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National chain restaurants are not known for their health appeal, but you probably assume that when you order a burger, a salad or a slice of pizza, you’re getting just that — meat and cheese on a bun, lettuce with some dressing, and mozzarella cheese with toppings on pizza dough.
This would be a lofty assumption, however, if you eat at many U.S. chain restaurants. Even the seemingly healthy items at some restaurants have ingredient lists that read like science experiments.
You’ll be amazed at how many chemicals can be packed into a seemingly simple food like pizza cheese or a hamburger bun. And unless a vegetable is grown organically, you can bet that it contains toxic pesticides. And did I mention that virtually every menu item at fast-food restaurants contain genetically modified (GM) ingredients like Monsanto’s Roundup Ready soy and Bt corn?
Even if you order a 100-percent beef burger, you’ll be getting meat that comes from cows raised in factory farms, where they’re fed grains (instead of the grass they’re designed to eat). Many of these cows suffer from severe digestive issues and other health problems as a result, and are pumped full of antibiotics and other chemicals, like growth hormones, to make them gain weight faster.
In short, virtually every ingredient at these restaurants is the product of industrial farming, which values profits over human health, animal welfare and the environment. Eggs come from massive poultry farms where each hen spends years in a battery cage that measures smaller at the base than a standard sheet of paper (with not even enough space to outstretch its wings). Dairy products, including milk and cheese, come from dairy cows also raised in intensive confinement and given synthetic growth hormones, which often lead to a painful udder infection known as mastitis (and more drugs to treat it) … but I digress.
The point to remember is that when you buy food from restaurants that support this broken and inhumane industrial agricultural system, you are, indirectly, supporting it. To break free of this system, and also protect your health, choose organic foods as much as possible, as well as those raised on small farms that respect the laws of nature. You’ll want to look for organic, grass-fed beef, free-range soy-free organic eggs, grass-fed hormone-free dairy and organic produce. If you try, you’ll probably be able to find sources for some of these foods closer to your home than you might think by working with a farmer, farmer’s market or food co-op directly.
Toward that end, below I’ve compiled a list of some of the worst chain restaurants for your health. Eat at these at your own peril, and be aware that even simple foods are not what they appear …
5 Unhealthiest Chain Restaurants
5. CiCi’s Pizza
A slice of pizza is a reasonable food for a treat, especially if you make your own at home. But at CiCi’s pizza most of the ‘flavor’ is coming from monosodium glutamate (MSG), which is added to at least 10 menu items (including their zesty pizza sauce, ranch dressing, and sausage and beef toppings). (MSG has all kinds of ill health effects… including being one of the top foods that cause anxiety and anger.) Even the cheese in CiCi’s Pizza is shocking, with added ingredients like partially hydrogenated soybean oil (i.e. synthetic trans fats), modified food starch, sodium aluminum phosphate and artificial color (in mozzarella cheese?).[i]
There are worse foods you can eat than frozen yogurt, but I included TCBY (“The Country’s Best Yogurt”) on this list because they give off an air of healthiness that is just plain misleading. Yes, their yogurt contains live active probiotic cultures that are theoretically good for your gut. But if it’s gut health you’re after, you’ll want to avoid the many other not-so-good additives on TCBY’s menu, like corn syrup, cream “flavor” and artificial flavors, artificial colors and artificial sweeteners (in their sugar-free varieties). Perhaps worst of all, most also contain propylene glycol, a solvent used in the paint and plastics industries. By the way, this isn’t unique to TCBY … many of the ‘healthy’ frozen yogurt shops use some questionable ingredients.
3. Taco Bell
Again, leave it to a fast-food chain to turn an incredibly simple meal like a bean burrito into something with ingredients you can’t even pronounce. Preservatives like TBHQ, dough conditioners, and numerous ‘hidden’ forms of MSG are par for the course in Taco Bell burritos. Actually, they’re par for the course for virtually all menu items.
