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Moms with ADHD, Unite! How to Shape a Peaceful, Organized Life for You and Your Kids
Date: Wednesday, February 5, 2020
Time: 1pm-2pm Eastern Time
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Expert: Terry Matlen, LMSW, ACSW
Parenting a child with ADHD is challenging — even more so when Mom has ADHD, too. Overwhelmed parents often wonder: How do I help my kids stay organized when I’m always losing things? How do I get them to bed when I have no set routines? Why do I feel so guilty all the time? This webinar offers strategies — and reassurance.
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RAT - Sydney Shoell
LOUIS - Roger Dunbar
RILEY - Emily Nash
JULIA - Holly Fowers
ELIZABETH - Erica Carvalho
MATEO - Carlos Nobleza Posas
THE PROFESSOR - Varlo Davenport
CLINT - Isaac Walters
VICTOR - Call Vande Veegaete
VALERIE - Michelle Lynn Thompson
LISA - Fina Posselli
Introducing the cast of At The Bottom by Christopher Madsen, directed by Alexandra Harbold! Based on the classic Russian play The Lower Depths by Maxim Gorky, At The Bottom shines a light on those living at the margins who are, almost literally, invisible to the rest of society.
Follow along on our Facebook page as we feature members of the cast and production team over the coming weeks!
About the play: A flop house in a rapidly gentrifying neighborhood of a large city is home to a rag-tag group of people struggling to survive from one day to the next. When a mysterious stranger comes to live there, he brings hope to the hardscrabble lives of the residents.
Which is better: the truth or the comforting lie?
WHEN: February 27-29 and March 5-7 at 7:30 PM, with
2:00 PM matinees on March 1 & 8
Venue to be announced!
Purchase Tickets - On Sale Soon
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Jonia Broderick is seeking the United Utah Party nomination for the Fourth Congressional District seat in the U.S. House of Representatives.
Her video announcement can be found here:
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How You Can Help Your Kids Find Scholarships word count: 481
By Anthony ONeal
Parents: One of the best ways for your kids to cash flow their college education (yes, it’s totally possible) is by applying for scholarships. But the scholarship search can be an overwhelming and time-consuming process, especially for high schoolers who are already trying to balance school, extracurriculars and keeping up with their friends on social media.
Here are my top three tips you can give your kids to set them up for scholarship success.
Fill out the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA)
Funds go unused every year because a lot of students get intimidated by the FAFSA form and don’t bother to fill it out—or they assume their family won’t get aid because of their income bracket. But the truth is, there’s no income cutoff to qualify for scholarships, and it’s always worth a try. (Remember, your teen wants the scholarships and grants available through the FAFSA. Not the loans.)
The form might look confusing at first, but it’s actually pretty simple when you go to fafsa.gov and follow the prompts. There are sections for you to fill out and sections for your teen to fill out, so do it together (there’s nothing like bonding with your teen over financial aid documents, am I right?). If you need some extra help, check out my Guide to FAFSA at anthonyoneal.com/resources.
Treat the scholarship search like a job search
I recommend that high schoolers spend at least one hour a day finding and applying for scholarships. I know that sounds like a lot, but if you think about it, the time they spend scrolling through Instagram could actually be used to make them thousands of dollars for college. Have them set a timer and just knock it out.
Some scholarship applications don’t need much more than your name and basic info—pretty painless! Others might want an essay or written responses to some questions, so you could always help your kids by proofreading their answers or bringing them some caffeine.
Here are a few ways your teen can look for scholarship leads:
Do the research
There are plenty of resources online and in print that can point your kids toward the best scholarships for their situation—they just have to be intentional and do some research. The free money is out there! Searching and applying for scholarships does take some serious effort, but it’ll really pay off in the long run when your child graduates from college with zero student loan debt.
Happy scholarship hunting!
About Anthony ONeal
Since 2003, Anthony has helped hundreds of thousands of students make smart decisions with their money, relationships, and education. He’s the national best-selling author of Debt Free Degree and travels the country spreading his encouraging message to help teens and young adults start their lives off right. You can follow Anthony on YouTube and Instagram @AnthonyONeal and online at anthonyoneal.com or facebook.com/aoneal.
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Saudi oil attack underscores need for energy independence
By Michael James Barton
When drones struck Saudi Arabia's oil processing facilities in September, 6 percent of global oil production went offline overnight.
The intent was clear: create a massive disruption in the global oil market, sending prices soaring and leaving the United States and its allies reeling.
What happened next -- or rather what didn't -- was no less shocking.
As recently as a decade or so ago, knocking out 5.7 million barrels a day of Saudi crude production would indeed have roiled oil markets for months, if not years.
None of that happened. After the airstrike, global oil prices quickly rose -- but by only 15 percent. And within a week, they were back to pre-strike levels. There were no devastating gas lines in the United States and no escalation of conflict in the Persian Gulf.
Most Americans did not even notice. Why not? What has changed to make an attack on this scale almost a non-event in the global energy market?
America's energy boom.
In 2018, the United States became the world's largest producer of crude oil for the first time since 1973. While the attack compromised Saudi oil, America's oil and gas resources were unaffected and available to cushion the impact of the attack on the global market.
Domestic energy development may have just averted a war.
This massive geopolitical tilt in favor of the United States and its allies is thanks to fracking -- a drilling technique that breaks up underground rock formations to free oil and gas.
Soon, Texas alone could produce more oil than Iraq or Iran -- two countries whose oil assets have weighed heavily on our foreign policy deliberations for decades.
At the same time, we're importing less and less energy. Since 2008, our net energy imports have dropped 95 percent.
But what about the next unforeseen attack, embargo, quota, sanction, or natural disaster? There are a few things we can do to make sure that we will be ready for even worse to come.
First, we can stop blocking the wealth of energy lying off our own coastline. Offshore territories hold roughly 90 billion barrels of oil and 328 trillion cubic feet of gas. Right now, government bureaucrats prohibit energy exploration in nearly 94 percent of those areas.
Second, both state and federal regulators can use a common-sense approach for oil and gas pipeline approvals. By funneling affordable energy to American consumers, pipelines make us less reliant on foreign sources.
Unfortunately, terrorists are more likely to redouble their destructive efforts than to abandon them. With policies that encourage more energy production at home, we can weather the storm and avoid crippling gas lines.
Michael James Barton is the founder of Hyatt Solutions and previously served as the deputy director of Middle East policy at the Pentagon.
