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North Korean EMP Attack Could Destroy USA And Gangnam Style Won't Save Us
Commentary | Our nation is facing a serious and deadly threat that could lead to the death of 200 million Americans from starvation within one year and we are absolutely unprepared for it. Our government is well aware that North Korea already possesses a deliverable super EMP weapon (Electromagnetic Pulse Weapon), yet the only thing the average American knows about Korea is PSY, K Pop and the awesome billion viewer success of Gangnam Style on YouTube. Well folks, the threat is real, we are totally defenseless, and Gangnam style wont save us.
The idea of an all out, melt their faces and turn their nation to a glass parking lot nuclear war is old fashioned and totally unnecessary. It costs trillions of dollars to build and maintain a nuclear arsenal similar to the ones the USA and the now defunct Soviet Union created and maintained during the Cold War. Instead, one or two warheads launched from a well disguised cargo ship or submarine sitting off the coast of the United States could easily and instantly return America to the dark ages.
Why cover the planet with death dealing radiation that may end up killing your own people and run the risk of an all out nuclear Armageddon, when one electromagnetic pulse weapon could do a much better job. According to the Washington Times, an EMP attack would result in a nation similar to the one our ancestors found when they landed at Plymouth Rock:
"Any nuclear weapon detonated above an altitude of 30 kilometers will generate an electromagnetic pulse that will destroy electronics and could collapse the electric power grid and other critical infrastructures — communications, transportation, banking and finance, food and water — that sustain modern civilization and the lives of 300 million Americans. All could be destroyed by a single nuclear weapon making an EMP attack."
This is not science fiction nor is it the result of the over active imaginations of war mongering Conservatives hoping to increase defense spending. Our Government has hidden the truth about this threat from the American people for years. The means by which the United States Congress finally found about the extent of the North Korean EMP program should outrage and frighten the hell out of you.
In 2004, during the heyday of detente, a high level delegation of Russian Generals told the Congressional Electromagnetic Pulse (EMP) Commission that secrets had leaked to North Korea for a decisive new nuclear weapon — a Super-EMP warhead. Let me repeat that, our former enemies came to us and told us that North Korea possessed the technology to basically destroy the United States with one bomb that we have no way of stopping.
During the last decade, the US government monitored North Korean missile tests that indicated North Korea was testing an EMP delivery system. If you doubt the North Koreans are a threat to America, just remember this: They have starved their own people literally to death for the last 50 years to fund and build a nuclear arsenal and the delivery system. A nuclear weapon that can be delivered anywhere on the planet is the main goal of the government of North Korea. They have enslaved millions to achieve that goal.
Dr. Peter Vincent Pry, a former CIA nuclear weapons analyst and president of EMPact America, a citizens lobbying group, revealed details of a North Korean test conducted in 2009:
"North Korea's last round of tests, conducted in May 2009, appear to have included a "super-EMP" weapon, capable of emitting enough gamma rays to disable the electric power grid across most of the lower 48 states."
Since then, the North Koreans have successfully tested advanced ballistic missiles capable of delivering a nuclear warhead to the United States mainland. They launched several high altitude spy satellites a full year ahead of CIA predictions; clearly indicating the government of the United States does not have an up to date understanding of military capabilities of the North Koreans.
North Korea has nothing to lose and everything to gain in this insane venture. The country is a wasteland, it's government the most tyrannical on earth and the people are treated like animals. All they have is the ability to create serious havoc on the planet earth and the country is run by a third generation man child of 29, who must prove his credentials to the all powerful Generals who control the country. What better way to show the world how tough he is than to destroy America, the Great Satan.
There is also the nuclear threat of Iran and the plethora of terrorist proxies that are funded by the mad Mullahs, who would be all to happy to bomb America into the stone age and kill as many of us as possible. The threat is real and it is high time the Obama Administration tells the truth to the American people.
Before the United States spends one more red cent in Libya or Afghanistan or running guns to the Syrian rebels, the time has come for our government to dedicate itself to hardening the nation's vital and vulnerable systems against EMP attacks. It will be expensive and it will require sacrifices from all of us, but what good will it do for the United States to continue to spend trillions invading harmless foreign nations or raising entitlements to the sky if we are all dead?
Our leaders know the threat and it is simply unconscionable to delay protecting the American people from EMP attacks for another second. Peter Vincent Pry, executive director of the Task Force on National and Homeland Security, spelled the clear steps that must be taken to preserve our nation:
"The president should immediately issue an Executive Order, drafted for the White House earlier by the Congressional EMP Commission, to protect the national electric grid and other critical infrastructures from an EMP attack. The Congress should pass the SHIELD Act (HR 668) now to provide the legal authorities and financial mechanisms for protecting the electric grid from EMP. The Congress should enhance Defense Department programs for National Missile Defense and Department of Homeland Security programs for protecting critical infrastructures."
"The administration and the Congress owe the American people security from an EMP Apocalypse."


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Collaboration with Hamburg University of Technology
Even established products, like our GEH granular adsorpent, find new fields of application and process options. With this in mind, the Institute of Water Resources and Water Supply at the Technical University Hamburg-Harburg (TUHH) formed a research project to develop an innovative process for removing arsenic from drinking water that can be applied in addition to the tried-and-tested GEH fixed-bed adsorber technology currently in use.
Since 2016, Muhammad Usman, a Ph.D. student at TUHH, has been exploring a new adsorption process using micro-sized GEH in suspension and other micro-sized adsorbents (< 0.25 mm). The work is being carried out as part of a DAAD scholarship. To do so, he is performing laboratory tests on a hybrid system comprising adsorption and a low-pressure membrane filtration process. The potential benefit of such a process lies in the high adsorption capacity of the micro-sized GEH material, whilst also being capable of simultaneously removing solids from the untreated water. The project is being conducted as a scientific exchange with the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece.
The research work is almost completed and the results confirm that, in suspended form, micro-sized GEH can be applied to positive effect in a combined process with membrane filtration. Whilst the adsorption efficiency is comparable to that found in a GEH fixed-bed filter, this combined process can remove arsenic, micro-organisms and turbidities simultaneously. The findings achieved to date have been published in an article in the scientific journal Environmental Science and Pollution Research (https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-020-08327-w) and were presented to experts in the field at the 2019 IWA Membrane Technology Conference.
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Online project page on Research Gate: https://www.researchgate.net/project/Arsenic-removal-from-water-using-low-cost-iron-oxyhydroxides
Online project page of the TUHH: https://www.tuhh.de/alt/wwv/research/research/arsenic-removal.html


