges she noticed many of her colleagues were struggling with, including her former employer and their customers. In today's episode, we get into the details of how and why this powerful female leader found herself answering the call to step out on her own and start a company focused on solar project design & management software. Fresh off a ~$6M Series A, Andrea and team are bringing their SaaS suite of utility-scale solar project development tools to the US market, and Nico gets down to the details with Andrea on the acute problems they aim to solve, along with the usual how, when, where & why of choosing her founder team, scaling an MVP and capitalizing a new venture.  Impressively, RatedPower has been profitable since year one, so the fundraising was to fuel expansion. If you've been considering how to take your nascent idea and turn it into a viable venture, then you're going to love this candid discussion with Andrea.

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Mark Culpepper, who heads up global solar for Drone Base, is on a mission to simplify the process and amplify the importance of solar site data gathering with aerial methods. As the name might imply, Drone Base has built an entire business around aerial thermographic inspection. They're on a role, hot off a $20M round of investment and acquisition of India-based Airprobe to add a sophisticated A.I. engine to their platform of global data analysis. And Mark is the guy who's bringing them into the Solar industry at-scale.  While at SunEdison, Mark created the solar industry's first global monitoring operations centers designed to track power, energy and revenue on solar power plants around the world. Now, he's designing programs for both drones and manned aircraft to capture thermal imaging of solar energy systems and turn that into actionable data. He sees a big need ahead -- solar at utility-scale, which means that monitoring and identifying systems defaults quickly is even more important. For a system that is thousands of acres with millions of panels, monitoring and fixing defaults has significant generation and revenue implications.  Nico asked Mark a long-pondered question, especially since we've had several other aerial imaging companies on the show - which is best, especially for Utility-scale, the manned-aircraft or drone-based approach to information gathering? The answer might surprise you!  Along the way, Mark reflects on his conversations with asset managers and points out their greatest fears moving into 2022, a year when we expect unprecedented growth in solar globally.  In today's Tactical Tuesday, We'll show you how to save money by keeping your operators focused on their highest & best use tasks. And, Mark outlines an approach that he's honed over the last 6 years that provides a flexible, cost-effective, and accurate view of the performance of your solar assets.  Mark offered to provide a free scan of their existing N. America database to see if your solar site is already on their flight path! Go to www.mysuncast.com/dronebase to check for yourself… And, IF you're headed to Long Beach for Intersolar North America, you can use that same link to schedule an appointment with Mark and check out their wares for yourself! Hey, I'll also be in Long Beach. If you're planning to be there, find me and say Hi! You can DM me on Linkedin and let's set up an in-person meeting! www.linkedin.com/in/nickalus

Mark Culpepper, who heads up global solar for Drone Base, is on a mission to simplify the process and amplify the importance of solar site data gathering with aerial methods. As the name might imply, Drone Base has built an entire business around aerial thermographic inspection. They're on a role, hot off a $20M round of investment and acquisition of India-based Airprobe to add a sophisticated A.I. engine to their platform of global data analysis. And Mark is the guy who's bringing them into the Solar industry at-scale.  While at SunEdison, Mark created the solar industry's first global monitoring operations centers designed to track power, energy and revenue on solar power plants around the world. Now, he's designing programs for both drones and manned aircraft to capture thermal imaging of solar energy systems and turn that into actionable data. He sees a big need ahead -- solar at utility-scale, which means that monitoring and identifying systems defaults quickly is even more important. For a system that is thousands of acres with millions of panels, monitoring and fixing defaults has significant generation and revenue implications.  Nico asked Mark a long-pondered question, especially since we've had several other aerial imaging companies on the show - which is best, especially for Utility-scale, the manned-aircraft or drone-based approach to information gathering? The answer might surprise you!  Along the way, Mark reflects on his conversations with asset managers and points out their greatest fears moving into 2022, a year when we expect unprecedented growth in solar globally.  In today's Tactical Tuesday, We'll show you how to save money by keeping your operators focused on their highest & best use tasks. And, Mark outlines an approach that he's honed over the last 6 years that provides a flexible, cost-effective, and accurate view of the performance of your solar assets.  Mark offered to provide a free scan of their existing N. America database to see if your solar site is already on their flight path! Go to www.mysuncast.com/dronebase to check for yourself… And, IF you're headed to Long Beach for Intersolar North America, you can use that same link to schedule an appointment with Mark and check out their wares for yourself! Hey, I'll also be in Long Beach. If you're planning to be there, find me and say Hi! You can DM me on Linkedin and let's set up an in-person meeting! www.linkedin.com/in/nickalus

Listen in as renowned clean tech leader and host of the top clean energy podcast SunCast, Nico Johnson, shares outtakes from two days of in-depth discussions with Freeing Energy author Bill Nussey.  Johnson teases out major themes and insights from Nussey in this wide ranging discussion, distilled down into one fascinating interview for Freeing Energy Podcast followers. Plus, Nico shares his top takeaways and a surprising story of his journey into the world of tequila and how it relates to Freeing Energy.

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On this episode, Peter Ravella and Tyler Buckingham talk to Kristin Decas, the CEO & Port Director of the Port of Hueneme, California. The Port of Hueneme is a medium size port located in Ventura Country and has recently garnered attention for its efforts, in partnership with the nearby ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach, and the Navy, to help ease the shipping backlog currently facing the region's ports.

When we look to evaluate NFT project its easy to focus on the perks and plans that the founders want to make happen in the future... aka the utility and the perks...  But I feel we really should go beyond that to think about the personal value of that utility as well as the project value of that utility for nonholders of that NFT when that aspect of the roadmap is executed on.  Projects I highlighted on this episode: Cryptochicks M101 Shelter Playboy Rabbitars As always this podcast is SUPERPOWERED by the ADHD coin!

Dec. 29, 2021 - Assemblymember Carrie Woerner, a Capital Region Democrat, makes the case for her legislation removing regulatory burdens and costs for internet service providers trying to utilize existing utility poles, which could ensure more rural areas can access high-speed internet. The bill was signed before Christmas, but with a request for some changes from Gov. Kathy Hochul, which we'll explain. (Originally aired in June 2021)

In the 11.8th hour of the year, the end of Season 1 of the Cycling Odysseys comes out of the gates hot with a recap of an excellent Tokyo Olympics Road Race!

Citizens Utility Board Executive Director David Kolata joins John Williams to explain why utility bills are so high this winter.

Citizens Utility Board Executive Director David Kolata joins John Williams to explain why utility bills are so high this winter.

