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Welcome to the DFO Rundown with Jason Gregor and Mike Rupp!The Buffalo Sabres have a four-game winning streak, a new GM, and now sit five points out of a playoff spot with a game in hand. Rupper thinks a playoff push would be detrimental in Buffalo, while Gregor believes they have some good pieces and are better than their record suggests. Do they go the San Jose route and rebuild, or the Nashville route and re-tool with veterans? Can Jarmo Kekäläinen change the culture in Buffalo and get the Sabres back into the playoffs soon?Sitting third in points behind Connor McDavid and Nathan MacKinnon, has Macklin Celebrini punched his ticket to Team Canada? He currently has San Jose in a playoff spot, and the guys believe he would be the Hart Trophy winner if the Sharks make the postseason this year. Can the second-year forward beat out the likes of McDavid and MacKinnon for the award?John Klingberg is enjoying a career resurgence with the Sharks this season. His mobility looks closer to his prime years, and his offensive game is starting to shine alongside San Jose's young core. A physical and mental reset has allowed Klingberg to flash the star form he once showed in Dallas.Connor McDavid's hot streak is in full steam ahead. The Oilers captain has 14 points in his last five games, and any rumblings that McDavid had fallen off have quickly faded. Once again, he's proving he's arguably the best player in the world.Rupper recounts his time in Pittsburgh, where Sidney Crosby was constantly striving to improve—even after winning the Stanley Cup. Taking more faceoffs, improving defensively, shooting more, and doing anything possible to become a more complete, big-moment player.Nathan MacKinnon continues his shooting barrage as he leads the league in shots on goal. McDavid has seen an uptick in shooting during his hot streak, and Celebrini is climbing the list as well. The guys examine some of the league's top volume shooters and a few surprise leaders in shooting percentage, including one of the biggest up-and-comers in the scoring race, Morgan Geekie.Edmonton's offense is starting to roll as they head into the Christmas break, with no more road games against Eastern Conference teams remaining. With Tristan Jarry injured, is there renewed concern in the Oilers' crease, and what will they do if he's out long-term?Pat joins the show for Fill in the Blank:The percent chance Alex Tuch stays in Buffalo is ___The Minnesota Wild are missing ___ to truly become a top contenderThe team to win the regular season in the East will be ___Olympic roster predictions are in from Rupper and Gregor, starting with Rupp's Team USA selections. Cole Caufield is out, while Brock Nelson makes the roster up front. Despite his season in Anaheim, Cutter Gauthier was never in consideration for Rupp. There are no changes on defense, and while Seth Jones was strongly considered, Rupp couldn't find a spot for him.With Connor Bedard injured, Gregor slots Brandon Hagel in as his replacement. Would Bo Horvat be on the roster if he weren't injured? Evan Bouchard's improved defensive play earns him a spot, while Thomas Harley drops off as he continues to struggle after returning from injury in Dallas. Jordan Binnington remains on Gregor's roster based on merit and his Four Nations performance—but could his poor NHL play push him off the team by February?Want to hear more from Jason and the entire DFO team? Subscribe to our YouTubeYou can get involved with all the NHL futures action over on bet365 by using the promo code NATION at bet365.comConnect with us on ⬇️TwitterInstagramWebsiteDaily Faceoff Merch Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Ein Kommentar von Rainer Rupp.Als wäre die letzte Woche am späten Donnerstagabend vom Weißen Haus veröffentlichte „Nationale Sicherheitsstrategie der USA“ (NSS) nicht genügend Schock für die EU-Eliten gewesen, kam es jetzt mit einer angeblich umfangreicheren unveröffentlichten Version der NSS noch schlimmer.Unter Präsident Donald Trump wollen die USA die EU-Europäer nicht nur militärisch in ihrer Anti-Russland- und „Ukraine-Muss-Gewinnen“-Politik allein lassen, sondern Washington will auch aktiv an der Zersplitterung der Europäischen Union und der Entmachtung der aktuell regierenden globalistischen Eliten in den EU-Mitgliedsländern mitwirken. Unter dem Motto „Make Europe Great Again“ (MEGA) – ein Slogan, der an Trumps eigene MAGA-Kampagne erinnert, strebt Washington nichts weniger an als einen Regime Change, diesmal auf dem Alten Kontinent.Die Details dieser Vorbereitungen für eine konservative Revolution, die die politische Landschaft in Europa auf den Kopf stellen soll, stehen angeblich in einer längeren, unveröffentlichten Fassung der jüngst veröffentlichen neuen „Nationalen Sicherheitsstrategie (NSS)“, die angeblich der US-Militär nahen Internet-Plattform „Defense One“ vorliegt. Darin würden für Europäer angeblich schockierende Details veröffentlicht, z.B. dass die Trump-Regierung mit einzelnen EU-Staaten, in denen Rechtspopulisten regieren, Allianzen anstrebt, oder in anderen EU-Ländern politische Bewegungen unterstützen will, die gegen Immigration, Wokeismus und Medien-Zensur kämpfen. Ja, es gebe sogar Pläne zu versuchen, Länder wie Österreich, Ungarn, Italien und Polen aus der EU herauszulösen. Hallo Brüssel: Wer solche Freunde hat, wer braucht da noch Feinde?Anfang vom Ende der transatlantischen Partnerschaft?Die offizielle, zur Veröffentlichung freigegebene Version der neuen NSS spricht bereits mit deutlichen Worten von einem US-Rückzug aus Europas Verteidigung. Zugleich unterstreicht sie einen verschärften Fokus auf die System-Rivalität mit China und auf die Wiederbelebung der Monroe-Doktrin, wonach ganz Amerika, Nord-, Mittel- und Südamerika das exklusive Spielfeld der USA sind. Deshalb müssten vor allem die Chinesen aus der gesamten westlichen Hemisphäre hinausgedrängt werden.Doch die erweiterte, nicht offiziell veröffentlichte Fassung der NSS geht laut „Defense One“ noch viel weiter. Demnach will Amerika auch kulturell in Europa intervenieren und es zum Schlachtfeld für „traditionelle Werte“ machen. Diese Strategie baut auf der These auf, dass Europa durch seine Einwanderungspolitik und die „Zensur freier Meinungsäußerung“ vor dem „zivilisatorischen Untergang“ steht, der nur noch eine Frage der Zeit ist. Nachfolgende Passage ist angeblich ein wörtliches Zitat aus der unveröffentlichten NSS-Version„Und wir sollten Parteien, Bewegungen sowie intellektuelle und kulturelle Figuren unterstützen, die Souveränität und die Erhaltung/Wiederherstellung traditioneller europäischer Lebensweisen anstreben, (...) während sie pro-amerikanisch bleiben“,Das klingt nach etwas, was die EU bisher zu gerne und viel zu oft in anderen Ländern getan hat, nämlich nach einem direkten Eingriff in die inneren Angelegenheiten anderer Länder. Nur sollen diesmal die Europäer etwas von ihrer eigenen Medizin verabreicht bekommen: Direkte, unverbrämte US-Einmischung in innereuropäische politische und kulturelle Angelegenheiten; eine Art ideologischer Export, der an die Zeit des Kalten Krieges erinnert, diesmal gegen Brüssel gerichtet. Während die öffentliche NSS das Ende einer „ewig expandierenden NATO“ fordert und Europa auffordert, sich von militärischen US-Beistandsversprechen zu entwöhnen, enthüllt die volle Version der NSS den wahren Plan: Die spirituelle und kulturelle Dominanz der USA über Europa wiederherzustellen, notfalls mit Regime-Wechsel in den Mitgliedsländern. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Einst erfolgreicher Sportler, heute Arzt, engagiert für Inklusion und Dauergast in den Medien: Dr. Leopold Rupp sprüht vor Energie. Und das im Rollstuhl? Der 33-Jährige Arzt in Weiterbildung zeigt, warum sich das nicht ausschließt. Im Podcast berichtet er über seinen Werdegang und seine Ziele.

Welcome to the DFO Rundown with Jason Gregor and Mike Rupp!Rupp and Gregor start the show off by talking about the competitive nature of the West and the parity of teams in the East. The Florida Panthers are now 7 points out of the playoffs with a demoralizing loss to the Nashville Predators last night. Lots of key injuries but will the return of Matthew Tkachuk be enough if they end up 10+ points out of a playoff spot come January. Sergei Bobrovsky has struggled for the Panthers this season and in a contract year, what's the future like for the Russian goaltender?Next, it's the Stanley Cup finalists in the West, Edmonton. A rough start to the year but a massive win over Seattle sees them pushing towards relevance in the Pacific Division race. The Kraken lack top talent, and the guys dissect Seattle's moves from the expansion draft to present day. Is there a team that needs a top-3 pick more than the Kraken?Calgary and Nashville have started to drag themselves out of the basement and Vancouver now see themselves at the bottom of the NHL standings. Could the Canucks be the first piece to fall on the trade market and blow it all up? Pat joins the show for Fill in the Blank with questions like:Jesper Wallstedt needs to ____ to win the CalderThe Rocket Richard winner will have ____ goalsThe ____ will be a surprise team to miss the playoffs in the Eastern ConferenceAre Carolina and New Jersey in trouble with their current standing in the Metro?Rupp and Gregor look into some of the top pests in the NHL. From Brad Marchand to Mason Marchment, who are some of the guys who excel in getting under the skin of their opponents? Lastly, Rupp recounts some stories from his days in the NHL, some of the pests of his era, and some advice for young players looking to play the role of a pest. Want to hear more from Jason and the entire DFO team? Subscribe to our YouTubeYou can get involved with all the NHL futures action over on bet365 by using the promo code NATION at bet365.comConnect with us on ⬇️TwitterInstagramWebsiteDaily Faceoff Merch Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Russlands Widerstandskraft und Europas Stunde der WahrheitEin Kommentar von Rainer Rupp.Präsident Donald Trumps angeblicher „28-Punkte-Friedensplan“ für die Ukraine wurde von Washington als „mutiger“ polit-militärischer Rahmen verkauft, um den zermürbenden Krieg mit Russland zu beenden. Angeblich entstand der ursprüngliche Plan in geheimen Gesprächen zwischen dem US-Sondergesandten Steve Witkoff und seinem russischen Gegenpart Kirill Dmitriev. Sonderbar dabei ist, dass beide weder professionelle Diplomaten sind noch Erfahrung im Verhandeln völkerrechtlicher Verträge haben. Ihr gemeinsamer professioneller Hintergrund liegt in der internationalen Finanzbranche. Das kann durchaus nützlich sein, um nationale Interessen der jeweiligen Gegenseite auszuloten, aber es reicht keinesfalls aus, um einen echten Friedensvertrag auch nur zu entwerfen. Dazu hatte auch keiner von den beiden ein offizielles Mandat.Selbst wenn es nur um den Entwurf für einen Rahmenbedingungen für einen zwischenstattlichen Vertrag, z.B. über eine einfache Sache wie Studentenaustausch geht, müssen erfahrene, juristisch geschulte Diplomaten heran, die bezüglich der Details wiederum von Fachexperten beraten werden. Sowas lässt sich nicht einfach aus dem Ärmel schütteln, erst recht nicht, wenn es sich um ein hoch-komplexes und umfassendes Thema wie ein „Friedensplan“ für die Ukraine geht.Dennoch gelang Trumps engem Vertrauten und Wallstreet Financier Steve Witkoff etwas, wobei die professionellen US-Diplomaten versagt haben, nämlich überhaupt mit den Russen ins Gespräch zu kommen, zuzuhören und zu verstehen. So konnte Witkoff auch seinem Freund im Weißen Haus vermitteln, dass - bevor man überhaupt an einen Friedensvertrag denken kann - Moskau durchaus berechtige Gründe hat, auf der Bereinigung der Kernprobleme in der Ukraine zu bestehen, die überhaupt erst zu diesem Krieg geführt haben.Denn der Frieden in der Ukraine hat nur dann eine Chance, wenn auch die von Russland vom Westen für sich selbst geforderten Sicherheitsgarantieren berücksichtigt werden. Letzteres wird seit vielen Jahren, schon lange vor dem Beginn der russischen Sonderoperation in der Ukraine am 24.Februar 2022, von den Führungseliten in den EU/US/NATO-Ländern systematisch ignoriert. Sogar das Ultimatum von Präsident Putin vor genau 4 Jahren im Dezember 2021 wurde von den Westeliten im falschen Bewusstsein über ihre eigene Stärke und die angebliche Schwäche Russlands arrogant abgelehnt. Dabei hatte sich zum Entsetzen der Russen Kanzler Olaf Scholz bei seinem Besuch in Moskau besonders übel hervorgetan hat, wahrscheinlich, um beim großen Bruder USA Bonuspunkte zu sammeln.Im Dezember 2021, also zwei Monate vor dem russischen Einmarsch in der Ukraine, hatte Putin ein Schreiben an alle große NATO-Staaten geschickt und gewarnt, entweder Verhandlungen mit Russland über eine gesamteuropäische Sicherheitsstruktur zu beginnen, in der auch russische Sorgen bezüglich der NATO berücksichtigt würden, - z.B. keine Stationierung von nuklear bestückbaren NATO-Raketen in der Ukraine – oder Russland würde in der Ukraine einmarschieren, um die Sicherheitsproblem, die die NATO dort für Russland geschaffen hatte, in eigener Regie zu bereinigen. Vom Westen erntete Putin nur Hohn und Spott....https://apolut.net/das-scheitern-der-nato-strategie-in-der-ukraine-von-rainer-rupp/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Sylvia Rupp ist Mutter von 2 Kindern, Lebensmittelchemikerin, Fachautorin und Speakerin. Sie ist leidenschaftlich begeistert für Themen rund um Healthy Longevity, Nährstoffe, Toxikologie und Spiritualität.Sylvia baut Ihr Business engagiert sowohl online auf den sozialen Medien, Kooperationen mit digitalen Plattformen wie Medpertise und Biohacking Bad Dürrheim als auch über Publikationen auf Print-Medien wie "Natur und Heilen" und "Der Heilpraktiker" und in Präsenz bei Vorträgen und Meetings auf.Als Fachautorin schreibt sie detaillierte Beiträge für "Natur und Heilen", Der Heilpraktiker sowie Blogbeiträge für Medpertise und Biohacking Bad Dürrheim.Als Speakerin war sie zu hören auf dem internationaler Speakerslam Wiesbaden, Expertenkongress vom Expertenportal und bei Podcasts (Thea Podcast 22.02.2023 Dank Yager Code bin ich ein neuer Mensch- Interview mit Dr. med. Dorothea Leinung) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

About this episode: Join Carolin as she takes you behind the scenes of her personal journey inside The Manifestor Community - a story that began with one tiny, illogical urge in 2022. You'll hear how a small initiation unfolded into something far bigger than she ever could've imagined: becoming the Social Media Manager, expanding into backend support, and eventually stepping into a Department Head role. But this episode isn't just about her story within the Manifestor Community. It's about the power of the small initiations - the micro urges, tiny nudges, quick sparks - and how they create long-term ripple effects in ways we can't always foresee. We explore: How accumulated micro-initiations can shape purpose, opportunity, and identity. Why resistance often shows up right before we take action and the psychological “before the jump” moment where doubt, fear, and paralysis kicks in. This episode is equal parts storytelling, energy wisdom, and grounded encouragement. If you've ever doubted your urges, dismissed a tiny initiation, or felt frozen right before taking action… this one is for you. About Carolin: a 1/3 Emotional Manifestor and Virtual Assistant & Social Media Manager. She has been supporting TMC in the backend since 2023 and is the Department Head for Community Support since early 2025. IG: @carolin.rupp

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Welcome to the DFO Rundown with Jason Gregor and Jeff Marek!Marek opens the show by diving into the Vezina conversation, following up on the debate between Rupp and Gregor about which young goalie could win one first. Marek sides with Rupp, choosing Lukas Dostal — noting that Anaheim appears to be the closest to contention among the young-goalie teams.In Vegas, Carter Hart has been recalled by the Golden Knights. His numbers in Henderson weren't impressive, and the rust is still evident, but the guys debate what his impact could be — and how fans and players alike may react to the polarizing goaltender's return.The Flyers have been another surprise, backed by strong goaltending from Dan Vladar. Trevor Zegras, meanwhile, has shown real growth since arriving in Philadelphia, and the guys dive into his shootout wizardry and newfound maturity.St. Louis struggled early with defensive breakdowns and shaky goaltending, sinking them to the bottom of the Central Division. They appear to be stabilizing now — but can they realistically dig their way out of the early-season hole?The President's Trophy chase between the Dallas Stars and Colorado Avalanche sparks a debate about who has the better shot at the Stanley Cup. Gregor leans Stars — and wonders whether Dallas could look at Mason Marchment if Seattle becomes a deadline seller.The Jets, meanwhile, are 1-4-0 without Connor Hellebuyck, and the Central's top three are pulling away. Marek stresses Winnipeg's need for a true second-line center. Can the Jets tread water long enough to stay in the Wild Card race?With the Leafs' playoff odds sitting at just 11%, the guys debate whether Toronto can climb back into the race — or if the season is already slipping away.In Tampa Bay, John Cooper has turned the ship around. The Lightning are back atop the Atlantic Division, with Vasilevskiy, Point, and Kucherov heating up. Gregor and Marek both see Vasy as a major Vezina contender at this point in the season.Lastly, the Predators could become one of the league's most intriguing sellers. Which player is their most valuable trade asset? Filip Forsberg, Ryan O'Reilly, Juuse Saros, and Steven Stamkos headline the list of potential deadline chips, and the guys lay out ideal landing spots for a few of them.Want to hear more from Jason and the entire DFO team? Subscribe to our YouTubeYou can get involved with all the NHL futures action over on bet365 by using the promo code NATION at bet365.comConnect with us on ⬇️TwitterInstagramWebsiteDaily Faceoff Merch Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Welcome to the DFO Rundown with Jason Gregor and Mike Rupp!We start the show with a quick recap of Rupper's Thanksgiving yesterday.The Vancouver Canucks have opened up their veterans to the trade market. Which players do Gregor and Rupp think are most likely to be moved out of Vancouver? And what will happen with the most polarizing trade piece of all, Quinn Hughes?The Edmonton Oilers have seen major regression on the defensive end, going from an above-average defensive team to one of the worst in the league at insulating their goalies. What moves can be made to solidify the Oilers' crease? The guys dive into options like Tristan Jarry and Jordan Binnington.Gregor asks Rupp which young goaltender in the NHL has the best shot at earning a Vezina nomination—or even a win. Askarov, Dostal, Knight, and Wallstedt are all showing out to start the season. Which of these four would you bet on to get the first Vezina nod?The Winnipeg Jets are 0-3-0 since losing their Vezina-winning goalie, Connor Hellebuyck. How concerned should Jets fans be?Pat joins the show for another edition of Fill in the Blanks:Comrie needs to ____ to keep the Jets afloatHellebuyck at +2500 can win the Vezina if ____The next team to become a seller is ____A surprise buyer at the deadline is ____The guys highlight the parity in the league right now and the tight playoff race as we pass the U.S. Thanksgiving mark. Rupp talks about Scott Wedgewood and how team defensive metrics can help goalies achieve better numbers than expected.Lastly, will the Colorado Avalanche chase down the Bruins' points record? And if they cruise to the Central Division title, would it affect them come playoff time?Want to hear more from Jason and the entire DFO team? Subscribe to our YouTubeYou can get involved with all the NHL futures action over on bet365 by using the promo code NATION at bet365.comConnect with us on ⬇️TwitterInstagramWebsiteDaily Faceoff Merch Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

