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7-Day Diabetic Meal Plan
Understand what to include and eliminate in your diet when managing diabetes with our 7-day easy to follow diabetic meal plan!
Diabetes is a chronic health condition that currently affects more than one in four Canadians (including those with prediabetes). Unfortunately, it is a long-lasting condition that needs to be continually managed in order to prevent serious complications such as heart disease, kidney disease, foot and leg problems, eye and nerve damage and more from occurring. The good news is that with the right diet and lifestyle changes, it is possible to reduce the risk of these complications.
If you are reading this article, it is likely that you or someone you know is living with diabetes or prediabetes. We hope that you will find the tools you need in this article to create a diet plan that can help manage either of these conditions. For more resources, visit https://www.diabetes.ca/ and speak with your primary health care provider about how you can best manage you or your loved one’s specific health conditions.
Disclaimer: The information in this article is not intended to replace personalized medical advice. A low carb diet may not be suitable for you. Consult your health care provider before making any changes to your lifestyle or use this information at your own risk.
There are three types of diabetes: type 1 diabetes, also known as juvenile diabetes or insulin dependent diabetes; type 2 diabetes, also known as adult-onset diabetes; and gestational diabetes, which occurs during pregnancy. In addition, prediabetes, the set of conditions that precedes the onset of type 2 diabetes is an important consideration as it can also carry significant health risks.
Our focus in this article is helping those with type 2 diabetes and prediabetes, as these conditions make up 90% of Canadian diabetes diagnoses. In addition, both of these conditions are highly related to diet and lifestyle factors, making them easier to reverse and/or control.
Insulin: The Hormone Behind It All
If you have type 2 diabetes or prediabetes, your body is unable to produce or use the hormone, insulin, properly. Insulin helps regulate blood sugar levels and promotes the metabolism of carbohydrates. When we consume carbohydrates, they are broken down into glucose molecules which enter the bloodstream so they can be used as an immediate energy source by our cells or stored in the liver, muscles and fat tissue for later. This is where insulin steps in; it allows for glucose to leave the bloodstream and be used in one of these ways.
If the body does not produce enough insulin, excess sugar (glucose) will remain in the bloodstream, resulting in high blood sugar levels. High blood sugar can be very dangerous as it can cause serious damage to our cells, especially in the kidneys, the nerves in the hands and feet, and the eyes.
The alternative scenario is when the body can produce enough insulin, but the cells in our muscles, fat and liver do not respond well to it and cannot take up the excess glucose circulating in the bloodstream. This is known as insulin resistance, and it can increase over time if blood sugar levels remain consistently high, creating a vicious cycle.
The takeaway from all of this, is that if your body does not produce enough insulin or use it effectively, as in the case of diabetes, it is important to take steps to manage your own blood sugar levels by making the right dietary choices. The goal is to keep blood sugar levels balanced throughout the day and this can be done by consuming nutritious foods in moderate amounts and eating at regular mealtimes. It can also help to make other lifestyle changes such as increasing daily activity levels (exercise makes our cells and muscles more sensitive to insulin) and losing weight if you are overweight.
Dietary Approaches to Treating Diabetes
When it comes to type 2 diabetes and prediabetes, food really is medicine. While your doctor can prescribe you with medications that lower insulin levels or reduce insulin resistance, these are not complete solutions. At the end of the day, if you are overweight or do not take care of your health through diet and exercise, the same complications that you face from diabetes are still going to linger.
While there is no specific “diabetes diet”, there are general dietary considerations for those with diabetes. These include:
1. Increase Your Fibre Intake.
Fibre helps to slow the absorption of sugar into the bloodstream, which can promote balanced blood sugar levels after meals. It also promotes healthy digestion in general, which can keep you feeling light, energized and satiated for longer periods to prevent excessive snacking. Plus, foods that are high in fibre (such as fruits and vegetables) offer many other health benefits due to their high nutrient content. Some high fibre foods include:
- Non-starchy vegetables: starches digest very quickly and therefore cause spikes in blood sugar levels. Aim to include non-starchy vegetables such as salad greens, broccoli, cabbage, cauliflower, carrots, celery, cucumbers, eggplants, mushrooms, bell peppers, radishes, onions, sprouts, peas, zucchini and spaghetti squash in at least 2/3 of your daily meals.
- Whole fruits: contrary to popular belief, fruits can be consumed by those with diabetes! Although they contain higher sugar levels than vegetables, their fibre content helps slow the absorption of these sugars into the bloodstream. Note that fruit juices should be avoided, since the fibrous parts of the fruits are often removed (yes, even in the case of orange juice with pulp). Some great fruits to include in your diet are berries, cherries, citrus fruits, peaches, apricots, apples, pears, and kiwis. Certain dried fruits are also good snacking options for diabetics, such as dried dates, apricots and raisins. These foods have a low glycemic index and are rich in fibre, vitamins and minerals.
- Whole grains: whole grains will always beat refined grains, which are often found in things like bread, pasta, and anything made with white flour (“enriched flours” are usually refined flours that have been fortified). Opt for whole grains, which have not been processed, which preserves their fibre content and nutritional value. These include things like oats, brown or wild rice, quinoa, buckwheat, wheat berries and whole wheat flour.
- Legumes: these are a great source of fibre and protein and they are some of the lowest glycemic index (GI) foods recommended to diabetics. Include legumes such as kidney beans, pinto beans, black beans, chickpeas (and hummus made from chickpeas), lentils, edamame (soybeans) and tofu, and peas in your diet regularly. These are also great substitutes for meat if you are interested in eating more vegan or vegetarian meals.
2. Cut Out Refined Carbs and Sweets.
While you don’t necessarily have to go low carb or keto if you have diabetes or prediabetes, it is nevertheless a good idea to cut out certain types of carbohydrates from your diet, namely refined carbohydrates. These are found in things like white bread, white pasta, white flour and many packaged chips, crackers, snacks and pastries. The problem with refined carbohydrates is that through the refining process, they lose a lot of their nutritional value which makes them rapidly digestible and prone to causing blood sugar spikes. For example, wheat that has been processed, milled and bleached contains a fraction of the fibre and nutrients found in whole grain wheat or even wheat berries, making it a much less forgiving food for diabetics (or anyone, for that matter!).
Sugar is also clearly something to minimize in your diet if you have been diagnosed with diabetes or prediabetes. Replace white sugar, brown sugar, cane sugar, and processed sugars (high fructose corn syrup, sucrose, glucose, dextrose, maltodextrin, etc.) with a natural sugar substitute such as stevia, erythritol, xylitol or monk fruit extract. Coconut palm sugar is another all-natural unrefined option that has a low glycemic index; however, it should be used with caution as it contains the same amount of calories and carbohydrates as regular sugar.
In general, it is easy to avoid refined carbohydrates and sweets if you stick to a whole foods diet approach. This means cooking and consuming foods that are minimally processed or not processed at all. A good rule of thumb when shopping at the grocery store is to stick to the peripheries: this is where you will find the produce, meat and dairy sections which should mainly contain single-ingredient foods. Bulk aisles are also a great place to find whole grains, nuts and dried legumes. The middle aisles of grocery stores often contain all of the processed packaged foods. If you are shopping here, make sure to always check nutrition labels and ensure that you can identify most if not all of the ingredients listed.
3. Eat Balanced Meals and Appropriate Portions.
Try to include a source of fibre, protein, and fat at every meal. This will not only ensure that your meals digest well, but you will also feel more satiated after a balanced meal since more of your nutritional needs will have been met. If you have ever felt peckish after having a full meal, it is likely you were missing sufficient amounts of one or more of these macronutrients.
In addition, be mindful of portion sizes. If you are trying to lose weight, you may want to consider consuming fewer calories. In order for the body to lose weight, the number of calories you consume must be fewer than those naturally burned by the body plus any additional calories burned through exercise.
4. Choose the Right Kinds of Fats and Cooking Oils.
Fats, especially the right kinds of fats, are an essential consideration for diabetics. “Good” fats promote heart health, while the wrong kinds can exacerbate heart conditions associated with diabetes. So, what are the right kinds of fats? Monounsaturated and polyunsaturated fats are the most beneficial because they can help lower cholesterol and triglyceride levels and reduce inflammation. These kinds of fats are found in plant-based foods such as olive oil, avocados, nuts such as almonds, cashews, and pecans and seeds such as pumpkin, sunflower, flax and sesame seeds. Unrefined coconut oil is also a good source of cholesterol-lowering saturated fats and has a high smoke point, making it ideal for cooking at high temperatures. To learn more about the best cooking oils check out our article, The Top 5 Cooking Oils: Cooking Oils Showdown. Finally, 1-2 servings of fatty fish (wild caught salmon, mackerel, sardines, etc.) per week provides sufficient amounts of omega-3 fatty acids (DHA and EPA) that can improve heart and brain health.
7-Day Diabetic Meal Plan
We’ve just thrown a lot of information at you, and you’re probably wondering where to start.
Below, you’ll find a sample of a 7-day meal plan that has been tailored for diabetics. This plan is a great way to start visualizing the changes to your diet. Of course, it won’t be a one-size-fits-all diet plan, and it is best to discuss your specific needs with your family doctor before making any major changes to your diet, especially if you are currently taking any medications for diabetes.
We have tried to include meal ideas that are simple to make and use many of the same ingredients throughout the week, so you don’t have go out and buy a ton of new grocery items or spend hours in the kitchen navigating complicated recipes. Simplicity is always key when starting out. If you don’t follow this diet plan exactly, it can at least provide some diabetic-friendly meal inspiration whenever you feel lost.
|Monday||A bowl of oatmeal (1/2 cup of dry oats cooked with 1 cup water/milk/milk alternative and a dash of cinnamon) topped with nuts (almonds, walnuts, or pecans) or seeds (pumpkin seeds, chia seeds, hemp seeds or ground flax seeds) and fresh or frozen berries.||Bean and Quinoa Salad: 2-3 handfuls of leafy greens1 cup of cooked beans¼ cup of cooked quinoaTomatoesPeppers½ an avocadoDressing: extra virgin olive oil, lemon juice, salt, pepper, dried herbs (make extra to use all week)||Grilled sugar-free BBQ chicken served with brown rice and grilled asparagus brushed with garlic and olive oil. Make extra chicken to have as leftovers.||A handful of nuts, or a couple pieces of 70%+ dark chocolate.|
|Tuesday||Oatmeal with nuts/seeds and berries.||Grilled chicken Waldorf salad: 2-3 handfuls of leafy greensLeftover grilled chickenCelery ¼ of an apple, slicedRaisins½ an avocadoLeftover salad dressing||Vegetarian chilli served over brown rice or quinoa and topped with avocado slices. Chilli ingredients: 2 cans of diced tomatoes1 can of tomato paste2 cans of beans and/or chickpeas1-2 bell peppers, diced2-3 carrots, diced½ an onion, diced3-4 cloves of garlic, mincedSalt, pepper, garlic powder, onion powder, chili powder, cumin, crushed red pepper Add everything to a large stew pot and let simmer for at least 30 minutes. Make extra to have as leftovers.||Carrots and cucumbers with hummus|
|Wednesday||Omelette with mushrooms, bell peppers and spinach. Served with a piece of low carb bread and/or ½ an avocado.||Leftover chilli and brown rice/quinoa topped with avocado slices.||Grilled salmon with brown rice or quinoa and roasted vegetables: broccoli, cauliflower, carrots, and zucchini (or whichever vegetables you have on hand). Toss vegetables in olive oil, salt, pepper and garlic powder and roast at 320F for 45 minutes – 1 hour. Make extra roasted vegetables to have as leftovers.||Sliced apples or pears with 1-2 tablespoons of natural almond butter or peanut butter (beware of processed peanut butters as they often contain added sugars).|
|Thursday||Omelette with mushrooms, bell peppers and spinach. Served with a piece of low carb bread and/or ½ an avocado.||Roasted vegetable salad: 2-3 handfuls of leafy greensLeftover roasted vegetables1 cup of beans, cooked¼ cup of quinoa, cookedLeftover salad dressing||Tofu stir-fry (season with soy sauce, garlic, ginger and crushed red pepper) with carrots, peppers and broccoli served over brown rice. Make extra to have as leftovers.||A handful of nuts and 2-3 dried dates or 4-5 dried apricots.|
|Friday||Oatmeal with nuts/seeds and berries.||Leftover tofu stir-fry and brown rice.||Veggie burgers served on whole wheat or low carb buns and homemade sweet potato* fries (toss in coconut oil, add salt, pepper, and cayenne pepper to taste). *Sweet potatoes are high in fibre, vitamins and minerals and therefore safe for diabetics in moderate amounts.||A handful of nuts, or a couple pieces of 70%+ dark chocolate.|
|Saturday||Omelette with mushrooms, bell peppers and spinach. Served with a piece of low carb bread and/or ½ an avocado.||Veggie Patty Salad: 2-3 handfuls of leafy greensTomatoesPeppersRed onions1 veggie patty, cooked Primal Kitchen Ranch Dressing (or other ranch dressing, but check for added sugars)||Grilled salmon with brown rice and roasted vegetables: broccoli, cauliflower, carrots, and zucchini (or whichever vegetables you have on hand). Make extra roasted vegetables to have as leftovers.||1-2 Low GI Banana Oatmeal Cookies (makes 8-10 cookies): 1 mashed overripe banana + 1 tablespoon of sweetener if desired1 cup of rolled or quick oats1 teaspoon of baking powder¼ cup of raisins or ¼ cup of sugar-free dark chocolate chips (or both!)CinnamonSalt Bake at 350F for about 15 minutes or until light brown and set.|
|Sunday||Protein pancakes (1 serving): ½ a mashed banana or 1 tablespoon of sweetener1 cup of almond, oat or whole wheat flour1 egg or 1 scoop of protein powder1 teaspoon of baking powderCinnamonPinch of salt Cook in a pan with coconut oil.||Roasted vegetable salad: 2-3 handfuls of leafy greensLeftover roasted vegetables1 cup of beans, cooked¼ cup of quinoa, cookedLeftover salad dressing||Grilled sugar-free BBQ chicken served with brown rice and grilled asparagus brushed with garlic and olive oil. Make extra chicken and rice to have as leftovers.||1-2 Low GI Banana Oatmeal Cookies|
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A doctor has died from the same type of skin cancer she spent her life researching.
Dr Sharon Hutchinson spotted a mole on her neck and was diagnosed with melanoma, a type of skin cancer.
The 39-year-old worked at the University of the Highlands and Islands at the Inverness Campus in Scotland and had researched the cancer there for years.
She was part of a worldwide collaboration research team.
Dr Hutchison’s colleague and friend Dr Antonia Pritchard said: "She was very stoic. She faced it with immense strength. She was remarkable.
"She was a great friend, meticulous researcher and I miss her immensely."
"She went to her doctor – she did all the right things, but her melanoma was a particularly aggressive form.
"She had major surgery and was back at work after one week. She had a tremendous work ethic when it came to her research.
Dr Hutchinson was diagnosed in January 2019 and the cancer spread last year.
Now her colleagues intend to continue her legacy.
"Sharon was very passionate about people getting themselves tested," Dr Pritchard said.
"Hopefully, that will be one of the outcomes from this."
Dr Hutchison, who lived in Wester Inshes, previously worked for about six years in the radiopharmacy department at Raigmore Hospital, where she was involved in producing treatments for thousands of cancer patients.
She had also been involved in the development of drug treatments for melanoma at Glasgow University.
Despite being ill Dr Hutchison worked up till the beginning of December and spend her last days at the Highland Hospice surrounded by her family.
She leaves parents David and Jane and a brother, Neil.
In her spare time, she enjoyed outdoor pursuits including mountain biking and running events, including half-marathons.

