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Is disability a tragedy? Is it a gift? What place is there for grief and for joy in this story of disability so many of us are living within our families? Robert F. Kennedy Jr. recently portrayed disability as tragic, as something that needs to be fixed, in his comments about autism. In response, Matthew Mooney, co-founder of 99 Balloons, joins Amy Julia Becker to share a better and truer story of disability. They explore: Societal perceptions of disabilityHow relationships change the story of disabilityRecognizing the inherent worth of every individualNavigating grief, loss, and sufferingCultivating the beauty found in communityMENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE:99 BalloonsAmy Julia's Vox essay: My daughter has Down syndrome. Would I “cure” her if I could?NYT Essay by Emily May: Kennedy Described My Daughter's RealityI Corinthians 12, Exodus 4, and John 9:3Hans ReindersRFK Jr.'s statements about autism_WATCH this conversation on YouTube by clicking here. READ the full transcript and access detailed show notes by clicking here or visiting amyjuliabecker.com/podcast._ABOUT:When Matthew and his wife Ginny were 30 weeks pregnant, they learned their son Eliot had trisomy 18. Eliot was born eight weeks later and lived for 99 days. The Mooneys founded 99 Balloons, a nonprofit supporting individuals with disabilities locally and globally. Matthew now serves on the 99 Balloons Board and lives in Fayetteville, Arkansas, with Ginny and their three children—Hazel, Anders, and Lena. A writer, speaker, and consultant on disability and inclusion, Matthew is also an attorney and a PhD candidate in Theological Ethics at Aberdeen University. His work has taken him to Haiti, Mexico, Ukraine, Uganda, India, and beyond.Websites: 99 Balloons :: matthewlylemooney  Social: insta ___Let's stay in touch. Subscribe to my newsletter to receive weekly reflections that challenge assumptions about the good life, proclaim the inherent belovedness of every human being, and envision a world of belonging where everyone mWe want to hear your thoughts. Send us a text!Connect with me: Instagram Facebook YouTube Website Thanks for listening!

Everyone wants meaningful success—but not at the cost of burnout and doing it all alone. This week, we unpack the powerful shift from independence to interdependence—and why embracing the “MWe” mindset might be the next quantum leap in your business and life. In this Heart Glow CEO® episode, you will learn: ✨ Why going it alone may no longer be your power play Discover the hidden cost of radical independence—and the surprising science behind why collaboration strengthens your performance (and your nervous system). ✨ When to claim your “I” energy and when to embrace the “We” It's not one-size-fits-all. Learn the subtle cues that help you know when to lead solo and when it's time to lock arms and rise together. ✨ How to spot your control triggers and gently release them What if letting go didn't mean losing power—but making space for magic? You're not meant to do this alone. Let's explore the sweet spot between self and synergy—because when we rise together, we shine brighter. Episode Mention: The Aligned Collective in Rochester, NY Your Next Step: Feeling called to learn how to effectively change your habits so you can optimize your personal and professional life? I offer personalized one-on-one coaching for true transformation. Connect with me to see if we're a good fit.

When you think of innovative advancements in nuclear power technology, places like the Idaho National Laboratory and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology probably come to mind. But today, some very exciting nuclear power development work is being done in West Texas, specifically, at Abilene Christian University (ACU). That's where Natura Resources is working to construct a molten salt–cooled, liquid-fueled reactor (MSR). “We are in the process of building, most likely, the country's first advanced nuclear reactor,” Doug Robison, founder and CEO of Natura Resources, said as a guest on The POWER Podcast. Natura has taken an iterative, milestone-based approach to advanced reactor development and deployment, focused on efficiency and performance. This started in 2020 when the company brought together ACU's NEXT Lab with Texas A&M University; the University of Texas, Austin; and the Georgia Institute of Technology to form the Natura Resources Research Alliance. In only four years, Natura and its partners developed a unique nuclear power system and successfully licensed the design. The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) issued a construction permit for deployment of the system at ACU last September. Called the MSR-1, ACU's unit will be a 1-MWth molten salt research reactor (MSRR). It is expected to provide valuable operational data to support Natura's 100-MWe systems. It will also serve as a “world-class research tool” to train advanced reactor operators and educate students, the company said. Natura is not only focused on its ACU project, but it is also moving forward on commercial reactor projects. In February, the company announced the deployment of two advanced nuclear projects, which are also in Texas. These deployments, located in the Permian Basin and at Texas A&M University's RELLIS Campus, represent significant strides in addressing energy and water needs in the state. “Our first was a deployment of a Natura commercial reactor in the Permian Basin, which is where I spent my career. We're partnering with a Texas produced-water consortium that was created by the legislature in 2021,” said Robison. One of the things that can be done with the high process heat from an MSR is desalinization. “So, we're going to be desalinating produced water and providing power—clean power—to the oil and gas industry for their operations in the Permian Basin,” said Robison. Meanwhile, at Texas A&M's RELLIS Campus, which is located about eight miles northwest of the university's main campus in College Station, Texas, a Natura MSR-100 reactor will be deployed. The initiative is part of a broader project known as “The Energy Proving Ground,” which involves multiple nuclear reactor companies. The project aims to bring commercial-ready small modular reactors (SMRs) to the site, providing a reliable source of clean energy for the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT).

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Welcome to Episode 354 of the Neuroscience Meets Social and Emotional Learning Podcast! Join host Andrea Samadi as she concludes the 18-week self-leadership series with Grant Bosnick's revolutionary insights into the neuroscience of presence. Discover how your internal thoughts, external behaviors, and interactions shape your presence, and learn practical strategies to enhance your mindfulness and connection with others. This episode dives into Dr. Dan Siegel's 'Wheel of Awareness' meditation, offering three actionable tips to strengthen your presence in daily life. Uncover how to elevate your relationships and productivity by integrating mindfulness practices into your routine. Whether you're striving to be the most interesting or the most interested person in the room, this episode provides valuable guidance. Prepare to close the year with heightened awareness and step into 2025 with a new perspective on leadership and personal growth. On today's episode #354 we continue with the final topic of our 18-Week Self-Leadership Series based on Grant Bosnick's “Tailored Approaches to Self-Leadership: A Bite Size Approach Using Psychology and Neuroscience” that we first dove into with our interview on EP #321[i] the end of January 2024. The goal was that each week, we focused on learning something new, (from Grant's book) tied to the most current neuroscience research, that builds off the prior week, to help take us to greater heights this year. It honestly shocked me that this series took the entire year. Our final topic today, will be the neuroscience of presence, and then stay tuned for a review of the entire series to help us to move forward in 2025 with a new lens.  ((On today's EPISODE #354 “The Neuroscience of Presence” we will cover)): ✔ Chapter 19 of Grant Bosnick's Tailored Approaches to Self-Leadership with the topic of presence. ✔ Grant Bosnick's Presence Framework with examples of subtle and direct presence. ✔ The Neuroscience of Presence using Dr. Dan Siegel's book Aware: The Science and Practice of Presence ✔ Three Tips to Develop More Presence in our Day to Day Life. ✔ Reflections for using Mindfulness and Meditation to Improve Our Presence. If you've taken the leadership self-assessment[ii], look to see if Presence (in Pathway 2), along with inspiration and motivation, persuade and influence, is of a low, medium or high priority for you to focus on this year. I was not surprised to see this pathway is a high area of focus for me as I'm always looking for new ways to motivate, inspire and influence, and presence is something I know I need to work on daily, bringing my attention back to the present moment or you might catch me daydreaming. It made me laugh when Masati Sajady mentioned he noticed this with me, back on EP 348[iii] last year. Our presence is something that can be felt, that's for sure. Now let's take this deeper with Grant's book. Grant opens up chapter 19, his final chapter, by saying that presence “is a product of our internal thoughts, external behaviors and interactions with others. It's something (he says) that we carry with us at all times, whether we're walking into a meeting room (or walking anywhere I might add) or sitting at a bus stop.” (Ch 19, Bosnick, Tailored Approaches to Self-Leadership, Page 252). I can demonstrate this one easily because we have all been there. I'll never forget Dr. Dan Siegel, who we interviewed way back in our early days of this podcast, on EP 28[iv] talking about this topic, as he watched a mother with a young child walking, and the mother was on her cell phone, not present at all. He talked about the many opportunities for connection that were lost in this instance, and I never forgot it, as I've been guilty of doing exactly the same thing and potentially losing out on opportunities to make meaningful connections with others. Or think about this. In a conversation, someone is talking to you, and you notice the void. They've left the conversation. They are standing right in front of you, they could be looking you straight in the face, but they are no longer present mentally. You don't need to ask them where they have gone, you can just feel it, and they eventually come back, but you know they gave you half of their attention. Has this ever happened to you? Of course, it has. Bosnick says that our presence “can be direct or subtle presence; and it can be controlled or uncontrolled. With direct controlled presence, we can be the most interesting person in the room—being assertive, measured and engaging (he says). With subtle controlled presence, we can be the most interested person in the room—being observant, connected and attentive.” (Ch 19, Bosnick, Tailored Approaches to Self-Leadership, Page 252) and he says “both add value in different situations.” Whether you're striving to be the most interesting or the most interested person in the room, this episode provides valuable guidance. Prepare to close the year with heightened awareness and step into 2025 with a new perspective on leadership and personal growth. Bosnick says that our presence “can be direct or subtle presence; and it can be controlled or uncontrolled. With direct controlled presence, we can be the most interesting person in the room—being assertive, measured and engaging (he says). With subtle controlled presence, we can be the most interested person in the room—being observant, connected and attentive.” (Ch 19, Bosnick, Tailored Approaches to Self-Leadership, Page 252) and he says “both add value in different situations.” IMAGE CREDIT: Chapter 19 Grant Bosnick's Tailored Approaches to Self-Leadership When I think about the most interested person in the room, my mind goes to our company Zoom meetings, where there is one person, Nikki, who always has her camera on, and she is always listening to the conversation actively, showing she is truly interested. She's an incredible role model for the rest of us, and I find her attention to be motivating. This past Christmas holiday, we did a Secret Santa at our work, and Nikki was one of the organizers. I thought it would be fun to participate, so I signed up for this chance to get to know some of my work colleagues in a different way. When my box arrived at my house, and we all met on a call to open our gifts together, I was blown away with the items that were bought for me. The person who was my Secret Santa knew me well! They found out I enjoy hiking in my spare time, and bought me some items that I can really use, when I'm out on the hiking trails. This person demonstrated they were “interested” in me, with a subtle presence, by being observant, connected and attentive. Wouldn't you know it, that my Secret Santa was Nikki! And her presence made me want to do the same thing for others. What about the most interesting person in the room? We all know this one. With direct, controlled presence, they become “assertive, measured and engaging” and it's hard to take your eyes off of them. They are impossible to miss. I'm sure we can all close our eyes and think of an example of someone who uses their direct, controlled presence, really well. No one wants to be “invisible” or on the other hand “overwhelming” so this idea of presence takes practice. Bosnick says that while “some people are naturally skilled at controlling and flexing between levels of presence (like my coworker Nikki), “most of us need to consciously work at it to bring it into our control and use it to our best advantage.” (Ch 19, Bosnick, Tailored Approaches to Self-Leadership, Page 253) So how can we improve our presence?  Let's go straight to the expert on this topic, Dr. Dan Siegel, whose book, Aware: The Science and Practice of Presence,[v] dives deep into a meditation practice, called The Wheel of Awareness, that uses science and psychology to “strengthen your capacity for presence.” (Aware, Dan Siegel).   What is the Neuroscience of Presence? This is what Dr. Dan Siegel helps us to understand in his book, Aware that outlines why the meditation he created (The Wheel of Awareness) begins with helping us to become more mindful, but the byproduct of this mindfulness, is that “people seem interested in exploring how they might cultivate more presence in their lives so they can be healthier, happier and kinder to themselves and others.” (Dr. Siegel, Aware). Of course at the end of our interview, 6 year ago now, Dr. Siegel asked me what I was learning from doing his Wheel of Awareness Meditation every day. I shared what I learned in an extensive review of Dr. Siegel's Wheel of Awareness Meditation, on EP 60[vi] “The Science Behind a Meditation Practice with a Deep Dive into Dr. Dan Siegel's Wheel of Awareness.”  It took me some time to uncover what I learned, but not only does this scientifically proven meditation change the structure and function of the brain in these fascinating ways: There's an integration of structure and function of the brain (integration means well-being). There's a reduction of the stress hormone cortisol. There's an enhancement of immune function. Improvement in cardiovascular risk factors. Reduction in inflammation via epigenetic changes. An optimization of telomerase—which is fascinating as it repairs and maintains the ends of chromosomes which slows aging. In addition to these brain changes, I noticed an increase of ability with my 5 senses, also, with increased sensations within my body, and most importantly, what Dr. Siegel was looking to see if I noticed, was that it helped to increase my connection to people around me, expanding my “presence” far outside of myself, and into the world around me. If you type the word “presence” into Dr. Siegel's book, Aware, you will find it's listed 85 times. Within his Wheel of Awareness Meditation he shares “is about monitoring with stability whatever is arising as it arises (when you do this practice day after day). It's this awareness that (he says) we are calling presence.” (Aware, Siegel, Page 29). How to Develop More Presence in Our Lives? “How can we become more mindful (or present) in our day-to-day living so that we are aware of what's happening?” (whatever is arising day to day)? Dr. Dan Siegel suggests that we “do a regular practice that trains the mind…That training of the mind is sometimes called meditation. (Where he says) we learn to strengthen (our) focused attention.” (Aware, Dr. Siegel, Page 14). Here are three tips to start to become more present (with whatever it is that arises) in our day to day life: MEDITATE TO STRENGTHEN OUR MIND: Find a meditation where you must be active (not just sit, listen and drift off). It could be Dan Siegel's Wheel of Awareness[vii] or even our most downloaded episode series of all-time, The Silva Method.[viii] Find the best time of day to practice strengthening your mind, and stay consistent. NEXT PRACTICE BEING MINDFUL: Once we have strengthened our mind, now we've got to put this mental strength into practice. Like Nikki on Zoom calls, she increased her presence by being the most interested person in the room. Or what about when we are in a conversation with someone else, and our mind wanders. Are you able to mindfully bring it back? Dr. Siegel reminds us that “mental presence is a state of being awake and receptive to what is happening, as it is happening in the moment, within us, and between the world and us.” ( Aware, Siegel, Page 14). FINALLY, NOTICE WHAT HAPPENS WITH THIS INCREASED PRESENCE: As we work on strengthening our own presence in the world, and as we are observant, connected and attentive to others (or present) Dr. Siegel would say that we go from the state of “I” to a more integrated self that he calls “MWE.” This is where you/me connect together and like I noticed with the Wheel of Awareness practice, it increased the importance of expanding my presence outside of myself, to include others around me, in the world. When we can be truly present in our work or personal lives, we will begin to notice the connections around us, and how important they are. It takes some time though, to put this into practice, as we are bombarded with distractions daily, that take us away from this much-needed presence. In chapter 19 of his book, Grant Bosnick asks us to reflect on his Presence Framework, image 19.1 and asks us: Have you ever felt uncontrolled, direct presence where you might be overdoing it and unintentionally overwhelming others? How to use empathy and emotional intelligence to direct yourself back to being more mindful of how you are showing up to others. Think of someone who has controlled direct presence, making them the most interesting person in the room. Think of someone who has controlled subtle presence who appears to be the most interested person, on a consistent basis. Once you know which quadrant you typically show up in with Bosnick's Presence Framework, you can begin the work to train your mind to become more present in your daily work and personal life. I guarantee this will help you to build stronger, more effective relationships with others. You will start seeing how your connections go from thinking about ME…to MWE (or you and me together). To review and conclude this week's episode #354 on “The Neuroscience of Presence” we covered: ✔ Chapter 19 of Grant Bosnick's Tailored Approaches to Self-Leadership with the topic of presence. ✔ Grant Bosnick's Presence Framework with examples of subtle and direct presence. ✔ The Neuroscience of Presence using Dr. Dan Siegel's book Aware: The Science and Practice of Presence ✔ Three Tips to Develop More Presence in our Day to Day Life. ✔ Reflections for using Mindfulness and Meditation to Improve Our Presence, and expand our connection with others in the world. I hope this episode has been as helpful to you as it was for me. Being more present in my daily life (work and personal) is something that takes effort for me, even after implementing Dr. Siegel's Wheel of Awareness Meditation. Distractions come fiercely, every second of the day and it takes a trained mind to divert our attention to what matters the most for us. This takes practice, and effort, but the results are well worth it. With that thought, we will close out this episode, and next time, we will review ALL 19 chapters of Grant Bosnick's Tailored Approaches to Self-Leadership, in one place. See you next time.   REFERENCES:   [i] Neuroscience Meets Social and Emotional Learning Podcast EPISODE #321 with Grant ‘Upbeat' Bosnick  https://andreasamadi.podbean.com/e/insights-from-grant-upbeat-bosnick/   [ii] Self-Assessment for Grant Bosnick's book https://www.selfleadershipassessment.com/   [iii]Neuroscience Meets Social and Emotional Learning Podcast EPISODE #348 with Masati  https://andreasamadi.podbean.com/e/unveiling-exponential-intelligence-transform-your-life-by-shifting-frequencies/   [iv] Neuroscience Meets Social and Emotional Learning Podcast EPISODE #28 with Dr. Dan Siegel   https://andreasamadi.podbean.com/e/clinical-professor-of-psychiatry-at-the-ucla-school-of-medicine-dr-daniel-siegel-on-mindsight-the-basis-for-social-and-emotional-intelligence/   [v] Dr. Dan Siegel, Aware: The Science and Practice and Presence (Published August 21, 2018) https://drdansiegel.com/book/aware/   [vi]Neuroscience Meets Social and Emotional Learning Podcast EPISODE #60 “The Science Behind a Meditation Practice with a Deep Dive into Dr. Dan Siegel's Wheel of Awareness”  https://andreasamadi.podbean.com/e/the-science-behind-a-meditation-practice-with-a-deep-dive-into-dr-dan-siegel-s-wheel-of-awareness/   [vii] https://www.drdansiegel.com/resources/wheel_of_awareness/   [viii]Neuroscience Meets Social and Emotional Learning Podcast EPISODE #322 A Deep Dive into Applying The Silva Method for Improving Creativity, and Innovation  https://andreasamadi.podbean.com/e/transforming-minds-and-paving-the-future/  

