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Somewhere far off in another country, a hacker infiltrated a US energy company, crippling a fuel supply line that runs 5,500 miles from New York to Texas and leaving me, like others, unsure if I’d make it home from work on the gasoline left in my tank.
It is an example of the vulnerability of sole reliance on big energy.
Electric grids are the big energy equivalent of the fuel line on the power side of the energy industry. They carry electricity instead of fuel, but are subject to the same kind of far-reaching calamities because of a single point of failure. So far, we haven’t experienced massive power outages because of a cyberattack, but we have again and again because of storms, wildfires or something as simple as a tree branch falling on a wire in the wrong place.
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MJC to host Women’s Empowerment Luncheon
Modesto Junior College’s Women’s Empowerment Luncheon will be presented virtually on March 5.
This event will celebrate and honor the successes and accomplishments of women in the local community. The luncheon features a panel of influential community members and concludes with the Women’s Empowerment Awards.
This year’s panelists include Karlha Davies, Jenilyn Dittman, Adriana Garcia, Menne Hall, and Rachel Hernandez.
Davies currently serves as the Director of Alumni Engagement at CSU, Stanislaus. She will be sharing her story as a first-generation college student and the adversities that she experienced along the way. Davies has an impressive 25+ year career in public relations, fundraising and community engagement in the sectors of non-profit, education, government and private business.