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The North Chicago City Council has voted to amend the zoning status of a parcel of lakefront land to allow Abbott Laboratories to expand its sprawling world headquarters.
The expansion is part of the pharmaceutical giant's $350 million long-term plan to beef up both research and development and manufacturing at the North Chicago site. The new zoning will allow a wide variety of uses, including light manufacturing, city officials said.
The land had been zoned for high-density residential use. Some residents had objected to the proposal, saying that the rezoning would keep the lakefront property inaccessible to residents.
"This is a multibillion-dollar operation and this is peanuts to keep it in North Chicago," North Chicago Mayor Bobby Thompson said after the vote was taken Monday.
The 33-acre parcel lies along the lakefront north of Foss Park and extends north to the city limits. It is currently vacant.
Abbott also owns a contiguous parcel of land on the Waukegan side. The company hopes that property will be deannexed from Waukegan and annexed by North Chicago in order to keep the entire headquarters complex in North Chicago, city officials said.


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Basic premise: Poets giving live readings of important books of poetry written by no-
longer living poets. One poet, one book per event. All books "classics." The model here is a repertory one (as in theater, cinema and music... even bands to this now, right? Play albums live in their entirety, in actual album sequence...).
November's selection: Sylvia Plath, Collected Poems (not the so-called restored edition from 2005, but the one most readers know. Harper Perennial.)
Mission: To develop an audience for poetry. To provide opportunities for audiences to interact with poetry that otherwise has fallen out of the oral tradition (because its authors are no longer alive to present the work themselves). To broaden notions of canon. To recognize important work by poetic predecessors. To increase diversity of literary programming in DFW, in part, by creating more opportunities for DFW's discrete poetic communities and "scenes" to intersect and collaborate. And maybe to sell a few books.