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Bye bye plastic bags - NOW Magazine
In shock move, council approves city-wide ban on plastic shopping bags starting in 2013
June 6, 2012
Ben Spurr
NOW Magazine
Rob Ford's bid to kill the plastic bag fee backfired spectacularly Wednesday, when council hijacked the mayor's attempt to eliminate the five-cent levy and instead voted to ban the bags outright at all Toronto checkouts.
Starting January 1, 2013, stores will be prohibited from providing customers with "single-use" plastic carryout bags, including those advertised as biodegradable. The hope is that retailers will switch to providing free paper bags.
It will still be legal to sell and use other plastic carriers like garbage bags and doggy bags, as long as they're not provided or sold by retailers for carryout purposes.
Council's shock 27-17 decision was the result of a surprise motion from ouncillor David Shiner, who is usually a reliable ally of the mayor and sits on his executive committee.
Like Ford, Shiner opposed the bag fee because he feels it allows companies to unfairly gouge customers every time they make a purchase. Retailers take in $5 million a year through the levy, much of which is donated to charity.
But citing environmental concerns, Shiner went a step further and proposed banning the sacks next year, outdoing a motion from Councillor Anthony Perruzza that had the support of much of council's left and called for a ban to take effect in 2014.
The new policy is more progressive than any measure taken under the David Miller administration that instituted the fee, and represents another blow to the mayor's weakening hold on council's agenda. Ford can claim a small victory however in that, in the same vote, council also decided to eliminate the bag fee on July 1 for a brief six-month window before the ban kicks in.
"It's a great victory today," Shiner told reporters. "We've gotten rid of the fee and we're getting rid of the bag. That's what we really want to do, is do the right thing for the environment and the right thing for the residents in Toronto."
Few at City Hall saw Shiner's motion coming, apparently not even to the councillor himself. At the start of Wednesday's meeting debate was expected to centre on whether to scrap the fee as Ford was advocating, or keep it and divert proceeds collected by retailers towards protecting Toronto's tree canopy.
"I didn't know I was doing this when I went into council today," Shiner admitted, saying that his colleagues' speeches convinced him it was time to do away with the plastic carriers.
Although he revealed that he gave the mayor little notice of his plan, Shiner played down any rift with Ford and said that outlawing plastic bags was just another way of eliminating the bag fee.
"The mayor didn't want people to be charged. People won't be charged this way," he said.
But the mayor was clearly displeased by council's decision, which he inadvertently opened the door to by putting the bag fee on the agenda. He predicted the city will be sued over the new policy, and lose.
"It doesn't make any sense," Ford told reporters. "You can't tell these people they can't give out plastic bags or sell plastic bags. To me it's ludicrous."
Other councillors also criticized the decision as too hasty, and derided the lack of staff reports or public consultations that normally accompany major policy decisions at City Hall. As it stands, Shiner's motion represents the entirety of the city's policy, and he lifted much of its language from a presentation on Seattle's bag ban.
"It won't see the light of day," said Councillor Norm Kelly of Toronto's ban. He recalled that a previous attempt to implement a prohibition on bags in 2008 failed because council couldn't find a way to meet the strict legal standards set out by city staff.
"Given the way we passed it today, on the fly, coming out of the blue with no staff reports, I think this will be immediately challenged and our ability to defend it… will be slim to none."
Emily Alfred of the Toronto Environmental Alliance admitted that the policy is vague, but said she was glad council is taking stand against the bags, which take decades to decompose and often end up clogging landfills and oceans.
"It sends a real signal that Toronto wants to be an environmental leader, and I think that's the important thing," Alfred said. "There's details to be worked out but ultimately this is the right direction to move."
As originally published here: http://www.nowtoronto.com/daily/news/story.cfm?content=187147
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Sweet Potato Asparagus Hash with Fried Eggs
- 2 large swet potatoes, peeled and cut into ½-inch pieces
- ½ tsp smoked paprika
- 3 tbsp olive oil
- Kosher salt freshly ground black pepper
- 1 sweet onion, thinly sliced
- 2 cloves garlic, minced
- 1 bunch aparagus, trimmed and cut into 1-inch pieces
- 2 tsp finely chopped fresh sage
- 4 to 8 large eggs
- Hot sauce, for serving
- Preheat the oven to 425 degees F.
- Toos the sweet potatoes in a bowl with the paprika, 1½ tablespoons of the oil, ½ teaspoon salt and a few grinds of pepper. Spread on a rimmed baking pan in a single layer and bake, stirring once or twice, until tender and golden in sports, about 15 minutes.
- Meanwhile, heat 1 tablespoon oil in a large nonstick skillet over medium heat. Add the onion and ¼ teaspoon sal and cook. stirring occasionally, until softened and golden, about 15 minutes. Add the garlic and cook, stirring, 1 minutes. Increase the heat to medium hight and add the aparagus. Cook, stirring often, until the vegetables are tender, about 3 minutes. Stir in the roasted sweet potatoes and sage and season with salt and pepper. Transfer the hash to a bowl, cover and keep warm.
- Add the remaining ½ tablespoon oil to the skillet and heat. Crack the eggs into the skilled and fry the eggs as desired. Divide the hash among plates and top with the fried eggs. Serve with hot sauce.


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The owners of Copabanana managed to quietly open up their high-end whiskey joint Redwood on South Street last night. Owner Bill Curry (who also ran the legendary South Street eatery NOLA) is attempting to bring back an upscale bistro vibe with the 60-seat Redwood, which features a massive 24-wine Cruvinet system, 8 craft beer taps (and a gravity pull, too), and serious selection of brown liquors. Redwood is open from 4 p.m. until 2 a.m. every day.
Curry has teamed up with his nephew Daniel Christensen to open the place along with manager Joe Cucolo, chef Rand Maltese, and Joseph Compton, who is managing the bar. The menu is limited for now with charcuterie and cheese offerings, small plates, and a few entrees.
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Also, I've been thinking a lot lately about what it would be like to marry a godly man. But Lord, I realize that I am only 18, and it's probably not time for that yet. Help me have patience and wait for the right guy. May I find a man who is after Your heart, and may I be transformed into a godly woman that can love my husband as You love me. In Jesus' precious name I pray, amen.
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Common Sense Plan to Help Borrowers Refinance Student Loans, Just Like You Can With a Mortgage, Killed by State Senate Republicans
As Sleazy Backroom Budget Deal Wins GOP Votes, Senate Majority Sticks It To Wisconsin Student Loan Borrowers in Broad Daylight
MADISON, Wis. — Senate Republican holdouts cut a secret, backroom deal to secure their votes for the 2017 biennial budget. But it was the votes of all 20 members of the Senate GOP caucus in open session that prevented a common sense plan to help Wisconsin student loan borrowers from taking one step closer to becoming law.
"Republicans huddled behind closed doors to negotiate a sleazy deal to get their budget votes," commented One Wisconsin Now Executive Director Scot Ross. "But in broad daylight they voted to stick it to the hardworking Wisconsin student loan borrowers who took on the personal responsibility to pay for their education."
Under current law, student loan borrowers are unable to refinance their federal student loans with the federal government. To rectify this situation, and to help the Wisconsinites ensnared in the $1.4 trillion student loan debt crisis, every Democratic member of the state legislature has signed as a sponsor of the Higher Ed, Lower Debt Act.
Under the provisions of the plan, offered as an amendment to the 2017 state budget, Wisconsin would create a state authority to help borrowers to refinance their student loans at lower interest rates, extend an existing state tax deduction to include student loan payments and provide additional information and loan counseling to borrowers.
According to media reports, a handful of Senate Republicans were withholding their budget votes, and preventing passage of the 2017 state budget, until their demands for budget changes were met. After a frantic morning of closed door meetings, the Senate Republican leader emerged to declare he had a majority to pass the budget.
As of late this afternoon the terms of the deal to win the votes of the GOP holdouts remained secret.
Ross concluded, "While we may not know what secured the votes of the Republican budget holdouts, we do know that student loan debt is a crisis for Wisconsin families and is dragging down our economy. We also know the names of the 20 Republicans who refused to do anything about it today."


