Podcasts about Versant

durée : 00:03:32 - Le Regard culturel - par : Lucile Commeaux - La série créée par Noé Debré revient avec une quatrième et ultime saison à nouveau très réussie, dans l'équilibre qu'elle maintient entre pédagogisme et humour, et parvient même à émouvoir dans un final doux-amer à la teneur politique particulièrement fine.

durée : 00:03:55 - Le coup de cœur, ici Orléans - Autrice orléanaise, Lison Lambert signe Versant Noir, un polar engagé sur l'Everest. Entre fiction et réalité, elle dévoile les dérives du tourisme de l'extrême et interroge notre rapport à la montagne dans un roman à la fois haletant et documenté.

Welcome back to another episode of the Media Boat Podcast. We start with the list of Rock & Roll inductee class of 2025 who will receive their honor in November, later this year. Next, Grand Theft Auto VI has an official release date and a new trailer to go alongside the announcement from Rockstar Games. Later, Comcast has spun off its bundle of cable networks including USA, CNBC, MSNBC, Oxygen, E!, SYFY, Golf Channel, and their digital assets Fandango, Rotten Tomatoes, GolfNow, GolfPass and SportsEngine into a new company called Versant. We wrap it all up with 100% tariffs scheduled to hit film and tv productions made outside of the US. We also have thoughts on Eric Church, Stagecoach, Lost Records: Rage & Bloom, Poker Face, The Devil's Plan, and Conclave. All this and more on this weeks episode of the Media Boat Podcast.

The U.S. and China will meet in Switzerland this weekend to negotiate global tariffs. Lazard CEO Peter Orszag discusses the likely outcome of that meeting, including what's at stake for the global and domestic economies. Plus, Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi discusses the company's latest bookings results, including shifts in pricing for rides, the FTC's lawsuit over Uber One, Uber's expansion into Turkey, Uber's lawsuit against Doordash, and consumer appetite for Uber Eats. Plus, India escalated tension with Pakistan, an appointment at the FDA has prompted a pharma stock drop, and Comcast's cable spinoff has a name! Megan Cassella - 03:15Dara Khosrowshahi - 16:45Peter Orszag - 35:11 In this episode:Megan Cassella, @mmcassellaBecky Quick, @BeckyQuickJoe Kernen, @JoeSquawkAndrew Ross Sorkin, @andrewrsorkinKatie Kramer, @Kramer_Katie

This Day in Maine for Tuesday, April 8, 2025.

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durée : 00:54:21 - Very Good Trip - par : Michka Assayas - Une émission qui commence par une voix qu'on n'a pas l'habitude d'entendre, mais qui devrait vous transporter. - réalisé par : Stéphane Ronxin

durée : 00:54:01 - Very Good Trip - par : Michka Assayas - Des sons chaleureux, histoire de nous faire oublier la grisaille. Michka Assayas mets en lumière quelques trésors cachés, parus cette année : des rééditions d'enregistrements anciens mais aussi quelques perles oubliées de l'année, sur un versant country-folk. - réalisé par : Stéphane Ronxin

「VERSANTとは？「はじめて受ける VERSANT Speaking and Listening 全パート完全攻略」の著者に聞く、特徴と対策」　「VERSANT」は英語のコミュニケーション能力を測るオンラインテストです。世界160ヵ国で累計3,000万人が受験し、日本でも約500社の法人に導入されています。VERSANTの3種類のテストラインナップのうち、「VE[...]

durée : 00:53:58 - Very Good Trip - par : Michka Assayas - Ce soir, on va commencer en douceur et faire un voyage dans le temps qui commence sur une petite île bien connue des Baléares. - réalisé par : Stéphane Ronxin

This Day in Maine for Tuesday, October 8, 2024.

Good morning from Pharma and Biotech daily: the podcast that gives you only what's important to hear in Pharma e Biotech world. A new healthcare AI accelerator program has been launched by Johns Hopkins, CareFirst, and Techstars, offering funding and guidance to startups working on AI tools. Medicare could face increased spending of $34 billion to $145 billion annually if all newly eligible patients received coverage for weight loss drug semaglutide. Pfizer has launched a direct-to-consumer service for migraine, COVID-19, and flu treatments similar to one by Eli Lilly. Johnson & Johnson plans to reform the 340B drug discount program, causing concern among hospitals and the government. Healthcare Dive provides insights into healthcare venture trends and offers resources on improving patient outcomes with data and AI technology. The publication covers news on various healthcare topics such as health IT, payer-provider partnerships, and value-based care. Healthcare Dive is operated by Industry Dive, providing in-depth journalism for decision-makers in competitive industries.On August 27th, Lilly introduced cheaper vials of Zepbound, a weight loss medicine, to compete with telehealth companies. Pfizer also launched a direct-to-consumer service for their migraine, COVID-19, and flu treatments, following in the footsteps of Eli Lilly. In other news, a startup backed by RA Capital raised $100 million for developing drugs for immune diseases, while UCB sold its neurology and allergy business in China. Additionally, Versant's Jerel Davis discussed build-to-buy deals and pharma investment strategies. The industry is moving towards more patient-centric commercialization strategies, with companies like Pfizer and Lilly breaking into the DTC market. This shift aims to give consumers easier access to treatments and improve supply chain efficiency. Pharmaceutical companies are exploring new partnerships and strategies to accelerate drug development and improve patient outcomes.Eli Lilly has reduced the price of its drug Zepbound by offering single-dose vials at a 50% discount through its online pharmacy LillyDirect. This move aims to expand the supply of Zepbound and make it more accessible to patients. In other news, a study suggests that Medicare coverage of Novo Nordisk's semaglutide for cardiovascular disease could cost $145 billion annually, depending on the number of eligible patients. Additionally, Cigna plans to remove AbbVie's Humira from its formularies, Oculis closes a phase III eye drop trial due to an administrative error, and Regeneron gains EU approval for a bispecific antibody for lymphoma. Furthermore, there have been lay-offs in the biopharma industry, and Massachusetts' biopharma job growth has slowed in 2023. Interested individuals can register for upcoming webinars and explore job opportunities in the biopharma field.

Shaking up an underwhelming year for fresh biotech paper, a trio of biotechs filed to go public on NASDAQ last week. On the latest BioCentury This Week podcast, BioCentury's editors discuss the IPO filings by MBX and Massachusetts companies Zenas and Bicara. Washington Editor Steve Usdin returns to the podcast to provide updates on the Inflation Reduction and Biosecure acts, as well as the life sciences policies of presidential candidates Donald Trump and Kamala Harris. And Director of Biopharma Intelligence Karen Tkach Tuzman zeroes in on the latest trends among pharma's deals with biotechs over the past 12 months and the latest start-up out of Versant Ventures, Borealis.View full story: https://www.biocentury.com/article/65335400:00 - Introduction01:48 - Biotech IPOs12:48 - Washington Update20:39 - Versant, Novartis Newco24:34 - Pharma-Biotech Deal Trends

Good morning from Pharma and Biotech daily: the podcast that gives you only what's important to hear in Pharma e Biotech world.Leqembi, a new biotech drug, has been approved in the UK, but reimbursement may not follow due to concerns about the cost to the NHS. The FDA defended its med device chief's tenure after ethics concerns were raised. Employers are expecting higher health costs next year, driven by rising pharmacy spending on drugs like GLP-1 for obesity. BridgeBio has sent rare disease drugs to a new company called GondolaBio, backed by investors including Viking Global Investors and Sequoia Capital. Versant has launched a new startup called Borealis Biosciences with funding from Novartis.New Jersey has announced plans to erase $100 million in medical debt for nearly 50,000 residents, following similar initiatives by other states and federal regulators. Molina Healthcare has extended CEO Joe Zubretsky's contract through 2027, along with a stock grant potentially worth $51 million. Additionally, CMS has received 12,000 complaints of noncompliance with the No Surprises Act, resulting in $1.7 million in restitution.Novartis and Versant have launched Borealis Biosciences with $150 million in funding to develop RNA therapeutics for kidney diseases, following the success of Chinook Therapeutics. Meanwhile, Wuxi Biologics reported a 24% drop in net profit in the first half of 2024 despite signing a record number of new projects. In other news, Biogen and Eisai's Alzheimer's drug Leqvembi has been approved in the UK but deemed too expensive by NICE, while Biomarin has brought on Roche and Amgen alums in an executive restructuring.The text discusses the potential impact of the Democrats' proposed changes to Medicare drug price negotiations on the pharmaceutical industry's research and development (R&D) efforts. Kamala Harris is expected to address these issues during the Democratic National Convention, with the party aiming to lower drug prices by increasing the number of drugs subject to negotiations.TE Connectivity offers sensor solutions for minimally invasive devices, providing precision and safety for procedures such as cardiac mapping and ablation. Their sensor technology can enhance efficacy in heart arrhythmia treatments. The comprehensive sensor solutions guide provides detailed applications, key features, and benefits of their sensors.The text discusses the importance of collecting and using social determinants of health (SDOH) data in health economics and outcomes research (HEOR). It highlights the challenges of collecting SDOH data and provides insights on how to effectively use the data while ensuring privacy and security. The text emphasizes the significance of diverse and inclusive research practices, evaluating data validity and sourcing, and effectively utilizing SDOH data to gain more accurate insights in HEOR.

durée : 00:59:29 - Shabaka Hutchings - par : Alex Dutilh - “Perceive its Beauty, Acknowledge its Grace” de Shabaka illustre, très différemment de ses disques précédents, l'esprit d'exploration que le musicien incarne. Parution chez Impulse !

durée : 00:59:29 - Shabaka Hutchings - par : Alex Dutilh - “Perceive its Beauty, Acknowledge its Grace” de Shabaka illustre, très différemment de ses disques précédents, l'esprit d'exploration que le musicien incarne. Parution chez Impulse !

Dans cet épisode, l'intérêt du "mandat de recherche"pour tout acquéreur désireux d'acheter un bien immobilier en gagnant du temps et de l'argent. Mise en perspective par Jean-Christophe DIMINO agent Keller Williams France. Toutes les références à retrouver sur www.avenuegustavev.com & https://dimino.agentkw.fr/

When the wind blows, JStew loses power. Just him. No one else.

durée : 00:57:13 - Very Good Trip - par : Michka Assayas - Aujourd'hui, dans Very Good Trip est venue l'heure d'aborder l'aspect sans doute le moins rock'n'roll de la production de Paul McCartney.

Join John Williams with Joe Purington with CMP and John Flynn with Versant.

High interest rates are making our already enormous national debt more expensive, and many economists are worried. We’ll discuss what it may cost to get the national debt under control. Plus, a referendum to replace Maine’s two main power companies with a publicly owned alternative was shot down in yesterday’s election. And, the James Webb Space Telescope is revolutionizing the way we see the universe. Here’s everything we talked about today: “What it would cost to stabilize the soaring national debt” from Axios “Maine voters reject utility takeover after heavy spending from CMP and Versant” from Bangor Daily News “What the Failed Pine Tree Power Proposal in Maine Could Have Accomplished” from CNET “More states strive to make parks, trails accessible to people with disabilities” from Stateline “A Guide to the James Webb Telescope’s View of the Universe” from The New York Times Got a question for the hosts? Leave us a voicemail at 508-U-B-SMART or email us at makemesmart@marketplace.org.

