In today’s time no one likes to listen to anything from the phone’s speaker directly, everyone uses headphones/earphones to listen to things so that they can avoid outer disturbances and can focus on what they are listening to.
Are you searching for the best wireless earphones that suit you? If yes,then you are at the right place.
What are the best wireless earphones under 5000 rupees in india? Bluetooth, all day battery backup, true wireless, quick charge, touch controls, waterproof and sweat resistant are some of the features of these wireless bluetooth headphones You can get these cheap and affordable wireless earphones under the mere budgt of rs 5000.
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Best Bluetooth Headphones
So, we can understand the importance of headphones and that’s why we are going to discuss the best wireless headphones in this article.
1. SONY WH-CH400 WIRELESS HEADPHONE
This is the best bluetooth wireless headphone in India and a must have one.
Comfort is a very important factor to look upon while choosing a headphone but most of the people focus on sound quality and neglect comfort which is not a thing to be ignored.
It offers comfortable earpads and a headband that perfectly fits on your head. It makes use of a 30mm neodymium driver which produces a great quality sound and the electret mic used is the most powerful microphone for noise cancellation available in the market.
Generally earpad type headphones do not block the noises from the outside completely but this product will avoid them to a greater extent as compared to normal headphones. It has a large battery which gives a good backup and you can listen to music continuously for 20 hours.
It takes about 4.5 hours to completely charge the headphone with the given micro USB. When you are not listening to anything, it gives a standby time of 200 hours that counts nearly about an entire week.
The product supports bluetooth 4.0 and the built in microphone allows you for hands-free calling. The headphone makes use of NFC(NEAR FIELD COMMUNICATION) technology which allows to set up a bluetooth connection in just one click of a button.It has a connectivity length of 30 feet.
If someone is using a bluetooth headphone then he would not like to use his phone again and again for controlling functions and Sony has taken care of this. On the power connecting earcup, there is a volume control button and buttons for play, pause and skip.
It has a frequency range of 20Hz to 20,000Hz which means a better quality sound.
2. MI SUPER BASS WIRELESS HEADPHONE
MI Super bass are the top selling best wireless headphones under 2000 currently available in the market.
They are very lightweight and comfortable.The colour and the design is very attractive and appealing.The headphone looks very premium from a distance but when you hold it,it reminds you of the plastic build.
The headphone includes the latest bluetooth 5.0 technology that is compatible with older versions like 4.0 or even 4.2 but is best with the devices that support 5.0 version. The latest version has a wider range of connectivity up to 10m and with lesser stutters in sounds.
It is very easy to connect the device, just hold the power button for 3 seconds and then a blue LED will start blinking, then you can pair it.
The headphone comes with a good quality microphone that prevents loss of noise while talking on a call. The microphone also reduces the background sound that comes when you are talking to someone on a call. Also when you are listening to music you can not hear the noises from the outside but the person nearby you can easily hear what you are listening to.
The company claims a battery life of 20 hours in a single charge but in reality it is not exactly that much but near to it like 16 to 18 hours which is also a good battery backup but the company has also made the option of a 3.5mm jack which does not make use of the battery.
The sound quality is quite decent and it offers a good bass quality. You can enjoy listening to music.
3. MOTOROLA ESCAPE 210 WIRELESS HEADPHONE
These over-ear headphones from Motorola are the best wireless headphones under 1500 that you can currently buy from amazon and flipkart.
The headphone has a foldable design for your convenience and to meet the purpose of portability. It takes very less space. You can access everything with the help of the headset itself.
You can use alexa,answer/reject calls,control the volume and you can change the track also.
The sound quality is very good with premium quality bass.The 40mm high intensity speakers deliver the music in the quality which they should be.
They are very light weight and you can use them for long hours without any stress on the ears or the head. But to use it for long hours you need a good battery backup also and it has a battery life of 10 hours but no need to worry if the battery goes off you can use the 3.5mm cable also.
4. MEVOFIT DARK BEAT WIRELESS BLUETOOTH HEADPHONE
If you want the best wireless headphones with mic then mevofit Dar is the best choice for you which you can buy under the low-budget price of rs2000.
They have a great stereo quality sound that can make your experience really very good and you can enjoy the music at a totally new level. It has a 40mmdriver that can produce sound with almost every resolution.
The bluetooth 5.0 version used in the device is the best bluetooth version available in the market right now. It produces crystal clear sound with no stutters and no lag in the transfer of the sound.
It has a 250mAh battery that can give you a backup of almost 12 hours in one single charge and 100 hours of standby time.
The built in microphone provides the feature of hands-free calling. It also has an SD card slot,so no need for a phone always.
It can run on both wireless and wired mode,it has the 3.5mm jack.
The soft cushion on the ear cups are very friendly with the human skin.The earcups can rotate and swivel upto 90 degrees.
5. BOAT ROCKERZ 400 BLUETOOTH HEADPHONE
Boat rockerz are the cheapest yet good quality headphones. This cheap wireless headphones from Boat have over 23000 4-star rated reviews on amazon.
The boat rockerz 400 has a very nice and pretty design that can blow everyone’s mind.The right earcup has three buttons-centre button for play pause and power.
The other two buttons are for controlling volume and switching between tracks.There is also a micro USB port and a LED light on the same side with the feature of auxiliary cable also. The left side only has a microphone.
The headphone has a 40mm driver which delivers good quality sound and deep bass. It has a frequency range of 20Hz to 20,000Hz that means it can nicely play the music with all resolutions.The 250mAh battery is claimed to have a battery backup up to 8 hours.
There are cushions on the ear cups as well as on the headband and the quality of the cushion is also very good, they are very soft.
6. BOAT ROCKERZ 510 BLUETOOTH HEADPHONE
These are highly recommended by our editors and is also being hailed as the “best budget wireless headphone” in india that provides value for money.
They have a very nice and appealing design you can not take away your eyes from it’s gorgeous design and colour combination.
The headset has a 50mm driver that can take your mind away with it’s great quality sound. The headphones has a 400mAh battery that can last for ten hours in a single charge and it takes around 2 hours to get fully charged.
The frequency range of 20Hz to 20,000Hz is a very nice feature and it makes the sound quality more better.
The ear cups are very nice looking and have buttons for play/pause, power on/off, track change, volume control, auxiliary cable port, micro USB charging port. The ear cushions are made of nice quality cloth that is very soft and takes care of your skin.
7. INFINITY GLIDE 500 WIRELESS HEADPHONES
Infinity glide headphones have the best bass on them and if you love deep bass sound in your music then go for these amazing bluetooth headphones that you can buy for 1500 rupees.
The headset has a premium quality sound that will make a place in the heart of every buyer. You can press both volume + and volume – button together to enter
DUAL EQ mode that can take you to a new world of sharp and punctuated music.
It has a really big battery that can give you a backup of 20 hours and the charging time with the given cable is 2 hours.
They are very functional in the case of durability and portability. They are very lightweight and would not make you feel stress. They are foldable also,you can carry them with you everywhere and they do not need much space.
It has access to google now and siri. You can check the weather.text your friend,know the scores and much more by just simply tapping on the earcup to enable your voice assistants. The 32mm driver performs his responsibilities very nicely and gives very nice sound.
The ear cushions are very soft and premium.You can use the headset for long hours comfortably.
It has buttons for volume controls, track controls, power button and ports for auxiliary cable and a micro USB charging port.
8. JBL T460 BLUETOOTH HEADPHONES
The headphone has a very clear sound and has deep bass which together make a very good sound quality.
It has a battery life upto 11 hours. The headset is very lightweight, comfortable and foldable,you can easily take it everywhere with you. It makes the use of bluetooth 4.0 version.
There are play/pause,track control and volume controller. There is a micro USB port also.
9 PHILIPS TAPN402BK with Quick Charge
Suitable water-resistant neckband earphone withIPX4 splash proof design for all-day comfort.
Philips TAPN402 is a water-resistant wireless earphones with high resolution audio quality which normally uses the 24-bit encoding which allows wider dynamic range than CD, which helps in commercial HRA recordings. It has distinctive vibration mode which informs you whenever you get calls.
It also has a great acoustic echo cancellation feature which suppresses background noise while attempting calls. with these headphones as they feature acoustic echo cancellation which provides you clean and unhindered connectivity. This lean neckband comforts your neck.
Magnetic ear-tips enables them to stay in one place which helps you in picking the calls easily.Its one port plays multiple functions. you can easily charge your neckband with the micro USB port, providing IPX4 splash-proof ability, you can also connect wired listening with the same charging port.
- Provides neodymium acoustic 12.2 mm drivers for bass and sound.
- Long-lasting 14 hours playtime battery.
- Fast charging – charge for 10 minutes and get 4 hours play.
- Vibration mode – neckband vibrates at the time of call.
- Comfortable fit – 3 replaceable silicone ear-tips
- Powerful bass with clean sound.
- Provides oval-shaped tube for ergonomic comfort fit.
- Bluetooth 5.0 available.
10 CROSSBEATS Pebble True Wireless earphones
The CROSSBEATS Pebble are made for bass lovers. It produces powerful bass sound which was designed by HARMAN for the period of last 70 years.If you want powerful bass sound then these earphones are for you. Wireless in ear headphones. Deep bass sound. Hands free call. Upto 7 hrs audio playback. Magnetic cable management. IPX5 water resistant. 3 button remote with mic. Comfort fit. Soft neckband. Lightweight.
- Powerful and deeper bass.
- Hand free calling system.
- 7 hrs audio playback.
- Soft,comfortable and lightweight neckband.
- 1 mic with 3 buttons.
11 Jabra Elite 25E Wireless Bluetooth Headphone
Jabra Elite wireless earphones are the best bluetooth earphones at a cheap price.These earphones provide best calls quality with the bonus of better music quality. These are the best bluetooth earphones available at a low-cost price. It has a vibration mode that vibrates and reminds you whenever you get a call.
- Wireless earphones, not consistent with laptops.
- Microphone built.
- Unique vibration mode.
- 1 year warranty.
- All calling features including voice dialing.
- Operating range extended upto 10m.
- 17 hours play time,22 days of standby time.
12 ONEPLUS BUDS: Best battery
OnePlus buds are the first truly wireless earphones released by OnePlus. Best earphones with outstanding features makes him no.1 in this list. They assure sound clarity with deeper sound. It has a dynamic sound driver of 13.4mm.
- Rapid charge – charge for 5 minutes and use for 5 hours.
- 30 hours of listening time.
- Deeper bass.
- 3D stereo with dolby atom.
- Stunning sound quality with dirac audio tuner .
- Noise suppression algorithm with 3 earphones.
- Flexibility with IPX4 rating.
- 1 year warranty.
13 Noise Shots X5 PRO with Touch Control
Noise Shots X5 PRO are the wireless bluetooth earphones having bluetooth 5.0. Bass evolution V5 provides powerful bass with clear sound quality. It provides 30 hours of playback music.
- DSP noise cancellation technology which suppresses background noise.
- Crystal clear audio available.
- Powerful and deep bass.
- Ultra-light IPX-5.
- 360° swivel design
14 Skullcandy Vert Clip in Ear Water Proof earbuds
Skullcandy Vert Clip plus in-ear wireless earphones are the wireless earphones with freedom of bluetooth connectivity. It provide long-lasting battery which lasts for 6 hrs.It also provides in-line microphone for picking up the calls. It provides two years of warranty from the date of manufacture. Very comfortable and lightweight earphones.
Can be the best option for you at an affordable price.
- 6 hours of battery life.
- In-line microphone for taking calls.
- 2 years of warranty.
- Track,call and volume control available.
- Lightweight and comfortable.
- Wireless bluetooth technology.
15 Marshall Major III quality WIRELESS EARPHONES
Marshall Major III wireless earphones are categorised among the world’s smallest earphones.They are comfortable and very lightweight.They provide the dynamic speakers of 6 mm.It also provides powerful battery with the playback of 12 hours.It has 1 mic with three buttons control also.
Small and compact design with great sound quality can be the perfect match for you.
- 30 hours of battery backup.
- 1 mic with 3 buttons.
- Dynamic speakers of 6mm.
- Bluetooth 4.1.
- Small and dense design.
16 SENNHEISER CX 150BT WIRELESS EARPHONES
The sennheiser cx 150BT are the wireless earphones with great sound quality and powerful bass. They are very comfortable and lightweight and we can easily wear it all day.It is sleek in design. It provides clear sound and removes background noise.
Best option for listening to music and attempting calls at a cheap rate.
- Bluetooth 5.0 with advanced technology.
- Battery backup of 10 hours.
- Remote with 3 buttons for call and music management.
- 2 years of warranty.
- Convenient multi-connection pairing with two devices.