… und reißt historische Wunden in China auf.Ein Kommentar von Rainer Rupp.Kaum einen Monat im Amt, hat Japans neue Ministerpräsidentin Sanae Takaichi mit einer einzigen Aussage einen explosiven Start hingelegt und heftige diplomatische Reaktion ausgelöst. Ein „Taiwan-Notfall“, so erklärte sie, sei eine „existenzbedrohende Situation für Japan“. Für Peking war dies eine direkte Einmischung in innere Angelegenheiten Chinas und ein Bruch mit dem international anerkannten „Ein-China-Prinzip“. Chinas Außenamtssprecher Lin Jian warnte Japan öffentlich, es solle „aufhören, mit dem Feuer zu spielen“.Takaichis Tabu-Bruch war kein Ausrutscher, sondern Teil einer Serie von Provokationen Tokios seit ihrem Amtsantritt. Die Regierungschefin folgt damit einer Linie, die stark an die deutsche Entwicklung unter Verteidigungsminister Pistorius und Kanzler Merz erinnert: In beiden Ländern wird der Nachkriegspazifismus sichtbar zurückgedrängt, während militärische Fähigkeiten und sicherheitspolitische Ambitionen wachsen.Ein belasteter Begriff und seine WirkungDer Kern der chinesischen Empörung liegt jedoch in Takaichis Wortwahl. „Existenzbedrohende Situation“ ist nicht nur ein juristischer Terminus des japanischen Sicherheitsrechts. Er weckt Erinnerungen an die Rhetorik der japanischen Militärführung vor und während des Zweiten Weltkriegs.Damals beriefen sich japanische Führer auf „Überlebensbedrohungen Japans“, um ihre mit äußerster Brutalität vorangetriebenen Aggressionen in Ostasien, insbesondere aber die Invasion Chinas zu rechtfertigen. Dies begann mit dem Ersten Japanisch-Chinesischen Krieg (1895), der zur Annexion Taiwans führte, und steigerte sich durch die Invasion der Mandschurei (1931) bis hin zum totalen Krieg (1937–1945), der über 30 Millionen chinesische Tote, massive Zerstörungen und Gräueltaten wie das Massaker von Nanjing Zigtausende von Toten forderte.Dieser Begriff der „Überlebensbedrohung“ diente auch zur Begründung des Angriffs auf Pearl Harbor (1941) als präventive „Überlebensmaßnahme“. Für China streut die Benutzung dieses Begriffs durch Japans Ministerpräsidentin Salz in immer noch rohe Wunden. Denn Tokio hat sich für seine „enormen Verbrechen“, einschließlich biologischer Kriegsführung und Experimente mit chinesischen Gefangenen und Zivilisten, z.B. durch die berüchtigte Einheit 731, nie entschuldigt. Das macht die aktuelle Rhetorik für China umso schmerzhafter.Abkehr von strategischer AmbiguitätIn einer Parlamentsanhörung am 7. November 2025 erklärte Takaichi, schon eine chinesische Blockade Taiwans könne eine „überlebensbedrohende Krise“ darstellen. Damit gab Japan erstmals seit dem Zweiten Weltkrieg seine strategische Zweideutigkeit gegenüber Taiwan offiziell auf. Selbst eine Blockade ohne Invasion würde nach dieser Logik militärische Intervention im Rahmen kollektiver Selbstverteidigung an der Seite der USA juristisch erlauben....https://apolut.net/japans-neue-ministerprasidentin-setzt-auf-remilitarisierung-von-rainer-rupp/Diese Entwicklung ähnelt Deutschlands sicherheitspolitischem Kurswechsel. Berlin hat nach Jahrzehnten militärischer Zurückhaltung unter dem Druck geopolitischer Spannungen ebenfalls rote Linien verschoben, von der Aufrüstung der Bundeswehr bis zur engeren Anbindung an US-Sicherheitsstrategien. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Flew to Hays Kansas last week to purchase a motorcycle and record a podcast with my good friend BJ Rupp. Got to meet his family and the help in the back. Bj has got quite the team! Check out the latest offerings at GoodtimesMoto.com and if you didn't listen to the first podcast I recorded with him follow this link to get started!Good Times MotorcycleDMTDanger Dan's Talk ShopMCshopTsLowbrow CustomsKnives Made By Nick Permalink