High interest rates are making our already enormous national debt more expensive, and many economists are worried. We’ll discuss what it may cost to get the national debt under control. Plus, a referendum to replace Maine’s two main power companies with a publicly owned alternative was shot down in yesterday’s election. And, the James Webb Space Telescope is revolutionizing the way we see the universe. Here’s everything we talked about today: “What it would cost to stabilize the soaring national debt” from Axios “Maine voters reject utility takeover after heavy spending from CMP and Versant” from Bangor Daily News “What the Failed Pine Tree Power Proposal in Maine Could Have Accomplished” from CNET “More states strive to make parks, trails accessible to people with disabilities” from Stateline “A Guide to the James Webb Telescope’s View of the Universe” from The New York Times Got a question for the hosts? Leave us a voicemail at 508-U-B-SMART or email us at makemesmart@marketplace.org.

Fleur Rabas, comédienne, danseuse et chorégraphe, a toujours, grâce à ses parents, côtoyé le monde du spectacle. Même si, étant jeune, elle ne voulait pas faire du théâtre « comme papa et maman », elle a fini par rejoindre la troupe du Théâtre du Versant de Biarritz il y a 5 ans. Sa première création « Sol froid et sensation du mal » (programmée avec succès depuis 3 ans) met en scène l'histoire d'une jeune fille violée qui tente de se reconstruire : « Les hommes, les femmes, ne souhaitent pas en parler, alors je le danserai.» Dans cette deuxième partie, Fleur continue à nous parler de ses projets (actuels et futurs) et de son envie de créer un nouveau spectacle avec une partie d'humour « gras » sur la thématique du handicap dans lequel elle souhaite que le public se demande si ils ont droit de rire de ça … Jatorria : RadioKultura

durée : 00:03:48 - Demain l'éco - par : Annabelle Grelier - La loi Climat et Résilience prévoit de limiter les surfaces construites, à travers le dispositif Zéro Artificialisation Nette. Mal compris par les élus, ce dispositif peine parfois à se mettre en place. L'ONG Bleu Versant, basée à la Rochelle, les aide depuis 10 ans à désimperméabiliser les sols.

Fleur Rabas, comédienne, danseuse et chorégraphe, a toujours, grâce à ses parents, côtoyé le monde du spectacle. Même si, étant jeune, elle ne voulait pas faire du théâtre « comme papa et maman », elle a fini par rejoindre la troupe du Théâtre du Versant de Biarritz il y a 5 ans. Sa première création « Sol froid et sensation du mal » (programmée avec succès depuis 3 ans) met en scène l'histoire d'une jeune fille violée qui tente de se reconstruire : « Les hommes, les femmes, ne souhaitent pas en parler, alors je le danserai.» Dans cette première partie, Fleur nous raconte son parcours et nous dévoile pourquoi elle a eu envie de créer un spectacle sur la « sensation du mal » … pour ensuite passer à autre chose … Jatorria : RadioKultura

Meredith Ryan-Reid, CEO at Versant Health, joins Oliver Wyman's Paul Ricard on the Reinventing Insurance podcast. Meredith shares her reflections on leadership — including experiences on driving growth and reinvention for the world's leading healthcare, insurance and financial services companies. Meredith shares reflections and learnings from her career, and perspectives into future healthcare trends, new ways of working, and Gen AI capabilities. Learn more: www.oliverwyman/reinventinginsurance

Join John Williams, Dana Connors and special guest Judy Long with Versant for this weeks Bottom Line.

Question 3 in November proposes a dramatic overhaul of who is responsible for delivering electricity to the majority of Mainers. In this state and across the nation, it's unmatched in manner, scope or known outcomes.

Ralph welcomes Toby Heaps, co-founder and editor-in-chief of the Canadian magazine “Corporate Knights,” which ranks the world's 100 most sustainable corporations. And we welcome back Dr. Bandy Lee, psychiatrist and editor of “The Dangerous Case of Donald Trump” to discuss Donald Trump's continuing hold on 30% of the American population.Toby Heaps is the CEO and co-founder of Corporate Knights, and Editor-in-Chief of Corporate Knights magazine. He spearheaded the first global ranking of the world's 100 most sustainable corporations in 2005, and in 2007 coined the term “clean capitalism.” Toby has been published in the Financial Times, Wall Street Journal, and the Globe and Mail, and is a regular guest speaker on CBC.You see these stories happening all over the world, whether it's from the oil companies or the electric power companies, fossil power companies, or food companies, or real estate companies. And the ones who are going all in, investing big in the green economy and the more sustainable economy are, more often than not, the ones who are hitting the biggest numbers financially.Toby Heaps, Corporate KnightsWe don't want to just be doing a beauty contest or be subject to the latest headline. We're trying to do something that's reasonably rooted in evidence, and it can be defensible, and it can be considered fair. And we recognize that none of the big companies that we rank are perfect— they all have major issues, which is kind of the nature of the human condition.Toby Heaps, Corporate KnightsDr. Bandy Lee is a medical doctor, a forensic psychiatrist, and a world expert on violence who taught at Yale School of Medicine and Yale Law School for 17 years before transferring recently to Columbia and Harvard. She is currently president of the World Mental Health Coalition, an educational organization that assembles mental health experts to collaborate with other disciplines for the betterment of public mental health and public safety. She is the editor of The Dangerous Case of Donald Trump: 37 Psychiatrists and Mental Health Experts Assess a President and Profile of a Nation: Trump's Mind, America's Soul.Essentially, [Trump] did not have the capacity to have ideologies or policies. He can't think at that level. What he can do is to manipulate psychologically those who are vulnerably predisposed and those who have formed emotional bonds with him.Dr. Bandy LeeThese are the kinds of effects that we expect from having a person with severe mental symptoms holding an influential position and having lots of public exposure. We do have a propagation of symptoms. I've been calling this the “Trump Contagion” but what it really is is shared psychosis, which is a psychosocial phenomenon that's been researched and described since around the mid-19th century.Dr. Bandy Lee[Trump voters] are still with him. But they would never support a friend or a neighbor who lied all the time, who had power over them, who described things that weren't real about what was going on around them or what he did in the past, or who cheated his workers.Ralph NaderIn Case You Haven't Heard with Francesco DeSantis1. The United Autoworkers Union is on strike against the big three automakers. Just before the strike began, the Lever reported that General Motors claimed the union's demands “would threaten our ability to do what's right for the long-term benefit of the team.” Yet, for all their crying poverty, the Big Three “have reported $21 billion in profits in just the first six months of 2023,” and “have authorized $5 billion in stock buybacks.” The union's strategy is also worth touching on, as it is novel for this industry. Instead of all workers going on strike at once, the union plans on “targeting a trio of strategic factories while keeping 90 percent of its members working under expired contracts,” per Axios. However, this story notes the ways industry plans to strike back, notably by utilizing quasi-lockouts at active plants.2. In a nigh-unprecedented shot across the bow, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit has issued a “‘writ of body attachment', directing the United States Marshals Service to take two corporate officials of Haven Salon + Spa in Muskego, Wisconsin into custody [after they] repeatedly failed and refused to comply with an enforced [National Labor Relations] Board order.” This followed years of opportunities for the corporate officials to settle this dispute and represents the strongest signal so far that the re-energized NLRB will use every weapon in its legal arsenal to protect workers. The Board's full statement is available at NLRB.gov.3. The Washington Post reports that since retaking power in Afghanistan, the Taliban has “all but extinguished al-Qaeda.” Yet buried within this story is a much more intriguing tidbit. According to this piece, “The CIA shares counterterrorism information with the Taliban,” per a senior Biden administration official. This official emphasized that this does not include “targeting data or ‘actionable intelligence,'” raising the question of what information exactly the CIA is passing along to the Taliban. 4. In Maine, voters are set to decide on a proposal to “turn the state's two big private electric companies—Central Maine Power and Versant—into Pine Tree Power, a nonprofit, publicly run utility,” per Bill McKibben in the Nation. McKibben points out that the private utility companies “sent $187 million in profits out of Maine last year—much of it to shareholders in such far-flung places as Qatar, Norway, and Canada.” Moreover, this move could lower rates by “an average of $367 per household per year.” Bernie Sanders has endorsed this effort, declaring “Power belongs in the hands of the people, not greedy corporations.”5. In an effort to combat food deserts, Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson has announced the city will explore the possibility of opening a municipally-owned grocery store. The announcement highlighted that “Historic disinvestment has led to inequitable access to food retail across Chicago, [which] have been exacerbated as at least six grocery stores closed on the South and West sides over the past two years.” This project would seek to provide healthy food for South and West side residents, as well as an economic anchor in these communities.6. From Variety: The California Senate has passed a bill to “grant unemployment benefits to workers who are on strike,” in a major win for the Writers Guild, SAG-AFTRA, and organized labor more generally. If signed, this will go into effect January 1st, 2024. Currently, only New York and New Jersey offer this safety net to striking workers.7. A story in LA Public Press traces the disturbing rise of so-called “Tenant relocators.” According to the story, “Lawmakers, tenants and tenant groups say that, across Los Angeles, landlords are buying rent-controlled buildings predominantly occupied by immigrants and using illegal tenant harassment to force people out so they can re-rent their units at market rate.” Further, “Organizers...say tenant harassment is so profitable that it has become an industry in its own right, and that the industry has spawned a profession: the tenant relocator, who cajoles or threatens tenants into leaving while their building falls to pieces around them.” This is yet another case showing the stunning lengths the rich will go to in order to acquire yet more wealth.8. In Atlanta, over 115,000 signatures have been collected and submitted calling for a referendum on the “Cop City,” project. Yet, when these signatures were submitted, the Clerk's Office refused to accept them, citing obscure deadline rules. Now, Georgia Senator Raphael Warnock is weighing in with a letter to Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens urging the City to “err on the side of giving people the ability to express their views,” the Atlanta Voice reports. This contentious project will likely continue to be a political flash-point going forward.9. Arundhati Roy, the world-famous Indian dissident writer, received a major European essay prize on September 12th. She used this opportunity to deliver an explosive speech warning of the danger posed to the world by “the dismantling of democracy in India.” Roy is explicit in naming “India's descent…into first majoritarianism and then full-blown fascism,” and goes into gut-churning detail concerning the plight of religious minorities in what used to be called the world's largest democracy. The full speech is available on YouTube.10. Finally, Yahoo News reports that back in 2015, “Elon Musk Stormed Into the Tesla Office Furious That Autopilot Tried to Kill Him.” Taken from the new blockbuster biography of the tech magnate, the story goes on to say that the Tesla autopilot, “thrown off by the road's faded lane lines,” steered into and almost hit oncoming traffic. This, the book argues, was due to Musk's insistence on removing light detection and ranging technology – better known as LiDAR – from his vehicles in an attempt to cut costs. Ultimately, the autopilot was not actually fixed; instead, Musk's chief of staff Sam Teller got the faded lane lines repainted. That may be a functional solution for the world's richest man, but personally, I wouldn't take my chances. Get full access to Ralph Nader Radio Hour at www.ralphnaderradiohour.com/subscribe