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Steam is used for a wide variety of critical processes across many industrial sectors. For example, pulp and paper facilities use steam to power paper machines, dry paper and wood products, and provide heat for chemical recovery processes. Steam is used by metal and mining companies, as well as in the food and beverage industry, petroleum refining, pharmaceutical manufacturing, textile production, and many other industrial processes. “About 20% of global carbon emissions come from the industrial heat sector, and virtually all of that industrial heat today is produced by burning hydrocarbons—coal and natural gas—and emitting carbon into the atmosphere,” Clay Sell, CEO of X-energy, said as a guest on The POWER Podcast. “With our technology, we have the opportunity to replace hydrocarbons and use nuclear-generated carbon-free steam to dramatically decarbonize these so-called hard-to-decarbonize sectors.” X-energy is a nuclear reactor and fuel design engineering company. It is developing Generation-IV high-temperature gas-cooled nuclear reactors and what's known as TRISO-X fuel to power them. The company's Xe-100 small modular reactor (SMR) is an 80-MWe reactor that can be scaled into a four-pack (320-MWe power plant) that can grow even larger as needed. “The most significant advantages that we have over large-scale traditional nuclear power plants is the evolution of our technology, our safety case, and the smaller, more simplified designs that can be built with much less time and much less money,” Sell said. “We're a high-temperature gas-cooled reactor using a TRISO fuel form—that's ceramic, encapsulated fuel in a round pebble that flows through the reactor like gumballs through a gumball machine.” The Xe-100 design's intrinsic safety makes it especially unique. “This is a plant that cannot melt down under any scenario that one could imagine affecting the plant. So, that extraordinary safety case allows us to operate on a very small footprint,” said Sell. The simplified design has fewer subsystems and components, less concrete, less steel, and less equipment than traditional nuclear power plants. As noted previously, X-energy's SMR is capable of producing high-quality steam, which is especially attractive for use in industrial processes. As such, Dow Inc., one of the world's leading materials science companies, has agreed to deploy the first Xe-100 unit at its Union Carbide Corp. Seadrift Operations, a sprawling chemical materials manufacturing site in Seadrift, Calhoun County, Texas. “Our first project is going to be deployed in a public-private partnership with the U.S. government and Dow Inc., the large chemical manufacturer, at a site southwest of Houston, Texas, that will come online around the end of this decade,” Sell reported. Currently, X-energy is in the final stages of its design effort. Once complete, the next step will be to submit a construction permit application to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC). If all goes according to plan, the application should be approved by the NRC in early 2027, which would allow construction to start around that time. “We anticipate construction on the plant to be about a three- to three-and-a-half-year process, which will then bring it online in the early 2030s,” Sell explained. Beyond that, X-energy has an agreement to supply Amazon with 5 GW of new SMR projects (64 units) by 2039, starting with an initial four-unit 320-MWe Xe-100 plant with regional utility Energy Northwest in central Washington. Sell believes the deal positions X-energy to quickly apply lessons learned from its first-of-a-kind project with Dow, replicate and repeat the effort to achieve scale, and reach a favorable nth-of-a-kind cost structure faster than anyone else in the SMR market today. Said Sell, “When we imagine a future of a decarbonized economy with reliable power supporting dramatic growth at a reasonable cost, I believe X-energy is going to be a central technology to that future.”

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Microreactors are a class of very small modular reactors targeted for non-conventional nuclear markets. The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) supports a variety of advanced reactor designs, including gas, liquid-metal, molten-salt, and heat-pipe-cooled concepts. In the U.S., microreactor developers are currently focused on designs that could be deployed as early as the mid-2020s. The key features of microreactors that distinguish them from other reactor types mainly revolve around their size. Microreactors typically produce less than 20 MW of thermal output. The size obviously allows a much smaller footprint than traditional nuclear power reactors. It also allows for factory fabrication and easier transportability. Among other unique aspects are their self-regulating capability, which could enable remote and semi-autonomous microreactor operation. Their rapid deployability (weeks or months rather than many years) is a huge benefit, too, allowing units to be used in emergency response and other time-sensitive situations. Furthermore, some designs are expected to operate for up to 10 years or more without refueling or significant maintenance, which could be a big benefit in remote locations. A lot of microreactor development work is being done at the Idaho National Laboratory (INL). John H. Jackson, National Technical Director for the DOE's Office of Nuclear Energy Microreactor program at INL, was a recent guest on The POWER Podcast. On the show, he noted some of the programs and facilities INL has available to assist in proving microreactor concepts. “I like to say it starts with my program, because I'm overtly focused on enabling and accelerating commercial development and deployment of microreactor technology,” Jackson said. “But there are certainly the entities like the National Reactor Innovation Center, or NRIC, which is heavily focused on deployment and enabling deployment of microreactor technology, as well as small modular reactor technology.” POWER has reported extensively on the Pele and MARVEL microreactor projects. Project Pele is a Department of Defense (DOD) project that recently broke ground at INL. Meanwhile, MARVEL, which stands for Microreactor Applications Research Validation and EvaLuation, is funded through the DOE by the Office of Nuclear Energy's Microreactor program. Project Pele aims to build and demonstrate a high-temperature gas-cooled mobile microreactor manufactured by Lynchburg, Virginia–headquartered BWXT Advanced Technologies. Fueled with TRI-structural ISOtropic particle fuel, Project Pele will produce 1 MWe to 5 MWe for INL's Critical Infrastructure Test Range Complex (CITRC) electrical test grid. The DOD noted last month that assembly of the final Pele reactor is scheduled to begin in February 2025, and the current plan is to transport the fully assembled reactor to INL in 2026. The MARVEL design is a sodium-potassium-cooled microreactor that will be built inside the Transient Reactor Test (TREAT) facility at INL. It will generate 85 kW of thermal energy and about 20 kW of electrical output. It is not intended to be a commercial design, but the experience of constructing and operating the unit could be crucial for future microreactor developers and microgrid designers, as future plans are to connect it to a microgrid. “The MARVEL reactor is one of the top priorities, if not the top priority, at the Idaho National Laboratory, along with the project Pele,” Jackson said. “One or the other—Pele or MARVEL—will be the first reactor built at Idaho National Laboratory in over 50 years.” Still, Jackson was cautious when it came to predicting when the first microreactor might begin operation. “I cringe sometimes when people get a little ahead of themselves and start making bold declarations, like, ‘We're going to have a microreactor next year,' for instance. I think it's important to be excited, but it's also important to stay realistic with respect to timeframes for deployment,” he said.

Westinghouse's eVinci is a 15 MWth, 5 MWe micro reactor. Westinghouse often refers to it as a nuclear battery. Unlike conventional nuclear power plants, eVinci uses no water and doesn't produce steam. The eVinci is not “just another way to boil water.” There are no pumps in the system that moves heat out of the...

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Been All Around This World has a new co-host! ACE Program Coordinator and Been All Around This World producer Michael Cormier-O'Leary joins Curator Nathan Salsburg in bringing you new episodes of this podcast. We are expanding the show's format to include episodes like today's, which is a continuous mix of music, mixed in with our deeper dives. This will allow us to release content more frequently while still developing longer form explorations of material within the collection.In the wake of the devastation recently wrought by Hurricane Beryl, today's mix is a survey of recordings Alan Lomax made on the Grenadian island of Carriacou in 1962. If you'd like to help with relief efforts on the island, consider making a donation to the World Food Programme: https://secure.wfpusa.org/donate/wfporg-redirect?ms=2000_UNR_wfp_redirect_EXTracklist:"Demba-o""Meet Me On The Road""It's Time For A Man To Go Home""I Want To Hear Somebody Pray""Wila-wila-mena (I)""O The Angels Send Me For You""Hi Lo Boys""Rosibella (I)""Aunty-o, Coro, Coro""Breakaway (II)""Khaki-o, Wé Yo Diamonds""C‘est Mwe, Nani Moko"

Shante' is the catalyst for positive change consistently paving the way for success among diverse businesses in the construction sector partnering with Samet. With a decade-long tenure as an educator in the Durham public school system Shante' passion for empowerment and palpable in every endeavor. Leveraging her teaching background, she infuses projects with a drive to up with other strategically guiding teams to meet MWE bid criteria and exceed HUB/MWBE goals, thereby nurturing growth within their teams and resumes alike. Drawing upon her intense project management, Shante's empathetically navigates the challenges faced by minority firms throughout the bidding process and on-site work. After helping others with their businesses, she finds time to nurture and grow her art business StrokesbySMS. Want to learn more about Sumet Corporation: https://www.sametcorp.com/ Connect with Shante' Stewart on: https://www.linkedin.com/in/shante%E2%80%99-stewart-36808390/ --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/governmentcoins/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/governmentcoins/support

Shante' is the catalyst for positive change consistently paving the way for success among diverse businesses in the construction sector partnering with Samet. With a decade-long tenure as an educator in the Durham public school system Shante' passion for empowerment and palpable in every endeavor. Leveraging her teaching background, she infuses projects with a drive to up with other strategically guiding teams to meet MWE bid criteria and exceed HUB/MWBE goals, thereby nurturing growth within their teams and resumes alike. Drawing upon her intense project management, Shante's empathetically navigates the challenges faced by minority firms throughout the bidding process and on-site work. After helping others with their businesses, she finds time to nurture and grow her art business StrokesbySMS. Want to learn more about Sumet Corporation: https://www.sametcorp.com/ Connect with Shante' Stewart on: https://www.linkedin.com/in/shante%E2%80%99-stewart-36808390/ --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/governmentcoins/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/governmentcoins/support

In this episode, Steve Fretzin and Christina Martini discuss:How Tina pivoted from engineering to legal. Selling big law by increasing the stickiness factor through cross-selling.Minding your assets in networking and cross-marketing. Building your book of business authentically.  Key Takeaways:The practice of law is not that different from having and nurturing the relationships in your life. Everything is all about relationships which are dynamic and require proactivity. Good business development, whether in a solo firm or in big law, requires a multi-pronged approach. Leverage existing clients, leverage your network, and talk to your peers. The right work for you is out there, but you've got to ask for it. Be prepared and have dynamic conversations with your potential clients. It will help build and nourish the relationship, but it will also create opportunities. As a woman, embrace who you are, embrace your femininity and who you want to be in the world when you go to market. Be authentic in your relationship building and in building your book.  "The rubber really meets the road when you cross-sell your clients into areas that are completely unrelated to yours. That's how you institutionalize clients. That's how you increase the stickiness factor." —  Christina MartiniFind out more about the 10 Easy-to-Execute Hacks to Unlock Your Full Potential at: fretzin.com/events Thank you to our Sponsors!Lawmatics: lawmatics.com/bethatlawyerGet Staffed Up: getstaffedup.com/bethatlawyerGreen Cardigan Marketing: greencardiganmarketing.com Episode References: Strategy and the Fat Smoker: Doing What's Obvious But Not Easy by David MaisterEmotional Intelligence: Why It Can Matter More Than IQ by Daniel Goleman About Christina Martini: Christina L. Martini is a partner with McDermott Will & Emery and serves as the Global Head of the Firm's Trademark Prosecution & Controversy Practice. Tina focuses her practice on domestic and international trademark and copyright law, as well as domain name, Internet, advertising, unfair competition and entertainment law. She has extensive experience in counseling, prosecution, enforcement, due diligence and licensing matters, and in assisting clients in protecting their intellectual property rights through litigation and other means. Tina has also served as an expert witness regarding issues on trademark, unfair competition and trade dress law, as well as USPTO practice. Described as a “juggernaut in the trademark market,” Tina is a trusted advisor with a proven track record of successful outcomes for clients. For many years, Tina has also been selected as one of America's leading intellectual property lawyers by Chambers & Partners, which has also given MWE's Chicago Trademark Group a Band 1 ranking. Tina has also been rated AV Preeminent by Martindale-Hubbell and designated an Illinois Super Lawyer. Tina is the host of “Paradigm Shift with Christina Martini” and is co-host of WGN Radio's popular show "Legal Face-Off." Since 2010, Chicago Lawyer has featured her legal column, "Inside Out.” Connect with Christina Martini:Website: mwe.comEmail: cmartini@mwe.comShow: paradigmshiftshow.comShow: wgnradio.com/wgn-plus/legal-face-offLinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/christinamartiniX: twitter.com/TinaMartini10 & twitter.com/McDermottLawFacebook: facebook.com/McDermottWillandEmeryInstagram: instagram.com/christina_louise_martini &  instagram.com/mcdermott_law Connect with Steve Fretzin:LinkedIn: Steve FretzinX: @stevefretzinInstagram: @fretzinsteveFacebook: Fretzin, Inc.Website: Fretzin.comEmail: Steve@Fretzin.comBook: Legal Business Development Isn't Rocket Science and more!YouTube: Steve FretzinCall Steve directly at 847-602-6911 Show notes by Podcastologist Chelsea Taylor-Sturkie Audio production by Turnkey Podcast Productions. You're the expert. Your podcast will prove it.

Firma "TORFEX" z Krasina chce wybudować na obrzeżach Pasłęka pierwszą w Polsce biometanownię. To ogromna inwestycja, która wzbudza wiele kontrowersji. Wedle zapewnień inwestora, biometanownia jest odpowiedzią na palące problemy ekologiczne i przysłuży się mieszkańcom oraz lokalnym rolnikom, ponieważ biogaz wytwarzany z różnych odpadów m.in. obniży cenę energii elektrycznej i cieplnej, dostarczy nawóz organiczny czy biopaliwo. Szacuje się, że zakład osiągnie moc 2,5 MWe.

Firma "TORFEX" z Krasina chce wybudować na obrzeżach Pasłęka pierwszą w Polsce biometanownię. To ogromna inwestycja, która wzbudza wiele kontrowersji. Wedle zapewnień inwestora, biometanownia jest odpowiedzią na palące problemy ekologiczne i przysłuży się mieszkańcom oraz lokalnym rolnikom, ponieważ biogaz wytwarzany z różnych odpadów m.in. obniży cenę energii elektrycznej i cieplnej, dostarczy nawóz organiczny czy biopaliwo. Szacuje się, że zakład osiągnie moc 2,5 MWe.

O Menino da ilha     Capitulo 5 A jornada alémWe appreciate your support! Tune in for fresh episodes every week. Let's keep the conversation going,join our community, subscribe and grow with us!Support the Show.Welcome to 'Facts Or Nonsense Podcast,' where the past, present, and future converge in a symphony of discovery.