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It's expected that Apple will unveil a fifth-generation iPad and second-generation iPad mini with Retina display today. Recent speculation suggests that the company could also debut iPad covers, and other accessories are also likely for the new models.


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Oporto Sports client Michael Appleton oversaw an emphatic 4-0 victory over Accrington Stanley on Tuesday evening, as his Lincoln side reached the EFL Trophy quarter-finals.
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The original old house may have had a small footprint but it had lofty ceilings. The soaring heights and the sun that poured in through large windows informed this new addition by Pac Studio. Grand proportions in a simple house.


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How the US shale revolution could come to a grinding halt
The US shale revolution has upended global oil markets and reshaped how OPEC does business. But Wall Street has different ideas for the revolution that could raise oil prices higher in 2018. In September, twelve major shareholders, portfolio managers and fund officials invested heavily in US shale oil and gas producing companies met in Manhattan to reiterate their position to shale executives that fracking companies via shale oil need to "make money for a change."
Shale companies aren't making return on investment or profits for their shareholders and investors. This caused the meeting's participants to demand that shale executives change how they do business, which "could ripple through the global oil market." The charts below detail shale's "profit problem."
The frustration for investors is that the shale-fracking boom has "made the U.S. the world's largest oil-and-gas producer," and a disruptive force keeping prices lower against OPEC's wishes. For investors though, shares in US shale producers have fallen 31%, while the S&P 500 rose 80%; in that time energy companies have also spent $280 billion more than profits generated from shale investments according to Evercore ISI.
The Manhattan meeting had limitations to lower shale production, because speaking about specific companies or appearing to have an action plan would have invoked, "antitrust regulations and rules governing passive and activist investors." The intent was there but the discussion evolved into "how to make frackers pump less and profit more." Two participants in the meeting, Invesco Ltd., and Sailing Stone Capital Partners LLC all agreed that near existent shale profits "have become an existential issue for us."
No one is certain the shale industry can change, yet determination is there to force operators to turn profits by changing executive compensation practices that reward CEOs for increasing production no matter the cost or outcome on investors returns. Todd Heltman, senior energy analyst at Neuberger Berman Group LLC said,
"Investors are tired of getting burned. Many are telling companies that unless this becomes a more discipline industry, they aren't going to come back."
But there are conflicting reports that firms like Mr. Heltman's group can impose discipline on shale oil producers. The International Energy Agency (IEA) published a report in mid-December stating, "U.S. shale would grow so sharply that it would help bring back inventory builds in 2018." But OPEC believes global balancing will take place and the supply glut will end in 2018.
The most interesting quote regarding these conflicting reports came from Ole Sloth Hansen, head of commodity strategy at Saxo Bank A/S when he said, "Both (OPEC & IAE) cannot be right. Whichever way the pendulum swings will have a significant impact on the market."
Adding to the confusion about production discipline and higher investment returns was an article by Reuters stating:
"Financiers keep pouring cash into the shale oil sector, providing producers with a path to keep U.S. output rising through the middle of the next decade."
Then add in the Trump administration's pro-fossil fuel policies and Republican tax plan, which rewards energy companies and it's a perfect storm of production upticks for 2018 that will have U.S. shale "surging." The IAE reiterates this stance by estimating the United States will likely deliver, "80% of the world's oil production gains through 2025, fueled by access to easy capital undermining OPEC and investors looking for profits over production. Through the third quarter of 2017, private equity firms have invested $20.26 billion into energy, 36% more than last year according to financial data provider Prequin.
Hedge funds and private equity seem to want higher profits but according to interviews Reuters conducted with more than a dozen financiers, advisors and executives that paints a different picture than what came out of the Manhattan meeting:
"Shale producers now have a range of new and traditional financial levers they can pull as needed to keep shale rigs drilling. Money continues to flows despite rising pressure from some investors for drillers to prioritize better profit margins over expanded production."
This rising investment market for shale producers is a marked reversal from the 2014 oil price collapse that caused banks to abruptly taper lending to oil and gas producers. Shale has been tested before and "these firms have adapted to lower prices using new technologies and financing vehicles," according to Charlie Leykum, founder of private equity fund CSL Capital Management LLC.
In 2018 the shrewd investor should look at shale investments on a case-by-case investment or use DrillCos (this finances new wells and control cash flow for a few years until double-digit rates of return are met), or use a combination of production hedging and contracts, as investment vehicles to lock in prices on future output. This type of hedging can act as insurance against price drops, geopolitical disruptions or market fluctuations seen by the Forties pipeline cracking.
Geopolitical disruptions though can overtake high-powered Manhattan meetings or billions in new shale investments; and need to be consistently monitored. From Israel drawing a "redline" over Iranian aggression in Syria to Saudi Arabia shooting down missiles aimed from Houthi fighters in Yemen targeting senior government officials in Riyadh – the Middle East continues experiencing geopolitical tensions. Moreover, according to a senior Trump administration official based off a new national security laid out by the President:
"Russia and China are attempting to revise the global status quo – Russia in Europe with its military incursions into Ukraine and Georgia, and China by its aggression in the South China Sea."
Many are skeptical shale drillers can change their ways or habits, which means company boards may need to step in or seek counsel how to improve their industry's lower return on investments and profit performance. The factors for where oil is moving in 2018 aren't consistent with laying out a specific investment strategy unless hedges are used. One thing is certain – investors at the Manhattan meeting aren't backing down – and that will cause oil prices to move significantly unless a geopolitical event materializes that no one is planning for at this time.


