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Erin Brockovich pens op-ed hitting Biden over EPA transition board | TheHill

Erin Brockovich pens op-ed hitting Biden over EPA transition board Brockovich wrote, “I had hopes that this new administration would usher in the dawning of a new day. As picks for President-elect Joe Biden’s Environmental Protection Agency transition team were announced, I felt concerned and disheartened about a chemical industry insider being on the list. Are you kidding me?”

Brockovich specifically calls out Michael McCabe, who previously worked for Biden and for the EPA, for his work with DuPont as their communications consultant.

Source: Erin Brockovich pens op-ed hitting Biden over EPA transition board | TheHill

Trump invites GOP Michigan lawmakers to White House amid challenge to election results

Expect he wants them to break law and overturn electors – https://ift.tt/3pJZCXy

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President Trump on Thursday invited Republican state legislators from Michigan to visit the White House as he wages a fierce campaign to undermine the election results in the Wolverine State and other battlegrounds that w…

El Paso COVID-19: Mayor Dee Margo letter on Thanksgiving, holidays

El Pasoans have demonstrated time and again that we are a strong and united community. After the tragic events of Aug. 3, 2019, I watched people stand in line for hours to give blood and gather to pray together for our community. We care about one another, and I believe we can do the right thing by staying home when possible, responsibly distancing, wearing a mask and washing our hands. Let’s keep those we love from the risk of contracting the virus by not visiting family and friends who do not live with us. Source: El Paso COVID-19: Mayor Dee Margo letter on Thanksgiving, holidays

Covid-19 Live Updates: C.D.C. Urges Americans to Avoid Thanksgiving Travel – The New York Times

The agency’s overriding concern is that the holidays may accelerate the spread of the virus, C.D.C. officials said. Older family members are at great risk for complications and death should they contract the virus.

New concerns about the virus have been reflected in air travel plans. United Airlines said recently that it expected Thanksgiving week to be its busiest period since the pandemic’s onset, but on Thursday it reported that bookings had slowed and cancellations had risen in recent days. American Airlines has slashed December flights between the United States and Europe as cases rise sharply on both sides of the Atlantic.

El Paso is fighting the coronavirus and Texas officials | The Texas Tribune

New medical tents set up at University Medical Center of El Paso hospital due to the huge spike in active COVID-19 cases (11… After a plea for help from the Texas Army National Guard to help at the overflowing morgues, Gov. Greg Abbott, who serves as commander-in-chief of Texas military forces, said the guard was available but first directed El Paso County Judge Ricardo Samaniego to use county resources. The governor has also spoken out against the county’s now-halted shutdown of nonessential businesses. Attorney General Ken Paxton slammed Samaniego for the order, calling the judge a tyrant trying to kill small businesses and holiday gatherings. Source: El Paso is fighting the coronavirus and Texas officials | The Texas Tribune

6 supermoćnih pečuraka

6 super powerful mushrooms

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  • REIŠI – Poznatija i kao hrastova sjajnica (Ganoderma lucidum) je gljiva koja ima sposobnost da stimuliše imuni sistem, ali i da ga fino podešava (imunomodulator). Reiši sadrži polisaharide i triterpene, enzime koji povećavaju broj crvenih krvnih zrnaca i tako pomažu tijelu da se izbori protiv bolesti. Reiši pomaže tijelu da se prilagodi na razne vrste stresa: temperatura, povrede, lišavanje sna, trovanje, zračenje, infekcije, pa i psihološki stres. Ova gljiva vrlo je bezbjedna za upotrebu i ne pokazuje neželjena dejstva.

  • Ćuranov rep – Povećava opšti imunitet organizma, djeluje antivirusno i poboljšava stanje kod lošeg apetita, zamora, slabosti i depresivnog stanja. Ćuranov rep koristi se u tradicionalnoj medicini Dalekog istoka kao zdrava hrana u obliku praška, čaja ili u kapsulama. S obzirom na tvrdu konzistenciju gljive, najčešća je upotreba u obliku čaja. Ćuranov rep je slatkastog ukusa, blago povećava energiju i ojačava dušu (popravlja raspoloženje). Njegovo djelovanje dokazano je i kod dijabetesa…

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Defining Your ‘COOL’

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“Being Cool is being your own self,not doing something that someone else is telling you to do.”

I read this quote in a magazine long back. Yes, the time when social media and meme culture did not exist and hence the magazines. I belong to the time where we loved Bryan Adam’s summers, Shakira’s hips never lied and Enrique was our ‘hero’. We listened to sad and broken women singing barely comprehensible words about flashlights and feeling their way around in the dark. Then there were these quintessential bad boys with jeans so low, their behinds would advertise their underwear brand. And of course, the accompanying finger show was cemented as a part of our cultural lexicon. All that because everyone wanted to be cool.

The most popular teens weren’t usually the ones with well adjusted personalities, kind natures, and sensible life goals. They were the ones partying too much…

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