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'Tis the season: Island packed full of holiday themed events
November 27, 2013
Sanibel and Captiva Islands are known for their world class beaches, fishing, and outdoor recreation, but the island also hosts some of the most unique and popular holiday events in Southwest Florida....
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Learn how to make hearty, warm, and deeply satisfying oxtail soup. This one-pot recipe combines tender, melt-in-your-mouth oxtail meat with a rich, aromatic broth to make the ultimate comfort soup you’ll crave all winter long!
If you’re new to oxtails, they’re basically chunks of cattle tails. Oxtails are best prepared low and slow so the collagen can infuse and break down the meat until it’s fall-apart tender. If you enjoy short ribs, I know you’ll love oxtails!
We’ve been making a lot of oxtail stew lately, but I love to switch it up occasionally and make this soup. Since it’s more broth-heavy, and the broth is quite subtle, it lets the flavor of the tender meat shine.
Why this recipe works
- Healthy and nutritious. Oxtails are full of collagen and animal-based fats. Coupled with tons of veggies, it makes for a nutritious and delicious soup.
- One pot meal. Just like my beef stew, you only need one pot to make everything, so the cleanup will be over before you know it.
- Customizable. Stir in cooked rice or pasta, or add extra vegetables to make a heartier dish. The options are endless.
- Perfect texture. Oxtails cooked low and slow will fall off the bone and melt in your mouth.
What I love most about this oxtail soup is how delicious it tastes the day after you make it. It’s one of my favorite meals for leftovers since the meat continues to soak up the flavors in the broth. In fact, I like to make extra so I can freeze it and enjoy the leftovers all winter long.
The ingredient list may look lengthy, but it’s really just a handful of veggies, seasonings, oxtails, and beef stock. Here are the specifics:
- Oxtails. Be sure to choose oxtails with the bone intact since they will add a ton of flavor and nutrients as the soup simmers.
- Salt and black pepper. To taste.
- Oil. For sauteeing the veggies.
- Onion, carrots, and celery. To make the mirepoix; an essential for any hearty soup.
- Garlic. A must-have aromatic element.
- Flour. To thicken the soup.
- Tomato paste. For concentrated tangy flavor.
- Red wine. Red wine gets added to deglaze the pan and add an extra layer of flavor, though you won’t taste any wine in the soup. I recommend a mild cabernet sauvignon or pinot grigio. This can be swapped for extra beef broth if you prefer.
- Bay leaves. For flavor and aroma.
- Fresh thyme and parsley. For fresh, herbaceous flavor.
- Star anise. One star anise pod is all that’s needed to add a secret, subtle licorice flavor. Don’t worry, it won’t overpower the soup in the slightest.
- Beef stock. For the broth. I prefer low-sodium beef stock, so I have more control over how much salt gets added to the soup.
Find the printable recipe with measurements below.
How to make oxtail soup
Making oxtail soup is largely a hands-off process, so you won’t have to spend all day in the kitchen. Here’s how it’s done:
Step 1- Season the oxtails: Sprinkle salt and pepper on the oxtails and set them aside.
Step 2- Cook the vegetables: Add onion, carrots, celery, and garlic to an oiled pot set over medium-high heat. Cook until the vegetables are tender.
Step 3- Make the roux: Add flour to the pot and cook until it becomes golden brown, then add tomato paste and combine.
Step 4- Deglaze the pan: Add the red wine and scrape the bottoms of the pan. Then, add the spices and cook for 1-2 minutes.
Step 5- Add the rest of the ingredients: Add the beef stock and meat back to the pot and cook for 2-3 hours, depending on how tender you want the meat.
Step 6- Serve: Once the meat is cooked, discard the bones and bay leaves, shred the meat, and serve the soup.
Can I use a slow cooker?
Yes, if you’d prefer to use a slow cooker to make this soup, you certainly can. I actually prefer using this when I’m making a bigger batch and want to set-and-forget it.
Start by sauteeing the vegetables in an oiled pot. Once tender, add the flour and cook until golden brown. Then, transfer the vegetable mixture to the slow cooker and add the rest of the ingredients. Mix to combine, then close the lid and cook on high for 2-3 or low for 6-8 hours. Then, remove the meat from the bones, discard the bones and bay leaves, and serve.
Recipe tips and variations
- Sear the oxtails. Searing the oxtails until browned on all sides adds a pleasant caramelized flavor that compliments the soup well.
- Make it a heartier meal. When I’m feeding a big crowd or want an easy all-in-one meal, I like to cook rice, pasta, or chopped potatoes in the soup as it’s simmering.
- Remove excess fat. Oxtails naturally have a lot of fat, but too much can make the soup oily. Either remove the excess fat with a pairing knife before cooking or wait until the soup is cooked, and it should slide off easily with the back of a spoon.
- Save extra parsley. Use it to garnish the soup for a pop of color.
To store: Once the soup cools, transfer the leftovers to an airtight container and store them in the fridge for up to 3-4 days.
To reheat: Microwave in 30-second intervals or heat in a pot set over medium heat. Allow frozen leftovers to thaw overnight in the fridge, or add more reheating time.
To freeze: Transfer the cooled soup to a freezer-safe container and freeze for up to three months.
More hearty soups and stews to try
- Venison stew
- Beef vegetable stew
- Albondigas soup
- Roasted cauliflower soup
- Turkey noodle soup
- Cheeseburger soup
- 3 pounds oxtails chopped
- 2 teaspoons salt
- 1 teaspoon pepper
- 1/4 cup oil
- 1 small onion chopped
- 2 large carrots chopped
- 1 stalk celery chopped
- 3 cloves garlic minced
- 1 tablespoon flour
- 2 tablespoons tomato paste
- 1/2 cup red wine or more beef broth
- 2 bay leaves
- 3 sprigs fresh thyme
- 1/4 cup fresh parsley
- 1 star anise
- 8 cups beef broth
- Season the oxtails with salt and pepper on all sides and set aside.
- Heat the oil in a medium pot over medium-high heat and add onion, carrots, celery, and garlic. Cook the vegetables until tender.
- Add flour to the pot and cook until it becomes golden brown, then add the tomato paste and quickly combine.
- Pour in the wine and deglaze the pan. Add spices and cook for 1-2 minutes.
- Pour in the beef broth and bring back the meat and cook for two hours, or until the meat is tender.
- Once cooked, discard the bones, shred the meat, and serve the soup.
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Former Director of National Intelligence James Clapper appeared on Meet the Press this morning and was asked about Donald Trump’s allegations that Trump Tower was wiretapped.
“I will say that for the part of the national security apparatus that I oversaw as DNI, there was no such wiretap activity mounted against the president-elect at the time, as a candidate, or against his campaign. I can’t speak for other Title 3 authorized entities in the government or a state or local entity…”
Clapper said that he would “absolutely” know if a FISA court order existed with regard to Trump.
Asked if he could confirm or deny that a FISA court order exists to wiretap Trump Tower, Clapper replied: “I can deny it….Not to my knowledge.”


- Rhea Americana
also known as 'nandu'
belong to the ratite family of birds along with ostrich, emu,
cassowary and kiwi.
are all flightless birds.
wings like ostriches, that are used in courtship, mating and
native to South America and are often called the South American
Ostrich because they are very similar although much smaller,
(also smaller than the Emu) adult males being up to 5’
weigh an average 25kg with the males being larger
than the females.
from the pampas regions of South America. Scattered trees
and shrubs provide them with shelter on the open grasslands. It
is very hot in summer and cold in winter so they are well able
to adapt to the UK climate.
farmed in the USA and S. America for their meat. The leather,
oil, eggs and feathers also have a lesser market.
increasingly farmed in the UK. The market being
mainly livestock and eggs. Meat, leather, feathers and oil
have the potential for development.
require a Dangerous Wild Animal licence.
live up to 40 years.
They are omnivores, their natural diet is insects, leaves, shoots,
flowers and seeds. They browse on some grasses but it is not their
main diet. Ostrich feed is suitable and is available from some
feed manufacturers. Adults eat about ¾kg per day.
Chicks do need a careful feeding programme up to 3 months to
increase their survival rate.
They will need secure accommodation while small enough to be taken
by the fox especially at night. When fully grown they prefer to
stay outside sheltering under the shrubs. A three sided shelter is
all that is needed from severe weather conditions. It also helps to
keep the feed dry in wet weather.
Stock fencing with 2 strands of plain wire above has been found to
be sufficient for adults although personally I have all my stock
behind a 5’ fence so that I know they are secure. It does not have
to be expensive, I have 2 runs of sheep netting one above the
other. They can jump so make sure the fence line is clear of
objects that can be used as take off points. Chicks will of course
need a closer mesh and ordinary chicken wire will be sufficient for
the very young.
Rheas are summer breeders unlike emus that breed in the winter. The
egg laying of both is triggered by length of daylight hours. The
rhea needing longer daylight hours.
hen bird usually starts laying in her second summer. The male
scrapes a depression in the soil for a nest and it is he who
incubates the eggs and takes responsibility for the chicks. He will
sit for 35-40 days. Some make very protective fathers but others
show no interest in their chicks. Male aggression is most common
during the breeding season when he will huff, hiss, puff out his
feathers and bite. I have found that some males will continue to
display this behaviour throughout the year. The females are usually
docile. I have not seen any aggressive behaviour from my females.
They can be kept as pairs, trios or groups. They are polygamous, so
the male will mate with and incubate the eggs of many females.
Groups often produce more fertile eggs as when the dominant male
decides to sit, another male will move up the pecking order and mate
with the females.
eggs, laid every other day, may be yellow when first laid but fade
to a creamy colour in a few days. Mature females can lay between 40
- 60 eggs in a year. Egg laying usually starts around April and can
continue until September. They weigh between 450 - 700 g
Chicks need to be on heat for maybe up to 6 weeks depending on the
weather. The most vulnerable time for rheas is up to 3 months old.
They can suffer from impaction if put onto grass too soon or for too
long. They are sensitive birds and both chicks and adults can react
strongly to stress.
Should be checked regularly for worms and treated only if needed.