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How do Ecoegg Dryer Eggs work?
Written by Tim Greenhalgh
Ecoegg Dryer Eggs are brilliantly simple pieces of technology that help you reduce tumble drying times by up to 28%, saving big on electricity costs.
Watching tumble dryers at work is not everyone's idea of a good time but the team at ecoegg did just that and discovered that in general clothes tend to clump together during the cycle, which reduces the drying effect substantially.
The dryer eggs work by gently separating your laundry which means that more air can circulate, and so everything dries more quickly. This makes the best use of the space in the drum – assuming that you don't cram in the washing and overload the drum!
They are so easy to use every time you do a laundry wash. Simply put them in the tumble dryer drum with your washing. The dryer eggs are made of an eco-friendly plastic which absorbs and radiates heat during the cycle, heat from both the dryer and the eggs tumbling through the washing.
The nodules on the eggs are designed to help soften your clothes naturally so there is no need to use fabric softener, which means far fewer plastic bottles ending up in landfill and in the oceans. In fact, if you use the dryer eggs with the ecoegg Laundry Eggs, it's estimated you can avoid throwing away up to 40 plastic bottles each year.
Using no fabric softener is also kinder to your skin. The dryer eggs have been developed for people with sensitive skin and dermatological tests with people who suffer from skin conditions have given excellent results. Allergy UK has given the product its "Allergy Friendly" seal of approval so you can have full confidence and trust in its safety.
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Good News: The Huskers have 8 or 9 guys alive in the tournament.
Bad News: Only two of those wrestlers are in the quarterfinals, and the rest will have to battle through the consolations.
The two quarterfinalists for Nebraska, Mikey Labriola (174) and Taylor Venz (184), each just need one more win to All-American. #4 Labriola will be favored against #12 Truax. #8 Venz will have to go through #1 Aaron Brooks. Venz lost to Brooks in the Big Ten Finals two weeks ago, but did beat him in a dual last season.
The remaining six Huskers will need to win three matches in a row to gain All-American status. #8 Chad Red (141) faces a tough opponent in #7 Parker right out of the gate tomorrow. #2 Eric Schultz will likely have to go through either #9 Adams or #7 Elam in his second match tomorrow. Expect both Red and Schultz to come out on a mission after being upset in day one.
Peyton Robb at 165 may have to wrestle #11 Amine in his second match tomorrow, Amine won that one 4-1 at the Big Ten Tournament. Christian Lance at 285 will likely see #3 Stencel in his second match. Liam Cronin at 125 will have #14 Lane out of the gate tomorrow. Ridge Lovett lost a tight match in the quarters. He might have to wrestle Heil of Campbell who was on the wrong end of a terrible gaffe with the clock that cost him the match.
Norfolk, NE native Caleb Licking dropped his first match to the #5 seed Young and lost a close 5-3 match to end his first trip to the NCAA Tournament. Fantastic season Caleb!
The Huskers sit in a tie for 9th after the first day, and with a good showing tomorrow can push toward the top five, but some of the guys are really going to have to grind back through.


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Ashley Tisdale Has Super Practical Advice For Anxiety Flare-Ups
Two years after launching her wellness blog, Frenshe, the actor reflects on what she's learned.
In 2019, Ashley Tisdale released her third album, Symptoms, after a decade-long musical hiatus. In contrast to the bright, highlighter-pink pop of her previous records, Symptoms dealt with far heavier concerns: namely, the actor and artist's struggles with anxiety and depression. The album — full of physiological metaphors and instrumental swells — felt something like a capstone for Tisdale, or at least a definitive statement about her wellness journey.
"I've suffered from anxiety and depression in the past, and at that time there weren't a lot of people talking openly about it," Tisdale tells Bustle, now three years later. "It felt important to have those conversations, to make people feel less alone." When COVID rendered the world unrecognizable less than a year after Symptoms' release, she was poised to use her platform to help guide the growing number of people struggling with mental health.
"Wellness guide" might seem like a surprise turn to those more familiar with Tisdale's tour de force performance in the late-aughts High School Musical trilogy — or, further back, her professional start as young Cosette in the touring cast of Les Misérables. "When I was younger, I wasn't very aware of my anxiety or why I would feel certain things, [like my] heart fluttering when I was flying," she says. "I was probably 25 or 26 when I started to realize I had this issue."
"I was hyperventilating and had no idea what I was going through."
When she became a mom last spring, it placed her journey in perspective, and earlier this year, she partnered with the organization On Our Sleeves, a program within Nationwide Children's Hospital which helps parents talk with their kids about emotional wellbeing. "Obviously my anxiety started long before I was 20-something, but my parents might not have seen those signs," says Tisdale, who's 37.
Her favorite project to date, the wellness blog Frenshe, combines these passions. (It's named for her married surname, French.) Since launching the site in 2020, it's become a treasure trove of expert-backed resources and personal essays, in which Tisdale muses on her sex life, coping with loss, and learning from her mom. "I felt there was something I was meant to do besides acting," says Tisdale, who's simultaneously had a steady stream of acting and voiceover work on projects like Carol's Second Act, Phinneas and Ferb, and Ginger Snaps. "Frenshe has allowed me to be very honest and real. I'm able to be who I am."
Below, she opens up about managing her anxiety, HSM days, and that Architectural Digest home tour.
You did a lot of theater growing up. How did that shape you as a young person?
I love theater. Growing up, I loved music. I loved singing. I was commercial auditioning and then got to Les Misérables on the national tour, and it really helped me with discipline. When you're a kid, having that type of schedule teaches you so much.
Did that translate to how you approached fashion? Now, 15 years later, people still talk about your red carpet style. Can you explain, in your own words, your 2000s style?
Completely confident. I started so young and very much did my own thing. I literally was just like, "I want to wear these shoes. I'm going to wear my whole closet on me." I was so excited to be invited to those events, [but] over time they became more like work than fun events to go to. Those [outfits] represent a magical moment.
They feel very Sharpay in the best way. How do you think about your High School Musical days now?
It feels like a lifetime ago. As much as I love creating families with every cast I work with, there was something very special about that cast.
How did you navigate that early fame in terms of taking care of yourself and your mental health?
I definitely had a panic attack before a performance in Italy one time, and no one said, "You are having a panic attack." I was hyperventilating and had no idea what I was going through. I read a book, The Presence Process, which opened Pandora's box [for me]. I was yearning to become more present and realized I had a lot of anxiety, so that was when I knew I had to face it and deal with it.
As a working mom, have you found ways to prioritize your mental health?
The baby is obviously my number one priority, but if I'm in a good place, [that's the best way to] have her be in a good place. Over the course of the pandemic, I've created rituals I can do at home. Meditation is one of them. Even just opening a window and lighting a candle can really change the energy of the week. I love a good diffuser [with] lavender eucalyptus tea tree oil. Making my house smell like a spa is so nice and grounding.
Now I wake up a little earlier if I want to get my meditation done before I get the baby up. If I'm feeling drained and run down, communicating that to my husband [is helpful]. He'll make a bath for me sometimes — he knows the things I love.
Do you have any tricks or practices for helping with anxiety?
I know how to manage my anxiety, [but] there are flare-ups, I recently went through one, feeling more anxious than usual. It's great to take even 3 to 5 minutes to breathe, because that will bring you back into the present moment. I've always loved writing. What I love the most about it is that I have control over what I'm saying. Growing up in this business, you get scared to be honest in interviews sometimes. I like being able to tell my story [without it] being skewed in some weird way.
Can you pinpoint when you decided to talk more candidly about your mental health?
My husband inspired me to do self-work. He has done a lot of work on himself because of his sobriety, and it inspired me to learn more about myself. [With] Frenshe, I wanted to start sharing more. That's always scary, and you never know how people are going to feel or think about it. So far, [people] have been so supportive.
Speaking of your husband, tell me about your Architectural Digest home tour! You admitted you'd sent him to buy a bookshelf-worth of books that morning, which the internet loved.
[Laughs.] I had no idea that [viral moment] was going to come from that, but it's a perfect example. I mean, I'm just very honest. A lot of interior designers do that same thing, but the person giving the tour won't mention it. But that's just who I am. I thought it was really funny. It was a local bookstore. They were super stoked about the whole situation.
This interview has been edited and condensed.