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The final week of 2021 begins with a slight pause on government meetings at the local and state level, but there’s always something to document in every edition of Charlottesville Community Engagement. What phrase would you use to describe the week between Christmas and New Year’s? Boxing Week? Witching Week? Charlottesville Community Engagement is looking for a few more subscribers, each and every day! Sign up for free and decide later how you might want to contribute! On today’s program:A lawsuit has been filed to stop a Confederate statue from being given to the Jefferson School Center for African American HeritageScottsville and Charlottesville have both received additional funding from a cap and trade program to pay for flood programs The Nelson County Board of Supervisors hires a consultant to help update the Comprehensive PlanAlbemarle County offering seven drop-off locations for Christmas tree recyclingIn today’s first Patreon-fueled shout-out:Winter is here, and now is the time to think about keeping your family warm through the cold Virginia months. Make sure you are getting the most out of your home with help from your local energy nonprofit, LEAP. LEAP wants you and yours to keep comfortable all year round, and offers FREE home weatherization to income- and age-qualifying residents. If you’re age 60 or older, or have an annual household income of less than $74,950, you may qualify for a free energy assessment and home energy improvements such as insulation and air sealing. Sign up today to lower your energy bills, increase comfort, and reduce energy waste at home!Pandemic updateAs the week begins, the Virginia Department of Health reports the seven-day average for positive tests has climbed to 14.5 percent this morning and a seven-day average of 6,307 new cases. On Christmas Day, the VDH reported 8,609 new cases and 5,432 cases on Boxing Day. More on the pandemic tomorrow. Statue lawsuitTwo organizations that bid to receive the statue of Confederate General Robert E. Lee have filed suit in Charlottesville Circuit Court to prevent it from being awarded to the Jefferson School Center for African American Heritage. The center plans to melt the statue down and made into a new public work of art. The petition for injunction filed December 22 on behalf of the Trevillian Station Battlefield Foundation and the Ratcliffe Foundation argues that City Council overstepped its authority when it voted 4-0 in the early hours of December 7 to choose the center. “The City can legally remove, relocate, contextualize, or cover the Lee monument, but the General Assembly denied the City authority to alter or destroy,” reads the argument, which also names the center as a defendant. “A foundry is not a museum, historical society, government, or military battlefield, which are the only lawful recipients for placement of a relocated monument.”The plaintiffs seek voidance of the award and to prevent the Center from submitting another one. Alternatively they seek damages or restoration of the statue. The suit claims the city broke the Freedom of Information Act and its own procurement rules. (read the petition here)The 2020 General Assembly passed legislation allowing localities to decide for themselves if they wanted to remove war memorials, which had been protected by state law. The Virginia Supreme Court ruled in April that that state law did not apply to either the Lee statue or another Confederate statue that formerly stood in a city park. (April 1, 2021 opinion in City of Charlottesville v. Payne)Belmont Bridge updateCrews working on the replacement of the Belmont Bridge will take a break today, Thursday and Friday. The Caton Construction Group has been working on removing the eastern span of the bridge, but will take some time off for the holiday, according to a press release from the city. However, work on a waterline between East South Street and Old Avon Street will take place on Tuesday and Wednesday. The work began this past summer after several years of planning and after Council agreed to spend $7.5 million in capital improvement funds to make up a cost over-run. Learn more at the project website at belmont-bridge.com. In today’s second Patreon-fueled shout-out:Algorithms know how to put songs and artists together based on genre or beats per minute. But only people can make connections that engage your mind and warm your heart. The music on WTJU 91.1 FM is chosen by dozens and dozens of volunteer hosts -- music lovers like you who live right here in the Charlottesville area. Listener donations keep WTJU alive and thriving. In this era of algorithm-driven everything, go against the grain. Support freeform community radio on WTJU. Consider a donation at wtju.net/donate.Nelson County Comprehensive PlanFans of Comprehensive Plan reviews can rejoice now that Nelson County has hired the Berkley Group of Bridgewater to conduct the first update of their plan since 2014. Dylan Bishop is the county’s director of planning and zoning. They’ll be paid $160,000 for the work. “When I first accepted this position two and a half years ago, I was aware that the Comprehensive Plan update was on the horizon,” Bishop said. “Over the last couple of years there have been a few roadblocks with that but it’s also given me a good opportunity to become familiar with the current Comprehensive Plan, zoning ordinance, and subdivision ordinances.”The current plan was written by the Thomas Jefferson Planning District Commission with an entity at the University of Virginia known as the Design Resources Center. (read the 2014 update)Bishop said the current plan does not lead the county’s land use and development decisions, and that that occurs now in the zoning ordinance.“When it’s done correctly, it should be an economic development tool,” Bishop said. “It’s often used as reference for grant applications such as Smart Scale, Virginia Outdoors Foundation grants, when you have something to point to that says our county already supports this.” Nelson County sent out a request for proposals this fall and receive three submissions. Two of the firms were interviewed and staff chose the Berkley Group. Public engagement will begin with a meeting in January.  “Once the final plan is adopted, they will follow it up with another diagnostic of the zoning ordinance and subdivision ordinances,” Bishop said. “They’ll generate recommendations that will make it consistent with our Comprehensive Plan. That will be the enforcement tool to set the vision of the comp plan as the years go on.” The Berkley Group is currently working on the Comprehensive Plan updates in Richmond County and Greensville County. They’ve recently concluded work in Northampton County and the city of Lexington. (Watch the Nelson BOS meeting)Charlottesville, Scottsville, receive flood-prevention funds Governor Ralph Northam has awarded an additional $24.5 million to help Virginia localities prepare for weather events associated with a changing climate. The money comes from Virginia’s proceeds from participation in the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative, which Governor-elect Glenn Youngkin has said he would end through an executive order after he takes office. In the meantime in this round, Charlottesville will receive $94,276 for “resilience planning and staff training” and the town of Scottsville will receive $123,346 for a planning study. Both communities were among 30 applicants for the second round of the Community Flood Preparedness Fund. In October, Charlottesville was awarded $153,500 in the first round for a project to create a two-dimensional model for the Moores Creek watershed. (Charlottesville awarded $153K for flood study from RGGI funds, October 6, 2021)Virginia became the first southern state to join RGGI in 2020 and has received $227,636,583.52 in the four auctions it has been a part of so far. Utility generators have to purchase credits to exceed a certain threshold of carbon emissions. Forty-five percent of the proceeds go to the Community Flood Preparedness Fund. According to their application, the city will put the money towards a Charlottesville Resilience Plan that will include taking an inventory of existing plans, identifying hazards and threats, and assessing vulnerabilities. “The City is applying for these grant funds to contract with an expert consultant to facilitate planDevelopment,” reads the application. “The consultant will co-create the plan at facilitated workshops with the City’s Resilience Team staff to increase staff expertise and capabilities.” The schedule anticipates the plan will be ready in mid-April. Scottsville will use the plan to develop to modernize its plans for dealing with floods. According to the application, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers completed a levee project in 1988 after a series of devastating floods in the mid-20th century.“This project connects to the town’s history and its future, assuring the continued safety from flooding, and laying the groundwork for new economic development,” reads the project narrative. The document goes on to state the town would like the Federal Emergency Management Agency to adjust the floodplain map to remove the designation for the former Kyosung tire factory in order to make it more attractive to redevelopment. They also want a new hydraulic model for downtown Scottsville. The Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation will need to approve both documents. Resources:Charlottesville’s applicationScottsville’s applicationFull list of recipients on the Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation’s webpageAlbemarle tree recyclingBeginning today, Albemarle’s Parks and Recreation Department will operate seven places where county residents can drop off Christmas trees for recycling. People are asked to remove all decorations, lights, stands, and nails before they are added to the pile. The trees will be chipped and converted into mulch. That mulch will be available beginning January 24 at both Darden Towe Park and Claudius Crozet Park. The locations:McIntire Recycling Center* – 611 McIntire Rd. Charlottesville, VA 22902Claudius Crozet Park – 1075 Claudius Crozet Park, Crozet, VA 22932Greenwood Community Center – 865 Greenwood Rd. Crozet, VA 22932Chris Greene Lake Park – 4460 Chris Greene Lake Rd. Charlottesville, VA 22911Darden Towe Park – 1445 Darden Towe Park, Charlottesville, VA 22911Scottsville Community Center – 250 Page St. Scottsville, Va 24590Walnut Creek Park – 4250 Walnut Creek Park North Garden, VA 22959Community members are asked not to bring any other yard waste, and are warned that the McIntire Recycling Center may be congested. Support the program!Special announcement of a continuing promo with Ting! Are you interested in fast internet? Visit this site and enter your address to see if you can get service through Ting. If you decide to proceed to make the switch, you’ll get:Free installationSecond month of Ting service for freeA $75 gift card to the Downtown MallAdditionally, Ting will match your Substack subscription to support Town Crier Productions, the company that produces this newsletter and other community offerings. So, your $5 a month subscription yields $5 for TCP. 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On this week's episode of NFTRumors: The Podcast: NFT NEWS UPDATES (0:00-4:59) We got you covered with all the biggest stories in NFTs. We discuss student loan investments, $100M+ crypto donations, HFTF charitable NFT auctions, our free NFTRumors Fan Token, Metaverse Index Update, and more! INTERVIEW W/ HILLBILLY HOLLERS (5:00-29:30) The founders join us to talk about their upcoming project, Hillbilly Hollers. We discuss their interactive project with daily job boards that reward you $HOLLERS, their non-profit and West Virginia roots, their upcoming Sandbox integration, and the thought process a developer creating an NFT project from a technical perspective! Website: https://hillbillyholler.com/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/HillbilliesNFT Discord: https://discord.com/invite/hillbillyholler Follow us below: Twitter: https://twitter.com/nftrumors Feel and look great while getting your workout in: https://www.zensah.com/ Please share this podcast, subscribe to never miss an episode, and leave us a rating or review! Thanks and see ya next week!