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U.S. SENATE — U.S. Senator Steve Daines today made the following statement after the government funding bill failed to pass the Senate before the Friday midnight deadline.
“While I voted to fund the government, 44 Democrats chose to shut it down, failing 24,000 Montana children, compromising our national security, and letting down our veterans and active service members.” said Daines.
The funding bill would have kept the government open for four weeks and would have included a six-year reauthorization of the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP), which gives 24,000 Montana children access to critical health care.
On January 19, Daines called on his colleagues to protect Montana children.
On January 18, Daines spoke on the floor of the U.S. Senate, urging his colleagues to support long-term CHIP reauthorization.
On April 14, 2015, Daines supported reauthorization of CHIP.
CHIP provides vital health services for over eight million children and 370,000 pregnant women across the United States each year.
Since CHIP’s creation, the number of uninsured children has fallen by one-third. Today, the number of uninsured children is the lowest on record.
Montana counties with the highest number of children enrolled in CHIP:
- Yellowstone – 3,288 children
- Flathead – 2,950 children
- Gallatin – 2,765 children
- Missoula – 2,284 children
- Cascade – 1,325 children
Statements of Support:
“On behalf of the Fort Belknap Indian Community, I am thankful to Senator Daines for his votes to reopen the government and prevent it from being shut down. The shutdown would have had a real impact on how we function here at Fort Belknap. We are glad that Congress, including Senator Daines, will be able to pass a stopgap measure. We had a contingency plan on how we were going to deal with the impact to providing services, including what offices to keep open or which to close. Fortunately, with Senator Daines help, we did not have to do that. We appreciate that very much. Additionally, CHIP is essential to our membership and our families here and I’m glad that Sen. Daines is supportive of the program.”— Andrew Werk, Jr., President of the Fort Belknap Indian Community Council
“The Kalispell Chamber of Commerce appreciates Senator Daines’ vote to reopen the government. In northwest Montana, Flathead businesses rely on a fully functioning federal government that ensures that places like Glacier National Park remain open, federal timber sales continue to be processed, regulatory permitting be maintained, and our federal workforce can have the peace of mind to be ongoing participants in our local economy.” — Joe Unterreiner, President, Kalispell Chamber
“MGGA is pleased to see the Senate approve a temporary funding bill which allows the government to re-open. Montana’s producers rely on a fully functioning government to maintain essential services such as those provided by the Farm Service Agency, Natural Resources Conservation Service and crucial export services. We applaud Senator Daines’ efforts to find a path forward on funding our government.” — Michelle Jones, President, Montana Grain Growers Association
“The effects of a government shutdown can be detrimental to gateway communities like West Yellowstone. We are very appreciative of Senator Daines’ vote to keep the government open.” — Marysue Costello, President, West Yellowstone Chamber
“Maintaining access to essential health care services for children through the CHIP program is absolutely essential in the state of Montana, as it is across the country. We applaud Senator Danies efforts on this bi-partisan solution to extend coverage for the CHIP program to ensure our youngest patients continue to have access to the care they need.” — John Goodnow, CEO, Benefis Health System
“We are grateful to Senator Daines for not only championing the 6-year extension of the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) but also encouraging bi-partisan support for children and families. A 6-year extension of CHIP provides longterm stability of pediatric care in Montana; supports the mission of Montana Children’s Medical Center and the physicians affiliated with Montana Children’s specialties,” — Pamela Robertson, CEO, and President, Kalispell Regional Healthcare.
“We thank Senator Daines for standing up for Montana kids and our patients. His support and that of his Senate colleagues provide reassurance to those families who rely on CHIP for vital and preventive healthcare. Long-term reauthorization ensures that Montana children will have a brighter, healthy future.” — Dean French, MD, CEO, Community Medical Center, Missoula, Montana

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The Black Dirt Sessions, Deer Tick's third full studio album, combines the easy balladry and boozy rock tunes of the band's prior two releases, but does away with the old-timey blues and country influences. The new sound of the group, which includes new member Ian O'Neil of Titus Andronicus on guitar, is contemporary and sincere. Vocalist John McCauley, the chief songwriter of the group, seems to have found his own distinct voice and is comfortable reeling back and singing quietly, harnessing his muscular, grainy timbre into a sweet instrument. The first half of the album never breaks a sweat, concentrating solely on stripped-down, melancholy ballads. Side two breaks away from the acoustic aspects, and kicks up a laid-back Nashville groove with honky tonk piano, Stonesy guitar riffs, and classic Americana harmonies. McCauley sounds liberated, calling up '70s hooks and harmonies that feel classic without being overtly retro. For The Black Dirt Sessions, the sepia tones are faded and less distracting. Songs written to sound like old pub standards helped to gain the group attention, but these heartfelt tunes gleam with McCauley's individuality.
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Surrey summit aims to create cross-culture connections
A Surrey-based community organization invites people from all spiritual backgrounds to a day-long dialogue event aimed at deepening relationships and building trust between various groups that make up the city.
The Progressive Intercultural Community Services (PICS) Society will host the Surrey Spiritual Summit Saturday (March 1) at Alexandra Neighbourhood House, 2916 McBride Ave., from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
The event is open to people “from all religious, spiritual and philosophical traditions,” including those who identify as agnostic, humanist or not observant.
Organizer David Dalley said the focus of the event is to build awareness and acceptance, but he also hopes for deeper interaction that may last after the summit has wrapped up.
“What I’d really, really like to see at events like this are those informal connections that people make,” he said. “They introduce each other, maybe they find out they have something in common, they exchange emails or phone numbers and that’s the sort of informal connections that I really think we need in our community to bridge those lines of difference that we set up arbitrarily.”
Registration is required and space is limited. The event is free and lunch will be provided.
Register online at www.surreyspiritualsummit.eventbrite.ca or contact David Dalley at firstname.lastname@example.org or 778-988-3549.


