Meet President Trump�s Ms. Fix-It
BY JORDAN FABIAN
Dina Powell is the Trump administration�s Ms. Fix-It.
The deputy national security adviser for strategy, one of the few White House aides with extensive
experience in a past Republican administration, has taken on a large list of responsibilities
touching on foreign and domestic policy.
Besides serving as a deputy to national security adviser H.R. McMaster, Powell was asked by
senior adviser Jared Kushner, the president�s son-in-law, to serve in a new office tasked
with using private-sector ideas to overhaul the federal government.
Powell, who speaks Arabic and moved to the United States from Egypt at the age of 4,
is also advising President Trump and his daughter Ivanka on economic initiatives.
Her rising power has brought additional scrutiny on the 43-year-old, who has come under criticism
from some Trump loyalists and outside conservatives for her work at Goldman Sachs. Some accuse
her of being a �Democrat in disguise.�
Her boosters inside and outside the White House say such claims are laughable given
her years working for former President George W. Bush�s administration and for congressional
Republicans, including former House Majority Leader Dick Armey (R-Texas).
�I don�t think she started life as a Trump person, but remember, she worked for Dick
Armey. She didn�t start life as a left-winger,� said former Speaker Newt Gingrich (R-Ga.),
an informal adviser to Trump. �She was with us when we were getting some very conservative
things accomplished.�
Powell spent the past decade in New York working at Goldman Sachs, where she led the bank�s
nonprofit foundation. She oversaw the 10,000 Women initiative, which provides mentoring
and networking opportunities for female entrepreneurs.
Her work caught the eye of Ivanka Trump, who cold-called her following the election to
discuss the program, according to a source familiar with the conversation.
Powell began informally advising the influential first daughter during the transition and was
hired by then-President-elect Trump in January to work on issues related to entrepreneurship,
small businesses and women�s empowerment.
For Powell, who has two children, that continues to be a part of her portfolio. This week she
sat in on a roundtable meeting for female business owners hosted by Trump and Vice President
Pence.
As deputy national security adviser, Powell has been directly involved in preparations
for meetings between Trump and the leaders of Egypt, Jordan and China. She�s working
with McMaster on long-term strategy and helping lead the interagency process with Secretary
of State Rex Tillerson, Defense Secretary James Mattis and leaders of the intelligence
community.
At the age of 29, Powell succeeded Clay Johnson, a close confidant of Bush, to become the youngest
person ever to direct the presidential personnel office, which was tasked with identifying
hundreds of appointees and top staff members across the federal government.
�She has get-it-done skills,� said Johnson. �That is exactly her strong suit. She�s
a doer.�
She then served as assistant secretary of State for educational and cultural affairs
under Karen Hughes, who was Bush�s head of public diplomacy.
Powell�s experience has made her stand out in a White House wracked by infighting that
has struggled to master the art of governing.
But it has also made her a target for conservatives who worry that Powell, working with Kushner,
Ivanka Trump and National Economic Council Director Gary Cohn, could push a softer White
House line on trade, Wall Street and climate change policy.
�This is not who we voted for. The base voted for Trump and his policies. Not Gary
Cohn�s, not Dina Powell�s. Not the left wing of the Democratic Party. This is a Republican
White House,� said one GOP operative on Wall Street.
�No one is questioning their competence,� the operative added. �But there are a lot
of questions about whether they are trying to pull away from Trump�s agenda.�
Gingrich and others scoffed at the notion that Powell will pull Trump to the left.
�Dina is a strong conservative,� said Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.), who has known Powell
for around five years. �I�ve come to rely on her for advice and insight. She has a wide
range of experience that few people in Washington have.�
Former Bush officials credit Powell�s success to her willingness to offer unvarnished advice
to the president and senior officials on whom to hire and how to frame a message, while
backing it up with ample facts and figures.
They also say she has unrivaled people skills that have helped her form long-lasting connections
in the Capitol.
Margaret Spellings, who served as Bush�s Domestic Policy Council director and later
as Education secretary, said she became friends with Powell sitting next to her at the daily
7 a.m. senior White House staff meeting.
�When you�re a young mother with children at 7 o�clock, sometimes you have makeup
on sometimes you don�t. Sometimes your hair is wet, sometimes it is not,� said Spellings,
who is now president of the University of North Carolina system. �We had a lot in
common keeping it all together while working, and I am a huge fan of hers. She is unique
in the way that she brings people together.�
Powell traveled throughout the Middle East in her State Department role and has spoken
about her experience growing up in the Dallas area trying to balance her desire to blend
in among her American peers with her Egyptian heritage, instilled in her by her Coptic Christian
parents.