Support the show to get full episodes and join the Discord community. Irina is a faculty member at MILA-Quebec AI Institute and a professor at Université de Montréal. She has worked from both ends of the neuroscience/AI interface, using AI for neuroscience applications, and using neural principles to help improve AI. We discuss her work on biologically-plausible alternatives to back-propagation, using "auxiliary variables" in addition to the normal connection weight updates. We also discuss the world of lifelong learning, which seeks to train networks in an online manner to improve on any tasks as they are introduced. Catastrophic forgetting is an obstacle in modern deep learning, where a network forgets old tasks when it is trained on new tasks. Lifelong learning strategies, like continual learning, transfer learning, and meta-learning seek to overcome catastrophic forgetting, and we talk about some of the inspirations from neuroscience being used to help lifelong learning in networks. Irina's website.Twitter: @irinarishRelated papers:Beyond Backprop: Online Alternating Minimization with Auxiliary Variables.Towards Continual Reinforcement Learning: A Review and Perspectives.Lifelong learning video tutorial: DLRL Summer School 2021 - Lifelong Learning - Irina Rish. 0:00 - Intro 3:26 - AI for Neuro, Neuro for AI 14:59 - Utility of philosophy 20:51 - Artificial general intelligence 24:34 - Back-propagation alternatives 35:10 - Inductive bias vs. scaling generic architectures 45:51 - Continual learning 59:54 - Neuro-inspired continual learning 1:06:57 - Learning trajectories

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Richard Randall is a CPA by trade and worked for a large public accounting firm. A lot of his clients were real estate investors. He fell in love with the real estate industry and decided that he wanted to be an investor so he switched to another company called the Cardinal Group where he worked for five years. The company grew very quickly while he was there but Richard saw an opportunity in utility and energy efficiency and started focusing on it.Richard started working with real estate owners in reducing utility expenses and he works across a lot of different asset classes. He offers a large range of ways an owner or investor can reduce utility costs. You'd be surprised how big of an advantage it is on the leasing side because a lot of tenants out in the market are attracted to flat rates, no surprises, and very predictable rent where they can build their budget around. Find out how you can reduce utility costs by 50% for free in this episode with Richard Randall! Listen in!

MidAmerican Energy is building a Level 2/Level 3 public fast charging EV network across the state of Iowa.  Using 50 kW and 150 kW chargers, the network is designed to support all types of EVs currently on the road, including Teslas.  

Iowa-based MidAmerican Energy's expanding EV charging network; Disability does not mean invisibility; Why Colorado's Lack of Snow Matters; and Should unused railroad tracks be reserved for future train use? 

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CEO Doug Johnson joins the podcast to discuss the behind the scenes work that occurred during Hurricane Hugo. If you've followed our mini-series, this is an episode you don't want to miss!

