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Marion Nestle, PhD, is a nutrition and food expert, professor, author, and advocate of healthy eating. She is Paulette Goddard Professor of Nutrition, Food Studies, and Public Health, Emerita, at New York University and has held faculty positions at Brandeis University and the UCSF School of Medicine.
Nestle earned a PhD in molecular biology and an MPH in public health nutrition from the University of California, Berkeley. She has authored six books on the scientific and socioeconomic influences on food choice, obesity, and food safety, and has written two books on pet food. She has worked as nutrition policy advisor for the Department of Health and Human Services and editor of the Surgeon General’s Report on Nutrition and Health. From 2008 to 2013, she wrote a monthly column for the San Francisco Chronicle food section. You can read her blogs on all thing nutrition at www.foodpolitics.com (check out her post about jellyfish chips).
Nestle spoke with Alice Waters, chef and food activist, about the intersection of public health and food systems on March 19 at her alma mater, the UC Berkeley School of Public Health, for its 75th Anniversary Speaker Series. (You can view a video of the eventat this Facebook link.) We spoke with Nestle before the event about what a food system is and how it affects public health.
Marion, can you begin by explaining what a food system is?
Food system is the term used to describe everything that happens to a food, from the time it is produced, transported, processed, served, and eaten, to dealing with the waste it causes. It is the entire cycle of food production and consumption. Food system is the hot jargon term used to explain how agriculture and health are related. You can’t really have healthy eating unless you have a healthy agriculture system. I think of the food system as a way to describe the links between agriculture, nutrition, and public health.
What is the “food movement,” and how does it play a role in addressing food systems?
The food movement is about advocacy for food systems that are better for people and the planet. The movement advocates for changes in our agriculture system, the ways people choose food, and how governments deal with policy issues around food.
I view the food movement as remarkably successful in important ways. First of all, we have much better food in the supermarkets today than we did 20 or 30 years ago. We have more farmers markets, more young farmers, more people interested in food, and more food studies programs at universities. Alice Waters had a great deal to do with this because of her early advocacy for healthier food systems, and her more recent advocacy for teaching children how to grow and prepare food. This has been hugely successful. There are now thousands of schools with gardens and kids who are really learning about food.
More people today are interested in food that is good, clean, and fairly produced. Advocacy is not always easy, but it is worth the effort to try to improve the food system. And advocacy works, although not always as quickly as I would like. But what’s most heartening is that so many more people are aware of the importance of food to society, culture, health, and the environment.
Are the predominant food systems in the U.S. really failing us, and if so, how bad is it?
The most obvious consequences of our current food system are poor health and a polluted environment. Overeating and its health consequences continue to be huge problems at the same time as millions of Americans don’t have a reliable source of healthy food on a daily basis. The contribution of industrial agriculture to climate change is also a huge problem. And we see voluminous food waste. All of these are signs of a dysfunctional food system.
How do failing food systems lead to those consequences?
The government supports industrial agriculture, which is neither kind to people’s health nor kind to the environment. Vast areas of farmland are treated with pesticides, insecticides, and so forth. Government subsidies promote food for animals and fuel for cars rather than food for people. These are systematic issues that have led to a situation in which some people don’t have enough to eat and others eat too much of the wrong kinds of foods. Obviously, something is wrong. If the food systems were working, we would have healthier people and an environment that is better protected.
What has been your role in the food movement, and how did you get involved?
I write books about food politics. In that way, I provide a research basis for advocacy. I got involved in these issues years ago after attending a meeting on the health consequences of cigarette smoking. Physicians advocating against cigarettes showed slides about how tobacco companies marketed to children, minorities, and low-income people in developing countries. I was struck by how much this looked like food marketing. I left the meeting thinking that Coca-Cola marketing looked just like this and we nutritionists should be paying more attention to food-industry marketing. I started paying attention and have been writing about these issues since the mid-90s.
What are the biggest barriers to the food movement’s progress?
The barriers? Big business. Big agriculture. Big food. Big meat. These industries have a lot of money invested in the kind of food they’re producing and they don’t want to lose profits. Companies have stockholders to please. Meat producers don’t want the cost of feed to go up, and they don’t want to—or can’t—graze their cattle on grass or do other things that might raise costs. The way our food system runs is about business imperatives. These are about money. They are not about public health.
Food companies are not social services agencies, and it is a mistake to view them as such. They are not charities; they expect returns on investment.
Are high costs a problem?
Of course, the high cost of healthy food is a problem for people with few resources. But food systems are really about government policy. The government subsidizes corn and soybeans that feed animals or are used as the basis for junk foods (or, more politely, “ultraprocessed” foods). It doesn’t subsidize fruits and vegetables. It doesn’t do much to reduce the cost of fruits and vegetables so poor people can afford them. If it did take those kinds of actions it would also have to create policies to ensure that fruit and vegetable growers make a decent living and pay their workers decent wages.
One approach that’s being explored is taxing unhealthy foods, like soda. Do you see that as a positive approach to addressing food policy?
Well, soda taxes certainly seem to be working. They generate revenue for useful purposes as well as reduce consumption of sugary beverages. Soda taxes are one of the instances where advocacy has been most successful. People are willing to vote for soda taxes if the revenues are used to fund social programs. Sugar-sweetened beverages are easy targets—low-hanging fruit in public health terms. They contain sugars and water and nothing else of redeeming nutritional value.
Are sugar-sweetened beverages on their way out?
Sales of Coke and Pepsi are way down in the U.S. That’s why the soda companies are now putting enormous marketing efforts into Asia and Africa.
You’ve written a couple of books on pet food. How does pet food play a role in the food system?
Pet food is one way to deal with food waste. All pet food is made from the byproducts of human food production. These byproducts—the parts of food plants and animals that we don’t eat—have plenty of nutritional value. If pets didn’t eat them, the byproducts would go to landfills or be burned or rendered. I suppose they could be composted but that would be composting on an enormous scale. If we did not feed food byproducts to cats and dogs and, instead, fed them human foods, it would be the equivalent of feeding another 30 million people because there are so many pets in this country.
So, pet food plays a positive role?
In the food system, absolutely.
What about pet foods that say they are healthier for your pets. Is that just marketing?
The marketing is just the same as it is for human food, but there is much less research on diet and health for pets.
When Mal Nesheim and I were writing our book [Feed Your Pet Right], we were distressed at the lack of research comparing one kind of feeding regime to another. We wanted studies looking at the health and longevity of pets raised on the cheapest possible pet foods and those raised on the most expensive. We couldn’t find any. All pet food has to meet the same nutrition standards, so the main difference has to be in the ingredients that provide those nutrients. Does the quality of the ingredients make a difference? You would think it would, but we could not find any research. From a nutritional standpoint alone, the kind of pet food doesn’t seem to make much difference.
What are your thoughts on the idea of people in the U.S. eating insects as a primary protein source?
I don’t see much consumer demand for eating insects. We have plenty of food in America. Food availability is not the issue; we produce and import twice the amount of food we need. The real issue is inequitable access to healthy choices. Personally, I don’t find insects particularly delicious. Maybe other people do.
Have you eaten insects before?
Sure, I have had them but not a lot. They are certainly crunchy.
One idea is that the insects would replace the mass production of other protein sources.
I don’t see a need for that at this point. I live in New York City and would like to see some use for cockroaches, but I don’t find the idea particularly appetizing. I don't think anybody really wants to eat a cockroach. Still, aren't we lucky to have choices? I know people who are interested in producing insects for food and I wish them great success.
What are you working on now?
I’ve got a new book coming out from Basic Books in October. It’s about food-industry funding of nutrition research, and it’s titled Unsavory Truth: How the Food Industry Skews the Science of What We Eat.
If there’s one thing you want people to take away from your work, what is it?
Eat real food and enjoy what you eat. I see dietary advice as simple and easy to follow—at least for people with money and education. Eat a largely plant-based diet, don’t eat too much junk food, and balance calories consumed with calories burned. Really, that’s all there is to it. Following these precepts would go a long way to promoting health for people and the environment. Food is one of life’s greatest pleasures and it’s one that everyone can enjoy.

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Price Gougers Are Out Following Hurricane Harvey
As of Sunday, the Attorney General’s Office reports fielding 350 price gouging complaints from people in the areas hit by Hurricane Harvey.
According to KXAN, the numbers of complaints will continue to grow each day.
“There’s nothing wrong with a free market, but this isn’t a free market" Attorney General Ken Paxton told KXAN in an interview "This is an unusual market where you have a storm like that that creates such devastation,”
Adding to these complaints, a video was posted by Facebook user Marcus Griffin of a man selling water for $20 a case.
It’s cases like this the Texas Attorney General’s Office is hoping the public tells them about.

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The Metropolitan School District of Warren Township in Indianapolis will roll out 11 new alternative fuel school buses this month. It is the largest deployment of propane autogas school buses in the state.
The Blue Bird Propane Vision buses will replace older diesel models. Ten of the buses are 78-passenger models and one is outfitted with a wheelchair lift. The district also installed two onsite autogas fuel stations, each with a 1,000 gallon capacity.
"Better cold weather starts, lower maintenance and fuel cost, quieter buses, as well as better air quality for students, the bus driver and our community were the reasons we chose propane autogas," said Steve Smith, director of transportation for M.S.D. Warren Township. "With the fuel’s clean operation, we anticipate longer maintenance intervals and lower periodic maintenance cost."
The district says historically, propane autogas costs about 50 percent less than diesel per gallon. The fleet will reduce nitrogen oxide emissions by over 13,500 pounds and particulate matter by about 350 pounds each year.
Over 500 school districts across the country use propane autogas technology, according to ROUSH CleanTech, which manufactured the fuel system.