In this episode, Maine State Senator Nicole Grohoski discusses an upcoming ballot measure that gives Maine voters the opportunity to replace the state's unpopular for-profit utilities with a nonprofit public utility.(PDF transcript)(Active transcript)Text transcript:David RobertsMaine's two big investor-owned power utilities — Central Maine Power and Versant Power — are not very popular. In fact, they boast among the lowest customer satisfaction scores of any utilities in the country, perhaps because their customers face some of the nation's highest rates, suffer more and longer outages than average Americans, and pay more to connect rooftop solar than ratepayers in almost any other state. This November, Mainers will vote on a radical alternative: a ballot measure to replace the two for-profit utilities with a single nonprofit utility that would be called Pine Tree Power. Maine and many other states already have lots of small nonprofit municipal utilities, but this would mark the first time a whole state with existing private utilities decided to make them public en masse.Naturally the utilities are opposed and have dumped $27 million and counting into a campaign to crush the measure; supporters have mustered just under $1 million. To discuss this David vs. Goliath fight, I contacted one of its champions, Democratic state Senator Nicole Grohoski. We discussed why she thinks a public utility would perform better, what it would do for clean energy, how it would be governed, and what other states can learn from the effort. With no further ado, Maine State Senator Nicole Grohoski. Welcome to Volts. Thank you so much for coming.Nicole GrohoskiThank you so much for having me. I'm thrilled to be with you today.David RobertsI am super excited to talk about this issue. There's a lot of ins and outs I want to cover, but maybe let's just start with a brief history of this thing. So the idea here is, as I said in the intro, to replace Maine's two big investor-owned utilities, Central Maine Power and Versant Power, with a single publicly owned main utility called Pine Tree Power. Tell me who first had that idea? Where did it first pop up? I know it was legislation and then it got vetoed. Just tell us a little bit about how we got to where we are now.Nicole GrohoskiThe history is really interesting, and I'll try to not spend too much time on it, but I think it's really important to start with the reality here in Maine as a backdrop. So a couple of things that are important to know for listeners is that we, as Mainers, find that our electricity isn't really affordable or reliable and our utilities aren't trustworthy. So we have, for many years running now, the worst customer satisfaction in the country, some of the highest rates in the country for electricity, and those just keep going up. We have experienced a 20% increase this summer, with another increase coming in January.And we also have the most frequent outages in the country. And there are a couple of other reliability metrics that we're not doing so well on, including the length of outages and how long it takes to restore power. So basically what we see here in Maine is that the status quo of these for-profit multinational corporations is just not working for us. About a tenth of our residents in Maine received disconnection notices earlier this year because they just couldn't afford to pay their bills. And it's not working for companies or big corporations that really rely on low cost and reliable electricity to compete.So that's kind of the background. So a number of us were wondering, does it have to be this way? Is there an alternative to worst of the worst? We are Maine, we are very proud and independent, and we like to be leading, but this is not the way that we wanted to be leading. So there was a lot of grassroots pressure. In 2017 we had a big storm, and the power was out for days. But at the same time, there was a billing fiasco, which resulted in billing errors for over 100,000 customers, which is in a state of 1.3 million people, that's a very big percent.So there was a lot of pressure, a lot of phone calls to legislators, to the Public Utilities Commission, to the public advocate about these utilities. And so I think that really planted a seed for a number of folks. Specifically, Maine's first public advocate pointed out to some members of the legislature, including Representative Seth Barry at the time, myself, and a few others, that there were other options and that the financial and local control aspects of those options might be really helpful for Maine. So we started meeting in 2019 with the previous public advocate, economists, labor, legislators, people that were part of a group called CMP Ratepayers Unite.And that's when we formed this idea of creating a consumer-owned utility for Maine that would be non-profit and similar to the ten other consumer-owned utilities we have in Maine. I don't know that we had a name for it at that time, but we do now call it the Pine Tree Power Company. So those were the early days. And then to sort of fast forward, the Legislature commissioned a study which was done by London Economics International in 2019 to learn more about the economics and also legal pathway here. Then, of course, 2020, everybody knows what happened then, things kind of went on pause. And then in 2021, we wrote a bill. And that bill passed in both chambers in Maine with bipartisan support. As you mentioned, the governor did veto that bill.David RobertsAnd that bill was to create the utility or to put the question to voters.Nicole GrohoskiThat bill put the question to voters, and it's very similar to the language that we'll be voting on this November. So we did revise the language based on some feedback from the governor, and that is the language that is now in front of us to vote on this November, November 7. And in order to get the question on the ballot we had hundreds of volunteers working together to collect around 80,000 signatures in total, which is a little bit above the requirement needed to get a question on the ballot in Maine.David RobertsI'm a little curious why — this is a Democratic Governor Mills. What was her rationale? I mean, I guess I can imagine her rationale for opposing the public utility, but what was her rationale for opposing asking voters what they thought? Did she have a good rationale?Nicole GrohoskiNot in my opinion. I'm sure in her opinion it was great. But we read the veto letter for the most part. There was very little in there that was substantive. Some of those minor changes that we made are all things that we would have happily made in advance had we had outreach from her office about them. You know, the unfortunate thing with governors in Maine is that we have yet to elect one that has campaigned using our clean elections, publicly funding campaign option, which is something that most legislators use. So you can draw your own conclusions there about the — money in politics may have been at play.I can't say for certain.David RobertsYeah, we should just make a note here because a couple of podcasts we've done here on Volts are about state laws prohibiting utilities from using ratepayer money to lobby and pay off politicians. Maine does not have one of those laws.Nicole GrohoskiWell, we actually did just pass a law. We were one of four states earlier this year to be sure that ratepayer dollars are not going for lobbying. You know, industry membership, group memberships.David RobertsOh, interesting.Nicole GrohoskiYou know, Edison Electric, for instance, Chambers of Commerce, et cetera. So that is a new law. It will be in effect in about a month. So we'll see if that improves things.David RobertsJust in time or actually just a smidge too late. So the bill of particulars here then, against these two utilities, as you say, they have really low ratepayer satisfaction scores, lots of power outages, more than usual, higher rates, some of the highest rates in the country. Like every state, Maine has a Public Utility Commission that is meant to regulate its utilities. That has members appointed by the governor or elected? I'm not sure how it goes in Maine.Nicole GrohoskiIn Maine, the commissioners are appointed and then subject to Senate approval.David RobertsSo why not just use the PUC to sort of get these utilities in line? That seems like it would be the sort of first order of business.Nicole GrohoskiIt's a great question. I mean, I think everyone kind of wants to default to using the systems we have in place, but I have a couple of thoughts about that. Our Public Utilities Commission I do think is full of folks who are hardworking and really trying to get under the hood with utilities. But there's a lot of information there that the utilities really understand best. And so when you have questions, you're going to ask the utilities and there is sort of a long term back and forth relationship there. Some people might call how that turns into regulatory capture sometimes.Additionally, we do have the ability to fine the utilities if they're not performing up to snuff and that has happened. It doesn't happen that often, and the most recent fine, I think was around $10 million. At the same time they had a significant rate increase and are pulling out over $100 million in profit every year. So it's not really proportional and we could theoretically increase those fines a bit. But there is hesitance. I think the legislature has interest in doing some of that but the utilities are of course not interested and I think we would see another veto pen action is my guess.But all that being said, this effort to create a consumer utility has led to a lot of us just digging down into what is the history of utilities in this country and regulation. And what we found is that utilities are natural monopolies so it makes sense for there to be regulation because there isn't competition. But the folks who sort of started the effort to create public utilities commissions were those who were going to be regulated. And so there has been this hand in glove relationship since the start around the regulators and the regulated.David RobertsIt's not ideal.Nicole GrohoskiThat's probably a subject of a whole other podcast but —David RobertsIt doesn't work quite like you would want it to.Nicole GrohoskiExactly. And additionally, I would say I have recently been talking to folks in other states and other people have served as public advocates. And what I find remarkable is the backflips and cartwheels that we go through with regulation to try to outfox the utilities when, by no fault of their own, the investor owned utilities are created with their number one mission to be maximizing repair profit. So it's like we could keep trying to think of creative and clever ways to balance this out. But at the end of all of it, I keep coming back to the fact that we don't have our roads, which are critical to our economy and our safety and our way of life in the private sector; and nor are our schools, nor is our military.Why does it make sense for something as important as our electricity grid to be subject to for-profit motivations?David RobertsListeners will be rolling their eyes right about now because this is something I say I find a way to say it almost every episode no matter what we're talking about. But utilities, they are structured such that they make money insofar as they spend money. So all they really want to do is deploy more big infrastructure. And so as you say, like PUCs find these elaborate Rube Goldberg mechanisms to sort of beg and plead with them to do things like efficiency or distributed energy, know on and on, inter, regional transmission, name it, all of which are sort of just counter to the basic incentive.So as you say, you can spend the rest of your life coming up with more and more elaborate ways to try to trick them into doing something against their interests. But at a certain point you just got to grapple with the central issue which is that they're set up wrong, they're set up badly, they're set up to not want things that are in the public interest and at a certain point you got to just deal with the root cause. Anyway, sorry to go off on my standard canned rant there. So then a skeptic will say these two utilities, just so people are clear about this, these are not vertically integrated utilities.These are just distribution utilities. They just have wires, they just distribute power. They do not own generation. They're dealing with a certain set of supply issues, a certain set of power plants, a certain geography. Maine is very heavily forested which is a nightmare for transmission lines for all the obvious reasons. So it just has a sort of set of things that it's dealing with. And so I guess the skeptic is going to ask what reason do we have to believe that given the sort of same resources that Pine Tree, a public utility, would perform any better?Nicole GrohoskiWell I think we have a lot of evidence that it would because we already have ten consumer owned utilities in Maine. Just for an example, there is one that's called Eastern Maine Electric Co-op. That's a traditional co-op. It is more rural than most of Maine. You might find it interesting that it is serving about 1.2% of the state's load in kilowatt hours but it is in an area that's twice the size of Rhode Island. Now EMAC, which is in rural downeast Maine is directly adjacent to the territory of Versant that I live in and the cost for delivery in EMAC is nine cents and the cost for delivery in Versant is 13.1 cents per kilowatt hour.So I don't think that's just some kind of magical happenstance that when you take profit out of the equation you're just paying less. We know that together CMP and Versant are sending out about — was last year was $187 million a year in profit. So I think if Mainers are in charge of our utility we can decide do we want to use that money to lower rates? Do we want to use it to reinvest in the grid to increase reliability? And I think it would probably be a mix of both of those things.David RobertsAnd that amount of money you think is material enough that it would show up as improved performance, show up as measurably improved performance?Nicole GrohoskiI do think so. I mean I think for your listeners, while Maine is large and rural we do have 1.3 million people. So, when you sort of divide those numbers out it does make a difference. And we've had some independent economic analysis that shows us that Mainers would be saving on average $367 a month, excuse me, a year, because of the fact that we're basically going from expensive rent for the grid to a lower cost mortgage. So I think it's easy to explain it to folks in terms of, like, "What's better when you're looking for housing, dropping your money down a rent hole, black hole for the rest of your life, or swapping out to a mortgage where you've got a lower interest rate than what we see now with the guaranteed return on equity that happens for our for-profit utilities."David RobertsYeah, this was another piece I wanted to ask about. So part of why you think this will be cheaper for ratepayers is just you take that huge slice of profits that are going, as you say, out of state to the owners of these utilities and keep that in state and that alone will buy you some better service. There's also the issue of investor-owned utilities expect and want and are guaranteed relatively high rates of return on their investments and often resist making investments if the rate of return is lower than that. But as you say, a public power utility can be more patient with its capital, right?Can make investments with lower returns as long as they pay off eventually, right?Nicole GrohoskiYeah. So we see here in Maine that the utilities are getting a ROE of 8% to 12%. And we know that firstly that's kind of astounding because it's not all that risky. Most people are paying their bills.David RobertsCrazy. It's guaranteed. It's huge and it's guaranteed. It's wild what it is. This is like the safest business on the planet as being a regulated utility.Nicole GrohoskiCouldn't agree more. And on the flip side, the Pine Tree Power Company can access low-cost capital through revenue bonding at 3-5%. So when we think about paying off that debt over many years with compounding interest, when we think about the fact that our grid really isn't ready to electrify our economy and experts expect it's going to need to be, increased two to three times. Now is the right moment in time, I think, to move away from high cost, low-risk investment to low cost, low-risk investment before we literally triple our grid.David RobertsTell us a little bit about how the utility would be governed or structured and what implications you think that might have.Nicole GrohoskiI love this question. I am a public servant and so I believe in local governance and people getting to vote and go to public meetings and have a say and all that is built into the ballot question. So the Pine Tree Power Company would have elected board members and there are seven of them, one for each grouping of five Senate seats, state Senate seats. And those members then turn around and appoint six members who have specific expertise in things like utility law and management, concerns of workers, concerns of economic, environmental and social justice, things like that, that we really want to make sure those folks are at the table.And this group of 13 people, they serve six-year terms each of them. And of course, there's like a little bit of a lead-in time because they'd all be elected at once, where some of them served shorter terms at the start. But point is, they are people in our communities. They have to be living in Maine. They have open meetings that are subject to freedom of access laws. And in order to best serve the public, I think they would be doing a lot of public outreach. And that's something that in talking to managers and board members from other consumer utilities in the country, I've been really impressed with how much local engagement they have. I think Sacramento Municipal Utility District, they said they're hosting 1300 community meetings a year.David RobertsGood grief.Nicole GrohoskiA couple a day on average. But they have, I think they said 95% customer satisfaction. So people feel like they're valued, their experience matters and they also have a plan to get to 100% clean energy by 2030. So our Pine Tree power governance is very much in the spirit of "It's a public good. It should be publicly governed."David RobertsThere's a little bit of a controversy in Maine a few years ago. I don't remember all the details, but it was about a big transmission line that would have brought hydro from Canada down through the woods of Maine. It was fought and I believe killed by popular resistance. And there was a lot of, at least nationally there was a lot of talk of like here again we have environmentally minded locals blocking things for environmental reasons, but in a short-sighted way that's going to be worse for the environment overall. In the long term, they're NIMBY's. We've got to figure out a way of dealing with this problem, et cetera, et cetera.So this leads to my question, which is: if you have a governing board that is elected by local people, and it is the local people who are often the source of the NIMBYism, do you not have some fears? That this would lead to a more NIMBY rather than less NIMBY operation of the utility, which is going to be difficult when, as you say, this is the time when every state everybody needs to be increasing and bolstering their transmission systems. Do you worry that local control is going to translate into more rather than less NIMBY opposition to new lines?Nicole GrohoskiI'll put it in a way that I think makes sense to me as a person in Maine who's intimately familiar with what you laid out, which is at the root of that decision, was a fundamental lack of trust in Central Maine Power. A trust that it would be doing anything in our best interest, that it would be giving us appropriate benefits, that it was really after anything more than profits. And so I think it wouldn't be true that as soon as Pine Tree Power was created that everyone would immediately trust the company. But I do think it would be a fresh start.And on top of that, with elected and appointed leaders spending time in communities and just energy literacy, I think in general would increase because it's something we would be talking about more if we had to elect the board. I'll say I think that people's interest in energy policy has gone through the roof this year compared to where it was in the past. And people are asking just really great questions, a new curiosity around electricity that I hadn't seen before growing up here. So I think that the outcome would actually be that folks would feel like they had a say in how the transmission was cited, who was benefiting if we remove the profit motive.Imagine if that money that would have gone to profit was actually going to community benefits. That might really change how people feel. And I think that here in Maine we are sort of skeptical of what's being pushed on us by people from away, quote unquote, is a saying we have. I don't always love it, but it is accurate in this case. You've got Central Main Power, owned by Avangrid, then owned by Iberdrola, based in Spain, telling us, "Oh, we've got this great deal for you." And people are skeptical of that. So I think we have a greater chance actually of doing transmission right and in a way that people can accept if there was this broader community process and a lack of for-profit skepticism that comes naturally to us here.David RobertsOne of the criticisms of the two existing utilities is that they're kind of slow-walking clean energy in particular. So I wonder if you could just say a word about what that means and why and how we think Pine Tree would be better on that score. Because it's not obvious. These are just wires utilities, right? So they're not dealing directly with clean energy generation. So what are the issues around clean energy and how will Pine Tree be an improvement?Nicole GrohoskiSo, historically, we have seen that the utilities do spend a lot of time and money in the State House, not just behind the scenes, but also right out publicly testifying against clean energy bills. Now, that has slowed in recent years, but certainly in the previous gubernatorial administration, that was a very common practice.David RobertsIf I could just pause there, I guess I just don't fully understand why, like, if you're a company that's just running wires, what's it to you?Nicole GrohoskiRight back to the return on equity question. So, these utilities make more money when they build transmission lines than when they upgrade the distribution system. They get a higher rate of return, right? So it is in their best interest to continue with the model of large far-off generation facilities compared to local rooftop solar type solutions or microgrids or battery storage. So that's the first part of the problem, I think. And secondly, I think some of these utilities just really are not very nimble. They're sort of in the business that they've been in for a long time and thinking about how to create a dynamic grid that has time of use rates that actually work, for instance, or bidirectional power.We have had smart meters in this state for over a decade and I can't see how they're being used in any kind of smart way. I mean, people are still calling the utilities to let them know the power is out.David RobertsIt's just baffling to me. Like, if I'm in the utility business, this is like my time to be a hero, you know what I mean? After 100 years of sleepy operation in the background, all of a sudden the world is calling upon me to be cutting edge and be the hero and save the world and instead, I'm just going to "I just want to keep doing things the way I've been doing." I don't know, people are disappointing.Nicole GrohoskiNo comment.David RobertsYeah. So I read in one of the stories about this. One of the opponents of this measure said, quote, "The people behind this proposal have no actual plan to lower rates, improve reliability and enable a swifter energy transition." The implication being that the fans of this measure just think that making the utility public is going to be sort of automagically, make everything easier and cleaner and cheaper, but there's no actual plan to do so. Is there a specific plan for how Pine Tree would operate and how it would do these things? Has anyone modeled out sort of you know what I mean?Is there more than just hope that the structure will do the work for you?Nicole GrohoskiWell, I think that the person who said that spent some time cherry-picking certain things in the ballot language but missed the bigger picture here, which is we have to start by saying yes on November 7 and then at that time then we have an election for the board of directors and it goes on from there. But until that time the Maine Public Utilities Commission cannot compel the utilities to give over their very private data to do that kind of in-depth modeling that is going to be the very next task for the Pine Tree Power Board once it exists and that is spelled out in the ballot question. You know, these utilities, I'm just going to be level about it: They don't have a plan either.And I can tell you that because the legislature last year had to pass a law requiring them to do integrated grid planning and think about how is it going to work to increase renewables on the grid, to increase demand as people install more heat pumps and use electric vehicles. They're not doing that or if they are doing it they're not doing it in any kind of way that is transparent or subject to review. So I think it's like a great bait and switch tactic.David RobertsAren't they supposed to create integrated resource plans? I thought that was something that all utilities had to do.Nicole GrohoskiI think they have some planning, but it is clear from the way that the interconnection queues are looking, the very high cost they're pushing onto developers for even just what turns out to be basic grid maintenance, there isn't really — maybe they have something that says "plan" at the top, but I'm not sure that all the nuts and bolts are actually there.David RobertsYeah, I meant to hit on interconnection before because that's one of the critiques also is that they are slow-walking interconnection of distributed resources, etc. Presumably they're doing that, or at least they say they're doing that to protect the grid. Do we have reason to believe they're slow-walking that on purpose such that Pine Tree could substantially speed up the interconnection queue?Nicole GrohoskiWe do have reason to believe that specifically because of all the complaints that we've received as legislators. We did ask the Public Utilities Commission to look into this and they hired the Interstate Renewable Energy Council, or IREC, to do a