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Mr O’Brien, who was Chief Judge from 2014 to 2020, was recognised for his “significant service to the law, and to the judiciary in Queensland”.
Another former District Court judge, the Honourable Brian Boulton AM, who served in that court from 1988 to 2004, was recognised for his service to the law. Mr Boulton was also Principal of St Joseph’s Nudgee College from 1968 to 1973.
Well known mediator Tom Stodulka AM, a co-founder and Director of the Australasian Dispute Resolution Centre, was recognised for “significant service to the law, and to mediation and dispute resolution”, along with Resolution Institute director member and trainer Mieke Brandon AM.
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MEDIATOR of the year, conflict resolution practitioner, and Australian author and poet, Tom Stodulka, has made the 2021 Queen’s Birthday Honours List. The Landsborough mediation specialist was among 157 inspirational Queenslanders recognised for their contribution to the health, wellbeing and progress of Australia.
Recipients included a diverse range of Australians from church leaders, aged welfare advocates and public administrators to medical educators, researchers, law practitioners and arts workers. Tom was one of 32 Queenslanders appointed Members of the Order (AM) in the General Division for his significant service to the law, and to mediation and dispute resolution.


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54-year-old Deborah Lee Delaney was last seen on April 18, 2011, and no one has heard from her since. Police need your help.
Delaney's husband never reported her missing, because he thought she had left him, police say. She did not take a vehicle with her.
Delaney's mother reported her missing on April 25 because Delaney didn't call her daughter on Easter. Delaney's mother and her adult daughter believe she is missing, because she said she would call on Easter and never did. Delaney and her daughter last talked on April 18.
She is described as a white woman with a light complexion, 5’4” tall, approximately 124 lbs, with short blond hair and blue eyes.
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Monitise plc has announced that it is seeing continued momentum across the Group with a number of new business wins in both Europe and the US, as well as a contract renewal.
In particular, Monitise has entered into a five-year Mobile Money partnership with a leading UK bank and financial services company and also renewed and extended its commercial contract with a leading financial institution.
Under the terms of the new UK business win, Monitise will design, build, and manage new digital banking, payments and shopping services. The partnership has a contract value of several million pounds. In line with Monitise’s strategic focus on moving further towards a user-generated business model, the new partnership includes provisions for revenue sharing arising from retail offers generated via the Group’s growing mobile commerce network.
The commercial activity for the UK-based global Mobile Money business reflects increasing corporate and consumer interest in digital technology services and products that enable people to securely and easily bank, pay and buy on the move via their mobile phones and tablets.
On the back of this momentum, Monitise reiterates its expectation of approximately 50% growth in revenue, and gross margin above 70% in the fiscal year to June 2014.
“Demand for Mobile Money services continues to grow rapidly and we are seeing increasing interest in our technology and services from leading players in the Americas, Europe and Asia,” said Monitise Group Chief Executive Alastair Lukies.
“There is no doubt in our minds that 2014 and 2015 will see an intensifying battle as players position themselves to control and own the business infrastructure underpinning Mobile Money technology. Amid this, Monitise will continue, with the support of its partners, to invest strategically to ensure that the ecosystem is ideally balanced between interoperability, security and convenience and that at the heart of this, consumers benefit from the innovation being created in an inherently trustworthy way,” Lukies added.
Commenting on the new contract, Monitise Chief Commercial Officer Lee Cameron said: “We are delighted to be supporting more leading financial services companies in developing and delivering Mobile Money services for their customers. Collaborations like this show the value created by building a global ecosystem of partners and clients that can leverage our bank-grade Bank Anywhere, Pay Anyone and Buy Anything technology in ways that help them unlock the commercial benefits of mobile technology.”
In Europe, Monitise is finalising details on a contract to provide multi-language mobile Point of Sale (mPOS) services for a Nordic bank’s small business and merchant customers.
In Asia, Monitise is seeing increasing interest in its payments and commerce technology following the recent launch of its first Chinese-language Mobile Money service developed in partnership with mobile network operator PCCW-HKT, Bank of China (Hong Kong) and JETCO, an ATM network provider in Hong Kong.
Monitise’s services run across multiple smartphone operating systems, including Android, Apple and BlackBerry, ensuring availability on the widest range of device models. The Group’s Bank Anywhere products include SMS banking, card management, balance enquiries, messaging alerts, mobile image capture, ATM and branch locators, transaction histories, account transfers and more. The Pay Anyone product offering features mPOS, proximity payments, mobile phone top-up, peer-to-peer payments, travel money, charity donations, mobile stored value accounts and international remittances. The Group’s Buy Anything products include mobile wallets, instant mobile checkout, bank specific loyalty and offers, bank cross-sell and up-sell and gift cards in the form of digital coupons and vouchers.
Cameron added: “The Monitise services and products we develop for our partners are designed to enable people to securely and intuitively manage their money on the move in our increasingly connected digital world and to help banks defend their existing customer relationships and to generate new revenue streams from mobile commerce.”


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LA Muscle Nutrition: Chicken Breast
No lean protein has a more respected reputation than the chicken breast. Specifically boneless, skinless chicken breasts have consistently been at the top of the list of lean proteins to eat for fat loss.
In addition to being a fat burning powerhouse, chicken breasts provide a wealth of health benefits to help you maintain good health. You should notice that ½ chicken breast has just 142 calories and just 3 grams of fat.
Chicken breasts nutrition facts also tell us that there are no carbs, sugar or fiber but there are 27 grams of protein in just a half breast! Chicken breast nutrition facts also tell us that you can get many essential vitamins including E, B6 and B12.
You can also get vitamins essential to healthy body functions, including riboflavin, niacin, thiamin and pantothenic acid. Minerals, which provide many of the health benefits of chicken breasts, are found in healthy numbers in just one serving. For example, phosphorus and selenium make up more than 20% of your recommended daily value.
There are also small, but helpful amounts of calcium, iron, potassium and zinc found in chicken breasts. You’ll also be happy to know that ½ chicken breast also gives you significant amounts ofomega-3 fatty acids, which are essential for a healthy body.
Best Eaten: Chicken breasts are versatile and very easy to cook. Just be sure not to overcook it, as many people stay away from chicken breasts because they deem it “too dry”. Cook with bell peppers and onions for lean fajitas. Add to mixed vegetables and flavor with curry or soy sauce & ginger for an international meal. Slice a chicken breast and place it over a salad for a healthy protein infusion.
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Congress OKs cliff deal, signaling future fights
January 2, 2013
WASHINGTON — Congress’ excruciating, extraordinary New Year’s Day approval of a compromise averting a prolonged tumble off the fiscal cliff hands President Barack Obama most of the tax boosts on the......
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As the holidays approach and we pull out our winter clothes and annual decorations, remember to watch carefully for brown recluse spiders. These little pests like to hide undisturbed in dark, dry, quiet places such as basements, closets, woodpiles and boxes. Brown recluse spiders are native to the Midwest and Southeast, so it is likely we all have a few living alongside us in our homes.
While they are not aggressive spiders, they will bite when pressed close to the skin. This can easily happen when donning a previously stored holiday sweater or winter coat or simply rummaging through a box of ornaments or decorations.
Brown recluse spiders are fairly easy to recognize. They are usually small, approximately 1.5 cm in length, roughly the size of dime. They range in color from yellow-tan to dark brown and have a characteristic “fiddle shape” on their cephalothorax (the part of the body to which the legs attach). The base of the fiddle is at the spider’s head, while the neck points to the rear.
Brown recluse spider bites can be painless to mildly painful (like a bee sting), so it is often helpful to collect the spider (if possible) for identification if you believe you’ve been bitten. The venom is extremely potent, but a single bite only releases a very small amount into the skin. Bite reactions can vary from mild to severe with flu like symptoms. A more severe bite reaction will become painful within the first 2-4 hours after the bite. Redness and swelling develop within that time and there is often a pale, blister-like area in the center. This is due to the tissue breakdown the venom causes. As the reaction continues, these areas can grow quite large and often develop central ulceration within a couple days. A systemic reaction to the venom may include nausea, vomiting, fever and chills, weakness and joint pain. This can occur in the first 24-48 hours after the bite. It is best to seek medical care on the same day if you believe you’ve been bitten, and especially if you are having a severe bite reaction. While there is no specific antidote, the sooner a diagnosis is made and treatment initiated, the better the outcome. Treatment for mild bites includes rest, ice bags applied to the area and elevation if the bite is on an extremity. Aspirin may be helpful in slowing the localized effect of the spider’s venom. A tetanus shot should be given if not up to date. For more severe bites, antibiotics, pain medication and other anti-inflammatory medications may be prescribed.

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Presumed Guilty Discussion Guide
A companion guide with discussion questions for each chapter.
A resource with suggested readings and assignments for courses on Islamophobia.
More Than Words
A resource on Islamophobia in Britain designed for the All Parliamentary Group on British Muslims. (Todd is a contributor)
My Neighbor Is Muslim
An introduction to Islam study guide designed for churches.
For Public Schools
Online resources for teaching about religion in US public schools.
Online searchable database containing Muslim condemnations of terrorism.