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It seems that the mysterious viral Dead Rising 2 trailer from the other day was actually the real deal. As of yesterday, Capcom officially unleashed the news that the sequel to the popular zombie brawler will be dropping for the PC, PS3 and XBox 360.
The second game takes place in Fortune City, a spoof of modern day Las Vegas, and from some of the ludicrously gorgeous screenshots, it looks like you will take to killing zombies in all kinds of crazy ways, including roulette tables, slot machines, and whatever else the new protagonist can get his hands on. Apparently, it’s set around 7 years after the first game, and the zombie outbreak has recurred in several cities beyond the humble town of Willamette.
Personally, I can’t wait to get my hands on this game. I think if they fix some of the save/replay options (the first game only allowed one save file and skipped the story if you were late), then itll be a surefire winner.
Who’s excited about this? Did anyone play the first game?

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|Monterey Jazz Festival||Music|
Every year, every third full weekend in September sees the same caliber of talent grace the now nine stages on the Monterey Fairgrounds, as the Monterey Jazz Festival presents the best jazz performers in the world for a three-day celebration of the best in jazz. In addition, the Monterey Jazz Festival features jazz conversations, panel discussions, workshops, exhibitions, clinics, and an international array of food, shopping, and festivities spread throughout the 20-acre Monterey County Fairgrounds.
Festival has a children/youth component.
|Festival Website: www.montereyjazzfestival.org|
|Occurs in: September|
|Festival Location: Monterey Fairgrounds|
|Monterey Jazz Festival|
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Of the four aspects of a SWOT analysis -- strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats -- understanding the threats is often most important. Without knowing what can go wrong, terribly wrong, it's impossible to know whether a company is worth your investment.
Getting it paid for
Proving that a drug works and getting it past the Food and Drug Administration is only half the battle these days. Drugmakers still have to get their drugs paid for.
Private insurers are important, but given the late onset of prostate cancer, getting the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, or CMS, to pay for Provenge is priority number one.
When CMS decided to investigate whether it would pay for the costly, $93,000 treatment, investors were rightfully a little worried. Excluding or reducing the number of Medicare patients that can take Provenge would take a major bite out of Dendreon's revenue.
Fortunately that doesn't seem to be an issue. CMS issued draft guidance yesterday stating that the Provenge was "reasonable and necessary" for patients when used as indicated. Assuming the agency doesn't do a 180 when it issues final guidance after the public comment period, this threat appears to be averted.
Ramping up production
Provenge isn't your typical drug that can be made ahead of time. The treatment is specific for each individual patient. In order to increase revenue, Dendreon had to ramp up the number of workstations it uses to produce the treatment.
Considering the novel nature of Provenge, there was always the possibility that the FDA would be sticklers when signing off on new manufacturing capacity. So far though, that doesn't seem to be a problem. Earlier this month, Dendreon got expanded capacity at its New Jersey approved, which quadrupled the potential output of the facility. The approval should give investors confidence that the FDA will also sign off on new plants in L.A. and Atlanta that are next in the cue.
Up and coming drugs
Herein lies the biggest threat to Provenge.
At the moment, Provenge has little competition. sanofi-aventis
Coming up from behind though, there are a couple of drugs that could give Provenge trouble.
Johnson & Johnson's
There's also OncoGenex Pharmaceuticals
They're threats for sure, but these drugs still need to prove that they can extend survival beyond what Provenge has done before they'll be legitimate issues for the drug.
The wall of worry
While these threats are real, as Dendreon avoids them and investors become more confident, the share price is bound to rise. Considering it topped $55 per share in the post-approval euphoria last year, I don't think it's impossible that we might see that level again if the threats are averted.
Speaking of threats, this just-released video message reveals the real threat to your wealth.
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on my Lenovo Thinkpad (with NVIDIA gpu) the brightness control keys are not working (the other FN keys are working). Also there is no slider for the brightness control in gnome.
What I have tried:
But none of them works. Only acpi_backlight=vendor gave me the slider back and when I press the FN keys, it shows that the brightness settings are changing, but it does not change the brightness.
I also see that the /sys/class/backlight folder is empty.
dnf upgrade did not help.
It does not work in the fedora live environment, too.
It works on Fedora KDE.
It works on opensuse tumbleweed gnome.
Do you have any idea?
Sorry, forgot to mention it.
It is Fedora 31.
Also: is this
nvidia driver? KDE is rather yet working within Xorg session by default, so may be related (thoug i’d hear that Gnome has a default of Xorg too, for the p-driver).
It is nouveau driver, but I want to blacklist it anyways to be able to disable my dgpu.
Try to do this with GRUB temporarily, maybe then? Though i didn’t think that nouveau used at all if i915 or any AMD analogue is available (Gnome desktop even have a menu-entry for lanuching applications: “Launch using dedicated Graphics”)
If I deactivate the dgpu with bbswitch on startup, it still does not work.
I can see in the Gnome Settings at “Graphics”, that it is using “llvmpipe 9.0”. Is this correct? I would expect that it is using the integrated Intel graphics. Or is llvmpipe the driver for that?
Tested the Fedora 32 Beta Live Environment and it works there.
The directory /sys/class/backlight is not empty.


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Despite a strong stock market and recovering economy, a new survey finds economic confidence among many Americans dropping, with perceived financial health significantly down from the beginning of 2021 but a top priority in 2022.
REDWOOD SHORES, Calif., Jan 10, 2022 – As we embark on the third year of the COVID-19 pandemic, the U.S. economy is making a remarkable comeback after enduring a tumultuous two years. Roughly 80% of the jobs lost to the pandemic have been regained, unemployment rates have normalized and today’s jobseekers have the upper hand.
Yet, Americans’ views of their financial health are languishing, and many consumers don’t feel confident about their current financial situation or the economy. According to a new annual 2022 Wealth & Wellness Index released today from retirement services provider Empower Retirement and affiliate hybrid wealth manager Personal Capital, only 34% of American consumers surveyed say they are “very financially healthy,” a 14% drop versus when asked in March of 2021 (48%). The survey, conducted by the Harris Poll, finds economic confidence among respondents also remains relatively low at 40%, down 2% from one year prior and down 12% from the start of the pandemic.
“It’s a fact of life that forces in the economy are going to impact how confident people feel about their finances,” said Empower President and CEO Edmund F. Murphy III. “Periods like this represent opportunities for savers to become even more engaged in their finances and seek the advice they need to help reassure them in their financial plan or put them on a path to help drive renewed confidence.”
So, what’s causing many Americans to feel less confident in their finances and in the economy right now, despite positive indications at a macroeconomic level?
“It’s a complicated picture to describe what’s happening to the economy,” says Chief Investment Officer at Personal Capital, Craig Birk. “The labor market is strong and retail growth is ticking upwards, but we’re also dealing with recent market volatility and record high inflation. It’s unsettling for many.”
Despite this relatively recent decline in confidence, American consumers surveyed report feeling optimistic about their longer-term financial futures. According to the study’s key indicators of financial wellness, many are feeling hopeful and optimistic (40%) about their path towards optimizing their financial health.
Americans are also prioritizing financial goals in 2022. When asked what their top new year’s resolution is, paying off personal debt (37%) and saving for retirement (36%) now surpass traditionally common goals like exercising more (33%) and losing weight (28%).
“The fact that paying off debt is a higher priority than exercising shows many people want to improve their financial health, and it’s clear that financial confidence is intrinsically linked to overall health and wellness,” says Personal Capital’s Chief Marketing Officer, James Burton. “Americans are seeking financial advice, and we don’t see this boom in financial planning changing anytime soon. In the past year, we’ve seen an 88% increase in net new client assets, excluding market gains, and we are fully prepared to meet the growing demand this year.”
For more information on the “2022 Wealth & Wellness Index,” see an overview of the results here. Get access to free financial planning tools at personalcapital.com.
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CONCORD, N.C. - Kurt Busch won the Coca-Cola 600 on Sunday to sweep the two weeks of racing at Charlotte Motor Speedway.
Busch won last weekend's $1 million All-Star race to roll into NASCAR's longest race of the year with a ton of momentum.
His Dodge was strong from start to finish in Sunday's race, but he had to hold off a hard-charging Jamie McMurray over the final laps.
Daytona 500 winner McMurray missed an opportunity to give team owner Chip Ganassi two wins in one day. Earlier Sunday, Dario Franchitti made Ganassi the first owner to win the Indianapolis 500 and Daytona 500 in the same season.
But a late caution for a Marcos Ambrose crash with 24 laps to go took it out of McMurray's hands. He led most of the leaders down pit road, but was beat back onto the track by Busch and Matt Kenseth. Jeff Gordon was the first of three cars not to pit, and restarted as the leader with 19 laps remaining.
Busch blew past the three lead cars and steadily pulled away from the pack. McMurray quickly moved into second, but ran out of time to run down Busch.
Kyle Busch finished third, followed by Mark Martin, David Reutimann, and Gordon. Kenseth was 10th.
Jimmie Johnson wrecked twice and ended up well off the pace. Johnson - who has six victories at the storied track and 13 finishes in the top five - finished 37th.