Today we are talking about web design and development, from a group of people with one thing in common… We love Drupal. This is episode #435 UI Suite initiative. For show notes visit: www.talkingDrupal.com/435 Topics Elevator Pitch What do you mean by implementing design systems Is this to thel themers or site builders What is the expected outcome The project page says initiative, but this is not on the community initiatives page, is this an intitiative How does this implement public design systems Does this work with Single Directory Components Youtube Channel Getting involved Roadmap Use cases Do you see this going into core Resources UI Suite Initiative UI Suite YouTube UI Suite Slack Guests Pierre Dureau - LinkedIn pdureau Hosts Nic Laflin - nLighteneddevelopment.com nicxvan John Picozzi - epam.com johnpicozzi MOTW Correspondent Chris Wells - chrisfromredfin Brief description: Have you ever wanted simple but accessible dropdown navigation on your Drupal website? There's a module for that. Module name/project name: Disclosure Menu Brief history How old: created in Nov 2022 by Jay Huskins of Redfin Solutions Versions available: 2.1.5 which works with Drupal 9 and 10 Maintainership Actively maintained, most recent commit is less than a month ago No Test coverage at this point Documentation - via README.md Number of open issues: 2, neither of which are bugs Usage stats: 29 sites Maintainer(s): Jay Huskins, with support from Redfin Module features and usage Provides a new menu block that includes markup for disclosure buttons, that make it easier for users on assistive devices to navigate drop-down menus Activating the button will toggle the visibility of nested menu items Also includes ARIA labels to provide clarity around what the buttons do Worth mentioning that Drupal's Olivero theme also includes disclosure buttons in its mWe'll also cover Disclosure Menu as our module of the week. Guest Introenus, but there isn't a straightforward way to pull the menus implemented there into your custom theme Also had a write-up in the Drupal advent calendar we talked about last month, so listeners can also check that out if they want more information

Vandaag het gesprek met Carin Cuijpers. Nu bijna 6 jaar geleden startte Carin in Utrecht de sociale onderneming GeluksBV, met als missie werken aan het Bruto Nationaal Geluk. Niet met een vijfjarenplan en een businessmodel, maar vanuit intrinsiek motivatie. Haar (op ervaring gestoelde) levensmotto is: “werken aan je geluk, bevordert je gezondheid.” Carin begon haar carrière in de wetenschap; na haar promotie aan de Universiteit van Maastricht, werkte ze 5 jaar bij het RIVM. Vervolgens maakte ze de overstap naar beleid en werkte 9 jaar voor het Ministerie van VWS. Hiertoe aangezet door een aantal fixe uitdagingen op haar levenspad, volgde Carin diverse opleidingen op het gebied van persoonlijke ontwikkeling. In haar huidige rol als founder van GeluksBV, combineert ze haar inzichten, kennis & ervaring om een bijdrage te leveren aan mensgerichte innovatie in het publieke, sociale domein. Haar innerlijke ontwikkeling stond aan de wieg van GeluksBV. Via GeluksBV hoopt Carin een inspiratiebron te zijn voor en concrete ondersteuning te bieden aan de innerlijke ontwikkeling van velen. Het zal je dan ook niet verbazen dat Carin vanaf het moment dat ze hoorde over de IDG beweging hier enthousiast over is. Ze is actief betrokken in de IDG Hub Utrecht en draagt het belang van de IDG's uit via haar werk. Carin gelooft in innerlijke groei die dienstbaar is aan uiterlijke verandering ofwel wat maatschappelijk nodig is. Laten we beginnen… Wat ik zoal leerde van Carin: 00:00 Intro 03:10 Hoe ze bij het RIVM uitkwam 04:45 De vuurwerkramp in Enschede en het gevoel er toe doen. 08:45 De macht van het geld wint het dan. 11:30 De reden om het ondernemerschap op te gaan. 12:55 Verlies pakken en nu ga ik het zelf doen. De start van Geluksbv. 16:00 Een vliegende start. 16:50 Voorkeur voor een slagvaardig bedrijf met innovatiekracht. 17:12 In de toekomst liever breed schalen dan opschalen, door lokaal kennis uit te breiden. 18:30 De ideale omvang van een klein bedrijf. 19:20 Werken aan je geluk, bevordert je gezondheid. Waarom de innerlijke groei het verschil maakte. 24:08 Wat ze nu doet om niet te veel aan anderen te geven ten koste van haar eigen gezondheid. 26:20 Waar de middelen vandaan halen voor het werk van Geluksbv. 30:50 Een bijdrage leveren aan de publieke gezondheid, het geluk en welzijn van mensen, en daar zoekt ze partners bij. 32:50 De BVm bestaat niet als juridische structuur, maar ik ben het wel. 33:45 Geld is een middel om je impact te vergroten, maar geen doel op zich. 38:13 Geraakt door verhaal van Dan Siegel over Mwe tijdens Inner Development Goals summit oktober 2023. 44:10 Gestart zonder business model, en zonder een vijf jaren plan, maar met een missie. 48:15 Een raad van inspiratie aangesteld. 53:10 Geluk bestaat onder andere uit veerkracht. 54:10 Persoonlijk geluk dienstbaar aan maatschappelijk geluk. 55:20 Zien dat je meer op elkaar lijkt, dan dat je van elkaar verschilt. 56:15 All that we share 58:30 Terugblik Meer over Carin Cuijpers: https://www.linkedin.com/in/carin-cuijpers-2b934512/ https://geluksbv.nl/ Andere bronnen: Positieve gezondheid met innerlijke ontwikkeling – Chantal Walg Boek Toekomstbedrijven - Hoe steward-ownership ons bevrijdt - Gijsbert Koren en Nina de Korte Inner Development Goals Dan Siegel - Intraconnected: MWe (Me + We) as the Integration of Self, Identity, and Belonging Making a difference for blue carbon – Marjadi Kooistra Erik Fernholm - oprichter 29k en IDGs Video All that we share - Mooi! Kijken. Video van het gesprek met Carin Cuijpers https://youtu.be/iJcjZREm5nI Kijk hier https://youtu.be/iJcjZREm5nI

WelcomeQuestion of the day: What is your favorite euphemism for sex?Golden Bachelor:Fantasy Suites-Jesse is super uncomfortable-Is it weird to think about your parents having sexLeslee and Gerry-adventure date with rappelling. Gerry asks Leslee why she hasn't asked any hard questions so she asks when was the last night they had sex. But it's clear he wants to actually have a discussion Gerry tells Leslee that he thinks she's the one, so if he ends up not picking her, it's going to be really badThoughts on their time together?Teresa and Gerry-horseback riding in silenceTeresa tells Gerry that she is in love and he doesn't want to hurt her feelings but he can't stop thinking about Leslee and what she's doingWe find out that Teresa is a boss ass bitch and she says she'll retire if this works out with Gerry-And Gerry seems pretty turned on by her career mWe had found out that Gerry retired at 55-how is this even possible? And what did he do for the last fifteen years?Gerry is now back in. Thoughts on their time together?Is Gerry going to have a breakdown? He has told both of them that he loves them. But he also says he has made his decision. Is it going to be awful for who he did pick to watch this episode?BiP We start with Olivia getting ready to go on her 1:1 date with the new guy, Michael, the new guy who's name she doesn't know

In today's episode, sales of robots are down by almost a third from the first six months of last year. But first, some headlines that caught my attention. Headlines that caught our attention India's first indigenously developed nuclear power plant unit has started operations at full capacity, Business Today reports. The plant, in Kakrapar, Gujarat, had two existing 200 MWe units. This third unit, and a fourth one that is expected to go online in March 2024, are India's first pair of indigenously designed Pressurised Heavy Water Reactors of 700 MW size with enhanced safety features, according to the Nuclear Power Corporation of India. Elon Musk said yesterday that video and audio calls will be coming to X, formerly Twitter. The features will work on iOS, Android, Mac and PC, Musk wrote in a post on the microblogging site. No phone number is needed because X is effectively a global address book, he added. Google has announced Oct. 4 as the date for its annual Pixel hardware event, 9To5Google reports. Like last year, the event is taking place in New York City. The “Made by Google” event and keynote will be at 10 am ET. You can catch the livestream on YouTube and the Google Store website. Two of the devices expected are the Pixel 8 and Pixel 8 Pro, according to 9To5Google. IBM last month signed a $69.8 million (£54.7 million) contract with the British government to develop a national biometrics platform that will offer a facial recognition function to immigration and law enforcement officials, The Verge reports, citing documents reviewed by it and Liberty Investigates, an investigative journalism organisation in the UK. Some human rights activists have now accused IBM CEO Arvind Krishna of reneging on a promise he made three years ago to not build general purpose facial recognition technology for surveillance. IBM says this UK contract, meant to help police track suspects, doesn't violate that promise, according to The Verge. One thing today Now, robot sales fell for the second quarter in a row in the US, the world's biggest tech market. A slow US economy and high interest rates have taken a toll on robot orders in North America, resulting in a decline for the second quarter in a row after record purchases in 2021 and 2022, the Association for Advancing Automation (A3), said in a press release yesterday. Companies ordered 7,697 robots valued at $457 million from April to July 2023, a 37 percent decline in robot orders and 20 percent drop in value over the same period in 2022. When combined with first quarter results, the robotics market in North America is down 29 percent compared to the first half of last year with a total of 16,865 robots ordered. This drop comes after a record 2022, where North American companies ordered 44,196 robots, up 11 percent over 2021, the previous record. The ongoing labour shortage in the US, especially in manufacturing (down another 2000 jobs in July, according to the US Bureau of Labour Statistics) remains a key driver of automation. An increasing trend towards reshoring tasks back to the US is another factor. Non-automotive customers ordered more robots in the second quarter of 2023 than automotive customers, with 52 percent of units going to non-automotive industries and 48 percent going to automotive OEMs and component suppliers. Both categories were down compared to the second quarter of last year, however, with non-automotive orders down 21 percent and automotive orders down 49 percent. The strongest demand in Q2 came from the semiconductor and electronics industries, followed by life sciences/pharma and biomedical, plastics and rubber and metals, with automotive components, food and consumer goods and automotive OEMs showing the biggest drops.

To access the full episode and our conference library of 200+ fascinating psychology talks and interviews (with certification), please visit: https://twumembers.com. In this episode, I'm joined by Dr Daniel Siegel. Dr. Siegel is a clinical professor of psychiatry at the UCLA School of Medicine, the founding co-director of the Mindful Awareness Research Center at UCLA, and the Executive Director of the Mindsight Institute, an educational organization, which focuses on how the development of mindsight in individuals, families and communities can be enhanced by examining the interface of human relationships and basic biological processes. He is the author of several bestselling books, including: The Mindful Brain, Mind: A Journey to the Heart of Being Human, Aware, and Mindsight: The New Science of Personal Transformation. His most recent book: “Intraconnected” combines the best of Indigenous wisdom traditions and modern science to show how we can shift our felt sense of identity and conceptualised sense of self away from an isolated ego, into one that is deeply connected to everything, and everyone in the world around us. This conversation covers some of the key themes of the book, including: — An accident Dan experienced as a young man that shattered his personal sense of identity and dramatically altered his worldview, life, and work to this day. — The Wheel of Awareness and how this incredible tool can help you tap into the quantum realm and turn potentiality into actuality — Dr Siegel's ‘MWe' concept which combines the best wisdom from Eastern and Western traditions - enabling those who embrace it to increase their connectedness to others, while maintaining their individuality. And more. You can learn more about Dr Siegel's work by going to: www.mindsightinstitute.com --- This session was recorded as part of "Holistic Psychotherapy Summit" in January 2023. To access the full conference package, as well as supporting materials, quizzes, and certification, please visit: https://theweekenduniversity.com/membership --- Daniel J. Siegel received his medical degree from Harvard University and completed his postgraduate medical education at UCLA with training in pediatrics and child, adolescent and adult psychiatry. He served as a National Institute of Mental Health Research Fellow at UCLA, studying family interactions with an emphasis on how attachment experiences influence emotions, behavior, autobiographical memory and narrative. Dr. Siegel is a clinical professor of psychiatry at the UCLA School of Medicine and the founding co-director of the Mindful Awareness Research Center at UCLA. An award-winning educator, he is a Distinguished Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association and recipient of several honorary fellowships. Dr. Siegel is also the Executive Director of the Mindsight Institute, an educational organization, which offers online learning and in-person seminars that focus on how the development of mindsight in individuals, families and communities can be enhanced by examining the interface of human relationships and basic biological processes. --- Interview Links: — Intraconnected - Dr Daniel Siegel: https://amzn.to/3EMsLeM — Aware: The Science of Practice and Presence: https://amzn.to/3TnedWL — Mindsight: The New Science of Personal Transformation: https://amzn.to/3VuozpN — Mindsight Institute: www.mindsightinstitute.com — To Bless the Space Between Us - John O'Donohue: https://amzn.to/3VuNYQd 3 Books Dr Siegel Recommends Every Therapist Should Read: — Anam Cara - John O'Donohue: https://amzn.to/3CAesHi — A Path with Heart - Jack Kornfield: https://amzn.to/3yKCyhz — The Gift of Presence - Caroline Welch: https://amzn.to/3eBgO0G

While George Soros funds Project 65, an organization whose mission is to destroy the careers of attorneys who attempt to file cases on election fraud and anything that goes against the One World Agenda, conservatives are wasting their time fighting the ban on gas stoves and selling out on the critical issues like the debt ceiling.mWe are in serious trouble here...

Your 2 favorite a#$-holes are back, to bring you another flavorful episode for your laughing pleasure!! Memorial Weekend has passed but the excitement didn't stop as R.O.S.E. Gold and Pblacc both got front row seats to a police standoff, which didn't end well....money was made from the Heat beating Celtics, and grown men having in depth conversations on why they were not able to enjoy MWE glitzy's at the cookouts. Just a little bit of a lot...lmao!! This ones for the laughs......press play and take the ride with us!!!

This year, for the first time, Al took part in #MWE — aka Music Writer's Exercise — listening to and writing about a new album every day throughout the month of February. Al discusses 10 of his favorite albums out of the total of 28, explaining why he chose them for the project and what he liked about them.Al mentioned the Sara Lund interview on the Tour Stories podcast, where she discussed Alice Coltrane's Journey in Satchidananda. You can listen to that episode here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-check-in-with-sara-lund-unwound/id1482193534?i=1000575099615.Al is on Twitter at @almelchiorBB, and this show has accounts on Twitter and Instagram at @youmealbum. Be sure to follow @youmealbum to find out in advance about upcoming guests and featured albums for this podcast.You, Me and An Album: The Newsletter is free to all subscribers! https://youmealbum.substack.com/If you are interested in supporting this podcast, please check out the show's Patreon site, https://www.patreon.com/youmealbum. Your contributions are greatly appreciated and keep this show going.0:48 A #MWE primer2:06 How Al picked his 28 albumsHighlight albums4:06 Television, Marquee Moon6:54 Tacocat, Lost Time9:17 Tool, Lateralus11:42 Alice Coltrane, Journey in Satchidananda13:19  Horsegirl, Versions of Modern Performance15:31 Obey Robots, One In A Thousand18:38 Quasi, Breaking the Balls of History20:10 Caroline Polachek, Desire, I Want to Turn Into You23:21 The Black Tones, Cobain & Cornbread25:02 Bruce Springsteen, Greetings from Asbury Park, N.J.28:06 Al sums up his #MWE experienceSupport the show

Is Geothermal as exhaustive as the reports say? Can it power the future as a baseload energy source? Does America even produce any? What exactly is it? These are some questions you may be asking yourself when it comes to geothermal, and they are valid since historically geothermal hasn't been very good at engaging stakeholders outside of the industry. Today, we sit down and talk about the Geysers geothermal field, a 725 MWe field that is made up of over 13 power plants and 300 wells, so in short it is incredibly complex and is part of the US's leading 3.6 GW of geothermal production. In today's discussion, Rob Parker, VP of Operations at the Geysers talks about how geothermal has always been part of the energy mix and doesn't always get the love in future projections but believes there is a long future ahead for the Geysers and geothermal as an industry. Rob Parkerhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/rob-parker-2290922/Danielle Matthews Seperashttps://www.linkedin.com/in/danielle-matthews-seperas/Peter Sohttps://www.linkedin.com/in/peter-so-2238587/Calpinehttps://www.calpine.com/operations/power-operations/our-locations/california/big-geysersCORE Knowledgehttps://www.linkedin.com/company/core-geothermal/Nick Cestarihttps://www.linkedin.com/in/nick-cestari-48059268/

In this powerful imperfectly perfect conversation, I spoke with the wonderful Christine Freeland who is the Founder of Boost Your Brilliance. Christine shares with MWe about Leadership in tune with life. She worked for the National Park Service in the United States for 30 years. The last 6 years of her career, she became interested in leadership, feeling there was something missing in the way work and workers were managed. Very top down, bureaucratic, and hierarchical, with a mostly transactional way of working. She had an aha moment taking an unusual leadership course which involved connecting with her personal and work passions. Something clicked, and she thought, this is the necessary ingredient, leadership with heart!! Helping to lift employees up in an organization and support their talents and passions to accomplish amazing and creative ways of working together. The two books Christine mentions at the end are: - Leadership and the New Science by Margaret Wheatley - Regenerative Leadership by Laura Storm and Giles Hutchins

IntraConnected – Part 2: Conversation with Tara and Dan Siegel - In this conversation, Tara interviews Dan about the themes in his new book, IntraConnected. They explore how our identity gets formed, and the profound healing and freedom that come with widening our sense of identity from me to what Dan terms "Mwe" (me plus we.)  The principles they touch on come from indigenous wisdom, the contemplative or wisdom traditions, neuroscience and quantum physics. 

Intraconnected – Part 1: Conversation with Tara and Dan Siegel - In this conversation, Tara interviews Dan about the themes in his new book, Intraconnected. They explore how our identity gets formed, and the profound healing and freedom that come with widening our sense of identity from me to what Dan terms "Mwe" (me plus we.)  The principles they touch on come from indigenous wisdom, the contemplative or wisdom traditions, neuroscience and quantum physics. 

Rendering of Last Energy's 20 MWe installations (Last Energy) Last Energy is an innovative new company governed by a philosophy of avoiding the invention of anything that has not been done before. They have created a business that is laser focused on building, owning and operating small (20 MWe), modular pressurized water reactors and selling the electricity they produce under long term power purchase agreements. On Atomic Show #303, Bret Kugelmass, the founder, president and CEO of Last Energy describes the path he took from earning a masters degree in robotics at Stanford, through the founding and operation of a successful drone company, to a highly respected podcast, through a non profit think tank and into a utility company that has designed a nuclear power plant that can begin operating as early as 2025 with commercial scale repetition starting almost immediately. Where some believe that nuclear fission requires highly specialized equipment, Last Energy has found that pressure vessels, pumps, piping, heat exchangers and valves of similarly high quality standards are widely available from experienced, commercial suppliers. Their systems, structures and components (SSC) use well-accepted ASME codes and standards and are often identical to the SSC that have been used for decades in chemical processing, oil and gas, and other industrial applications. Last Energy has chosen a small number of initial deployment locations, specifically in the UK, Romania and Poland. They are aiming to supply power to major industrial consumers that need somewhere between 20 and 100 MWe. They will connect to their customers "behind the meter". From the customer point of view, Last Energy power will look and act like the electricity they currently purchase from their local utility company. Last Energy systems will have approximately 2 m diameter pressure vessels that can accommodate full length fuel assemblies and standard control rods with proven drive mechanisms mounted on the reactor head. There will be fewer assemblies in the core, and they will be replaced as a whole unit every 6 years. Each plant will have a single steam generator and coolant pump. Kugelmass explains the reasons behind the company philosophy and design choices. He provides a good summary of their business model and their driving motivations. One aspect of Last Energy's plans should motivate US politicians to modify our current export control regime. Even though their plants are designed to be well within the production capability of US manufacturers, the company is studiously avoiding the production of any nuclear component in the US. Export control processes are too burdensome to be economically justifiable. I hope you enjoy the show and participate in the conversation.