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You've been rocking with Allan Kingdom since he collaborated with Kanye West on the legendary club banger ‘All Day'. Several years later he is at the forefront of the Web 3.0 revolution taking  place with gaming, art, and music. DJ Semtex talks the future of music with Allan Kingdom on the latest episode of the ‘Hip Hop Raised Me' podcast. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

While 2021 might have been somewhat of a return to normalcy after 2020, the power and energy sector continued to see a rapid pace of news, developments, and trends. As the Energy Central Power Perspectives Podcast brought in guest week-in and week-out, we found that these episodes served as a great time capsule of such an eventful year for the utility industry. As such, we thought it only appropriate to continue the tradition started last year of featuring discussion and clips from the episodes during the previous 12 months that we enjoyed the most, that the audience engaged with most frequently, and that continued to shape our thinking through 2021 and into the new year. Listen in as podcast host Jason Price and producer Matt Chester are joined by Energy Central's VP Audra Drazga to highlight some of the best guests and moments that took place on the podcast during our second full year in your podcast queue. And if we missed your favorite guests or key insights you can't let go of, hop onto EnergyCentral.com to let us know! From all of us at the Energy Central Team and who work on the Power Perspectives Podcast, a sincere thanks goes to our listeners for an overwhelmingly successful 2021—we surely couldn't do it without you! Transcript: https://energycentral.com/o/energy-central/episode-64-%E2%80%98revisiting-hottest-episodes-2021-our-2nd-annual-podcast-year-review Episode #34: 'Rising to the Moment, But Creating a Movement' with Garrick Rochow, CEO of Consumers Energy: https://energycentral.com/o/energy-central/energy-central-power-perspectives%E2%84%A2-podcast-episode-29-rising-moment-creating Episode #39: ‘Taking the Grid of Tomorrow from Concept to Reality with Mark Gabriel, Former Administrator and CEO of Western Area Power Administration: https://energycentral.com/o/energy-central/34-%E2%80%98taking-grid-tomorrow-concept-reality%E2%80%99-mark-gabriel-former-administrator-and Episode #41: ‘The Whole Grid and Nothing But the Whole Grid' with Doug Houseman, Principal Consultant at 1898 & Co.:https://energycentral.com/o/energy-central/episode-35-%E2%80%98-whole-grid-and-nothing-whole-grid%E2%80%99-doug-houseman-principal Episode #47: GIS, Digital Twin, and the Intelligent Reality of Utilities Today with Pat Hohl and Bill Meehan of Esri:https://energycentral.com/o/energy-central/special-edition-gis-digital-twin-and-intelligent-reality-utilities-today-pat-hohl Episode #48: 'Elevating Customer Care for Electric Cooperative Members' with Sean Vanslyke, CEO and General Manager of SEMO Electric Cooperative: https://energycentral.com/o/energy-central/episode-40-elevating-customer-care-electric-cooperative-members%E2%80%99-sean-vanslyke Episode #50: 'The Increasing Role of Nuclear Energy to Meet Climate Change Challenges' with Rudy Shankar of Lehigh University: https://energycentral.com/o/energy-central/episode-42-increasing-role-nuclear-energy-meet-climate-change-challenges%E2%80%99-rudy Episode #51: 'EVs As A Grid Asset, Will Utilities Take Advantage' With Charlie Botsford:https://energycentral.com/o/energy-central/episode-42-evs-grid-asset-will-utilities-take-advantage-charlie-botsford-energy Episode #55: Artificial Intelligence in the Modern Digital Utility with Bhavani Amirthlingam of Ameren and Jeremy Renshaw of EPRI: https://energycentral.com/o/energy-central/special-edition-artificial-intelligence-modern-digital-utility-bhavani Episode #56: Embarking on the Utility's Digital and Data Journey with Mike Murphy of Con Edison and Paul DeCotis of West Monroe: https://energycentral.com/o/energy-central/special-edition-embarking-utilitys-digital-and-data-journey-mike-murphy-con Episode #58: 'Setting an Example for Utilities Everywhere via SEPA's Utility Transformation Challenge' with Sharon Allan of SEPA, Debra Smith of Seattle City Light: https://energycentral.com/o/energy-central/episode-43-setting-example-utilities-everywhere-sepa%E2%80%99s-utility-transformation

Video on BitChute:https://www.bitchute.com/video/PVLUxdY3aeQE/ Video on Rumble: https://rumble.com/vr2a3l-current-evenets-dec-5-2021.html Video on Odysee: https://odysee.com/@chycho:6/Current_Evenets_Dec5_2021_chycho:4 Introduction Segment on CensorTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ZdjdId4xx8 ***SUPPORT*** ▶️ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/chycho ▶️ Paypal: https://www.paypal.me/chycho ▶️ Subscribe Star: https://www.subscribestar.com/chycho ▶️ Streamlabs at: https://streamlabs.com/chycholive ***FORUM*** ▶️ Discord: https://discord.gg/MXmS7B9 APPROXIMATE TIMESTAMPS: - CensorTube Introduction (0:00-7:12) - Left and Right Are the Same Crap, Don't Fall for the Political Duopoly Pushed by Centralized Power (7:19-9:55) - Moronic Support of Medical Tyranny (10:41-13:15) - Why It Is Appropriate to Call Government Covid Injection Medical Tyranny Mandates Fascism (13:54-6:59) - Funniest Price Action in Wall Street's History Happened when Jack Dorsey Resigned as Twitter's CEO (16:59-21:00) - This is Not Financial Advice, Shorting the Shit Out of the Markets in Mid November 2021 (21:05-22:25) - New Tech is where you want to be, Fascistic Silicon Valley Platforms that Censor are dying (22:51-25:33) - We Are Living in the Most Important Period in History, These Are the times That Define You, Be Proud of Who You Are (25:33-27:40) - Bitcoin, Crypto and NFTs - Short Introduction to NFTs: They are Not Currency, They Are Collectables with Utility (31:10-38:29) - The Supply Chain is Broken, Be Careful with the Markets (39:22) - My Snacks for Today: Peanut Butter, Chocolate Chips and Apple (41:31) - World War 3 has Started: Centralized Capital vs Humanity and More Proxy Wars Between the Great Powers (43:31-45:04) - Covid Mandates Are About Centralized Capital Acquiring More Power by Impoverishing Humanity (45:04-47:44) - Local Currencies Are a Possibility, and Cryptocurrencies Have a Part to Play in This (47:45-48:54) - Armenia and Azerbaijan Conflict and the Collapse of the Turkish Economy and Currency (Lira): War is Coming (49:04-52:57) - ...more random discussion... - There is Going to be Hell to Pay with the Moronic Covid Variant: Jeffrey Epstein, Ghislaine Maxwell & Pedophiles in the DNC (55:44-1:01:43) - ...more random discussion on the economy and Covid... - Why Would the Elites Depopulate the World? There is Something Big Coming, Be Prepared (1:06:40-1:10:44) - Covid Injections Have Revealed Peoples True Colors, Insanity of Society (1:11:07-1:13:40) - Purpose of Vaccine Mandates & Passports: Multi-prong Attack on Humanity, Technocrats Want Total Control (1:14:26-1:18:20) - It's Easier to Fool Someone than to Convince Them That They Have Been Fooled: Those That Complied Were Foolish (1:18:20-1:19:44) - Fauci Is a Bureaucrat with a God Complex, Do Not Take Health Advice from Bureaucrats: Where is the Early Treatment? (1:20:54-1:22:06) - ...more random discussion... - Those Who Complied and Participated with Covid Mandates & Injection Will Pay a Heavy Price (1:30:06-1:32:44) - How to Become Antifragile: Decentralized Your Life and Resist Medical Tyranny, Covid Mandates & Technocratic Fascists (1:33:25-1:37:30) - What Will Happen if there is a Total Blackout: Be Prepared, Do Not Play Musical Chairs with Your Life (1:39:29-1:41:35) - The Moronic Covid Variant: Centralized Power's Pandemic Narrative is Collapsing, Be Prepared (1:43:10-1:45:21) - When Applying for a Job, Ask about Salary and Benefits at an Opportune Time (1:45:30-1:47:19) - Covid Mandates and Injections Are Not about Health, It's about Control, Politics and Wall Street Profits (1:47:19-1:48:18) - Something is Seriously Wrong with Covid Injections & Mandates: Look into Jessica Rose's Research into the VAERS Data (1:48:38-1:56:01) - ... and more... - We Must Hold Corporate Media, Politicians & Bureaucrats Accountable for Their Crimes Against Humanity (1:58:17-2:00:55)