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Find out about the mental health awareness project, its objectives and what you will be able to find and understand on this website.
Our consortium has created a mental health awareness website that has been funded by Erasmus+ as a KA2 project to support the EU community. This contains organisations from France, England, Wales, Italy and Portugal.
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Mental Health Game
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As part of this project we have provided materials, videos and other useful information on a variety of topics. You can find the topics below!
Communication/ respect: active listening, questioning (Led by CESIE) Communication is a key skill including active listening and questioning. It's important for those with mental health problems to be able to communicate properly. Many people do not have the communication skills to improve their situation, by creating this module we will help many people with mental…
Problem Solving and Decision-Making (CCW) Problem solving and decision making can be useful for many different reasons. For those with mental health problems in particular this can be something incredibly helpful. People with mental health problems/challenges often find making simple decisions difficult. They are likely to become stressed when trying to make decisions. This module…
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Gone are the days of eating sketchy sweet and sour pork with fried rice from the food court. This sweet and sour cauliflower on rice is sure to satisfy your tastebuds without breaking the bank.
And did we mention we use fresh, quality ingredients? What are you waiting for?!
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📖 About
Ah, the days of eating sweet and sour pork with that classic bright red sauce that looks like it was made in a laboratory. We can't pretend we didn't enjoy it though.
But, we wanted to create a dish that included all the sweet and sour elements without the animal products or other weird ingredients. We really love making simple dishes that don't require a lot of cooking skill or a ton of ingredients. The reason for that is because it makes eating vegan easier and more approachable for the vast majority of our readers.
Our whole website contains recipes that are meant for all people on any side of the cooking and diet spectrum. It makes us so happy to hear from people who enjoy our recipes!
This recipe definitely falls into that "comfort food" category, and we know you won't be disappointed. It's filling, extremely palatable, and simple to make.
🍲 Key ingredients
- Cauliflower: it's so easy to be creative with cauliflower. Not only does it crisp up well, but it has a protein-like texture that becomes the star of this meal (not just a bland side dish that no one wants to eat). Not only does it absorb the flavor of any sauce that goes on it, but it has tremendous health benefits, too. It's high in fiber and contains almost every vitamin and mineral you need! Talk about a superfood.
- Rice wine vinegar: also known as rice vinegar, this ingredient is made by fermenting the sugars in rice into an alcohol, then into an acid. It differs from white vinegar in taste by having a soft, delicate flavor, with a hint of sweetness. Perfect for a sweet and sour sauce if you ask us. It's also high in plant phenols, which are powerful antioxidants that come with a variety of health benefits.
- Brown sugar: this delicious, rich sweetener is given its brown color from the percentage of molasses it contains. Light brown sugar is 3.5% molasses, whereas the darker variety contains 6.5%. We just use the light brown sugar in this recipe, so it doesn't have too much of a molasses taste.
- Liquid aminos: this ingredient may look and taste like soy sauce, but let us assure you it isn't. Liquid aminos give a savoury and salty flavor to meals, and they're gluten-free too (gluten-sensitive people rejoice). We opt for liquid aminos to ditch the preservative sodium benzoate because none of us need more preservatives in our diet than we already consume!
🔪 Instructions
To start this recipe off, preheat your oven to 425 degrees F, and line two pans with parchment paper.
Next, chop your head of cauliflower into bite size pieces. Toss those babies in some oil, salt and pepper. Then, lightly coat florets in corn starch.
Spread em' out evenly on the two parchment-lined pans, and bake on 425 degrees F for 20-25 minutes, or until they're turning brown (make sure you flip them halfway through). In the meantime, rinse and start to cook your rice.
While the cauliflower is baking, whisk together all the sweet and sour sauce ingredients in a bowl. Add everything to a saucepan, and simmer it on low for about 5 minutes, or until it's starting to thicken.
Once the cauliflower is done baking, toss the florets in sweet & sour sauce. Serve them immediately over rice. And for a nice touch, top everything with some sliced green onions and sesame seeds.
🌡 Storage
Because this is made with cauliflower and a thick sauce, it doesn't store extremely well in the fridge. If you aren't able to eat this meal right away, we wouldn't recommend storing it for longer than 1-2 days in the fridge.
💭 Budget tips
We think everyone should be able to eat better for less, so here are a few tricks to make this recipe even more affordable:
- Replace the vegetable broth with water.
- Purchase the tahini at your local Mediterranean market, or skip it altogether.
- Serve this cauliflower without the garnishes.
- Serve the cauliflower with more rice to make it go further.
🍴 Tasting notes
This vegan twist on a classic Chinese inspired dish will have you eating until your belly is full. It's:
- Sweet
- Sour
- Saucy
- Tangy
If you try this cauliflower recipe, please rate it and leave us a comment below! Want to stay up-to-date with new recipes? Subscribe to our newsletter or connect with Broke Bank Vegan on social media. Happy eating!
Sweet & Sour Cauliflower On Rice
- Baking sheets
- Parchment paper
- Chef knife
- Pressure or rice cooker
- Saucepan
- 1 cup uncooked white rice ($0.44)
- 1-2 cups water ($0.00)
- 1 cauliflower head ($3.08)
- 3 tbsp oil ($0.36)
- ¼ cup corn starch ($0.11)
- Sea salt & pepper to taste ($0.02)
Sweet & Sour Sauce
- 2 tbsp liquid aminos ($0.36)
- ¼ cup + 1 tbsp rice vinegar ($0.55)
- ¼ cup brown sugar ($0.11)
- 2 tbsp ketchup ($0.08)
- ⅓ cup vegetable broth ($0.08)
- 2 tbsp tahini ($0.12)
- 2 tsp garlic powder ($0.02)
- 1 tsp corn starch ($0.03)
Garnishes optional
- Sliced green onions
- Toasted sesame seeds
- Preheat oven to 425°F, and line two baking sheets with parchment paper.
- Rinse rice, and add it to a pressure cooker with equal parts water. Set the time according to your pressure cooker instructions. Note: if you are using a rice cooker, double the amount of water to rice.
- Chop cauliflower into bite-size pieces. Then, toss cauliflower florets in oil, salt, and pepper. Once coated, coat florets in corn starch.
- Spread cauliflower evenly out on the two parchment-lined pans. Bake at 425°F for 20-25 minutes, or until turning brown. Make sure to flip halfway.
- While cauliflower is baking, whisk together sweet & sour sauce ingredients in a bowl. Add everything to a saucepan, and simmer on low for 5-6 minutes, or until it's starting to thicken.
- Once the cauliflower is done, toss each floret in sweet & sour sauce.
- Serve cauliflower over rice and top with green onions, cilantro, and sesame seeds.
- Optional ingredients are not reflected in the price of this recipe.
- Add a couple of teaspoons of coconut oil to cooked rice for an even better flavor.
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- Chickpea fries with rosemary garlic aioli if you want to impress your friends.
The absolute best way to crisp up your cauliflower (other than baking it longer) is deep frying it. We just wanted this meal to be lower calorie, so we opted for baking.
No, the tahini is not necessary. We just like how it adds a creamy consistency to the sauce.