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In the formally innovative tradition of Grief Is the Thing with Feathers and Ducks, Newburyport comes a dazzlingly original, shot-in-the-arm of a debut that reveals a young woman's every thought over the course of one deceptively ordinary day.
She wakes up, goes to work. Watches the clock and checks her phone. But underneath this monotony there's something else going on: something under her skin.
Relayed in interweaving columns that chart the feedback loop of memory, the senses, and modern distractions with wit and precision, our narrator becomes increasingly anxious as the day moves on: Is she overusing the heart emoji? Isn't drinking eight glasses of water a day supposed to fix everything? Why is the etiquette of the women's bathroom so fraught? How does she define rape? And why can't she stop scratching?
Fiercely moving and slyly profound, little scratch is a defiantly playful look at how our minds function in--and survive--the darkest moments.
About the Author
Rebecca Watson writes for publications including the Financial Times, The Times Literary Supplement, and Granta. In 2018 she was short-listed for the White Review Short Story Prize. This is her debut novel.
"Reading little scratch has broken my heart and opened my mind. It is a daring display of experience that persists and persists and never loses its light." —Jenny Slate, New York Times bestselling author of Little Weirds
"Technology is affecting the way we think, and Rebecca Watson’s little scratch is a novel that captures this. . . Watson lets the words flow, jumbled and urgent as our thoughts are, like Kerouac and his scrolls . . .This isn’t a long book; that’s part of how the author is able to pull it off. . .But it charms. The book’s unconventional strategy fell away as I read; I cared about the narrator as one does a well-drawn character. She scratches at her skin throughout the book, and eventually I felt it."—The New Republic
"Watson depicts her protagonist’s consciousness by way of striking formal structures, using typographical tricks to illustrate the cacophonous complexity of inner life. . . While this could be distracting, or even indulgent, in lesser hands, Watson’s experiments serve to both deepen our immersion and reify the buried pain at the novel’s center. . . little scratch absorbs the more fragmented forms of attention and makes of them something rich, assured and sad."—New York Times Book Review
"[The protagonist is] funny and relatable . . . [T]he writing is economical. It’s a quick read. It takes a regular day and renders it irregularly, interestingly. It presents grief, violence, self-harm and self-doubt in an unusual fashion, driving home just how disorienting and destabilizing these forces can be. It is of the #MeToo era, tackling both catcallers and unrepentant predators, but exists on a plane all its own."—Washington Post
"[little scratch] is a powerful debut from Financial Times journalist Watson, making her one of the year's best new writers to watch."—Bustle
“I was immediately enveloped in the staccato of little scratch, which spun between wry, funny and heartbreaking. It captures beautifully a rhythm not just of trauma, but also of the small, defiant, everyday happinesses that push through and against it.” —Sophie Mackintosh, author ofThe Water CureandBlue Ticket
"Rebecca Watson's little scratch is an immersive experience, an exhilarating plunge into the mundanity and the horror and the mundane horror of a day in a life that is not quite right. It's experimental in the best sense of the word: Watson bends form to accommodate a narrator who wants desperately to communicate but cannot quite bring herself to speak."—Miranda Popkey, author ofTopics of Conversation
"An inventive, immersive debut... Watson’s clever convention and set pieces are not simply flourishes but integral to the plot and themes... A haunting, virtuosic performance."—Publishers Weekly, *Starred Review*
"One of the most captivating books of the year...A revolutionary #MeToo tale focusing less on the act of trauma than the impossible task of healing, little scratch is a challenging work of experimental fiction."—Shelf Awareness
"Formally daring and unique, the novel’s structure mirrors the ways the woman’s mind jumps from mundane moments to the life-changing ones."—The Millions
"The unnamed narrator of this debut novel is an Everywoman...The physical form of the narrative reproduces the experience of the woman's scattered thoughts... which overlap, interrupt each other, merge, and battle in the saturated “now” of the book’s overwhelming immediacy. The result is an unusual reading experience which relates both the mundane and the revelatory...A daring book whose innovations are balanced by the sad familiarity of its pain."—Kirkus Review
"Witty, defiant, tender… what a book!"—Olivia Sudjic, author of Sympathy and Exposure
"Reads like the cinders settling in the air after an explosion... daring and completely readable."—Colin Barrett, author of Young Skins
"Rebecca Watson's little scratch voraciously captures our life... Watson uses language with a sniper's precision to target and capture the million little re-calibrations of the self that a young woman has to undertake in order to go from one day to the next. . . It is a story that is urgent. It is a story that needs to be told."—Meena Kandasamy, author of When I Hit You
"Confident and vital. . . little scratch is an absolute gift."—Naoise Dolan, author of Exciting Times


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Hello! I am so excited to show this fun and interactive Album I made for my Epiphany Crafts Project Featuring Heidi Swapp. Yes, that's right.. this is Heidi Swapp week over at Epiphany Crafts!
I made this album to house all those Christmas IPhone photos I plan to take as well as a few favorites from recent Christmases past.
I made this album with a hard back book I bought at the Dollar Store. I simply removed all of the inside pages and then added an extension on the back flap to make a magnetic closure. Check out Heidi Swapp's My Craft Channel Tutorial for instructions on the magnetic closure. I followed the exact same procedure except I used an actual book cover instead of chipboard.
The photo above shows the layers and layers of inside pages. I used an Epiphany Crafts Round 25 tool, epoxy and charm to make the cute "Joy to the World chain inside. Heidi's Believe 6 x 6 collection has so many fun pages that fit perfectly with the Round 25 tool
I'll flip though a couple of pages for you. There are lots of blank pages and places for journaling and future photos. It will be so easy to just pop the photos in as I get them developed.
That's a good look at most of the pages, if you'd like to see the album in it's entirety, check out my YouTube Video
Thanks for looking! Have a great day!!!

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Yes, you read it right the Bollywood diva refuses to pose solo for pictures, however it was not out of arrogance or attitude. Last night superstar Deepika Padukone was spotted outside a famous restaurant in Mumbai, the actress was companied by the Olympic bronze medalist P.V Sindhu and they were out for a dinner date. The actress and the sports person were seen arriving together in a car, While Deepika opted for a casual dinner outfit, PV Sindhu on other hand wore a beautiful all white dress. Outside the restaurant the paparazzies were all ready to click the duo together and the duo was more than obliged to pose for them, after some while the paparazzies demanded the Bollywood actress to pose solo for them but, The actress politely refused to do so. This was because the actress did not wanted the badminton player to feel left out. Deepika also asked the paparazzies to not remove her solos but to ask the paparazzies to take solos of the Badminton player she said “Mera solo nahi, inka lo”. Eventually the actress did pose solo for couple of minutes and left for their Dinner.Deepika herself was a badminton player and is daughter of the famous badminton player Prakash Padukone.
The duo was later joined by the actress’s husband Ranveer Singh, Ranveer was spotted wearing and underwater themed shirt and casual pants.


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2 Days, 10 Hours, 600 Questions: What Happened When Mark Zuckerberg Went to Washington
Zuckerberg’s Testimony, Explained
Senator John Kennedy told Mark Zuckerberg, the chief executive of Facebook, that his company’s user agreement “sucks.” Our reporter Sheera Frenkel explains the senator’s questions, Mr. Zuckerberg’s answers and what they really mean.
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Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook’s founder, endured a rite of passage this week that other powerful executives have gone through before: a public grilling before Congress.
Over two days, nearly 100 lawmakers in the House and Senate interrogated Mr. Zuckerberg about the company’s handling of user information. He faced almost 600 questions, including whether the company should be more heavily regulated, whether it intentionally censors conservative content and how much Russians may have meddled..