The beef at Taco Bell contains 12 percent “other” ingredients like modified corn starch (a cheap texturizing agent), caramel coloring IV (which is far worse than it sounds, as it’s been linked to cancer), and torula yeast (i.e. hidden MSG).[ii] The meat itself comes from factory farms, which are known for animal abuse and poor-quality food, plus are among the worst polluters in the country. If you’re looking for a healthier chain restaurant for Mexican food, try Chipotle.
Fried chicken is well known as a diet offender, but if you must eat it, make it at home, as KFC’s fried chicken makes homemade varieties seem like health food. In an ingredient list for KFC chicken, MSG is listed four times as part of the marinade, secret seasoning, pre-dusting and batter. [iii] Even their mashed potatoes are loaded with partially hydrogenated oil, artificial color and flavor, preservatives, corn syrup solids, and an anti-foaming agent.
And don’t let the grilled chicken fool you; it, too, is made with MSG as well as partially hydrogenated oils (trans fats), and there are reports that it isn’t even grilled at all, just baked in an oven on a grill rack to simulate the lines. As The Health Wyze Report put it:[iv]
“We would not be surprised if KFC eventually just drew these grill lines upon their “grilled” chicken with a permanent marker, in order to cut costs. The petroleum-based ink would be less toxic than their current ingredients lists.”
McDonald’s recently earned the title of the lowest ranked for customer service satisfaction,[v] but that’s only one reason to reconsider eating there. As the epitome of fast food, and everything that it entails, McDonald’s embodies the term fake food. Despite recent attempts to clean up their image, their ingredients remain a shameful conglomeration of corn syrup, artificial flavors, preservatives, propylene glycol, partially hydrogenated oil, dough conditioners and more.
And although the beef patty in their Quarter Pounder is reportedly made from 100% beef, you can be sure it’s beef from a factory farm (and all the hormones and antibiotics that come with it).
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ELKHART, IN -- (Marketwired) -- 08/13/13 -- For years a medical technique called spinal cord stimulation has helped patients suffering from chronic back or leg pain find relief. The procedure involves implanting a small device -- a neurostimulator -- under the skin in the lower back. The device interrupts pain messages by sending out mild electrical impulses that reach the brain faster than the pain signal can arrive. In other words, it outsmarts the pain.
"Spinal cord stimulation has proven to be remarkably effective, and it's helped many of my patients with chronic pain feel better and get back to their normal activities," says anesthesiologist and pain management specialist Gene W. Grove, MD, an OSMC physician who has been performing the procedure for the past 19 years. "But until now, the device has not been 'MRI friendly.'" According to Grove, that's a meaningful downside, given that an MRI (magnetic resonance imaging) scan has become such a vital tool in diagnosing a wide range of health conditions. "We rely on the MRI for highly detailed images of internal organs, muscle, joints, tumors, and other areas of the body. But until now, patients with a neurostimulator implant were unable to have an MRI scan because of the high level of magnetic and RF (radio frequency) energy generated by the scanner."
That's now changed thanks to a technological advancement -- recently approved by the FDA -- that resolves the conflict between the MRI scanner and the spinal cord stimulator (SCS) system. A patient with this newest system, manufactured by Minneapolis-based Medtronic Inc., can now safely undergo an MRI if needed.
"That's really important to me," says Cynthia Thorne, Michiana's first recipient of the new SCS system. Thorne, who has been dealing with chronic lower back pain for the past three years, practiced as a pediatrician for 15 years, so the combination of her condition along with her medical background puts her in a unique position to appreciate the importance of access to MRI technology. "As part of the insurance-approval process, I had a trial with a temporary neurostimulator a few months ago to ensure that it would work for me. The relief I got was amazing," she says. "But I was concerned about the fact that the system would prevent an MRI study should the need arise down the road."
That concern was well founded. Recent studies suggest that 70 percent of patients with neurostimulators will, within three years, encounter a health issue that could call for an MRI. Without this recent enhancement to the technology, such patients would be denied access to an MRI scan.