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Emma and Ginger Bundle
- About the Author & Illustrator
🎁Recommended for ages 3 and above
Dad's Too Busy (book 1):
Six-year-old Emma’s having a tough time. Her mum and dad are both too busy to pay much attention to her, and Emma feels really lonely sometimes. When she finds a tabby cat sitting outside her window, she takes it in without her parents’ permission. Soon the secret becomes more and more difficult to keep, but armed with her spunkiness and a newfound independence, Emma and her new companion find much joy in tiptoeing around her parents, and soon become the best of friends.
When her parents finally discover her secret, Emma tells them about how her cat has been there for her, and they realise that they haven’t been giving Emma the time and attention she needs.
Dad's For Sale (book 2):
Emma’s back, and feistier than ever. This time, she wants to put her dad up for sale!
It all begins when she accompanies him to his camera shop. There, she encounters a rich and famous actress willing to pay a whole lot to hire a bodyguard. Since Emma’s dad refuses to buy her the pair of rollerblades she wants, she decides to “sell” him to the famous actress to get the money she needs.
That seems like a splendid idea, until she gradually realises that she appreciates and needs her dad…more than she wants new toys.
Dad's At Home (book 3):
Poor Dad. He's just lost his job—his beloved camera shop has gone out of business.
Emma's happy that he'll be home more now, but she can tell how sad Dad is. So she decides that it's her job to cheer him up.
But as the days wear on, will Dad be able to stop worrying?
Dad’s At Home is a modern and relatable story about appreciating the everyday moments with the ones we love.
Dad's Dyslexic Too (book 4):
Here are two things Emma knows for sure:
One, she’s lost Ginger.
Two, the doctor says she has “dyslexia”.
What’s…dyslexia? Will Mum and Dad be mad?
And will she ever find Ginger?
Lily Kong’s short stories and other writings have been published in magazines and newspapers. She won the NUS Literary Society Writing Contest for an English short story in 1985 and the National Arts Council’s Beyond Words Chinese Picture Book Writing Contest in 2013. She majored in English Literature and Economics at the National University of Singapore and holds teaching diplomas in English as a Second Language, Speech and Drama, Public Speaking and Early Childhood Education. She is effectively bilingual.
Jeanette Yap is a graduate from Nanyang Technological University's School of Art, Design & Media. Her works are inspired by nature, books and good people. She hopes that her drawings would bring warmth to more hearts. She has illustrated the Emma and Ginger series and Kompheak: The Medicine Boy with No Legs.
Size: 210mm x 260mm

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HERITAGE PARK IN THE WINTER
Most people don’t realize how many wonderful things there are to do in Metro Detroit during the winter months. This activity offers a range of options that are sure to please everyone.
Heritage Park has beautiful scenery perfect for sledding, cross-country skiing and snowshoeing with over four miles of trails available. Rent snowshoes for a winter stroll or combat the cold with a warm drink at the nearby Nature Center.
24725 Farmington Rd.
Farmington Hills, MI 48335

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An <"https://www.yourlawyer.com/topics/overview/Mississippi_River_Oil_Spill">oil spill on the Mississippi River that released thousands of gallons of heavy oil near New Orleans has shut down the river to traffic, all the way to the Gulf of Mexico.Â According to the US Coast Guard, the tug boat that was pushing a barge involved in the spill lacked a properly licensed pilot.
The Mississippi River oil spill occurred when a 600-footÂ tanker and a barge loaded with fuel collided. The spill occurred about 1:30 a.m. central timeÂ near the Crescent City Connection, a pair of New Orleans bridges.Â A smell which many people thought was diesel was noticeable in the French Quarter and parts of New Orleans’ central business district.Â The barge split in half, spilling more than 419,000 gallons of tar-like oil into the river.Â Officials in New Orleans said that the barge spilled nearly all of the fuel oil it was carrying. The barge’s owner, American Commercial Lines, immediately took responsibility for the oil spill.
According to “The Times-Picayune”, The Coast Guard has closed the river from mile marker 97 in New Orleans to Southwest Pass –where the river empties into the Gulf of Mexico. The closure is meant to help contain the spill. The river could be closed for days or weeks as workers try to remove the oil from the river.Â As the spill moves south, it is hoped that the Coast Guard will be able to open more locks to allow the traffic to move downriver.
The Port of New Orleans expects to loose $100,000 for every day the river is closed.Â Â That figure, however, does not take into account losses sustained by private businesses such as terminal operators and tug boat operators.
New Orleans and surrounding parishes draw their fresh water supply from the Mississippi River.Â For now, officials say water is safe to drink.Â Communities downriver from the spill have shut off their intakes to prevent the oil from contaminating supplies.Â Testing of water in New Orleans has turned up no contaminants.Â However, residents in the Algiers section of the city have been urged to use water in moderation, until independent testing confirms the city’s findings.
During a news conference in New Orleans, Coast Guard spokesman Stephen LehmannÂ said the tugboat operator pushing the barge had only an apprentice mate’s license, and no one else on the bargeÂ had a license. To pilot a tugboat, the operator should have had a master’s license, Lehmann said.Â The tug is operated by DRD Towing Co., LLC, of Harvey of Harvey, Louisiana.
Officials from the state environmental department were working to contain the spill to prevent it from going further down river.Â Â Contractors have set up oil booms at several of the major openings into an environmentally sensitive marsh and a National Wildlife Refuge.Â The impact the oil spill had on wildlife is not yet apparent.

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Flux is not just biraktikarai, is asbastikarao! Many people are affected by changing seasons sardite. Jharache water continuously through the nose. He has sneezed. Do not sleep properly because of the cold. What has been the head of relaxing. What do you do in your situation is to nihsbasa diyeei face, only to find out.
1) Flux means infection or infection. The inner skin of the nose is swollen as a result of excessive cold. Even blood does not perform properly due to the inner skin can be a bit dry. However, if you use a nose spray as soon as the swelling goes down. However, the spray should not be used for more than a week.
Ii) nasal spray medication is more light than the carbonic acid with minerals and sea salt with water drops. After the drop of the nose and nose so dry I do not think there is moisture inside the skin. And slowly nakata feel a lot lighter.
3) If some flux flux with the help of an inhaler to get rid of it. However, it is not no gain.
4) A cold nose or nose after the operation that is irrigated with water. That is a special container that is washing through the nose for a long time from one end arekadike. The infection can spread and pour the water into the nose as a result feel comfortable.
5) If you feel cold, hot meals, soup or warm drink, feel comfortable, if a bit is that, if everyone will agree. According to a recent study, apple and karantera (like raisin fruit) juice or drink hot or cold and helps to reduce galabyatha.
6) Many were voted on cold or difficulty sleeping is hard to nihsbasa. The simple solution to this problem, the head slightly elevated, if possible, the use of two pillows sule will be more comfortable.

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Keto “Potato” Salad is a wonderful side dish for grilling out with the family! Pair it with your favorite grilled meats like grilled chicken, hotdogs and hamburgers.
While potatoes aren’t necessarily low carb, you don’t have to go through summer without potato salad!
This Keto potato salad recipe uses cauliflower instead of potatoes, and it is just as delicious. Much like potatoes, cauliflower does a great job of absorbing the flavors of the dressing.
Develop the flavor
When you first add the cauliflower to the sauce, it may not have a very strong flavor.
To develop the flavors, it’s important to refrigerate the Keto Potato Salad for at least 2 hours before serving.
This is one of those recipes that tends to get better the longer it sets.
It’s easy to fool just about anyone into thinking this mock potato salad is the real deal!
Ingredients in potato salad
The ingredients for this recipe is very similar to a real potato salad. They include:
- chopped cauliflower
- pickle juice or chopped dill pickles
- hard boiled eggs
Looking to switch it up? Try some of these easy variations:
- Instead of cauliflower florets, broccoli adds a nice freshness
- Swapping sour cream for the mayonnaise is lighter and adds a nice tang
- Instead of cauliflower cooked with boiling water, try roasting it instead
- Adding crispy bacon, avocado and cheddar cheese for a cobb salad vibe
This low carb cauliflower potato salad is perfect for almost any kind of diet, including dairy-free.
Sides for grilling season
Looking for more side options on the Keto Diet? Some of my favorites are:
Keto “Potato” Salad with Cauliflower
A traditional potato salad recipe with a cauliflower swap. You won’t even miss the carbs!
Boil cauliflower in water until fork tender
Remove from water, drain and set aside
Combine together mayonnaise, pickles, hard boiled eggs, red onion, mustard, dill pickle juice, lemon juice, salt and pepper.
Pour over cauliflower and mix until evenly incorporated
Garnish with paprika over top
Refrigerate for at least 2 hours before serving
Calories: 433kcalCarbohydrates: 4gProtein: 5gFat: 44gFiber: 1g
Want to get started on the Keto diet today?
Following a Keto Diet doesn’t have to be a big ordeal!
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What’s your favorite cauliflower recipe?
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Milwaukee Police Chief Edward Flynn is a voice of one crying out in the wilderness!
Recently Flynn was verbally attacked by local black activists who claimed that he and his department weren’t taking the recent officer-involved shooting death of Dontre Hamilton seriously enough.
Flynn was accused of insensitivity because he was on his cellphone during a Fire and Police Commission meeting related to the death of Hamilton. Unknown to the activists was that Flynn was receiving details of a drive-by-shooting that took the life of a 5-year-old girl as she sat on her father’s lap. The girl Flynn was referring to was Laylah Petersen– who was actually shot in the head while sitting on her grandfather’s lap.
Of course- just like the case of Ferguson, Missouri, charges of racism were being irresponsibly leveled at Flynn and his officers.
But unlike Ferguson where the blundering police chief that lacked the semblance of courage and basic communication skills who put the black face of Captain Ron Johnson to tame the mob, Flynn stiffened his spine and directly called out the faux outrage and hypocrisy of local residents. Flynn rightly accused them of not being more concerned about the epidemic of black-on-black crime which happens much more often than officer-involved shootings which result in death.
When reporters confronted Flynn about the accusations of “disrespect” regarding the cellphone episode, Flynn brilliantly said,
“Well I was on my phone, and yes, that’s true. I was following developments with a 5-year-old little girl sitting on her dad’s lap who just got shot in the head by a drive-by shooting. And if some of the people here gave a good goddamn about the victimization of the people in this community by crime, I’d take some of their invective more seriously.”
Preach on, brother Flynn!
And Flynn’s proclamation about the disproportionate lack of focus and outrage regarding black-on-black crime applies not to just residents in Milwaukee or Ferguson, but to the hypocrisy of this kind of black outrage across the country.
As TopRightNews writes,
“Flynn has sparked a critical debate that the media and Black “leaders” refuse to allow to be discussed: the staggering rates of violent crime committed by Blacks, with Black victims who are forgotten by race-baiting activists because it doesn’t fit their radical agenda.”
It’s a crying shame that there isn’t more of this kind of courage from both whites and blacks alike to denounce the lack of sincere focus coming out of the black protest and grievance industry.
Listen to Chief Flynn and be encouraged.