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When Demi–a master pickpocket working for the gang leader Fay–steals a ring, his partner in crime, Baz, soon finds herself alone and betrayed as police and the Barrio's crime boss close in on Fay and her den of child thieves.
- Author: Finn, Daniel
- Published: 2010 , Feiwel & Friends
- Themes: Adventure, Betrayal, Foster Homes, Friendship, Juvenile Delinquents, law and crime, Orphans, Poverty, Robbers and outlaws
- Descriptors: Latin America, Realistic Fiction, Young Adult (ages 14-18)
- No. of pages: 304


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Weave-R Weaving attachment for LK machines
New for the LK machines!
The Weave-R attachment will fit the following machines:
LK-150, LK-140, LK-100, Zippy 90, GK-370.
*No, I am sorry it will not fit other machines.
The Weave-R attachment will speed up your knit-weaving projects. This attachment is used in conjunction with your main carriage. You lay your weaving yarn across needles that are selected and pushed out to "D" position, then run the Weave-R across the needle bed. The weaving yarn will then be woven (over & under) the needles, then, knit across with your main carriage and you now have a nice contrast yarn woven in. Watch my demo video. A much faster way to perform knit weaving than having to do hand manipulations.
*If you need extra bobbins, keep shopping I sell the extra sets for $3.95.
*Please note that I am currently unable to ship to Russia, S Africa, Ukraine, and Chile.
I try to always ship orders out within 24 (working) hours upon receiving your order. I ship Mon-Fri.
You may return Kriskrafter items with 30 days of purchase for full product price refund. Always email or call prior to returning.


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In an older post, I described Execute Around Pattern. In this post, let's understand how this pattern simplifies the solution while reading from files and writing to files.
Suppose we have a text file that contains a few names one name per line. We want our program to read the file and print the names comma separated. Let's start with the following code.
import java.nio.file.Files
import java.nio.file.Path
import java.nio.file.Paths
Path sourcePath = Paths.get('/Users/naresha/temp/names.txt')
BufferedReader reader = Files.newBufferedReader(sourcePath);
List<String> names = reader.readLines()
println names.join(", ")
Note that I have used Java nio2 APIs. If you are used to the traditional
java.io.File based APIs, this post can help you to transition to the nio2 APIs.
java.nio.file.Files provides
newBufferedReader static factory method. I choose to use this factory method instead of invoking the constructor. You may want to recall the first recommendation from the famous book 'Effective Java' - consider static factory methods instead of constructors.
Also Groovy provides a convenient
readLines() extension method on the objects of
Now the code looks quite simple, isn't it? Until we realise that we forgot to close the reader. While what you want to do with the text file(read the entire content or read part of it) varies from context to context, you always create a reader object before reading the content and close the reader post read operation. Now, do you see the pattern here? We can easily reuse the pre and post reading code by using the Execute Around pattern.
import java.nio.file.Path
import java.nio.file.Paths
Path sourcePath = Paths.get('/Users/naresha/temp/names.txt')
String commaSeperatedNames = sourcePath.withReader { reader ->
List<String> names = reader.readLines()
names.join(", ")
println commaSeperatedNames
In the above code,
withReader method creates an instance of
BufferedReader from the path on which the method is invoked. Then it invokes the closure by passing the reader object as the argument. Finally, it closes the reader object before returning the value obtained by invoking the closure.
Similarly, Groovy provides
withWriter method for writing to a text file, which creates a writer object and closes it after performing the operations as specified by the closure that you pass as the argument.


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Located in Plymouth Meeting, Pennsylvania, Plymouth Whitemarsh High School serves more than 1,450 students in the Colonial School District. The Library Media Center offers a wealth of print and electronic resources, including 10,000 print books, 150,000 e-books and nearly two dozen databases.
In October 2014, in an effort to improve access to the library's resources and better prepare its students for college research, Plymouth Whitemarsh High School implemented EBSCO Discovery Service™ (EDS), a powerful research tool that allows users to search across a library's collection with the speed and simplicity of a commercial Internet search engine. Since launching EDS, the school has seen a 57-percent increase in the number of full-text downloads, year over year. In addition, students are locating reliable resources more quickly and confidently, and teachers are more comfortable when leading class research projects.
A lot of universities and colleges are going to the discovery model, so we want to prepare our students for whatever they choose to do after [high school]. By adopting discovery now, we are hopefully setting them up for success in higher education as well.
A lot of universities and colleges are going to the discovery model, so we want to prepare our students for whatever they choose to do after [high school]. By adopting discovery now, we are hopefully setting them up for success in higher education as well.
When Instructional Media Specialist Sara Frey first came to Plymouth Whitemarsh High School in 2013, the library website was difficult to navigate. It featured a bulleted list of all the school's subscription databases, and they were not organized in a logical manner. Without a single search platform, students struggled to make sense of their database choices. Frustrated, many would turn to the Internet.
"I would help teachers identify specific databases that might point students in the right direction, but overall it was more time-consuming and inefficient," Frey explained. "We wanted to meet students in the middle by providing them with high-quality resources in a manner that was easy-to-use and inviting."
When Frey discovered EBSCO Discovery Service, she knew she would be able to ease student frustration and improve access to reliable content.
"I was really confident that EDS was going to do what I needed it to do for my students at a price point that I could justify, and I knew it could be easily managed by me," Frey said.
When she approached the school administration about bringing EDS to Plymouth Whitemarsh High School, they were supportive.
"They understood that one of the struggles we have in teaching great research practices with our students is the overwhelming amount of information they're faced with in Google or in the databases that we provide," Frey said. "In addition, a lot of universities and colleges are going to the discovery model, so we want to prepare our students for whatever they choose to do after [high school]. By adopting discovery now, we are hopefully setting them up for success in higher education as well."
According to Frey, students like the content and features available to them in EDS, most notably the Research Starters. Appearing at the top of the search results list for the most popular topics searched, Research Starters are citable, authoritative summary articles that provide students with helpful background information.
"I jokingly tell students that the Research Starter is their Wikipedia page," Frey said, pointing to how Wikipedia pages often appear at the top of Google search results. "This allows me to show them what a database offers that Google doesn't. The Research Starter is really easy to navigate, it gives me the basic background information and, like a Wikipedia page, it will give me those blue hyperlinks of related subjects or pages that I can follow up on. Unlike a Wikipedia page, the Research Starter is a vetted and authoritative text. I don't have to worry about trying to figure out the authorship or the accuracy of it."
Other features of EDS, particularly the publication date limiter and the citation tool, have also helped to streamline the research process. Frey encourages students to use the publication date limiter to narrow their searches. Recently, she worked with a class researching pop culture events throughout the decades.
"If I'm researching the space race, I might find I want to go back to articles from the 1960s," Frey said. "But if I'm researching ISIS, I don't need articles from 1403. I'm going to push that publication date limiter way over to capture the past few years, maybe since 2011. That way I'm narrowing my results down to those that are both relevant and current."
During the pop culture "decades" project, students were required to find and evaluate an Internet website; they were asked to identify the purpose of the website, the article's publication date, and the author's credentials. According to Frey, students became frustrated when it took several attempts to find a quality, authoritative website.
The next day she introduced students to EDS, and they spent the class period finding articles and basic information about their decades. The EBSCO citation tool, which can export citations to EasyBib and other bibliographic software programs, simplified the process of creating a works cited page.
"That is probably the golden ticket in their eyes," Frey said of the citation tool. "They know the citation is going to be there, and they don't have to go looking for it."
Benefits & Results
The ability to quickly find reliable resources has led to an increase in library usage, Frey said. Before implementing EDS, the library saw 1,794 full-text downloads between October 2013 and June 2014. Following the October 2014 launch through June 2015, the number of full-text downloads rose to 2,818, representing a 57-percent increase.
"The response has been overwhelmingly positive," Frey said, citing results from a spring 2015 student survey. "Students are really comfortable with EDS."
"Research for class is easier now," said one student. "I know exactly where to start."
"I like the way you can easily sort through results to find what you need," said another.
In addition, Frey said, teachers are feeling less overwhelmed. "EDS is streamlining the research component," she explained. "Teachers are a lot more confident leading research in their classes, even when I'm not around."
Finally, since the high school uses the BYOD (Bring Your Own Device) model, EDS is helping the library to better meet students where they are.
"EDS allows students a lot of freedom in accessing [library] resources no matter where they are and what type of device they're using," Frey said. "Research is no longer limited to the confines of the Library Media Center."