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Q4b/15: Broadband in-premises networking
The continuing customer demand for ever higher bit rate data services, high-speed Internet access and other innovative services, and the ongoing needs of network operators to leverage in-premises connectivity for distributing within the home IPTV and other applications, will require the development of new Recommendations and enhancements to existing Recommendations covering all aspects of in-premises Networking Transceivers operating over metallic conductors. These studies will include, but are not limited to, the transport of higher layer protocols, the management and test of the in-premises systems, spectral management aspects and energy saving techniques.
The following major Recommendations, in force at the time of approval of this Question, fall under its responsibility: G.995x series, G.996x series, and G.997x series.
The target audience for this question are the technology suppliers, chipset vendors, equipment vendors, and service providers active in the domain of providing broadband in-premises networking. A global audience is targeted to facilitate a unified approach to the broadband in-premises networking.
What enhancements are needed to the G.995x series, G.996x series, and G.997x series of Recommendations:
- in the light of design, network deployment experience, and evolving service requirements?
- to optimise the transport of IP-based services?
What new Recommendations are needed:
- for broadband transceivers for in-premises networking over metallic conductors such as phone-line, coaxial, data (e.g. CAT5) and power cables?
- to carry out line testing?
- to enable higher bit rates to be achieved by means of MIMO?
- to enable transport of higher layer protocols?
- to optimize the quality-of-experience to the end user?
- to facilitate PLC coexistence
What enhancements to existing Recommendations are required to provide energy savings directly or indirectly in Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) or in other industries?
What enhancements to developing or new Recommendations are required to provide such energy savings?
Study items include, but are not limited to:
- Modulation and transport techniques, tools for spectrum management (including dynamic spectrum management), real noise environments, handshaking procedures, testing procedures, physical layer management procedures, protocols for PLC coexistence, energy saving techniques.
- These studies should take account of the different regulatory environments around the world.
- Transceiver to higher layer inter-connection techniques
These studies will include any specific requirements:
- to optimise the transport of IP-based services
- to optimise the transport of Ethernet based services
- to support the management of in-premises networking systems operating over metallic conductors
Tasks include, but are not limited to:
Maintenance and enhancements of existing Recommendations and production of new Recommendations in the G.995x, G.996x, and G.997x series.
NOTE: An up-to-date status of work under this Question is contained in the SG15 Work Programme at
- G.995x, G.996x, and G.997x series
- G.99x series.
- Q1/15, Q2/15, Q4a/15, Q4c/15
- ITU-R SG1 and SG5
- ITU-T SG5 on EMC and various copper cable topics
- ITU-T SG9 on television and sound programme transport
- ITU-T SG16 on multimedia aspects
- TSAG JCA-HN
- TSAG Focus Group on Smart Grid
Standardisation bodies, forums and consortia:
- ATIS Committee COAST and its subcommittee on Network Access Interfaces (NAI)
- ATIS Committee COAST and its subcommittee on Telecom Energy Efficiency (TEE)
- Broadband Forum
- ETSI PLT
- HGI on residential gateway
- HomeGrid Forum
- HomePlug on power line communication
- HomePNA on phone line networking
- IEC CISPR I on EMC requirements
- IEC TC57 WG20 on power line communication
- IEC TC69 on power line communication for electric vehicles
- IEEE on Ethernet
- ISO/IEC JTC1/SC25 on interconnection of Information Technology equipment
- MoCA on multimedia over coax
- Smart Grid Interoperability Panel (SGIP)
- TIA TR-41 on Spectral management considerations


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The Montgomery is an historic, yet forward thinking, multi-purpose venue based in the heart of Sheffield City Centre. Our aim is to continue to develop our diverse professional and community programme to better serve the city region's thriving faith and arts communities.
The Montgomery offers a programme of family friendly theatre performances, workshops, and other creative activities.
We provide accessible and creative space for the promotion of theatre and the arts, as well as serving and resourcing our faith partners across the region.
Our historic venue boasts a 420-seat theatre, 4 dressing rooms, a 60-seat studio theatre, and various rehearsal/exhibition/workshop spaces.
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Fresh reports have emerged that the former classmate who hit Tolulope Arotile with a car has no driver’s license.
Nigeria has been thrown into a state of mourning after her first female Combat Pilot, Tolulope Arotile, died in a car accident on Tuesday July 14 at the Nigeria Air Force (NAF) base in Kaduna.
The 23–year-old Flying Officer died after she got knocked down by a car driven by her former classmate who was reversing the vehicle.
However, it has been revealed that the classmate has no valid driver’s license according to a report by Channels TV.
Military sources who spoke to Channels TV disclosed that the classmate in the company of his friends wanted to drop off his relatives at the base. He intended to drop off Arotile after seeing her on the road inside the base.
Unfortunately, he hit her while reversing his car.
The female pilot died from severe head injuries.
The military sources also disclosed that the classmate and other people have been taken into custody as they conduct an investigation into the untimely death of the late pilot.
The late pilot’s elder sister, Damilola Adegboye, Adegboruwa (SAN) and other concerned Nigerians have called on security operatives to probe the death of the deceased.
According to NAF, Arotile will be buried with full military honours on July 23.
A statement from NAF quoted her saying, “I joined the military simply out of passion for it. Being a military personnel has been a long time ambition; the carriage and what it stands for are simply exceptional,”


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of the highest quality. Updated daily.
Of course a specimen about a typeface called Greycliff should be all greyscale. A simple design with stacked images of the typeface in context.
Stacked images and animations tell the story of the design in this unconventional specimen. Of particular interest is the 'move me and play' panel inviting the user to move individual glyphs around on a black canvas.

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Kraft Dairy products
$5/5 here. Bricks coupon. Coupon expires in October!
Qualifying products: Kraft Singles, Kraft Parmesan, Kraft Natural Cheese (Chunk, Shred, Crumbles (5 oz. +), Sticks and Cubes), Kraft String Ums, Kraft Cracker Cuts, Kraft Deli Deluxe slices, Philadelphia Cream Cheese, Velveeta, Cracker Barrel Cheese (5 oz. +), Cheez Whiz, Breakstone's Sour Cream or Cottage Cheese (16 oz. +), Knudsen Sour Cream or Cottage Cheese (16 oz. +). Says coupon not valid for certain products (Breakstone's/Knudsen items in CO, CA or ND.
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$1/1 on Quaker Instant or Hearty Medleys here. Facebook coupon.
$0.75/1 Nestle Mini Morsel Toppers here.
$10 off your purchase of $50 here. Use coupon multiple times. Expires September 19.
Like Revlon on Facebook and receive a $2/1 Super Lustrous Lipstick and $2/2 Nail Enamels.
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I’m an experienced psychotherapist and psychologist specializing in individual therapies.
While working I use psychodynamic model of psychotherapy helping people who need changes – emotional, professional, mental, spiritual or relationship. I am working mainly with individuals. The main goal of psychotherapy is raising the awareness of patients. The reason behind is that only by making reasonable decissions and cooperating smoothly we are able to replace adverse mechanisms with healthy and more mature reactions.
I was granted with Master’s Degree at Jagiellonian University in Cracow and Doctoral Degree (Doctor of Medicine) at Medical University of Warsaw.
2010-2014 – Medical University of Warsaw, PhD, Doctor of Medicine (M.D.), Psychiatry.
2008-2012 – Kraków Psychodynamic Center, Post MA, Psychotherapy, Counseling.
2007 – Erasmus, The LUMSA University of Rome, Psychology.
2004-2009 – Jagiellonian University of Cracow, Master’s Degree, Psychology, specializing in neuropsychology and modern forms of managing. Master thesis: „Total Participation Management: Toward psychological determinants of subjective well-being at work“.
During my career and internships I have cooperated with clinical, academic and private institutions as well.
since 2019 – Psychotherapist online while living in Berlin.
since 2015 – Private practice for psychotherapy in Cracow, Kazimierz.
2015-2021 – Psychotherapist at the Psychotherapy Center „Empathy“ in Cracow.
since 2014 – Psychologist online via www.katarzynamika.pl.
2014-2018 – Psychologist at the Nursing Home St. Sister Faustyna Kowalska in Raba Wyżna.
2010-2014 – Psychotherapist at the Psychotherapy Center „Po Zmianę“ in Warsaw.
2010-2014 – Psychologist and psychotherapist at the Department of Psychiatry of Medical University of Warsaw (Nowowiejski Hospital, Warsaw); Psychologist at the Department of Cranio-Maxillofacial Surgery, Oral Surgery and Implantology of Medical University of Warsaw.
2010-2014 – academic lecturer and researcher at Medical University of Warsaw.

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In May 2013 KrebsOnSecurity wrote about Ragebooter, a service that paying customers can use to launch powerful distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks capable of knocking individuals and Web sites offline. The owner of Ragebooter subsequently was convicted in 2016 of possessing child pornography, but his business somehow lived on while he was in prison. Now just weeks after Poland made probation, a mobile version of the attack-for-hire service has gone up for sale on the Google Play store.
In the story Ragebooter: ‘Legit’ DDoS Service, or Fed Backdoor, I profiled then 19-year-old Justin D. Poland from Memphis — who admitted to installing code on his Ragebooter service that allowed FBI investigators to snoop on his customers.
Last February, Poland was convicted of one felony count of possession of child pornography, after investigators reportedly found 2,600 child pornography images on one of his computers. Before his trial was over, Poland skipped town but his bondsman later located him at his mother’s house. He was sentenced to two years in jail.


Interloper - Bitch Slapper album
Title: Bitch Slapper
Date of release: 2001
Size MP3: 1359 mb
Size FLAC: 1758 mb
Format: DTS AIFF MP4 VQF VOX AC3 ADX
Complete your Interloper collection. A 1 Bitch Slapper is more the normal Plank Record Label Sound with stringed loops A 2 RTJ has done it again for me using sythn melody pop tones on what sounds like some 1970's B movie breakbeat.
Diana Gtz 3 years ago. Lots Big Band ① Interloper (1080p HD).
Interloper appeared in the Digipack version of the Self Titled Album, It also was recorded in the Crowz era, it was sung by Anders, with different lyrics to the final version, a version sung by Corey (the only real version of this is sung live) with a sample at the begining. The song was then revised (majorly) and released as Diluted on Self titled. It appeared in the Slipknot Demo. Many have come and gone, Still left out of the guttural swansong.
plank 019. Interloper. Bitch Slapper (12").
Interloper - Bitch Slapper. Singer: Interloper Album Title: Bitch Slapper Category: Electronic Style: Breakbeat Year: 2001. Interloper - Bitch Slapper MP3 version RAR archive.
Interloper is the third studio album by Swedish ambient duo Carbon Based Lifeforms, released in 2010. Interloper starts at track 24, indicating it is a continuation of World of Sleepers.
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A mechanic from Penrith will be taking part in the cycle events at the London 2012 Olympics by supporting the competing athletes.
Phil Graham owns Arragons Cycle Centre in the town but will be soon heading for the capital to offer his assistance track side. Mr Graham will work alongside other mechanics in the first week of the Games.
More top news
A look ahead at the forecast for the Border region.
Over the next eight years the populations of all but nine local authorities in England will increase. Four of those are in Cumbria.
The Psychoactive Substances Act will come into effect tomorrow, and could see offenders jailed for up to seven years.