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Plenty to celebrate at Edtech 50 2018, but disbelief at education secretary Damien Hinds' 'support'
At a time of shrinking school budgets, and following a decade of government neglect of ICT, the UK's educational technology community -– teachers, developers and suppliers of digital services and products – has needed something to celebrate.
The Edtech 50 2018 event, held at the House of Lords last week, provided just that opportunity. Created by Ty Goddard (@ty_goddard) of the Education Foundation and EdtechUK, with support from higher education ICT organisation Jisc, it was a "celebration of the people, products and projects shaping this dynamic and growing sector".
The 50 were selected by a panel of judges from a crowd-sourced list of nominations solicited via social media and gathered together on survey website SurveyMonkey. They represent an inclusive cross-section of the best people, products and projects operating in the UK.
Plenty to argue about but what's not to like?
As with the Oscars and all other awards, there is plenty to argue about, but when you have people of the calibre of special needs adviser Carol Allen (pictured), Colin Hegarty and Abdul Chohan, products like Clicker 7, Night Zookeeper and now>press>play and projects like Basingstoke College of Technology, the Shireland team and school networks and learning grids getting such warm acknowledgement what’s not to like?
In fact the judges managed a mathematical miracle by cramming far more than 50 mentions into the Edtech 50. The list (at bottom of page) provides links and contacts for many of the best people involved in this sector so be sure to check them out.
And in case anyone thought the judges weren’t being inclusive enough there was also a Judges’ Commendations section that included Agent4change.net collaborator Bob Harrison, praised at the event as a “passionate ambassador at large for edtech”, and the Girls Education Challenge, along with a Ones to Note category complete with its own people, products and projects sub-categories, featuring, among others, Miles Berry, Renaldo Lawrence, Claire Lotriet and Nesta’s Rocket fund. The complete lists are included in the publicity brochure circulated at the event (downloadable as a PDF document).
All credit to the judges then: Mark Anderson (@ICTEvangelist), Sky Caves (Basingstoke College of Technology), Sherry Coutu (entrepreneur and investor), Ian Fordham (Microsoft UK), Steve Frampton (Portsmouth College), Ty Goddard, Martin Hamilton (Jisc), Claire Price (headteacher), Dan Sandhu (entrepreneur and investor), Shahneila Saeed (UKIE), Bukky Yusuf (teacher), and Mark Martin (@urban_teacher).
Sky Caves (pictured left), who described herself as a learning technology apprentice, spoke at the event of the “pleasure of being a judge”. She hadn't been sure what to expect but said it was "the most comprehensive overview of the edtech sector from public to private, early years to HE that I have ever seen.
“I was taken aback by the sheer number of nominations put forward by the public, each and every one a snapshot of the fantastic work happening up and down the country. Also, however, it was really touching to see the passion, excitement and appreciation of everyone putting the nominations forward, expressing endless praise for those giving us guidance and support across the sector, relentless enthusiasm for the innovative and dynamic products and projects and, most importantly, immense support and gratitude for how the aforementioned have transformed and enriched learning experiences around the globe.”
Fellow judge Paul Feldman, CEO of Jisc, commented: "What a celebration of people who are doing phenomenal things for our children. At the end of the day that is what this is about, and that is what JISC is about - how do we use technology to improve the way our children or college students and university students are being taught? How do we improve the way in which they are accessing knowledge, and how do we give them the skills they need to be productive in the future?"
Even though the lack of razzmatazz felt like a good thing, the Edtech 50 was a curiously downplayed event – the invitations were for “afternoon tea” with Lord Lucas, the backbench hereditary peer and Conservative Ralph Matthew Palmer, editor of The Good Schools Guide and a keen programmer who once hoped that computers would replace maths teachers. And many of those invited were not even aware that they had been included in, or even nominated for, the Edtech 50. That’s not surprising considering that The Education Foundation is very much a one-man band following the departure of Ty Goddard’s former partner Ian Fordham to a key role with Microsoft UK.
For such a small organisation it clearly has impeccable political connections, managing to elicit such a fulsome credit from education minister Damian Hinds MP; “There are so many reasons to be optimistic about the possibilities for technology across education. Edtech is increasingly supporting improved outcomes across England and internationally, and in my short time as Secretary of State for Education I have already seen how it can support and transform education at every step of the journey.
“The work of inspirational leaders across the sector who are working tirelessly to support education, will be fundamental in ensuring the wider realisation of the opportunities presented by technology; to support improvements across the breadth of our education system."
However, those who have witnessed the dire political leadership in this area for the past decade, recognise the superficiality of those words and do not share his optimism. His words are not backed by government action and there is little research providing direct links between technology and improved educational outcomes. Indeed feedback from the DfE indicates that far more energy is being put into finding back doors for bringing back grammar schools than harnessing ICT for learning or even making savings.
Those present at the minister's first major outing at the Education World Forum in January saw him confidently striding across the stage praising the (failing) computing curriculum with proud talk of his £80-odd million hopes for turning it around by creating more computer science teachers. His braggadocio style was undermined by the very next person to take the stage, Miguel Brechner (@mbrechner) of Uruguay’s respected Plan Ceibal project. Based on clear principles of equal opportuities and inclusion, this has brought digital literacy to all the country's students and teachers as well as targeting homes.
Matter of fact and self-effacing, he spelt out practical and replicable priorities for effecting change and innovation with technology for learning. One thing his country had in common with England was a teacher shortage. They needed more staff to teach English, so they hired them from as far afield as the Phillipines and Europe to work with schools on their high-speed national network. The problem was solved and did not require massive investment.
If any UK ministers or civil servants had bothered to ask him he could have helped them harness the rich expertise of industry specialists in the UK and further afield to support the teaching of computer science – instead of throwing yet more millions at a failing curriculum which is experiencing not just a teacher shortage but plummeting numbers of students taking technology-related subjects at GCSE level.
While the UK’s educational technology community needs all the cheerleaders it can get, it also needs critical analysis of the stagnated policy that is now holding back schools and innovators in England. The Edtech 50 marks the achievements they have made despite Government policy, not because of it – and that was their own informal feedback at their Westminster celebration. Those criticisms need amplification as well, rather than uncritical repetition of a minister's empty words. He already has his own publicity machine.


President Cyril Ramaphosa will address the nation at 8pm about the latest developments regarding Covid-19.
His spokesperson Tyron Seale confirmed on Monday that the president will address the nation after a meeting of the National Coronavirus Command Council (NCCC) and the cabinet.
The country is under lockdown level 3 with all sales and transportation of alcohol banned. Parks and beaches are closed and gatherings, except for funerals, are prohibited. A maximum of 50 people are allowed at funerals.
Ramaphosa’s address comes on the same day the country receives its first batch of Covid-19 vaccines from India.
TimesLIVE reported earlier that Ramaphosa was expected to announce a lift on the ban on sales and distribution of alcohol and a move to a lower Covid-19 lockdown level.
Ramaphosa is expected to announce a move back to lockdown level 2.
He is also expected to announce the reopening of beaches and parks and a relaxation of the curfew to 11 pm.
This comes as the country is experiencing a decrease in the number of new Covid-19 infections.
“President Cyril Ramaphosa will address the nation at 8pm today, February 1 2021, on developments in relation to the country’s response to the coronavirus pandemic.
“The address follows meetings in recent days of the NCCC, the President’s Coordinating Council and cabinet,” Seale said.
By Aphiwe Deklerk – TimesLIVE