Special Patreon Release: Janelle Rupp Conversations with your Teen About Sex Puberty and Identity   *DISCLAIMER* This episode contains adult themes and is not intended for little ears.   "Walk with the wise and become wise, for a companion of fools suffers harm." Proverbs 13:20 (NIV)   *Transcript Below*   Questions We Discuss: Perhaps one of the most asked questions by Christian singles is, "How far is too far?" How do you respond to that question? Knowing the importance of educating ourselves as adults, what is the most popular sexual behavior among teens? What are some wise and age-appropriate guidelines recommend for teaching our kids about sex and sexuality?   Janelle Rupp is a Christ-follower, wife & mom of three (in that order).  Upon graduating from Cedarville University with a Bachelor's of Science in Nursing and a Minor in Biblical Studies, she worked nine years as a Pediatric ICU nurse before transitioning into nine years of nursing education for the Empower Life Center of Peoria, Illinois. There she specialized in Sexual Health with an emphasis on Sexual-Risk Avoidance. After moving to the Atlanta, Georgia area, Janelle developed a Biblically-based, Christian & Home school curriculum entitled “Remember Whose You Are: Rooting Human Sexuality in Gospel Identity." Using an expositional study of Genesis 1-3 alongside evidence-based scientific research, the four-unit program builds on itself to establish how gospel identity determines holy & healthy & holy sexuality. With a passion for both science & Scripture, Janelle is currently teaching the curriculum at North Cobb Christian School while watching the Lord grow the program at schools nation-wide.  She can be reached at jrupp.rememberwhoseyouare@gmail.com.   Recommended website for Parents: axis.org   Thank you to our sponsor: Daisy Kings Use code SAVVY to Save!   Connect with The Savvy Sauce on Facebook, Instagram or Our Website   Gospel Scripture: (all NIV) Romans 3:23 “for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,”   Romans 3:24 “and are justified freely by his grace through the redemption that came by Christ Jesus.”   Romans 3:25 (a) “God presented him as a sacrifice of atonement, through faith in his blood.”   Hebrews 9:22 (b) “without the shedding of blood there is no forgiveness.”   Romans 5:8 “But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.”   Romans 5:11 “Not only is this so, but we also rejoice in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received reconciliation.”   John 3:16 “For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.”   Romans 10:9 “That if you confess with your mouth, “Jesus is Lord,” and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.”   Luke 15:10 says “In the same way, I tell you, there is rejoicing in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner who repents.”   Romans 8:1 “Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus”   Ephesians 1:13–14 “And you also were included in Christ when you heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation. Having believed, you were marked in him with a seal, the promised Holy Spirit, who is a deposit guaranteeing our inheritance until the redemption of those who are God's possession- to the praise of his glory.”   Ephesians 1:15–23 “For this reason, ever since I heard about your faith in the Lord Jesus and your love for all the saints, I have not stopped giving thanks for you, remembering you in my prayers. I keep asking that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the glorious Father, may give you the spirit of wisdom and revelation, so that you may know him better. I pray also that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened in order that you may know the hope to which he has called you, the riches of his glorious inheritance in the saints, and his incomparably great power for us who believe. That power is like the working of his mighty strength, which he exerted in Christ when he raised him from the dead and seated him at his right hand in the heavenly realms, far above all rule and authority, power and dominion, and every title that can be given, not only in the present age but also in the one to come. And God placed all things under his feet and appointed him to be head over everything for the church, which is his body, the fullness of him who fills everything in every way.”   Ephesians 2:8–10 “For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith – and this not from yourselves, it is the gift of God – not by works, so that no one can boast. For we are God‘s workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do.“   Ephesians 2:13 “But now in Christ Jesus you who once were far away have been brought near through the blood of Christ.“   Philippians 1:6 “being confident of this, that he who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus.”   *Transcript*   Music: (0:00 – 0:09)   Laura Dugger: (0:09 - 1:31) Welcome to The Savvy Sauce, where we have practical chats for intentional living. I'm your host, Laura Dugger, and I'm so glad you're here. Today's message is not intended for little ears.   We'll be discussing some adult themes, and I want you to be aware before you listen to this message.   Thank you to Daisy King's, a skincare brand that meets simplicity. Their tallow-based products are made with wholesome, God-given ingredients to deeply nourish, restore, and protect your skin.   There are no toxins, no fillers, just pure, effective skincare. Visit DaisyKings.com to nourish, restore, and glow.   Janelle Rupp is my guest today, and she packed so much knowledge and inspiration into this time by educating us on a healthy view of sex, sharing God's holy and awe-inspiring design of our bodies, and ways that all of this points to Him.   She also is going to include meaningful conversations to have with our children throughout the years that they're in our home. Here's our chat. Welcome to The Savvy Sauce, Janelle.   Janelle Rupp: (1:32 - 1:35) Thanks so much, Laura. I'm so glad to be with you today.   Laura Dugger: (1:35 - 1:42) Will you just get us started by telling us a little bit about your faith journey and where it's brought you to today?   Janelle Rupp: (1:43 - 4:51) Sure. I was raised in a Christian home. I remember from a young age actually being struck with the realization that God loved me so much that He sent His own son for me.   But it really was probably more in my teenage years that I realized the depth of my sin, that it was great, and that Jesus was that bridge between who God was and who I was. Also, early on in my life, I knew I wanted to be a nurse, which is actually kind of interesting because there was no one in my family who was a nurse or in healthcare. But I had watched my mom care well for others in her family who had a myriad of mental and physical health problems.   So, I do think that the compassion that God put in my heart at a young age did find its place in a healthcare setting just over time and experiences I watched her. I really felt like my dream job would be to work in preventative healthcare, specifically with teenagers. And I had a heart for girls in really tough situations like teenage pregnancy.   It's a very marginalized group of humanity. And so, after college, I ended up in the pediatric intensive care unit at Riley Children's Hospital in Indianapolis for about seven years. And during that time, I met my husband.   We got married. We had our first child. And then while pregnant with our second, we decided to move closer to my extended family back in Illinois.   And a few years after I had our second child, I actually ended up landing that dream job that I felt like the Lord had laid on my heart way back in college. And so, I started the Empower Life Center in Peoria, Illinois in 2008. And I worked there for nearly 10 years as a nurse educator, teaching parenting and newborn classes.   But my primary role was a sexual risk avoidance educator, specializing in sexually transmitted disease and infections. And I would teach in public schools and private schools and charter schools. It's a junior high and high school level and also a guest lecturer at Bradley University in Peoria, Illinois.   And I always tell people that no one grows up and hopes to be a sex teacher one day. I did not envision that God would put me in that area of education, but he did. And so, after 10 years of doing that, when our family then transitioned down to Atlanta, Georgia for a job transfer for my husband, we had chosen to put our kids, now three kids at that point, in Christian education.   And within months, the middle school principal had heard about my background and approached me to create a curriculum for their fifth through eighth graders that was centered on a biblical view of sex and sexuality. So, I spent a series of months developing that curriculum. I then decided to go ahead and accept a teaching job to teach that curriculum.   And it's entitled Remember Whose You Are. And it's designed as a four unit developmentally appropriate program for Christian schools or homeschool environments. And currently we're in the beginning stages of equipping and training other schools to implement it at their school as well.   Laura Dugger: (4:52 - 5:17) Wow, that is so interesting to hear how you got interested in teaching others this healthy view of God and sex. And at the foundation of your teaching, you begin with a theology of God. So, I'd love to zero in on just one of your points that God is a relational God.   Will you elaborate on that and share how it ties into this topic we're discussing today?   Janelle Rupp: (5:18 - 7:13) For sure. One of my goals in teaching this is just to help my students see God for who he is, fall in love with who he is. And God being relational is one of the places where I always notice that beginning to take shape.   I find evidence for that in Genesis 1:26, where it says, “and God said, let us make man in our image after our likeness.” The definition of the word relational means a desire to pursue relationship or connection with another. And before we think of God pursuing relationship with us, it's actually really critical to look at that verse and note that God is already relational within himself. So, we see evidence in that verse that he's referring to himself in a plural sense.   And when we take that alongside other areas of Scripture as well, we see God existing as Trinity, Father, Son and Spirit, three in one, indicating that God does not need humanity for relationship. He only desires humanity for relationship. And one day, actually, when I was teaching that to a group of fifth grade boys last year, I said, God does not need you, but he wants you.   One of the fifth grade boys, in all complete sincerity, said, “Aww.” And it was one of the sweetest things I had ever heard because it was this very honest verbal expression of what it felt like to know that we are wanted by the God of the universe. I tell my students, “You know, someone only wants relationship with you when they love you.”   And so, while 1 John 4:8 tells us, “that God is love.” It's pretty amazing that way back in the first chapter of Genesis, as we find God creating man and creating woman, He's still incredibly loving that He even desired to create it in the first place. So, I think God being relational is such an important aspect to the who and the why of who He is.   Laura Dugger: (7:14 - 7:28) Absolutely. And I really envision this chat being a time when parents can listen alongside their teen or their tween or whenever it's age appropriate. So, will you just give us a glimpse of what you do teach in schools?   Janelle Rupp: (7:29 - 13:04) I would be happy too. The very first unit is just the who and the why of God. We focus on 10 characteristics of God, and then we transition to the who and the why of humanity.   What do all humans have in common? And we highlight eight characteristics that we all share in common. And then unit two, it's centered on the who and the why of me.   And specifically looking at Genesis 1:27, identity means that we're made in the image of God and that we are made male and female. So, Genesis 1:27 says, “So God made man in his own image, in the image of God, he made them male and female, he created them.” So, here we really want to introduce what does it mean to be made in the image of God as a social being, emotional being, a spiritual being, an intellectual being?   But also, what does it mean to be made with this physical body, male or female? And so, we introduced the reproductive system with an emphasis on puberty and human growth and development. And within that introduction, in that unit, I do something that's historically not been done in Christian settings, which is that I am teaching both the male and the female reproductive system to both genders.   And this next sentence may sound a little odd to some of your listeners. I know my students sometimes giggle when I say it, but I see the glory of God when I study the anatomy of both the male and the female reproductive systems and the intricacies of the design in order to see how they both work perfectly together. To me, it's awe-inspiring.   And so, I believe females have every right to see and begin to grasp the design of a male reproductive system. We use really basic anatomical diagrams for that. And then males equally have every right to see and begin to understand the basics of the female reproductive system using a diagram.   And my approach to that is clinical and scientific. It's definitely from an anatomy perspective. But I also make sure to take the time to point out some of, again, the beauty of the design.   For example, females, when they are born, are born with all the eggs that they will ever, ever have in their ovaries. And this design is super perfect because it means that you and I are not going to be 70 years old and find out that we're unexpectedly pregnant. Eventually, those eggs will run out about in our mid-40s.   And I always thank God for that design. It is a good design. Another one is just the female cervix.   The female cervix doesn't reach full maturity and protection until our early to mid-20s, where it then provides this wonderful protective barrier between the external and internal anatomy of the female reproductive system. When you explain things like that, I literally watch the kids have what I call light bulb moments, where they begin to see the why behind the design. And it's so important.   They've never taken the time to look at that and to hear it. In fact, I often call the reproductive system the forgotten body system. Christian kids in particular, they will get through a whole unit on the body having never talked about the reproductive system.   And if they are, then usually they're taught just about their own gender and they're missing that overarching beauty of what God designed. So, I think it's really important to highlight that reproductive system and for both genders. But in Unit 3, we move from the foundation of just gospel identity as made in His image and male and female into then specifically human sexuality.   And we use mostly Genesis 2 as we look through this about how God designed marriage and God designed sex, which is super clear in Genesis 2:24 and says, “Therefore, a man shall leave his father and mother and take hold of his wife and they will become one flesh.” And so, God's design for marriage and sex is clear that it's between a man and a woman. And also that that man and woman should follow the order of this verse.   First, that they leave and leaving might be dating. It might be courting. It might be pursuing a relationship.   However, we set those boundaries for our kids. And then second, that they would take hold and experience the intimacy and blessing of marriage, referencing that connection that God put Adam and Eve in through marriage. And third and last in that order, but that they become one flesh, which is referencing sex.   And so, after explaining that very good design, we transition into Genesis 3. And honestly, I love how Moses starts off the chapter here, Genesis 3, by saying, “Now the serpent.” And I always tell the kids that I hear that music in my head of dun, dun, dun. Like you just know that everything is going to change.   This good design is going to change and it's not changing for the better. And so, we start then looking at all the distortions that sin has caused within the overall topic of sex. And that means not just looking at premarital sex, but also adultery, pornography, sexting, gender identity, sexual identity.   And honestly, that list just keeps on growing every year that I teach. And so, then unit four, that last unit, is what I call the now what unit. In light of taking everything that we know now about gospel identity and human sexuality, I really encourage the kids to start really thinking about how they practically should be living in relationships with someone that they're attracted to and that they want to pursue.   And we use the entire Bible to help us answer that question. We actually end that unit with the question and answer panel discussion, using questions that the students have come up with through the course of that week. And it's always a sweet time of conversation focused on, again, gospel identity and human sexuality.   Laura Dugger: (13:06 - 13:19) Oh my goodness, that is so amazing and comprehensive. If parents are listening and they're wondering just about that diagram, what age do you recommend showing something like that? How would you respond to that question?   Janelle Rupp: (13:20 - 14:08) That's an excellent question. So, we're doing that in sixth grade. You know, it always depends on what your child's exposure and experience is, what their environment is, and their curiosity.   I think each child is so different. But in general, sixth grade would be age 11, 12, I think that's 10 to 12 for sure. But even you could probably push it as you're talking about puberty, which is where we interject it, just because it gives reference to what is a period for a girl?   Or what are the changes as a male that I'm having inside my body right now? Where's that coming from? So, I think starting as young as eight or nine to 10.   No later really than 12, I think would be really, really important.   Laura Dugger: (14:09 - 14:16) Thank you. That is helpful. I'm assuming that you're everybody's favorite teacher and that this is their favorite course to take.   Janelle Rupp: (14:17 - 14:48) We have a lot of fun. And I love when the kids buy into it. You know, sometimes I'll find that kids come in and they're a little hesitant to talk about this or they feel awkward by it.   But I think, you know, coming at it from both a clinical perspective, but also a biblical perspective, doing my best to keep them at ease and have fun as we have these conversations. Eventually, they loosen up over time. And it ends up being a really sweet time to talk about stuff that really, really matters in life.   Laura Dugger: (14:48 - 15:05) It does. And you're sharing so much truth. And it is the truth that sets us free.   And I can see where that would overcome so much confusion. So, let's even get really practical. When you're teaching these young people about sex, how do you define it?   Janelle Rupp: (15:06 - 19:12) This is such a great question. No one's ever actually asked me this. And I think it's so, so important.   The CDC definition of sex, it is very complete in its definition. It does a really good job covering what I believe are really important distinctives within that definition. And so, that definition is, quote, “Sex is defined as any part of your body and or specifically your reproductive area coming into contact with another person's body and or specifically their reproductive area.”   And one of the key points that I want to point out from this definition includes this phrase, reproductive area. I find my students have no reference for that, and even adults often don't. But simply put, the reproductive area is anything on the outside of the body that covers the reproductive system organs on the inside of the body.   So, this area actually extends from the belly button down to the genitals. A lot of times we only reference those genitals, but it actually extends belly button down to the genitals. And so, again, people are often surprised by that.   But at the same time, you know, whether it's called the reproductive area or maybe a private area, people do commonly recognize the importance of keeping that area safe and private. I often stick with that phrase, reproductive area, to reference the importance of trust when it comes to keeping things safe and private as a jumping off point to just help the kids see that a person is trustworthy if they keep you safe and if they keep things private. And again, such an important thing that we need to teach our children is that if someone pushes past what feels safe for us or pushes past areas on our body that are private, our children need to know, and we need to know those are not trustworthy people.   And furthermore, we should then give our children permission to tell someone that they do trust, hopefully us, but somebody that they do trust, somebody that keeps things safe and private about any person whose words or actions don't prove trustworthy. And as a side note, giving kids appropriate anatomical names is so important for this as well. But if you aren't using those terms and they don't understand it, we're speaking a language that they can't understand and maybe aren't able to convey.   And so, I think additionally, as children get older and you continue to reference that reproductive area as an area you keep private, I think it's super important to keep going back to theology and to Scripture. And in Genesis 1 and 2, we don't see anything having to be kept private because there was nothing that needed to be private. And in fact, the end of Genesis 2 says in verse 25, “And the man and his wife were both naked and were not ashamed.” My students giggle when we get to that verse because that sounds so foreign to them.   But reminding them that again, God's design was so good that there was nothing to be held back. They were fully intimately known by God and fully intimately known by each other and also without sin. But then when sin enters in Genesis 3, as Eve is tempted and enticed by the serpent, Adam is tempted, and enticed by Eve.   We see in that instant that sin changes every single thing because it causes Adam and Eve to then feel ashamed before God. They want to hide from God. It causes them to feel ashamed between each other.   They want to blame each other and it causes them to lose their sense of identity and purpose. And this is what happens to us, too, when sex and sin become entwined. It causes shame.   It causes us to hide. It makes us want to blame others. It causes us to question our identity and question our purpose.   But even though sexual sin changes the heart of man, it does not change the heart of God. And so, if our heart's desire is to love God in return for the love He's shown us, then our heart's desire should be to orient our lives around His design for our lives. And I would say even especially orienting our lives around His design for marriage and sex.   Laura Dugger: (19:13 - 19:23) Perhaps one of the most asked questions by Christian Singles is, How far is too far? So, how do you respond to that question?   Janelle Rupp: (19:24 - 25:50) Yes, I mean, this is the question that inevitably somebody's going to ask in my classes every single year. And no doubt, I mean, I think everyone has asked that question at some point or another in their lives. I certainly did.   And I was told that that was the wrong question. And I want to explain why first and then tell you how I answer it. But the reason was because when we look at Scripture in terms of holiness, which is having our heart completely for God versus idolatry, which means having our heart turned to something else, we see over and over and over in Scripture that we can't serve two masters.   We can't serve both holiness and idolatry. Matthew 6:24 is a great example. It's talking about the idolatry of money.   But it does say that whenever our heart is going after two things, we will either end up being devoted to the one and hate the other or devoted to the other and thus hate the one. And so, in other words, as we apply it to this question, we actually can't just straddle the line of both holiness and idolatry. And a lot of times that's where this heart of motivation of how far is too far is like, what line is the line that I can get to and still be holy?   But we really can't try to find and live on that line, because healthy and holy sexuality and sexual immorality doesn't exist. It is one or it is the other. And so, that's an important truth of Scripture.   I'm always in complete agreement with everything that I just said. But I also recognize that the Bible is really, really clear on how to give us direction in terms of setting boundaries and learning how to escape and endure temptation rather than to be enticed by it. And so, I teach my students a method to answer this question using an acronym called GRAY, G-R-A-Y, just to help them think biblically and critically about this question.   And actually it can be applied to any what I call the gray areas of life where Scripture may not specifically be very black and white about what we can and can't do. For example, another easy gray area topic within this same kind of umbrella idea would be dating. We aren't specifically told if we're to encourage our kids towards dating or courting or maybe arrange marriages.   Right. And yet I believe that there's four specific steps that we can use to determine the heart of God for our lives when it comes to gray areas of life. And so, the G in gray stands for go to God and it refers to prayer.   James 1:5 encourages believers to ask God for wisdom. It says, “He will give it generously to anyone who asks.” And I think praying for wisdom is such a foundational place to start on any topic, but specifically this one.   And then the R in the acronym stands for read the word. I always encourage my students and I would encourage parents as well, actively study the word of God, finding verses that give direction for decision making on this question. How far is too far?   One that I think jumped out at me is First Corinthians 10:23. As it's again, speaking of idolatry of the heart and it says, “all things are lawful, but not all things are helpful. All things are lawful. I can do all things, but not all things are building up. And so, let no one seek his own good, but the good of his neighbor.”   So, when you apply that verse to this question of how far is too far, you begin to see that the question isn't so much is kissing OK, is anything done with our clothes on OK? But the question is more what behavior is helpful for me as I try to honor Christ with my body? What behavior builds up my desire to honor Christ with my life and or what behavior seeks to honor the person that I'm with?   And so, again, I think reading scripture can help us be able to know how to reframe that question and create boundaries. And then the A in gray stands for ask for advice. And here I encourage teens to seek out someone who is doing relationships well.   In other words, is there a couple that they admire, someone older than them that they admire, maybe a friend or sibling or a friend of a sibling, a teacher, a parent, a youth group leader? I found in my own life that God often gives wisdom through people like that. And actually, in the last 10 years, as I've been teaching this type of material, I found that asking couples that I respect this very same question.   How did you answer? How far is too far? It brings some of the best responses and encouragement that then I can share with my students to help them learn and grow.   So, I think asking for advice is a vital part of this. And then lastly, the Y stands for yield. It is the last step.   And yet it's such an important part of answering this question. Yield just simply means to wait. And you and I both know this generation does not like to wait.   Instinct gratification is their thing. And yet teaching them that there's so much value in yielding when we don't have clear answers to critical questions like this. So, I actually love to literally walk this out in front of the classroom.   I will demonstrate how, when I yield, I hold back on decisions such as how far is too far. I am always allowing myself room to continue to walk forward as I feel more certainty over the answer or I feel more led with the wisdom that God is continuing to give. However, if I walk forward without clarity, if I'm pushing boundaries that are perhaps lawful, I can.   But they're not to my benefit, not to my partner's benefit. Then it's very realistic that I am going to push farther than I am able to handle. It's going to bring harm to the relationship that I am in.   And I can't ever go back. The truth is that the line between being enticed by sin versus escaping and enduring the temptation to turn from sin. It's a thin line.   And so, helping teenagers with these four steps, I think just think more critically about where to set those boundaries is important. And then I do usually go on to encourage students to be really specific in writing out those boundaries. I'm a big fan that writing is remembering.   It stores in our long-term memory. And then to even share those boundaries in order to have accountability with them.   Laura Dugger: (25:51 - 27:47) And now a brief message from our sponsor. I would like to specifically address the ladies. Because let's talk skin care.   As moms, as women, we spend so much time caring for everyone else. But what about us? If you're tired of dull or dry skin and products filled with chemicals and fillers, it is time for something better.   God designed our skin to thrive with real nourishing ingredients. 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But I think this is really helpful having you share statistics.   So, what are some statistics you think we need to be aware of to educate us on sexuality and youth in America right now?   Janelle Rupp: (27:49 - 29:55) Yes, you know, this is constantly changing. And so, I do look for these on the regular. And so, the ones I'm currently kind of using as I educate this year, the average age of first pornography exposure is currently 11 years old.   And 1 out of every 10 visitors to porn sites are actually under the age of 10. And 22% of those are regular visitors to those sites. It's not that they're just there once.   They're regular visitors. When you talk about that next age group, 11 to 17-year-olds, 53% of them are accessing pornography. In addition, 1 out of every 14 are receiving sexually explicit material through social media, through texting.   And 1 out of every 17 are sending it, which is an interesting thing. I always tell my students that means that as people are receiving it, they're sending it to more than one person. And so, you know, somehow we could think that it's a conversation maybe staying between two people.   And almost in every case, that is not the reality. 41% of teens are engaging in sexual behavior and oral sex and vaginal sex and anal sex and what I call outer course. Every 11 minutes, CPS finds evidence of sexual abuse claims.   And 2 out of every 3 of those are age 12 to 17 years old. And then lastly, and this is kind of newer from a research study that is an important one, but identifying as LGBTQ+, has actually risen in teens on average by 4% in the last 5 years. Girls being higher than boys.   Girls averaging about 5% increase and boys at 3%. And I think, you know, you give those 9 quick statistics, and I'll be honest, you know, even every time I have to say them, I get that sinking feeling in my stomach. It takes a lot to shock me after 10 years of working with teens on this topic.   But it never feels good to say those out loud. I think it just reflects such brokenness on behalf of our culture's view of sex and sexuality.   Laura Dugger: (29:57 - 30:09) Wow, that is sobering. And if that reality feels alarming or overwhelming to a parent listening, then how would you advise them to educate their son or daughter?   Janelle Rupp: (30:10 - 33:09) Yeah, I think the scariest thing is when we allow those feelings that we're having to really just cripple us and our ability to parent our children through them. I had a mom come up last year, and she said, I'm just really exhausted by it all. I'm tired of checking up on my kid.   And, you know, as a mom of teenagers, I hear that. I resonate with that. But I think we need to fight through those feelings and encourage each other to fight through those feelings in order to parent with intention and godliness when it comes to these subjects.   I developed this Remember Who's You Are curriculum for students, but I 100% believe that parents are to be the first go-to for our kids on these topics, whether they feel like they have all the answers or not. It's really not the role of the school, nor of the church, nor of the youth pastor. It is primarily and foundationally the role of parents, with ideally then the school and the church, you know, locking arms with parents, coming alongside with a similar message.   And so, when it comes to equipping parents, which is something I feel strongly about as well, in order to have these ongoing conversations, I break down educating parents with three regular statements to help them kind of combat those feelings of overwhelmed or anxiousness when it comes to these topics. And the first regular statement would be to regularly educate yourself. We can't teach what we don't know.   And so, parents need to have answers to questions, and I'm going to give a series of questions here that I think need to be answered as examples, but there's certainly more. But questions like, what is God's design? Again, what is the reproductive area?   What does sexting mean? What does sending nudes mean? Because that's becoming actually a more popular phrase right now than using the phrase sexting.   Why is not porn good for our brains if it actually keeps us from not having sex outside of God's design? That's a question I've been asked. And a follow-up to that, what does the Bible say about masturbation?   How does a condom work? I've been asked that one. What is the most popular sexual behavior among teens?   Those are some toughies. You don't just kind of like pop out an answer to that without dedicating some time to researching those answers. I don't think that this needs to be an overwhelming amount of time.   In fact, I actually just encourage parents to set aside 15 to 20 minutes once a week, maybe even once every other week, but just put it on the calendar so that you really devote yourself to that time. You know, I think we dedicate ourselves as parents to things we care about. And I don't mean to say this harshly, but many moms spend much more time exercising than they do in their Bibles and figuring out answers to these questions and apologetic type answers.   And parents, you know, we spend a lot of time talking to our kids about sports and grades. And yet these are topics that have lasting relational impacts for their lives, not just in our family, but in their family to come. And so, we have to be diligent to set aside time and regularly educate ourselves.   Laura Dugger: (33:09 - 33:38) Janelle, I love all of this that you're saying. And I just want to pause on this first step of educating ourselves as the adults and as the parents. So, listening to something like this, hopefully people feel encouraged already doing a great job educating yourself.   And so, let's just answer a couple of those questions because it can be hard to know where do I go to find out these answers. I'm careful to Google this because something may pop up that I don't want to see.   Janelle Rupp: (33:38 - 33:38) Right.   Laura Dugger: (33:38 - 33:46) So, let's go with two of them. One of them you said is what is the most popular sexual behavior among teens right now?   Janelle Rupp: (33:47 - 34:46) Yeah, I think that this one is a little bit shocking for parents. And they often are unaware of where their teens are at as they are pushing boundaries on sexual behavior. You know, when I was growing up, oral sex became, and that's mouth to genitals, but that became a really popular sexual behavior.   And I remember hearing people say, well, that makes me feel a virgin because I now have not had vaginal sex. And so, again, just continuing to push these boundaries. So, now today's teenagers are past oral sex.   That's become just something that's normal and acceptable. And the most popular sexual behavior right now that you'll actually they will talk about and do would be anal sex right now, which is the anal area, which is obviously I always point this out, not actually the reproductive system, but in fact, the expiratory or the end of the digestive system. But that is the most popular sexual behavior among teens currently.   Laura Dugger: (34:47 - 35:14) That is really helpful to hear. And even years ago, when I was practicing as a marriage and family therapist, something that we learned was that the rise in pornography exposure was also corresponding or correlating with this rise in pressure for women to engage in anal sex. And that was a lot of times where it was coming from.   I'm assuming very similar with teens.   Janelle Rupp: (35:15 - 35:59) Yes, absolutely. And as our culture continues to kind of push the envelope on trying to get teenagers and adults to accept pornography is a natural part of human sexuality. I think we will just continue to see that behavior pushed more and more and more just among teens and relationships in general, which is really devastating.   I think of so many of these behaviors that are very degrading, particularly to women, but even to men. And again, that women, that girls would be thinking that that is considered an acceptable part of a relationship is such a tragedy, really. And again, just so reflective of the brokenness of our culture.   Laura Dugger: (36:00 - 36:19) And you bring up another question I want to follow up with, Ben, because porn is so destructive for a lifetime. But how do you answer that question if parents want to educate themselves of somebody making an argument of why not pornography if it keeps them from engaging in penetrative sex?   Janelle Rupp: (36:20 - 38:18) Yeah, so, there's some excellent websites that you can find that talk about the damaging effects of pornography. And I found, you know, good resources. Anyone's welcome to email me.   I'll include that later. But to get some of those resources. But it really does change and alter, actually, the connections that are created in the brain.   And one of the, I think, more interesting studies on pornography in the brain, as they looked at men who were watching and engaging in pornography, it would continually light up an area of the brain and stimulate it, which is an area of the brain that is usually lit and stimulated when a man would use power tools. And that's concerning on, I think, a couple of levels. One, that is degrading.   And again, this human made in the image of God to something that is to be just used. Right. And then second, anytime we engage in pornography, we are we're engaging more with a screen than a person.   And so, that intimacy level, that is something that's so precious about sex. You know, sex isn't just for making babies. It isn't just for this intimate connection.   It isn't just for pleasure. But it is to be wholly represented, all three of those when we look at God's design. But when we engage with pornography, we're completely reducing it down to one person's pleasure, one person's use.   And so, again, those connections that are supposed to exist between people now exist between a person and their screen. And you'll see across the board, these are people who easily get addicted. It's meant to be addicted, experience increased levels of depression, anxiety, suicide.   Grades go down for teenagers. They lose friends. So much research showing the devastating impact of pornography.   Laura Dugger: (38:19 - 38:32) That is really helpful. Thank you for sharing that. And back to that greater question. So, when you're advising parents to educate themselves, that's the first step. What's the next step in the process?   Janelle Rupp: (38:33 - 41:29) So, the second step that I recommend is to regularly to enter in. We aren't called to be our kids' best friends. We're called to step into their lives.   And that means stepping into friendships and relationships. It actually means stepping into their phone. You know, the amount of parents that tell me, I feel really bad because it's their phone.   And yet it's something that the parent is paying for, right? And so, that is a part of our lives, too. Theirs and ours.   But stepping into social media pages, their schools, their activities. And I think we don't have to be creepy about it. And that's what I think parents most, they're like, I don't want to creep my kid out or make them pull away.   I just think we have to be really intentional beforehand that we're developing this relationship of trust and communication. So, Josh McDowell has said rules without relationship equal rebellion. And so, the flip side of that is that when I have rules where I'm entering in and I have relationships where I'm entering in, that will equal trust.   And so, we need to keep entering in because we want to keep earning their trust. It goes both ways. We want that trust and communication.   So, entering in out of a desire for relationship, but also entering in with boundaries and rules for our kids in order to continue to build that trust between us. And then the third regularly statement is to regularly extend grace to yourself. Guilt and shame cannot go away without grace.   And a lot of us live with guilt and shame when it comes to these subjects. I often hear that that's one of the key reasons that parents will hesitate to talk to their child. They'll say to me, I don't want them to ask me about what I did.   And the only remedy for shame is grace. It's why God's plan to extend grace in sending Jesus. It's the best plan for our world because we're literally drowning in guilt and shame over these subjects.   And so, as parents, we first have to learn and work through accepting grace for ourselves. But for the purpose of extending it to others, it's very, very hard to extend grace when we haven't accepted it ourselves. And so, I think it starts with us.   And then again, it extends out to our kids. My husband and I were working through something that was happening with our teenagers this year. And I thought it was so profound.   As he said this statement, by God's grace, our kids will never get caught up in it. But it's also that same grace that will provide a way for our kids to get out of it. And so, we need to remember God's grace is greater than all of our sins.   And we can rest in that even if we don't do everything perfectly as a parent. Even if we forget to answer one of the questions. Even if our kids choose a path that is different than what we had taught them.   God's grace is greater than all of our sins.   Laura Dugger: (41:30 - 43:53) And I don't think we can hear that enough. So, thank you for that reminder.   Did you know that we are now accepting donations online through Venmo?   It's just one of our additional ways that you can give to support the work of the Savvy Sauce Charities and keep us on the air where we can keep providing this content for free. We pray that you'll consider partnering with us and generously donating before your end. Thanks for your support.   Well, Janelle, I think that you're so wise to teach parents that there's obviously no formula, and that's why it's so vitally important to keep in step with the spirit as we have these conversations with our children. But also, I'm sure that you've learned some wise and age-appropriate guidelines for teaching our kids about sex and sexuality.   So, will you share those with us for the different age ranges?   Janelle Rupp: (43:55 - 50:10) Yes, I think you're exactly right. There isn't a set formula because, again, as I mentioned before, every kid is different. Every experience and exposure is different.   But there are some general guidelines in order to, again, have these regular conversations with our kids. So, beginning ages kind of three to seven, I think focusing on what it means to be made in God's image, what it means to have a male part versus female part, how that kind of defines each gender. And understanding also what is private and safe within that is important.   So, one of the things that I did with my kids is very early on, as we were bathing in those ages, we would say, Thank you, God, for our fingers and our noses, and thank you, God, for our toes, and say, Thank you, God, for a penis because you're a boy, and thank you, God, for a vagina because you're a girl, and thank you for parts that we can't see inside of us. And I would name some of those parts as well, because I think it just helps them start recognizing, again, the beauty of what it means to be created by God. And also highlighting safe pictures and unsafe pictures, safe touch and unsafe touch, and stuff that I touched on before.   I think that's important as well. But then I personally believe this is one of the best ages to begin forming a framework on the sanctity of human life, that all life is created by God and for God in the image of God. And therefore, all life should be treated with dignity, respect, and love, regardless of size, regardless of gender, regardless of skin color, regardless of neediness or challenges.   It's a really natural and important tie-in to the subject at this age. And then when you get into that next age, age 8 to 10, I kind of think of it a little bit like preteen. Just continuing on with that conversation but bringing up this word puberty.   And kids always look terrified when I say that word. And I always tell them, then puberty is not a scary word. And I'm sorry that you have this vision that it is.   But puberty really is just human growth and development that make us male and make us female. And so, I think teaching our kids not to be even afraid of that word. There are parts that we need to keep private.   And yes, we don't need to talk about that with everybody. But these are not wrong or bad parts. They're parts that are created by God for God.   And God is a good God. And God is a sovereign God. And so, He created it for our good with us in mind.   And so, just continuing to engage and encourage our kids on those ideas at age 10. And then 10 to 12, and some educators would say sex should be introduced by age 10. I found that based on just, again, the exposure that my kids had, we had this type of a conversation as they headed into more age 11.   I think it for sure should be talked about before age 12. But at that point, you want to make sure you're including just a framework on what biblical sex and marriage is and what it's purposed for. Again, purpose for procreation, making babies, purpose for intimacy, even purpose for pleasure.   Listen, no 10 to 12-year-old is going to understand that part yet, which is fine because you're going to revisit it later when they're kids. This is a regular thing, right? But you want them to hear it from you.   You want them to hear it from you first so they understand that you are trustworthy. And so, they should be taught that sex is best seen in that context of marriage. One man, one woman that have left their father and mother, they've taken hold of each other in marriage.   And as a result, then a parent and actually ideally both parents, mom and dad, are able to help a child understand that framework and also recognize basic deviations outside of that framework. Not just that sex before marriage is outside, but also sex outside of marriage, the sexual and gender identity confusion. Anything that's falling outside of God's design for marriage and sex is a deviation from what he designed.   And then in that kind of 13 and older, recommendations that I make is always that you begin to establish a really good framework on how to have God-honoring relationships with someone of the opposite gender. I actually highly recommend Ephesians chapter 5 as you make this plan with your child. And a couple key points that it talks about within that chapter is that we treat those in the faith, those that share our common belief in Jesus Christ as brothers and sisters in Christ, in friendship and in a possible relationship, but one that has a lot of purpose and a plan in place.   But then we treat those who are not sharing our faith with love, but yet an understanding that those aren't relationships that I can pursue because I can't have an expectation that they are going to bring me closer to Christ, whereas the other should. And so, as parents within that, again, 13 and older category, you really need to start paying very much attention and entering in into those relationships that they have with their friends and their peers, because this is the second biggest impact maker on their decision-making next to you. Proverbs 13:20 says, “He who walks with the wise will be wise, but a companion of fools suffers harm.”   I really believe in parents. If you need to change up their environment in order to help them form more God-honoring relationships in step with that Ephesians 5, we should not be afraid to do so. And again, continuing to expand on those other frameworks before, because regular conversations, but you're just getting into greater detail, more fine-tuning.   And I actually think at this age, too, you're digging deep into the truth of Scripture with your child. So, you let them come alongside you as you're learning how to answer these questions so that they can continue to refine who they are in Christ and to refine how to keep accountable with the Word of God and to refine how to set boundaries and how to navigate relationships in what I call purposeful dating versus purposeless dating. And purposeful dating, really just the overarching idea there is just that in the end, if it does end, that there may be sadness, but that there is also learning that comes so that I am lessening the brokenness and damage that may come as a result as well.   Laura Dugger: (50:11 - 50:30) And I love how also in your teaching, you lay out specific guidelines that don't fit within an age category, but they're more so for children who are at cell phone age or where they have unattended internet use. So, will you share some of those guidelines with us now, too?   Janelle Rupp: (50:31 - 54:54) Yes, for sure. You know, I always say when you introduce a cell phone to your child, especially one that has internet included with that phone, it does change a little of those guidelines that I just mentioned in that you need to increase the speed and the ages or decrease the ages, technically, in which you are discussing these things. Just because you're giving them a lot of access to things that will speak an opposite message from what you would be saying.   And so, when I encourage parents to look at a couple things as they're making the decisions about when to give a cell phone, I think you're specifically looking at does your child understand what it means to be indwelled by the Holy Spirit? And are they showing evidence of the fruits of his work in their lives? In other words, do I see evidence of the Spirit in the life of my child?   And so, that means does he or she recognize self-control? They know when they have it and they know when they don't. Do they recognize how to be a peacemaker?   Do they recognize how to be loving in what they say and what they do? Do they recognize and show faithfulness, kindness, gentleness, joy, patience, all of those fruits of the Spirit? And do they recognize and show that not just in person with someone, but even behind the screen when they don't see that person face to face?   And listen, no parent is going to say, oh, yeah, 100% of the time my kid is showing evidence of the fruits of the Spirit. But if I can honestly say yes, my child is showing that he is growing in evidence of that. And then you decide this is the age for him to have a phone.   Most educators, I'll just be super clear, most educators that work with teens, they recommend an age of anywhere from 13 to 15. But when you do give that, those same adults that work with those teens will also say the following, that a device should not be allowed in a private room or a private place. There should be a family charging place.   And we are on phones when we are around other people. And then that you should also have no phone zones for us. The dinner table is one of our very most important ones so that we are learning how to, again, continue to engage in conversation with one another without our phones, which is growing the relationship building that we want to grow.   And so, we hold to those boundaries. Understanding that an all access, unmonitored pass to the Internet does break down identity. It does work against.   And there's so much evidence to this. You know, even five years ago, I was less inclined to say hard and fast rules on the use of cell phones for teens. However, more and more and more and more, we continue to see research study after research study.   There's documentaries. Now there's reports about the dangers of the unlimited, unmonitored access to screens and how it hurts our kids emotionally, intellectually, socially, spiritually and even physically. I mean, I think of less sleep.   Right. Something that I've learned over these 10 years is that no kid stumbles into pornography with the use of their phone on purpose. So, so, so many times the first time is an accident and it happens again because that Internet use is unmonitored.   And so, here's another hard truth as well. It often also happens because someone else in the house or the family may be viewing pornography and it's in that browser history or it's in the logarithm of the device they're using. And so, understanding what drives that first use, but then the ramifications of that first look.   So, even if it's an inadvertent look, the hook to pornography is so addicting. And again, we talked about the damaging effects on our brains, our emotions and our relationship. So, I just think monitoring phones and Internet access is, yes, exhausting.   I mean, I feel it. But at the same time, the risk is so great that there's no way that we can stop while they are in our home. Because the worry and the regret of, oh, I should have done X, Y, Z, I think outweighs any type of temporary exhaustion for me in my day to have to check and monitor phone use.   Laura Dugger: (54:55 - 55:21) That's such a good point. It's going to cost us energy on one side or the other. But that is a wise choice to go with the hard choice first and hopefully more of an easier or more fruitful path.   When you reflect on our conversation so far, what hope do we all have for the gospel of grace impacting us specifically as it relates to our sexuality?   Janelle Rupp: (55:23 - 58:58) When I hear that question, I really love it. I instantly think shame is a result of sin, connecting that to the grace that is shown from our Creator and our Redeemer. And all of that, again, is really on display in Genesis 3.   And so, I want to take us there as I answer that question. I tell my students shame has two definitions. There is shame as a verb to shame someone.   And then there is shame as a noun to feel shame as a result of something that we have done wrong. Shame as a verb is something we never want to do. That's not a good thing, right?   But shame as a noun is actually a God-given gift that is meant to bring us back into relationship with God. And you look at how Adam and Eve in Genesis 3. It makes me chuckle, honestly, because as they feel the shame of their sin, their next step is to create garments to cover themselves.   And their shame was so great, but they went ahead and put these fig leaves on top of their bodies, these parts that now have to be private because of shame. And I just think to myself, those fig leaves had to have been so insufficient. We do this too, though.   We come up with ways to clothe ourselves to cover up the shame that we feel. It might be past sexual sin. It might be present sexual sin.   And we try our best to hide it. We try our best to make ourselves look presentable with our covering so that people won't see our sin and see our shame. I mean, all of that is that feeling that comes from that feeling of shame as a result of sin.   But what's beautiful when we look at Genesis 3, when Adam finally comes clean about his sin and shame. And I will say, listen, he doesn't do it perfectly because God has to literally say, where are you? Knowing where he is, but like basically saying, Adam, come out, come clean, right?   But as Adam does come clean about his sin and the shame that he's feeling, right? What does God do? God covers Adam and Eve with garments that He provides and He makes from the very first shedding of blood that we see recorded in Scripture.   And I'm doing it now. I weep every single time that I talk about this part, because God knows how to deal with shame so much better than we do. He knows how to deal with our shame in a way and cover us in a way that is a once for always.   And it's Genesis 3 is just a beautiful foreshadowing of how Christ is going to be sent. And there he comes in Matthew, right? To cover shame forever.   And so, as we remember that Jesus spilled his blood on a cross and then resurrected, conquering death and sin and the grave. We also get covered by that blood so that we no longer have to hide. We no longer have to feel that shame.   And we can stand, Romans 8 says, without condemnation. “Therefore, there is no condemnation for those who are in Christ,” because Christ has covered us with garments completely and perfectly for forever. And so, our hope in this for our own sin, our past sin, any present sin, any future sin, and our hope for any sin that may rise up out of the heart of our child.   It's in the gospel that the gracious and loving covering that God gives us through Jesus is complete, making us right before God for all time.   Laura Dugger: (58:58 - 1:00:05) I love that so much, Janelle. And it makes me think of, I can't remember the research study, but they tracked people's brains when they were feeling like shame or regret or guilt. And found that sometimes people who struggle with anxious thoughts, that they have an over-functioning part of their brain where they can have those feelings of shame, sometimes when they haven't done anything shameful.   So, there's almost like a real guilt or a false guilt. And all of this conversation brings me to 2 Corinthians 7:10, where God addressed that first, because in the Bible it says, “Godly sorrow brings repentance that leads to salvation and leaves no regret, but worldly sorrow brings death.” And so, if we're going like even a level deeper to tease out that shame, sometimes we've felt that before.   Maybe, let's say, if something was done to us, and that's not the same shame that requires repentance, which is the godly sorrow. So, does that make sense?   Janelle Rupp: (1:00:05 - 1:00:28) Yes, exactly. That's exactly my point. And getting the kids to understand the difference between those shames but then seeing shame as not something that I have to push against.   Because if it is that godly shame that comes after me making a wrong choice, that is that shame to bring me closer to God in and through repentance. And again, that's a beautiful thing.   Laura Dugger: (1:00:29 - 1:00:39) It is, and it leads to freedom, which we may not think of in the moment, but that confession and bringing something to the light, that that is the best way to live.   Janelle Rupp: (1:00:39 - 1:00:40) Exactly.   Laura Dugger: (1:00:40 - 1:00:48) Are there any other important takeaways that you want parents and their children to be aware of as it applies to sex and sexuality?   Janelle Rupp: (1:00:49 - 1:02:44) Yes, you know, I think of two things here. The first being that, you know, sexual sin is really just one of many sins that Christ covers that he died for. You know, the blood of Christ covers the adulterer just as much as it covers the gossiper.   It covers the pregnant teenager and her boyfriend just as much as it covers you and I. And I think in the past, the church has overemphasized this sin and underemphasized others. But yet on the flip side, I mean, I think we really can't deny these are sins.   And even when we look at Scripture, it doesn't deny this. These are sins that carry a greater consequence and potential for enticing us towards, again, more habitual, ongoing sin in ways that just affect us deeper than other sins, which is why 1 Corinthians 6:18 says “Flee from sexual immorality.” And I'm going to pause there for just a second, because the Greek word for sexual immorality is the word pornea.   And you and I can't hear the word pornea without immediately thinking of porn. And so, I think it's fascinating that the root word for pornography is literally translated as sexual immorality. It's really an important thing.   But 1 Corinthians 6:18, again, it starts saying “Flee from sexual immorality. Every other sin a person commits is outside of the body, but the sexually immoral person sins against his own body.” And this means that sexual sin at its root is a problem of identity, which is, again, why you have to link that human sexuality with gospel identity.   Our aim cannot be for our children to make it to marriage having never had sex or never getting pregnant. To me, that's a low fruit. That is a low aim.   Our aim needs to be raising children with a gospel identity that is rooted in the creative and redemptive work of Jesus Christ and seeing the outgrowth from there.   Laura Dugger: (1:02:44 - 1:02:56) Wow. Well said. And if we boil all of this down, what is just one action step that you first recommend for anyone who finishes this message today?   Janelle Rupp: (1:02:57 - 1:04:19) Yeah, I'm going to give you a three-in-one just tying back to those three key regularly statements. One of the primary resources that I love to recommend in terms of educating ourselves is for parents to go to axis.org. That is A-X-I-S dot org, and sign up to receive their free Culture Translator weekly newsletter. And that will be sent to your email on a weekly basis for free.   And it gives a whole rundown of what's been happening in teen culture for that week. And just by simply opening up your email, you're going to start educating yourself. And they also have a host of other excellent resources and podcasts and a ton of material on their website that I would recommend.   But that's just one little step. And then for the enter in, I would recommend scheduling a date now. Put it on your calendar.   Find a time to take your child on a shopping date, an ice cream date, so that you can begin to enter into their lives and keep building that relationship with them. And then lastly, between now and that date, just open up God's Word. Reflect on the grace of God.   Let it wash over your heart. Let it wash over your mind. Get engaged with worship.   All of those will equip you well to do that hard work of entering in with your child when you meet them for that date.   Laura Dugger: (1:04:20 - 1:04:29) I've loved this chat so much. And if anybody's wondering about