According to Dr. Grove, there's yet another key feature of the system that will further enhance Cynthia Thorne's therapy. "As the patient moves about during her normal daily activity, the level of stimulation she needs changes. This SCS, using motion sensor technology similar to that found in smart phones and computer gaming systems, will recognize these changes in body position and automatically adjust the stimulation level accordingly. Plus, the system records and stores these posture changes -- feedback we can use to determine if her stimulation requirements have changed over time."
"After three years of treatment, all other options for managing my back pain had been exhausted without lasting improvement," said Thorne. "I was ready to move forward with the earlier version of this stimulator due to the success of the temporary device, but I had concerns for my future health, given that I would not be able to have an MRI scan. I feel very fortunate that Medtronics was able to release the new MRI-compatible system in time for my implantation. My concerns are gone."
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Applications open: 9:00AM AEST, Friday 26 May 2017
Applications close: 5:00PM AEST, Thursday 27 July 2017
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ABOUT THE COUNTRY ARTS SUPPORT PROGRAM
CASP is an annual small grants program administered by Regional Arts NSW (RANSW) on behalf of Create NSW and is guided by the ACDP’s three major objectives:
- A creative and vibrant NSW arts and cultural sector renowned for excellence and innovation (Quality).
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The aim of the Country Arts Support Program is to support community arts and cultural development in regional NSW through small grants that:
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Grants of up to either $3,000 or $5000 (depending on region) are available primarily for professional artists’ fees, travel and accommodation
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Archive for August, 2010
Came across this while spring cleaning, and the author of a deeply felt piece on the state of student-body politics therein suggested scanning was in order.
Here are legible scans. (Enlarge once they open in yer browser.) Eight pages cover to cover.
When things get too confused on the screen, go to paper.
This new ad on the NY subway (like Starbucks) seems asking and aching for a stencil campaign.
The old NAACP (if memory serves) motto comes to mind: “A mind is a terrible thing to waste.” I see it stenciled, shouting, across this wannabe actress’s face.
The caption up top (clipped as I snapped the photo) reads in full: “Education for the Real World.”
– The world of Arne Duncan, our Secretary of Education, who spent the first decade of the New American Century turning five public schools in Chicago into ‘military academies.’ No need to even begin going through the motions of education. Just teach’em how to spit and shoot and salute and send them off to patrol the mideast.
– And the world of our First Lady — who a few weeks ago explained that America’s kids need to lose weight so they qualify for military service.
As a Senator in Washington, Dayton publicly insisted that the official story of the 9/11 attacks was full of holes. Among other things he said officials of organs of the government were lying.
NORAD, for example.
He was run out of Washington (quite literally) with defamation and death threats. Time Magazine included him on a list of the “worst ” senators.
Dayton now running for governor of Minnesota — and two days ago won the three-way Donkey primary there with a photo finish, beating the designated Progressive candidate, Margaret Keliher, speaker of the state’s House of Reps, who had been endorsed by both of its federal senators, Al Franken and Amy Klobuchar.
The Washington Post reports today that the GOP out there is already running ads focused on Dayton’s history of alcoholism and calling him “absolutely, positively one of the worst Senators” in America,” citing the Time piece.
On to November. Dogspeed & protect him.
There’s general alarm about Net Neutrality going away.
I’ve been saying for ten years that our Owners would not allow the internet to go on in its free form. The surprise is that Google is the lead dog.
It’s rather like education itself, which was suddenly made plentiful and cheap post 1945, as a kind of Thank You card to the Citizen Soldier, and looking forward to decades in the US when skilled labor would otherwise be in short supply.
But by 1974 our Owners had realized that an educated working class is a pain in the ass. And the dawning Globalization would mean they didn’t need one.
The defamation and starvation of the public schools began, quite abruptly. Direct federal aid to colleges was frozen in the 80s and has never been thawed.
The Pesident of St John’s College in Annapolis, Christopher Nelson, spoke in public for five minutes about the Fed freeze at a fancy fundraiser in New York three years ago, in response to my question re same (itself a response to being told the news by a man who served on the SJC Board of Governors for 20 or 30 years).