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Ego Ella May is a London-based singer who’s voice is so damn gorgeous I can listen to her music all day. She has released various singles over the years including “Table for One” and her collaboration with Lex Amor and Wu-Lu titled “Legend,” off the Untitled Basquiat-inspired compilation album.
She joins forces with Wu-Lu and legendary producer Budgie for a new single titled “Tea & Sympathy,” her incredibly gorgeous new single off her anticipated new album So Far. The production on this track is so incredibly textured, with layers of synths, percussion and keys that meander between each other in such a beautiful, seamless fashion. Ego Ella May’s vocals are stunning, with a gentle, smooth tone and aura that perfectly complements the stunning production. She talks about openness and honesty, as she’s introspective and reflective, something I hope she will show a lot more of on the album. Based off this single, I’m intrigued and excited. The album is among my most anticipated releases and I really hope that she grows and blossoms in the beautiful and talented singer that she is.
Listen to Ego Ella May’s brand new single “Tea & Sympathy” below via Bandcamp and don’t forget to support! Her upcoming new album So Far is set to be released on the 18th September via Tru Thoughts.
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Listing: Turn on the groove at the VH1 Supersonic pre-party ft Laptop exclusively at antiSOCIAL Mumbai ~
Randolph Correia and Sid Coutto, two Indian musicians are known for shaping the country’s rock scene in the nineties and early 2000’s, formerly part of the respective bands Pentagram and Zero, have joined forces to form a new pulsating electro-rock duo called Laptop.
Vh1 Supersonic will be throwing an exclusive pre-party at antiSOCIAL Mumbai, Bootup, featuring the electro duo, Laptop. The band will be affecting norms with axes and drum machines from other realms. While generally when we see two guys playing on a stage, it’s with a laptop, ironically, Randolph and Sid’s fusion on stage will not be involving a laptop. Both Correia and Cuotto, who are extremely complementary to each other, without any inhibitions, will be thoroughly entertaining the audience within their duration. The pre-party is hard to resist, providing listeners with multiple variations, two-piece metal, synth-assisted dance and rhyme spitting, drum machine hitting hip hop, to groove on.
For all the electro-rock lovers this will be an extremely exciting gig. The perfect take off for the VH1 Supersonic, this is a pre-party you simply cannot afford to miss.
Venue: antiSOCIAL, CS #242, Near Viva Centre, Mathuradas Mill Compound, Lower Parel West, Mumbai
When: Wednesday, 15th January
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Asian American Authors Event: The Power of Our Own Voices
June 27, 2017 @ 5:30 pm - 7:30 pm
The Coalition of Asian American Leaders (CAAL) in partnership with the Saint Paul Public Libraries invite you to join us for an Asian American Authors Event: The Power of Our Own Voices.
We feature four incredible local Asian American authors: David Mura, Mai Neng Moua, Bao Phi, and Saymoukda Vongsay.
Join CAAL at the Highland Community Center to hear four celebrated Asian authors, poets, and playrights share readings from their work. Please stay afterwards for a question and answer session and voice issues that emerged for you from our shared experience.