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Welcome to the DFO Rundown with Jason Gregor and Mike Rupp!Gregor and Rupp start by looking at the teams struggling in the West and what the Vancouver Canucks should do right now. Will Quinn Hughes be on the move out of Vancouver if struggles continue?The guys look at superstars who were traded mid-season and the rarity of a high-calibre player being moved at the deadline.Two teams with slightly surprising starts in the East are starting to fall back down to Earth. Who are you more concerned about — Pittsburgh or Montréal?JT Miller has come under fire for a lack of effort on a goal against Tuesday versus Vegas. Rupp breaks down the Rangers captain and what might be hampering the forward.Is the recent stretch by Pittsburgh more reflective of what was expected from this Penguins team? Was their hot start unsustainable? Is Benjamin Kindel the future for the Pittsburgh Penguins?Alex Ovechkin scored three more goals last night and tied Bobby Hull for the fifth-most hat tricks in NHL history. Ovi is 17 hat tricks behind the Great One, but another record is in sight as he sits eight games away from tying Gretzky for the most multi-goal games. How many goals will the Great Eight finish with in his career?Sidney Crosby and Alex Ovechkin both sit in the top ten in NHL points. Given the success of Nathan MacKinnon and Connor McDavid, plus the hot starts from even younger players like Macklin Celebrini and Connor Bedard, which active player will be next to break major records?Connor Hellebuyck is undergoing a minor arthroscopic knee procedure that will sideline him for 4–6 weeks. How concerned should the Jets and Team USA be?Next, Rupp gives his projected Team USA roster. Alex DeBrincat and Jason Robertson join the roster, while Brock Nelson and Clayton Keller drop out from his last projection. Do young players like Spencer Knight and Cutter Gauthier deserve spots on the American roster? Is Kiefer Sherwood a wildcard to make Team USA given his skill set?Gregor gives his Team Canada roster projections. Young guns Connor Bedard and Macklin Celebrini join his projected squad as Mark Stone and Seth Jarvis drop out. Jakob Chychrun is the only change on the back end for Gregor, as he replaces Travis Sanheim on the projected roster. Is Scott Wedgewood's start worthy of a spot as one of the three Canadian goaltenders?Lastly, the guys discuss the Mikko Rantanen hit on Alexander Romanov in the Stars–Isles game and the reaction from New York's coach, Patrick Roy.Want to hear more from Jason and the entire DFO team? Subscribe to our YouTubeYou can get involved with all the NHL futures action over on bet365 by using the promo code NATION at bet365.comConnect with us on ⬇️TwitterInstagramWebsiteDaily Faceoff Merch Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Im Nexperia-Konflikt mit China gibt niederländische Regierung klein bei.Nach der Beschlagnahme der kleinlaute RückzieherEin Kommentar von Rainer Rupp.Auf Druck der Amerikaner hatten die Niederlande die Filiale des chinesischen Chip-Herstellers Nexperia aus vorgeschobenen Gründen der Nationalen Sicherheit beschlagnahmt. Jetzt hat Den Haag seinen Beschluss zurückgenommen. Damit ist die sechs Wochen andauernde Auseinandersetzung zwischen der EU und China vorerst entschärft, und die europäische Autoindustrie kann aufatmen.Die Kehrtwende erfolgte, nachdem eine niederländische Delegation in Peking mit chinesischen Beamten zusammentraf, um die Angelegenheit beizulegen – ausgelöst durch einen heftigen Krieg der Worte in der vergangenen Woche zwischen Wirtschaftsminister Vincent Karremans und dem chinesischen Handelsministerium.Der niederländische Wirtschaftsminister Vincent Karremans erklärte kleinlaut: „In den letzten Tagen haben wir konstruktive Gespräche mit den chinesischen Behörden geführt. Wir bewerten die bereits ergriffenen Maßnahmen der chinesischen Seite, die die Versorgung Europas und des Rests der Welt mit Chips sicherstellen, sehr positiv. Wir sehen dies als Zeichen des guten Willens. In der kommenden Zeit werden wir den konstruktiven Dialog mit den chinesischen Behörden fortsetzen.“ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Gregor and Rupp start off the show with a look ahead to a weekend packed with sports. The Colorado Avalanche may not be running away with the Central quite so easily. The Dallas Stars have been on a tear lately and just demolished the Atlantic-leading Canadiens 7–0. The guys talk about Jason Robertson heating up, Wyatt Johnston's power-play prowess, and the anticipation surrounding a Jamie Benn return.Next, we head to the West Coast to discuss the resurgence of the LA Kings. A team many predicted to contend atop the Pacific struggled out of the gates but has now found its footing, surging up the standings to sit second in the division. The guys dive into their defensive acumen and a promising offensive spark.Later, we look at the struggling Maple Leafs, who dropped another game last night—this one in overtime to the Kings—dropping Toronto to a .500 points percentage. People can point to the injury bug, but this team has been extremely poor defensively this season, with a league-worst goals-against per game. Gregor and Rupp break down a quote from William Nylander about the Leafs' early-season struggles.After a torrid start to the season, it looks like the Montréal Canadiens are coming back down to earth. The goaltending tandem of Sam Montembeault and Jakob Dobês has faltered recently, with both goalies struggling to keep the puck out of the net.Nashville is the team everyone is watching when it comes to a potential big early-season move. Will it be a coaching change, a veteran being shipped out, or something shocking—like moving on from Juuse Saros? Will the Predators regret going the veteran route instead of committing to a rebuild like Chicago, Anaheim, and San Jose?Home ice used to be a fortress for the Vegas Golden Knights, but over their latest home stretch they've collected only four points out of a possible 12. Can they turn it around as they play five of their next six on the road?Later, Pat joins the show for “Fill in the Blanks” with questions such as:Who can challenge Joel Quenneville for the Jack Adams Award?Will anyone challenge Connor Hellebuyck's Vezina reign?Which franchise deserves Gavin McKenna?After that, the guys discuss Gavin McKenna's start at Penn State before wrapping up the show with a little Grey Cup talk ahead of the big game in the CFL this weekend.Want to hear more from Jason and the entire DFO team? Subscribe to our YouTubeYou can get involved with all the NHL futures action over on bet365 by using the promo code NATION at bet365.comConnect with us on ⬇️TwitterInstagramWebsiteDaily Faceoff Merch Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Weitreichender Korruptionsskandal in NATO vertuscht, um Einheit zu rettenEin Kommentar von Rainer Rupp.Während NATO-Generalsekretär Rutte mit nuklear-politischen Drohungen gegen Russland jongliert, begannen vor einigen Monaten Strafverfolgungsbehörden und Staatsanwälte immer wieder an die Tür seiner korruptesten Behörde zu klopfen. Dabei handelt es sich um die im Kleinstaat Luxemburg in Autobahnnähe gelegene NSPA-Agentur, die u.a. zuständig für die Beschaffung von dringend benötigter, aber knapper Munition, Drohnen und sonstiger Rüstungsgüter für die Ukraine ist. Dafür verfügt die NSPA über ein Jahresbudget von 10 Milliarden Dollar. Das ist auch in Euro umgewechselt viel Geld und hat anscheinend auch bei einer Reihe von NATO-Funktionären, die auf lukrativen Rüstungsaufträgen saßen, unwiderstehliche Begehrlichkeiten geweckt.Inzwischen ist bekannt, dass Whistle Blower aus der NSPA-Agentur und andere, die direkt mit der Beschaffung militärischer Programme zu tun hatten, zuerst ihre Vorgesetzten im eigenen Apparat über veruntreute Gelder informiert, und, nachdem diese untätig blieben, die Strafverfolgungsbehörden in Luxemburg und Belgien eingeschaltet haben. Aus den mitgelieferten Dokumenten und E-Mail Korrespondenz ging hervor, dass einige Beschaffungsbudgets sich besonders gut für den Abgriff von Geldern eigneten. Das war insbesondere bei den Produkten der Fall, die am dringendsten benötigt wurden aber am schwersten zu beschaffen waren, weil sie noch relativ neu waren und es noch keinen geregelten Markt gab, wie z.B. bei Drohnen. Ersten Untersuchungen zufolge wurden vor allem bei Drohnen-Bestellungen für die Ukraine die Budgets besonders eifrig abgegriffen.Die Korruptionsmasche ist altbekannt und relativ einfach und nicht auf die Beschaffung von Rüstungsgütern beschränkt, sondern in der gesamten öffentlichen Auftragsvergabe weit verbreitet; Ausschreibungen mit einbegriffen. Grundlage ist dabei ein Übereinkommen zwischen dem Vertreter einer Lieferfirma X und einem Vertreter des öffentlichen Auftraggebers.Wichtig ist, dass der Vertreter des öffentlichen Auftragsgebers (VöA) die Ausschreibung so manipuliert, dass eigentlich nur die Firma X für den Auftrag in Frage kommt. Dabei besteht die Kunst darin, dass man bei einer späteren Überprüfung keine Manipulation der Bestandteile der Ausschreibung feststellen kann. Zugleich enthält der Angebotspreis der Firma X unsichtbar für die Buch- oder Steuerprüfer eine „Provision“ für den VöA-Vertreter. In meiner Zeit in der NATO sprachen Experten von 5 Prozent, wenn es darum ging auf Regierungsebene Minister oder Parteienvertreter zu schmieren, wobei bei Milliarden schweren Geschäften beachtliche Summen als Kick-Back („Provision“) herausspringen. Dabei kommt das Geld für den Kick-Back in der Regel nicht von einem Konto der Firma und es geht auch nicht auf ein Konto des korrupten Beamten, sondern es geht über Umwege z.B. an einen Verwandten des Beamten; oder Geld tritt gar nicht in Erscheinung, nur die Villa in einem anderen Land konnte zu einem besonders günstigen Preis erworben werden.Wir sehen also, Korruption ist gar nicht so leicht nachzuweisen, wenn sie professionell geübt abläuft. Das scheint jedoch bei den NATO-Beamten der NSPA nicht der Fall gewesen zu sein. Wahrscheinlich war bei den Unmengen von 10.000.000.000 (10 Milliarden) Dollar die Versuchung zu groß, die Gier nicht zu bändigen, die Kontrollen zu lasch und die Ausübung der Tat zu einfach. Ohne die Hinweise der Whistleblower vor sechs Monaten an die Strafverfolgungsbehörden in Luxemburg, dass ein Teil, der für den Krieg gegen die Russen bestimmten Gelder in den Taschen gewisser Kollegen verschwand, würde die Korruptions-Masche in der NATO wahrscheinlich auch heute noch auf vollen Touren laufen. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