The separate self is a lie. Contrary to modern culture's idea of the solo self or individualism, which emphasizes the need to look out for and take care of oneself above all else, indigenous people believe that everything is interconnected. There has always been a connection between us and the rest of the world. Although it originated in Western culture, individualism is a global phenomenon that prevents us from living in greater balance and harmony. In today's society, self-reliance is highly stressed and valued, which gives the impression that we are on our own and leaves a lot of people experiencing feelings of worthlessness, loneliness, and desperation. In this episode, Dr. Dan Siegel aims to shift that mindset into a more relational approach. He places a strong emphasis on how crucial it is to understand how connected we all are. He believes that by understanding and embracing this ancient message, we can find solutions to more significant problems like public health and planetary health, in addition to our relationships with other people. Let's dive in. Check out the transcript of this episode on Dr. Jessica Higgin's website. In this episode 5:38 The inspiration of the book: the deep desire to let go of the idea of the "solo self" and discover how to lead a more balanced, harmonious life. 17:33 The flimsy fantasy of certainty. 20:59 How our culture encourages us to see ourselves as separate, independent beings. 28:34 How the word “me” can be a limiting word and the origin of the word "MWe." 36:08 The ineffective use of the word "self" in the field of mental health. 41:54 The solo self is a lie: a broader understanding of who we are and the realities of our entangled lives. 48:41 How the idea of intraconnectedness, or MWe, can change romantic relationships. Mentioned IntraConnected: MWe (Me + We) as the Integration of Self, Identity, and Belonging (book) Wheel of Awareness by Dr. Dan Siegel Aware: The Science and Practice of Presence--The Groundbreaking Meditation Practice (*Amazon Affiliate link) (book) Noosphere by Pierre Teilhard de Chardin (*Wikipedia) ERP 216: What to Know about Loneliness and Relationship ERP 219: The Human Need for Belonging ERP 215: How to Deal With Being “Alone Together” ERP 208: How to Find Balance and Direction Relationship Map To Happy, Lasting Love Shifting Criticism For Connected Communication Connect with Dr. Dan Siegel Websites: DrDanSiegel.com | mindsightinstitute.com Facebook: facebook.com/drdansiegel Twitter: twitter.com/DrDanSiegel YouTube: youtube.com/user/mindsightinstitute Instagram: instagram.com/drdansiegel Connect with Dr. Jessica Higgins Facebook: facebook.com/EmpoweredRelationship  Instagram: instagram.com/drjessicahiggins  Podcast: drjessicahiggins.com/podcasts/ Pinterest: pinterest.com/EmpowerRelation  LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/drjessicahiggins  Twitter: @DrJessHiggins  Website: drjessicahiggins.com   Email: jessica@drjessicahiggins.com If you have a topic you would like me to discuss, please contact me by clicking on the “Ask Dr. Jessica Higgins” button here.  Thank you so much for your interest in improving your relationship.  Also, I would so appreciate your honest rating and review. Please leave a review by clicking here.  Thank you!   *With Amazon Affiliate Links, I may earn a few cents from Amazon, if you purchase the book from this link.

Cyberpolitik: The Internet of Yesterday and Tomorrow— Bharath ReddyThe foundation of the internet was built on three pillars:Reliance on the private sector, Light regulatory oversight, Free speech and a free flow of information. The hope was that these values would also be accepted as the internet would be accepted across the world. However this utopian vision is far from the reality of today’s internet. Gradually the internet has become less secure, more fragmented and less free. Authoritarian regimes across the world have been able to leverage control of the internet to shape narratives that strengthen their control. The US needs to recalibrate and adapt to this new reality. So begins the Council on Foreign Relations report titled “Confronting Reality in Cyberspace: Foreign Policy for a Fragmented Internet”. The authors propose a three-fold approach to confronting the new reality in cyberspace. Firstly, they recommend that allies need to come together to preserve a trusted and secure internet based on international standards. This includes working towards a shared policy on digital privacy, tackling cybercrime, and helping developing nations build cyber capacity. Secondly, there should be discussions and negotiations with adversaries to avoid cyber operations against nuclear command, control and communications systems, election systems and financial systems. This includes holding states accountable for cyber threats originating from their territory. The last recommendation involves getting the domestic house in order, which includes building cyber security talent, minimising domestic cyber security risks and prioritising digital interests in national security strategies.The predictions of the end of the global internet are growing quite common. The predictions for a fragmented internet range from a splinternet to a bifurcation between a Western and a Chinese internet. With these possibilities appearing more likely each day, India needs to rethink its own approaches to cyber security.Matsyanyaaya #1: Fission Factor: The Big Bet on Small Reactors— Aditya RamanathanWhile the world’s attention is drawn to the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, where Russian and Ukrainian forces are facing off, there are potentially more significant developments underway for the future of nuclear power. In July, the United States’ Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC)  announced that it would certify the NuScale 50 MWe small modular reactor. NuScale’s reactor is only the seventh design which the NRC has ever approved in the history of nuclear power. It is also the first small modular reactor (SMR) that has received the green light in the United States. China is presently ahead of the US in SMRs. A couple of weeks before the NRC announcement, the China National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC) began the construction of an SMR demonstration plant in Hainan Province. CNNC calls the project the first “commercial onshore small modular reactor” in the world. Once the 125 MWe reactor is up and running, CNNC claims it will be capable of powering 526,000 households. The SMR PromiseThe International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) defines SMRs as reactors with up to 300 MWe capacity. As the name indicates, SMRs are much smaller than traditional reactors and modular in their design. For instance, the NuScale design is touted as being only  “about 1 per cent the size of a traditional power plant’s containment chamber, though it delivers 10 percent of a plant’s power output.” SMRs are modular for two reasons. Firstly, assemblies and components can be pre-fabricated on a factory floor and then put together on site. Secondly, additional units to t can simply be added on site to increase capacity.Proponents of SMRs have advocated their widespread adoption for several reasons. For one, SMRs need much lower initial investments and fewer operators and specialists to run them. Two, unlike traditionally large nuclear plants, finding the right patch of real estate for an SMR is much simpler. Three, proponents say SMRs are well suited to serve small communities and provide a reliable base-load for renewables. Four, the modularity of SMRs allows them to be easily scaled up as the needs of a community grow. SMR proponents argue that these reactors are safer because they are far less susceptible to human error and rely on passive safety features. For instance, NuScale designs don’t require external power sources to operate the cooling systems for their cores. Finally, if an accident occurs, the consequences with an SMR are likely to be much less severe than in previous nuclear accidents. While both the CNNC and NuScale reactors feature novel designs, they nevertheless draw from proven technologies. CNNC describes its Linglong-1 design as being a pressurised water reactor, while the NuScale design is a light water reactor. Both reactors appear to use clever design and engineering to simplify traditional reactors. This is a sensible approach to getting SMRs approved and operational. However, other companies are experimenting with more radical designs. The Ultra Safe Nuclear Corporation (USNC) has designed what it calls a Micro Modular Reactor (MMR). The MMR eschews water altogether, using helium as a coolant and transferring heat through molten salt. MMRs also use a ‘Fully Ceramic Microencapsulated’ (FCM) fuel, in which small kernels of Uranium fuel, each about 1 mm across, are encased in layers of ceramic and silicon carbide. According to USNC, this makes the fuel much safer to use and transport, gives it greater temperature stability, and makes it impossible to repurpose for military purposes. In April, the company started running a pilot plant for the production of FCM fuel. USNC expects demonstration units of the reactor itself to be operational by 2026.  Besides these there are several other SMRs under development, including so-called micro-reactors from start-ups like Oklo and NuGen as well as designs from established giants like General Atomics. Finally, there are companies pursuing larger reactors like the so-called pebble-bed design as well as the Bill Gates-backed TerraPower’s molten salt design.Nuclear RealitiesFor all the promises of SMRs, it’s worth keeping in mind that they are still a long way off. Even if SMRs are all they claim to be, it may be another two decades before they dramatically impact the global energy mix. Until then, renewables and traditional nuclear plants will remain important sources of low-carbon energy. There also remain many uncertainties around SMRs, many of which feature completely unproven designs. As with every other means of power generation, there are also likely to be some downsides. For example, a Stanford-led study concluded that SMRs could produce much more nuclear waste than traditional reactors. The study looked at designs from NuScale, Terrestrial Energy, and Toshiba and concluded that these small reactors would experience greater neutron leakage, which would, in turn, create more radioactive material. While such studies are by no means conclusive, they highlight how little we will really know until prototype SMRs run for years. SMRs are also likely to be subject to the same political and social uncertainties that afflict traditional nuclear power. The supply of Uranium fuel remains highly politicised and dominated by the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG). And popular perceptions of nuclear power appear to be poor. Nuclear engineers may point out that the chances of a major radiation event at the Zaporizhzhia plant are very low, despite the ongoing fighting in its vicinity. However, popular perceptions are unlikely to make much allowance for expert opinion. Matsyanyaaya #2: How can the US-India iCET Succeed?— Arjun GargeyasI know we talk about the intersection of technology and international affairs in this newsletter. This time I’m trying something different, elucidating the possibility of a new technology in India which can become the global standard and shake things up in the international E-commerce arena if implemented perfectly.Over the last few weeks, we met with Mr Sanjay Jain, a member of iSPIRIT and an engineer closely working on developing the India Stack applications. This was to understand better the newly launched Open Network for Digital Commerce (ONDC) and how it functions. The ONDC was launched by the Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade, Government of India as an e-commerce aggregator. The primary objective was to challenge the monopoly of E-commerce giants like Amazon and Flipkart while providing the local sellers a platform to be equally competitive. After having a couple of conversations with Mr Jain, who brilliantly explained the system’s backend, India had a sense of opportunity to set a global standard through which E-commerce operates. What is it?ONDC is a massive network that acts as a facilitator for buyers and sellers. It is not a platform such as Amazon. It is built on leveraging the network effects and positive externalities of E-commerce platforms, while aggregating all existing platforms to be on the same network. It is currently developed on the Beckn Protocol, an open-source software protocol. Now, for comparison's sake, it is similar to the National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI), which handles all UPI transactions. Why has it been introduced?One of the main reasons for introducing ONDC in India is the movement toward E-commerce while making it inclusive and accessible to the country’s large population. There is also the movement from platform-based to network-based technology in the E-commerce domain so that users are not locked into a particular platform only and can choose from multiple options. Including local merchants, sellers and buyers to make the network have over 15,000 retailers is another key objective of the platform itself. Increasing the share of Indians using E-Commerce (from 9 crores to 25 crores) and improving geographic coverage of E-Commerce (covering 75% of PIN codes) remains the core idea behind ONDC.How can it become the E-commerce domain standard?ONDC mainly revolves around two principles: Bundling and Interoperability. It helps separate the buyers and sellers while aggregating both on a single network. It addresses lock-in and unbundles E-commerce’s buying, selling and logistics aspects. Sellers need not register on an existing app but can come together with others to create seller apps with other retailers (location-specific retailer aggregation or delivery-specific services can have their platforms for end users to choose from). There’s no centralised payment processor, but seller-side apps determine the commission for whoever decides to get onboarded.Can India use ONDC and implement it in different countries just like its digital payments system? ONDC can soon be a perfect solution for preventing monopolies in the E-commerce domain. It can also provide local entrepreneurs with a perfect opportunity to reach the end users directly without being bullied by big firms who prefer to prop their own businesses.  The US has long been talking about breaking up Big Tech. Now, in the E-commerce space, ONDC has a shot (albeit a very long one currently) to become a credible alternative to the existing model (concentrated with a few giants who have captured the market) that other nation-states can use. With that, ONDC has the possibility of improving India’s own international reach (like UPI), thus helping the country gain some diplomatic heft in the E-commerce space. Our Reading Menu[Book] From Space to Sea : My ISRO Journey and Beyond by Abraham E. Muthunayagam.[Report] Green energy depends on critical minerals. Who controls the supply chains? by Luc Leruth, Adnan Mazarei, Pierre Régibeau and Luc Renneboog.[Article] Technology and the construction of oceanic space: Bathymetry and the Arctic continental shelf dispute by Daniel Lambach This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit hightechir.substack.com

Welcome back to Therapy Chat! This week's episode is replay of a fascinating conversation with someone who needs no introduction. Dr. Dan Siegel is this week's guest, and he explains the concept of interpersonal neurobiology, the nature of the mind, integration and “Mwe”. Personally, I think a "Mwe" consciousness is more crucial than ever right now. He shares his story of becoming interested in the brain and the mind beginning in college, and continuing through his medical school training. He explains his disappointment at discovering in medical school in the late 1980's that there did not seem to be a science of the mind that psychiatry was using to inform mental health work. He wanted to understand both how the body functions and how our mental lives play a part in keeping us alive. He explains that interpersonal neurobiology is not a branch of neurobiology, but a framework combining many disciplines including the mental health fields of psychology, psychiatry, counseling, social work, as well as sociology, philosophy, quantum physics, math and others to answer the question “what is the mind?” He explains that he has interviewed over 100,000 people and none of them had ever had any training in what the mind is, which is a real gap in knowledge considering that we in the mental health field are working in the mind. That is what our work is. He tells us that the mind is where the self comes from; then discusses what the mind is, why it exists, where is it, what's its function. Dan argues we need to understand the mind to understand all of these questions. He discusses this in depth in his new book, Mind: A Journey to the Heart of Being Human, which is coming out in Fall of 2016. He notes that the field called Philosophy of mind discourages asking what is the mind. Psychiatry doesn't have a definition of the mind. Psychology doesn't have a definition and says it's a useful placeholder. What is a healthy mind? What's a healthy thought? Some topics Dan discusses in this episode: Mind is not only emotions in this definition. It includes emotions, feelings, anything you can be subjectively aware of. In Dan's definition, consciousness, subjective experience and information processing are the 3 parts of the mind. He talks about how he noticed that what we call mental health disorders fit into a pattern of chaos and rigidity. In probability theory of math there was an area of study which related to this which states that a complex system has three characteristics: It's open to influences from outside of self; capable of being chaotic and it's non-linear. It's a self organizing, embodied and relational process. This answer comes from math. He explains that in mental health, integration defines health. He states that the best definition of mental health is that the system is Flexible, Adaptive, Coherent, Energized and Stable (FACES). Where attention goes, neural firing flows, neural connection grows Dan talks about how therapists can use these concepts to help clients live happier and more fulfilling lives, not just lives of being free from mental health symptoms. We had a very thought-provoking discussion and I hope you enjoyed it as much as I did. Resources Wheel of Awareness practice Mindsight The Mindful Therapist Norton Series on Interpersonal Neurobiology The Developing Mind Mind: A Journey to the Heart of Being Human Dan Siegel's website Thank you to TherapyNotes for sponsoring this week's episode! TherapyNotes makes billing, scheduling, notetaking, and telehealth incredibly easy. And now, for all you prescribers out there, TherapyNotes is proudly introducing E-prescribe! Find out what more than 100,000 mental health professionals already know, and try TherapyNotes for 2 months, absolutely free. Try it today with no strings attached, and see why everyone is switching to TherapyNotes, now featuring E-prescribe. Use promo code "chat" at www.therapynotes.com to receive 2 FREE months of TherapyNotes! This episode is also sponsored by Trauma Therapist Network. Learn about trauma, connect with resources and find a trauma therapist near you at www.traumatherapistnetwork.com. We believe that trauma is real, healing is possible and help is available. Therapists, registration is opening for Trauma Therapist Network membership. Join a compassionate and skilled group of trauma therapists for weekly calls focused on Self Care, Case Consultation, Q&A and Training and get a beautiful therapist directory listing to help clients find your practice and learn about how you work.  Sign up here: https://traumatherapistnetwork.com/register! Hurry, time is running out! Podcast produced by Pete Bailey - https://petebailey.net/audio 