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For whatever we lose (like a you or a me),
It's always our self we find in the sea.
~ e.e. cummings
I've never known what my "calling" was. I've been on the hunt for it for quite a while now, and I'm assuming I will be for many years to come. I know I love being a mom and a wife and all of that good stuff. But beyond that... the special something which I excel at, make money for, and that makes my heart sing to the rooftops with joy? Ummm, yeeeaaaah, nope. Haven't found it.
I went to Penn State approximately a drinking aged person ago and received a degree in Journalism and Fine Arts. Strangely enough, I've had jobs somewhat inclusive of those very fields, including editorial, p.r., copywriting, art production, advertising, and marketing... At one point, I went back to school in the hopes of getting my Master's in School Counseling. Life interrupted those plans, quite unfortunately. And though I loved the short amount of time I had the honor of spending at Fairfield U for grad school, I never went back.
Through all of those post-PSU years (Geez, Jen, way to make me sound ancient. Shut it, Sybil.), I've been searching for some sort of creative adventure. While my long-term goal is to ultimately own a small gallery in a New England beach town (d r e a m ), short-term is simply calling for a little bit of creativity mixed in with the sea.
Enter one very short person named Lila: When Lila and AJ were born, I searched far and wide for a beautiful bracelet for my little monkey-girl, but to no avail. The ones I found were either plastic, unsafe or, well, less-than beautiful. I decided to take a trip to Beadniks in downtown Naples and make some for her (and for me!), myself: And, well, that about sums up the genesis of the "bonding bracelet".
Ahem... [standing up] My name is Jen and I am a beader.
So nowadays, I'm making every effort to design organic, strong, pretty, and toddler-friendly bracelets. So far, they've turned out quite nicely. Friends and family have surprised me by placing orders for said bonding bracelets. And Lila approves, and she's carrying about eleven cents in her Nashville cowgirl wallet, so... I am well on my way to a successful business venture.
Seriously, I've been happily convinced by some really great people to create a little business called Lila Marin Designs. I'm in the process of designing a website and some new collections ~ all reflective of my favorite places by the sea. (Well, to be 100% transparent, here, the first collection was actually called, "Oh-sh*t-I-forgot-the-clasp." Followed up by a second installment titled: "Sh*t-it's-too-small.") However, right now we've got some Nantucket-inspired bracelets for mom and daughter. Yep, that's about it. The Nantucket Collection. But on its way are Newport and Martha's Vineyard. Can't wait to make them!
Who knows. Perhaps there will be a very pronounced sound of crickets and Lila and I will have a plethora of bonding bracelets to choose from for nights out at Chili's. But this is great fun, it's scratching my creative itch, and my little girl and I finally have matching little green-and-blue gifts from the sea...
For info on bonding bracelets, just send me an email at firstname.lastname@example.org for now until I've got the website set up. (I do realize that's an extremely unprofessional email address.
Wow, I have absolutely no excuse I'm working on that... and I'll love it if you email me, anyway!)
h a p p y t u e s d a y !
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Physical activity can pump up your feel-good endorphins and other natural neural chemicals that enhance your sense of well-being. Exercise can also refocus your mind on your body's movements, which can improve your mood and help the day's irritations fade away. Consider walking, jogging, gardening, housecleaning, biking, swimming, weightlifting or anything else that gets you active.
One faulty expectation as it pertains to brainwave entrainment is that listening to an entrainment track is the same as meditating. If you’ve understood the principles so far as they’ve been laid out you understand why this idea is completely untrue. If the answer is not yet obvious to you, read the material covering these principles again and try to grasp their meaning.
Gamma waves are the fastest brainwave frequency range. Gamma brain waves are believed to link and process information from all other parts of the brain. A high amount of gamma wave activity in the brain is associated with intelligence, compassion, focus and feelings of happiness. High levels of gamma brain waves have also been linked to improved memory and an increased sensitivity to sensory input. Low amounts of gamma brainwave activity have been linked to learning difficulties, poor memory and impaired mental processing.
There is a lot to like about this technology as a potential treatment for sleep problems. It’s low impact and non-invasive, it doesn’t rely on chemical drugs, it’s inexpensive and for most people likely easy to adopt and maintain. In this way, it’s similar to the other behavioral therapies for sleep that I like so much, including meditation and relaxation techniques, and other mind-body therapies.
There’s a growing body of research suggesting that binaural beats can reduce different forms of anxiety, from mild to chronic. One especially interesting study looked at the effects of binaural beats on anxiety among patients preparing to undergo surgery—a life circumstance that is pretty anxiety provoking for most anyone. Over a period of six months, patients spent 30 minutes on the day of their surgery listening to binaural beats. Compared to patients who listened to a soundtrack that did not include binaural beats—and patients who received no “beats” therapy at all—the binaural beat listeners experienced significantly greater reductions in their anxiety levels.
Well … to understand the role entrainment plays in meditation, think of a water pump. Most of you have lived in areas where you have access to city water. You turn the knob on the tap, water comes out, end of story. If you grew up like I did, on a farm with a local well, then you probably know that in order to get the water flowing from a well you must first “prime the pump”. (Those of you who remember the days when cars all had carburetors rather than fuel injectors might also remember running out of gas and needing to prime the carburetor with a little gasoline. It’s the same principle.)
Limiting your cash withdrawals to once a week is a quick, easy way to monitor your spending habits. Multiple trips to the ATM make it harder to track your money. If you put yourself on an allowance and pay cash for everything, you're more aware of what you're spending and more careful about what you buy. And while thinking about your finances may be enough to send you over the edge, it turns out that getting them under control eases tension in the long run. (Money and work tied for first place as the leading sources of stress, according to an APA survey.) When you have a weekend afternoon free, try this take-control move: Write everything down, so you can see exactly where you stand financially--what you owe, the amount of interest, your monthly income, your budget. Not facing what you're up against creates even more stress, because it's always in the back of your mind. But once you have the information down, you can begin setting concrete goals using real figures. And taking action will make you feel so much better.
Deeper Meditation • Near The Stage Of Sleep • Vivid, Dreamlike Imagery • Creative Visualization • Feel More Open & Connected • Advanced Problem Solving • Super Creativity • Insight • Intuition • Inspiration • Deeper Subconscious To Super-Conscious Mind • Trance-like • GABA • Immune System • Serotonin • Endorphins • Acetylcholine • Lower Cortisol • Deeply Relaxed • Sleep Better • Emotional Intelligence
Today, EEG machines are used for diagnosing epilepsy and sleep disorders, for determining dosages for anesthesia, and measuring the brain activity of people in comas or suffering from brain trauma. EEG machines also continue to play a role in researching and understanding brainwave entrainment and developing new and better methods for delivering the benefits of this form of brainwave modification.
When stress overwhelms your nervous system, your body is flooded with chemicals that prepare you for “fight or flight.” This stress response can be lifesaving in emergency situations where you need to act quickly. But when it’s constantly activated by the stresses of everyday life, it can wear your body down and take a toll on your emotional and physical health.
Many of our common symptom-soothing formulas are designed to take effect within 5-10 minutes if used properly. To get these fast-acting results, we recommend 3-4 droppers full, or 6-8 pumps, per use to start. If you are not yet feeling the full effect within the first 5 minutes, repeat the original serving. You can do this up to 4 servings back to back. Note that some of our formulas are tonics and are meant to work over longer periods of time.
Laughter releases endorphins that improve mood and decrease levels of the stress-causing hormones cortisol and adrenaline. Laughing tricks your nervous system into making you happy. Our suggestion: watch some classic Monty Python skits like “The Ministry of Silly Walks.” Those Brits are so hilarious, you’ll soon be cracking up, rather than cracking up.
Research suggests the negative effects of stress on the body seem to be exaggerated in people who are inactive, a phenomenon called”stress-induced/exercise deficient” phenotype. Because we react to stress by experiencing changes in our neuro-endocrine systems, regular exercise is protective because it regulates various metabolic and psychological processes in the body, including reinforcing our natural circadian rhythms, sleep/wake cycles, moods and blood sugar levels.
There's no doubt that brainwave entrainment audio is a great technology for anyone who is interested in encouraging altered states of consciousness and it certainly can help people to reach deeper states of relaxation than they might normally have access to. I myself will often listen to brainwave entrainment music in order to enhance my practice of meditation. But let’s keep a balanced perspective, put all the marketing hype to one side for a moment and acknowledge that there is no brainwave entrainment technology in this world that can make you meditate like a Zen monk “at the touch of a button”, despite what some might like you to believe. The mind is NOT a machine. It moves through various states of consciousness in an organic way and at a natural pace. We certainly can guide and accelerate that process with the use of brainwave entrainment audio, but we cannot control it with the same sort of specificity and immediacy as you might control the speed of the car you drive.
There are many ways to reduce tension and relax, but some are more effective than others. Some techniques are difficult to learn while others are challenging to practice. Others have negative consequences that almost outweigh their effectiveness or can create bigger problems. Here are ten stress relievers proven to be among the most effective for the amount of work and time involved. Most can be learned in the time it takes to read this page and will help you to feel more relaxed almost immediately. And even more exciting, the stress relief benefits will increase with regular practice. Try as many as you can—there's something here for everyone.
Hello Jason, this is an unusually thoughtful discussion. Thank you for all your expertise and your kind manner of presenting and moderating it. I’m wondering if you have any experience with this: ever since I’ve been exposed to theta wave music, without headphones, I have found it irritating. And this is in spite of the fact that when I was first handed a CD by someone I knew well and trusted he was so confident I’d love it It didn’t occur to either of us that I might not. This happened again recently, which is about 10 years later, when I heard it playing overhead at an acupuncture clinic. I felt restless and even irritated, unable to zone out, which is unusual for me, during the treatment. I realized that the quality of my irritation was similar to what I’d felt listening to that CD a decade ago.So I asked if it was theta wave music and she said yes. The acupuncturist said that some people, but a vast minority, really dislike the music. She said that the few people who dislike it are not simply neutral, but actively dislike it. And she also said, but most people like it a lot. I’m just wondering what kind of factors might be present that would make a person feel so irritated by this music?
Move-Thru-It Strategy: to support optimum recovery rates, use 6-8 pumps or 3-4 droppers. Repeat every 1-3 hours for a day or two (with a good night's sleep). The idea here is a persistent frequency. Once you have achieved initial results, you can switch to more conventional usage patterns such as 3-4 times a day. For example: Kick-Ass Immune, Get Over It
By exposing an individual to repeatedly external stimulus which can be flashing lights and/or recurring sounds, the entrainment process consists in pushing the brain to adjust to match the frequency provided. Unlike other forms of neurotherapy which require the individual to actively respond to stimulus, entrainment creates an immediate neurophysical response which is instinctive and effortless for the person being provided with the light and/or sound combinations. The key outcome of the sensory stimulation is known as the ‘Frequency Following Response’.
... Several studies have looked at the possible effects of binaural beats within the alpha range on cognitive abilities. A significant improvement in cognitive processing, as measured by the Stroop Effect exercise, was found by a BB stimulation of 10.2 Hz frequency (Cruceanu & Rotarescu, 2013).Carter and Russell (1993)exposed 8 to 12 year old boys with learning disabilities to 8-week long 10 and 18 Hz BB stimulation sessions, and they found an improvement in Raven's progressive matrices and in a subtest of auditory sequential memory (Carter & Russell, 1993).McMurray (2006)assessed the effect of 7 and 11 Hz BB on alpha brainwave activity, working memory, and attention in healthy elderly people, who are known for experiencing gradual decrease in physiological alpha activity. The 2 minutes exposure to BB resulted in an altered electrical activity in the brain. ...
This music encourages a state of alpha relaxation. The alpha state is a pleasant state of relaxed alertness. It’s a state that many people experience when they are waking up in the morning or when they are just beginning to drift off to sleep at night. While in a state of alpha relaxation, the mind is quite clear and receptive to information, learning is accelerated and one’s sense of creativity is enhanced. The mind is also very open to positive suggestions during this state.
However, by listening to binaural music you can dramatically accelerate your progress with meditation, and achieve a far deeper, more relaxing state of mind than you would by practicing traditional meditation techniques. In fact, almost everyone discovers that uses binaural meditation music finds that they go deeper into meditation, faster, and with less concerted effort.
Gamma brainwaves occur during creative thinking and processing of memory and language and in many learning activities. These brainwaves are not present at all when a person is under anesthesia, but return as soon as the person becomes conscious again. Multiple scientific studies have shown gamma brainwave entrainment to be helpful for reducing distractibility, improving short-term memory, improving motor coordination, and relieving migraine headaches.
As with meditation, mindful exercise requires being fully engaged in the present moment, paying attention to how your body feels right now, rather than your daily worries or concerns. In order to “turn off” your thoughts, focus on the sensations in your limbs and how your breathing complements your movement, instead of zoning out or staring at a TV as you exercise. If you’re walking or running, for example, focus on the sensation of your feet touching the ground, the rhythm of your breath, and the feeling of the wind against your face. If you are resistance training, focus on coordinating your breathing with your movements and pay attention to how your body feels as you raise and lower the weights. And when your mind wanders to other thoughts, gently return your focus to your breathing and movement.
Taking five minutes to reflect on how you pulled through other stressful situations like your last breakup or when you switched jobs can help you reconnect with your resilient side. In the moment, it may feel as though you'll never get over your present problem, but when you look back, you realize that you felt similarly before and found a way to overcome it. If you're going through a divorce or recently lost a loved one, you also may want to seek out a support group: Research on grieving presented by the Center for the Advancement of Health in Washington, D.C., suggests that talking with peers is even more beneficial than one-on-one counseling in the initial months after a loss.
Move your focus to the sole of your right foot. Tune in to any sensations you feel in that part of your body and imagine each breath flowing from the sole of your foot. After one or two minutes, move your focus to your right ankle and repeat. Move to your calf, knee, thigh, hip, and then repeat the sequence for your left leg. From there, move up the torso, through the lower back and abdomen, the upper back and chest, and the shoulders. Pay close attention to any area of the body that causes you pain or discomfort.
Over the long term, traditional eastern methods (such as meditation and yoga) train your brainwaves into balance. Of the newer methods, brainwave entrainment is an easy, low-cost method to temporarily alter your brainwave state. If you are trying to solve a particular difficulty or fine-tune your brainwave function, state-of-the-art brain training methods like neurofeedback and pEMF deliver targeted, quick, and lasting results.
Because EquiSync®'s audio-based brainwave entrainment technology guides your brainwaves into various states of meditation, it helps to understand how alpha, theta, and delta waves contribute to your state of consciousness. The two charts on this page illustrate the basic benefits of each brainwave state as well as the targeting of the EquiSync programs 1, 2, & 3.
Gamma waves are the fastest of the brainwave frequencies (high frequency band of brainwave activity) which signifies the highest state of focus possible. They are associated with peak concentration and the brain’s optimal frequency for cognitive functioning – the 40 Hz frequency corresponds to a Schumann resonance band and many scientists, including Nobel Laureate Sir Francis Crick believe that it may be the key to the act of cognition. The Gamma state relates to simultaneous processing of information from different brain areas; information passes very rapidly.
Controlled or pre/post studies of the effects of BWE using auditory or visual stimulation were eligible for inclusion, provided pulses of light or tone were delivered at frequencies hypothesised to have a beneficial effect or in line with a protocol addressing clinical outcomes. Studies were required to report clinical or psychological outcomes (measured using standard methods or as deemed appropriate by peer review) and to report statistical analysis. Studies of outcomes such as electroencephalogram (EEG) response or neurotransmitter levels were not eligible. Case studies were excluded.

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I am divorced from my wife. We have 2 kids, ages 7 and 8. Over my objection, she wants to relocate with them to Portland, OR. in “no way, shape or form”, is it in their “best interests”, to do so. The kids’ court-appointed attorney has already interviewed them about the move and they were unsure about it. The judge scheduled a trial, which will help he make a determination one way or another. Prior to the trial, this attorney wants to interview them YET AGAIN, and if the kids now want to go, he’ll approve the move! I don’t want him to interview the kids any more. I’ve never been abusive towards them, they love me very much, the mother has not fully cooperated with all the court orders involving visitation over the last 6 years. The 3,000 mile distance is insurmountable. For all intents and purposes, any orders, e.g., nightly telephone calls, religious upbringing, visitation set forth by a NY court will thereby by unenforceable. This attorney is just hoping to wear my kids down.
A: It is reasonable for an attorney representing children to interview them numerous times during the course of his/her representation. Of course, this depends on the length of time the case lasts, as well as the age of the child. As you presumably have an attorney representing you, if you’re looking for a 2d opinion, call a Westchester Child Custody attorney to schedule a consult.