�I so desperately wanted a turkey and cheese sandwich with potato chips,� Powell told
The Washington Post in 2005. �And instead I always got grape leaves and hummus and falafel,
not even in a cool brown paper bag. And now, of course, I appreciate so much that I did.�
Powell will now be charged with helping to explain Trump�s policies, including his
proposed ban on travelers from several Muslim-majority countries, to allies that have been shaken
by the president�s stances on issues such as trade and intelligence.
Spellings says that Powell, based on her experience with her, can be effective within the administration
and outside it.
�The thing that makes Dina so effective is that she is not a credit-seeker,� said
Spellings. �She wants to get a result while elevating the principals. That is a skill
that can hold you in good stead in Washington. She can bring that kind of discipline, that
kind of skill to a new White House.�
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Top 8 Sideways Quotes - Duration: 2:57.
I'm writing a memoir.
I think it can be
pretty explosive.
But I don't think you would disapprove.
I don't think you would disapprove.
Good. I like nonfiction. There is so much to know about this world. I think you read something somebody just invented it,
waste of time.
This is my buddyJack. He's getting married next week.
My condolences, man.
that was the one unpolluted part of my divorce
no kids.
All I know is that I'm an actor.
All I have
is my instinct.
I'm so insignificant, I can't even kill myself.
Miles, what the hell is that supposed to mean?
Come on, man. You know. Hemingway, Sexton, Plath, Woolf.
You can't kill yourself before you've even been published.
I like how wine continues to evolve.
Like, if I opened a bottle of wine today it would taste different than if I'd opened it on any other day.
Because a bottle of wine is actually alive
The whole industry's gotten gutless. It's not about the quality of the books anymore. It's only about the marketing.
But there are some things that I have to do that you don't understand.
You understand literature, movies, wine.
but you don't understand my plight.
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Waking Up Between 3 5AM Can Be A Sign Of A Spiritual Awakening - Duration: 5:42.
Waking Up Between 3-5AM Can Be A Sign Of A Spiritual Awakening
�The breeze at dawn has secrets to tell you.
Don�t go back to sleep.
You must ask for what you really want.
Don�t go back to sleep.� � Rumi
Waking up at the same time every night without an alarm clock might be a sign that you need
to pay attention to.
You are a human being with energies flowing through your body that you may be unaware
of.
Previous articles have explained energy meridians that are used in Traditional Chinese Medicine.
These energy meridians are important for the practices of acupuncture and acupressure.
The energy meridians of the body are also connected to a clock system that according
to ancient Chinese medicine is energizing different parts of your body at different
times of the day.
Waking between 3am and 5am every night is a sign that energies in that corresponding
part of your body are blocked or weak.
TROUBLE SLEEPING BETWEEN 9:00PM AND 11:00PM
Between 9 and 11pm is typically bedtime for most people.
Difficulty falling asleep during this time is a sign of excess stress and worries from
the day.
Positive mantras, meditation, or successive muscle tension and relaxation exercises are
recommended to help you sleep.
WAKING BETWEEN 11:00PM AND 1:00AM
According to ancient Chinese medicine, this time frame is the time that the energy meridian
of the gall bladder is active.
Waking up at this time frame is associated with emotional disappointment.
Practice unconditional self-acceptance and forgiveness of others in order to get back
to sleep.
WAKING BETWEEN 1:00AM AND 3:00AM
This is the energy meridian associated with the Chinese medicine body clock and the liver.
Waking up at this time is associated with the emotions of anger and excess yang energy.
Try drinking cool water and taking ownership of the situation that caused you to feel angry
in order to rest peacefully through the night.
WAKING BETWEEN 3:00AM AND 5:00AM
Waking up between 3am and 5am is associated with the energy meridian that runs through
the lungs and the emotion of sadness.
To help yourself get back to sleep, try some slow, deep breathing and express faith in
your Higher Power to help you.
If the time that you awaken is between 3:00 am and 5:00am, it could also be a sign of
your Higher Power alerting you to pay attention to messages that are being sent to align you
with your higher purpose.
Read more below about this important time frame for wakefulness.
WAKING BETWEEN 5:00AM AND 7:00AM
The energy flow is in the large intestines during this time of the morning.
Emotional blockages are also associated with this time of the early morning.
Try stretching your muscles or using the restroom to help yourself get back to sleep.
IF YOU WAKE UP AT THE SAME TIME EVERY NIGHT, THIS MAY BE WHY
BRAIN FUNCTION AND WAKING UP IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT
Our brains are not quite fully awake when we suddenly awaken at night.