Mr Nelson explained that, indeed, the face dollar amount of direct Fed aid was frozen, during the Reagantime, and now, degraded by inflation, gets spread across millions of more students.
Thus the Buying Power Per Student that SJC receives in Fed aid is a pittance of what it was when I was a student in the early 80s — a big part of the reason why tuition skyrocketed not long after we left. And the story, of course, is the same all over.
Put this together with the so-called pension reform of … 1987, if memory serves. (Defined Benefit plans out, Defined Contribution plans in. The 401k Casino.)
What could be clearer? Fordism died under the Reaganauts. Maybe “The Fourth World” is the best name for where most Americans are headed.


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MODANVILLE cycling champion Anna-Leeza Hull, 17, is pedalling her way to the top of the world podium after being selected to ride for the National Junior Team for the 2014 UCI World Championships in Spain.
The sought-after selection comes off the back of claiming the 2014 time trial and junior mountain climbing national championships earlier this month.
"It's absolutely amazing and I won by such a large margin in the time trial that I just couldn't believe it," she said.
"I expected to do really well but I didn't expect to do that well, so I was absolutely thrilled.
"In Spain I'd really love to make podium in time trial or the road race, that would just be an amazing end to such a great season."
The young rider's success is even more impressive when you consider she's been doing in for less than three years.
"Most of the girls that I'm racing have been riding for seven or eight years now, so it's quite unbelievable," she said.
"When I first got on the bike, I just knew that it felt really good and that I was a natural at it and since then I've just kept pushing myself really hard.
"Also, being the only cyclist around here and having to push myself to my limits and not having anyone to compare to has made me work much harder."
Anna-Leeza's win in this year's national championships followed a bad crash at the end of last season.
The crash happened just five weeks out from the 2013 national championships, leaving only two weeks for serious training after taking two weeks out of preparation time for injury recovery.
"Within that two weeks I had to really push the boundaries and try and get back into shape, so since then I've been able to train much harder," she said.
"This year it was really, at the beginning of the season, about proving to myself that I could still do it because I was pretty demoralized by such a horrible end to a really great season last year."

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NORTHERN VIRGINIA MENTAL HEALTH INSTITUTE Clinical Psychology Externship ProgramNorthern Virginia Mental Health Institute (NVMHI) is an accredited, 123-bed, psychiatricfacility with a mission to \"provide safe, quality inpatient treatment to support the recovery ofindividuals with serious mental illness so that they may achieve more satisfying and productivelives.\" Located in Falls Church, Virginia, the Institute provides services to the communities ofArlington, Fairfax, Loudoun and Prince William Counties, and the cities of Alexandria andFairfax.With a vision “to create an environment of hope and possibility that inspires serviceexcellence”NVMHI has assembled a multidisciplinary and culturally diverse clinical andadministrative staff that provides a wide range of services. The staff is composed ofpsychologists, psychiatrists, physicians, social workers, nurses, occupational therapists,expressive therapists, recreational therapists, education and nutrition specialists, and psychiatrictechnicians.NVMHI has adopted a recovery approach to treatment. In collaboration with the patient, thetreatment team formulates a comprehensive assessment of the patient's needs, identifiestreatment goals, and constructs individualized, strength-based strategies to achieve those goals.The treatment team is headed by a psychiatrist and its core members include a psychologist,social worker, nurse, occupational therapist, recreational therapist, and community service boardrepresentative, who serves as the patient’s liaison to outreach services.The Psychology Department at Northern Virginia Mental Health Institute provides a full range ofservices to individuals who suffer from acute, as well as, severe and persistent mental illness.Our services include assessment (risk, forensic, substance abuse, and behavioral), group andindividual psychotherapy, treatment planning, behavioral consultation and intervention, andtraining. The department has 10 doctoral-level psychology positions (Psychology Director,Forensic Coordinator, and 8 psychologists assigned to treatment teams), and an AdministrativeAssistant. The department has an integral role in achieving the Institute’s mission of “activelypromoting the recovery of individuals with serious mental illness through the use of safe,efficient, and effective services.” As psychologists, we seek to fulfill our role to the Institute andto the profession by promoting quality care and providing quality training for futurepsychologists.Overview of the Externship ProgramThe externship program provides broad-based training of psychology doctoral students fromuniversities in the Washington D.C. metropolitan area. During the academic year of Septemberthrough May students participate in 16 hours of training per week. The students work closelywith an assigned, clinical psychologist and develop their skills in assessment, treatment planningand case conceptualization, and both individual and group psychotherapy. Under the purview