In this episode, CSB Director CB Bhattacharya is joined from Pittsburgh by Brian Dingerdissen, Vice President, Investor Relations and Communications and ESG, and Chief of Staff to the CEO, for Essential Utilities, Inc., one of the largest publicly traded water, wastewater and natural gas providers in the U.S., serving approximately 5 million people across 10 states. In this episode, Brian and CB discuss: • The challenges in moving to full electrification for households and businesses • Essential's decarbonization journey and the need to make goals based on proven, existing technologies • How to balance energy affordability with the needed journey towards decarbonization Sign up to receive weekly episodes right to your inbox: bit.ly/csbpodcastemail Submit your "Sustaining Sustainability" feedback and/or questions: bit.ly/csbpodcastfeedback This episode was researched, recorded, edited, and produced by Prof. CB Bhattacharya and CSB Team of the University of Pittsburgh Center for Sustainable Business: www.sustainablebusiness.pitt.edu Music: "Lively" by Dee Yan-Key From the Free Music Archive CC BY NC SA creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/legalcod

I have the new Mizuno Pro Fli-Hi utility iron out on the course and it is a solid option for the top of your bag. It of course has the soft Mizuno feel but is long and much more forgiving than I thought. Quick update on the Bettinardi BB-8W putter, I like it a lot! I also take out some old irons with new shafts to play with!

Topics for Nik Miles, Truck Girl Jen, and Automatic Andy: Brian Armstead - Juror, North American Car, Truck, And Utility Of The Year 2022 Nissan Aryia Ross Proffitt Senior Planner, EV Marketing & Sales Strategy, Nissan U. Susann Kazunas Vp Of Manufacturing For Toyota Motor Manufacturing Scott Bonvissuto Executive Vice President Of Sales And Marketing Console Vault Reveals First Safe For Kia Automatic Andy's Top 5 for the 2022 BMW X3 M Competition Anton Wahlman and Nik tackle the news

  Vidcast:  https://youtu.be/cUrtzuBOCo8   The CPSC and Hisun Motors USA are recalling Hisun 250cc Utility Vehicles.  Grass may accumulate near the exhaust pipe and create a fire hazard.  About 2500 of these vehicles were sold at Rural King stores nationwide.  Immediately discontinue using these utility vehicle and contact Hisun Motors USA by calling 1-833 364-0554 to arrange for a free consumer installable repair kit. Alternatively, you can arrange to take your vehicle to an authorized repair station for a free repair.   https://www.cpsc.gov/Recalls/2022/Hisun-Motors-Corp-U-S-A-Recalls-250cc-Utility-Vehicles-Due-to-Fire-Hazard-Sold-Exclusively-at-Rural-King   #hisun #utilityvehicle #exhaust #fire #recall  