study. And the IREC findings were basically especially around Versant, which is in eastern and northern Maine. These guys are some of the worst actors we've ever seen in the United States. They are requiring things that they can't justify why they're requiring them, and we can find no reason from an engineering perspective to require them. And your listeners might find it fascinating to know that for Versant customers, the average cost of interconnecting your rooftop solar to the grid is $10,000.David RobertsJesus.Nicole GrohoskiThat is not normal is what I'm told. Another great story that I've heard from a couple of constituents is that they need a transformer upgrade to interconnect their rooftop solar. Okay, that might be true, and that upgrade is going to cost you $1,000 - $1,500. But we can't get the parts for two years.David RobertsOh my goodness.Nicole GrohoskiNow the same solar installers that are working in my area are also working in CMP's area Central Maine Power. Because I live my district includes both, and the installers are saying "CMP says they can get it in two months." So then I asked my constituents "Can you file a formal complaint at the PUC using this process we had to create because this is such a rampant issue?" And when they do that and go through the whole process, then that transformer has arrived and been installed within two to three months time. So I don't know what to say about it.I can only say what I see from the outside and the experience that I have heard about from people that pick up the phone and call me. But it seems shady to go from two years to two months.David RobertsLet's grapple here with what is probably the biggest and most difficult issue around all this, which is say Maine voters say yes to this, and it goes forward. Basically, it would involve the state of Maine buying these two utilities assets from the utilities, and depending on who you believe those assets are worth anywhere from $5 to I think CMP is now saying it could get up to $13 billion. So that's a big public expense. So how's that going to get financed? Who's going to pay it? How long is it going to take to pay it? Have we thought through in any detail how that process works?Nicole GrohoskiYes, definitely. And that was a big part of what the London Economics analysis included was that legal analysis of what that purchase price process would look like. We also have been able to look at this transition as has happened in other communities in the country, and we created an expedited and refereed process to determine the purchase price. And all told, from this fall to switch over to Pine Tree Power, we expect it to take three to four years. What we know from the LEI study is that this is a completely legal and constitutional effort. It's helpful to remind folks that because these are actual monopolies, they only have the right to be doing business because we give it to them.And in the Maine statutes, it literally says the PUC can take it away.David RobertsYeah, I mean, of course, again, this drives me crazy. I'm reading articles about this and of course, just once I'd like there to be a good argument had in public instead of idiots. But all the Republicans are now saying "This is a communist takeover of private business by the state. It's Communists. Why don't we call it Chinese electricity?" I've read, some of the dumbest quotes.Nicole GrohoskiAre you in the comments section?David RobertsNo, these are legislators. This is not even I mean, there's barely a distinction anymore. But like, the Republican legislators are saying this now. So it's worth just emphasizing the point that you just made, sort of drawing a line under it, which is these businesses have been granted a monopoly by the state and granted guaranteed returns by the state. So of course the state can take that back. Of course this is legal. Like if the state grants, the state can take away if the state is granting it on the grounds that it will be of service to the state's residents and it's not anymore, then of course the state can take that monopoly back.It's just crazy viewing. It's not like Maine is going to go take over the potato chip industry.Nicole GrohoskiWe have no interest in that.David RobertsThis is not a normal business. Utilities are not normal private businesses. They are state basically state created entities. And so of course, the state can uncreate them if it wants to. Sorry, I know that will not have any effect at all on the dumb things Republicans say about this.Nicole GrohoskiWell, I do want to clarify. We do have some really strong Republican support, from certain legislators as well as just regular folks. I mean, that was the greatest thing about collecting signatures for this initiative, which I did and my family did and many other people I know was that when you remove it from a debate in a state house, regular people just get it. They get that this is really important to our economy to have an electricity grid that works for us and for our health and safety. And they also understand that maybe this is not a place for profits.And I've had folks wearing Birkenstocks and folks wearing MAGA hats sign the petition because I think Maine people are really resilient. We are proud of our ability to solve problems and I think the majority of us believe this is something that we can do and that we probably could do it better than some far-off foreign monopoly.David RobertsAnyway, I interrupted you. You were talking about how these giant bills are going to get paid. Basically you say it's going to take about four years to do all the work, to transfer everything over. Would the $5 billion or however much it turns out to be, be paid off over those four years or how will it be financed?Nicole GrohoskiNo. So we did meet with some municipal bond banks. This sort of acquisition, like in the case of Long Island, has been paid off over a long period of time. And that's how we're able to see the rate reduction. You know again, similar to renting versus owning. I was able to buy a home. My mortgage is less than my rent would be, but I am still paying it off. And even with the interest, it's still less. So we have the ability through revenue bonding to borrow that money backed by the ratepayers, not actually by the state government and the general fund, but by the ratepayers.We have the ability to borrow that money, and then pay it off over time, and borrow more as we need to build out the grid.David RobertsWould it being a public utility enable it to draw on state money? Because one of the points a few pods ago we were talking about a new offshore wind bill that would draw money from state coffers rather than from ratepayers. And one of the sort of arguments and defense of that is taking tax money from state taxpayers is much more progressive than taking it from ratepayers. Basically you're getting a much more progressive source of funding. Is there any talk of Pine Tree being able to draw on state money or would it still just operate as a utility and get all its money and revenue and stuff from ratepayers the same way a private utility would?Nicole GrohoskiThe enabling statute has it separate. I think that that is really important, especially to our union workers because they had concerns about becoming public sector workers and what that would mean for their right to strike, for instance. So we have ensured that they are private sector workers.David RobertsOh, interesting.Nicole GrohoskiWhether or not a future legislature might say we're able to maintain that and have the utility doing efficiency programs that are paid through the taxpayer dollars versus ratepayer dollars, I can't predict. To your point about regressivity, one of the things that is required in the bill language for the Pine Tree Power Company is to establish lower rates for low income residential customers in the first five year plan. So we are trying to address that challenge that you're absolutely correct. It's the regressive funding structure, unlike taxation.David RobertsAlso, one of the criticisms of these utilities is that they're sending all these cutoff notices, they're cutting off people from power, which is bad for all obvious reasons. But is Pine Tree going to pledge not to do that? And if it doesn't do that, where does that money to cover those people's rates come from? Because that would seem like an additional expense because whatever you might say about cutting people off, it does save the utilities money.Nicole GrohoskiRight. Well, we do have what's called the Arrearage Management Program here in Maine and that does help folks get out of arrears and that is ratepayer funded program. So that is a somewhat fiscally progressive approach to that. You know the details of that program are probably more than you'd want to know. But the long and short is if you get back on track then some of your debt will be just forgiven. But it's not forgiven by the utilities, it's forgiven by your neighbors.David RobertsRight. Well, would Pine Tree pledge not to cut people off? Like, is that part of the campaign here or how would it treat cutoffs ?Nicole GrohoskiYou know, it's a good question that surprisingly I don't know if anyone has posed to me it is not in the legislation one way or the other. I'm of the belief that if rates go down and we could have rates that were income stratified to some extent, that the amount of disconnection notices that we saw earlier this year would go way down just economically. But I think it would be really a decision of the board. And then I'm also not sure if the Public Utilities Commission if there are any rules on the books because this utility, unlike a lot of consumer utilities in the country, is regulated by the Public Utilities Commission as if it were an investor owned utility.So, there may be specific rules about that already.David RobertsYeah, I would just think though, if you're trying to sell this, making this public rather than private, one of the things you could sell is like we think this is a public right to have electricity on some level.Nicole GrohoskiThe one other thing about it that just comes to mind is that a couple of years ago during COVID, people were especially concerned about the disconnection notices, not knowing if they were going to be receiving a next paycheck but we were told that the disconnection notices were necessary in order to provide certain assistance. So the utilities said, "Oh don't worry, we're not actually going to disconnect anyone but we have to do this to get them into this next program." So, I don't know if that would come into play here but I'm not convinced that the utilities wouldn't have ultimately shut the people off but that was a way that they spun it at least.David RobertsOne more kind of semi-technical question that's a little bit of a side thing but is of interest, I think, to Volts listeners. One of the provisions in the IRA, the Inflation Reduction Act, is that it makes some of the tax credits direct pay, which means you don't have to pay taxes to get it back. You can get it back directly as a check and one of the categories of entities that would qualify for this is tax-exempt entities. So I wonder, has anyone done any thinking, and maybe this is too in the weeds but done any thinking about what advantage it might pose for Maine to have its utility be tax-exempt, whether it will benefit from the IRA through that.Nicole GrohoskiIt is something we're thinking about because we were excited to see that direct pay provision sort of leveling the playing field for publicly owned generation which is another topic I'm very interested in, but I think it remains to be seen. In the case of Pine Tree Power, it is not allowed to own generation and it may be permitted to own some storage as is necessary to maintain the grid functioning. So I'm not entirely sure that that direct IRA provision would help in this case but what I think it does is sort of change the paradigm a bit there that may then also shift to other things. If the federal government says let's have an ITC or PTC for transmission lines, the next step might be —David RobertsPraise be.Nicole GrohoskiWell, let's make sure we set it up the same way we've just done with generation. Yes, I think it's a really important conversation even if it doesn't have a direct immediate effect on the Pine Tree Power Company.David RobertsInteresting. As I think anyone could predict just from what we've said so far, even knowing nothing else about it but what we've said so far, I'm sure people could predict that the private utilities in question are not excited about this happening and have mobilized to prevent it from happening. So tell us a little bit about the campaign against this. Is it as hysterical as one would predict?Nicole GrohoskiYeah, I mean hysterical is one word for it. Deeply troubling is another phrase that comes to mind. But these are utilities, like I mentioned, about the amount of profit that they make and that's just off of their Central Maine Power and Versant holdings. But Central Maine Power is just a small, small fraction of the entire Iberdrola conglomerate. So, yeah, we have seen them spending a lot of money against the campaign. They've put $27 million toward the campaign, both utilities, as of the end of June. So we expect to see more of course.David RobertsNot a small amount in a small state.Nicole GrohoskiNo. And honestly, talking to my neighbors, people are very upset by it. They're kind of irate that they're the people whose power goes out and doesn't come back on for a couple of days. They're the folks who had to spend $10,000 for a generator which isn't part of a clean energy solution last I checked. And there go the utilities putting $27 million toward just running ads.David RobertsYeah, I mean, are they experiencing it as a flood of ads? I mean, $27 million must allow you to kind of dominate the airwaves.Nicole GrohoskiYes, the airwaves are definitely bought up, as far as we can tell. And they have just their two donors, which are the utility parent companies, which are Avangrid and Enmax.David RobertsAre they funding 100% of this?Nicole Grohoski100%, yes. And these utilities, lest they tell you how amazing and green and climate-friendly they are, they are gas utilities, Avangrid and Enmax anyhow. And then on the flip side, we are a smaller organization. We don't have Mainers' pockets to pickpocket on a regular basis.David RobertsI'm guessing you guys haven't hit $27 million yet. How much money have you have?Nicole GrohoskiYou're closer to around a million, I think. And that's over 1000 donors, most of whom are just regular donors giving what they can because they understand these differences. And also I think the big difference is the utilities are putting out a lot of fear, doubt, scare tactic type ads. And on the flip side, what we're offering people is something different and something positive, something that we can all lean into and make sure that it succeeds because it would actually be ours. So I think that's resonating with folks.David RobertsWhat are the scare tactics specifically? Are they saying this will be expensive or what?Nicole GrohoskiYeah, expensive. I mean, you quoted some of their numbers and it's laughable. They're like, "Oh, we're going to get $13.5 billion." Well, they're worth $5.4 billion. That's what they pay taxes on. That's what they filed their official paperwork saying. So I think especially as we learn more and more about how decrepit certain portions of this grid are, they'd be lucky to get a little bit over that. So that's one of them. "Is there a plan? We don't have a plan, but do they have a plan?" is another one. You know what, a lot of it is just to my sensibility is a little insulting to Maine people.You don't know what you're doing, that kind of thing. Meanwhile, we're going to keep the line workers who are doing the work and we're giving them a retention bonus because we value their expertise, because they're the ones that actually know how the grids work, not the CEOs and the CFOs.David RobertsYeah, it is historically pretty easy though just to I mean, when you're fighting against change, you barely even need arguments. You know what I mean? You can just say "Booga booga booga change" and you're halfway there, it seems like.Nicole GrohoskiWell, I think that's why we're in such a unique position in Maine because while that can be kind of an initial gut reaction, I think people here are curious. We've certainly seen plenty of campaigns where one side was outspent a lot by the other and it didn't make a difference. We have led in other policy areas. Ranked choice voting could be one recent example. Clean elections one of the only states that splits our electoral college votes. So I think Maine people, I think we're interested in things that are different if they make sense to us.David RobertsWhere is the public on this? Do we know do we have enough polling or survey data or what have you to know kind of what the level of support is or where the public is on this? Do we have a barometer? Do we have a measure here?Nicole GrohoskiYeah, I think the most recent public polling was probably a couple of months ago. But what it showed was there were people that were solidly in each camp but a lot of undecided voters and it really put us in a dead heat in terms of the people that were decided. And what I think is interesting is folks are not being swayed by Central Maine Power and Versant ads mainly because we don't trust them. They have not been good faith actors.David RobertsAre they creating fake groups like "Mainers for puppy dogs and grandma"?Nicole GrohoskiYes, Maine Affordable Energy is one of them. Yeah, so they sound pretty good, but all you have to do is google that and you find out pretty quickly, because of our disclosure rules, that's 100% utility funded.David RobertsTo the extent that the public supports this, are they viewing it as primarily a green thing, a thing about clean energy? Or is it primarily " Screw these out of state —," you know what I mean? Like a Maine pride kind of thing. Is it a reliability? Do you know what it is about this that the public has taken from it? What it is the public is supporting when the public supports it?Nicole GrohoskiThat's a great question and it does vary depending on the person and their interest and maybe even where they live in the state because the utility rates are the worst where I live compared to all the other districts in the state. So it depends. I think if you're a person who tried to interconnect and you got told you have to wait two years and $10,000, then it might be about greening the grid. But I think for a lot of folks underlying whatever their specific reason might be, it is that question of trust. I think about this all the time we have aggressive clean electricity goals, but 50% of our carbon emissions in this state are coming from vehicles and we are the most heating oil dependent state in the country.So we've got to get people onto the electricity grid in order to have any hope of cleaning it up. But it's really hard for me to knock on someone's door and say, "I really hope you'll consider changing your whole house over to heat pumps, even though we have below zero temperatures sometimes. Or I know that the power went out for a week last year, but would you consider an EV?" So I think that in order to make this transition work, we have to have utilities that people trust and that are providing just basic service. People should not have to think as hard as they're thinking about if their electricity is going to be there for them.David RobertsYes, that's such an important point. And so generalizable too, like if electrification is the thing, then people have got to trust the institutions in charge of electrification and they do not have much public trust these days. So that's an interesting argument in favor, I think, of making utilities more accountable, more public. What about the other big argument against one of the big scare things is you have to buy all these assets, which is like a big bill, a big one-time bill. The other scare story is that utilities are going to immediately sue, that this is going to get mired in the courts, and that it's going to take 4, 5, 6, 7 years to even get it all settled, and until then it will be chaos and no one will know what's going on and blah, blah, blah.So realistically, what's your view of, say, voters approve this in November? What is your view of sort of how that plays out and when and how the inevitable legal wrangling gets resolved?Nicole GrohoskiBasically, the Pine Tree Power Board will offer a certain amount for the utility infrastructure. I don't expect that the utilities will accept that on first pass you're buying a used car, you don't just take the first price. Right. So we would expect some negotiation, but if that doesn't work, then it will go to the courts. And there is a refereed process that's spelled out in the legislation in the Superior Court that then can be appealed to the Supreme Court in the state of Maine. But there are timelines set up. So it cannot go on for years and years and years, because at some point, if you lose or win a case, that's it.You have one appeal. I think it's funny that this argument is coming from the utilities because if there are any lawsuits and if it got dragged out, as they say, even though we've protected against that to the best of our ability, that's coming from them. That is a choice that they are making.David Roberts"Don't make us do this."Nicole GrohoskiYeah, so it's kind of ironic but additionally, one of the things that comes up is how do we know the utilities will continue to invest in the meantime? And it's like the best parallel I could say to that is if I'm going to sell my house, I don't just stop fixing things before I sell it. I keep it up in really good shape. And in fact, utilities would have an incentive to invest more because usually they don't just sell it for exactly what it's worth. There's usually a multiplier. We expect it to be like 1.5 times.So we actually have increased the oversight capacity of the Public Utilities Commission to ensure that there isn't any of that sort of last-minute gold plating going on, because that is actually what we'd expect, not the further disrepair scenario.David RobertsOh, so you think if this goes through, they'll plow a bunch of money into high dollar upgrades just to boost their price that you have to pay for them?Nicole GrohoskiThat's what I would do if I were them. Fortunately, we're going to keep an eye on that on behalf of Maine people. But if you are able to invest a million dollars here and in two to three years time make $1.5 million because that's the multiplier that the courts assign, that's pretty good.David RobertsYeah. So what's your timeline in your head then? What do you envision? At what point is there just the one public utility operating and all this is behind us? Were you willing to predict?Nicole GrohoskiYeah, we're looking at fall 2027, so four years from now, and that includes having the elections for the board members next year. So that's the first major hurdle, which I think is exciting, especially because living in one of the more rural parts of Maine, we don't always feel here that our interests are represented at the Public Utilities Commission, which is folks from southern Maine. And I think this geographic component is really compelling to, you know, so that's our first step. And then basically we have to get a lot of information. I mean, the board would have to get a lot of information from the utilities in order to know what purchase price they should put forward, what's the business plan, what does the revenue bonding look like, and make sure they can secure that financing through a large municipal bond market.So that takes time and we want to make sure we do it right. On the other hand, doing nothing is also a risk that I think sets people in my generation and folks younger than me behind economically and environmentally for decades. So a couple of years to do it right is definitely worth it.David RobertsOkay, final question then. I can see lots of Maine-specific reasons why one might argue that this is a good deal; these utilities are particularly bad, Maine has a particular set of problems, it has a particular sort of public culture, a culture of participation and a culture of civic engagement, et cetera, et cetera. Lots of Maine-specific reasons why you could make the case for this. I wonder, to what extent do y'all have your eyes on other states and trying to make this the beginning of something bigger? Like, do you believe that taking private utilities public is a good idea across the board?Is that something you'd like to see become a national trend or are you just purely focused on Maine? How do you think about the influence this may or may not have on other states?Nicole GrohoskiI think that all the issues we've had in Maine are what led us to looking around for solutions, but it is a structural imbalance that we have with the regulated monopolies when they're for profit. So, I do think it is something that is exportable to other states. We people in our coalition have been working with and talking to people elsewhere in the country who are looking to make a similar transition also elsewhere in the world. It's kind of interesting. The Scottish power is also owned by Avengrid, which owns Central Maine Power, and they are looking to become a public, truly public utility over there.So, in doing this work, we've found a lot of interest for that business model change. And I think as we become another case study, we are standing on the shoulders of other case studies that have happened in this country. And as we become another one for folks, I think that we'll see some opportunities arise. And I would like to see that because I want every American to be able to afford their electricity and to be able to have clean energy and not a lot of hurdles to getting there, because we are literally all in this together as a country and as a world with our climate crisis.David RobertsThat seems like a wonderful note to wrap up on. Nicole Grohoski, thanks so much for coming on and walking through this with us. It's super fascinating and I think it will be an example to the rest of the country one way or the other. However it plays out.Nicole GrohoskiWe're hoping that we're a positive "yes" example. We're working every day toward that. And I want to thank you, David, for having me on and talking about this topic, which is, I think, endlessly important and fascinating.David RobertsAgreed, agreed. OK. Thanks, Nicole. Thank you for listening to the Volts podcast. It is ad-free, powered entirely by listeners like you. If you value conversations like this, please consider becoming a paid Volts subscriber at volts. WTF. Yes, that's volts.WTF so that I can continue doing this work. Thank you so much and I'll see you next time. Get full access to Volts at www.volts.wtf/subscribe