To support the show and help make episodes like this one possible, become a patron at www.patreon.com/deathpanelpod Beatrice speaks with Natalie Rupp of Trans Income Project about their work providing cash transfers, meals, medication and more to trans people in Louisiana and how Trans Income Project is stepping in to try to fill the gaps created by the federal government's attacks on trans coverage under Medicaid. Find Trans Income Project here: https://www.transincomeproject.org/ After many, many requests we're testing out a new Bookshop.org page (still under construction), where you can find books by past guests and book recommendations from the hosts. Find it here: bookshop.org/shop/deathpanel Show links: Get Health Communism here: bookshop.org/a/118130/9781839765179 Find Tracy's book Abolish Rent here: bookshop.org/a/118130/9798888902523 Find Jules' latest book, A Short History of Trans Misogyny, here: https://bookshop.org/a/118130/9781804291603 Outro by Time Wharp: https://timewharp.bandcamp.com/track/tezeta

Welcome to the DFO Rundown with Jeff Gregor and Mike Rupp!Gregor and Rupp start off the show discussing Rupp's Chicago Bulls fandom and whether he might have had a basketball career if he hadn't pursued hockey. What sport would you play or follow if not for hockey?Then we dive into Alexander Ovechkin's remarkable milestone of reaching 900 career goals. We discuss other elite players, past and present, who have hit major milestones or are on pace to do so. Will Connor McDavid or Sidney Crosby reach 2,000 points?Gregor highlights the incredible consistency and longevity of the Great One, Wayne Gretzky. Gretzky's goal record was once thought to be unbreakable; could we ever see a player approach his single-season points record of 215?The Anaheim Ducks have come out of the gates flying. Can the Ducks sustain this hot start and make a Stanley Cup run?Macklin Celebrini is tied with the likes of Jack Eichel and Connor McDavid atop the NHL points leaderboard. His 200-foot game has Canadian fans asking: will we see Celebrini don the red and white, and black, at the 2026 Olympics?Gregor and Rupp break down the controversial hit by Tyler Pitlick on Jalen Chatfield. Is the Minnesota Wild forward facing a multi-game suspension?Later, we play “Fill in the Blanks.”Morgan Geekie and Cutter Gauthier are surprise entries among the elite goal scorers after the first month of the season.Which basement-dwelling team from last season has a legitimate shot this year?Where will the PWHL expand next, following the release of Vancouver and Seattle's team names yesterday?Lastly, we discuss the sneaky strong start from the Boston Bruins. The start is surprising, and while the guys don't think the Bruins will make the playoffs, they love what they're seeing from Charlie McAvoy and Hampus Lindholm. Can the Bruins squeak into a playoff spot come April?Gregor's "ferocious, killer" dog Maple makes a guest appearance as the guys wrap up the show.Want to hear more from Jason and the entire DFO team? Subscribe to our YouTubeYou can get involved with all the NHL futures action over on bet365 by using the promo code NATION at bet365.comConnect with us on ⬇️TwitterInstagramWebsiteDaily Faceoff Merch Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

US-Falken forderten plötzlich radikales Umdenken gegenüber ChinaKommentar von Rainer Rupp.Die bekannten US-Kriegstreiber der politisch außerordentlich einflussreichen RAND-Denkfabrik (Thinktank) haben jüngst einen aufschlussreichen Appell für einen Kurswechsel gegenüber China in Richtung friedlicher Koexistenz veröffentlicht. Das ist in sich bereits eine Sensation in Anbetracht der Tatsache, dass es RAND war, die mit ihren wegweisenden Politikpapieren über die letzten Jahrzehnte maßgeblich die katastrophale US-Russland-Politik geprägt hat. Unter anderem hatte RAND mit ihrem Papier „Extending Russia“ die Blaupause für den massenmörderischen Stellvertreterkrieg in der Ukraine entworfen, der Russland eine strategische Niederlage zufügen sollte, was sich jedoch ins Gegenteil verdrehte.Für diesen jüngsten RAND-Aufruf in Richtung „Frieden mit China“ mussten die Autoren sicherlich über ihre eigenen Schatten springen. Offenbar scheinen die Insider des „Tiefen US-Staates“ zutiefst beunruhigt, dass die politischen und wirtschaftlichen Eskalationen zwischen Trump und Xi aus dem Ruder laufen könnten und Washington dabei den Kürzeren ziehen könnte. So stark ist die Sorge, dass diese RAND-Akteure – ausnahmsweise – ihren Stolz schluckten und nun eine ruhigere, versöhnlichere Haltung gegenüber China empfehlen, um den globalen Status Quo nicht allzu sehr zu erschüttern. Das vollständige, über 100-seitige Dokument in PDF-Format mit dem Titel „Stabilizing the U.S.-China Rivalry“ finden Sie hier (1).Die zentralen Erkenntnisse des RAND-Berichts lauten, dass China und die USA einen „Modus Vivendi“ anstreben sollten: Beide Seiten müssten die politische Legitimität der jeweils anderen anerkennen und Anstrengungen, einander zu untergraben, zumindest in einem vernünftigen Maße einschränken. Früher nannte man das „friedliche Koexistenz“. Besonders bedeutsam und aufschlussreich: RAND rät der US-Führung, Ideen eines „absoluten Sieges“ über China abzuschreiben. Stattdessen solle man mit Blick auf Taiwan die Ein-China-Politik wieder als Grundlage akzeptieren und China nicht länger mit provokanten Besuchen in Taiwan reizen, die doch nur darauf abzielten, China zu reizen und in ständiger Anspannung zu halten.Der Bericht beginnt mit einer ausführlichen historischen Rückschau, die den Kontext liefert, wie rivalisierende Weltmächte koexistieren können – und dies in der Vergangenheit auch getan haben. Die Autoren nennen sogar Lenins UdSSR als Beispiel für eine Vision stabiler Beziehungen zum Westen, trotz des offenkundigen Strebens nach marxistischer Revolution. Das jüngste Beispiel ist die Détente zwischen den USA und der UdSSR von etwa 1968 bis 1979, in der beide Seiten erkannten, dass eine unregulierte Eskalation gefährlich und untragbar war. Zitat:„In Wahrheit entstand die Détente teilweise, weil beide Seiten im Kalten Krieg erkannten, dass ein vollständig unregulierter und uneingeschränkter Wettstreit untragbar war und tatsächlich ihr Überleben bedrohte. Diese Erkenntnis keimte nicht nur in Washington und Moskau auf: Initiativen wie die Ostpolitik Westdeutschlands basierten auf ähnlichen Einsichten und verfolgten vergleichbare Ziele.“ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

There are always airway management questions floating around the Department of Clinical Services here at MCHD. "Why don't we intubate our cardiac arrest patients like we used to?" "MCHD has been hyper-focused on recording video laryngoscopy over the past year. Why?" Join the podcast crew to discuss recent EMS airway literature that helps us answer these questions and provides invaluable tips. This is part one of a two-part series. REFERENCES 1. Galinski, M., Tazi, G., Wrobel, M., Boyer, R., Reuter, P. G., Ruscev, M., Debaty, G., Bagou, G., Dehours, E., Bosc, J., Lorendeau, J. P., Goddet, S., Marouf, K., Simonnet, B., & Gil-Jardiné, C. (2025). Risk factors for failure of the first intubation attempt during cardiopulmonary resuscitation in out-of-hospital emergency settings: What about chest compression?. Resuscitation, 214, 110623. 2. Brenne, N., Brünjes, N., Rupp, D., Sassen, M. C., Jerrentrup, A., Wulf, H., Heuser, N., & Volberg, C. (2025). Success of airway management in out-of-hospital cardiac arrest using different devices - a prospective, single-center, observational study comparing professions. Scandinavian journal of trauma, resuscitation and emergency medicine, 33(1), 109. 3. Bryan, A., Feltes, J., Sweetser, P. W., Winsten, S., Hunter, I., & Yamane, D. (2025). Hyperangulated video laryngoscopy in the emergency department: An analysis of errors and factors leading to prolonged apnea time. The American journal of emergency medicine, 95, 153–158.