The word penultimate means “the one before the last.” But what about the one before that one? For this is the third to last Monday of 2021, and it feels there should be a better way of saying that. In any case, this is the first edition of Charlottesville Community Engagement for the third to last week of the year. That’s twice we’ve needed that word in this newsletter so far. I’m your host, Sean Tubbs, here again to bring you information about the area even if not every word is precise.Charlottesville Community Engagement is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.On today’s show:An update on the Emmet-Ivy corridor and sustainability efforts from the University of VirginiaThe new Dean of the School of Architecture and the director of the Karsh Institute of Democracy introduce themselves to a Board of Visitors panel More on the search for a corporate-appointed City Manager for CharlottesvilleA COVID update and a few more bills are before the General AssemblyIn today’s first Patreon-fueled shout-out: Colder temperatures are creeping in, and now is the perfect time to think about keeping your family warm through the holidays. Make sure you are getting the most out of your home with help from your local energy nonprofit, LEAP. LEAP wants you and yours to keep comfortable all year round, and offers FREE home weatherization to income- and age-qualifying residents. If you’re age 60 or older, or have an annual household income of less than $74,950, you may qualify for a free energy assessment and home energy improvements such as insulation and air sealing. Sign up today to lower your energy bills, increase comfort, and reduce energy waste at home!COVID updateThere have now been over a million reported cases of COVID-19 in Virginia since the beginning of the pandemic, and a total of 14,957 deaths. The seven-day average for positive cases is now at 8.7 percent. That number is a little higher in the Blue Ridge Health District at 8.9 percent. For most of the pandemic, the Charlottesville area has lagged behind the statewide number. There are 58 new cases reported in the Blue Ridge Health District today, but no new fatalities. The seven-day average for new cases in the state is 2,520 a day. RFP closingThe window closes tomorrow at 4 p.m. for firms who are interested in assisting the city of Charlottesville with interim management services until a new top official is appointed. The RFP issued on December 3 requires a firm to provide someone with at least ten years of municipal management experience to run the city on an interim basis. Two addendums to the proposal were made Friday. (read the proposal)This process is not without precedent in Virginia. The Town of Amherst hired the Berkley Group in 2017 to hire a former Pulaski County administrator to serve as interim manager. Peter Huber served for five months as part of the Berkley Group’s Executive Transition Assistance program.  Huber is now serving in a similar position in Alleghany County according to his LinkedIn profile. According to Berkley’s website, they’ve provided this service in dozens of Virginia localities, from the town of Abingdon to the town of Windsor. General Assembly 2022There is less than a month until the Virginia General Assembly convenes for the 2022 session. Several bills have already been filed, and the number coming in right now is low enough to report some of what’s currently in the legislative information system.Senator Mamie J. Locke (D-Hampton) has filed a bill calling for a Constitutional amendment granting the right for people convicted of felons to be able to vote upon release. (SJ1)Delegate James Morefield (R-North Tazewell) has filed a bill establishing a Flood Relief Fund using a portion of the state’s proceeds from Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative auctions. (HB5) Senator Travis Hackworth (R-Richlands) filed a bill that would terminate power of attorney for anyone convicted of acting against their client. (SB10)Senator David Suetterlein (R-Roanoke) filed a bill increasing the standard deductions for Virginia income tax for both single and married people. (SB11)Senator David Suetterlein (R-Roanoke) has another that would allow localities to issue refunds on excess personal property taxes. (SB12)Delegate Lee Ware (R-Powhatan) has filed legislation that would compel “accomodations providers” to provide more information to localities upon request in the collection of transient lodging taxes. (HB7)Sustainability and Emmet-Ivy updatesLast week, the University of Virginia Board of Visitors met, and the December 10 edition of this show featured some information. On Friday, Bryan McKenzie reported in the Daily Progress that the Board voted to increase tuition by 4.7 percent in the 2022-23 school year and 3.7 percent for the following year. Read his story for more details. On Thursday, the Buildings and Grounds Committee meeting was a shorter one than usual, but members were briefed on several items of note. One related to UVA’s sustainability efforts. Colette Sheehy is the Senior Vice President for Operations and State Government at UVA.“You’ll recall that the big audacious goal for sustainability is to be carbon neutral by 2030 and fossil-fuel free by 2050,” Sheehy said. “Overall our emissions are down by 44 percent over the last decade which is equivalent to about 160,000 tons of carbon.” However, that doesn’t include the carbon footprint of new buildings built at UVA during the period, though they are built to LEED certification according to Green Building Standards. Sheehy said UVA has to do more to meet its goals.“In order to reach our carbon neutrality goal by 2030, we need to reduce our current emissions by another 160,000 tons and probably another 36,000 related to new construction,” Sheehy said. Sheehy also briefed the Buildings and Grounds Committee on efforts to reduce single-use plastics in order to comply with an executive order from Governor Ralph Northam. She said it’s a University-wide effort. “The biggest challenge is actual single-use plastic water bottles which is why you now see aluminum water bottles used to the extent that we can get them,” Sheehy said. “One of the issues is supply-chain and quantity, particularly if you are at a football and tens of thousands of water bottles that are sold.” Sheehy concluded her presentation with an update on construction of the new Emmet-Ivy precinct, which will house the School of Data Science, the Karsh Democracy Institute, and a hotel and convention center. Utility work has been underway on the site of the former Cavalier Inn, which was demolished to make way for the future. “We expect to be complete with all the utility and road work that sits outside the construction fencing by the end of the first quarter of 2022,” Sheehy said. The south side of Ivy Road will also be altered with new retaining walls and a monumental staircase leading up to the International Residential College. “The foundation work for Data Science should start in early January with completion of that building in the fall of 2023,” Sheehy said. “The plan is the hotel should begin construction in the spring with completion in the fall of 2024.” Design work has begun for the Karsh Institute of Democracy. Höweler+Yoon is the architect. Emmett Streetscape newsThere was also news about the Emmet Street Streetscape, one of the first projects funded through the Virginia Department of Transportation’s Smart Scale process. A design public hearing of the $12 million project was held in December 2019 and is being overseen by the City of Charlottesville. Alice Raucher is the UVa Architect. “They submitted their complete documents to VDOT which is one of the required steps in order to begin the negotiations for the right of way,” Raucher said. Appraisals are underway for the easements or property acquisitions needed for the project. Raucher had no timetable for when that might happen. The Emmet Streetscape runs from Ivy Road to Arlington Boulevard and includes a 10-foot wide multiuse path on the western side of the road. (read the brochure)In today’s second Patreon-fueled shout-out: The Plant Northern Piedmont Natives Campaign  an initiative that wants you to grow native plants in yards, farms, public spaces and gardens in the northern Piedmont. Winter is here, but spring isn’t too far away. This is a great time to begin planning for the spring. Native plants provide habitat, food sources for wildlife, ecosystem resiliency in the face of climate change, and clean water.  Start at the Plant Northern Piedmont Natives Facebook page and tell them Lonnie Murray sent you!*Architecture and Democracy at UVAAfter the Buildings and Grounds Committee concluded on Thursday, the Academic and Student Life Committee met and heard from the new dean of the School of Architecture and the director of the Karsh Institute for Democracy.  First up: Malo Hutson took over as Dean of the School of Architecture at the beginning of the academic year. He previously was at Columbia University where he directed the Urban Communities and Health Equity Lab. Hutson said the study of architecture is focused on the public realm. “We’re focused on addressing some of the biggest issues of the world, ranging from climate change all the way to the importance of cultural landscape and heritage, to thinking about do you build with healthy materials and so forth and transportation,” Hutson said. Hutson said the School of Architecture has several priorities and values shared with the rest of the UVA Community. He said the four departments in the school are all focused on climate resilience and climate justice, as well as equity and inclusion. Hutson said faculty and staff have an eye on Virginia’s needs as they craft the Climate Justice Initiative. “We know that we are susceptible to storms and flooding all kinds of things that are going on and so how do we engage in a way from whether we’re talking about Northern Virginia to Hampton Roads to all the way in Southwest Virginia?”The Karsh Institute of Democracy exists to reflect on the same basic question. Melody Barnes is the first executive director of the new entity which was founded in 2018. She said democracy is in trouble in the United States and around the world, citing a CBS News poll from January.“Seventy-one percent of Americans believe that democracy in the United States is threatened,” Barnes said. “A more recent poll from just about a month ago, the Pew Research Center indicates that there are about 19 percent of Americans who believe that American democracy is still a role model for democracy in the world.”Barnes said the University of Virginia is well-positioned to take up the cause and the Democracy Initiative has built on the work. “We also believe that this is a moment that we have to do more and that we are well-situated to do more,” Barnes said. Barnes said the Institute will be public-facing and will seek to engage with the community around UVA. “We want to use this moment, we want to leverage the assets and resources that we have to develop solutions, best practices, and new ideas to address the very challenges I just mentioned,” Barnes said. This Institute’s mission is to “generate new ideas and share them with policymakers and citizens” but Barnes said the work doesn’t stop there.“But then we translate them and use diverse communications channels to push them into the public bloodstream,” Barnes said. “To engage policymakers, journalists, the private sector, the public and beyond so people can take those ideas up, they can be debated. They can become policy. They can become practice. They can start to shape the way that we think, talk about, and do democracy. Hopefully the best ideas get taken to scale.” Barnes said one idea may be to offer a prize related to a specific solution. For instance, the Aspen Institute offers $1 million for community college excellence. “We are thinking that a X Prize for Democracy in partnership with others and leveraging the assets of the University and all the knowledge that’s here could be a wonderful way to bringing greater attention to some specific challenges that are facing democracy,” Barnes said. Barnes said a democratic society will always face existential challenges. She said the Institute will be set up to take a long-term view towards curating conversations.“This will be the journey and an issue for the country I think for the life of the country,” Barnes said. “We will always be engaged in these battles and these debates.”  Stay tuned. Special announcement of a continuing promo with Ting! Are you interested in fast internet? Visit this site and enter your address to see if you can get service through Ting. If you decide to proceed to make the switch, you’ll get:Free installationSecond month of Ting service for freeA $75 gift card to the Downtown MallAdditionally, Ting will match your Substack subscription to support Town Crier Productions, the company that produces this newsletter and other community offerings. So, your $5 a month subscription yields $5 for TCP. Your $50 a year subscription yields $50 for TCP! The same goes for a $200 a year subscription! All goes to cover the costs of getting this newsletter out as often as possible. 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Join us for an interesting debate between a photographic or painted portrait of Socrates, a painting by Rembrandt, and the photography of Stieglitz.