On a parfois tendance à l'oublier, mais l'agriculture est avant tout un secteur d'activité au fondement de l'économie rurale dans l'Union européenne. Une activité en constante évolution, alors que les agriculteurs sont sans cesse amenés à s'adapter aux nouvelles exigences environnementales et sociales, tout en s'efforçant d'accroître leur efficacité et leur rentabilité de manière durable. Le 32ème épisode du podcast « Nourrir l'Europe » explore comment le versant économique de la Politique agricole commune (PAC) de l'Union européenne s'emploie à soutenir l'activité agricole. Il s'arrête en particulier sur les services précieux dispensés par les structures de conseil agricole aux agriculteurs qui cherchent à se diversifier, à maximiser leur rentabilité et à développer tout le potentiel de leur exploitation. Nourrir l'Europe vous emmène en Irlande à la rencontre de Phil Stewart, agriculteur du comté de Longford, de Shane Devaney, conseiller agricole de Teagasc, l'autorité irlandaise de développement agricole et alimentaire, et de Barry Caslin, expert de Teagasc, qui donne un aperçu des services de soutien agricole proposés par son organisation. En studio à Bruxelles, Iman Boot, responsable de la durabilité économique à la DG AGRI, apporte quant à lui son éclairage sur les possibilités de soutien financées par la PAC.