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US-Plan gescheitertEin Kommentar von Rainer Rupp.US-Geheimdienste versuchten, den persönlichen Piloten von Präsident Nicolás Maduro von Venezuela für einen verdeckten Entführungsplan anzuwerben. Laut aktuellen US-Medienberichten hatte ein US-Geheimagent im Jahr 2024 Maduros Piloten angesprochen und ihm gegen eine hohe Belohnung vorgeschlagen, das Präsidentenflugzeug heimlich an eine Stelle umzuleiten, wo US-Behörden den venezolanischen Staatschef wegen einer (gefakten) US-Anklage wegen Drogenhandel und möglicher Terrorvorwürfe festnehmen könnten.Diese Enthüllung unterstreicht, zu welchen Mitteln die Schurken in Washington greifen, um die Regierung Venezuelas zu destabilisieren. Laut einem detaillierten Bericht der Associated Press bestätigten drei amtierende und ehemalige US-Beamte sowie eine prominente Figur der venezolanischen Opposition, dass US-Agent Edwin Lopez sich mit Maduros Pilot General Bitner Villegas in der Dominikanischen Republik getroffen hatte. Bei der geheimen Zusammenkunft in einem Flugzeughangar bot Lopez dem Piloten erhebliche finanzielle Anreize – potenziell bis zu 50 Millionen Dollar, für Maduros Ergreifung an. Die Summe ist identisch mit dem öffentlich ausgeschriebenen Kopfgeld des US-Justizministeriums für die Ergreifung Maduros. Zugleich hat der US-Agent – dem Piloten persönlichen Schutz und ein neues Leben in Luxus im Tausch gegen seine Mithilfe angeboten.Laut Associated Press tauschte US-Agent Lopez Kontaktdaten mit Villegas aus und ermutigte ihn, „der Held Venezuelas“ zu werden, indem er Maduros Flugzeug zu einem Ort umleite, an dem US-Bundesagenten den in Washington unbeliebten Staatschef verhaften könnten. Die Operation enthält Elemente des Kalten Krieges und erinnert an die CIA-Mordkomplotte gegen Fidel Castro.Zur Erinnerung ein kurzer Exkurs:Seit langem weiß die Weltöffentlichkeit, dass die CIA den größeren Teil der 60er Jahre damit verbracht hatte, immer neue Pläne zur Ermordung Fidel Castros auszuhecken. Der britische TV-Kanal Channel 4 hatte dazu vor einigen Jahren einen Dokumentarfilm gebracht unter dem Titel “638 Arten, Castro umzubringen“. Darin wurden die spektakulärsten CIA-Mordverschwörungen unter die Lupe genommen. Einige davon waren so ausgefallen, dass sie selbst James Bonds Trickkiste in den Schatten stellten: Explodierende Zigarren, in Muscheln versteckte Bomben oder Giftpillen. In seinem Begleitbuch zum Channel 4 Dokumentarfilm hatte der damals bereits pensionierte kubanische Abwehrchef, Fabian Escalante, die über 600 Attentatsversuche auf das Leben von El Commandante aufgezählt. Die Zahl mag außergewöhnlich hoch erscheinen, aber andererseits war auch die CIA außergewöhnlich versessen darauf, Castro in Jenseits zu befördern. Stets vergeblich.Die Details der Intrige zur Entführung Maduros lesen sich ebenfalls wie das Skript für einen Hollywood-Spionagefilm der B-Klasse: Luxus-Privatjets, Koffer voller Geld und hochriskante Stunts. Dennoch scheint es sich um eine wahre, wenn auch gescheiterte Operation zu handeln, die Teil einer umfassenderen US-Strategie zur Unterwanderung der Regierung Maduros ist....https://apolut.net/venezolanischer-prasident-sollte-entfuhrt-werden-von-rainer-rupp/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode, Adam Roach interviews real estate veteran–turned–coach Steve Rupp, who shares his journey from running a top 1% real estate team to building a thriving coaching business. Burned out from the grind of sales, Steve sought a structured, proven system for transitioning into coaching—something he found in the I Love Coaching (ILC) community. Through ILC's models, blueprints, and ongoing mentorship, Steve quickly grew from zero clients to 15, launched his Premier Connect group coaching program, and began speaking nationally. He discusses the difference between teaching and coaching, the value of community and systems, and the mental shift required to “sell yourself” as the product. His story highlights the power of structure, accountability, and support in transforming both mindset and business.