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It was a late night of voting in Albany after State leaders reached deals on their end-of-session priorities, including a new package of ethics reforms and a one-year extension of mayoral control of New York City schools. Zack Fink filed the following report.
The end of the legislative session is often a busy time in Albany, with last-minute deals taking shape, and this year was no exception.
It took state leaders until Friday night to finally reach deals on all of the outstanding issues, including a one-year extension of mayoral control of city schools. Although that comes with strings attached.
"I don't want to do anything that's going to put an onerous burden on the New York City school district, snd that's where I am," said Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie. "So we're not going to do any if the city of New York is uncomfortable and feels like something is onerous, an unfunded mandate."
The city will be forced to disclose its funding formulas for each school. That's never been done before, and while Heastie fought the proposal, and Mayor Bill de Blasio fought it from behind the scenes, eventually, the mayor agreed to accept the changes.
Some believe it was aimed at hurting the mayor politically, who is up for re-election next year.
Senate leaders defended the new disclosure requirements.
"It is eminently reasonable for a parent or a City Council member to be able to say, 'Where are you spending the money? How much are you spending per pupil? In what districts?'" said Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan. "And let's be very, very clear. The city of New York is unique and special. The rest of the state publicly votes on their school budgets."
"I don't think it's unreasonable if we require the city of New York, as part of mayoral control, to provide transparency," said Jeff Klein, the leader of the Senate's Independent Democratic Conference. "Let's see how much we're spending per school."
State leaders also announced a deal on ethics reform that includes new laws enforcing separations between political campaigns and independent expenditure groups, and disclosure from political consultants and good government groups about who funds them. It also starts the process of enacting a constitutional amendment to take away pensions from lawmakers convicted of a felony.
"We think again, in this particular case, that the problem of Albany, what U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara calls the culture of corruption, is really not addressed by this package," said Blair Horner of NYPIRG.
Although Friday was a late night of voting in Albany, a final deal prevented what had seemed likely only hours earlier, which was that lawmakers would have had to come back here next week. Instead, they head back to their districts until next year.


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- Keystone, Bergman Bowl: Enhancements to Bergman Bowl, including a high-speed 6-person chairlift increasing lift-served terrain by 555-acres, 16 new trails, a ski patrol facility, and snowmaking. This project unlocks access for novice and intermediate guests and provides expanded entry to expert terrain in Independence and Erickson Bowls.
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By Mark Hughes / SanDiego350
So, here is a question: what's about as likely as Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity, and Bill O'Reilly jointly admitting they've been wrong and dedicating their lives and fortunes to fighting sexism, racism, white supremacy, homophobia, and misogyny?
Answer: that a guy like me would end up volunteering for a grassroots, climate action group.
I grew up in Kansas, famous for Dorothy, sunflowers, and reliably voting against your best interest. I remember my father vehemently wishing he could vote against Ted Kennedy. My mother railing against the Equal Rights Amendment, saying she liked having men open doors for her. Umm, I guess chivalry was banned in the bill's text somewhere? Both of them mourning angrily after Carter was elected that the country was ruined. Ruined!
But let's not spare me: I also recall a Charles Kuralt interview in which he said: "What did conservatism ever bring us?" I clearly remember that I turned to Dad and said—without a trace of irony—the money for everyone to live on. I was maybe eighteen at the time. Astringent Republican waters coursed strong through my veins.
An engineering degree led to a job going around the country starting up utility scale power plants. They burned coal. Mucho coal. Thousands of tons a day. The bigger these plants were, the more exciting it was—I was working on the most powerful machines in the world. After a few years, I thought seriously about building my own little power plant. It would be natural gas fired (coal only makes sense on a grand scale) and I'd have a dedicated, closely-knit team that reveled in creating power, that lived for the smell of the steam, the roar of the fire, the generator's whine. What fun it would be. But then I discovered that the economics of small scale power were something south of profitable. The dream was discarded but the passion remained. To me, those of us in the power industry were like priests of old, tending the sacred fires about which their civilizations turned.
Ah, such romance. Such grandiosity. Point is, the water flowing through my veins was now not just conservative, it was laced with shimmering coal dust; I questioned nothing about the work, the fuels burned, or their effects on the environment. What we did was essential.
I moved to California and joined a different company in the power industry, a competitor to my first employer. The new company also designed and built large boilers, but they were advanced, more environmentally friendly (lower SO2 and NOx emissions). Yes, there was still that little matter of CO2 emissions, because the boilers we built still burned coal, mostly. But who (besides a few climate scientists and Exxon executives) knew that was a problem?
I traveled around starting up these power plants, eventually visiting all but two states and a few overseas installations. But something below the placid surface of my conscience was evolving, mysteriously and silently shifting. I can't pinpoint the beginning of the course correction, the emergence of a new view from my subconscious into awareness, but it was happening. My company moved to New Jersey and I let them go (full disclosure: leave San Diego for New Jersey? Not for me. I'd found my home.) I joined a gas turbine manufacturer. Their turbines still burned fossil fuels, but it was mostly natural gas with some #2 diesel thrown in now and then. For the first time in my career, I wasn't facilitating the burning of coal. With this recognition, an astonishingly powerful sense of relief shot through me. Where had that come from? How could these feelings repudiate my past, my former livelihood like that? Who was I?
How do we change the fundamental assumptions that we build our lives upon? What I know is that by the time the movie An Inconvenient Truth came out I fully got the science underpinning the climate crisis. Few of my friends from the power industry could accept it, most rejected it out of hand with arguments that held no water for me. When I hung the poster from Al Gore's movie in my office, my associates assumed it was meant to be ironic. I took (too much) pleasure correcting that assumption. As to how I kept my job, I'm not sure. Most assuredly, good looks and aligned politics were not among the reasons.
It's been eleven years since that movie came out and more of my power industry friends now get it. Not all, by any means, and I often wonder why. Most of us are retired, so it's not a matter of—as Al said in the movie—making them see the science when their job depends on not seeing it. How can engineers, whose methods, knowledge, and practice are firmly based on the findings of science, accept that universe of scientific findings—except those stemming from climate science? Strange creatures indeed are we.
All I can say is that other waters flow through my veins now. Last year my wife and I put solar panels on our roof, enough to power the house, our fully-electric car (a Nissan Leaf, a.k.a. the Tesla starter kit), our plug-in hybrid (Ford C-Max), and some left over to sell to the grid. And there's more: because I think our power over animals is one of the last power imbalance hurdles society has to leap in its evolution, I'm a vegetarian. My wife and I conserve water and forgo air conditioning. We understand that the only oracle Man has at his disposal, erratic as it invariably is, is the scientific method and its clarifying sister, the peer review process. We trust no other, and that has changed our lives in ways I could never have believed back those many years ago on the sunflowered plains of my youth.
So that's the journey's story, though it's not over. As I mentioned at the beginning, we are volunteers, having thrown our lot in with SanDiego350. In my youth I despised activists and now I am one. My parents, I suppose, are a little less than thrilled …
Oh, and did you notice? My long ago dream came to life—I finally have my own little power plant, silently churning out a torrent of electrons on our roof, day after sunny day. This time, perhaps that little fire we tend truly does approach the sacred. Who would have thought?
Bill O'Reilly maybe?
Mark Hughes has a degree in Mechanical Engineering from Kansas State and spent over 30 years in the power industry. Now retired, he has devoted a portion of his life to raising awareness about climate change, which he sees as the #1 threat to not just Mankind, but all life on Earth.