and guidance of the Psychology Department, the assigned, supervisory psychologist will haveprimary responsibility for the student’s training.The initial weeks of the externship is designed to allow the extern to complete employeeorientation, become familiar with the facility, applicable policies and operating procedures, anddevelop a list of training objectives with their supervisor.During the academic year, externs will work with one or more of the treatment teams andparticipate in patient rounds, treatment planning, and strategy meetings. Externs will completepsychological assessments, engage several patients in individual psychotherapy, co-lead grouptherapy with a staff psychologist (with the chance to develop and facilitate a group on their own),attend Grand Rounds, and participate in other training opportunites as available. In keeping withthe Institute’s interdisclipinary team approach, the department will seek to engage members ofother disciplines in the training process.Externs will spend two, 8-hour days at the Institute; one of them will be Wednesday and theother day will be decided by the student in consultation with his/her supervisor.Two externship positions are available, with one student working on the Forensic Unit and theother working on both the acute and intermediate civil units.Facilities and ResourcesThe Psychology Department maintains a student office to be shared among the externs. Studentsmay use this office to complete work projects and secure personal items. The office’s equipmentincludes a computer with e-mail, a telephone with voicemail, office supplies, and furniture.Students will be issued an employee identification badge, parking permit, and necessary keys. Amailbox will be assigned and shared by all externs.Training Co-Coordinators:A training coordinator will be responsible for oversight of the training program and will Serve as liaison to the universities’ training directors. Ensure that a current program description is available to each university training program. Serve as point of contact for applicants. Maintain appropriate training program documentation. Organize the reviewing of applications as well as the selection process. Ensure that all parties sign applicable agreements prior to the onset of the extern's training. Coordinate student’s access to mandatory training; e.g., hospital orientation and TOVA training (Therapeutic Options of Virginia: a systematic training program designed to help prevent, de-escalate, and manage problematic behaviors, and reduce the potential for verbal and physical abuse). Serve as the initial point of contact in the grievance process.Psychology Supervision
Psychology supervisors agree to provide supervision for the entire academic year. Thepsychology externs will receive: One hour of weekly supervision for their individual psychotherapy. Weekly supervision concerning their group work. Weekly supervision regarding their unit work. Weekly supervision regarding their psychological assessments.ApplicantsThe training program is designed for students who are seeking a broad-based, inpatient trainingexperience with mentally ill adults, aged 18-64. Students with an interest in serious mentalillness, assessment, psychotherapy, forensics, and acute care are encouraged to apply.Participation is extended to doctoral students enrolled in psychology programs at universities inVirginia, Maryland and Washington D.C. Students who have completed two years of study arepreferred; however, consideration will be given to those students who have clinical experiencebut less than two years of academic training.Application ProcessApplicants should submit the following documents: A letter of interest A resume or vitae, to include graduate courses taken One letter of recommendation from a professor/supervisorApplications should be sent to: Maia McKinney, Ph.D. and/or Leslie Murray, Psy.D. Psychology Training Co-Coordinators Northern Virginia Mental Health Institute 3302 Gallows Road Falls Church, VA 22042-3398 For questions, please contact the co-coordinators: Dr. McKinney:[email protected] or (703) 207-7414 Dr. Murray: [email protected] or (703)645-3118The training program will follow the guidelines set by the Consortium of Clinical andCounseling Psychology Programs. NVMHI will accept applications from students until January31, 2014. Applications will be reviewed and the selection of applicants to be interviewed will bedecided by February 7, 2014, with one of the training co-coordinators contacting those selectedto be interviewed. All interviews will be scheduled and completed between February 17, 2014and February 28, 2014. The applicants will be ranked and on call day (Friday, March 14, 2014),the notification of applicants will begin.