Articles covered include: “Top Alternative Energy Stocks for Q3 2022”; “Ameresco: Alternative Energy's Best Near-Term Capital Gain Prospect”; “Alternative Energy Stock Quietly Having a Great Year”; “3 Most Undervalued Renewable Energy Stocks to Buy”; “2 Unstoppable Renewable Energy Stocks to Buy for the Next Decade”; and “3 High-Yield Infrastructure Stocks to Buy Now.” And more Podcast: ESG Energy Stocks for 3Q 2022 Transcript & Links, Episode 88, July 29, 2022 Next podcast either September 2 or 9 Hello, Ron Robins here. Welcome to my podcast episode 88 published on July 29, 2022, titled “ESG Energy Stocks for 3Q 2022” — and presented by Investing for the Soul. Investingforthesoul.com is your site for vital global ethical and sustainable investing mentoring, news, commentary, information, and resources. Remember that you can find a full transcript, and links to content – including stock symbols, quotes, and bonus material – at this episode's podcast page located at investingforthesoul.com/podcasts. Now if any terms are unfamiliar to you, simply Google them. Also, just a reminder. I do not evaluate any of the stocks or funds mentioned in these podcasts, nor do I receive any compensation from anyone covered in these podcasts. Furthermore, I will reveal to you any personal investments I have in the investments mentioned herein. Please note that my next podcast will be either September 2 or 9. I'm taking August off to work on some projects. ------------------------------------------------------------- 1. ESG Energy Stocks for 3Q 2022 Now it seems that most analysts' ESG recommendations in the media continue to focus on ESG energy stocks and funds. So, I have several articles with that view. The first one is titled Top Alternative Energy Stocks for Q3 2022. It's by Nathan Reiff. Found at investorpedia.com. Now some quotes. “Here are the top three alternative energy stocks with the best value, the fastest growth, and the most momentum… 1) Daqo New Energy Corp. (DQ) Is a China-based solar energy company that manufactures polysilicon for sale to manufacturers of solar cells and modules. The company also manufactures photovoltaic wafers. Daqo reported earnings for Q1 2022 on April 21. Net income attributable to shareholders surged by over sixfold while revenues quintupled year-over-year (YOY). This performance was driven in part by a jump in polysilicon sales volume. 2) Excelerate Energy Inc. (EE) Is a liquified natural gas (LNG) company. It offers regasified natural gas delivery, storage, and other related services. It has operations around the globe. On May 20, the company reported that it had signed a 10-year contract with a subsidiary of Gasgrid Finland Oy to charter a floating storage and regasification vessel. The vessel will serve Finland and the Baltic region with liquefied natural gas and related services. 3) Iberdrola SA (IBDRY) Is a Spain-based multinational electric utility company. The company engages in the generation, distribution, and trading of electricity. It specializes in clean energy, including onshore and offshore wind, and solar energy.” End quotes. My comment about Daqo. It's still being accused of using forced labor. ------------------------------------------------------------- 2. ESG Energy Stocks for 3Q 2022 Now, here's the second article in this ESG energy stocks theme titled Ameresco: Alternative Energy's Best Near-Term Capital Gain Prospect. By Peter F. Way on seekingalpha.com. Here are some quotes from Mr. Way's blog. “A 3-5 month prospect from here of Ameresco share prices could reasonably range from a $46.00 low to $58.80 high from its present price of $47.30, a +24.3% gain. From Yahoo Finance. Quote. ‘Ameresco, Inc., (NYSE:AMRC) (is) a clean technology integrator, provides a portfolio of energy efficiency and renewable energy supply solutions in the United States, Canada, and internationally. It offers energy efficiency, infrastructure upgrades, energy security and resilience, asset sustainability, and renewable energy solutions for businesses and organizations… In addition, the company sells photovoltaic (PV) solar energy products and systems, as well as provides consulting and enterprise energy management services; and owns and operates a wind power project located in Ireland… As of December 31, 2021, the company owned and operated 147 small-scale renewable energy plants and solar PV installations.” End quotes. ------------------------------------------------------------- 3. ESG Energy Stocks for 3Q 2022 And a third article in the ESG energy stock space titled Alternative Energy Stock Quietly Having a Great Year. By Schaeffer's Digital Content Team on schaeffersresearch.com. This is some of what the team has to say. “Enphase Energy, Inc. (NASDAQ:ENPH) Is a global energy technology company and a supplier of microinverter-based solar and battery systems. The company's semiconductor-based microinverter system converts energy at the individual solar module level and brings a system-based high-technology approach to solar energy generation, storage, control, and management. The company has shipped more than 45 million microinverters, and over 2.0 million Enphase-based systems have been deployed in more than 135 countries… On the charts, ENPH is up roughly 17% in 2022… Enphase Energy stock offers a rich valuation at a price-earnings ratio of 55.87 and a price-sales ratio of 18.24. Nonetheless, the company has maintained high and consistent growth rate over multiple years, which has helped the market justify the company's inflated valuation… Enphase Energy is also expected to grow its revenues and earnings 31.7% and 22.9%, respectively, for fiscal 2023.” End quotes ------------------------------------------------------------- 4. ESG Energy Stocks for 3Q 2022 And a fourth article in this ESG energy stocks vein is titled 3 Most Undervalued Renewable Energy Stocks to Buy. By Will Ashworth on InvestorPlace.com. Among Mr. Ashworth's comments are the following. “1) Brookfield Renewable Corporation (NYSE:BEPC) Was created so that investors could invest in its renewable power assets through a corporation rather than a limited partnership… The company's June 2022 annual shareholder's meeting highlighted that Brookfield Renewable Corporation generated $934 million in funds from operations (FFO) in 2021, 10% higher than a year earlier… In the five years between 2021 and 2026, it expects to grow funds from operations by 10% or more annually… For those who want a more diversified portfolio, you can own Brookfield Renewable Corporation indirectly through Brookfield Asset Management (NYSE:BAM), which owns 26% of the company. Brookfield Asset Management stock is down 25% year-to-date.   You won't go wrong owning Brookfield Asset Management over the long haul.    2) NextEra Energy Partners LP (NYSE:NEP) Is a growth-oriented limited partnership created by its parent company, NextEra Energy (NYSE:NEE), in June 2014. It owns wind and solar projects, natural gas, and infrastructure assets in the U.S… It (seeks) to grow LP distributions by 12% to 15% per year between 2019 and 2024. So far, it's increased them by approximately 15% per year… Its annualized distributions since its IPO have increased by 290%, from 75 cents to $2.93 at the end of 2021.   Down 9.4% YTD, I wouldn't say that NextEra Energy Partners LP is a screaming buy, but it's not overpriced either. 3) Ameresco (NYSE:AMRC) (Yes again!) Is (in) the business of owning renewable assets and helping others implement clean energy solutions for their businesses… In 22 short years, Ameresco's completed more than $11 billion in energy solution projects for more than 8,000 customers worldwide. In addition, it owns 353 million watts of energy (MWe) assets for solar, landfill gas, renewable natural gas (RNG), and battery storage… Ameresco has been able to increase its revenues since 2017 by more than 21% annually, from $717 million in 2017 to an estimated $1.87 billion in 2022. Over the same period, the company has grown its adjusted earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) by 27.1% annually.   With Ameresco stock down more than 46% YTD, it's trading at the same levels it did in December 2020, 18 months ago. Under $40 would be a perfect entry point. ” End quotes. ------------------------------------------------------------- 5. ESG Energy Stocks for 3Q 2022 In this next article Brookfield Renewable Corporation and NextEra Energy Partners LP are again recommended. It's titled 2 Unstoppable Renewable Energy Stocks to Buy for the Next Decade. By Matthew DiLallo. On fool.com. “1) Brookfield Renewable (BEPC) Brookfield Renewable operates a globally diversified portfolio of renewable energy and energy transition assets. It currently generates 21 gigawatts (GW) of renewable energy… Its assets produce steady cash flows backed by long-term power purchase agreements… Brookfield anticipates that mergers and acquisitions will add up to 9% per share to its bottom line each year. The company recently raised a record $15 billion for an energy transition fund to help companies decarbonize their operations. That's giving it additional capital to complete deals, positioning it to further capitalize on the decarbonization megatrend.  2) NextEra Energy, Inc. (NEE) NextEra Energy operates Florida Power & Light (FPL), a leading electric utility in the state, and NextEra Energy Resources, a large-scale clean energy infrastructure business… The energy resources unit operates natural gas pipelines, renewable energy generating facilities, battery storage operations, and electricity transmission lines that generate steady cash flow backed by long-term fee-based contracts. The company… recently unveiled its Real Zero strategy to eliminate its carbon emissions by 2045. Florida Power & Light is undertaking the largest solar energy expansion in the nation, which it's supplementing with large-scale battery storage deployment. It also aims to replace natural gas in its power plants with green hydrogen and renewable natural gas… Management expects profits to grow by more than 10% this year. It then foresees them expanding at the high end of its 6% to 8% target range through at least 2025. That should give the utility the funds to grow its 2.1%-yielding dividend by at least 10% annually through 2024.” End quotes. Incidentally, Florida Power & Light is just accused of unethical competitive behavior. ------------------------------------------------------------- Top Solar Panel Companies 2022 Finally, this article is not a stock recommendation but rather an interesting assessment of solar panel makers available in the US. It's titled Top Solar Panel Companies 2022 and by Lisa Iscrupe on saveonenergy.com. Here is some of what Ms. Iscrupe and fellow researchers say. Quote. “The solar industry is a combination of many business sectors. From solar installers to dealers to solar panel manufacturers, navigating your solar energy journey can take time. When you are researching solar panels for your home, one place that's good to start is with the solar panel company or manufacturer that you want. Based on our research, here's our top 10 solar panel companies: Canadian Solar Inc. Jinko Solar SunPower CertainTeed LG Tesla First Solar Inc. Lumos Hanwha REC Solar End quotes. There's much more information on their site. ------------------------------------------------------------- 3 High-Yield Infrastructure Stocks to Buy Now Now we turn from ESG energy stocks to infrastructure with an article titled 3 High-Yield Infrastructure Stocks to Buy Now. It's by Daniel Foelber, Scott Levine, and Lee Samaha. Again on fool.com. Now one of the recommendations is Kinder Morgan, an oil-gas pipeline company. Hence, I'm leaving it out. “1) Scott Levine picks Brookfield Infrastructure (BIPC) (BIP) … Currently offers an enticing forward dividend yield of 3.8%. With global operations in North and South America, Europe, and the Asia Pacific region, Brookfield Infrastructure has a worldwide presence in a variety of infrastructure projects including (but not limited to) natural gas pipelines and storage, data centers, toll roads, and electricity transmission… investors should be relieved to learn that 90% of the company's debt is a fixed rate… Should the company return $2.16 to unitholders in 2022 as it plans, it will represent an approximate 10% compound annual growth rate for its distribution since 2009. Looking ahead, management has targeted continued annual distribution growth of 5% to 9%. 2) Lee Samaha recommends Hubbell (HUBB) There aren't many industrial companies whose earnings are trending ahead of initial expectations going into 2022, but Hubbell is one of them. Management began 2022 forecasting organic sales growth of 8%-10% and adjusted diluted earnings per share (EPS) of $8.75–$9.25 only to raise it to 11%-13% and $9-$9.40 on the first-quarter earnings call in late April… The company makes electrical equipment, meters, connection products, and lighting fixtures. About 56% of its sales go to the utility market (mainly transmission and distribution), with 44% to electrical solutions (electrical products, connection, and bonding). There's a need to replace the infrastructure of an aging U.S. electrical grid… No company will be truly safe from a recession, but Hubbell stands to do relatively well. Throw in a 2.3% dividend yield, and the stock is attractive for investors.” End quotes. ------------------------------------------------------------- Other Honorable Mentions – not in any order, links on this podcast's webpage 1) Title This Renewable-Energy Juggernaut Continues to Produce Powerful Results on fool.com. By Matthew DiLallo. 2) Title 3 Sustainable ETFs for ESG-Focused Investors on the Canadian yahoo.com site. By Adam Othman. 3) Title My Top Renewable Energy Stock for the Second Half of 2022 on fool.com. By Daniel Foelber. Plus an article for UK investors — again link on this podcast's webpage Title Best ESG Funds 2022 – Forbes Advisor UK. By Andrew Michael. ------------------------------------------------------------- Ending Comment Well, these are my top news stories with their stock and fund tips -- for this podcast: “ESG Energy Stocks for 3Q 2022.” To get all the links, and stock symbols, or to read the transcript of this podcast -- and more -- go to investingforthesoul.com/podcasts and scroll down to this episode. Also, be sure to click the like and subscribe buttons in Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, or wherever you download or listen to this podcast. And please click the share buttons to share this podcast with your friends and family. Let's promote ethical and sustainable investing as a force for hope in these deeply troubled times! Contact me if you have any questions. Thank you for listening. Now I'm taking August off to work on some projects, so I'll talk to you next Friday, either September 2nd or 9th. Have a great August! Bye for now. © 2022 Ron Robins, Investing for the Soul

Show notes: 00:39 Paul's background and diverse roles in the nuclear industry 06:51 The MicroNuclear reactor battery design 16:18 Attempting to gain traction in the industry as a small startup; the benefits of downscaling nuclear reactors from the 1,000 MWe designs 25:00 The science of remaining fail-safe in a station blackout scenario 27:34 The timeline for commercializing the MicroNuclear designs; potential applications 33:05 The unfortunate facts about the current energy climate 39:42 How can we change regulations to encourage more innovation? 46:11 Paul's advice for young professionals in energy Paul's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/paul-marotta-p-e-phd-bcee-04b05012/ MicroNuclear LLC: https://micronucleartech.com/

Recent events have made it clear that the board won't be retreating any time soon from a high level of engagement with management on patient care and safety matters, but what is the appropriate level of board engagement? To answer that question, welcomes back , president of Orlikoff & Associates, Inc., and , MWE partner, leader of McDermott health advisory on patient care and safety and accreditation issues, and author of the recent client memo series on vaccination mandates and workplace safety developments, for an update on where we stand two years into the COVID-19 pandemic, including:   Implications and expectations from hospital boards regarding current COVID-19 rates. The regulatory authorities response to competing pandemic-related pressures. Board guidance for addressing financial concerns in light of a stealth surge  The governance challenges associated with growing supply chain issues.  Universal truths following the pandemic that are valuable to healthcare boards.  Defining purpose and the role of hospitals in leading healthcare issues.  Additional Resources:  

In the liminal space, we are transformed. Moses is caught between two racial-cultural identities. This becomes a scary place for him and ultimately the place of exile. But it is in the liminal space in which God calls him to be the one to lead the people into the Exodus, it being a larger example of liminality between captivity and the promised homeland. mWe are called to be faithful in the liminal spaces, though we are afraid and uncertain. When we are practiced in the liminal we are able to see other bodies i. these spaces: the marginalized, the migrant, the refugee, the transitory

Tauron rozważa budowę bloku gazowo-parowego z wysokosprawną kogeneracją o mocy do 500 MWe oraz 250 MWt w Elektrowni Łagisza. To powrót do pomysłu sprzed kilku lat. - Otwarcie ofert w przetargu na blok gazowo-parowy może nastąpić już we wrześniu, wtedy dowiemy się jak kosztowna jest to inwestycja w obecnych warunkach. Jednostka może ruszyć w 2027 r. - mówi Jerzy Topolski Rafałowi Kergerowi.

Julia Pyke, Director of Finance, Sizewell C Sizewell C is a project to build a 3,200 MWe power station consisting of two EPR units on the site that currently hosts a single large pressurized water reactor (Sizewell B). With the exception of site-specific foundations and structures, the new power station will be a copy of the station currently under construction at Hinkley Point C. Like Hinkley Point C, Sizewell C will be capable of supplying approximately 7% of the UK's annual electricity requirement. It will be able to run at full power for 90% (or more) of the hours in the year. By following Hinkley Point, Sizewell will be a much less risky project. Trades have been trained, construction kinks have been worked out, supply chains have been created, managers have gained experience, and designs have been completed and tested. As a result of this "derisking" (using the lingo of project managers) Sizewell C will be a more affordable endeavor that should begin saving customers money from the time it first begins operating. But that expectation is unlikely to be fulfilled if the project has to be financed in the same way as Hinkley Point C, where the long construction duration and the inability to recover financing costs during construction has resulted in a situation where 70% or more of the total project cost is paid out in interest and return on investor risk capital. On this episode of the Atomic Show, Julia Pyke, the Director of Finance for the Sizewell C project, explains how the regulated asset base (RAB) model will enable Sizewell C to be economically financed and built. In the weeks since we recorded this episode of the Atomic Show, Russia's invasion of Ukraine has increased the importance of making it possible for Sizewell C participants to reach a final investment decision. Approval of the RAB model will be a major step forward in moving this project towards completion. It is a shovel-ready project that will help fill growing vulnerabilities in the UK's energy supply. It's not a quick fix, but it will be a durable one. Please participate in the discussion here. I hope you enjoy the show.