The winter months are upon us, heating costs are up significantly and scammers will try to take advantage of low income and elderly people on assistance programs. Utility companies are seeing large increases in utility scams, and we raise the […]

Joe kicks off the show with a special announcement...a new event called CEX - Creator Economy Expo. Joe is partnering with Brian Clark for this May in-person-only event. As part of the show, CEX is launching their NFT project called CEX Never Ending Tickets. Only 100 are available. Robert discusses new research about the growth in advertising, over the last year and into 2022. Is it real or are the numbers skewed? M&A is taking off in the newspaper industry. But what is a newspaper anyway? Marriott launches their new NFT program. Utility or gimmick? The boys agree that it's a marketing gimmick. And cosmetic company Lush kills all social media content production. Good move? In rants and raves, Joe rants about creating content on every platform and then discusses the state of inflation in the US. Robert rants about the lack of a 360 degree customer view and raves about Hollywood content production. --------- Liked this show? SUBSCRIBE to this podcast on Spotify, Apple, Google and more. Catch past episodes and show notes at ThisOldMarketing.site.

Welcome back everyone. Today, I'm very excited to introduce Rich Goldstein to the show. Rich Goldstein is the founder of Goldstein Patent Law. He has landed over 2,000 patents for his clients over the last 25 years. He is also the author of the book the ABA Consumer Guide to Obtaining a Patent. Today Rich is going to share some valuable knowledge to inventors, hardware startups, and small product manufacturers on the types of patents you can obtain for an invention, tips and tricks along the way, and how to continue to protect your intellectual property as your hardware product evolves over the years. Now onto the episode... Today you will hear us talk about: Utility vs Design vs Provisional  Time constraints of each type of patent Steps that you need to take to preserve your rights Over time, what do you do to protect with your ongoing development? You want to make your claims specific enough, that it is still relevant to the marketplace Filing a continuation in part to an improvement to your product over time Filing a continuation, slightly different than a continuation in part EPISODE LINKS Rich Goldstein / Goldstein Patent Law Links: Website: https://goldsteinpatentlaw.com/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/richardwgoldstein/ Podcast: https://goldsteinpatentlaw.com/podcasts/ The Product Startup Podcast Links: Website: https://www.ProductStartup.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ProductStartup/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/ProductStartup/ Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/ProductStartup/ Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/ProductStartup/ Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/ProductStartup/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/ProductStartup YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/MakoInvent Mako Design Links: Website: https://www.makodesign.com/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/MakoInvent Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/MakoInvent/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/MakoDesign/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MakoInvent/ Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/MakoInvent/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/MakoInvent/ Kevin Mako Links: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/Entrepreneurs/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/KevMako/ Quora: https://www.quora.com/profile/Kevin-Mako Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/KevMakoPage/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/KevMako/ About: MAKO Design + Invent is the original firm providing world-class consumer product development services tailored to startups, small manufacturers, and inventors. Simply put, we are the leading one-stop-shop for developing your physical product from idea to store shelves, all in a high-quality, cost-effective, and timely manner. We operate as one powerhouse 30-person product design team spread across 4 offices to serve you (Austin, Miami, San Francisco, & Toronto). We have full-stack in-house industrial design, mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, patent referral, prototyping, and manufacturing services. To assist our startup and inventor clients, in addition to above, we help with business strategy, product strategy, marketing, and sales/distribution for all consumer product categories. Also, our founder Kevin Mako hosts The Product Startup Podcast, the industry's leading hardware podcast. Check it out for tips, interviews, and best practices for hardware startups, inventors, and product developers. Click HERE to learn more about Mako Design + Invent!

We've done a lot of talking about "mystical" experiences. If defined broadly enough they are far more common than many people suppose. Here are some stories from recent videos.  Meaning Code with  @Dr G Ashenden  https://youtu.be/J-3CxAjbVBM  @Dr G Ashenden  on JBP https://youtu.be/NoA20XqzQQk Philosophy of Meditation with  @John Vervaeke  with Rick Repetti https://youtu.be/VSURwG1f_U8 Pagan to Christian Paul Kingsnorth on  @Rebel Wisdom  https://youtu.be/05NYpKw98Rk The Cross and the Machine by Paul Kingsnorth https://www.firstthings.com/article/2021/06/the-cross-and-the-machine  @The Babylon Bee  Exvangelical Unique Deconversion Story https://youtu.be/AzqOil09o0Q   Discord link. Good for just a few days. Check with more recent videos for a fresh link. https://discord.gg/zuHPmWbD Paul Vander Klay clips channel https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCX0jIcadtoxELSwehCh5QTg My Substack https://paulvanderklay.substack.com/ Estuary Hub Link https://www.estuaryhub.com/ If you want to schedule a one-on-one conversation check here. https://paulvanderklay.me/2019/08/06/converzations-with-pvk/ There is a video version of this podcast on YouTube at http://www.youtube.com/paulvanderklay To listen to this on ITunes https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/paul-vanderklays-podcast/id1394314333  If you need the RSS feed for your podcast player https://paulvanderklay.podbean.com/feed/  All Amazon links here are part of the Amazon Affiliate Program. Amazon pays me a small commission at no additional cost to you if you buy through one of the product links here. This is is one (free to you) way to support my videos.  https://paypal.me/paulvanderklay To support this channel/podcast with Bitcoin (BTC): 37TSN79RXewX8Js7CDMDRzvgMrFftutbPo  To support this channel/podcast with Bitcoin Cash (BCH) qr3amdmj3n2u83eqefsdft9vatnj9na0dqlzhnx80h  To support this channel/podcast with Ethereum (ETH): 0xd3F649C3403a4789466c246F32430036DADf6c62 Blockchain backup on Lbry https://odysee.com/@paulvanderklay https://www.patreon.com/paulvanderklay Paul's Church Content at Living Stones Channel https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCh7bdktIALZ9Nq41oVCvW-A To support Paul's work by supporting his church give here. https://tithe.ly/give?c=2160640