An airhacks.fm conversation with Florian Habermann (@FHHabermann) about: CPC Schneider / Amstrad, playing with Basic and sound, building an 3d engine in BASIC, from BASIC to Java, the private school: BSZ Wiesau, ObjectStore, Versant, Poet, Object database, moving the IDE to Eclipse, using Vaadin as frontend framework, RapidClipse, Markus Kett on airhacks.fm: "#36 Java Native Database", "#116 MicroStream: When a Java Application Becomes a DB", the object-relation impedance mismatch, Object-Relational Mapping is the Vietnam of Computer Science, JetStream became microstream, Java Serializer only supports a complete snapshot, MicroStream supports partial serialization, FileMaker - productivity for non-programmers, using sun.mics.Unsafe, id to object mapping with SwissLink, cloud-native storage with S3, DynamoDB and MicroStream, Universally Unique Lexicographically Sortable Identifier: ulid, managing object versions with microstream.one Florian Habermann on twitter: @FHHabermann

durée : 00:57:13 - Very Good Trip - par : Michka Assayas - Aujourd'hui, dans Very Good Trip est venue l'heure d'aborder l'aspect sans doute le moins rock'n'roll de la production de Paul McCartney.

Au programme de l'émission du 14 juin : avec Fanny Deschamps, éditrice de Versant Sud jeunesse 3 FOIS 3 LA BD AU CARRÉ - chronique de Julia Segui et Maxime Massole - c'est vers 06 mnJulia et Maxime présentent 3 bandes dessinées documentaires qui répondront à la curiosité des enfants 

Ben’s back, and the gang discusses some exciting housing bills working their way through the legislature and the absolutely wack-a-doodle number of disconnection notices that have been going out to Mainers from Central Maine Power and Versant; and we’ll hear from some MPA staff about canvassing, why it matters, and why you should do it.… The post Podcast: CMP and Versant's furious flurry of disconnection notices first appeared on Maine Beacon.

John Chuback, M.D., Monika Gloviczki, M.D., Emily Iker, M.D., and Mark Melin, M.D. On today's Episode #23, Dr. Chuback, Dr. Iker, Dr. Gloviczki, and Dr. Melin welcomed ANDY DORAISWAMY, a Health Care and Human Life Scientist. FROM HIS LINKED BIO: Andy is focused on advancing health and human life. He enjoys bringing bold and innovative teams together to ideate and improve health. He is the founder and CEO of Koya Medical, a team dedicated to transforming venous and lymphatic disease. He also serves as Chairman and board director with an eye-care and urology health venture.  Previously, he led Oculeve, a first-in-class health venture backed by NEA, Kleiner Perkins, and Versant to treat ocular disorders with a revolutionary neuromodulation platform. The company was acquired by Allergan Plc. Prior to this, Andy invented sight-restoring intraocular implants that have given sight to more than 6 million humans across the globe. This technology was acquired by Santen Pharmaceuticals and licensed to Bausch & Lomb (marketed as envista IOL).  He is trained as a scientist with a specialization in biomedical applications to solve diseases and extend healthy human life. 