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Double the Experience
Double the experience; ONE Musicfest is now two days
By: Civonne Ray
[*Views expressed are solely the opinion of the author]
What’s better than one day filled with music?
ONE Musicfest is back, and bigger and better than ever.
This year’s festival is bringing you double the music, double the food, and double the experience. Festival-goers will be able to experience all that OMF has to offer and whatever you don’t get to the first day, you'll get in spades by the second.
In previous years festival goers enjoyed a full day of shopping from vendors, exceptional food, live painting and, of course, vibing out to great music. While we could've continued to give you a stellar 1-day festival experience, the fans demanded more than one day to take in all that ONE Musicfest has to offer.
How will this amplify the experience at OMF?
1. Appetites are allowed on the festival grounds:
Be sure to come hungry and experience the best festival food Atlanta has to offer. Trucks will be serving everything from crab legs and jerk chicken, to Japanese noodles and frozen custard. The OMF Food Truck Village will have options for everyone to enjoy: vegans, vegetarians, pescatarians, and avid carnivores alike - come hungry! The festival is 11 non-stop hours over two days so you'll have plenty of time to try them all!
2.Enjoy the finer things with the ONE Musicfest VIP/Platinum experience:
What’s better than two days of ONE Musicfest? Two days with Platinum perks! Enjoy own restroom trailers, expedited festival entry, elevated viewing areas and front of stage access, private bars, and even complimentary mobile charge stations! To see the full VIP and Platinum ticket holder perks, visit the TICKET link on the website.
3. Take the OMF experience with you:
You may not want the two-day experience to end so suddenly, and we get that. Grab official ONE Musicfest and independent designers and makers merch and keep the OMF party going all year long! The ONE Musicfest merch village will feature high quality and unique, handcrafted items created by entrepreneurs from all over the nation. Come prepared to shop!
4. Two days full of visual art:
The ONE Musicfest Artist Village partners with some of Atlanta's most talented visual artists to create an immersive art experience, connecting the masses with the makers. Explore the art exhibitions, live art, and artists selling their art prints and merchandise. The artist village infuses the festival with a touch of high brow artistic class!
There will be something on festival grounds for everyone to enjoy and this year; you’ll have double the time to experience it all.
Be sure to grab your tickets, get your crew together, and meet us on the lawn September 8th and 9th.


Winnie the Pooh weaves together a few simple stories. For starters, Pooh has a rumbly tummy but is fresh out of honey. He'd ask his friends if he could borrow some, but...well, it's kind of a hectic day in the Hundred Acre Wood. Eeyore's tail has gone missing, and everyone bands together to find him a brand new one to take its place. It's just that they're fresh out of tails, so they each try plugging on different things to see what'd be a good fit. Christopher Robin joins in on that fun, but not all that long afterwards, he vanishes! A mysterious note left behind makes it sound like it could be the sinister handiwork of the Backson. Pooh and his pals cobble together a scheme to rescue Christopher Robin, but -- oops! -- they wind up getting caught in their own trap.
I'm bursting at the seams over how much I love, love, love this movie. Winnie the Pooh is far and away my favorite animated film of the year. Its gentle yet witty sense of humor left me
Honestly, I can't think of a movie I've seen this year -- animated or live-action! -- that I adore anywhere near as much as Winnie the Pooh. It so brilliantly captures the magic, wonder, and heart of a classic Disney film that it feels as if I've been flung back in time. Winnie the Pooh isn't just a kids' movie; it's a family film in the truest sense of the word, so warm and funny that it plays beautifully if you're two or eighty-two. Very, very Highly Recommended.
Geez, I can't get over just how gorgeous Winnie the Pooh looks in high definition. The animation is spectacularly crisp and well-defined, boasting very fine linework that takes full advantage of the resolution and clarity that Blu-ray has at its fingertips. You could say this for just about everything with Winnie the Pooh's visual style too, but its beautifully saturated colors look like something straight out of a storybook. Because this is a direct digital transfer, there aren't any flecks of dust or grit to get in the way, and no filtering or awkward processing crept in during the authoring of the disc either. Even with as short as Winnie the Pooh is, Disney has given the movie plenty of space to lounge around on this Blu-ray disc, so there aren't any hiccups in the compression either. It's perfect.
If you're curious how this high definition presentation of Winnie the Pooh stacks up next to the DVD, I snapped a few comparison shots. Click on any of these thumbnails to pop them open to full-size:
Winnie the Pooh and its extras span both layers of this BD-50 disc. The movie is presented without any matting on Blu-ray to reveal an aspect ratio of 1.78:1, and the video has been encoded with AVC. The DVD in the set is in anamorphic widescreen.
Boasting a six-channel, 24-bit DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack, Winnie the Pooh sounds just about as terrific on Blu-ray as it looks too. The voice acting behind Pooh and his friends is rendered with crystal clarity, and every line of that dialogue is balanced flawlessly in the mix. There are a few scattered sound effects that grab hold of the subwoofer, like a stomping Backson and a crash of lightning, along with Eeyore's bassy drone. Buzzing bees and hunny hallucinations are among a couple of the effects that fill the surround channels. For the most part, though, the rears and the LFE are reserved for reinforcing Winnie the Pooh's infectiously bouncy soundtrack. Along with an orchestral score by Henry Jackman, there are also a bunch of songs performed by She & Him's Zooey Deschanel and M. Ward. Sweet, gentle, buoyant, and timeless, the music couldn't be more of a perfect fit for Winnie the Pooh.
Also included are Dolby Digital 5.1 dubs in French and Spanish as well as a Descriptive Video Service track. Subtitles are offered in English (SDH), French, and Spanish. The technical specs on the DVD are similar, only swapping out the lossless soundtrack in favor of Dolby Digital 5.1 audio.
A few of the extras are exclusive to Blu-ray:
The rest of the extras can be found on both the DVD and the Blu-ray disc.
There are a few different releases of Winnie the Pooh floating around on DVD and Blu-ray. There's a single disc DVD set, for one. The version reviewed here is a DVD and Blu-ray combo pack, packaged in a standard size DVD case with an embossed slipcover. Finally, there's a three-disc set in a smaller Blu-ray case, featuring a DVD, a Blu-ray disc, and a digital copy. The Blu-ray disc is region-free, but it looks like the DVD is coded to region 1.
Tucked inside the case is a "Pin the Tail on Eeyore" game.
The Final Word
Winnie the Pooh is exactly what a family movie ought to be. The talented folks who've brought Pooh and his friends back to the big screen didn't hire a small army of distractingly famous faces to field the voice work, they didn't dumb down its sense of humor to be more modern and edgy, and they didn't do anything gimmicky like try to shove these characters out of the Hundred Acre Wood and into the dingy streets of Manhattan or whatever. No, this revival instead grabs hold of everything that's always been so endearing about Pooh and just does it better than it's ever been done before. Winnie the Pooh is cute, gentle, clever, and charming: a movie I'd cheerfully watch with my youngest relatives or enjoy by myself. Propelled by gorgeous hand-drawn animation, a wonderful sense of humor, and some infectiously bouncy music, Winnie the Pooh is in the running as my favorite movie of the year, period. Highly Recommended.
Discounts and Deals
Disney has a $5 off coupon for the 3-disc Blu-ray combo pack.


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If you are looking for a resort-style RV park for a great family vacation near Washington, D.C., you can choose from Cherry Hill Park, Lake Fairfax Park, Washington, D.C. / Capitol KOA, Bull Run Regional Park or Ramblin’ Pines Family Campground RV Park.
Can you park an RV in Washington DC?
If you’re visiting the city for only a day in a small RV rental, consider parking in the city. There is an oversized parking lot located at Union Station that allows smaller RVs and vans to park overnight. It’s a simple solution that’s right in the heart of the city!
Is there anywhere to camp in Washington DC?
Greenbelt Park – Greenbelt, MD. This 1100-acre park is located just 13 miles from the heart of Washington, DC and has the closest campgrounds to the nation’s capital.
Where is the best place to park your RV?
10 of the Best Places to Park Your RV in the United States
- Balsam Way Campsite, Maine.
- Haw Ridge, Mars Hill, North Carolina.
- Ranchito Feliz, Utah.
- Stargazing at Tranqvillium, California.
- Crazy Woman Canyon Camp, Wyoming.
- Pianetta Ranch Winery Camp, California.
- When Pigs Fly Farm, Washington.
- Anasazi Ruins, Colorado.
Can you sleep in an RV anywhere?
Do not camp anywhere on private property without the owner’s permission. –> You cannot camp overnight in Day-Use State or County Parks. Places where you can park an RV overnight: –> In general, you can park overnight for free at truck stops.
Can you sleep in your car in Washington DC?
Overnight Street parking in DC Most neighborhoods allow for free overnight parking on the street. Make sure to check all signage for exact times of when parking is enforced. Most neighborhoods require you to move your car starting at 9:00AM. Once 9AM comes, you can park for up to two hours per zone.
How much does it cost to park at Union Station DC?
The average hourly rate for public parking is $9-$10 and if you need parking for 24 hours, be prepared to pay upwards of $35. Monthly parking costs around $250 per month.
Can I camp in Rock Creek Park?
Park only in designated areas–not on road shoulders, in the grass, or in roadways. Overnight camping is not allowed in Rock Creek Park.
Where can I park my RV when not in use?
If you don’t have a covered parking area or suitable garage, temporary canopies and RV covers are affordable options.
- Storage lockers. If there’s no space at home to accommodate a parked RV for the long term, you’re not alone.
- RV parks. These lots are set up specifically for RV parking.
- List your motorhome on Outdoorsy.
What size RV can park anywhere?
According to CalTrans, vehicles in the state of California are limited to the length of 40 feet. That applies to all motorhomes, of every class (but pertains mostly to Class A motorhomes which tend to be larger).
Can you park a motorhome anywhere?
There are plenty of places where you are permitted to park your motorhome for short and overnight stays provided you get permission, including spots such as WalMart car parks in the US and private land. Lock up your motorhome whenever you leave it.
Can you sleep in your RV at a rest stop?
Yes. You are permitted to sleep overnight in your vehicle while at a California Rest Area. You just cannot stay beyond 8 hours. This is because sleeping outside, either on the ground or on a bench could be construed as camping.
Does Lowes allow overnight RV parking?
Does Lowe’s Allow Overnight RV Parking? Yes, some Lowe’s stores allow overnight RV parking. Lowe’s and other department stores are popular choices for RVers looking for a quick place to get some shut-eye.
Can you sleep in RV at Walmart?
Yes, you can park overnight at Walmart. Most Walmart stores allow RVs, van-dwellers, and car campers to sleep in their parking lot overnight.