According to The NewYorker.com �One of the consequences of waking up suddenly, and too
early, is a phenomenon called sleep inertia.
First given a name in 1976, sleep inertia refers to that period between waking and being
fully awake when you feel groggy.
The more abruptly you are awakened, the more severe the sleep inertia.�
When we suddenly wake in the night, the prefrontal cortex part of the brain that is involved
in decision-making and self-control is not awake yet.
We are not capable of intelligent thoughts when we wake in the night so avoid making
any important decisions.
WAKING UP AND FULFILLING YOUR HIGHER PURPOSE
Your sleep cycle is a time when you dream and you can also receive messages from the
Divine about your path.
Dreams can reveal details about the spiritual journey that you are on.
As a human being on a spiritual journey, you need to be aware of the signs that your Higher
Power is sending to you.
In the same way that emotional problems can manifest in the body as pain, your spirituality
can also manifest in bodily form as well.
The divine inner spark that we all posses is being called upon at the time that you
are waking up.
This signal from your Higher Power is something to tune into.
Many people believe that we are here to learn and develop our being and to become the best
versions of ourselves.
Some people call this process of moving to a higher level of awareness or consciousness
an ascension.
Being aware of your higher purpose is part
of this process.
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Do Fish Get Thirsty and Why Most Fish are Exclusively Freshwater or Saltwater Fish - Duration: 6:00.
Hello I'm Daven Hiskey, you're watching the Today I Found Out YouTube channel.
In the video today, we're looking at whether fish ever get thirsty.
For fish, or at least teleost fish (which make up about 96% of all fish), the desire
to drink is an urge that originates from the hindbrain, whereas in land-based animals it
originates in the forebrain.
It is generally thought from this that a fish has no real ability to consciously feel thirst
as we or many other land-animals would understand it; for them, it's just a natural reflex.
So the short answer to whether fish ever get thirsty is thought to be "no", at least not
on a conscious level.
However, fish do need to take in water, but, as with land animals, too much water can kill,
a particular problem when one is surrounded by it!
Unsurprisingly, the processes by which this is regulated in fish is quite fascinating,
and further answers the question of why most fish must stay in either a saltwater or freshwater
environment exclusively.
To begin with, we'll start with how exactly fish drink.
Like any other animal, fish need to maintain a strict balance of water and salt (among
other minerals) in their system to remain alive and flipping along.
As they're constantly surrounded by water, the main issue for fish isn't concerning
getting enough water in their bodies, but regulating concentration of certain minerals,
of particular importance being things like salt and potassium.
For freshwater fish, their blood has a higher concentration of salt than their surroundings
(hypertonic), which is a major problem.
While their skin is mostly impermeable (though not completely), as their gills are in constant
contact with the surrounding water, which is essential for them to breathe, water is
continually taken into the fish' bloodstream via osmosis, with osmotic pressure being the
key driver here.
For the uninitiated, osmosis is the movement of a solvent (in this case water) across semi-permeable
membranes (like cell walls), from areas of lower solute concentration to areas of higher
solute concentration.
This naturally equalizes the solute concentration on both sides of the membrane.
(This osmotic pressure is also why salt can be used to preserve meat.)
For example, if you take a red blood cell and place it in distilled water, thanks to
osmotic pressure and the fact that the cell membrane is thin and semipermeable, the cell
with its relatively salty interior next to the pure water will gradually absorb more
and more water until it explodes.
On the flipside, if you place that same red blood cell in water that is saltier than the
cell's interior liquid, the reverse will happen and the cell will gradually lose water,
shriveling up in the process.
Place it in water that has the same solute level as the cell, and nothing at all will
happen.
(Certain sea-life, known as osmoconformers, such as most marine invertebrates, actually
are more or less always in this state- maintaining the same solute concentration internally as
the seawater they live in).
Thus, to regulate the large amount of water entering its bloodstream diluting the concentration
of dissolved minerals, such as the ever important salt, freshwater fish must urinate incredibly
often.
(This is one of the reasons it's advised to clean a goldfish bowl regularly or install
a filter.
And, note, contrary to popular practice, you should never, ever leave a goldfish in a small,
simple fish bowl for a variety of reasons, see our video on the matter for more information).
Towards this end, freshwater fish have large kidneys with a relatively expansive network
of capillaries, called the glomerulus, facilitating faster urine production.
This helps, but the fresh water fish also need to take in relatively significant amounts
of salt to further aid in keeping their levels high enough.