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Believe it or not, the Angry Birds craze is spreading even more... this time hitting the world of table top / board games. Mattel has revealed a table top game entitled Angry Birds: Knock on Wood
The website Electricpig
showed off the game which was revealed this week. The game is a combination of action and card based strategy. Players will be required to draw cards and use the included game pieces to construct the design depicted on the card; their opponent(s) will then use a slingshot to launch plastic, replica birds at the creation, earning points for any damage done. The first player to reach 1,000 points wins.
Angry Birds: Knock on Wood is expected to be released this May for $14.99 and will allow two to four players to relive the Angry Birds experience in their own home(s). Check out some shows of the product thanks to Electricpig


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Liz Nugent has revealed she’s preparing for brain surgery in the next step of her battle with her rare neurological disorder, dystonia.
The ‘Our Little Cruelties’ author is one of the most beloved writers in Ireland. Going from an admin role on Fair City to crafting mind-boggling mystery novels, including her latest Strange Sally Diamond
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Speaking to Miriam O’Callaghan on RTÉ Radio One over the weekend, Liz gave an insight into her condition and how she’s preparing for her surgery.
‘What’s incredible for me is that I suffered this injury almost 50 years ago and that medical science has finally caught up.
‘I never thought this would happen in my lifetime, And now there’s a chance that there might be improvement now, might not work. But as I said, I’ve nothing to lose,’ she said.
Dystonia is a neurological movement disorder characterised by involuntary muscle contractions that cause slow repetitive movements or abnormal postures that can sometimes be painful.
While most people are born with dystonia, Liz admitted to Miriam that her case unusual as she ‘acquired’ the illness as she got older.
‘My right leg and my right arm do not respond in the normal way to my brain’s instruction,’ she explained.
Appearing alongside Liz, Professor Richard Walsh said that the beloved author’s upcoming procedure has a 90% chance of easing her pain.
‘We’re implanting a very fine electrode, a little over a millimetre wide into a target about the size of, you know, two Tic Tac sweets,’ he said.
Professor Walsh added: ‘That’s what the neurosurgeon will be doing for Liz in December. It’s very low risk,’ he said.
Liz noted: ‘The worst thing that can happen is nothing.’


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The town of Hayneville recently gave its residents the opportunity to enjoy good old fashioned fall fun and celebrate the name of Jesus.
Pastors Franklin Nettles and Johnny Bandy opened the celebration with prayer saying that Halloween has traditionally been a celebration of the Day of the Dead.
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Now in its seventh year, the festival continued its tradition in celebrating Jesus Sunday with Bible games, hay rides and basketball games.
“I’m thankful for everyone that participated, volunteered and donated to the event this year,” said Hayneville Mayor Helenor Bell. “It was fun and a good time for everyone.”
Hayneville’s Fall Festival was guest to nearly 200 men, women and children who came to enjoy good company and see the many children dressed in some of the most creative costumes.
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The Weeknd teamed up with New Era for a limited edition cap and showed it off at a recent show at the Mod Club.
Attendees were blessed with the very rare XO/New Era snapback, released in limited quantity on The Weeknd’s web shop. Enjoy the preview above, and look for The Weeknd’s forthcoming Kiss Land on September 10.
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The purpose of this tool is to drill holes in wood and metal. An electric drill consists of an electric motor that is connected to the drill chuck spindle through a series of fasteners. See how to choose the right drill for your home. In most cases, twist drills are used for drilling. The drill should penetrate deep into the material gradually, without jerking or jerking. If it is necessary to make a through hole, the pressure must be reduced as the drill advances.
In the lower part of the spoon drill, there is a longitudinal groove with a sharp-cutting edge and a screw-bit pulling the drill, giving it a centering direction. In the process, the chips are not removed, as a result of which you have to periodically remove the drill from the hole. It is rather difficult to make a precise hole with this drill. When drilling, do not press too hard on the drill, as the wood may split. For this reason, spoon drills are only suitable for low-precision work, such as drilling holes for screws.
How to work with an electric drill correctly
The center drill, in comparison with the spoon, has better characteristics. Its cutting part is a blade with a sharp end (center), side cutter (road) and a flat knife located along the radius. The drill is tip centered. It works as follows: the wood cut by the lateral cutter is removed in the form of a spiral tape with a flat knife. Drilling into hardwood requires a lot of physical effort.
The most convenient are spiral, screw, cylindrical drills. The tapered screw penetrator facilitates easy entry of the drill into the wood. Sharp incisors (road workers), cutting wood around the circumference, are the end of the lateral helical bands. The cut wood is removed with a flat knife and lifted up in a spiral. The diameter of the drilled hole is determined by road workers. Fine-cut drill bits are best suited for finishing.
Coarse cut drills are essential for working with soft wood. Working with a twist drill is much easier than any other. In some cases, when drilling, the tree splits off at the exit of the drill, and the hole itself turns out to be beveled. To avoid such troubles, the following rules must be followed:
- The workpiece to be drilled must be securely fastened.
- The centers of future holes must be marked with a pencil or an awl.
- The accuracy of the drill direction must be checked twice: before starting drilling and when the drill has entered a shallow depth.
- When drilling deep holes, the direction of the drill can be checked by eye using a line drawn in advance with a pencil.
To drill blind holes, a limiter is used, which is a wooden block. It is placed on the side of the drill and drilled until the stop is in contact with the chuck. Before starting work, a bar is drilled with a larger diameter drill, obtaining a device for observing the drilling angle. It is allowed to make several holes at different angles, which will later be the standard. Next to each of them, the necessary mark is made to obtain a universal template.
Often, wood chips are observed at the point where the drill comes out. To prevent this, you should closely monitor the exit of the sting outside. As soon as it appears, you need to turn the part over and finish drilling. In general, drilling in one direction is possible, but in this case a small block of wood should be placed under the bottom of the workpiece.
Sometimes it becomes necessary to expand an already drilled hole. To this end, a wooden cork is placed in the existing hole and a drill is screwed into its middle. In this case, the plug acts as a centering link, guiding the drill along the axis of the smaller hole. The drill can also be used as an auxiliary tool for hollowing out cavities. This requires a drill with a diameter equal to the width of the future hole. A number of sockets are drilled to the required depth, and then the remaining jumpers are removed with a chisel.
During storage, to avoid damage to the drill head, screw a wine or wood stopper of a suitable size onto the tip. Don't forget - work safety comes first!
When laying tiles on a wall, in most cases, it is necessary to provide holes for sockets, switches, etc. And here the question is what is better to drill the tiles without chips
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What are the tools for sawing and chopping materials Purpose of the saw Saws are designed for sawing metals and wood materials. The saw has a metal band (disc) with teeth. The pitch is the distance between the tops of two adjacent teeth, the height of the tooth is the gap between the base and the top of the tooth. The saw teeth have 2 side and 1 front cutting edges. The saw blade for ripping sawn timber has triangle-shaped teeth
Choosing a convenient hammer drill for the home, the optimal combination of the cost of the tool and the characteristics of the advice of experienced craftsmen
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Holly Robinson-Peete and the kids attend the premiere of Justin Bieber’s Believe at Regal Cinemas in Los Angeles. The film shows Justin Bieber from his days as an amateur to a superstar whose name is now celebrated throughout the world.
Holly talked about the idea of putting her family in the limelight a few months back telling Essence, “We’ve been approached many times and we actually shot a pilot for [a reality show]. The feedback was like, ‘Maybe you guys are a little too happy.’ I think they need a little bit more drama so I might need to flip some tables. I told my kids the good news is we’re pretty good. We have our problems just like everybody else but the reality show world is a slippery slope so maybe it’s better that we don’t.”
Rodney and Holly Peete have four kids-Ryan, Rodney Jr., Robinson, and Roman-together. The couple wed nearly twenty years ago.