(comedian) This week, James Crowley talks about both nostalgic songs and new songs that he's been listening to. Whether it's long-awaited releases or a deep dive for MWE or inspired by the Super Bowl. a lughole podcast. Father John Misty — Q4 Peach PRC — God is a Freak Frank Turner — The Work Zeal & Ardor — Emersion Dr. Dre — Still D.R.E. (Feat. Snoop Dogg) Eminem — Still Don't Give a F**k yeule — Don't Be So Hard On Your Own Beauty Lucero — Nights Like These Ghost Fame — Death Follows Follow James on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jamespcrowley Twitter: https://twitter.com/jamespcrowley68 https://jamespcrowley.com/ Follow James Crowley's Infinite Playlist on Instagram! Music: https://www.bensound.com/royalty-free-music

¿Sabes qué es el MWE o Music Writing Exercise? Elige un disco de por día en febrero, de cualquier género y época, uno que nunca hayas escuchado antes, y publica un tuit comentándolo. Y en este episodio de Manzarock, converso con mi querido amigo, el baterista Alfonso Vargas (Liquidarlo Celuloide) para conversar sobre nuestras lista de este mes y de ediciones pasadas, y los discos que nos gustaron (y otros que no tanto... je). Pero sobre todo, nos juntamos para conversar sobre música, que es lo que nos gusta. ¿Cuál es mi lista? Quedó así: Idris Muhammad - House of the rising sun (1976). Ludacris - Release therapy (2006). Jacki-O - Poe Little Rich Girl (2004). Leonard Cohen - You want it darker (2016). Mop Mop - Isle of magic (2013). Lemonheads - Lick (1989). Amanaz - Africa (Reverb mixes) (1975). Blonde Redhead - Melody of certain damaged lemons (2000). Culture Abuse - Bay dream (2018). Neil Diamond - Touching You, Touching Me (1969). Hall & Oates - s/t (1975). Gary Clark Jr. - This land (2019). Buzzcocks - Spiral Scratch (1977). Apparat - The Devil's Walk (2011). Samantha Crain - A small death (2020). Extreme - Waiting for the punchline (1995). Toto - Isolation (1984). Mötley Crüe - s/t (1994). Frank Zappa - Does humor belong in music? (1986) Sebadoh - Bubble & Scrape (1993). The Fiery Furnaces - Widow City (2007). Trans Am - Sex Change (2007). Neil Young - American Stars 'n Bars (1977). Sparks - Propaganda (1974). Beastie Boys - The Mix-Up (2007). Congregación - Congregación viene (1972). Local H - As good as dead (1996). Mudhoney - Piece of cake (1992). ¡Haz tu lista y disfruta el #MWE! Gracias por escuchar ;)

Nuclear power opponents often point to radioactive waste as one of their main concerns. However, most people don't realize that problems associated with long-lived waste can actually be solved in an economic way with technology that's already well-proven. Long-lived actinides can be “burned” in a thorium molten salt reactor (MSR), or a breeder reactor. They do not burn fast, but in this way, it is possible to convert the most problematic part of the waste from something that needs to be stored safely for tens of thousands of years to fission products that only need to be stored safely for about 300 years. “Breeding is where you actually convert what's called a fertile fuel—and thorium is one of these fertile fuels—you convert that into something which you can fission, and then you have to make sure that that process actually doesn't stop—that it continues to create more and more new fuel,” Thomas Jam Pedersen, co-founder of Copenhagen Atomics, said as a guest on The POWER Podcast. “That's what Copenhagen Atomics is trying to prove to the world—that it's not merely something that you can show from physics that it's possible, but you could actually also build it and make it work.” The concept is not new. MSRs—a class of reactors that use liquid salt, usually fluoride- or chloride-based, as either a coolant with a solid fuel or as a combined coolant and fuel with the fuel dissolved in a carrier salt—underwent significant testing in the 1950s and 1960s at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) in Tennessee. Subsequent design studies in the 1970s focusing on thermal-spectrum thorium-fueled systems established reference concepts for two major design variants, one of which was a molten salt breeder reactor with multiple configurations that could breed additional fissile material or maintain self-sustaining operation. One reason the testing stopped was because thorium is not well-suited for making nuclear weapons, so the military was not interested in investing in the technology. “It was, from the very get-go, far behind the investments in the uranium fuel cycle, and therefore, most people were educated in the uranium fuel cycle,” Pedersen said. In the late 2000s, that changed, because documents from the ORNL testing were released to the public. “People started to discover, ‘Oh, there's actually something here that is quite exciting.' Because thorium is the only element where you can make breeder cycle, or breeder reactor, in thermal spectrum, and thermal spectrum is sort of, you can say, the easy reactors to build,” Pedersen explained. Copenhagen Atomics' goal is to have a 100-MWth (roughly 45-MWe) reactor unit available commercially by 2028. Units are expected to be built in a factory, using an assembly-line process, and will be roughly the size of a standard shipping container, which will allow them to be delivered easily to plant construction sites around the world. Customers would be able to install multiple units at a site to effectively create almost any size plant. The company expects to have a non-fission prototype unit ready for operation next year. “We will be able to test it—it's a one-to-one scale model of the reactor—we will not be able to run fission inside, but we can start it up and we can pump the salt around and we can test all the systems—see that it's working,” Pedersen said. Copenhagen Atomics is targeting 2025 to have a fully functioning demonstration reactor in operation. The cost? “I think it'll be a much cheaper energy form than classical nuclear reactors, and I think we can even compete with some of the cheapest forms of wind power or solar power,” said Pedersen. Furthermore, the thorium-fueled units will be dispatchable. “We can supply energy 24/7, and therefore, the value of our energy source is higher in the grid than it would be if you buy the same electricity from solar.”

EZ & Tay Dizzy on the mic y'all!!! These two hombres discussing the latest developments in MWE & probably also talk about poop.

ASHLEY PARK is a Tony Award nominated actress, currently starring as “Mindy” in the hit television series Emily in Paris. For her performance, she became the first Asian American Actress to receive a Critics' Choice Nomination for “Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series.” She will next appear in Bleecker Street's upcoming feature Mr Malcom's List. On stage, Park is perhaps best known for originating the role of “Gretchen Wieners” in the Broadway production of Tina Fey's Mean Girls. In addition to her Tony nomination, she received Drama League, Drama Desk, Outer Critics Circle and Chita Rivera Award nominations for her performance in Mean Girls. That same season, Park garnered critical acclaim for starring as “Mwe” in KPOP, for which she won the esteemed Lucille Lortel Award for Lead Actress in a Musical and was nominated for her second Drama League and Drama Desk Awards of the season. Other Broadway credits include: Grand Horizons; Mamma Mia!; The King and I; and the recent revival of Sunday in the Park with George. On television, Park reunited with Tina Fey for Peacock's new hit series GIRLS5EVA and was previously seen in the critically-acclaimed Netflix limited series Tales of the City. Other television credits include Apple TV+'s Helpsters and PopTV/Lionsgate Television's Nightcap. Park is the proud recipient of Actor Equity Association's 2018 Clarence Derwent Award, and in 2019 was honored with the inaugural Marin Mazzie Award for Empowerment by the Cancer Support Community. Her outreach as a social activist and a cancer survivor has stayed important to her through her dedicated work and support of service organizations such as the Make-A-Wish Foundation and Broadway Cares Equity Fights AIDS. Park graduated from the University of Michigan with a BFA in Musical Theater.Weekly Round-Up:Listen to the Still Processing podcast episode with Cathy Park Hong.Read the Harvard Business Review article, “To Dismantle Anti-Asian Racism, We Must Understand Its Roots” by Lily Zheng.Listen to Krista Tippett's On Being podcast episode, “A Life Worthy of Our Breath” with Ocean Vuong.Watch highlights of the late Marin Mazzie in The King and I, which she starred in with Ashley.

The guys welcome back THE Derrek Carriveau of the “I Love That Record” podcast to talk about The Afghan Whigs “Do To The Beast.” Plenty of other discussion including #MWE, Sweet Relief, how Afghan Whigs might be confused with Britpop, the various Greg Dulli incarnations, Po Boys in New Orleans (shoutout to Domalise’s and Parkway Bakery), Greg’s word choices, and Ben’s bad choices that include a shrimp lean cuisine. Check out Derrek’s podcast at: https://www.lovethisrecord.com/ Check out Afghan Whigs at: https://theafghanwhigs.com/ Check out other episodes at RecordsRevisitedPodcast.com, Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, Castbox, iHeartMedia, Google Podcasts and Spotify. Additional content is found at: Facebook.com/recordsrevisitedpodcast or twitter @podcastrecords or IG at instagram.com/recordsrevisitedpodcast/

Jayse & Joe (@jaystagram & @proper_replica on IG) go to Angeles Forest. WORLDS COLLIDE!! This is amazing, two of the the MWE faves on one hike. Discussions of special effects and video game mechanics and exactly how weird and hard the entertainment industry is for all of us.

X-Energy is the lead recipient for one of two industry groups selected to receive $80 M in Department of Energy (DOE) funding as part of a public-private partnership program to demonstrate advanced nuclear power plants on an aggressive time table. Its primary partner in the endeavor is Energy Northwest, which currently owns and operates the Columbia Generating Station in eastern Washington. Energy Northwest will be the owner and operator of the demonstration power station, which will consist of a four-unit installation of X-Energy's Xe-100 high temperature gas cooled reactor. Each unit is designed to produce 80 MWe, resulting in a power station output of 320 MWe. Advanced Reactor Demonstration Program The award is part of the Advanced Reactor Demonstration Program, which also includes two additional development pathways with longer horizons. The $80 M in FY 2021 funds is a down payment that will provide funds for completing detailed design work and beginning the licensing process. Future appropriations will be required to complete the projects; the funding opportunity announcement for the program included an award ceiling of $4 B to be shared among three different development pathways. For Atomic Show #287, I spoke with Darren Gale, X-Energy's Vice President for Commercial Operations. Darren is the company executive with direct responsibility for executing the company's contract with the Department of Energy and delivering on the promise to design, license and construct an advanced nuclear reactor power plant. The ADRP has an aggressive target date for beginning to deliver electricity to the grid is the end of 2027. During our conversation, Darren explained how his company is positioned to deliver on its promise. Xe-100 Design history We spoke about how X-Energy has been working on its high temperature pebble bed reactor design for more than a decade. X-Energy was founded in 2009 by Kam Ghaffarian, a successful entrepreneur who founded Stinger Ghaffarian Technologies (SGT) in 1984. Dr. Ghaffarian remains the owner of X-Energy, but is being joined by additional investors. The design is mature and the company has been engaging with the NRC for several years. It expects to be able to submit a license application within the next year or two; part of the uncertainty includes determining the most appropriate and streamlined licensing pathway. The Xe-100 is a helium-cooled, high temperature pebble bed reactor that has a number of similarities to the Chinese HTR-PM. They share a common heritage tracing back through the South African HTGR program and to the German AVR demonstration reactor. As Darren explains, the Xe-100 includes a number of refinements in its fuel design and in its fuel handling system that enable more efficient fuel use. Another design difference is that each Xe-100 reactor/steam generator modules are connected to its own Rankine cycle steam turbine. In the HTR-PM design, two reactor/steam generator modules feed a single larger turbine. The 80 MWe power output selection was influenced, in part, by the availability of off-the-shelf steam turbine power plants. Unlike light water reactors, the Xe-100 will produce steam at temperatures (565 ℃) and pressures (16.5 MPa) used in modern supercritical steam systems. Like the HTR-PM, Xe-100 reactors are continuously fueled while operating, eliminating the need to schedule refueling outages. There will still be a need to periodically shut down the reactor for inspections and steam turbine maintenance. X-Energy expects that there will be more requirements during the early years of operation while the company and the regulator gain experience and understanding of operational effects. Eventually, though, the company expects to achieve somewhat higher than average availability than conventional reactors that require unavoidable outages for refueling. Project location The project will be built in eastern Washington...

The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign has a stretch goal of completing its next research and test reactor by the end of 2025. It has assembled a team that includes several other major universities, national labs, and industrial partners. It has selected the MMRTM, a product that is being developed by USNC (Ultra Safe Nuclear Corporation), for its ability to meet most of a long list of important attributes that will support a wide range of university research and development goals. For this Atomic Show, I spoke with Dr. Katy Huff, Dr. Caleb Brooks – both of whom are on the UIUC engineering faculty – and Mark Mitchell, the USNC executive leading the MMR development program. They explained the history of their visionary project and provided the basis for their firm belief that they can license and build a new research and test reactor within the next five years. Why does UIUC need a new reactor? The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC) has a long tradition of leadership and innovation in nuclear science, technology and engineering. For 38 years (1960-1998) it proudly operated the Triga-Mark II research reactor to support student development and to contribute to the advancement of nuclear science and technology. But that valuable asset was, like so many US research reactors, decommissioned during the Dark Ages of US nuclear power development in the 1990s. By the end of that decade, student enrollment in nuclear engineering and science majors had dropped to near the fiducial level, there were few, if any prospects for new nuclear power projects, and federal support for nuclear research had been completely eliminated in during several budget cycles. Universities didn't see any reason to keep supporting research reactors, so they shut them down. But concerns about fossil fuel sustainability and climate change have helped to renew global interest in nuclear energy development and deployment. Students are again selecting nuclear focused majors and are developing new ideas about ways to use nuclear technologies to improve the human condition. Even though student interest in nuclear has been growing in the US for at least 15 years, university research reactor shutdowns have continued and no new ones have been built. Leaders in nuclear at UIUC decided several years ago that they need to take aggressive action to address the growing challenge of increasing student population and fewer physical reactors for them to use in their education, research and professional development programs. Why the MMR? Why now? University research reactors have always been modest in their thermal power capability, and they have generally been designed with passive safety features that make them appropriate for student learning and management. Even though the 15 MWth MMR is designed to provide useful power and electricity, it is also designed to be extremely safe without operator action. With its molten salt heat storage separating the nuclear reactor heat source from the adjacent plant heat conversion system, it is also designed for flexibly shifting its production from electricity to heat or to other useful products. That flexibility is attractive to a large university that has a variety of student research endeavors along with a large physical plant that includes on-campus power and heat generation. Like many US universities, UIUC has a district heating system that supplies more than 200 buildings with steam heat. The total load during winter months is more than 50 MWth. In addition, the university power plant supplies 50-75 MWe from a growing assortment of renewable energy systems as well as the coal and natural gas that provide the majority of the power. UIUC students have expressed a great deal of interest in moving their university away from fossil fuels and have targeted their campus steam and power supply as something that needs an emission-free replacement.

Lucky number 7! Caleb can't seem to lose lately, Kevin chooses tea over beer, both guys talk potential outcomes for UFC 251 Usman v. Masvidal, and more! We're here for a good time. Not a long time. Join us!00:00 - Intro00:55 - The Catch Up15:26 - Spread The Love24:35 - MMA Say50:15 - The Weekly Uplift57:10 - OutroTwitter: @shortcastpodGet in Touch: shortcastpod@gmail.comWebsite: www.shortcastpod.comIn this weeks "Spread The Love" we gave a shout out to the Morally Gray podcast with Gin and Fear. Check them out!www.morallygreypod.com@MorallyGreyPod@JaredKuester@gpod_mWe also gave a shout out to Weighing In with Josh Thomson & Big John McCarthy.*All rights are owned by original creators of any soundbites used in this episode.

Global First Power (GFP), Ultra Safe Nuclear Corporation (USNC) and Ontario Power Generation (OPG) recently announced that they had formed a joint venture called Global First Power Limited Partnership. That venture will build, own and operate an installation called the Micro Modular Reactor (MMR™) at the Chalk River Laboratories site. MMR™ nuclear plant Mark Mitchell and Eric MGoey joined as guests on Atomic Show #278 to provide depth and background information about the technology and the project that was not included in the press release. Mark is USNC's director for the MMR project. Eric wears two hats, one at GFP and one at OPG. For GFP, he is the director of outreach and communications. For OPG, he is the director of remote power generation. We talked about the project's genesis and the joint venture's mission of proving through doing that the system design can be licensed, manufactured, assembled and operated in a cost-competitive way. Eric provided a brief overview about OPG. He explained that it is committed to providing clean, reliable power both to grid-connected customers and to customers in areas that are not connected to the grid. He described how OPG has a current charter to serve markets throughout Canada and into the United States, and how it hopes that the MMR project will open new markets to the company. For this first of a kind project, the MMR is a 15 MWth, 5 MWe power system with essentially two main plants. The nuclear plant is a helium-cooled, fission reactor-heated system that circulates helium through a heat exchanger. The adjacent plant is a conventional steam plant that circulates water through a heat exchanger/boiler and a steam turbine/condenser. Between the two plants is a molten salt heat storage system that acts to buffer heat supply and steam demand. It gets heated by helium that has passed through the reactor. Hot molten salt transfers heat to boil water, creating high pressure steam to turn the turbine. This arrangement allows the supplied grid to rapidly respond to load changes while enabling operators and control systems to vary reactor power output in a more gradual and efficient manner. The reactor heat source differs from other high temperature gas reactors. It uses the same Triso coated particle fuel often chosen for gas cooled reactors and some molten salt cooled systems. Instead of using a random graphite matrix material to produce fuel elements from Triso particles the MMR uses USNC's patented Fully Ceramic Microencapsulated (FCM) fuel. That innovation replaces random graphite with densely packed silicon carbide (SiC) as the matrix used to produce fuel elements. According to corporate literature on this feature, FCM fuels can retain fission products without failures at temperatures approaching 2000 C. MMRs are designed to operate for 20 years between fuel system replacements. While we talked a bit about the technological specifics, most of my conversation with Mark and Eric revolved around business considerations, the importance of developing manufacturing competence, the importance of effective cost controls and the importance of transparent engagement with regulators and potential customers. Your participation in the comment thread is always welcome. If questions arise that need more details, I will seek assistance from the show guests. I hope you enjoy listening.

News We discuss lots of news about the DC Universe streaming service including their shows like Doom Patrol, and Swamp Thing moving to other streaming services. We talk about the announcement of an Audible adaptation of Sandman. Will we listen? Who is the cast? New Mutants in August? What are the chances of that really happening?That Customer is a Real StiffMichael brings us the story of a restaurant that has found a unique way to keep tables filled while keeping social distancing. They are using mannequins to fill up the seats. Greg gives his expert opinion as to if this will work to keep customers from bum rushing empty tables as the country reopens. House of MWe finish up talking about the House of M event. What did we think? Did we agree with how everything was handled? What did we think of Spider-man, Fantastic Four, and other mini-series. Give it a listen and tell us what you agree or disagree with. Comics Agenda is hosted by Michael (Twitter@mokepf7) and Greg (Twitter@Comicsportsgeek). We discuss new comicboook releases each week, in addition to news, movies, and tv.You can reach us on Twitter @TheComicsAgenda or email us at TheComicsAgenda@gmail.com

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Read the complete transcript on The Sales Game Changers Podcast website. RORY'S FINAL TIP TO EMERGING SALES LEADERS: "Think of others and put yourself in their shoes. I had a CEO that said to our salesforce many times, "Pull your chair around the side of the table and sit on their side of the table." Push hard at really understanding others and then doing something with that understanding." Rory Channer is the Chief Business Development Officer at the McDermott, Will & Emery Law Firm. MWE is a 2019 Institute for Excellence in Sales Innovation Award winner. Previously, he was at Ruffalo Noel Levitz, a marketing services firm. He was also at CEB, now Gartner. Find Rory on LinkedIn!