They are able to do this thanks to special chloride secretory cells in their gills which
will actively draw salt from the surrounding water and release it into the bloodstream,
at the same time osmotic pressure is drawing more and more water into their system, diluting
the blood.
The problem for saltwater fish is more or less the exact opposite as freshwater fish,
and it should come as no surprise then that their drinking and urinating habits likewise
go the other way.
The saltwater fish have less salt in their blood than the surrounding water (hypotonic).
So rather than absorbing water as it passes through their gills, saltwater fish lose a
lot of water from their blood as they breathe via the same osmotic pressure as mentioned
with the freshwater fish.
As a result, they must drink considerable amounts of water through their mouths.
However, again, because the part of the brain that controls this is in the hindbrain, it's
generally thought this regular swallowing of water is a reflex action performed without
a conscious thirst sensation.
Saltwater fish also don't urinate much at all, in order to conserve water.
Towards this end, they have very few, small capillary networks making up their glomerulus,
unlike freshwater fish.
However, the water the saltwater fish are drinking has an awful lot of salt in it- much
more than they need.
To get around this, the chloride secretory cells of saltwater fish, rather than absorbing
salt from the surrounding water as with freshwater fish, actively release it from the fish's
body into the environment.
This all combines to more or less automatically keep the saltwater fish's salt levels in the
optimal range.
As for fish that can migrate back and forth from fresh water to seawater, their bodies
are capable of regulating both ways, but they typically require an acclimation period between
the two.
For instance, salmon start their lives in freshwater, and as they begin to transition
to saltwater they'll naturally start drinking more and more water, while their urine production
begins to rapidly drop.
At the same time, a special enzyme results in a reversal of the previous function of
their chloride secretory cells in their gills- instead of absorbing salt from the environment,
the "pump" reverses, excreting it.
Once their bodies have fully transitioned (generally after a few days hanging out in
the intertidal zone), they are free to safely venture out into the big blue.
The same thing happens again in reverse when they return to fresh water to spawn, spending
a few days acclimating in between until the system has naturally switched and they can
safely head up stream.
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Tire owner woried about second robbery - Duration: 2:47.
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THANKS FOR JOINING US
TONIGHT. I'M SHANNON
ROYSTER. AND I'M DALE
JULIN. FIRST AT 6:00--
3
A LOCAL TIRE SHOP OWNER
IS WORRIED HIS STORE COULD BE
A TARGET FOR THE SECOND TIME.
SOS TIRES IS ONE OF THREE
SHOPS IN THE COUNTY THAT'S
BEEN HIT BY THIEVES.
AMERICAN TIRE AND CARROLL TIRE
WERE BOTH HIT LATE LAST YEAR ..
AND AGAIN JUST A FEW WEEKS AGO
...BRINGING THE TOTAL COST OF
STOLEN TIRES TO NEARLY 176-
THOUSAND DOLLARS. WJCL'S
CARLIE MCGUIRE IS LIVE AT
S-O-S. CARLIE HOW MUCH DID THE
OWNER THERE LOOSE?
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SAM SPENCER'S COMPANY LOST
15-THOUSAND DOLLARS OF
INVENTORY LATE LAST YEAR, AND
HE THINKS THERE COULD BE A
SECOND HIT.SO HE'S HOPING
SOMEONE HAS INFORMATION THAT
WILL TAKE THE AIR OUT OF THESE
TIRE BANDITS.
3
"THEY STOLE 5 OF THESE" SAM
SPENCER SAYS IT'S BEEN A WHILE
SINCE ROBBERS TOOK NEARLY 40
TIRES WORTH 15-THOUSAND
DOLLARS FROM HIS STORE S-O-S
TIRES.THEY KNOW WHERE TO HIT
YOU AND THEY'RE NOT MESSING
AROUND HIS STORE WAS ONE OF
THREE HIT IN LATE 2016, BUT IN
MARCH, THE OTHER TWO
LOCATIONS, CARROLL TIRE AND
AMERICAN TIRE, WERE ROBBED
AGAIN.THIS TIME, FOR EVEN MORE
TIRES.THAT'S A BIG SIGN THAT
THEY'RE FROM OUR INDUSTRY,
ALMOST SHOWING OFF AND WHILE
HE'S ADDED SECURITY, WE HAVE
ALARMS WE HAVE CAMERAS, WE'VE
SINCE HIRED PRIVATE SECURITY,
SPENCER'S WORRIED, THESE
BANDITS - COULD BE COMING
BACK, "WE'RE NOT FORT KNOX."