This Day in Maine December 14, 2022

durée : 00:57:04 - Very Good Trip - par : Michka Assayas - Ce soir, Very Good Trip poursuit l'exploration de quelques-uns des meilleurs moments de 2022. Des titres souk, funky, ensoleillés qui vous feront oublier que la lumière est ce dont, au seuil de l'hiver, nous sommes le plus privés.

Kathleen Copeland is the owner and founder of Versant, a commercial real estate firm that supports property investments. Advisors first and brokers second, Versant understands the capital side of the business. It's not just about the transaction, but also financial optimizations on that property after the sale. Host, Author, and Executive Business Coach Doreen Milano talks with Kathleen about her unique approach to her nationwide business.  To work with Kathleen, go to VersantREC.com and get connected on their social media channels.  Brought to you by:https://MoveFreelyAmerica.orghttps://Jepriv.com, Fashion With Fit That FlattersSecured Title of Texas, https://lindstromlawfirm.com/title-execution/, 469-914-2686Junkluggers of Grapevine, Irving, and Denton  630-470-8307OBBM Network Brands, https://obbmnetworkbrands.comOBBM Network Podcasts, https://obbmnetworkpodcasts.comSubscribe to the OBBM Network Podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify (https://open.spotify.com/show/2LopRv8p1ZEcytdUP377ug), iHeart, Google Podcasts and more.Big Ideas, Small Business TV with Doreen Milano can be found on Spotify (https://open.spotify.com/playlist/12OoIRX2Xo7UdmrGjeiLG5)Rumble(https://rumble.com/c/BigIdeasSmallBusinessTV)Youtube (https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLZcr5JSLWKmiCww0k_4utCBqkMW3oiPwR),Roku (https://channelstore.roku.com/details/101f2ae70aa49178939058e39fbf4697/big-ideas-small-business-tv-with-doreen-milano) and wherever you enjoy great on-demand podcasts and TV.For programming information, or to get on the OBBM Network guest spot circuit, call 214-714-0495.Follow OBBM on Instagram: https://instagram.com/bizzy_being_offbeatFollow Doreen Milano on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/milanodoreen/Follow OBBM on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/showcase/offbeatbusinessmedianetworkFollow Doreen Milano on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/doreenmilano/Support the show

Our seventh episode features Dr. Carlo Rizzuto, Managing Director at Versant Ventures. He joined the firm as a Principal in 2012 and has been promoted to Managing Director in 2022, where he is still involved in building and investing in a number of Versant's portfolio companies. Prior to Versant Ventures, Dr. Rizzuto was at Novartis where he led global product development teams advancing innovative new medicine, and was an Associate Principal at McKinsey & Co. advising U.S. and European clients in the pharmaceutical, payor, and provider sectors. Dr. Rizzuto holds a Ph.D. in virology from Harvard University.In this episode we discuss with Dr. Rizzuto his career journey, highlighting the several skills and tools he honed along the way. We learn which skills are essential to be a good investor and founder, how to manage an intensive schedule with long days, and how outstanding technology can be transferred from an academic bench to a biotechnology startup.Versant Ventures is a venture capital company focused on biotech startups. This firm has a broad, diverse portfolio with successful stories of investment in biotech startups in the US, Canada, and Europe, in gene therapy, gene editing, cell therapy, and precision oncology.

2分間しゃべり通す❗️ ー　最近受けたversantスピーキングテスト、その内容と結果。そこから目標スコアを達成するための練習方法を、朝にやってみました。

Olivier HARALAMBON pour son livre "Le versant féroce de la joie" (Premier Parallèle Editions) Né dans une famille de cyclistes, Frank Vandenbroucke est un gamin du Hainaut dont la vie a été façonnée pour et par le vélo. Au seuil de l'an 2000, après un parcours tumultueux, il est troisième coureur mondial. Mais l'enfant terrible du cyclisme belge ne résiste pas au dopage qui ne cesse de s'étendre dans le cyclisme professionnel. Dès lors sa carrière est émaillée de poursuites judiciaires et d'exclusions. Suicides manqués, drogue, déboires amoureux : tout se conjugue contre lui. Vdb meurt brus

✅Test de nivel: https://handyspanish.com/test-nivel-espanol/ 🤗TRANSCRIPCIÓN DE ESTE EPISODIO: https://handyspanish.com/podcast/aprobar-versant-test-espanol/ ❤️Grupo para hablar español del día a día con fluidez: https://handyspanish.com Hoy voy a explicarte en qué consiste el examen Versant test en español.

durée : 00:54:34 - Very Good Trip - par : Michka Assayas - Very Good Trip consacre cette heure à célébrer un trésor international vivant. Mais en l'escaladant par une face inattendue.

Producer/Host: Steve Kahl Program Topic: A proposed Consumer Owned Utility for Maine Key Discussion Points: a) CMP and Versant rankings among national utilities b) Pros and cons of consumer-owned Pine Tree Power c) role of OurPowerMaine.org in getting Pine Tree Power on the Nov 2023 ballot Guest: Seth Berry, former chair of the legislature's energy committee About the host: Steve Kahl is Professor of Science at Thomas College where he teaches environmental and energy courses and advises the student sustainability club. He writes the monthly ‘Sustainability Minute' email which is distributed to over 1,200 readers. He is a member of the Quarry Road Recreational Area board of directors where he is advocating for a net-zero energy new welcome center. He has advised the board of WERU on the current plan for the station to become 100% solar powered in 2020. Steve is a member of the Green Campus Coalition of Maine, the working group of sustainability directors at Maine college campuses. Steve's past positions include Sustainability Director at Unity College where he developed a plan for the college to become 100% solar powered and earned the college the prestigious STARS Gold ranking with the American Association of Sustainability in Higher Education. Before that, he was Director of Environmental and Energy Strategies for the James Sewall Company of Old Town where he led a Maine Technology Institute research project that found that Maine could be 79% solar powered if all suitably-oriented rooftops had solar PV panels. Prior to moving home to Maine, he was a member of the Energy Commission in Plymouth NH where he was obtained funding for the renovation of a town office building to net-zero energy and the installation of 160 KW of solar PV panels on town properties included a major PV array at the sewage treatment plant that offsets 40% of its electrical costs. In his own home, he has installed two air-source heat pumps to completely eliminate heating oil, a hybrid hot water heater to reduce his water heating costs by 70%, and insulated the basement and attic to further reduce energy consumption and increase comfort. He would like to install rooftop solar panels but so far his shade trees that also produce maple syrup each year have convinced him otherwise. However, he has solar panels on his summer place at the lake and hasn’t paid for any electricity there since 2011. Steve has a Ph.D. in Earth Sciences from the University of Maine. The post Power for the People: 6/22/22: A Proposed Consumer Owned Utility for Maine first appeared on WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives.

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David Desjardins s'incline humblement devant Emmanuel Moisan et Simon Drouin : leurs prédictions pour le Giro 2022 étaient décidément plus avisées que les siennes. Simon revient aussi sur les performances de Simone Boilard à la London Classique, d'un doublé providentiel chez Israel-Premier Tech et Emmanuel fait le bilan du début de saison en Coupe du monde de vélo de montagne.

In this episode, we revisit our conversation with Ross Jaffe, MD. Ross is an experienced healthcare venture capitalist, and Ross is one of the founding Managing Directors of Versant Ventures. He now serves as a Venture Advisor to New Enterprise Associates (NEA) while completing his Versant responsibilities. Ross has been recognized on the Forbes Midas List of leading venture capitalists. Ross has a BA from Dartmouth, an MD from the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, and an MBA from the Stanford Graduate School of Business.

durée : 00:34:11 - Reportage H2O / Balade Nature - Et au milieu coulent des rivières

英字新聞の人生相談記事、これをスピーキングテスト「Versant」対策として練習中。

Boycotter l'élection présidentielle pour imposer l'idée d'un processus constituant : l'idée resurgit à l'occasion du scrutin d'avril 2022. Des militantes et militants politiques à gauche veulent faire des abstentionnistes une force politique. Un article de Mathilde Goanec publié lundi 17 janvier 2022, lu par Christine Pâris.

durée : 00:54:04 - Very Good Trip - par : Michka Assayas - Ce soir, toujours le Grand Nord dans Very Good Trip mais, vous allez l'entendre, et des voix qui font très chaud au cœur.

La pièce se joue avec trois comédien.ne.s, qui tous.tes interprètent le même personnage : lʹhimalayiste Reinhold Messner âgé de 25 ans, en 1970, sur les flancs du Nanga Parbat, un huit-mille pakistanais, parmi les plus durs de la planète. Tirée de lʹhistoire personnelle de Messner, publiée en 2005 sous le titre " La Montagne nue ", " Versant Rupal " nous raconte la tragédie vécue par Messner lors de lʹascension de son premier huit-mille, dont il atteindra seul le sommet par le versant Rupal, avant dʹêtre rejoint de manière imprévue par son frère cadet Günther, qui sera enseveli lors de la descente-survie quʹil mènera avec son aîné par un autre versant, le versant Diamir. Drame shakespearien, sur fond de calomnies qui auront duré des décennies et visant Reinhold, la pièce fonctionne à merveille par la portée de son message, universelle. La créatrice de " Versant Rupal ", qui joue aussi sur scène, Mali van Valenberg, est lʹinvitée dʹAltitudes.

英語の最終的な目標を言えば、「英語を流暢に話す」ということではないでしょうか？そんな中、先日受験したスピーキングテスト「Versant」で「1年前と同じスコア｣を取った私。おろおろ泣いてもいられないので、対策をとることにしました。

Maine's investor-owned utilities - CMP and Versant - are now owned by foreign corporations and foreign governments. A new model has been proposed to bring back local control so that our state can better prepare for a future demanding more electricity and decarbonization. We explore the benefits of Pine Tree Power - a consumer-owned utility.

According to Versant Health’s Lisa Hall and Kelly Wenrich, more employers are recognizing that offering vision benefits is a cost-effective way to reduce health-related absenteeism and health care premiums, while increasing productivity.   Providing a vision care plan to employees gives employers a “leg up on the competition” because it’s a benefit not yet commonplace in the recruitment process, says Kelly Wenrich, director of client management for Versant Health.   Wenrich also points out that when employees take care of their vision, they are healthier and more productive, which can benefit the company overall.    Encouraging employees and their families to have annual eye exams can be a relatively low-cost and minimally invasive way for them to gain a window into their overall health.    “A comprehensive eye exam is much more than reading an eye chart,” says Lisa Hall, Versant’s regional vice president of third party commercial sales. She adds that more than 25 chronic health conditions can be identified through an eye exam and that surprisingly, 20% of people diagnosed with diabetes first learned of their condition through a routine eye exam.   Both Wenrich and Hall say that offering a vision care benefit requires very little commitment from employers, both operationally and financially, yet it can be a key component for increasing employee satisfaction and loyalty.    Press play to hear more from Hall and Wenrich on ways to encourage vision care enrollment, its effect on pricing and network choice, and its role in early detection of chronic conditions.   