Trevor reconnects with his former professor, Dr. Rupp Carriveau from the University of Windsor, to explore how Southern Ontario's agriculture and energy sectors intersect. From powering greenhouses and managing massive industrial demand to reimagining aging wind farms and testing “atomic agriculture,” together they unpack how innovation, AI, and new tech are reshaping Canada's clean energy future. Listen to episode 164 of thinkenery.    Related links Dr. Rupp Carriveau on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rupp-carriveau-b4273823/ Environmental Energy Institute: https://www.environmentalenergyinstitute.com/ Turbulence and Energy Lab: http://www.turbulenceandenergylab.org/ Offshore Energy and Storage Society: https://www.osessociety.com/    Trevor Freeman on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/trevor-freeman-p-eng-8b612114    Hydro Ottawa: https://hydroottawa.com/en      To subscribe using Apple Podcasts:  https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/thinkenergy/id1465129405   To subscribe using Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/7wFz7rdR8Gq3f2WOafjxpl   To subscribe on Libsyn: http://thinkenergy.libsyn.com/ --- Subscribe so you don't miss a video: https://www.youtube.com/user/hydroottawalimited   Follow along on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hydroottawa   Stay in the know on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/HydroOttawa   Keep up with the posts on X: https://twitter.com/thinkenergypod --- Transcript: Trevor Freeman  00:07 Welcome to thinkenergy, a podcast that dives into the fast, changing world of energy through conversations with industry leaders, innovators and people on the front lines of the energy transition. Join me, Trevor Freeman, as I explore the traditional, unconventional and up and coming facets of the energy industry. If you have any thoughts, feedback or ideas for topics we should cover, please reach out to us at think energy at hydro ottawa.com, hi everyone, and welcome back. Today's episode brings us back to a few elements of my own personal history. Now you'll have to bear with me for a minute or two while I dive into my past in order to properly set up today's conversation, I grew up in southwestern Ontario, in and just outside the border town of Windsor, Ontario. Now for those of you not familiar with this area, Windsor and its surroundings are the most southern part of Canada. It might surprise you to know that Windsor is at the same latitude as Northern California and Rome, Italy. You can imagine that after growing up in Windsor and then living in various places around the globe, when I finally settled down here in Ottawa, adjusting to the more stereotypical Canadian winters of this northern capital, took a little bit of getting used to Windsor is so far south when you cross the border to its neighboring American city, Detroit, Michigan, you actually travel north. Have a look at a map if this seems to defy logic, but I promise you, it's true. This is the area that I grew up in. It's also where I went to school and got my engineering degree. More on that in a minute. Now, if you've ever driven down to the southwestern end of the 401 going past London and Chatham, you will notice two things. First, it is flat, very flat. You will not see a meaningful Hill anywhere in sight. I often joke with people that I used to toboggan when we did get any meaningful snow off of highway overpasses, because that was the only hill we could find. I was only partly joking, and I have indeed tobogganed off of said overpasses in my young and foolish days. But that is a story for another time. That brings us to the second thing you'll see, which is wind turbines. A lot of wind turbines. They are seemingly everywhere, stretching as far as you can see, southwestern Ontario is a hotbed of wind energy generation. Finally, a hint at why I'm going on about this part of the province on an energy podcast. But before we get into it, there's one other thing to touch on, and that is the fact that this area is also home to a large number of greenhouses growing produce year-round, as well as manufacturing. Windsor and its surrounding area is the automotive capital of Canada, with a number of plants from major car companies, as well as a supporting ecosystem of parts manufacturers. Incidentally, that's where I started my career, working as an environmental engineer for one of the automakers, and many members of my family have also worked or still work in that industry. The reason I bring up greenhouses in the auto industry is because they have some very high energy demand profiles, and that is how we get for me going on nostalgically about the area I grew up in, to our conversation today, I recently caught up with one of my engineering professors, Dr Rupp Carriveau, about the work that he and his colleagues have been doing that ties all of this together. And I thought it would be great to have him on the show to talk about that. Dr. Carriveau is the director of the Environmental Energy Institute and co-director of the Turbulence and Energy Lab and the CO lead of AGUwin at the University of Windsor. Back in the day, he was my fluid dynamics professor. But today, he balances his teaching duties with research into energy systems futures and advanced agricultural systems. He is a founder of the offshore energy and storage society, a recipient of the University Scholar Award, and has been named to Canada's clean 50 for his contributions to clean capitalism. Dr Rupp Carriveau, welcome to the show.   Dr Rupp Carriveau  03:59 Trevor, great to be here. Thanks.   Trevor Freeman  04:01 Yeah. So, Rupp, the last time we chatted, well, so you and I chatted a couple weeks ago, but before that, the last time that you and I interacted, I was in third year university. You were my fluid dynamics Prof. So, in addition to your professorial duties, you're now the director of the environmental Energy Institute at the University of Windsor. So, there's two questions around that. First off, how did you end up going from my fluid dynamics prof a number of years ago, probably close to 20 years ago now, to running this institute? And tell us a little bit about what the Institute does.   Dr Rupp Carriveau  04:40 Sure. Though. So, thanks. Yeah, and very memorable Trevor, because I, you know, I remember you well. And, yeah, that was, that was a very nice class that we had. I remember, well, I remember your colleagues too.   Trevor Freeman  04:54 If there's one thing I do, well, it's, it's be memorable, and you can take that however you want.   Dr Rupp Carriveau  04:58 That is, that is. Something to be said for that. Yeah, thanks for that question. So I should point out that in addition to EEI, I am a co-director in the Turbulence and Energy Lab, which is really where all of the EEI initiatives have started from, that's a lab that I co supervise with Dr David Ting in mechanical engineering and the nuts and bolts, the very serious engineering side of things, comes out of the Turbulence and Energy Lab. EEI kind of came about to handle topics that were, frankly speaking, less interesting to Dr Ting. So, things that push more, a little bit more into policy wider systems looks at things as opposed to, you know, pure thermodynamics and energy efficiency type pursuits, which underpin a lot of the EEI policy pieces, but are sort of beyond the scope of what turbulence and energy lab does. So those two things, and then more recently, actually, I'm co lead on, AGUwin, which is like a center of excellence, emerging Center of Excellence at the University of Windsor. So, Agriculture U Windsor is a group of about 40 professors that do work in agriculture in some shape or form. And we've, we've, we've taken to organizing that movement in seeking sort of group funding proposals, developing curriculum and organized sort of platforms to help industry in agriculture. And it's, it's really taking off, which I'm really excited about my extremely hard-working colleagues and CO lead, Isabel Barrett-Ng, she in particular, has been really driving a lot of really cool initiatives ahead and all the people that work with us. So, yeah, lots, lots happening at the University since I saw you last. But you know, time has a way of helping with that, people find ways to find efficiencies and get to do and build on, build on, hopefully incremental progress.   Trevor Freeman  07:08 Yeah, very cool. And you're teasing a few of the areas our conversation is going to go today, that sort of intersection between agriculture and obviously, this is an energy podcast, and so how does agriculture and the way we're moving in with agriculture impacts energy and vice versa. So, we're definitely going to get to that in a minute, I think, for our listeners that are not familiar with Southern Ontario, and I haven't talked about Southern Ontario on the podcast a lot, but people that know me know I will gladly talk about what goes on in the very southern part of our country. It's where I grew up. Help us paint a picture of what Southern Ontario is like. So, in the context of energy, what makes this area of Ontario unique?   Dr Rupp Carriveau  07:50 Well, it's that's a really good question, and I'm glad you phrased it that way, because I think it gets taken for granted. And also, folks, folks don't know energy isn't in the headlines every day, and if it is, it's not a headline that everybody pays attention to. But the southwestern Ontario region, if you take the 401 west of London, you'll start to see a high concentration of wind. So, there's a significant wind corridor in the region, and that's because it's very flat, so the whole area used to be a lake bed, and so we have very fertile agricultural lands as a result of that. And we also have very few obstacles to fetch, which is a huge aspect of how wind carries over the lakes, and is, you know, not, not obstructed. And so it's like you have offshore resources onshore, which is completely ideal. Also, we have, as it may be, we have massive natural gas resources in the area, in sort of the subterranean space of Devonian reefs for natural gas storage. We have natural gas generation facilities down around the Windsor area that help with provincial peaking and there is some solar in the region, because it is the Leamington Kingsville area is referred to as the sun parlor of Ontario. And as a result, we have a lot of under glass agriculture there, which benefits, obviously, directly from solar resources. And then we have solar photovoltaic that takes advantage of that sun as well. So there's, there's a lot happening here energy wise.   Trevor Freeman  09:38 Yeah, and there's a lot on the demand side of things as well. So, you mentioned the greenhouses, which are an up and coming, you know, source of demand draws on our grid. There's also a big manufacturing base. Talk a little bit about the manufacturing base in the area. Yeah, yeah. And that's that gets into my next question is talking about some of the specific, unique energy needs of greenhouses. I think on the manufacturing side, you know, you mentioned the auto industry and the parts industry that supports it, you're seeing more. There's a battery plant being built now I think that, I think people have a sense of that, but greenhouses are this thing that I think a lot of folks don't think about. So, you talked about the magnitude of the load, the lighting side of things. What else is this like, a 24/7 load? Is this sector growing like? Tell us a little bit about, you know where things are going with greenhouses?   Dr Rupp Carriveau  09:53 Yeah, thanks. So, yeah, I was, I was thinking about generation and, yeah, demand is. Significant we have. You know, Windsor has laid claim to Canada's automotive capital, and while I'm biased, I'd like to think it still is. And so we have significant manufacturing around the automotive industry, either automotive OEMs or tier one parts makers that have significant draws. We have Stellantis. Every minivan comes out of this area has come out of this area. The electric Dodge Charger comes out of this area. But there are engine plants for Ford, but they're also now, you know, sort of next generation transport technologies. You've talking about battery manufacturing. So, there's an enormous LG consortium with Stellantis here that's doing battery manufacturing. And so, these are huge loads that that add to existing and growing loads in the greenhouse space, which, again, I'll just mention it now, is something that isn't well understood. And we did a, we did a study for the province a couple years, three, four years ago. Now, I think grid Innovation Fund project that looked at sort of really getting into granular detailing of the loads that come with a lit greenhouse. A lot of people don't appreciate that a lit greenhouse, when switched on, depending on the lighting technology, depending on how it's used, can be like a 50-megawatt load, which is a significant load. And just imagine that's one so they can come on quickly, and they are non-trivial, significant loads. And so, this is something that we looked at trying to develop distributed energy resource sort of solutions for, because, simply speaking, you can't put up a new transmission line overnight, and we don't want to economically constrain the growth of the sector. Sure, yeah. I mean, it's, it's not a simple thing to characterize, because what you can take away from this is that these greenhouse developers are business dynamos, and frankly speaking, many of them do very well, because they're very good at what they do, and with the resources they have, they can largely do what they want. And if, if the infrastructure isn't there, they will build it so. So, you'll have folks that are operating off the grid, essentially not off the gas grid, of course, but they're using gas for cogeneration purposes, to produce heat for their crops, but also the electricity for their lights. So that is one aspect of it that further complicates how to figure out what these loads on the grid will be. But for the most part, of course, the grid provides quite clean and quite affordable electricity in the province, and you know where they can they want to be able to connect to the grid. Now, lights are designed to extend the growing day and extend the growing season as well. So, in terms of when they're switched on and how they're switched on, that is highly variable, and that is also something that is, I would say, in development, folks are looking at different ways to use intermittent lighting to be conscious of when peaking happens. It is dispatchable in a way, in that some growers are able to turn their lights off to avoid, you know, peaking charges. But again, there's a lot to manage. And, and it's, it's very complicated, both on the grid side and, and for the greenhouse grower.   Trevor Freeman  14:38 Yeah, so you mentioned natural gas for cogen for heating as well. So, as we look to decarbonize all different aspects of the sector, we talk often on the show of what are the specific areas where decarbonization might be challenging. Is, is greenhouses one of those areas? And, and what are the options available for heating these spaces? Like, is it realistic to think that there's an electric solution here, or what? What's happening in that sector related to decarbonization?   Dr Rupp Carriveau  15:10 Again, you've hit on a real sort of hot button issue for the for the sector, the trouble with natural gas is that it's spectacular. Oh, it's storable. It's dispatchable. It's a triple threat for greenhouses in the best way possible, because you can make your heat, you can make your electricity, and the plants crave CO2, and that comes out of the flue gas on the other side of the combustion reaction. So, you know, when you swing in there and you say, Oh, I've got this great new solution. It's called hydrogen. We'll burn hydrogen and we won't have these nasty CO2 release. And they're like, Okay, who's going to replace my CO2? So, it's a difficult fuel to displace. Now, admittedly, people understand that, you know, that's where we really need to go. And is, is electric? You know, electrification the path. So, people talk about, people talk about heat pumps, people talk about electric boilers. And then, as I mentioned, people talked about, you know, we've, we've also looked at the idea of blending hydrogen into a natural gas feed for existing infrastructure to, you know, because, because not all of the CO2, that is, you know, released is, is taken down by the plants. And so could you get to a magic blend where it's just the amount of CO2 that you need is what goes into the other side, and then there's nothing left after the plants take what they need. So, there's a lot of things that are being looked at. It is again, a challenging space to operate in, because it's highly competitive. Getting really granular. Data is very sensitive, because this, this, this is a, you know, it's a game of margins, and it's in its high stakes production. So to get in there and sort of be in the way is, is difficult. So, this work is being done. We're participating in a lot of this work. We just finished a study for the province, a Hydrogen Innovation Fund study on looking at the integration of hydrogen into the greenhouse space. And it was, it was pretty revelatory for us.   Trevor Freeman  17:36 So is the exhaust from burning natural gas on site. Does that get recycled through the greenhouse and therefore captured to some degree? Do we know how much you kind of hinted at finding out that sweet spot? Do we know how much of that gets captured?   Dr Rupp Carriveau  17:53 Yeah, so the short answer is yes. So, they have the cogen engines have scrubbers on them, and these, these machines are spectacularly capable of being tuned the combustion and the professionals that operate them at the greenhouse facilities are artists, and that they can get the sort of combustion profile a certain way, and so that that flue gas will go into the greenhouse, but to know exactly how much is being taken down, that is an area of active research, and we don't, we don't know that answer yet. There are people that are looking at it, and you can imagine it's kind of a provocative number for the sector. So, they're being very careful about how they do it.   Trevor Freeman  18:36  I'm sure, I'm sure. Okay, let's, let's park that just for a minute here, and jump back to something you mentioned earlier. You talked about one how flat Southern Ontario is, and it took me leaving, leaving the county before I really knew what skiing and tobogganing and everything else was. So, there's a lot of wind power generation. And for anyone listening, yeah, as rip mentioned, if you ever drive down the 401 going towards Windsor, you'll just start to see these massive wind turbines kind of everywhere you look. So, help us understand how these turbines, you know, you look out over a field and you see, you know, 2030, of them more in your line of sight. How do they connect to our provincial grid? How do the contracts work? Like, who gets that power? Give us a little bit of a sense of how that works.   Dr Rupp Carriveau  19:28 For sure. Yeah, well, so what most people don't realize, and again, it's not something that's talked about, and if it is, I don't know people are necessarily paying attention to it, but, but you know the comment I'll get from relatives we talked about Thanksgiving. So, you know people, because they know I'm a wind person, they'll be like, 'Hey, I was driving down the road and I saw they weren't spinning with, what's going on? Are they broken or what?' Well, you know, because we, we've got some pro wind and some non pro wind folks in the in the family, so it's an exciting time for me. But you know, and I mentioned that the greenhouses I'm working with are often starved for utility supply. And they said, well, how can that be? The turbines are right there. They're sharing the same space, right? And most people don't realize that. Really, I would say 95% of the wind in our corridor is put on a transmission line and sent up to, effectively, to Toronto, to be distributed throughout the province, which is great, but it's not really a local asset. And that was sort of what inspired us when we saw these two sorts of juxtaposed. We thought maybe you could turn these assets into something that acted as really a new type of distributed energy resource, and that you've got a transmission connected asset that's currently under contract, but if that contract could be modified, then the fiscal connections could potentially be modified so you could have local distribution, let's say at a time of maybe at a time of transmission curtailment, maybe under different conditions. So again, looking into the physical plausibility of it was part of our study, and then doing some sort of economic investigation of how that would work, having a nearly 20-year-old asset all of a sudden springing into a new role in a new life, where it continues to perform transmission duties for the province at large, but it also serves local needs in the production, let's say, of hydrogen through an electrolyzer, or just plain electrons turning lights on. That is something that isn't possible yet. Regulatory reasons exist for that that would require some, some significant changes. But it was a really interesting exercise to go through to investigate how that could happen.   Trevor Freeman  22:08 Yeah, so there's just trying to understand how this work. There's someone who owns these turbines. Some conglomerate somewhere, you know, Canadian, not Canadian, who knows. They contract with the Independent Electricity System Operator who operates the grid in the province. And they basically say, yeah, well, look, we'll provide you with X amount of power on some contract, and when ISO needs it, they call on it. How long do those contracts last? Is that a 10-year contract? A 20-year contract?   Dr Rupp Carriveau  22:35 So, they are in Ontario. The ones that I'm familiar with for 20 years. So it's possible there are others. I know. I have a there's a farm that operates in PEI that has a nice 30 year PPA. So the longer you can get, the better. Yeah, and these, these power purchase agreements are, are wonderful for developers, because they're known entities, doing the math on your finances is really straightforward with these contracts. And frankly speaking, when you had a sector that needed to be brought up from nothing, they were very necessary. They were very necessary. And but those contracts, and they're and they're locked down, as much as we try to, you know, persuade the province to get crazy, to amuse us with these new, newfangled ways of of connecting to people, commerce wise, through energy, they are not interested so far, at least in and they're like, let's finish these out, and then we can talk your crazy ideas, you know, and so, but that's we're getting glare, because I would say many, many, many farms in the province will be coming up on the sun setting end of Their power purchase agreements in the coming five, six years.   Trevor Freeman  24:03 Yeah, yeah. Which brings me to my next point, of the assets themselves, the actual physical turbine, I assume last longer than 20 years. You're going to build one of these things. You know, 20 years is not its end of life. So what are the options available today? You talked about regulatory barriers. We talk about regulatory barriers on this show often, what are, what are the options today for a wind farm that is at its end of contract? Does it look at re contracting? Can it kind of direct source to someone else? Like, what are the options available for an owner?   Dr Rupp Carriveau  24:40 Yeah, well, to me, it's an exciting time, because it could be work for us. We get excited about this. I think it could be a source of anxiety for owners, because there's nothing better than that long term contract. So many of them will try to apply for things like a medium, a new medium term length contract from the. Province, like an MT two, I think they're called. There are other contract types that are possible, but there'll be, it'll be a highly competitive landscape for those, and the in the province won't be able to give everyone one of these contracts. So some of these, some of these operators, will likely have to look at other options which may be going into the spot market, potentially, you know, getting into the capacity game by getting a battery on site and firming up their ability to provide power when necessary or provide capacity. And then there's a there isn't a relatively recent regulatory development in the around the middle of July, the province said, you know, if you're a non emitting generator and you're not under contract, you could provide virtual power someone else who might need it, if they're looking if they're a class, a customer that's trying to avoid peak charges. You know, rather than that class a customer buys a battery behind the meter and physically reduce their peaks. They could potentially virtually reduce their peaks by setting up a virtual power purchase agreement with another supplier. So these, these off contract spinning assets could have an opportunity to get into this game of peak relief. Which, which could be very lucrative. Because, based on last year's provincial global adjustment charges at large, you're looking at being paid something on the order of about $72,000 a megawatt hour for the, for the for the for the megawatt hours in question, which, which, of course, you know, try to get as many as you can. .   Trevor Freeman  26:31 Yeah. So there's a couple of things there. Bear with me while I connect a few dots for our listeners. So on different shows, we talk about different things. Global adjustment is one of them. And we've been talking here about these long term contracts. Global adjustment, as you might remember from previous conversations, is one of those mechanisms that bridges the gap between the spot market price, you know, the actual commodity cost of electricity that's out there, and some of the built-in cost to run the system, which includes these long term contracts. So there's a there's a fixed cost to run the system, global adjustment helps bridge that gap. The next concept here that is important to remember is this class, a strategy where the largest the largest customers, electricity customers in the province, have the opportunity to adjust how they are build global adjustment based on their contribution to the most intensive demand peaks in the province over the course of a year. So during a really high demand period, when everybody needs electricity, if they can reduce their demand, there's significant savings. And so what you're saying is there's this new this new ability for kind of a virtual connection, where, if I'm a big facility that has a high demand, and I contract with a generator, like a wind turbine that's not in contract anymore, I can say, hey, it's a peak time now I need to use some of your capacity to offset, you know, some of my demand, and there's those significant savings there. So you're absolutely right. That's a new thing in the province. We haven't had that ability up until just recently. So super fascinating, and that kind of connects our two topics today, that the large demand facilities in southern Ontario and these these generators that are potentially nearing the end of their contract and looking for what else might happen. So are you guys navigating that conversation between the greenhouses or the manufacturers and the generators?   Dr Rupp Carriveau  28:49 I'm so glad you asked. And here comes, here comes a shameless plug. Yeah? So yes. So there's a spin off company from the turbulence and Energy Lab, and it's called jailbreak labs. And jailbreak labs really represents sort of the space that is more commercial than research, but it also was sort of spurned, spurred from research. So jailbreak Labs has developed a registry, and we've been providing some webinars as well. So this, again, this is a company that that is essentially run by students, that this registry allows generators and consumers to ultimately find each other so that, so that these kinds of connections can be made. Because, as you may well imagine, there is no guarantee that the wind will be blowing at the time that you need it so, so and your load may be such that you need a different type of generation profile. So it needs to be profiling on the generation side. There needs to be profiling on the customer side. Yeah, and, you know, we've been doing this on our own for years. It was the time was right for us to sort of step in and say, because we were following this, we were real fanboys of this, of this reg, even before it came into play. And we kept bugging, you know, OEB for meetings and ISO and they, begrudgingly, to their credit, would chat with us about it, and then the next thing we know, it's announced that it's that it's happening. Was very exciting. So, so, yes, so we're really interested in seeing this happen, because it seems like such a unique, we're thrilled, because we're always interested in this sort of Second Life for assets that already have been depreciated and they're clean energy assets. Let's get everything we can out of them and to have this dynamic opportunity for them, and that will help Class A customers too hard for us to ignore.   Trevor Freeman  30:56 And you mentioned the last time we chatted about building a tool that helps evaluate and kind of injecting a little bit of AI decision making into this. Talk to us about that tool a little bit.   Dr Rupp Carriveau  31:08 Yeah. So we have a, we have a tool called quantract which is basically playing on the idea of quantifying all the risk and opportunity in in a contract. So it's really a contract visualization tool. Another way to think of it as a real time Net Present Value tool that allows renewable energy stakeholders to really, evaluate the value of their investment by not only understanding the physical life left in an asset. Let's say that a wind farm that's, you know, at 20 years and it looks like we may need to replace some blades. Do we just walk away and say, look at it. We had a good run contracts over, you know, we made some money. Let's sell the assets as they are. Or do we say, you know, I'm looking into this vppa game, and we could do okay here, but I'm not exactly sure how that's going to work and when. And so this, this tool that we've developed, will do things like will first of all identify all risk factors, and risk includes opportunities and then we'll profile them, and then builds them into basically what is more or less a glorified discounted cash flow model. So it is a way of measuring the potential value of investment in the AI space. I mean, the AI piece of it is that we have developed agents that will actually identify other things that are less, less sort of noticeable to people. In fact, this regulatory change is one of the things that our AI agents would have been looking for. Okay, now it pre it predated our tool going online, so we didn't see it, but it's the kind of thing that we'd be looking for. So the agents look for news, they look for changes online, and then, and then what happens is, they got brought, they get brought into a profiler. The profiler then determines the probability of or makes an estimate of the probability that this risk will occur. IE, a regulatory change will happen. IE, battery plant will come to town at a certain time. IE, a Costco facility will come in. Then we'll determine the potential magnitude. So there'll be uncertainty in the occurrence, there'll be uncertainty in the magnitude, and there'll be uncertainty in the timing. So we have basically statistical distribution functions for each one of those things, the likelihood of it happening, the magnitude and the timing. And so those are all modeled in so that people can push a button and, say, with this level of certainty your investment would be, would be worth this much. And that's dynamic. It's in real time. So it's changing constantly. It's being updated constantly. And so no so that that is something that goes in, and one of these virtual power purchase agreements would be one of the types of things that would go into this sort of investment timeline?   Trevor Freeman  34:22 Yeah, so it's giving these owners of these assets better data to make a decision about what comes next, as you said, and as we're talking I'm kind of doing the math here. If these are typically 20 year contracts, that's bringing us back to, you know, the mid, early, 2000s when we were really pushing to get off coal. So a lot of these assets probably started in and around that time. So you've probably got a whole bunch of customers, for lack of a better term, ready to start making decisions in the next you know, half a decade or so of what do I do with my. Sets. Have you seen this? Has it been used in the real world yet? Or is, are you getting close to that? Like, where are you at in development?   Dr Rupp Carriveau  35:07 Yeah, it actually started. It's funny. It started a little a little bit even before this craze. A couple years ago, we had, we had a manufacturer in our county come to us with, they had a great interest in, in just, just they were trying to be proactive about avoiding carbon tax and so, and they wanted to develop a new generation technology close to their facility. And so we used it there since that time. Yeah, so, so it was field proven that was a still a research contract, because they were the technology that they were interested in was, was, was not off the shelf. But since that time, we got a chance, because we represent Canada in the International Energy Agency, task 43 on wind energy digitalization. And so one of the mandates there was to develop a robust and transparent tools for investment decision support using digital twins. And we had a German partner in Fraunhofer Institute that had developed nice digital twin that would provide us remaining useful life values for things like blades, you know, towers, foundations, etc, and those are, again, those are all costs that just plug into our but they did. They didn't have a framework of how to work that into an investment decision other than, you know, you may have to replace this in three years. Okay, well, that's good to know, but we need the whole picture to make that decision, and that's sort of what we were trying to bring so the short answer is, yes, we're getting a lot of interest now, which is thrilling for us, but it's, I'll be honest with you, it's not, it's not simple, like, you know, I I've talked about it a bunch of times, so I'm pretty good at talking about it, but, but the doing it is still, it's computationally intensive and in the end, it's still an estimate. It's a, it's a, it's a calculated, quantified estimate, but it's an estimate. I think what we like about it is it's better than saying, Well, I have a hunch that it's going to go this way, but we could get beat by the hunches too. Yeah, totally, right. So, so, you know, I'm not trying to sell people things that, like I we have to be transparent about it. It's still probability.   Trevor Freeman  37:35 Well, I think if there's, if there's one thing that is very apparent, as we are well into this energy transition process that we talk about all the time here on the show. It's that the pace of change is is one of the things that's like no other time we are we are seeing things change, and that means both our demand is growing, our need to identify solutions is growing the way that we need to build out the grid and utilize the ers and utilize all these different solutions is growing at a rate that we haven't seen before, and therefore uncertainty goes up. And so to your point, yeah, we need help to make these decisions. We need better ways of doing it than just, as you say, having a hunch. That doesn't mean it's foolproof. It doesn't mean it's a guarantee.   Dr Rupp Carriveau  38:27 Nope, it is not a guarantee.   Trevor Freeman  38:30 Very cool. So Rupp, this is a great conversation. It's really fascinating to talk about to me, two areas of the energy sector that aren't really understood that well. I think the agriculture side of things, not a lot of people think about that as a major demand source. But also wind, I think we talk about solar a lot. It's a little bit more ubiquitous. People's neighbors have solar on their roofs. But wind is this unless you drive through Southern Ontario or other parts of the province where there's a lot of wind, you don't see it a lot. So it's fascinating to kind of help understand where these sectors are going. Is there anything else that the Institute is working on that that's worth chatting about here, or is what we've talked about, you know, kind of filling your day, in your students days?   Dr Rupp Carriveau  39:15 Well, actually there is something we haven't talked about the nuclear option. Literally, literally the nuclear literally the nuclear option. Yeah, so we've been really thrilled to have a growing relationship with Canadian Nuclear Laboratories, which is much closer to you than it is to me. And specifically in the connection of small modular reactors to meet these growing agricultural loads. So I have a science colleague at the University of Windsor, Dr drew Marquart, who was all hot and bothered about these s. Mrs. And he's like, we should drop one of these SMRs in Leamington. Then I this, this part I really enjoyed, because it's obviously so he came from Oak Ridge National Laboratories in the States, and he's and he's been at CNL as well. So he's fully indoctrinated into the nuclear space. But it just didn't occur to him that that would be provocative or controversial at all, that there wouldn't be some social he, you know, he's like, we can do the math. And I said, Oh yeah, yeah, we can do the math. But I'm like, I think you're missing something. I think you're missing something, right? So, but so it's, it's a super fascinating topic, and we're trying to connect, physically connect. So just before the weekend, I was in the turbulence and Energy Lab, and we were trying to commission what we believe is North America's first we're calling it a model synthetic, small modular reactor, synthetic being the key word, and that it's non nuclear, okay? And so it's non nuclear. What it what it is really and if I'm going to de glamorize it for a second, it's a mini steam thermal power plant, which doesn't embody every SMR design, but many SMRs are designed around this sort of where you've got a nuclear reaction that provides the heat, and then after that, it's kind of a steam thermal power plant. Our interest is in this physical little plant being connected to small electrolyzer, being connected to small thermal battery, being connected to a lab scale electric battery and being connected to a lab scale fully automated inlet, cucumber, small cucumber, greenhouse, mini cubes greenhouse, all this in our lab. The exciting thing around this is, you know, I I've said that I think nuclear technology needs to get out from behind the walls of nuclear facilities for people to start to appreciate it, and by that, to start doing that, you have to take the nuclear part out, which, to me, is not necessarily a deal breaker in terms of these dynamic issues that we want to solve. You know, because nukes have traditionally been said, Well, you know they're not that. You know, you can't just ramp them up and down, and that's true, you know, and small modular reactors are supposed to be considerably more nimble, but there's still lots of challenges that have to be solved in terms of having how it is an asset that is provides copious energy, but does so maybe not, not as dynamic, certainly, as a gas turbine. That how does it? How do you make it nimble, right? How do you partner it up with the right complimentary other grid assets to take advantage of what it does so well, which is crank out great amounts of heat and electricity so, so effortlessly, right? And so that's, that's sort of what we're trying to do, and connecting it to what we're calling atomic agriculture. I don't know that's a good name or not. I like it, but, but, but, yeah, so that that's another thing that we're that we're flirting with right now. We're working on. We've done a few. We've had a few contracts with Canadian Nuclear Laboratories to get us this far. We did everything computationally. We're continuing to do computational studies with them. They develop their own hybrid energy systems, optimizer software, HISO, which we use, and we are now trying to put it into sort of the hardware space. So again, just the idea that physically looking at the inertia of spinning up a turbine, the little gap, the little sort of steam powered turbine that we have in the lab that's run by an electric boiler. But our hope is to, ultimately, we're going to get the electric boiler to be mimicking the sort of reaction heating dynamics of a true reactor. So by, but through electrical control. So we'll imitate that by having sort of data from nuclear reactions, and then we'll sort of get an electrical signal analog so that we can do that and basically have a non nuclear model, small modular reactor in the lab.   Trevor Freeman  44:14 Very cool, very neat. Well, Rupp, this has been a great conversation. I really appreciate it. We do always end our interviews with a series of questions here, so I'm going to jump right into those. What's a book that you've read that you think everyone should read?   Dr Rupp Carriveau  44:31 I would say any of the Babysitters Club. That's as high as I get in the literary hierarchy. I'm barely literate so and I thoroughly enjoyed reading those books with my daughters that they were great. So I recommend any, any of the Babysitters Club titles. I mean that completely seriously, I that was the peak of my that are dog man, yeah,   Trevor Freeman  44:56 I'm about six months removed from what i. Was about an 18 month run where that's, that's all I read with my youngest kiddo. So they've, they've just moved on to a few other things. But yes, I've been steeped in the Babysitter's Club very recently.   Dr Rupp Carriveau  45:11 So good. So, you know, absolutely.   Trevor Freeman  45:14 So same question, but for a movie or a show, what's something that you recommend?   Dr Rupp Carriveau  45:17 Everyone thrilled with that question. If you're looking for a good, good true story. I've always been romantically obsessed with the ghost in the darkness, the true story of, I guess, a civil engineer trying to solve a problem of man eating lions and Tsavo. That's a, that's a, that's a tremendous movie with Val Kilmer and Michael Douglas. Yeah, that's good then, and I think for something a little more light hearted and fun, a big fan of the way, way back and youth and revolt, nice.   Trevor Freeman  46:03 If someone offered you a free round trip flight anywhere in the world, where would you go?   Dr Rupp Carriveau  46:05 I don't really like flying, I got to be honest. But if, if I was forced onto the plane, I think, I think I go to Japan. Nice. Have you been before? No, I haven't. I'd like to go. Okay, cool. You're not the first guest that has said that someone else was very That's understandable. Yeah, who is someone that you admire? I would say truly selfless people that help people when no one's looking and when it's not being tabulated for likes those people are who I aspire to be more like nice.   Trevor Freeman  46:47 And last question, what's something about the energy sector or its future that you're really excited about?   Dr Rupp Carriveau  46:53 I think maybe power to the people I really like, the movement of distributed energy resources. I'm sure there's a limit to it, but I think, I think if we have more responsibility for our own power production, and again, I can see there are limits where it's probably, you know, there's, there's a point where it's too much. I'm all for, for major centralized coordination and the security in the reliability that goes with that. But I think a little bit more on the distributed side would be nice, because I think people would understand energy better. They would they would own it more, and I think our grid would probably increase in its resiliency.   Trevor Freeman  47:37 Yeah, that's definitely something that no matter the topic, it seems, is a part of almost every conversation I have here on the show. It works its way in, and I think that's indicative of the fundamental role that decentralizing our energy production and storage is is already playing and is going to play in the years to come as we kind of tackle this energy transition drove this has been a really great conversation. I appreciate you taking the time to talk to us, and that's great to catch up. Great to chat with you again.   Dr Rupp Carriveau  48:11 Total privilege for me. Trevor, I really appreciate it. Outstanding job.   Trevor Freeman  48:15 Thanks for having me. Yeah, great to chat. Thanks for tuning in to another episode of the thinkenergy podcast, don't forget to subscribe. Wherever you listen to podcasts, and it would be great if you could leave us a review. It really helps to spread the word. As always, we would love to hear from you, whether it's feedback comments or an idea for a show or a guest. You can always reach us at thinkenergy@hydroottawa.com.  