AND COULD ROLL AWAY WITH EVEN
MORE VALUABLE MERCHANDISE.THAT
DOESN'T HELP US RUN THE
COMPANY AND CONTINUE TO EMPLOY
PEOPLE SO SPENCER, AND
DETECTIVES FROM SCMPD, POOLER
AND GARDEN CITY POLICE, ARE
HOPING SOMEONEKNOWS SOMETHING.
IT COULD BE THE SMALLEST TIP
THAT COULD HELP US, HELP THE
DETECTIVES BREAK THE CASE AND
THE THREE COMPANIES ARE EACH
MATCHING THE CRIMESTOPPERS
REWARD OF 25-HUNDRED DOLLARS,
BECAUSE SPENCER SAYS THIS TYPE
OF CRIME IS BIGGER THAN BEING
BUSINESS COMPETITORS.WE'RE AN
INDUSTRY, WE'RE IN THIS
TOGETHER AND THIS IS A SCOURGE
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3
SCOURGE
3
IN THE FIVE TIRE THEFTS
SO FAR, ROBBERS HAVE MADE OFF
WITH 176-THOUSAND DOLLARS
WORTH OF TIRES. 127-
THOUSAND OF THAT JUST FROM
THESE LAST TWO INCIDENTS.
WHICH IS WHY SPENCER HOPES
THESE SUSPECTS ARE CAUGHT
BEFORE THEY MAKE A SECOND PASS
HERE. LIVE IN GARDEN CITY,
CARLIE MCGUIRE WJCL 22 NEWS
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IF YOU HAVE ANY
INFORMATION ..CALL CRIME
STOPPERS. THAT NUMERIS
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Weekend forecast & timing of next rain chance - Duration: 3:10.
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SKYVIEW 22 CAMERA AT THE
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STORMTRACKER CHIEF
METEOROLOGIST JEREMY
NELSONTONIGHT: CLEAR SKIES
AND COOLER. WIND: W 5-15 MPH
BECOMING LIGHT. LOW:
54SATURDAY: SUNNY AND WARM.
HIGH: 84SUNDAY: MOSTLY SUNNY
AND NICE. HIGH: 80MONDAY:
INCREASING CLOUDS WITH A
CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS AFTER 3PM. HIGH:
83
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STORMTRACKER CHIEF
METEOROLOGIST JEREMY
NELSONTONIGHT: CLEAR SKIES
AND COOLER. WIND: W 5-15 MPH
BECOMING LIGHT. LOW:
54SATURDAY: SUNNY AND WARM.
HIGH: 84SUNDAY: MOSTLY SUNNY
AND NICE. HIGH: 80MONDAY:
INCREASING CLOUDS WITH A
CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS AFTER 3PM. HIGH:
83
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Fermented Shrimp Paste in Vietnam?!? - Duration: 2:10.
This place is very busy.
Very busy. You can....no no no no...
(laughter)
Alright, so here's the menu
of the restaurant where we're eating
Since Su is the expert, she ordered for us.
And she ordered this...how do you say that?
(Su speaking) Bún đậu mắm tôm.
Bún đậu?
(Su speaking) mắm tôm
It's a fermented shrimp paste
with fried tofu and rice.
And here it is.
So...so is this the shrimp?
(Su speaking) The shrimp. Shrimp sauce.
Shrimp paste?
(Su speaking) Shrimp paste. Yes.
Fermented shrimp paste. (laughs)
And then the rice. And this is the tofu here?
(Su) Yeah.
This looks good.
(Joon speaking) Looks good. Looks good.
Ok. So I'm going to try some of the uh...
Some of these uh...the the...it's a noodle, yeah?
(Su) Rice noodle.
Fried...no. Rice noodle?
Rice noodle.
And I'm dipping it in this
fermented shrimp paste.
(laughs)
Joon tells me that it's
too strong for white people.
(laughs)
(Su) Too strong. Yeah.
So white people will not like it.
And which, you notice that there is no white people here.
I'm the only white person.
It's a very local restaurant.
(Su) Local people.
Here we go. I'm gonna...
(Joon) Put everything inside, ok?
(laughs)
(Joon) How is it?
Hmmm.
It's good.
It is...it's strong. Yeah yeah yeah.
(Su) It's strong. But it is tasty, right?
(Su) Even if strong, but you feel it is tasty.
Yeah yeah. Tasty.
(Su)Tasty.
Yeah. Yeah yeah. Very good.
(Joon) Ooooh.
(Joon) I think you are more Vietnamese than I am.
(laughs)
(Joon) I am having difficulty with this one.
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