A Walk Through the Mind

With the recent weather in Seattle, the roads were really bad. A family lost 2 members in a car accident. Life comes at you from all different angles, and we can continue on or lose it all in the blink of an eye. How do we choose to go about living? https://www.king5.com/article/traffic/traffic-news/crews-searching-for-woman-child-after-vehicle-crashes-into-snoqualmie-river/281-1652b62e-1906-41da-97b1-a2a58a88f741

https://www.q13fox.com/news/man-killed-after-tree-falls-on-car-near-sultan

https://www.heraldnet.com/news/4-injured-in-crashes-near-monroe-after-tree-falls-on-u-s-2/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2014_Oso_mudslide

Motorcycle Helmet Laws Study: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4784405/

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Back at the beginning of December 2021, Govenor Jay Inslee of WA held a press confrence. One small soundbyte of something he said made it to the air ways. In going back to get more context, there was a treasure trove of more things he said that were worth conversing about.

Executive Producer: Betty S

Original Press Confrence: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nB2AxwMEe-s

Dr. Umair A Shah – WA Sec of Health

https://docs.house.gov/meetings/AP/AP07/20210224/111225/HHRG-117-AP07-Bio-ShahU-20210224.pdf

Lacy Fehrenbach – Deputy Secretary for COVID Response

https://www.doh.wa.gov/AboutUs/Leadership#Fehrenbach

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/lauren-boebert-suggested-ilhan-omar-was-terrorist-bomber-in-resurfaced-video_n_61a66c43e4b0ae9a42b477a1

https://jtwilcox.houserepublicans.wa.gov/2021/11/06/republican-leaders-oppose-vaccine-mandate-for-the-private-sector/

Helmet laws are inequitable: https://mynorthwest.com/3196763/king-county-board-of-health-delays-repeal-bike-helmet-law/

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Snow has appeared, again, here in the greater Seattle area. A single flake of snow is enough to shut down this area, let alone 9” of accumulated snow. What makes this time different was the lack of regular plow locations; roads still covered in snow that are usually cared for within 24 hours. Was this just due to an excessive amount of snow, or were there other factors that impacted the snow plow runs?

Executive Producers:
Sir Sean of the Allegheny Valley
Sir Bemrose

https://livingsnoqualmie.com/snoqualmie-pass-closed-eastbound-2/

https://www.seattletimes.com/business/snowplow-driver-shortage-could-mean-slower-road-clearing/

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In the news of today, Senator Joe Manchin has put one of the most talked about bills in Congress on hold; he has said he won't vote for it and be the tie breaker that puts it over the threshold. While not the first time in history, this time period is fraught with radical individuals who strong feelings when they are crossed. How do we balance the feelings of the here and now, and whether or not we choose to oust them from the party?

Executive Producer: John Fletcher

https://justthenews.com/government/congress/manchin-says-he-wont-vote-bidens-mass-spending-climate-bill

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2021/10/04/sen-kyrsten-sinema-bathroom-arizona-immigration-infrastructure/5990516001/

https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/344270-mccain-votes-to-kill-gops-skinny-backup-obamacare-repeal-plan

NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Director on Manchin:

https://twitter.com/Sifill_LDF/status/1472586851814981641?s=20

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Sitting here, as a lowly pleb, I am not regularly involved with the stock market. But that's not to say that other are not. There are many people who are putting money forward and setting forth action plans for more people to invest in the Green movement. Is it all big money that will make the difference, or are there smaller scale things we can look into and invest in to make the Green movement a possibility?

https://speedandscale.com/

https://www.apawood.org/cross-laminated-timber

https://www.awc.org/pdf/education/mat/ReThinkMag-MAT240A-CLT-131022.pdf

https://hempcretehomes.com/what-is-hempcrete/

https://hempplastic.com/

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/03/210325150055.htm

https://www.sciencealert.com/new-rainforests-absorb-11-times-as-much-carbon-as-old-growth-study-finds

https://envirobites.org/2019/09/24/old-is-better-than-young-the-carbon-sequestration-potential-of-letting-forests-mature/

https://www.unm.edu/~jbrink/365/Documents/Calculating_tree_carbon.pdf

Oak Ridge, TN Nuclear Reactor:
https://tennesseestar.com/2021/12/03/nuclear-power-plant-one-step-closer-to-being-tested-in-oak-ridge/

https://www.manhattanprojectvoices.org/location/oak-ridge-tn

https://futurism.com/the-byte/elon-musk-possible-extremely-safe-nuclear-plants

https://thenextweb.com/news/why-elon-musk-should-build-nuclear-fusion-reactor-texas

The Electric Election Podcast:
https://tcc.eco/roadtrip

Investment Podcast:
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/audio/2021-12-03/john-doerr-on-sustainable-investments-podcast

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I had a low productivity weekend, due to work, and spent too many hours in front of YouTube doing research, from a spark of inspiration, seeking more inspiration.