This week on the Barca Blaugranes podcast, I chat about Barcelona’s El Clásico loss to Real Madrid and why it doesn’t mean all that much in the La Liga title race. Then a bit of news regarding Neymar and Ousmane Dembélé. Then a quick dive into the Copa del Rey final.
BB Podcast: Recapping El Clásico and Copa del Rey Final preview
Big game last weekend, big game this weekend


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BIRMINGHAM (August 8, 2012) – Families and friends will have the opportunity to join others in the fight against childhood cancer at Sebastian’s RunWalk for a Cure on Saturday, Sept. 15, in the Town of Mt Laurel.
Registration begins at 7:30 a.m. and the 5k RunWalk begins at 8:30 a.m. The one mile Kids’ Fun Run/Family Walk begins at 10 a.m. Participants can choose to walk individually or create a team to honor a patient, participate as a company or school, or walk with friends. Participants will be able to enjoy food and kid’s activities and also honor Sebastian and all other children who are facing childhood cancer. This event will benefit the Alabama Center for Childhood Cancer and Blood Disorders at Children’s of Alabama and bring together supporters of all ages.
Sebastian Lemos was a brave young boy who loved to play soccer and watch out for his younger sister, Isabella. He was diagnosed with Central Nervous System (CNS) Sarcoma, a rare tumor in children, at 4 years old. For more than three years, Sebastian courageously faced doctor appointments and many different treatments. Unfortunately, he lost his battle with cancer in 2008. In 2009 his family and friends started Sebastian’s RunWalk for a Cure to honor his memory by raising money to help other children.
Registration is $25 for adults and $15 for kids 12 and younger. Sponsorship opportunities and online registration can be found at www.sebastiansrunwalk.org. More information is available by contacting Shelley Scott at email@example.com or calling 205.638.9007.
About Children’s of Alabama
Children’s of Alabama has provided specialized medical care for ill and injured children across the state and throughout the southeastern U.S. since 1911. Children’s offers inpatient and outpatient services across its Russell Campus on Birmingham’s historic Southside with additional outpatient surgery and diagnostic imaging services provided at Children’s South and Children’s on 3rd. Primary care is provided at more than a dozen offices in communities across central and north Alabama. The Benjamin Russell Hospital for Children is the only hospital in Alabama dedicated solely to the care and treatment of children and is recognized by the American Nurses Credentialing Center as a Magnet-designated hospital for excellence in nursing care. For the past three years, Children’s has been ranked among the best children’s hospital programs in the nation by US News & World Report. It is a private, not-for-profit hospital that serves as the primary site of the
University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) pediatric medicine, surgery, research and residency programs. Last year, patients made more than 634,000 outpatient and nearly
14,000 inpatient visits to Children’s from every county in Alabama and from 47 other states.


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In New Zealand, Wellington City has broken through the $70,000 ceiling for average wages according to figures from the Trade Me Jobs website.
“Wellington employers are bucking the trend and appear to be putting more money on the table to lure candidates away from their current roles,” explained head of Trade Me Jobs Jeremy Wade. “Employers in the capital broke through the $70,000 ceiling for the first time, but Wellington is still second in the race for the highest earning area. However, if this rate of growth continues it could soon overtake Auckland again where wage growth was up just one per cent to $72,509.”
According to Wade growth in Wellington is likely if demand, as expected, picks up in the government sector. The average number of applications in Wellington fell 23.6 per cent on last year, while the average wage climbed a solid four per cent to $70,307. “Listings in Wellington City actually fell 5.2 per cent on last year, but it looks like employers are putting more on the table because finding talent is increasingly tough.”
Analysis of 66,000 vacancies on the. Trade Me Jobs website show the number of job vacancies in the construction and roading sector fell 3.5 per cent year on year due to growing concerns in the industry. “Recruiters and employers have told us that uncertainty around future government infrastructure projects is causing many employers to think hard about their next hire,” said Wade. “Coupled with further uncertainty around foreign investment rules and the challenges facing Fletcher Building, it’s a tough road ahead for employers and they’re more cautious committing to new or replacement hires while projects beyond the next year or two are unclear.”
Figures from Trade Me Jobs, based on the anaTaranaki, Southland and the Bay of Plenty had ‘amazing’ growth in the first quarter of the year with the number of job listings increasing 17.2 per cent, 14.1 per cent and 12.4 per cent on last year respectively.
“The Auckland and Wellington regions are bearing the brunt of the construction and roading industry uncertainty with job listings falling 5.4 per cent and 9.4 per cent respectively,” said Wade.