2021年3月に受験した３つの英語試験についてお話ししています。 そこから見えた課題と今後の予定についても話しています。 Twitter: twitter.com/kazu_ctd Facebook Page: www.facebook.com/followyourheartkazu note: note.com/kazu_ctd Blog: kazu-blogger.com

Plusieurs milliers de visiteurs manquent à l'appel depuis le début de la crise sanitaire. Habituellement, la ferme accueille des groupes pour leur faire visiter l'explopitation, découvrir la transformation du fromage, sans oublier la dégustation. Privée de cette manne, la producteurs ont donc dû s'adapter pour continuer à vendre sans trop avoir à jeter.  Lien vers l'article complet en cliquant ici  

In this episode, we interview Ross Jaffe, MD. Ross is an experienced healthcare venture capitalist with particular expertise in medical technology. Dr. Jaffe is one of the founding Managing Directors of Versant Ventures, a healthcare-focused venture capital firm, where for the last thirty years, he has focused primarily on early-stage medical device companies. Having retired from active investing for Versant in 2016, he now serves as a Venture Advisor to New Enterprise Associates (NEA) while completing his Versant responsibilities. Ross has served on the boards of multiple successful medical technology companies. Dr. Jaffe earned a BA in Policy Studies from Dartmouth, an MD from the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, and an MBA from the Stanford Graduate School of Business. He completed his residency in internal medicine and served as a part-time attending physician at the University of California, San Francisco. Ross has been recognized on the Forbes Midas List of leading venture capitalists in 2008, 2011, and 2012. Dr. Jaffe is a current member and former Chair of the Board of Advisors of the Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth and a former Chair of the Board of the Children's Health Council in Palo Alto, CA.

- La Maison du Fromage, à Gunsbach  La Maison du Fromage, située à l'entrée de la Vallée de Munster, est composée d'un musée sur la vie des marcaires, d'une boutique de produits du terroir, dont des fromages, et d'une partie restaurant. Suivez le guide, on est avec Martine Wehrey, la directrice des lieux.  La Maison du Fromage 23 Rue de Munster, 68140 Gunsbach Tel : 03 89 77 90 00 - La Ferme Versant du Soleil, à Horod A la Ferme Versant du Soleil d'Horod, on peut acheter en direct les produits laitiers de la ferme. Mais on peut également visiter l'exploitation. Ce matin, c'était Jean-Marc Lau, l'un des gérants, qui accueillait les visiteurs.  La Ferme Versant du Soleil 21 Route de Weier, 68140 Hohrod Tel : 06 30 97 29 28 - Au Bonheur des Ours, à Horod Doris Baerenzung a installé son atelier directement dans son garage. Ici, elle donne une seconde vie à des bois exclusivement locaux, qui la guident lorsqu'elle les travaille.  Au Bonheur des Ours 16 Rue Principale, 68140 Hohrod Tel : 06 29 92 16 91 

Motley Crue, Steelheart, Versant, Scorpions, Bryan Adams, Heart, Def Leppard, Bon Jovi, Doro. Dylan... and more their all here.. Have a listen.

durée : 00:26:44 - On Cuisine Ensemble en Haute-Vienne - Le Restaurant Le Versant annonce une cuisine de montagne qui emballera les fans de fromage mais propose également une cuisine bistronomique et inventive.En cuisine l'équipe est jeune et talentueuse,le Chef François Pauline secondé par Luc Tignol réinvente la carte souvent, pour créer la surprise.

Bon Jovi, AC/DC, The Eagles, Jethro Tull, Kiss, Versant, Juice Newton, ZZ Top and loads more

durée : 00:55:36 - Le Nouveau Rendez-vous - par : Laurent Goumarre - L’alpinisme a été élu le 11 décembre dernier au patrimoine immatériel de l’Unesco. L’alpiniste Élisabeth Revol publie « Vivre » chez Arthaud. elle revient sur son sauvetage dans les hauteurs du Nanga Parbat. Et de la BD avec Jean-Marc Rochette l’auteur de la BD culte "Le Transperceneige". - invités : Agnes OBEL, Elisabeth Revol,, Eliane Patriarca, Jean Marc ROCHETTE, Pierre Henry FRANGNE - Agnes OBEL (L), Elisabeth REVOL, Eliane PATRIARCA, Jean Marc ROCHETTE, Pierre Henry FRANGNE - réalisé par : Stéphane LEGUENNEC, Jérôme BOULET

Eyecare and optical is a growing industry, so how does Versant Health fit into it? This episode covers many different aspects of Versant Health (Davis Vision) as it fits into the eyecare market and as it relates to you. In This Episode: [5:44] How Scott got involved in healthcare and Versant Health. [6:40] The background of Versant Health- Davis Vision. [8:14] How does Versant Health stand out among the big manage care players? [12:12] The state of the eyecare profession right now- can you still have a great career? [15:44] How Versant Health is helping people see more value. [18:48] How does Versant Health educate on the different types of lenses? [20:22] How Versant Health helps their patients to use their benefits. [21:54] When patients come in, how do you manage their expectations? [26:28] The background of the lab that Versant Health used to own, why they closed it, and what they're doing with manufacturing now. [30:12] When you call a lab, you might end up to talking to just a phone rep and not an optician. What is Versant Health's strategy around that? [36:44] Why not go for the high end? [38:04] Optimap [43:38] If you're impatient to get an order done with Versant Health, what should you do? [46:38] The future of Versant Health [48:18] Alleviating other bottlenecks in offices: is Versant Health going to use electric fund transfer for reimbursement? [54:30] The Davis Vision Collection. About The Guest: Scott Hamey, Executive Vice President of Strategy and Manufacturing for Versant Health Scott Hamey oversees strategic development, manufacturing, and network operations at Versant Health. Scott has more than 20 years of experience in the vision care industry with a focus in business development, finance, and underwriting.  A graduate from The Ohio State University, Scott has also served as Chairman at United Way and as Board Member and Treasurer at Prevent Blindness Texas. In his free time, he enjoys traveling with his wife Sara and their daughter Isabella. Resources: Training Hub Contact Link Connect With Us On Social Media! Facebook Instagram YouTube Join our Facebook Group Text our 24/7 Eyetrepreneur HOTLINE at 913-660-2855. Ask us anything medical, business, or just vent to us.

Recruitment ambassador videos have proven results, increasing the number of job applicants by 36%.In this interview, Greg Cooke, a videographer with extensive 60 Minutes and CBS News experience, gives his 5 tips for producing short, authentic videos that get results .

Despite his friends thinking that all he does is go for coffee, lunches and dinners, Caleb Wright’s active role in social networking is actually a part of his job in public policy at both the state and federal level of the Pennsylvania Legislature. As Chief Operating Officer (COO) for Versant Strategies, Caleb wears multiple hats of social networking, analytical policy reading, strategic consulting, and organizing operating systems for business. One thing is for sure, though, he definitely loves his job! Read the full article at aggrad.com.

durée : 00:08:22 - Une histoire et... Oli - Une histoire d'antan au fin fond des contrées montagneuses de l'Italie. Une histoire qui chante l'accent du nord des Italiens. Une histoire de villages voisins sur deux versants. Une histoire un peu étonnante tout de même...

durée : 00:08:22 - "Les villages du Versant" par Alice Zeniter

Megan talks to singer/songwriter and friend Carah Faye of bands Shiny Toy Guns and Versant.  They talk about how soul music and singing in the choir grounded her musical roots, how her grandfather influenced her musical sensibilities, the story of why she was not in Shiny Toy Guns for a couple of years, her battle with overcoming an eating disorder and her journey to becoming a bonafide songwriter and solo artist. This interview is raw and real! Enjoy.

Kirk Nielsen’s path to Versant passed through thoughts of medical school, a short stint in the NHL, and a span at Medtronic. Today, Nielsen represents the global VC’s interests in Medtech, serving as part of a new generation of partners taking over from the VC giant’s founders.

Versant Ventures closes its newest fund, a new stem cell company is born in the MaRs Discovery District and Auven Therapeutics official pulls the plug on the KIACTA™ AA amyloidosis program. We have all this and more for you this week on Biotechnology Focus Podcast.

Because when it's hard you have to be stronger !enjoyPlaylist :01 Billy Kenny & Abby Jane, I Operate, Dirtybird US;02 Luca Donzelli/Mar-T, Disco Techno Revolution, Moon Harbour Germany;03 Quenum, Solitaire, Cadenza Switzerland;04 Fideles, Klopp, Solar Distance;05 Roland Clark/Alexander Technique/Steven Mestre, The Last DJ On Earth (Marco Lys remix), Natura Viva;06 Mathias Kaden, NoKick, Pets Recordings Germany;07 Walker & Royce, ITB, Dirtybird US;08 Douglas Greed, Front Tier, Voltage Musique;09 Saeed Younan, Can Ya'll Really Feel Me (Haze-M remix), Smiley Fingers;10 Wassermann, WIR (Sven Vath remix), Kompakt Digital Germany.minimal show on iTunesminimal show feed

Oculeve, a stealthy start-up with backing from Kleiner, NEA and Versant, opted to sell its neurostim treatment for Dry Eye to Ophthalmology Leader Allergan.

Bill Link, Managing Director at Versant Ventures, explains why opthalmology will continue to be a pillar for Versant's new fund. He also gives helpful advice to entrepreneurs and physicians looking to turn inspiration into innovation.

Christian BRETHAUT et Géraldine PFLIEGER, Institut des sciences de l’environnement & Département de science politique et relations internationales, Université de Genève

Olivier GRAEFE, Département des Géosciences, Unité de Géographie, Université de Fribourg

Alexandre BRUN et Sandrine DALMAR, UMR CNRS ART-Dev & Université Paul Valéry, Montpellier III

David AUBIN, Centre Montesquieu d’études de l’action publique, Institut de sciences politiques Louvain-Europe (ISPOLE), Université catholique de Louvain

Alexandre BRUN et Sandrine DALMAR, UMR CNRS ART-Dev & Université Paul Valéry, Montpellier III

Olivier GRAEFE, Département des Géosciences, Unité de Géographie, Université de Fribourg

Christian BRETHAUT et Géraldine PFLIEGER, Institut des sciences de l’environnement & Département de science politique et relations internationales, Université de Genève

David AUBIN, Centre Montesquieu d’études de l’action publique, Institut de sciences politiques Louvain-Europe (ISPOLE), Université catholique de Louvain

Episode #40: In this first episode of the OneHaas Alumni podcast, we are joined by Manish Chandra, Evening MBA ’95, who is the Founder & CEO of Poshmark. Prior to Poshmark, Manish founded and sold Kaboodle to Hearst Corporation in 2007. Prior to that, Manish held executive positions at Versant, Versata, and Sybase.Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/onehaas/donations