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Waste glass bottles are turned into nanosilicon anodes using a low-cost chemical process. Researchers in California have devised a way to re-use glass bottles to develop a lithium-ion battery that demonstrated better performance than currently used energy sources. (Source: University of California, Riverside)
Researchers in California have devised a way to re-use glass bottles to develop a lithium-ion battery that demonstrated better performance than currently used energy sources as part of an ongoing effort to develop batteries that are more environmentally friendly.
A team at the University of California, Riverside led by Professors Cengiz Ozkan and Mihri Ozkan combined the use of waste glass and a low-cost chemical process to develop nanosilicon anodes for high-performance lithium-ion batteries that could potentially be used for electric and hybrid vehicles, as well as a number of personal electronics, they said.
The research in essence kills two birds with one stone, finding a way to reuse glass that would otherwise become a waste product while also advancing the development of better batteries for next-generation vehicles and devices, said Changling Li, a graduate student in materials science and engineering. Li also is the lead author on a paper the team published in the journal Scientific Reports.
“We started with a waste product that was headed for the landfill and created batteries that stored more energy, charged faster, and were more stable than commercial coin cell batteries,” he said. “Hence, we have very promising candidates for next-generation lithium-ion batteries.”
Cengiz Ozkan is a professor of mechanical engineering at UC Riverside while Mihri Ozkan is a professor of electrical engineering. The two have been pioneering a number of projects to create lithium-ion battery anodes from environmentally friendly materials, with previous efforts developing and testing anodes from portabella mushrooms, sand, and fossil-rich earth, Mihri Ozkan said.
“In the past, we have demonstrated lithium-ion battery anodes fabricated using bio-mass (mushrooms), beach sand, and diatom fossils as nature-abundant precursor materials,” she told Design News in an interview. “Such natural resources can help reduce the cost of lithium-ion batteries, as well as minimize the carbon foot print from graphite-based anodes in lithium-ion batteries.”
Despite current recycling programs, billions of glass bottles still end up in landfills every year, Ozkan said. This inspired the Ozkans and their team to explore whether the silicon dioxide in waste glass bottles could provide high-purity silicon nanoparticles for lithium-ion batteries, Mihri Ozkan said.
It turns out that they could, the team found. The benefit of silicon is that silicon anodes can store up to 10 times more energy than conventional graphite anodes. However, the issue has typically been that they expand and shrink during charge and discharge, making them unstable.
Researchers have had some success in reducing the problem by downsizing silicon to the nanoscale. The Ozkans’ team managed to solve the problem by combining an abundant and relatively pure form of silicon dioxide and a low-cost chemical reaction, which resulted in lithium-ion half-cell batteries with significant energy improvements over current battery anodes, Cengiz Ozkan said.
“Today graphite is used as the main commercial material for fabricating the anode electrodes,” he explained. “We replaced graphite in the anodes with our new nanosilicon material derived from waste glass bottles. In the half-cell configuration, our batteries demonstrate performance about four times higher compared to graphite anode batteries.”
To create the anodes, the team used a three-step process. First, they crushed and grinded the glass—derived from a bottle at a Starbucks—into a fine white powder, then used a magnesiothermic reduction to transform the silicon dioxide into nanostructured silicon. Finally, researchers coated the silicon nanoparticles with carbon to improve their stability and energy-storage properties.
The team plans to continue its work to improve the technology for commercial use, as well as explore other eco-friendly battery chemistries and materials.
“We currently scaled up the battery manufacturing process in our laboratories to pouch scale, which is the format for applications in consumable electronics and electric vehicles,” Mihri Ozkan said.
In the meantime, the university’s Office of Technology Commercialization has filed a patent application for their latest inventions.
Elizabeth Montalbano is a freelance writer who has written about technology and culture for more than 15 years. She currently resides in a village on the southwest coast of Portugal.

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Styx Reunion With Dennis DeYoung Will Never Happen!
Styx fans have been hoping for more than a decade that the band would reunite with former lead singer Dennis DeYoung. Styx fans don't hold your breath. Styx guitarist and vocalist Tommy Shaw told Rolling Stone magazine in a recent interview that a reunion with DeYoung is never going to happen:
"I don't think [a reunion] is realistic," Shaw tells Rolling Stone. "We tried it in 1996 and we realized what was true in 1983 was only more true in 1996. We'd just gone our separate ways. Rather than having a positive effect on each other, we have a very negative effect on each other. You only live once and you should be happy." - Rolling Stone
This summer you can catch Tommy Shaw and the rest of Styx with frontman Lawrence Gowan on tour with Yes.


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WARNING: If you don’t want to learn about where GOOD food really comes from and wish to remain ignorant to how chickens are harvested on a homestead then do not read any further!
Homestead Meat Chickens
Our new homesteading friends invited us to their homestead this weekend to participate in their chicken harvest.They had a couple other friends over to help with the process, so the six of us worked through the afternoon processing their 15 meat chickens, culminating everything with a wonderful dinner of fried chicken that could not be any more fresh and independent!
You can take a moment to see the chickens just before we harvested them here:
We moved into Independence Homestead at the beginning of the summer in 2011, so almost a year ago. Last year was spent improving the inside of the house and settling in. While we did routine maintenance on the yard, that’s about all we did outside. The prior owners were obviously not gardeners, so we started with a pretty minimal setup. In the backyard there was lawn, an evergreen tree, and a rosebush. None of that was maintained. The positive aspect to this situation is that we are starting with pretty much a blank slate. We can create whatever we want!
Last year as the leaves were falling, we decided that we would create garden beds along the fence around the yard. We would keep the center as grassy lawn. In the areas that we were changing into beds, we turned up the dirt and buried all the leaves we raked up. Over the winter these leaves have decomposed, enriching the soil with organic matter. Continue reading

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Tour Cost in INR/ two personsPlaces Superior Delux Sup Delux Shimla Hotel Surya Quality Inn Himdev Willow Bank Manali Sarthak Resort Snow Crest Manor Manali Inn Tour Cost Rs.36600 Rs.37600 Rs.41000
Day 01: Delhi - Manali
OWelcome to our Honeymoon Shimla Manali Packages which starts right on your arrival to Delhi airport or railway station or Chandigarh. Here our Global Vision Tours representative will assist to transfer you to Manali, lovingly identified as Switzerland of India. It is a charismatic hill station drenched with scintillating natural beauty, cascading waterfalls, snow capped mountains and cool climatic conditions. After your arrival to Manali check in at pre booked hotel, freshen up and enjoy comfortable time at your free will. Dinner and overnight stay will be at hotel in Manali.
Day 02: Manali Sightseeing
Enjoy the morning breakfast and later enjoy the sightseeing tour of the gorgeous Manali. Visit the splendid Hadimba Temple, Manu Temple, Vashisth Village and Tibetan Monastery. Afternoon enjoy at leisure. Dinner and overnight stay at the Manali hotel.
Day 03: Manali
Enjoy a healthy breakfast in the morning. Today we proceed for a full day sightseeing exploring the Kothi Gorge, Gulaba, Marhi and Rohtang Pass (OPTIONAL). Rohtang Pass is the most famous tourist sites and is also the most visited place in the state. One can enjoy snow at this amazing place throughout the year. Then visit Solang Valley and return on time to hotel for delicious dinner and overnight stay at the hotel in Manali.
Day 04: Manali-Shimla via Kullu
Morning after breakfast we will drive to Shimla via Kullu. Shimla is the capital city of Himachal Pradesh. On arrival check in at pre booked hotel, freshen up and rest of time enjoy at leisure. Dinner and overnight stay will be at hotel in Shimla.
Day 05: Shimla Sightseeing
Wake up eagerly in the morning and enjoy the scenic view of the scintillating surroundings from your hotel room. Later enjoy breakfast and then we proceed for full day excursion to Shimla. Visit the Indian Institute of Advance Studies, Kufri, Fagu, Jakhu Temple and Sankat Mochan Temple. In evening stroll along the Mall Road and enjoy shopping Shimla Shawls and Souvenirs to take back home. Dinner and overnight stay will be at Shimla Hotel.
Day 06: Shimla-Delhi
We are into the last day of your Honeymoon Shimla Manali Tours. Enjoy your morning breakfast in the hotel and then get set to enjoy blissful ride on the world famous Toy Train for Shimla Railway station at 1000 hours. Your ride will be up to Dharampur from Shimla. The Shimla Toy Train offers the vacationers a wonderful opportunity to relish memorable journey viewing the outstanding natural beauty, gorgeous deep valleys, snow capped mountains and emerald blissful green surroundings. On arrival to Dharampur around 1430 hours our driver will meet you and assist you to transfer Delhi. Thus the journey of Manali Shimla honeymoon ends offering heavenly experience and memories to treasure.