We had a great time on the show last night with Jamae Althea, plus we have great new music we played and our MWE, Slim Vezzy, plus DJ Jimmie Hustle, Ricardo, Danyelle Speaks

The Beard & YOUR King Ginger are back for the Heel Turn Experience (taped) LIVE FROM THE MUDD PIT! We break down one of the biggest Wrestleweekends of the year talking about the Lyndon Cartman Memorial Tournament field of 16 then move on to MIW Lucha action, AWF, MWE, and MAW. If you can’t find … Continue reading Episode 190 – One for the Kids

Whomst actually watched #TheGrammys? NOT US! But we still have some spicy takes, anyway. And fellow emo's rejoice! The Umbrella Academy is finally here! No, #MCR isn't getting back together either. Let's talk about why we keep trying to keep up this never-ending dream that will never occur and the problems with click-baiting articles. Sure, Valentine's Day may also be over, but Feb. is still going with the vibe of love and love loss. Check out our playlists on our #Spotify! Who's playlist is your fave? What are your thoughts on the Grammys & MCR? Let us know in the comments! Don't forget Brian's Twitch streams & keep up with Lizzie's writings on her site (https://lizzardzine.home.blog) & for #MWE on Twitter. Join the club! Youtube Twitch Facebook Twitter Instagram Spotify Follow us! Brian: @spookypants1 Lizzie: @bordenbathory

Hey folks! We were lucky enough to have one of our favorite hip-hop writers Gary Suarez aka @noyokono. We discussed J. Cole's new single Middle Child, "Stan Culture" online and the erosion of music journalism in the age of click-bait. Gary talked a little bit about his annual Music Writer Exercise, which we invite you all to try. All you have to do is listen to one album that you have never heard before every day in February, then you write one tweet about the album. Make sure to include the hashtag #MWE. At the end of the episode we played a quick "pick em" rapper game based on a few of Jayson's Twitter recent polls. Follow Gary on Twitter: https://twitter.com/noyokono Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/808sandbars

The crew is back with those infamous "HOT TOPICS" talking about the Gov't shutdown, Yasmine James, and of course Surviving R kelly!Also we have our Artist Of The Week "ROSEGOLDROLI" Playing his critically acclaimed hit record C.R.E.A.MWe also got a special call in from SUPER Producer Mr Hanky Producer of lil Duvals HIT record SMILE (Living My Best Life)!! Wanna know what was said?... Gotta listen to find out!

INTERVIEW WITH MATHEW KNOWLES Author, professor, lecturer, public speaker, entrepreneur, music executive, artist manager and founder of Music World Entertainment (MWE) would be the words used to sum up the professional career of Mathew Knowles, Ph.D.Based out of Houston, MWE is one of the world's leading music and entertainment conglomerates, with record sales exceeding 450 million worldwide, having worked with Chaka Khan, Earth Wind & Fire, The O'Jays, Destiny's Child, Solange and Beyoncé, just to name a few.Knowles is widely recognized in the entertainment industry for his effective approach to developing and promoting award-winning artists. Through Music World Entertainment and Artist Management, he has served as executive producer for more than 100 award-winning, platinum and gold albums in multiple genres, including pop, R&B, gospel, dance, and country, as well as soundtracks and special-themed projects.Knowles has garnered countless awards for his achievements in business, the music industry, and community partnerships. He is the winner of an MTV Video Music Award, the recipient of the Century Award of Excellence from the Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, and he also received the 2011 Living Legends Foundation Award. He was named the “2007 International Executive of the Year” by the Greater Houston Partnership, and was honored by the City of Houston with the declaration of “Mathew Knowles Day.”Knowles is also the author of the #1 best-selling book, The DNA of Achievers: 10 Traits of Highly Successful Professionals. His other books include Racism from the Eyes of a Child, which is a personal reflection on racism in America through the lens of his childhood, and his newly released book The Emancipation of Slaves Through Music, where he presents a keen examination of the liberating effects of music on oppressed people.-------------------------- please valeriedenisejones.com for more details. Also, join us on Fridays, 4p EST on THE JUDGE JOE BROWN SHOW. Studio Line: (929) 477-1167

MATHEW KNOWLES BIO Author, professor, lecturer, public speaker, entrepreneur, music executive, artist manager and founder of Music World Entertainment (MWE) would be the words used to sum up the professional career of Mathew Knowles, Ph.D. Based out of Houston, MWE is one of the world's leading music and entertainment conglomerates, with record sales exceeding 450 million worldwide, having worked with Chaka Khan, Earth Wind & Fire, The O'Jays, Destiny's Child, Solange and Beyoncé, just to name a few. Knowles is widely recognized in the entertainment industry for his effective approach to developing and promoting award-winning artists. Through Music World Entertainment and Artist Management, he has served as executive producer for more than 100 award-winning, platinum and gold albums in multiple genres, including pop, R&B, gospel, dance, and country, as well as soundtracks and special-themed projects. Knowles has garnered countless awards for his achievements in business, the music industry, and community partnerships. He is the winner of an MTV Video Music Award, the recipient of the Century Award of Excellence (1911-2011) from the Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, and he also received the 2011 Living Legends Foundation Award. He was named the “2007 International Executive of the Year” by the Greater Houston Partnership, and was honored by the City of Houston with the declaration of “Mathew Knowles Day.”  

INTERVIEW WITH MATHEW KNOWLES Author, professor, lecturer, public speaker, entrepreneur, music executive, artist manager and founder of Music World Entertainment (MWE) would be the words used to sum up the professional career of Mathew Knowles, Ph.D.Based out of Houston, MWE is one of the world’s leading music and entertainment conglomerates, with record sales exceeding 450 million worldwide, having worked with Chaka Khan, Earth Wind & Fire, The O’Jays, Destiny’s Child, Solange and Beyoncé, just to name a few.Knowles is widely recognized in the entertainment industry for his effective approach to developing and promoting award-winning artists. Through Music World Entertainment and Artist Management, he has served as executive producer for more than 100 award-winning, platinum and gold albums in multiple genres, including pop, R&B, gospel, dance, and country, as well as soundtracks and special-themed projects.Knowles has garnered countless awards for his achievements in business, the music industry, and community partnerships. He is the winner of an MTV Video Music Award, the recipient of the Century Award of Excellence from the Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, and he also received the 2011 Living Legends Foundation Award. He was named the “2007 International Executive of the Year” by the Greater Houston Partnership, and was honored by the City of Houston with the declaration of “Mathew Knowles Day.”Knowles is also the author of the #1 best-selling book, The DNA of Achievers: 10 Traits of Highly Successful Professionals. His other books include Racism from the Eyes of a Child, which is a personal reflection on racism in America through the lens of his childhood, and his newly released book The Emancipation of Slaves Through Music, where he presents a keen examination of the liberating effects of music on oppressed people.-------------------------- please valeriedenisejones.com for more details. Also, join us on Fridays, 4p EST on THE JUDGE JOE BROWN SHOW. Studio Line: (929) 477-1167

EXCERPTS FROM THE FULL INTERVIEW :: MATHEW KNOWLES Explores Racism in the Music IndustryIn this segment, MK describes the history of race as it impacts black art and argues that black artists unfairly get passed over for mainstream awards, while regularly taking home prizes for racialized categories.MORE ABOUT MATHEW Author, professor, lecturer, public speaker, entrepreneur, music executive, artist manager and founder of Music World Entertainment (MWE) would be the words used to sum up the professional career of Mathew Knowles, Ph.D.Based out of Houston, MWE is one of the world’s leading music and entertainment conglomerates, with record sales exceeding 450 million worldwide, having worked with Chaka Khan, Earth Wind & Fire, The O’Jays, Destiny’s Child, Solange and Beyoncé, just to name a few.Knowles is widely recognized in the entertainment industry for his effective approach to developing and promoting award-winning artists. Through Music World Entertainment and Artist Management, he has served as executive producer for more than 100 award-winning, platinum and gold albums in multiple genres, including pop, R&B, gospel, dance, and country, as well as soundtracks and special-themed projects.Knowles has garnered countless awards for his achievements in business, the music industry, and community partnerships. He is the winner of an MTV Video Music Award, the recipient of the Century Award of Excellence (1911-2011) from the Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, and he also received the 2011 Living Legends Foundation Award. He was named the “2007 International Executive of the Year” by the Greater Houston Partnership, and was honored by the City of Houston with the declaration of “Mathew Knowles Day.”Knowles is also the author of the #1 best-selling book, The DNA of Achievers: 10 Traits of Highly Successful Professionals. His other books include Racism from the Eyes of a Child, which is a personal reflection on racism in America through the lens of his childhood, and his newly released book The Emancipation of Slaves Through Music, where he presents a keen examination of the liberating effects of music on oppressed people.As a pioneer for African-American success in the corporate world, Dr. Knowles intimately understands the need to empower the community by sharing knowledge.please visit website : mathewknowles.com | http://valeriedenisejones.com

A ton was learned at the MWE life science deal making symposium and here I share that with you.

MWe can't avoid the elephant in the room this week, Urban Meyer is front and center of the local news cycle. The feature topic is an in depth discussion of the Urban Meyer scandal, the reactions from supporters and detractors, and a breakdwon of likely outcomes. In news that won't be making any headlines, we also talk about a three way twitter fight between LeBron James, Donald Trump, and John Kasich, Ohio's student debt problem, and the governor's bill to reign in on payday loan exploitation.

In the latest #WiseGirl podcast, I speak with esteemed psychiatrist and NYT-bestselling author Dr. Dan Siegel, about his latest book, AWARE: The Science and Practice of Presence, to be released August 21st. In our conversation, Dan explains the power of the Wheel of Awareness practice (offered for free on his website http://www.drdansiegel.com/) and how focused attention, open awareness, kind intention can help reveal a plane of possibility within each one of us many describe as a peaceful, loving, spacious arena internally that's able to connect, care, and relate to others in new ways. Dan explains the science -- including the quantum vacuum - and 10,000-person research study behind his findings, as well as the implications for each of us and how we inter-relate to our "MWe" - the me/we connection with the broader world. Enjoy!

Der Umgang mit schwierigen Teilnehmern im Webinar – das ist das Thema der Folge 42. Was Du tun kannst, wenn ein Teilnehmer sprichwörtlich rot vor Augen sieht und was das ganze mit kurzsichtigen Nashörnern zu tun hat – das klären wir in dieser Folge. Los geht´s! Oder das Transkript der Episode lesen: (MWEß42) Hallo liebe … So gehst du mit schwierigen Teilnehmern im Webinar um Jetzt mehr erfahren »

How do you harness the power of your mind so that it’s working for you, not against you - especially when things get triggering with your partner? We now know that our minds are flexible, and that through neuroplasticity you can continue to develop and change throughout your whole life. In today’s episode, we are talking with Dr. Dan Siegel, one of the world’s leading experts on mindfulness and neuroplasticity, about how you can apply mindfulness with your partner to develop deeper connection to each other, and to yourself. Come along for the ride, as we take an in-depth look at the relationship between your mind and body - and your partner’s mind and body! Self- In today’s culture we have equated Self as an output of the mind, and the mind as some outcome of the brain. We have narrowed our definition of Self and separated it from a broader and more integrated wholeness. Invite in the possibility that your sense of SELF comes from the weaving together of many layers of your being, and is as expansive as it is tangible. Integration: Integration is the basis for wellbeing. Integration is the unifying principle that various aspects of a system are honored for their differences, and then linked. Integration is at the core of healthy brain functioning, and healthy relationships. In an integrated state, the social engagement system of our brains is turned on and we are available for connection. MWE: A healthy relationship is not about dropping your own sense of Self, it is about learning to honor the uniqueness and individuality of both partners and integrating the two into a new whole. It is about going from ME to MWE: a new WE created by the joining of your two Selves into a new entity. Mindsight: Mindsight is our capacity to be aware of our own minds. It is our ability be aware of our habitual patterns and behaviors and move away from being on autopilot. Mindsight is the capacity to 1) have insight into yourself, 2) have empathy for other people, and 3) honor differences and promote integration. Mindsight is something that can be developed and learned, and must be in order for healthy relationships to form. Thanks to neuroplasticity, increasing mindsight can physiologically and neurologically change our brains- helping us shake off old or inherited patterning and allowing us to become more aware, available, and attuned individuals. PART: This is an acronym that helps get to the core aspects of how you are or are not showing up in your relationships. What PART do you play in your life to bring more health and restoration to yourself and your relationship? P: Presence- Presence is the ability of being in an open and receptive state that allows you to connect with whatever is arising inside of yourself. Once you can be present for yourself, you can learn to develop a deep acceptance of what may come up. As we learn to be with, and tend to, and remain aware of our own triggers, emotions, thoughts, and patterns, we then learn to caretake ourselves in ways that take pressure off of our partners and allow us to be more present with THEM! A: Attunement- By learning to direct your focus of attention, as if it is a stream of energy you can point in various ways, you gain the ability to attune to both yourself and others. Asking questions is a wonderful way to refocus attention. Ask yourself: what meaning does this have for me? What is happening right now? What is happening beneath my/your behavior right now? This curiosity and looking for the underbelly of behavior allows you to gain access to the subjective world of attitudes, beliefs, stories, longings, dreams, insights, and other aspects that are often influencing behavior in the moment. R: Resonance- If, and only if, you are present, open, and attuned, can you resonate with others. Resonating with others is the ability to allow someone else’s internal state to affect your own. It is the openness to being changed because of another. To be touched. To shift inside in response and attunement to another. Feeling felt by others, and willingly feeling with others is the beginning of becoming a MWE. T: Trust- When presence, attunement, and resonance are achieved the social engagement system of our nervous system is engaged and turned out. Our brains are wired towards reactivity (flight, fight, freeze, disconnect, avoid, defense, etc.) however when we are in safe and true connection with others we become receptive. Our neurobiology is changed when we feel safe- our muscles relax, our heart rate lowers, and we enter into a ventral vagal state that allows for even more P and A and R. Trust is simultaneously a requirement and an outcome of being in connection with others. Positive emotion comes from connection. Research (and experience)  have shown that positivity resonance is possible whenever there is human connection, even if it is around being together through suffering or difficulty. The act and process of reaching out to another and connecting, no matter their state, changes the neurobiology of both of you and increases the level of integration. The higher the integration the higher the positivity resonance. This is true because as you reach out you provide relief for the sufferer (who felt alone before), and the sense of compassion and empathy is increased in both individuals, therefore forming a sense of MWE. Converting implicit memories into narratives of growth and coherence: Very often our reactions in a given moment are more based on implicit memories (those that live in our subconscious) than they are to the present issues/content. We react to the now as if the past were the present, and this can cause confusion, hurt, and high tension in relationships and wreak havoc in our interactions. When we are unaware and unable to differentiate between present and past we react to triggers in one of four ways: fight, flight, freeze, or faint. To begin the process of bringing these patterns into awareness, attune to your own internal state and notice when you shift from a place of receptivity to one of reactivity. Notice the difference in your body, and become aware of the micro-shifts that help clue you into knowing you are beginning to go into defense/reactive mode. This process has a physiology to it- be it clenched jaw, tightened chest, shallow breathing, getting sweaty, higher pitched voice- begin to map these for yourself so that you can fine tune your self-awareness. Something needs to be done. Nothing positive happens in relationships when we are reactive! That said, it is crucial to learn ways to move out of reactivity and back into receptivity before engaging in fixing/healing/processing. Once you have become skilled in attuning to your internal state of being and noticing when you shift into a reactive state, then it is critical to learn how to take care of yourself. This can be anything and everything from journal writing, to walking around the block, to sitting for a meditation, to calling a friend, to putting on some music and dancing, stretching, drinking a glass of cold water, etc. Whatever your go to self-care and de- escalation strategy is, you MUST first be aware that you need to take a break! This inner work allows you to get back into a state where you are available and open to receiving and being in connection. Memory retrieval is a  memory modifier. Once you are able to 1) notice that you are being triggered and 2) able to pause and get out of the reactive state, then you can begin to get curious. What past experiences- be it a single incident, or chronic long term patterns, are informing your reactions right now? Ask non-judgemental, open ended questions of yourself. Write. Process with others. Go to counseling. As you find core explicit memories, you then have the opportunity to bring them into awareness and label as ‘past’. The process of bringing memories into consciousness (memory retrieval) is in itself a form of modifying the memory. Identifying the old memories that have been informing your present reactions allows you to make connections, see links, and gain insight into why you respond the way you do. From here you can make meaning of madness, and meaning of memory. Your implicit memories become explicit, and what is automatic becomes autobiographical. You can begin to own your reactions in empowering ways, saying things like ‘There is a theme in me where I get very defensive when I have the feeling of being rejected because my father never thought I was good enough.” Themes that you may begin to identify could be:  abandonment, feeling worthless, neglect, isolation, rejection, being invisible, being smothered, being given too much responsibility, being ignored, being abused, etc.  As you shift the ways you relate to yourself and your past, you will find your relationships shift too! SIFTing: Our brains are wired with a negativity bias- meaning we automatically scan and focus on negative aspects of an experience (this is due to survival wiring). That said, our brains are elastic and neuroplasticity allows us to change our brain by changing our focus and rewiring our circuitry. We can do this by taking the time to notice and savor positive experiences. SIFT is a practice and process of focusing the Sensations, Images, Feelings, and Thoughts associated with a positive experience. Try it! The next time you recognize a moment or experience for which you are grateful for, relieved by, appreciative of, or feeling good about, pause and flow through the SIFT process focusing for just long enough to soak in the various aspects of the experience. Neurons that fire together wire together, and therefore these small but frequent exercises begin to reshape our brains in a way that is organized around positivity, making us more receptive and less reactive.   The Wheel of Awareness: Imagine a wheel- hub at the center, spokes leading outwards towards the rim. Now imagine that the hub is the seat of your awareness. Your consciousness resides here- centered, central, calm, clear, open. From here you can send a spoke of attention around to the rim, upon which resides all we can be aware of: our five senses, the interior of our bodies, our mental activities, and our sense of interconnectedness. Through practicing the wheel of awareness meditation you can develop the ability to 1) differentiate between awareness of rim elements and awareness of hub elements, 2) recenter yourself in the hub as the source of your consciousness, and 3) redirect your focus of attention/spoke. All of this helps to build your capacity to be in that deep presence so essential to receptivity and attunement. Remember: The more integrated you can become the more you are able to lean into challenges, and the more open you become to new possibilities! Resources Visit Dan Siegel’s website for more resources Want to know more about the Wheel of Awareness? Check it out here!   Read Dan Siegel’s book Mindsight Order your copy of Dan’s newest book Mind: A Journey to the Heart of Being Human which is set to be released October 18th, 2016. www.neilsattin.com/mind Visit to download the show guide, or text “PASSION” to 33444 and follow the instructions to download the show guide to this episode with Dan Siegel. Our Relationship Alive Community on Facebook Amazing intro/outro music graciously provided courtesy of: The Railsplitters - Check them Out