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Get your Easter table ready!
Easter is almost here and a lot of us will be celebrating with a big meal to enjoy with family and friends. Here are some adorable ways to decorate your Easter table!
The Popcorn Factory – Easter Egg Serving Bowls
These Easter Egg serving bowls are cute, festive and come filled with mouthwatering, gourmet popcorn. The stylized cracked egg design bowls in yellow and teal are filled with Cheese Popcorn, festive Bunny Pop Cornfetti Corn and Caramel Corn. Great for parties or for fun with the family!
The Popcorn Factory – Easter Egg Serving Bowls & Snacks – Serving Bowls NA1544 – $34.00, 9.99 shipping – Available at The Popcorn Factory
Easter Bunny Salad Serving Set
This set of wood servers come with decorative metal bunny handles perfect for Easter!
Easter Egg Bunny Serving Tray
A delightful dolomite tray in the shape of a bunny makes a great way to showcase your beautifully colored eggs!
ETC (Electronic Theatre Controls) – Easter Egg Bunny Serving Tray — Spring Festive Colors – $17.76, 8.24 shipping – Available at Amazon.com Marketplace
Easter Themes Jacquard Tablecloth
Top your table with silhouette images of Easter in the pastel colored squares of this 100% cotton Easter Themes Jacquard Tablecloth. Machine washable and tumble dry.
Cotton Cantina – Easter Themes Jacquard Tablecloth – $39.97, Free shipping – Available at Amazon.com Marketplace
Spring Table Runner Easter, 60″
This lined spring floral table runner is very elegant and modern. It measures 15″ wide and comes in 60″, 72″, 96″, 108″ and 120″ long sizes.
TheFabricAffair – Table Runner Easter, Spring Table Runner in 60 inch, 72 inch, 108 inch, 120 inch long Floral Beige, White, Yellow Table Linens – Citrine Vines (60 inch) – $40.00, Free shipping – Available at Amazon.com Marketplace
Easter Colors & Pastel Accents Egg Holder Set
This set of 2, dolomite egg holders measure 3″ high and are dishwasher and microwave safe too!
Fitz and Floyd – Easter Colors & Pastel Accents Egg Holder Set of 2 – $19.97, 6.74 shipping – Available at Amazon.com Marketplace
White Easter Bunny 29 Oz Ceramic Teapot
This handpainted, ceramic tea pot is perfect for your Easter table! It holds up to 29oz.
Burton & Burton – White Easter Bunny 29 Oz Ceramic Teapot Adorable for Easter Tea Party – $25.43, 7.68 shipping – Available at Amazon.com Marketplace
Easter Chicks, Bunnies, & Eggs Striped Dish Tea Towel
These 100% cotton handtowels measure 19.5 x 19.5″ and are in spring colors with Easter themed silhouettes printed on them.
Design Imports – Easter Chicks, Bunnies, & Eggs Striped Dish Tea Towel -Kitchen Towel – $12.88, 6.60 shipping – Available at Amazon.com Marketplace
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"Drink Up Grinches" Graphic Tee
This soft tee has a rounded neckline and features a Seuss-style quote. These tees run true to size and are perfect to wear when trimming the tree or waiting up for the Big Guy on Christmas Eve.
Make this into a cute gift set. Add a pair of joggers or lounge pants and add the gift wrapping option (https://j9lane.com/collections/lounge-wear/products/lounge-set-gift-wrap). We'll add a pair of fluffy sock and box it up with ribbon and a tag.
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The survey sample was constructed with the use of RUSLANA data base, purchased by HSE. To ensure the statistical representativeness of the collected data, the targeted sample size accounts for 2,000 plants, including 800 small plants with 10-100 workers and 1200 plants with more than 100 workers. Two dimensions have been used for stratification of the sample: 11 NACE industry codes and size class (10-19; 20-49; 50-250; more than 250 employees). Given the importance of large firms in aggregate competitiveness dynamics, the large firms have been oversampled.
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- Beyond the Sprinkle: The Ice Cream Toppings Matrix
- The Juiciest Fruit: 16 Ways to Make the Most of Delightful, Drippy Plums
- Recover From Your Food Hangover With These 36 Light and Healthy Recipes
- We're in Love With Bacanora, the Missing Link Between Tequila and Mezcal
- All the Sodas, Floats, and Sundaes You Need to Eat at the Country's New-School Ice Cream Parlors
Cranberry Sauce Recipes
Cranberry-Orange Relish with Mint (Credit: Jonathon Kambouris)
In the jigsaw puzzle that is Thanksgiving dinner, cranberry sauce is akin to placing that final piece in its home. It’s the much-needed tangy counterpart to all those rich dishes on your over-heaped plate. Add a spoonful of it atop your turkey you can step back, look at the completed image, and marvel at your artwork.
We said artwork! So don’t go for the canned variety, wriggled onto a plate, ridges intact. Instead, check out our favorite homemade iterations in the slideshow below.
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Federal Council nominates board of new RUAG holding company
Bern, 23.10.2019 - At its meeting on 23 October 2019, the Federal Council reached further decisions on the unbundling and development of the RUAG technology group. This included the nomination of board members for the new holding company. The majority of these board members are women and the board has the entire spectrum of knowledge and experience required to implement the complex unbundling process. The Federal Council also acknowledged the plan for the boards of the two subsidiaries (MRO Switzerland and RUAG International). In addition, it approved the strategic goals of the new holding company for the 2020-2023 period.
As part of the unbundling and development of the current RUAG Holding, a new holding company with two subsidiaries will be established on 1 January 2020. MRO Switzerland will be owned by the Swiss Confederation and provide security-related services to the DDPS (MRO: maintenance, repair and overhaul). It is planned to develop RUAG International into an aerospace group that will be privatised in the medium term. The two subsidiaries will be legally and financially independent from each other and their IT systems will be kept separate.
Majority of women on the board
The Federal Council will control the new holding company, as in the case of all companies with close ties to the Confederation, primarily by setting its strategic goals and appointing its board. The new holding company is responsible for implementing the agreed strategic goals for 2020-2023. These aim to meet the interests of the Confederation as the owner and sole shareholder and in particular take account of the DDPS’s security and armaments policy interests as the main client of MRO Switzerland, as well as the FDF’s financial policy interests.
The election of the board of the holding company will be carried out at the founders’ meeting in November. Monica Duca Widmer becomes the president. She was already nominated as president by the Federal Council on 14 June 2019, primarily because of her proven experience and knowledge of corporate governance matters. The board has two further female members in Monika Krüsi Schädle and Ariane Richter Merz. Monika Krüsi Schädle heads a consultancy firm. She holds several directorships in industrial and energy companies. Ariane Richter Merz is the CEO and president of a company that provides advisory services on legal and compliance matters.
The five-member board will be completed by the presidents of the boards of the two subsidiaries. They are Nicolas Perrin in the case of MRO Switzerland and Remo Lütolf in the case of RUAG International. Remo Lütolf is currently president of the board of the current RUAG Holding. He played a decisive role in drawing up the strategy for the further development of RUAG International and is now able to implement that strategy in his new position. Nicolas Perrin has worked for thirty years in various capacities for the SBB. Since 2008 he has been the head of SBB Cargo. He will stand down from this position when he takes up his post as president of the board of MRO Switzerland. It remains to be decided whether he will carry out any further mandates on behalf of the SBB. Due to professional commitments, Nicolas Perrin is unable to begin his duties as president of MRO Switzerland until 31 May 2019. Until this date, the board will be chaired by its vice-president, who is likely to be Heinz Liechti, currently the project manager at the DDPS responsible for the unbundling and further development of RUAG.
The Federal Council is convinced that the new board of the holding company has the entire spectrum of knowledge and experience required to implement the complex unbundling process.
The Federal Council has taken note of the planned composition of the boards of the two subsidiaries. They will be elected by the board of the holding company. In addition to the presidents of the respective boards, the board members of MRO Switzerland are Heinz Liechti, Nicolas Gremaud, Caroline Kuyper Leblond and Sibylle Minder Hochreutener; and in the case of RUAG International, they are Jürg Oleas, Marie-Pierre de Bailliencourt, Jürg Fedier, Laurent Sigismondi, Rainer G. Schulz and Jennifer P. Byrne.
The Federal Council also instructed the DDPS to appoint Ernst & Young as auditors to the holding company at the general meeting of the company. In addition to the standard audit, the auditors will also verify compliance with the principles of cost accounting, as required by the Confederation, in relation to the assignments carried out by MRO Switzerland on behalf of the Armed Forces.
The DDPS has also informed the Federal Council that the current RUAG Holding has submitted an initial implementation plan for the further development of RUAG International. This sets out the key milestones in the gradual build-up of the aerospace group and its privatisation. The key figures will be confirmed in the course of 2019 planning process. This will allow RUAG to add binding goals to the implementation plan, and to submit the final version of the plan to the Federal Council in the first quarter of 2020.
Swiss interests in aerospace policy are also important to the Federal Council in this project. It has therefore instructed the board of the new holding company to take measures to ensure that these interests are safeguarded in the privatisation process. The new company will look to promote Switzerland's interests in space projects and markets, based on the business opportunities available and in accordance with its strategic goals. It will seek to strengthen the company's position and support technological development in Europe. It will work with the EAER in pursuing these objectives.
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Backwoods Beauty #14224
Here sits yet another vintage Ford F-1 model pickup truck from the 1950s. Once they were everywhere during their work lives and today, they’re in nearly every junkyard too. This one sits partly under the trees in the Georgia outback with plenty of permanently retired brethren around it. Like tombstones in a graveyard row, they line the dirt road through the overgrown scrub of an old-time junkyard. That’s the best kind, of course.
Belonging at one time to a country radio station, this one was painted to attract attention having a red body with yellow fenders all around. You can see a little bit of their advertising with a western boot on the door. Living in partial shade, the glass has a heavy cover of lichen that’s completely opaque. This truck is totally blinded. Rust pokes through the paint and lichen layers. As a shooter, the door hanging open was great for compositional purposes.
I let the short arc of fresh greenery growing in front of the pickup truck be the center of the composition. The bright green of newer leaves was a good contrast against the red, not to mention some ironic contrast of new against the faded and decaying Ford. No doubt, it’s good to have a foil to use as a photographer. Even an old Ford truck like this can use a little dressing up to look its portrait best.
I really enjoy these old Ford F-models and they usually turn up in any vintage junkyard. If I had the time and the ability to wrench one of them, I would, and I’d certainly drive it often. Why drive one of these old soul wagons? Just because, and to me, it would be like the Pharoah going down the Nile while out driving down some old two-lane blacktop road.
Here’s another similar Ford truck in better shape sitting out behind a barn in Virginia called Tumbleweed #14461. I don’t think it will happen for either, but the blue truck from VA stands a better chance of being restored than the red one shown here.
If you like vehicular junk with character, you can also see my entire collection of vintage pickup trucks in the Junkyard Pickup Trucks gallery.
Location: a junkyard in rural Bartow County, Georgia backwoods.
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Sometimes in the morning, particularly before I have an early morning workout scheduled, I just want something quick and easy to eat before I head out the door. A lot of times I will just have a date or 2 or maybe a banana or a tablespoon of peanut butter (or a combination of the above). On mornings like that, I always wish I had something a little more substantial prepared rather than just eating something on the fly. These banana muffins may be the answer!
3 bananas, mashed
1/2 cup almond butter
2 tablespoons coconut oil, melted
1 teaspoon vanilla
1/2 cup coconut flour
2 teaspoons cinnamon
2 teaspoons chia seeds
1/2 teaspoon nutmeg
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon baking soda
pinch of salt
1. Preheat the oven to 175 degrees C.
2. Grease muffin tin or line with muffin cups.
3. Beat together bananas, eggs, almond butter, coconut oil, and vanilla
4. Mix the coconut flour, cinnamon, chia seeds, nutmeg, baking powder, baking soda, and salt together.
5. Fold the dry mixture into the wet mixture.
6. Pour into muffin tin and bake for 25 minutes.
Nutritional info (per muffin; makes 12 muffins)
4.3 g. protein
10.2 g. carbohydrates (3.3 g. fiber)
8.4 g. fat (0.34 g. saturated fat)