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Movie and television producer Harvey Weinstein will take an indefinite leave of absence from his company, the board of directors of The Weinstein Co. announced on Friday.
According to a statement released by the directors, the next steps for the Hollywood mogul's future with the company will depend on his therapeutic progress and the results of an internal investigation.
The statement was signed by four of six remaining board members.
The move comes after The New York Times reported Thursday that Weinstein has reached at least eight legal settlements with women over alleged harassment.
Weinstein's alleged inappropriate behavior with women in the last 30 years was detailed in the bombshell report. In it, actress Ashley Judd described being lured to Weinstein's hotel room, only to find him wearing a bathrobe and requesting sexual favors.
The report also detailed encounters Weinstein allegedly had with other women working for the Weinstein Company, as well as official settlements from people associated with him, including actress Rose McGowen, who was issued a $100,000 settlement that Weinstein specifically said was not an admission of guilt.
Following the report from The Times, Weinstein announced plans to sue the publication for $50 million. The producer said he would sue because he allegedly wasn't afforded the opportunity to "respond appropriately" to specific allegations.
“What I am saying is that I bear responsibility for my actions, but the reason I am suing is because of the Times’ inability to be honest with me, and their reckless reporting,” Weinstein told the New York Post. “They told me lies. They made assumptions.
“The Times editors were so fearful they were going to be scooped by New York Magazine and they would lose the story, that they went ahead and posted the story filled with reckless reporting, and without checking all they had with me and my team,” Weinstein continued.
The Times says it stands by its reporting.
Weinstein also spoke of wanting to "respect women and do better."
“I came of age in the ’60s and ’70s, when all the rules about behavior and workplaces were different,” Weinstein told the Post. “I worked at a record company that, if you were five minutes late, they’d hit you with a baseball bat.
“In the past I used to compliment people, and some took it as me being sexual, I won’t do that again. I admit to a whole way of behavior that is not good. I can’t talk specifics, but I put myself in positions that were stupid, I want to respect women and do things better,” he said.
News of the leave of absence follows reports that Anita Dunn, a key aide to former President Barack Obama, "counseled" the Tinseltown titan following the report from The Times.
Dunn, the managing director of K-Street firm SKDKnickerbocker, released a statement acknowledging she spoke to Weinstein following the report but noted that the firm's "commitment to defending women’s rights remains as strong as ever."
The board of directors of The Weinstein Co. named attorney John Kiernan of the firm Debevoise & Plimpton LLP as the head of the internal investigation.
It is essential for The Weinstein Co. to have a culture where women can work with respect and without fear of harassment or discrimination, the company statement said.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.


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Radosh makes it clear that the Left supported the establishment of Israel. The key support came from I F Stone (Izzie) and the Nation magazine.
My father had been to Palestine the year before and was a fanatic supporter of Israel. Based on his experience he warned me, when I went to Israel a decade later, that I should be aware that Arabs are very charming and Israelis are very rough-cut but that the Israelis were the honest competent ones.
My father read every issue of the I F Stone weekly and the Nation magazine all of his life. I read the weekly for about 10 years of my life.
The question is why the Left in the early postwar years was pro-the establishment of Israel. The answer is sadly simple.
The Left for the first half of the 20th century followed the dictates of Russia and the USSR. Immediately after World War II, Stalin was very anti-Hitler and he knew that the Palestinians, represented by the Arab Mufti had actively supported Hitler. Therefore Stalin supported the creation of Israel.
This changed promptly when Stalin saw the opportunity to use Arabs against American interests in the Cold War.
The Left slowly moved away from Stalin in the early 50s and moved toward Mao's China.
That is where the Left was stuck until Mao died.


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Central and southwestern Japan are currently tackling some of the worst flood conditions to affect the region in over 30 years. Intense rainfall during the latter part of last week which occurred in the aftermath of a typhoon have resulted in widespread flooding, rivers bursting their banks and landslides.
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Prior to joining BDO Steve was a member of the executive board of an international fund and fiduciary administration firm and sat on the board of a number of licensee entities both for the administrator and clients.
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Latex mattresses are rapidly finding their way to bedrooms all over the country again. Latex immediately became popular for automotive cushions, seats for theatres and naturally mattresses and pillows.
The end result is a product with greater uniformity and consistency which might be washed. Artificial latex (SBR) can be combined with natural latex in either the first Dunlop procedure or the Talalay Latex process.
The prevalence of the latex mattress is due to its own astonishing mix of relaxation and endurance. Latex may be made in many different firmness amounts, which may be layered to make an ideal mix of body support, weight distribution and aid of pressure points.
The reality is that natural latex is a sustainable resource, created from the rubber tree; it is an attractive quality to many who are searching for choices in the latex mattress topper materials they use for their house environment. Furthermore, using wool batting in all-natural covers using a latex mattress provides adequate protection to bypass the prevalent usage of the chemical fire retardants that saturate most traditional internal-spring mattresses.
1) The mattress needs to have a latex center of about 6 inches or more which supplies the complete support for your body weight. The center of a latex mattress will provide its general feel of firmness, typically moderate or solid centers are the options supplied. You will find that both medium and company provides you with considerable support, it is not essential to decide on a more solid center to supply increased support.
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Natural, sustainable and unsurpassed in relaxation, a latex mattress is the long-term option for sleeping relaxation. Many latex mattresses have 20 year guarantees and ought to have none of the sagging that suggests an innerspring mattress has to be replaced.


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A controversial proposed animal ordinance took center stage at a public forum Tuesday night in Dothan.
Its estimated more than 300 residents attended.
Many spoke out about the labeling of certain breeds as dangerous and measures those pet owners would have to take such as muzzling their dog in public.
Other residents were worried about their own rights being violated and the contention that police could come on to their property while pursuing a dog.
Mayor Pat Thomas emphasized the ordinance is just a starting point.
It's not expected to be on a commission agenda anytime soon.


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Immunotech Biopharm Ltd: (stock code: 06978.HK, referred to as " Immunotech Biopharm ") is one of the earliest enterprises in China to conduct research on individualized cellular immunotherapy products in accordance with drug registration, and is one of the earliest new drugs enterprise to apply to the National Medical Products Administration for approval for clinical trials. It is the first cellular immunotherapy company in China to be successfully listed under Chapter 18A of the Listing Rules of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange.
It has be responsible for more than ten national ministries and municipal scientific research projects, and has been accredited as a High and New Technology enterprise. Since its establishment in 2006, the company has always adhered to the corporate philosophy of "Give Life a Second Chance", adhered to the quality policy of "patient-centered, standardized, implemented, supervised, and improved", and made every effort to develop cellular immunotherapy products for major diseases such as malignant tumours, committed to building an intelligent manufacturing factory for cellular immunotherapy drugs that meets GMP requirements.
Immunotech Biopharm 's core technical team consists of senior tumor immunologists with strong professionalism and industry foresight. The company has highly coordinated departments such as R&D center, quality center and production center, forming a perfect R&D management system and quality management system, the company brings together talents from many well-known domestic and foreign universities such as Chinese Academy of Sciences, Peking University, Tsinghua University, China Institute of Inspection and Quarantine, Drexel University. It has accumulated rich experience in pharmaceutical research and development, process and testing practice, which can provide a strong guarantee for product research and development.
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At present, Immunotech Biopharm is fully promoting the industrialization layout. The total area of the R&D and production center in Beijing is nearly 30,000 square meters. It is mainly used for the preclinical and clinical research and development of cellular immunotherapy products, and supports the initial market demand after the product is launched. All the medical clean room have obtained the Clean Workshop (area) Inspection Report issued by a qualified third-party testing agency. In June 2021, the cellular immunotherapy drug industrialization base in Beijing (with a total construction area of 120,000 square meter) has been officially started construction. At the same time, the company also promoted the establishment of production centers in the Yangtze River Delta, Pearl River Delta, Sichuan-Chongqing and other regions, covering densely populated areas across the country. The company will accelerate the progress of clinical trials and focus on meeting future commercialization needs.
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NAPLES - Southwest Florida will be losing another of its marquee angling tournaments but not before one last big event when the Mambo Kingfish Shootout returns to on October 5-6 for the final time.
"I'm extremely sad to see it go. I enjoyed every minute of it and I am going to miss it," tournament founder and director Alberto Abad said. "It takes a lot of time and effort to do it correctly, and if I can't do it correctly and if I can't give my anglers and sponsors the best experience possible, I don't want to do it."
After six years, the tournament has garnered a reputation as one of the most angler-friendly with some of the top payouts on the kingfish tournament circuit.
"We've been successful with every single one and I think the biggest reason for that is that we have been attentive to the angler's needs," Abad said. "It has been a great event and we've been able to bring in anglers from all over — from Tampa all the way to Texas — because we provide a great experience where they can come down, eat, drink, have a good time and then have a good day fishing."
The event, which is open to both professionals and amateurs, guarantees over $40,000 in cash and prizes based on a minimum field of 50 boats. The winner of the open class division will receive an $8,000 purse plus an additional $2,500 in prizes. A second division for boats under 23 feet will offer a guaranteed $2,000 for first place. There will also be prizes for the top female and top junior angler.
"Our payouts are always a minimum of 150 percent of what we bring in," Abad said. "As this tournament is open to all anglers who decide to take on the kingfish, the local fishermen have the opportunity to compete with the best in the industry."
The entry fee is $400 per boat. Anglers can register between 3 and 8 p.m. on Friday prior to the official captain's meeting at Shane's Cabana Bar at the Bayfront Naples Marina. Fishing will begin with a "shotgun-style" start from Gordon's Pass at 6:45 a.m. Saturday.
The tournament will run in conjunction with the Mambo Duel, a part of the Southern Kingfish Tournament Series for Division 11. An additional $2,012 prize will be awarded to the top fish of the tournament.
For more information on the tournament and accommodations, go to mambopromos.com.