(MWE-032) Im Webinar verkaufen – darum geht es auch in Folge 32 von der Webverbesserin. Noch genauer um die Frage: Was kann ich im Webinar verkaufen, wenn ich noch gar kein Produkt habe? Was genau Du tun kannst, und warum Deine Dienstleistungen mit Deinem Kleiderschrank vergleichbar sind, das klären wir in dieser Folge. Also, ich … Was kann ich im Webinar verkaufen wenn ich noch kein Produkt habe? Jetzt mehr erfahren »

Welcome back to Therapy Chat! If you’re a therapist, my guest today is someone who needs no introduction. Dr. Dan Siegel is my guest, and he explains the concept of interpersonal neurobiology, the nature of the mind, integration and “Mwe”. He shares his story of becoming interested in the brain and the mind beginning in college, and continuing through his medical school training. He explains his disappointment at discovering in medical school in the late 1980’s that there did not seem to be a science of the mind that psychiatry was using to inform mental health work. He wanted to understand both how the body functions and how our mental lives play a part in keeping us alive. He explains that interpersonal neurobiology is not a branch of neurobiology, but a framework combining many disciplines including the mental health fields of psychology, psychiatry, counseling, social work, as well as sociology, philosophy, quantum physics, math and others to answer the question “what is the mind?” He explains that he has interviewed over 100,000 people and none of them had ever had any training in what the mind is, which is a real gap in knowledge considering that we in the mental health field are working in the mind. That is what our work is. He tells us that if the mind is where the self comes from, then the who, what, why, when and where can be deepened by asking the question about what the mind is, why it exists, where is it, what’s its function. Dan argues we need to understand the mind to understand all of these questions. He discusses this in depth in his new book, Mind: A Journey to the Heart of Being Human, which is coming out in Fall of 2016. He notes that the field called Philosophy of mind discourages asking what is the mind. Psychiatry doesn’t have a definition of the mind. Psychology doesn’t have a definition and says it’s a useful placeholder. What is a healthy mind? What’s a healthy thought? Some topics Dan discusses in this episode: Mind is not emotions in this definition. It includes emotions, feelings, anything you can be subjectively aware of. In Dan’s definition, consciousness, subjective experience and information processing are the 3 parts of the mind. He talks about how he noticed that what we call mental health disorders fit into a pattern of chaos and rigidity. In probability theory of math there was an area of study which related to this which states that a complex system has three characteristics: It’s open to influences from outside of self; capable of being chaotic and it’s non-linear. It’s a self organizing, embodied and relational process. This answer comes from math. He explains that in mental health, integration defines health. He states that the best definition of mental health is that the system is Flexible, Adaptive, Coherent, Energized and Stable (FACES). Where attention goes, neural firing flows, neural connection grows Dan talks about how therapists can use these concepts to help clients live happier and more fulfilling lives, not just lives of being free from mental health symptoms. We had a very thought-provoking discussion and I hope you enjoyed it as much as I did. Links to resources mentioned in this episode: Wheel of Awareness practice Mindsight The Mindful Therapist Norton Series on Interpersonal Neurobiology The Developing Mind Mind: A Journey to the Heart of Being Human Dan Siegel’s website I hope you enjoyed Episode 34 of Therapy Chat. I was so honored to interview Dr. Dan Siegel. As always, please visit iTunes to leave a rating and review, and subscribe to receive the latest episodes of Therapy Chat as soon as they are released! You can also listen on Stitcher and Google Play (available now!). And for more of what I'm doing, please  sign up for my newsletter. You can also sign up for information on my Daring Way™ offerings and other groups and workshops; sign up to receive the latest episodes of Therapy Chat when they're released; sign up to receive my latest blog posts when they are posted, and follow me on Twitter, Facebook, Pinterest, Instagram & Google+. If you're a trauma therapist you may be interested in my new Trauma Therapist Community, forming now. Click here for the info. I look forward to connecting!    Wholeheartedly,   Laura Reagan, LCSW-C        

(MWE-016) Organisations-Profi Claudia Kauscheder verrät mir im Interview, wie sie es geschafft hat, über 80 Prozent Klickraten auf ihre Webinar-Videoaufzeichnungen zu bekommen. Im Interview erfährst Du außerdem: Wie Du Deine alten Webinaraufzeichnungen monetarisieren kannst Welche Tipps Claudia auf Lager hat, wenn alles im Webinar schief geht Welches Tool sie zur Webinarorganisation nutzt Wie Ihr Euer…

Army veteran who served her country for eight years including in the 1990-1991 Desert Storm/Desert Shield Persian Gulf War I. Author of the # 1 best-selling book “Battling the Storm Within” a war memoir that details how she lived 20 years undiagnosed with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) caused by, Military Sexual Trauma (MST) and... Read More The post MWE 19 : Sgt. Stephanie Shannon appeared first on Melissa Washington - LinkedIn Maven.

Maureen Dudley Owner of Dudley & Nunez Communications Specializing in helping small businesses and nonprofits with Constant Contact email marketing Maureen is a Constant Contact email expert, being sought out by clients around the world. Through her best practice presentations, she has taught thousands about email marketing best practices. Her monthly small business newsletter, Maureen’s Marketing... Read More The post MWE 18 : Maureen Dudley Owner of Dudley & Nunez Communications appeared first on Melissa Washington - LinkedIn Maven.

Byron Chen- Marine Corps Veteran, Entrepreneur, Podcaster, and Author **FREE on Kindle until 1.15.16** In this episode, you’ll learn: Common salary negotiation mistakes. -How I used entrepreneurial techniques to write the book. -Tactics to use during someone’s next negotiation. Links & Resources mentioned in this Podcast: www.SuccessVets.com/book New Book: Barracks to Boardrooms: Negotiating your salary... Read More The post MWE 17 : Byron Chen- Marine Corps Veteran, Entrepreneur, Podcaster, and Author appeared first on Melissa Washington - LinkedIn Maven.

Justin Constantine- Retired Lt. Col after spending 16 years in the United States Marine Corps, Purple Heart Recipient In this episode, you’ll learn: Pivotal change in his military career in 2006- Anbar Provence Meeting the love of his life, Dalia Importance of caregivers Networking Veteran entrepreneurship   Links & Resources mentioned in this Podcast: www.JustinConstantine.com... Read More The post MWE 16 : Justin Constantine- Retired Lt. Col after spending 16 years in the United States Marine Corps, Purple Heart Recipient appeared first on Melissa Washington - LinkedIn Maven.

Sara Oblak Speicher, a wife and a mom of two little ones, helps women entrepreneurs build their business around their family time, flexibility and freedom. Integrating business consulting and coaching, this international best-selling author goes beyond marketing strategies, sales scripts and confidence exercises; Sara’s specialty is designing profitable business models for moms on the go.... Read More The post MWE 15 : Sara Oblak Speicher appeared first on Melissa Washington - LinkedIn Maven.

Melissa Washington, LinkedIn Maven, How to be better prepared in Networking situations In this episode, you’ll learn: Building your list on contacts Questions to have ready Having your personal introduction   Links & Resources mentioned in this Podcast: MeetUp Vistaprint Thanks so much for joining us. Have some feedback you’d like to share or a question... Read More The post MWE 14 : Melissa Washington, LinkedIn Maven – How to be better prepared in Networking situations appeared first on Melissa Washington - LinkedIn Maven.

Melissa Washington, LinkedIn Maven The New LinkedIn Groups In this episode, you’ll learn: Changes to LinkedIn Groups: Simpler Privacy Settings New mobile app Ability to add images and mentions Less email Easy invites and less work Links & Resources mentioned in this Podcast: New Group Features 30 days to LinkedIn Mastery Program Thanks so much for... Read More The post MWE 13 : Melissa Washington, LinkedIn Maven The New LinkedIn Groups appeared first on Melissa Washington - LinkedIn Maven.

Matt Miller Air Force Veteran and Founder of School Spirit Vending In this episode, you’ll learn: Corporate career to collecting cans to buying one gumball machine to business success How Matt is creating opportunity for others that are looking to start a business. Is starting a franchise right for you? Links & Resources mentioned in... Read More The post MWE 12 : Matt Miller Air Force Veteran and Founder of School Spirit Vending appeared first on Melissa Washington - LinkedIn Maven.

Best Selling Author. Strategic Business and Productivity Expert In this episode, you’ll learn: Energy vs. Time Distractions and how to avoid 10 core productivity drivers Free Assessment to find your productivity gaps and take back your time. Links & Resources mentioned in this Podcast: www.P10app.com http://p10app.com/productivityzone/ Book on Amazon Thanks so much for joining us.... Read More The post MWE 11: Penny Zenker Founder of P10App appeared first on Melissa Washington - LinkedIn Maven.

Emi Kirschner, CHHC, Health Coach Extraordinaire Helping professionals and entrepreneurs find optimal health and life balance by overcoming obstacles that keep them stuck in the cycle of stress and yo-yo eating. In this episode you will learn: 1.      Common external causes of stress 2.      Common internal causes of stress 3.      How to know when you... Read More The post MWE 10: Emi Kirschner, CHHC, Health Coach Extraordinaire appeared first on Melissa Washington - LinkedIn Maven.

Jeff Dunn, Campus Relations Manager at Intel In this episode you will learn: 1.      How to be best prepared for a job interview 2.      Get out and get going 3.      Thank you notes 4.      Importance of Networking 5.      Jeff is always looking for Software Engineers for full time and internships Link mentioned in this Podcast:... Read More The post MWE 09: Jeff Dunn, Campus Relations Manager at Intel appeared first on Melissa Washington - LinkedIn Maven.

Mary Konow, Career Coach and owner of MKCareer Designs In this episode you will learn: What a Career Coach is How to work with a Career Coach Job Seeking Tips Trends in the current job market Link mentioned in this Podcast: www.mkcareerdesigns.com Thanks for Listening! Thanks so much for joining us. Have some feedback you’d... Read More The post MWE 08: Mary Konow, Career Coach and owner of MKCareer Designs appeared first on Melissa Washington - LinkedIn Maven.

Ellen Harris, MCIM, EMBA, Executive Management Consulting, Business-Accelerated Company How to Reinterpret Your Business Future: 8 functional areas founder, CEOs can address now to keep their companies in 2016.  In this episode you will learn: Small Business Owners wear many hats: 1.      Capital Management 2.      Ability to see in future 3.      Mission of Business Better... Read More The post MWE 07: Ellen Harris, MCIM, EMBA, Executive Management Consulting, Business-Accelerated Company appeared first on Melissa Washington - LinkedIn Maven.

Active Duty Air Force Colonel and award winning inventor! Matt Butler: Air Force Lt. Colonel and Inventor of Rollers In this episode, you’ll learn: Importance of mentorship Turning a piece of wood into a product that is sold online and in large retailers across the country Testing the local market Importance of patents and trademarks... Read More The post MWE 06: Active Duty Air Force Colonel and Award Winning Inventor! appeared first on Melissa Washington - LinkedIn Maven.

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We provide a weekly round-up of Accountable Care Organization (ACO) activities, in the run-up to the January 2012 'go live' date. For example, in November alone we witnessed: (1) the AMA Interim Meeting of House of Delegates publishing 'New Principles for ACOs', see: McDermott, Will & Emery summary here: http://bit.ly/hHryR1, (2) the Centers for Medicare and Medicare Services (CMMS) issued a request for information on ACO's, see: http://bit.ly/elTaNs, and (3) we reached the NCQA's deadline for comment submission, see: http://bit.ly/ddJFOW Our special guest for the inaugural program is J. Peter Rich, Esq., of McDermott, Will & Emery, LLP. Rich is a partner in the law firm of McDermott Will & Emery (MWE) LLP, and is based in the Firm’s Los Angeles office. Rich co-chairs MWE’s 'Insurance/Payors Affinity Group'. For more than 30 years, Rich has practiced almost exclusively in the health law field, and routinely advises hospitals, medical groups, health plans and other health insurers, as well as other health industry clients, in negotiating and structuring managed care and other health industry transactions, including major Medicare Demonstration Projects, and on a wide variety of other transactions and health regulatory matters. Consider joining us on our inaugural broadcast!

Over the past year we have heard much of the possibility of nuclear energy in the small town farming country of northern Alberta. To date, public discussion has been dominated by entrepreneurs proposing the construction of nuclear plants to provide energy for oil sands development and Alberta's general electricity needs, as well as by those adamantly opposing the use of nuclear energy. Is there middle ground? Eric Williams lived and worked with nuclear energy for 35 years at the Bruce Nuclear Power Generating Station in rural Ontario, some 200km from Toronto on the shores of Lake Huron. The Bruce nuclear power complex is the world's second biggest consisting of eight reactor units with total generating capacity of 6200 MWe. Recently retired, Eric will present his perspective on the benefits and problems associated with nuclear energy. What are the lessons for Albertans from past nuclear projects? What opportunities and challenges lie ahead? Speakers: Eric Williams, President, Canadian Nuclear Society Eric is a Professional Engineer (Ontario), and holds a Master of Applied Science Degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Waterloo. He is the President of the Canadian Nuclear Society, which is dedicated to the exchange of information in the field of applied nuclear science and technology. Society members are individuals directly involved in or interested in the use and development of nuclear science and technology. Eric is also a Lay Reader for the Anglican Church of Canada, an active Scouts Canada leader, and an ardent canoe tripper and past president of Paddle Canada. He and his wife of 40 years continue to live near the Bruce Nuclear site and have two children, now grown up and away. Moderator: Duane Pendergast Date/Time: Thursday, 25 October 2007, Noon - 1:30 PM Location: Ericksen's Family Restaurant (lower level of The Keg) 1715 Mayor Magrath Dr. S. Cost: $10.00 (includes lunch)

Over the past year we have heard much of the possibility of nuclear energy in the small town farming country of northern Alberta. To date, public discussion has been dominated by entrepreneurs proposing the construction of nuclear plants to provide energy for oil sands development and Alberta's general electricity needs, as well as by those adamantly opposing the use of nuclear energy. Is there middle ground? Eric Williams lived and worked with nuclear energy for 35 years at the Bruce Nuclear Power Generating Station in rural Ontario, some 200km from Toronto on the shores of Lake Huron. The Bruce nuclear power complex is the world's second biggest consisting of eight reactor units with total generating capacity of 6200 MWe. Recently retired, Eric will present his perspective on the benefits and problems associated with nuclear energy. What are the lessons for Albertans from past nuclear projects? What opportunities and challenges lie ahead? Speakers: Eric Williams, President, Canadian Nuclear Society Eric is a Professional Engineer (Ontario), and holds a Master of Applied Science Degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Waterloo. He is the President of the Canadian Nuclear Society, which is dedicated to the exchange of information in the field of applied nuclear science and technology. Society members are individuals directly involved in or interested in the use and development of nuclear science and technology. Eric is also a Lay Reader for the Anglican Church of Canada, an active Scouts Canada leader, and an ardent canoe tripper and past president of Paddle Canada. He and his wife of 40 years continue to live near the Bruce Nuclear site and have two children, now grown up and away. Moderator: Duane Pendergast Date/Time: Thursday, 25 October 2007, Noon - 1:30 PM Location: Ericksen's Family Restaurant (lower level of The Keg) 1715 Mayor Magrath Dr. S. Cost: $10.00 (includes lunch)