Welcome to Commentary Commentary, our long-running series of articles exploring the things we can learn from the most interesting filmmaker commentaries available on DVD and Blu-ray.
Osgood Perkins’ debut feature, February, hit the festival circuit in 2015 to strong reviews, but it wasn’t until earlier this year that the film was actually released. It opened in February under a new title and racked up more positive coverage (including my own review), and now it’s available on Blu-ray/DVD. It’s a creepy little gem that takes its time building atmosphere and dread before unleashing hell, and I highly recommend a pick-up.
Keep reading to see what I heard on the commentary for…
The Blackcoat’s Daughter (2015)
Commentator: Osgood Perkins (writer/director)
1. He’s always been a big fan of the Madeline books by Ludwig Bemelmans. “There was something the simpleness of the drawings, the simplicity of the drawings, and the weird sort of cadence of the writing that always made me so kind of crazy in the best possible way.” He points out Kat (Kiernan Shipka) at the 1:30 mark being dressed as Madeline. The last line of his screenplay mirrors the ending of Madeline with “and that’s all there is.”
2. Many of the interiors are lit solely by the light coming in the window.
3. They shot the film in an agricultural college in Ottawa “on the decline.”
4. Kat’s meeting with the head priest features an empty chair beside her. “I borrowed it — stole it — from Roman Polanski, from Rosemary’s Baby.” It’s the idea of “who’s not pictured.”
5. “I hope you have a fun time in Albany” is Perkins’ favorite line of dialogue he’s written, “in my sweet young life.”
6. People have commented that Rose’s (Lucy Boynton) first appearance reminds them of Twin Peaks. He assumes they mean Sherilyn Fenn’s portrayal of Audrey. “Maybe it’s her haircut.”
7. Boynton used the photo that’s taken for her character’s school portrait when submitting for a rail pass in London.
8. That’s fake brick at the 8:53 mark. “It’s the fakest brick you ever saw. It looks good here, but I promise you it’s foam.”
9. Kat’s piano song was written by Perkins’ brother, Elvis, who also scored the film. He sent the music and a recording to Shipka and didn’t hear her perform it until the day of filming.
10. He doesn’t recall approving Kat’s hair style or even having a conversation about it. “Kiernan just showed up with this hair, and it was the most perfect thing. It has this unbelievably reptilian look to it.”
11. He enjoys the student legend of the “hairless, satanic, lesbian” sisters, and finds it to be fun misdirect.
12. The fake snow is “actually Parmesan cheese” because it’s cheaper. I don’t fully believe this one in part because no one is sticking their tongues out to gobble it up.
13. Joan’s (Emma Roberts) first appearance sees her moving quickly through the frame, and while his preference was for viewers to be unclear as to who it is — to the point that he didn’t want her to turn around and look back towards the camera — he was out-voted. “You’re not making a movie by yourself.”
14. Famed editor Walter Murch (Ghost, The Talented Mr. Ripley) described film directors as “the immune system of the movie” in that they choose what’s good or bad for the film.
15. That’s Picket Fences‘ Lauren Holly in the car with Bill (James Remar).
16. The moment that comes in many commentaries hits here around the 23:34 mark as he verbalizes his assumption that anyone listening to the commentary has probably watched the movie already.
17. The bit where Rose sees Kat bowing before the basement furnace was repeatedly called out by script-readers as disturbing, and he’s thrilled that they pulled it off onscreen.
18. He does not regret the brown motel towels.
19. The shot of Joan from behind and from the bare back/shoulders up is a favorite of his. “In the first cut of the movie that shot was much longer, and everybody but me said yeah it’s too long.”
20. He instructed the crew early on that Rose was going to have a “special blue” that he wanted to pop in various scenes, and he proceeds to point it out throughout the film from bathroom tiles to baby seats in a restaurant.
21. It’s clear by the film’s ending that a connection exists between Joan and Kat, but his explanation doesn’t quite match up with my interpretation as a viewer. For me, the two girls are bonded by the demonic presence that spent time with them, one that rode them to carnage before leaving them to their grief for other pastures, but Perkins refers to the girls as the same person — as in Kat/Shipka grew up into Joan/Roberts. I don’t see how that works with two completely different actors who look nothing alike and are only a handful of years apart in visible age. (Shipka and Roberts are nine years apart in real life, but still.) Don’t tell him, but I’m sticking with my interpretation.
22. Some of the bloodletting was filmed in a local’s house, and his crew cleaned it up good as new after production. The homeowner surprised him on the last day of filming and told him they had found a single drop of blood in the basement next to their washing machine. Perkins apologized profusely and promised to send folks over to clean it, but the man said no. He instead told his family to leave it exactly as it is “so we’ll always remember.”
23. They built a devil costume with the intention of showing it but instead chose to shoot only a reflection and an out of focus piece.
24. The voice of the devil on the phone with Kat is done by Paul Jasmin who was also one of the three people who voiced Norman Bates’ mother in Psycho.
25. They had demonic prosthetics for Shipka to wear, but after doing some tests with it he decided to scrap the makeup and let Shipka be Shipka. She asked why and he replied it was “because you are just too good. You’re a thousand times more interesting than any prosthetic is ever gonna be.”
26. The end flashback to Kat’s time in the hospital as a psych prisoner visited by a priest is meant to show that the devil has left her, and that feeds the tragedy of Joan’s (aka adult Kat’s if you’re into that take) desperate attempt to return into the devil’s graces.
Best in Context-Free Commentary
“You either like character title cards or you don’t like character title cards. Guess which one I am.”
“It’s hard to make extras look like people.”
“I’m always gonna get ‘oh your dad was in Psycho.'”
“Had a nice double contortionist come in and do that.”
“Go ahead Perkins, you can say ‘cunt.'”
“That’s pretty good.”
Buy The Blackcoat’s Daughter on Blu-ray/DVD from Amazon.
Perkins debut is an unsettling and highly atmospheric horror chiller that builds tension, dread, and mystery before cutting loose with the bloody terror. His commentary offers a mix of anecdotes, observations, and explanations, and while I’m choosing to disagree on one interpretation — and yes I know that’s silly seeing as he’s the writer — the end effect remains a successful genre debut that offers visceral thrills and emotional weight. Recommended.
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KŘÍŽKOVÁ Soňa1, KRYŠTOFOVÁ Olga1, HAVEL Ladislav1, BEKLOVÁ Miroslava2, KIZEK René1
(1Mendelova univerzita v Brně, 2Veterinární a farmaceutická univerzita v Brně)
Proteinové profily u rostlin vystavených beta-hexachlorcyklohexanu Protein profiles in plants exposed to beta-hexachlorocyclohexane
Environmental pollution by heavy metals and persistent organic pollutants is an actual and serious problem. Hexachlorocyclohexane (HCH)
similarly to other POPs can be released from dangerous refuse dumps, old stocks of agrochemicals and pesticide producers or by soil
erosion. HCH in low concentrations was determined in both in streams and groundwater’s near to dangerous refuse dumps.
Phytoremediation is one of the most environmental friendly techniques to remove POPs from the soils. Its success is dependent
primarily on the selection of appropriate plant species tolerant to high concentrations of toxic compounds and producing high
amount of biomass. Exposition to toxic compounds is connected to complex reaction based on proteomic changes. In this work
the possibilities of mathematical processing of SDS-PAGE electroforeograms of protein extracts of maize (Zea mays L.) exposed
to beta-hexachlorcryclohexane in concentrations 0, 10, 25 and 50 ng/l for 12 days are shown.

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IoP Journal's Edson Perin, previously of RFID Journal Brasil, has been honored for his contributions to the RFID industry in Brazil and worldwide.
A product from Renesas Electronics is being built into devices requiring LPWAN-based connectivity across global locations so they can provide wireless coverage in Asia, Europe and the Americas.
CAEN RFID reader meets Japanese radio regulations; Swissbit, Micron partner on IoT edge-to-cloud security; NXP intros BLE wireless audio solution; Reyax Technology unveils NFC RFID reader module; Semtech, Amazon Web Services team up on IoT track-and-trace; HiveMQ enables IoT data integration to AWS; LoRa Alliance offers certification for SCHC over LoRaWAN.
A wristband-based solution enables guests at the family entertainment center to prepay and then tap to access arcade games, virtual reality or physical play, as well as order and pick up food and drinks.
With RFID use growing in retail and healthcare, which sectors will be the next to embrace the technology on a widespread basis?
Hospital Distrital de Santarém is employing an RFID solution from Biolog-ID to view the storage of blood cells and their delivery to patients, and to analyze use over time to increase availability and reduce waste.
The study, conducted by VCD Research and the RAIN Alliance, predicts technology growth will continue at an average 25 percent annually as more applications emerge.
The consultant has seen the industry through decades of rises and falls, including deployments across global companies and fighting the headwinds of patent litigation.
It can be difficult to manage day-to-day activities without the right enterprise resource planning system.
The Smart Pay system lets employees conduct sales transactions via a handheld device, sparing customers from waiting in queues, while making payment collection more frictionless.


Congressman Joe Barton’s (R-Ennis, TX) office says he might introduce Texas-specific legislation to limit the reach of the Environmental Protection Agency, but for now he’s signing on as a co-sponsor to a measure filed yesterday aimed at stopping the federal regulation of greenhouse gases.
Barton is putting together a coalition of government officials at all levels along with business and industry groups to present a united front against EPA policies that he and other Texas Republicans say are strangling the state’s economy.
If Barton does file a Texas-specific measure, it would likely seek to rollback the EPA’s decision last year to halt the state’s flexible permitting program, which Texasrefineries have been relying on for some 15 years to get around federal pollution laws.
The legislation Barton has signed on to is sponsored by Oklahoma Republican James Inhofe, would effectively undo EPA’s decision to regulate greenhouse gases under the federal Clean Air Act. In 2007, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the agency has the authority to issue such a regulation.
Texas Republican John Cornyn is a co-sponsor of the Senate version of the bill. Several Democratic congressmen from industrial states are also co-sponsoring the bills, even though many expect President Obama to veto any legislation that might reach his desk.
Texas is challenging the agency’s ruling in court on grounds that the state’s industries and refineries would be disproportionately harmed. At this time all other states have either adopted or put forth a plan to meet the current EPA standards.