Dr. Leopold Rupp ist Arzt an der Berliner Charité, ehemaliger Paralympics-Teilnehmer und setzt sich leidenschaftlich für das Thema Inklusion ein. Leopold lebt mit diastrophischer Dysplasie, einer seltenen Form der Kleinwüchsigkeit, und sitzt seit seiner Kindheit im Rollstuhl. Gemeinsam mit Moderator Ralf Podszus spricht er über seine Arbeit in der Notaufnahme, sein Engagement im Behindertensport und seine Passion für das Reisen. Ein inspirierendes Gespräch über Barrieren im Gesundheitswesen, selbstbestimmtes Leben, die Macht von Vorbildern, strukturelle Hindernisse im Alltag – und warum Inklusion kein "Trotzdem", sondern ein "Natürlich" sein sollte.

We talk Kentucky counties, Stoops buyout/awkward time to move on/tough spot. Boilermakers in Rupp.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/cats-talk-wednesday--4693915/support.

Ein Kommentar von Rainer Rupp.In den frühen Morgenstunden des 20. und 21. Oktober 2025 ereigneten sich fast zeitgleich zwei schwere Sabotageakte in der Europäischen Union: Explosionen richteten in Öl-Raffinerien in Ungarn und Rumänien große Schäden an. In Ungarn traf es die MOL-Raffinerie in Százhalombatta, die hauptsächlich russisches Öl verarbeitet – ein seltener Ausnahmefall in der EU, wo die meisten Länder seit der Invasion in der Ukraine 2022 ihre Importe aus Russland stark reduziert haben. In Rumänien explodierte die Petrotel-Lukoil-Raffinerie in Ploiești, ein Tochterunternehmen des russischen Konzerns Lukoil.Der Anschlag in Rumänien forderte mindestens ein Todesopfer, während in Ungarn ein großer Brand ausbrach, der jedoch ohne Verletzte eingedämmt werden konnte. Die MOL-Raffinerie bestätigte, dass die Feuer unter Kontrolle seien und die Ursache untersucht werde. Ungarns Ministerpräsident Viktor Orbán versicherte der Bevölkerung, dass die Treibstoffversorgung des Landes gesichert sei.Gerade diese beiden Raffinerien sind von besonderer politischer Bedeutung, weil sie russisches Öl weiterverarbeiten – eine Praxis, die vor allem in der benachbarten Ukraine, aber nicht nur dort, als Unterstützung der russischen Kriegsmaschine gesehen wird. Der Zeitpunkt der Anschläge ist dabei höchst verdächtig: Sie ereigneten sich nur Stunden, nachdem der Europäische Rat seine Pläne zur nahezu vollständigen Sperre russischer Gasimporte genehmigt hatte. Neue Verträge sollen ab Anfang 2026 verboten werden, und alle bestehenden Langzeitverträge laufen bis 2028 aus. Eine ähnliche Sperre für Ölimporte wird in Kürze erwartet. Ungarn und die Slowakei haben angekündigt, rechtliche Schritte gegen diese Maßnahmen einzuleiten.Diese Vorfälle passen in eine beunruhigende Eskalation: Nur Tage zuvor hatten hochrangige EU-Vertreter quasi einen Freibrief für Terrorakte im gesamten EU-Raum erteilt, indem sie nicht nur die Sprengung der Nord-Stream-Pipelines billigten, sondern sogar Angriffe auf ungarische Ölleitungen offen gutheißen. Hierzu äußerte sich Polens Außenminister Radosław Sikorski direkt gegenüber seinem ungarischen Amtskollegen Péter Szijjártó, eine klare Provokation, die die Spannungen innerhalb der EU auf die Spitze treibt.Folgender Beitrag eines „X“-Nutzers (ehemals Twitter) am 21. Oktober 2025 fasst die Absurdität der Lage prägnant zusammen:„Es sieht so aus, als hätte … die EU einen terroristischen Krieg gegen ihre eigenen Mitgliedstaaten begonnen, mit der Hilfe eines Nicht-EU-Landes. Ja. So weit ist diese Wahnsinnigkeit schon fortgeschritten. Und es ist purer Wahnsinn, kein Zweifel. Nach den Worten des polnischen Premierministers Donald Tusk, der vor ein paar Tagen auf X schrieb, dass alle ‚russischen Ziele‘ in der EU legitim seien, ist jeder, der die Explosionen für einen Zufall hält, ein Idiot. Leider führt dieser Wahnsinn und die Worte dieses Wahnsinnigen zu den ersten Opfern unter unschuldigen Zivilisten in der EU.“https://apolut.net/begrusst-die-eu-terrorakte-gegen-ihre-eigenen-mitgliedstaaten-von-rainer-rupp/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Nic von Rupp joins The Lineup with Dave Prodan as he prepares for another Big Wave season, coming off one where he earned the 2025 Best Team Performance Award and added to his growing legend as one of big wave surfing's most complete athletes. Calling in from home after a ten-foot barrel session, Nic reflects on how far his country and his career have come. From an era when it was “unthinkable” to be a professional surfer from Portugal to now representing his nation at The Eddie Aikau Invitational, Nic shares how Nazaré transformed not only global big wave surfing, but the identity of an entire coastline. He dives deep into his path from Nike and Monster-sponsored competitor to free surfer and filmmaker, why he walked away from chasing jerseys, and how the “Von Froth” persona came to life. Nic talks about chasing barrels at Mavericks and Jaws, pioneering sessions with Tom Lowe, and how his background in competition taught him the consistency and discipline to handle big days at home. Together with Dave, Nic discusses the state of the surf industry – from the rise of athlete-driven content to the decline of traditional surf sponsorship – and what he thinks the next generation of pros really needs. He also opens up about his creative process, balancing the froth with perspective, and how staying healthy and curious keeps him charging forward. Follow Nic here and watch his YouTube series Von Froth here. Check his podcast Von Froth Cast here! Learn more about his big wave project Mountains of the Sea and follow them here. Stay tuned to the next stop on the Longboard Tour, the Surf Abu Dhabi Longboard Classic, Oct 24 - 26. Big Wave Season window starts November 1st, 2025 - March 31st, 2026. Get the latest merch at the WSL Store! Join the conversation by following The Lineup podcast with Dave Prodan on Instagram and subscribing to our YouTube channel. Get the latest WSL rankings, news, and event info. **Visit this page if you've been affected by the Los Angeles wildfires, and would like to volunteer or donate. Our hearts are with  you.** Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Walker and Peake discuss UK basketball and why people care about their budget so much. Anabelle and Adam Sandler at Rupp?

We will test you on your “Dude Knowledge” - these are all questions that are geared towards guys. Kelly can be used as a lifeline once. We'll hook you up with tickets to Jonas Brothers at Rupp.

Welcome to the DFO Rundown!On today's episode Jason and Mike Rupp start by talking about Rupp's Stanley Cup performance. What he remembers from his perspective how he felt at the time and his story about the game sheet!We then move onto the Luke Hughes and Jason Lacombe extensions. Which is a better deal and who has earned it the most?Last night saw a feisty game between the Florida Panthers and Tampa Bay Lightning. This game left Lundell as a question mark as he left the game early. If he is out this is another HUGE blow for the Panthers. Which NHL teams that put up 100 point seasons last year will have a regression? Will the Canadiens and Capitals find their way back into the postseason? Are the Wild good enough in the east? On the flip side is Calgary good enough to get in?As we were filming the Edmonton Oilers re-signed their Head Coach Kris Knoblauch. How important has he been to the Edmonton Oilers? Should he have been considered for the Jack Adams last season?Producer Pat then joins for ‘Fill in the Blank' brought to you by bet365.On the topic of future predictions, how many players will have a 50+ goal season and how many will have 100+ points? Want to hear more from Jason and the entire DFO team? Subscribe to our YouTubeYou can get involved with all the NHL futures action over on bet365 by using the promo code NATION at bet365.comConnect with us on ⬇️TwitterInstagramWebsiteDaily Faceoff Merch Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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IT IS (almost) FOOTBALL TIME IN THE BLUEGRASS and the twitter best friends get in a huge fight over who deserves to have their jersey retired into Rupp's Rafters.

In this personal solo episode, Carolin Rupp - Virtual Assistant, Social Media Manager, Community & Support Department Head at TMC, and Manifestor in motion - shares her behind-the-scenes journey of following the call to express, and the effect it had on people. From navigating criticism after her first solo podcast, alchemizing that anger to something magical to receiving messages that her words changed someone's life, Carolin reflects on what it really means to repel and magnetize as a Manifestor. She also opens up about the messy, brave leap she took to move abroad, and what it's like to clear out other people's opinions and finally follow the voice within - even when it tells you to do something wildly inconvenient, unexplainable, or risky. This is an invitation to all Manifestors who feel a little lost, a little different, and a little afraid of what might happen if they truly listened to themselves. You'll hear: • What happens when you share your voice (and people don't like it) • The difference between doing what's logical and doing what's aligned • What trusting the urge actually looks and feels like, and how it ripples. ✨ Whether you're in a season of uncertainty, standing on the edge of a bold decision, or simply curious how other Manifestors navigate repelling others and trusting their inner urge - this episode is for you. Learn more about Carolin: Connect on Instagram: carolin.rupp Email: carolinruppva@gmail.com Check out Caro's offer for The Manifestor Community (Manifestor Lounges): Manifestor Parent Lounge Manifestor Business Lounge New: Manifestor Healing Lounge

Kentucky's John Michael Montgomery popped onto WHAS Radio to discuss his long, successful music career launch from Nicholasville.He tells the story of hearing his music on the radio for the first time, how All For One's version of his song "I Swear" changed his career, and much more.Tickets are on sale now for John Michael's final show this December 12th in Rupp Arena.Another Kentucky musical legend is moving on to his next adventure beyong touring. Thanks, JMM

Josh takes over the pod while Chris is on vacation and invites a couple wetboys to talk river smallies

Josh takes over the pod while Chris is on vacation and invites a couple wetboys to talk river smallies

Fights over the mayor's Vibrant Denver bond proposal are heating up, with some transportation advocates and one city council member concerned that the Broncos' stadium plans could be impacting who gets the biggest piece of the $935 million dollar pie. Then, Congressman Gave Evans has been a champion of President Trump's immigration crackdown. But a new investigation from Colorado Newsline revealed a surprising truth behind the legislator's claims that his family immigrated to the U.S. “the right way.” Producer Paul Karolyi and host Bree Davies are joined by my musician, artist, and activist Kalyn Heffernan to dig into these stories plus our wins and fails of the week.  Paul mentioned the new Denver National Women's Soccer League name and logo and Kyle Clark's crusade against Polis' bridge succeeding. Bree talked about Rupp's Drums closing, a realtor's claims that Barnum is “rapidly gentrifying,” and UMS partnering with Keep the Party Safe for harm reduction training. Kalyn talked about her Untitled: Artist Takeover show tonight (Friday, July 25) at the Denver Art Museum and the potential end of the UMS.  What do you think about the Broncos and the Bond? We want to hear from you! Text or leave us a voicemail with your name and neighborhood, and you might hear it on the show: 720-500-5418 For even more news from around the city, subscribe to our morning newsletter Hey Denver at denver.citycast.fm. Watch the Friday show on YouTube: youtube.com/@citycastdenver Follow us on Instagram: @citycastdenver Chat with other listeners on reddit: r/CityCastDenver Support City Cast Denver by becoming a member: membership.citycast.fm/Denver Learn more about the sponsors of this July 26th episode: Denver Art Museum RAQC Babbel - Get up to 60% off at Babbel.com/CITYCAST Elizabeth Martinez with PorchLight Real Estate - Do you have a question about Denver real estate? Submit your questions for Elizabeth Martinez HERE, and she might answer in next week's segment. Looking to advertise on City Cast Denver? Check out our options for podcast and newsletter ads at citycast.fm/advertise Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Dr. John Huang joins the Roundtable and gives us a preview on his upcoming book And we review Calipari's appearance on Rothstein's podcast, where he talks about his return to Rupp last season and the UK wins and losses that stuck with him since his departure. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In this powerful episode from the Live Unreal Summit in Phoenix, Jeff Glover sits down with top-producing Daytona Beach realtor Amanda Rupp, who shares how her team skyrocketed from 180 closings in 2023 to 281 units in 2024—after implementing the Glover U system. Now aiming for 400 closings in 2025, Amanda reveals the key shifts that drove her massive growth. Tune in to hear how Amanda built a listing-first real estate business, leverages social media for lead generation, and uses a mastermind model to grow and train her team. She breaks down her database strategy, her team's training calendar, and the specific Glover U tools that helped fuel her results. Whether you're a solo agent or building a team, Amanda's journey offers a blueprint for scaling sustainably and strategically.   Download the Glover U app: https://tinyurl.com/GloverUapp Follow Glover U: • Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/GloverU • Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/gloverucoaching/ • LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/glover-u • Website: https://www.gloveru.com • Inner Circle (free weekly content): https://www.facebook.com/groups/gloveruinnercircle/

In today's special edition of the Razorback Daily, we're reliving one of the biggest wins of the season, Arkansas' upset win over Kentucky! We're breaking down the game and taking you inside the locker room for all the postgame energy.

In this episode of I Hear Design, host Robert Nieminen speaks with Sammy Rupp, interior designer and fiber artist at DLR Group, about her innovative work in neuroinclusive design. Sammy discusses how her personal experiences with ADHD and her sister's autism diagnosis which led her to champion design strategies that support diverse cognitive and sensory needs. She shares insights from her grant-supported research at DLR Group, details behind her immersive installation “Tactile” currently featured in Venice at the Architecture Bianale, and how designers can rethink traditional environments to be more responsive, inclusive, and human-centered.

Driving innovation forward – lessons from a fintech founder turned community banker. Detailed Summary: In this episode, Christian Ruppe, Chief Innovation Officer of Colony Bank, joins Greg to discuss his journey from fintech entrepreneur to banker. Colony Bank is a $3.3 billion community bank headquartered in Fitzgerald, Georgia, with a footprint primarily in South Georgia and offices in surrounding areas. As the largest community bank in Georgia, Colony serves both consumers and businesses, particularly catering to larger businesses that find national banks too impersonal but need more capabilities than smaller community banks can offer. Rupp shares Colony Bank's three-year innovation journey, which began with building the necessary infrastructure to be "ready" rather than "right" when facing industry threats and opportunities. This foundation-building phase required developing new organizational muscles around technology adoption, due diligence processes, and implementation strategies. Now that this groundwork is established, Colony is exploring forward-looking technologies, with agentic AI being a particular focus. They've partnered with DeepSea to develop AI agents that handle tedious manual processes like indirect lending verification, which has improved accuracy while freeing staff to focus on growth-oriented tasks. When advising fintechs on partnering with banks, Rupp emphasizes the importance of addressing immediate problems banks are actively trying to solve. Community banks have limited capacity to implement new technologies, so solutions that address current "fires" have a much higher chance of being adopted. He notes that while banks may not immediately implement every interesting solution they encounter, they often remember these technologies when relevant problems arise later, highlighting the value of patience and relationship-building in the fintech-banking partnership process. More info: Colony Bank: https://colony.bank/ ; https://www.linkedin.com/company/colony-bank/ Christian Ruppe: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ruppe/ Greg Palmer: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gregbpalmer/ Finovate: https://www.finovate.com; https://www.linkedin.com/company/finovate-conference-series/ #Finovate #podcast #fintechpodcast #financialservices #bankingInnovation #fintech #communitybanking #digitaltransformation #AI #innovation #startup #banking

Rupp 2 No Good's Matt Sak and Wildcat Tongue's join KRC to discuss UK basketball and football

Michelle Rupp, an Emmy Award winning broadcast journalist, is the Founder and CEO of Memorable Results Media, a boutique agency dedicated to helping small and medium-sized businesses gain earned media coverage on local and regional television. With a background in news production and a passion for empowering business owners, Michelle uses her 25 years of experience in broadcasting to deliver tangible results. Her clients frequently see increased revenue, sold-out events and elevated visibility in their communities, with many attributing significant business growth to her media strategies.

Allen Rupp is a seasoned fly tier with over 35 years of experience, renowned for his precision and dedication to the craft. As the founder of Fly On The Water, he offers high-quality, hand-tied flies and imparts his knowledge through instructional classes. Significantly, Allen was mentored by the legendary Dave Whitlock, who personally taught him to tie patterns like the NearNuff Crayfish and Sculpin. This mentorship has deeply influenced Allen's approach, allowing him to continue Whitlock's legacy by teaching these patterns to new generations of anglers. In this episode of Anchored, Allen shares the story. This episode of Anchored is brought to you by BetterHelp. On Anchored, we dive deep into conversations about the outdoors, personal growth, and the challenges that come with both. One topic that comes up time and time again is mental health—because let's be honest, life can be tough, and the stresses of work, relationships, and even the activities we love can take a toll. Whether it's managing anxiety, dealing with burnout, or simply striving for a better sense of balance, taking care of your mind is just as important as taking care of your body. Therapy isn't just for people in crisis—it's a powerful tool for building resilience, setting boundaries, and developing positive coping strategies. Traditional in-person therapy can cost up to $250 per session, but with BetterHelp, you can save up to 50% while getting professional support from the world's largest online therapy platform. With over 30,000 therapists and the flexibility to switch providers anytime, BetterHelp makes therapy more accessible and convenient. Your well-being is worth investing in. Visit BetterHelp.com/ANCHORED today to get 10% off your first month. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Matt, Drew, and Shannon talk UK's upcoming game with Arkansas, the crowd reaction to Calipari's return to Rupp, and take your calls.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.