SideCopy, a Pakistani APT, is phishing for information in both India and Afghanistan. A Colorado electrical utility continues to recover from a cyber incident it sustained early last month. The GAO tells the US Congress that the nation still lacks a comprehensive cybersecurity strategy. The Missouri Highway Patrol continues, for some reason, to investigate a responsible disclosure as a criminal hack. Dinah Davis from Arctic Wolf on hackers targeting Minecraft. Our guest is Blake Darché from Area 1 Security with research on phishing. And it appears Moscow thinks a Group-IB leader outed Fancy Bear to the US.  For links to all of today's stories check out our CyberWire daily news briefing: https://www.thecyberwire.com/newsletters/daily-briefing/10/231

Rachel Balkovec is in her second year as a minor league hitting coach with the New York Yankees. She is the first woman (alongside Rachel Folden of the Chicago Cubs) to hold that title in the history of professional baseball. She is one of 4 women that are in uniform in 2021 in various roles with Major League clubs. Rachel joined the Yankees in 2019 after completing her second master's degree in biomechanics in the Netherlands where she served as an apprentice hitting coach for the national softball and baseball programs. She completed her research for this degree in eye tracking at Driveline Baseball.Previous to crossing over to being a hitting coach, she spent 7 seasons in professional baseball as a strength and conditioning coach in various roles with the Houston Astros and St. Louis Cardinals. In addition to her more recent groundbreaking role with the Yankees, she was also the first woman to be hired full time as a strength and conditioning coach in MLB.Before entering professional baseball in 2012, she served in various apprentice roles for Louisiana State University, Los Tigres Del Licey Beisbol, The Chicago Whitesox, Arizona State University and EXOS. The Omaha native is a former NCAA Division I softball catcher and has special interest in organizational culture and behavioral psychology. She has an undergraduate degree in Exercise Science, and a master's degree in Sport Administration from LSU.•This episode of The Ready State Podcast is sponsored by LMNT, our favorite electrolyte drink mix. It was created based on a science-backed electrolyte ratio, with no sugar, no coloring, no artificial ingredients, or any other junk. Everyone needs electrolytes, but if you're an active person and/or on a low-carb diet, you really need electrolytes to feel and perform your best. We drink LMNT every single day and it is our go-to drink for mountain biking. For more info and to get a free sample pack (just pay shipping), click thereadystate.com/FreeLMNT!

New Orleans Saints: Taysom Hill is getting another shot at QB1. Sean Payton needs to make a choice between Trevor Siemian and Taysom Hill and this week Taysom is getting his shot.Week 12 Injuries: Dalvin Cook was seen carted off, but Mike Zimmer stated during his conference that Cook is on a day-to-day basis. Christian McCaffrey is out for the season.Kliff Kingsbury: Rumors' have spread about Arizona Cardinals head coach possibly leaving the NFL for Oklahoma head coaching job.Week 12 GOATS (in a bad way): Maathew Stafford with his 3rd pick 6 tops the list. Even though he won, Lamar Jackson makes it on the list as well for his 4 interception performance.

Vinnie from The Lucid joins us, Led Zeppelin songs ranked, a Bonerline, Charlie LeDuff on Gov. Whitmer, ex-NFL RB Zac Stacy on the run, Tommy & Pam, Pete & Kim, Belarus & Poland, and Drew's firing listeners.Buy all your Christmas gifts right here.Drew continues to fire listeners. Don had better still be listening to Mojo.Music: The RIFF Rock Hall of Fame (& email farming) website is here. Ranking all 92 Led Zeppelin tunes. Eddie Vedder has a new song out. He once helped Joe Strummer rolled a joint. Jonah Hill will be playing Jerry Garcia in a new biopic.Sports: Robbie Ray won the Cy Young and the 2014 Tigers look amazing! Justin Verlander signed a deal with the Astros. Carlos Correa and AJ Hinch were spotted together today. Chinese tennis player, Peng Shuai, is still missing despite shady emails. LeBron James has no comment. 40% of the Ottawa Senators have COVID despite 100% of the team being vaccinated. Antonio Brown is being accused of buying a fake vaccination card.The TSA is gearing up for a busy Thanksgiving travel season. Utility workers don't need to be vaccinated.Vinnie Dombroski Zooms in to discuss The Lucid, working with ICP, Lennon covers and upcoming shows.Jerkmate brings you the Bonerline. Call or text 209-66-Boner to have your voice heard.The Kyle Rittenhouse trial is still in deliberation.Drew continues to defend Lyla despite multiple interruptions.Trudi continues to raid the fridge.Warren Evans really wants Kwame crony, William Phillips, on the mental health board.Audiotree CEO, Michael Johnston, has been BLOWN OUT after getting busted secretly filming his nannies.Richard Carpenter popped up on CBS to push his importance in the music industry.Camila Cabello and Shawn Mendes' soft lovemaking is over.Pete and Kim are IG official.Charlie LeDuff joins the show to ask why Gretchen Whitmer and Joe Biden are avoiding each other. He'll have more on No BS News tomorrow.Joe Rogan vs the media's "left-wing cult".Rust crew members are suing Alec Baldwin.Bill Maher spoke with Chris Cuomo on CNN.There's a border standoff between migrants at the Belarus/Poland.Britney Spears is a nut. Her ex husband Jason Alexander is getting hot.The Pam & Tommy trailer dropped and it looks better than we thought it would.South Park teased their upcoming special.Former NFL RB Zac Stacy is a terrible baby-daddy and a bad man. He's currently on the run without a football.That BEAST Meghan Markle appeared on Ellen to make up stories and not talk about her dad.Social media is dumb but we're on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter (Drew and Mike Show, Marc Fellhauer, Trudi Daniels and BranDon).