As previously reported, the 2015 Falcon is an update of the current model rather than an entirely new design. Essentially, new front and rear sections have been tacked on to the previous car, and the interior given a revamp. Similar updates will be applied to the Falcon Ute and a Falcon-based SUV called the Territory, both of which also cease to exist once Ford production in Australia winds up.
As expected, Ford designers have made the Falcon resemble other models from the Blue Oval lineup such as the Fusion and Mustang, which enter the Aussie market next year. The Falcon is similar in size to our own Taurus, so it may hint at what’s to come for the next-generation model. Unfortunately, that next-generation Taurus won’t feature rear-wheel drive like the Falcon… it will ride on a stretched version of the Fusion’s platform.
Full specifications are yet to be revealed, but the 2015 Falcon should feature the same powertrains to those in the previous car. This means the regular Falcon will offer either 2.0-liter EcoBoost four-cylinder power or a 4.0-liter straight-six. The sporty XR6 model will feature a turbocharged version of the locally-developed straight-six while the XR8 sledgehammer will get a supercharged version of the 5.0-liter ‘Coyote’ V-8 found in the Mustang.
The XR8 replaces the previous performance Falcons built and sold by the FPV division, which ceases to operate this year. The last FPV model ever is this year’s 351 GT F. Several generations of the Falcon have had XR8 variants in the past, and all of them had naturally aspirated V-8 engines. This makes the 2015 Falcon XR8 the first to feature forced induction. Peak output is expected to be 450 horsepower.
Transmissions will include six-speed manual and six-speed automatic options, and drive in all Falcons go to the rear wheels only. The Territory SUV is also rear-wheel drive as standard but offers an all-wheel-drive option.
Unique styling elements of the XR performance models include the sporty front bumpers, a power dome hood, and a sport exhaust system. The XR headlights also feature hockey stick-style LED daytime running lights which the regular Falcon will miss out on. There are also unique fog light bezels. At the rear, a split tail light design has been implemented to accentuate the car’s wide, purposeful stance and smooth exterior lines. LEDs are used at the rear and on the XR models the trunk lid has a subtle spoiler integrated with it. A unique rear diffuser on the XR8 houses round quad-exhaust tips and further emphasizes the performance of the XR8 model.


The secret transfer of the mobile surface-to-surface Syrian-made Fateh-110 (range 250km) missile to Hizballah sparked the prediction Friday, Feb. 5 from an unnamed US official that cross-border arms smuggling from Syria into Lebanon outside state control was "very dangerous" and "paved the way to war similar to Israel-Hizballah conflict of 2006. debkafile's military sources report that Israel warned Syria through at least two diplomatic channels against Hizballah using this lethal weapon, which is capable of reaching almost every Israel city.
Our sources disclose: Syria pulled the wool of Israel's eyes for the transfer by openly training Hizballah in the use of SA-2 and SA-6 surface-to-surface missiles. Israel had warned it would deem their passage into Lebanon Syrian casus belli by Syria.
The Fateh-110 is still more lethal, accurate and dangerous than the SA-2 and SA-3. it confronts Israel now with a Hizballah armed with a solid-fuel propellant, road-mobile, single-stage, short-range ballistic system weighing three tons with a half-ton warhead and a range of 250 kilometers. It is not deployed in surface batteries but fired from mobile launchers, which the solid propellant renders capable of firing at speed with little advance preparation, before returning to the fortified underground silos Hizballah has sunk in mountain areas across Lebanon.
These features make the Fateh-110 a very tough target for Israeli bombers to strike.
According to our intelligence sources, Israel posted warnings against Hizballah using the weapon through US Middle East envoy George Mitchell who called on president Bashar Assad in Damascus on January 20 and ,even more emphatically, through Spanish foreign minister Miguel Moratinos who arrived in Syria on Feb. 3 after talks in Jerusalem. The message he carried was that if Hizballah ventured to fire the Fateh-110, Israel was determined to hit back at strategic and military targets inside Syria.
This warning instantly prompted the war rhetoric which emanated from Assad and his foreign minister Walid Moallem. Israeli foreign minister Avigdor Lieberman, known for his undiplomatic, blunt style, responded by warning Syria that it stood to lose the next war and the Assad family would lose its grip on power in Damascus.
Prime minister Binyamin Netanyahu and defense minister Ehud Barak are presumed to have endorsed the first part of Lieberman's comment as representing their own view. But the minister added the personal threat on Syria's leaders on his own initiative.


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Washington: The United States has banned products from China. Imports of all cotton, tomato products from China’s Xinjiang region were banned. The U.S. action came after allegations of Uyghur Muslims were forced into forced labor. This was reported by the Customs and Border Protection Agency. It has been found that tomato and cotton products are made by forcing workers to work. Therefore, the agency said in a statement that they were banned the import of both goods.
DHS acting deputy secretary Kenneth Cuccinelli told a news briefing the order sends a message to importers that “DHS will not tolerate forced labor of any kind” and companies should eradicate Xinjiang products from their supply chains. That it does not comply with any form of compulsory employment Kenneth Thomas Cuccinelli, deputy secretary of the Department of Homeland, said. He, therefore, urged companies not to sell cotton and tomato products from China.

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Eloheinu v'elohei avotainu v'imotainu
Our God, and the God of our ancestors, accept our prayer. We turn to You, acknowledging that life and death are in your hands. If it is Your decree that _______ be taken by death, may it be in peace and love.
We know that in life he left many deeds undone. He, like all of us, led an imperfect life. We pray for you to forgive those failings. May he be protected by the righteous deeds that are his legacy. May those deeds live on. Guardian of the helpless, Source of compassion, protect and comfort his family and friends. Their souls remain tied to him with limitless bonds.
May _______ be granted an eternal existence in your presence. Into Your hands he/she commits his/her soul.
(Silent meditation or time for those gathered to express their- personal farewells, or give voice to unfinished concerns.)
Sh'ma Yisrael Adonai Eloheinu, Adonai Echad.
Hear O Israel, The lord is our God, the Lord Alone.
Baruch Shem kevod malchuto 1'olam va'ed.
Praised be His glorious sovereignty throughout all time.
Adonai Hu Ha-elohim, Adonai Hu Ha-elohim
The Lord is God, The Lord is God.
(After the moment of death.)
Adonai natan v'Adonai lakach, y'hi shem Adonai m'vorach.
The Lord gave to us, and now the Lord has taken away,
despite our grief, may we still praise the name of the Lord.
Baruch dayan ha'emet.
Praised be the ultimate Judge of all truth.
Ronald S. Roth
Rabbi, West End Synagogue

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Needing a detox after Bariloche’s craft beer overdoes, the hippy retreat in the hop growing region that surrounds El Bolson probably doesn’t sound like the wisest choice, though as we found out, at the beginning of winter it’s dead quiet.
Two and half hours on the Bariloche Bus later, checking into the Hostel Pehuenia the lovely Valeria, with whom we’d corresponded via email, has upgraded us to our own private cabin. With sheer delight at the TV hanging on the wall we turn on the only channel in English, Fox Movies, and flop down on the massive bed, wrapping ourselves in the down duvets whilst the external temperature barely wakes the thermometer.
Arriving at the wrong time of year for hiking the surrounding area, we’re confined to the vicinity of town. Moving out to explore, the enthusiasm rapidly flails as there’s not much here to keep one occupied. Along with the well over priced beer, food and coffee, it’s hard to imagine that El Bolson is a magnet for the unwashed stinky type of person. Lacking the charm and location of Bariloche the streets do have the quintessential dreadlocked Rasta shuffling along.
Unimpressed with town we also find out that our intended hiking trails to Rio Azul and Cabeza del Indio are ruled out as the weather is against us (no one likes hiking in the pouring rain). With three nights booked until the final leg in our South American chapter to Buenos Aires, we take to the El Bolson Brewpub in town for a blog session accompanied by a few brews.
A sun filled kitchen, comfortable bed and TV give a perfect surrounding for lazing about, with the rain falling on the roof making for a cosy atmosphere. Utilising the hostels fully equipped conservatory style kitchen, our home cooked Milanse Chicken and Chorizo de Bife is washed down with a local red wine and our day’s finished in guilty pleasure whilst fighting the three large local dogs chase each other around the mud.
The final overnight bus in what has been a medley of differing experiences starting in Santa Marta, Colombia, will take us to our departure point of South America – Buenos Aires. Wishing we’d stayed up in Bariloche, it’s a quick scour of the market (lacking full population of vendors due to the time of year) dotted with hippies selling the same woven jewellery crap, before making ourselves at home on the 26 hour bus.
If you thought that a bus with a journey time of this length would bring some resemblance of class you’re going to be disappointed. El Rapido’s dirty interiors, dinners lacking chicken, audio plugs that barely work coupled with cama (full reclining) seats that scarcely pass for semi cama belay all hopes of actually enjoying one of the mythical plush buses so many travellers bang on about in Argentina. Champagne, wine with your meal, a whiskey night cap…they’re a myth unless you want to pay more than an air ticket, which we didn’t.
Armed with 2kg’s of mandarins we hoped to combat the diabetic inducing food we were served…seriously who wraps carrot and lettuce in a swiss roll??). Cake for breakfast with, surprise, dulce de leche, even the hot water for our morning tea came premade with, you guessed it, sugar!! The coffee vat at the back was help yourself and came complete with…sugar! The most exciting thing that happened in 26 hours was the magic sunrise that made us feel like we were driving in a pink fairy floss machine.
For more great pics of Argentina check out our Flickr Page. Thanks for reading.
Tips for El Bolson:
- Visit in the Summer, it will be a lot nicer, more vibrant and the hiking far more accessible.
- It’s not the prettiest town (compared to Bariloche) and the prices are not cheap.
- Stay at Hostel Pehuenia, Valeria and her family are amazing.


Let’s Make 2017 a Big Water Year!
IMAGINE…. A future with CLEAN WATER for all!
From Kenya to New Jersey, stewards watch our watersheds –
and we have recorded many of their solutions and inspiration.
“If there’s a river that’s important to Kenya, it’s the Mara River. We are all crying, “Mara River save it, Mara River.” We make as much noise as we can from every angle to save the Mara River. It’s not only depended on by our families, it’s depended on by the migration of the wildebeest.”
— Jackson Looseyia, Maasai Camp Manager, 2009
NO DROP IS TOO SMALL
Our 273 “Voices of the River” will add AWARENESS for change.
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[Published January 4, 2017]