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The goal of this four-day hands-on course is to demonstrate how to connect applications written in languages such as C#, VB.NET and Managed C++ to a number of data sources such as SQL Server, MySQL, Microsoft Access, Excel and text files.
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Neville Campbell, MD, Anesthesiologist and Pain Management Physician at The Center for Wellness and Pain Care of Las Vegas, and affiliated to Mountain View Hospital, University Medical Center and St. Rose Dominican Hospitals abs Valley Health System, has been named a 2015, 2017, 2018 , 2019 & 2020 Top Doctor in Las Vegas, Nevada. Top Doctor Awards is dedicated to selecting and honoring those healthcare practitioners who have demonstrated clinical excellence while delivering the highest standards of patient care. Dr. Campbell has also been featured in several magazines such as Las Vegas Legal, Deluxe Version, Real Vegas and My Vegas.
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Dr. Campbell is board certified by the American Board of Anesthesiology in both Anesthesiology and in Pain Medicine, and it is in this latter area that he has become particularly renowned. He provides pain relief and management for a wide range of conditions including cancers, rheumatoid arthritis, fibromyalgia, chronic face, neck, back and pelvic pain, sciatica, migraines and the results of car and work related injuries.
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Saturated Fat 49 g245%
Trans Fat 0 g
Sodium 686 mg28.58%
Total Carbohydrates 66 g22%
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Sugars 62 g
Protein 16 g32%
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Sodium 2744 mg114.32%
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Are you ready to join a diverse, high-energy, fast-growing healthcare company? Join Panoramic Health! We are looking for an experienced Certified Medical Assistant – Care Coordinator. Our Care Coordinators work onsite at our practice partner offices.
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At Panoramic Health, our priority is healthy patients. We deliver better outcomes for patients and lower costs for everyone. We are the only value-based kidney care platform led by physicians, which uniquely qualifies us to care for patients holistically. We keep patients healthier longer - at home and out of the hospital. Our mission is to improve outcomes for patients by slowing disease progression and improving quality of life. We do this by putting nephrologists at the center of care and continuing to build on our data, analytics, and deep understanding of kidney care.
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The Patient Care Coordinator's primary responsibilities center around establishing trusting, supportive, collaborative relationships with patients and their families assisting them with enrollment and education of the Circle of Care plan in order to attempt to slow down the progression of chronic kidney disease and help prevent hospitalizations. CMA Care Coordinators work alongside physicians, advance practice providers, and other nephrology care team members in a collaborative, empathetic fashion to build these patient relationships. Certified Medical Assistant Care Coordinators drive communication with the entire care team to facilitate and organize appropriate patient education, nutrition, vascular access, and transplant referrals. Our Certified Medical Assistant Care Coordinators are highly valued in our organization, as they are the heart and glue at the core of our success!
Patient enrollment into the Circle of Care Program.
Educate the patient regarding the benefits of the program.
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Oversee patients progress with care plan goals acting as a patient advocate and information resource.
Provide patients with education on chronic kidney disease (CKD) and other related illnesses.
Outline a plan for healthy lifestyle choices and healthy behaviors important for optimal CKD management including, blood pressure and blood sugar control, weight management and appropriate exercise, smoking cessation, medication management, nutrition modifications, and compliance with medical appointments.
Apply principles of personalized chronic care management, shared decision making and patient coaching.
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The European General Studies Programme is seeking applications for the position of academic assistant (part-time) with a starting date as soon as possible, preferably mid-February.
They are looking for graduates in Law, Political Science, Sociology, Economics or History, holding an advanced Master's Degree in European Studies, preferably candidates with some familiarity with the College of Europe, with:
- a mention "very good" (15/20)
- a very good command of French and English (oral and written)
- the ability to work as part of a team,
- an interest in teaching,
- a commitment, and, if possible, an experience in research and teaching,
- good organisational skills and
- a high measure of flexibility (working hours can include evenings or weekends).
Tasks include:
- acting as the link between professors and students,
- teaching (e.g. giving tutorials, providing academic advice to students),
- assisting professors (e.g. organisational back-up, research, compiling reading lists),
- organise guest lectures, conferences etc in cooperation with the rest of the EG team
- and, in addition to the regular tasks, research and academic writing.
The College offers:
- an excellent academic setting,
- a one-year contract under Belgian law, renewable
- a pleasant, international working environment
Applications comprising a detailed curriculum vitae, a motivation letter written in French, and a copy of master transcript and grades, should be submitted BY E-MAIL (annelies.deckmyn[at]coleurope.eu) by Thursday 27 January 2022 to
Prof. Didier GEORGAKAKIS
Academic Coordinator, European General Studies
College of Europe,
Dijver 11
BE-8000 Bruges.
The interviews with the preselected candidates will take place online at the beginning of February.
Should you require any further information on the position of academic assistant, please contact the current assistants of the programme (see contact details here) or Prof. Georgakakis via Annelies Deckmyn (annelies.deckmyn[at]coleurope.eu). For information on the salary, please contact Ms Isabelle Hillewaere (isabelle.hillewaere[at]coleurope.eu).
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Virginia Beach, Va. - Fans flocked to the oceanfront this past weekend to watch Florida Beach Soccer and locally based Hampton Roads Soccer Council Elite battle it out for the national championship, and it seems a win for a native team could be that much better.
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