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Grenaa Freight Ferry Port
New Mobile Number
Trailer / Caravan
Coronavirus ferry travel advice
Please note that the information provided is correct to the best of our knowledge at the time we have received the same information from the Ferry Operators. The situation is changing rapidly and we will try to keep the website updated as soon as we receive updates from the ferry companies.
Grenaa Ferry Port Facilities
There is a local supermarket and kiosk overlooking the harbour.
Grenaa Port Authority : +45 87 58 76 00
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Bacon Wrapped Chicken Teriyaki Bites - Mom On Timeout
These Bacon Wrapped Chicken Teriyaki Bites are sure to be a huge hit on game day! Sweet and savory and packed full of flavor! Score!
Marshmallows dipped in chocolate
Kids will love making these sweet chewy lollipops decorated with melted chocolate and cake sprinkles, from BBC Good Food.
A Savory, Easy Appetizer: Thai Chicken Satay With Peanut Sauce
This chicken satay can be made in your oven or on the grill, depending on the weather and cooking preference, and is served with a peanut sauce.
Mini Cheese and Onion Quiches
Mini Cheese and Onion Quiches- small cheese and onion quiches, perfect for children's parties buffets and afternoon tea.
Mini toad in the hole... Sausages in Yorkshire pudding
There are times that (for various reasons) you just don't want to cook an elaborate lunch/dinner. You just want something simple, quick and ...
Clementine and prosecco trifle
Try our trifle recipe with clementines and prosecco. This easy dessert recipe is an easy Christmas trifle recipe. Easy Christmas dessert recipes
The Very Hungry Caterpillar | Annabel Karmel
Add some fun to lunch times with out very hungry caterpiller sandwich train recipe. Easy to prepare and fun for kids of all ages
Super Easy Sausage Rolls | Clare's Little Tots
Today we’re sharing two recipes as part of the A – Z Cooking with Kids Blog Hop. First up are these super easy (and a little bit lazy) S is for Sausage Rolls that we love to make for picnics, parties or just as an alternative to sandwiches for our lunch (don’t forget to check out... Read more »
The 11 Best Muffin Tin Recipes | Page 2 of 3 | The Eleven Best
We’ve hand-picked The 11 Best Muffin Tin Recipes we could find, perfect for gatherings, on-the-go and smaller portions.
21 Trifle Recipes for the Sweetest Holiday Ever
These layered Christmas trifle recipes were made for sharing. Whether you want something fruity or something chocolatey, a trifle is a great holiday dessert.


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BALTIMORE, MD (September 18, 2012)— Maryland seniors go to the emergency room for falls more than any other type of injury according to Health Service Cost Review Commission (HSCRC) hospital discharge data, says the Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DHMH). To highlight this preventable cause of injury, Governor Martin O’Malley has designated September 16-22 Fall Prevention Awareness Week in Maryland.
“Falls are more likely to happen as we age,” said Frances Phillips, DHMH Deputy Secretary for Public Health Services. “Improving balance and coordination is an effective way to reduce the risk of falls.”
To keep your balance:
· Begin a regular exercise program. Exercise improves strength and balance, as well as coordination.
· Have your health care provider review your medicines. Some medicines or combinations of medicines can make you sleepy or dizzy and cause you to fall.
· Have your vision checked. Have your eyes checked by an eye doctor at least once a year. Poor vision can increase your chances of falling.
· Make your home safer. Remove tripping hazards like books and papers from stairs. Remove small throw rugs or use double-sided tape to hold them in place. Install grab bars next to your toilet and shower.
In an effort to keep seniors agile, DHMH uses Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) funds to offer mini grants for proven intervention programs geared toward senior citizens and to provide training to implement these programs throughout the state. Check with your local health department or agency on aging to see what fall prevention programs are offered in your area.
For a list of Fall Prevention Week activities near you, visit http://www.

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Lim Ji Yeon Discusses Her Friendship With EXO’s Suho
Actress Lim Ji Yeon had a candid interview on the January 31 broadcast of MBC‘s “Section TV.” During the interview, she revealed her close friendship with EXO member Suho.
Lim Ji Yeon shared, “I am close with EXO’s Suho because we are college classmates. We haven’t seen each other for a while, but got a chance to meet up at an awards ceremony and even took pictures together.” She then added, “There is a chat room between all of our classmates. More than giving support, we chat a lot and share many funny pictures.”