Ed's Biochar Tech – System Overview and Demonstration

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HsATDiIoqhg

Rocket Stove – Biochar, heater, and what not to do with water heating:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vW7SeIfYmk0

Rocket Stove Build:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gGY-GLcfd-A

Rocket Stove, Off-Grid Water Heater:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jygYDu4nCCg

Rocket Stove, Build of Off-Grid Water Heater:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VLjif2v2UBs

Endless hot water without electricity:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5IRLVCJ1olA

https://www.permaculturenews.org/2013/05/20/how-to-build-a-rocket-stove-mass-water-heater/

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Back in the early days of text messages, we had a limited number allowed to send per month, and a 9 key method for typing; giving us the excuse to shorten words for brevity's sake. These abbrievations have carried along with us through the years giving way to more lax grammar rules. We have come to a point where we are so informal that the phrase "you're welcome" has even begun to go by the wayside.

https://www.insidehook.com/article/internet/gen-z-millennials-youre-welcome

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Recently, the bi-partisan infrastructre bill has been passed into law by Congress which will bring many new jobs to the market. But with the advent of vaccine mandates, and not 100% of the population taking them, who will do these jobs? What requirements will be put in place for these potential employees, either working inside or out, to be employed or contracted with the government?

Executive Producer: Sir Sean of the Allegheny Valley

https://web.archive.org/web/20211119025023/https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2021/07/28/fact-sheet-historic-bipartisan-infrastructure-deal/

https://www.aha.org/system/files/media/file/2021/11/BIFKeyProvisions.pdf

https://www.zerohedge.com/covid-19/navy-shipbuilder-backpedals-vaccine-mandate-after-flood-employees-threaten-quit

https://www.zerohedge.com/technology/rise-robots

https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2021/01/28/960901166/how-is-the-covid-19-vaccination-campaign-going-in-your-state

https://www.mayoclinic.org/coronavirus-covid-19/fully-vaccinated

https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/vaccines/fully-vaccinated.html

https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2020/12/03/biden_the_not_candidate_does_not_have_a_mandate_144773.html

https://www.stridentconservative.com/biden-admits-eviction-moratorium-is-unconstitutional-then-issues-it-anyway/

https://www.uspresidentialelectionnews.com/2021/11/delayed-or-canceled-osha-suspends-biden-vaccine-mandate-enforcement-and-implementation/

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Back in November, 1996, the American Pain Institute introduced “Pain as the 5th Vital Sign” as a means to diagonose where a patient was at. This, sadly, led to our opiod epidemic of an over prescription of things like oxycontin. Today, we still have this metric in place, which may be useful to some, and negligent to others. At what point do we include a level of “fear” into our medical calculations to diagnose and treat symptoms of individuals, up to a community level?

Executive Producers: John Fletcher

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3888154/

https://www.bjanaesthesia.org/article/S0007-0912(17)54182-3/fulltext

https://www.medpagetoday.com/publichealthpolicy/publichealth/57336

https://uahs.arizona.edu/blog/2016-04-02/5th-vital-sign-and-america%E2%80%99s-painkiller-epidemic

https://www.va.gov/painmanagement/docs/toolkit.pdf

https://journals.lww.com/pain/fulltext/2016/01000/the_fifth_vital_sign_revistied.2.aspx

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/mar/30/enduring-pain-how-a-1996-opioid-policy-change-had-long-lasting-effects

https://www.courthousenews.com/family-behind-oxycontin-attests-to-its-role-in-opioid-crisis/

https://www.hsph.harvard.edu/news/hsph-in-the-news/opioids-doctors-prescriptions-payments/

https://sitn.hms.harvard.edu/flash/2021/how-pain-led-to-an-opioid-epidemic-learning-from-the-past-to-better-treat-pain-in-the-future/

https://mtntactical.com/research/rock-climbing-exposure-mini-study-can-measure-fear/

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3879951/

https://www.therecoveryvillage.com/mental-health/anxiety/related/levels-of-anxiety/

https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/senate/manchin-biden-fda-nomination-an-insult-given-opioid-epidemic-and-pharmaceutical-ties

https://www.manchin.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/manchin-opposes-nomination-of-dr-robert-califf-for-fda-commissioner

https://www.nationofchange.org/2016/02/26/new-fda-commissioner-has-ties-to-big-pharma/

https://www.commondreams.org/news/2021/11/12/senate-urged-reject-bidens-poor-choice-fda-chief-over-ties-big-pharma

https://cacmap.fda.gov/about-fda/fda-leadership-1907-today/scott-gottlieb

https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2021/06/14/hahn-job-talks-flagship/

https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2021/10/12/pfizer_board_member_former_fda_commissioner_and_cnbc_contributor_scott_gottlieb_governors_should_not_ban_corporate_vaccine_mandates.html

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In the process of picking up supplies for home repairs, the guy at the hardware store mentioned how the price of screws had increased. Do we factor in the different aspects of building a screw; the research and devolopment stages? How much does supply and demand effect the price of screws? How does the price of gas factor in?

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