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Halleh B. Balch, PhD
I am an experimental physicist, an HHMI Hanna H. Gray Fellow, and an NSF Ocean Sciences Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Stanford, advised by Jen Dionne. I received my PhD in Physics at UC Berkeley, working with Feng Wang and funded by the NSF GRFP. I have spent time as a researcher with [X] (Google), at the HHMI Janelia Farm Research Campus, at MIT, at the Advanced Light Source synchrotron, and at the Molecular Foundry at the Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. I received my undergraduate degree at Swarthmore where I studied physics and literature. When not in the lab, I play the violin and ultimate frisbee (separately).
From photosynthesis to bioelectricity, the flow of charge and energy at the nanoscale plays a central role throughout the natural world. My research uses laser light to probe, control, and image electronic behavior at the nanoscale in condensed matter and biological systems. Specifically, I develop new optical techniques using X-ray to infrared wavelengths, control over polarization and phase, and high spatiotemporal resolution to enable a wide range of imaging, optical spectroscopy, and scanning probe tools to advance both our basic scientific understanding and to enable the development of functional materials and the invention of new technologies.
My current research focuses on developing novel nanophotonic sensors for in situ microscopy and spectroscopy onboard autonomous underwater vehicles in the oceans. The oceans are host to diverse microorganisms capable of cyling near all chemical elements and producing over half of the oxygen in the atmosphere. Quantitative measurements of the marine metabolic cycle is central to both basic scientific discovery and to pathways towards climate resilience. By developing methods to quantitatively measure metabolites and target nucleotides in situ in the ocean, I study how environmental drivers impact the metabolic activity of photosynthetic marine microbes and investigate new approaches to biodiversity monitoring using environmental DNA.
Nanophotonics for in situ chemical oceanography
Climate change is driving fundamental shifts to microbial lifecycles in both marine and freshwater ecosystems. Photosynthetic microbes, phytoplankton, are responsible for half of the global photosynthetic carbon fixation and at least half of the world's oxygen production. However, under certain environmental conditions, phytoplankton can undergo explosive growth, forming dense harmful algal blooms (HABs) that can cover hundreds of square kilometers and can release powerful biotoxins that harm humans and wildlife, contaminate drinking water sources, and pose an economic threat to coastal economies. Understanding how environmental drivers impact plankton nutrient cycling and toxin production remains a challenge.
In collaboration with the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI) and National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science (NCCOS/NOAA), I am developing an optical sensor capable of quantitatively detecting phytoplankton toxins and the genes that encode for them onboard autonomous underwater vehicles. By quantitatively correlating gene expression and metabolic function with environmental drivers like temperature and nutrients in real time, this work aims to shed insight into fundamental processes in the marine biochemical cycle and to improve real time detection of harmful algal blooms (HABs) for water resource management and climate modeling.
Environmental DNA sensors for monitoring ocean biodiversity
Understanding biodiversity and species abundance is critical for food and economic resource managment and for monitoring and maintaining ecosystem health. The oceans are the largest biological habitat in the known universe but ocean ecosystems are vast, complex, and logistically challenging to study. Quantitative measurements of environmental DNA (e-DNA), could dramatically improve our fundamental understanding of the drivers of biodiversity and environmental change.
In collaboration with the Center for Ocean Solutions and with support from the Sustainability Accelerator, I am investigating new approaches to high throughput e-DNA detection and identification using silicon nanophotonics. By studying diverse marine environments from the Monterey Bay to the Palau National Marine Sanctuary, we aim to improve measurements of species abundance, distribution, rare events, and early detection of invasive species.
Emerging physics in 2D organic lattices
2D organic lattices and hybrid heterostructures – systems in which the electronic and optical properties can be controlled, in principle, through choice of constituent molecules – are an exceptional experimental platform to study fundamental principles of charge and energy transfer at the nanoscale. In addition to developing a mechanistic understanding of these complex dynamics, control over optoelectronic properties can enable the development of new materials for applications spanning light harvesting to water purification.
As part of a collaborative team of physicists, chemists, and theorists, I led the design and investigation of electronic bandstructure control in 2D organic lattices and the study of charge and energy transfer dynamics in low-dimensional heterostructure devices. I address these questions using optical spectroscopy, photoluminescence micrsocopy, AFM, high-resolution TEM, and X-ray scattering both in home-built experimental setups and at the Advanced Light Source (ALS) and the Molecular Foundry at the Lawrence Berkeley National Lab.
Photonics for imaging electric fields
Electric fields mediate the transfer of information in both chemical and physical systems and are central to the ability of living systems to process and respond to environmental cues. The ability to detect and visualize electric fields in real time with high spatiotemporal resolution can open new opportunities in neuroscience, chemical sensing, and diagnostics.
Using atomically thin graphene coupled to a photonic waveguide, a colleague and I developed a technique capable of imaging electric field dynamics with high spatio-temporal-voltaic resolution for the first time. We are exploring applications including real time label-free imaging of spontaneous action potentials from living systems.
† denotes equal contribution
Graphene Electric Field Sensor Enables Single Shot Label-Free Imaging of Bioelectric Potentials
Halleh B. Balch†, Allister F. Mcguire†, Jason Horng†, Hsin-Zon Tsai, Kevin Li, Yi-Shiou Duh, Michael F. Crommie, Bianxiao Cui, Feng Wang.
Nano Letters (2021)
Berkeley News / Wired Magazine
Electronically Coupled 2D Polymer / MoS2 Heterostructures
Halleh B. Balch, Austin M. Evans†, Raghunath R. Dasari†, Hong Li†, Ruofan Li†, Simil Thomas, Danqing Wang, Ryan P. Bisbey, Kaitlin Slicker, Ioannina Castano, Sangni Xun, Lili Jiang, Chenhui Zhu, Nathan Gianneschi, Daniel C. Ralph, Jean-Luc Brédas, Seth R. Marder, William R. Dichtel, Feng Wang.
Journal of the American Chemical Society (2020)
JACS Spotlight /
Berkeley Lab ALS Highlight
Best practices for germicidal ultraviolet-C dose measurement for N95 respirator decontamination.
Alisha Geldert†, Halleh B. Balch†, Anjali Gopal, Alison Su, Samantha M. Grist, Amy E. Herr
Journal of Research NIST (2021)
Berkeley News /
Imaging Electric Fields with Graphene Optoelectronics
Jason Horng†, Halleh B. Balch†, Allister F. McGuire, Hsin-Zon Tsai, Patrick R. Forrester, Michael F. Crommie, Bianxiao Cui, Feng Wang
Nature Communications (2016)
Berkeley Lab News
US Patent 11,018,765. “Method of Optical Aperture Integration for Producing Symmetric Irradiance Pattern.” X Development LLC. X Development LLC. (2021) Link
US Patent 10,782,233. “Optical sensing with critically coupled planar waveguide with optional integration of layered two-dimensional materials.” UC Berkeley. (2020) Link
University of California Berkeley
Ph.D. Physics (2019)
Dissertation: "Optical Investigations of Intermolecular Electron Dynamics in Low Dimensional Materials"
Committee: Feng Wang (chair), Jeffrey B. Neaton, Ming C. Wu
M.A. Physics (2015)
B.A. Physics and Literature (2012)
International Student in Physics (Fall 2010)
HHMI Hanna H. Gray Fellow
NSF Ocean Sciences Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Nanophotonics for realtime detection of harmful algal bloom toxins and their genes
Development of nanophotonic senors based on high quality factor metasurfaces for quantitiatve, label-free molecular sensing of aquatic phycotoxins and the genes that encode for them in situ on remote underwater vehicles.
Collaborators: Jen Dionne (Stanford),
Chris Scholin (MBARI),
Greg Doucette (NOAA),
Bill Ussler (MBARI)
Biodiversity Monitoring through optical detection of environmental DNA
University of California Berkeley
Developing a new approach to study marine biodiversity using in situ nanophotonics to detect target genes present in environmental DNA samples in the Monterey Bay and the Palau National Marine Sanctuary.
Collaborators: Jen Dionne (Stanford),
Fiorenza Micheli (Stanford Center for Ocean Solutions),
Collin J. Closek (Stanford Center for Ocean Solutions)
PhD in Physics 2013-2019
Light-matter interactions in novel 2D organic and inorganic materials
Developing and using correlative structural, spectroscopic, and nanoscale characterization measurements to study charge and energy transfer dynamics in rationally designed semiconducting 2D polymers and heterostructures formed of 2D polymers and atomically thin inorganic semiconductors.
Collaborators: Feng Wang (Berkeley),
Will Dichtel (Northwestern),
Dan Ralph (Cornell),
Seth Marder (Georgia Tech),
Jean-Luc Bredas (Georgia Tech / Arizona),
Mike Crommie (Berkeley), and
Chenhui Zhu (Advanced Light Source/LBNL)
Critically-coupled waveguide amplified graphene electric field sensor:
Developing an optical cavity sensor that uses the gate-dependent optical transitions in graphene to image electric fields with high spatio-temporal resolution. Used this platform to study spontaneous action potentials with single cell resolution across a large network free of labels or dyes.
Collaborators: Feng Wang (Berkeley), Mike Crommie (Berkeley), and Bianxiao Cui (Stanford)
January - April 2019
Optical and optoelectronic R&D for scalable laser-based free-space optical communications (FSOC).
HHMI Janelia Farm Research Campus
Collaborators: Project Taara
Extending molecular-resolution imaging to three-dimensional structures by developing a planar Bessel beam two-photon activation and linear excitation scheme, with tailored photoactivatable fluorophores, to generate superresolution PALM images within highly scattering organic and biological samples.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Collaborators: Luke Lavis (HHMI Janelia) and Eric Betzig (HHMI Janelia)
Studying the quantum optics of nitrogen vacancy (NV) centers in bulk and nanodiamond for room temperature nanoscale magnetic resonance imaging (magnetometry) of single molecules using a home-built laser scanning confocal microscope.
University of California Berkeley
Collaborators: Ben Ofori-Okai (MIT)
and Christian Degen (MIT)
Electrical transport measurements to study the metal-insulator transition in magnetically doped semiconducting thin films (Fe3Six) for spintronic applications.
Collaborators: Julie Karel (Berkeley) and Frances Hellman (Berkeley)
Awards & Fellowships
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute Hanna H. Gray Fellowship (2022-present)
- National Science Foundation Ocean Sciences Postdoctoral Fellowship (2022-2024)
- Stanford Sustainability Accelerator Award (2022)
- Jill Hruby Fellow in National Security Science and Engineering – Sandia National Laboratories Distinguished Fellowship (declined) (2021)
- Advanced Light Source User and Molecular Foundry User (2016-2020)
- University of California Berkeley Clyde Johnson Fellowship (2015)
- Sigmund Martin Heller Traveling Fellowship (2015)
- National Science Foundation Graduate Fellow (2013-2016)
- University of Colorado Boulder Katherine Burr Blodgett Fellowship (declined) (2013)
- Swarthmore College Bobby Berman Memorial Prize in Physics (2012)
Selected Invited Talks
- High quality factor metasurfaces for real-time ocean observation. Gordon Research Conference in Plasmonics and Nanophotonics. Sunday River Resort, Newry ME. July 2022.
- Emerging charge and energy pathways in 2D low bandgap covalent organic frameworks / MoS2 heterostructures. Army Research Office-MURI Review: Center for Advanced Two-Dimensional Organic Networks (CATON), Northwestern University, Evanston IL. October 2019.
- Charge Dynamics in Natural and Designed Systems. Google X, Mountain View, CA, September 2018.
- Resolving electric fields in space and time. SKTA Innovation Accelerator, Sunnyvale, CA. April 2016.
- Beating the Limits of Light. Keynote Address. CATALYST Conference for Women in STEM, Swarthmore PA. April 2012.
Selected Conference Presentations
- High-quality factor metasurfaces for real-time ocean observation. Materials Research Society Spring Conference. Honolulu, HI (2022)
- Label-free imaging of extracellular field potentialsGordon Research Conferences, Bioelectronics, Proctor Academy, NH. Poster Presentation. (2019)
- Demonstrating Band Design in Two-Dimensional Covalent Organic Frameworks. American Physical Society March Meeting. Boston, MA. (2019)
- Band Design in 2D covalent organic frameworks and their heterostructures. Gordon Research Conferences, Two Dimensional Electronics Beyond Graphene, Stonehill College, MA. Poster Presentation. (2018)
- Optical Spectroscopy of Two-Dimensional Polymer Networks. American Physical Society March Meeting. New Orleans, LA. (2017)
- Fast, Scalable, Label-Free Imaging of Field Potentials. Les Houches Ecole des Physiques. October 18-23 2015. Les Houches, France. Poster Presentation. (2015)
Scientific Outreach and Leadership
N95DECON, UV-C Group (2020)
Research, review, and publish scientific data-driven information on UV-C N95 decontamination to help inform decision makers on decontamination and reuse under COVID-19 crisis-capacity conditions.
Physics Department Colloquium Committee (2017-2019)
Represented graduate students on the faculty colloquium committee selecting speakers for the Physics Department public colloquia. Major focuses included increasing diverse representation by over 50%.
Society for Women in the Physical Sciences (2013-Present)
Mentored 20+ undergraduate and graduate women in physicsal sciences in one-on-one and small group contexts and through workshops and panel discussions.
Physics Graduate Student Association (2014-2016)
As Co-President, I helped address physics graduate student and postdoctoral issues spanning implicit bias, pay inequity, and representation in research through quantitative evaluations and developing strategic approaches to address each in collaboration with departmental and university leadership.
Science Journalist, Washington D.C. (2012-2013)
Wrote and edited news and long-form essays covering physics and astronomy, biology, chemistry, technology, and science policy. Experience in internal and external communications across demographics and industries including med-tech, finance, policy, and academia.
I built this website inspired by resources from here, here, and here.
© 2022 Halleh B. Balch

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I've been reading about possible causes for the slip light to come on. Just realized that each time it does, the fuse pops. Brake fluid is topped off and new pads all the way around. Tomorrow I'll clean the speed sensors and see if that helps. Aside from that, is there anything else that could be causing this issue? Do I dare take it to the dealer?


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The Supreme Court on Monday refused to pass any order on a petition filed by an Army couple seeking directions to the Centre for joint posting.
A bench of the apex court, headed by Justice Dr DY Chandrachud said: “There is self-restraint on part of courts in matters like posting and others.”
Senior lawyer and former Solicitor General (SG) Ranjeet Kumar, appearing for the Army couple, pleaded to the top court for a direction of joint posting.
Kumar submitted to the apex court that their posting is in different places and they have a kid and their parents are almost bedridden.
“We understand your predicament, (concerns), but someone has to be posted to Andaman Nicobar or Leh Ladakh,” the bench of the top court said and refused to pass any order on the plea.