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Due to the rising number of Covid-19 cases in our community, the library will be closed from 11/23 through 11/29. During this time, the library will be sanitized. We will be opening for limited curbside pickup only on 11/30. All items that are due back to the library during the weeks of November 23rd and November 30th will not be charged a fine. We plan to reopen on 12/7. Have a safe and happy Thanksgiving.
As per the governor, we will be open to the public at a limited capacity. Ten people will be allowed in at a time for thirty minutes. There will be someone at the front door checking temperature’s and monitoring the number of people in the building at one time.
We kindly ask that you do not linger in the library and keep your visit to 30 minutes or less.
Reminder:Unfortunately, at this time computers, study & meeting rooms, and photocopying are unavailable.
All people who enter the building over the age of 2 are required to wear a face covering.
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The library is now offering curbside pick-up. To place a hold please call 732-388-5999 and press 2 for reference. Holds can also be placed by clicking here. The catalog is located on the top right corner of this page. Holds are not ready to be picked up until you receive a phone call confirmation from the library.
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By Dana Smith
The holidays are coming, but that doesn’t mean school has to be put on hold. Students can enjoy their break and even earn a few more credit hours.
Tyler Junior College offers Winter Term for any students willing to register to knock out three credit hours between fall and spring semester. Though the month of December and January is spent with family and friends, students are only allowed to take one class and can still be able to enjoy the holidays due to the fact that all classes are given online. Students are able to attend class in the comfort of their own homes, turn in assignments and take tests over the Internet.
According to Thomas Elder, director of Academic Services/Registrar, students must have “self-discipline,” meaning, students should be prepared and make sure effort is being put into pass their courses.
Winter Term classes are only three weeks and still contain the same information students usually get in a 16-week course. For most students, this may be the biggest concern when trying to juggle school, work and plans for the holidays.
In fact, Elizabeth Sloan, alumni of TJC, experienced the struggle during Winter Term, but also found some good benefits.
“It’s pretty stressful,” said Sloan. “I had no time to waste time … I had to really manage my time well, and focus on getting my papers done, but I think it was worth it.”
Sloan said it wasn’t easy to manage her time with studying and spending time with her friends, but she did it. She set aside several hours in the day to do school work and then had the chance to hang out with her friends and family.
“I was definitely sleep deprived,” said Sloan. “Especially around the holidays, it can be hard because you want to enjoy the holidays.”
Though Winter Term can get very stressful and take up a lot of time, there are some good things that can come out of it in the long run.
“It helps so much to keep you on track as to graduating on time,” said Sloan. “In a way it can be good because it’s like a shorter amount of time, you can focus your time and be a little bit more motivated. It’s almost easier to set your goals ahead and not procrastinate as much.”
Winter Term is not a course that will be a breeze, but it can be done.
Most general core classes are offered and can be found on the school website at http://www.tjc.edu/winter.
Winter Terms starts Dec. 16, and ends Jan. 3. Due to Christmas and New Year’s, all classes will be put on hold Wednesday and Thursday, Dec. 24 and 25, and Wednesday, Jan 1. Classes will resume and finish up by Friday, Jan. 3.
Students can register through the school website or their Apache Access no later than Tuesday, Dec. 10. Students must pay for their course by Wednesday Dec. 11. For prices and more information regarding Winter Term, call 903-510-2401 or visit http://www.tjc.edu/winter.


I like making things. On the smaller scale, I have done a lot of 3D printing, particularly of metal. On the larger scale, I've contributed to a number of projects over the years.
Coup de Foudre Tesla Coil
For Burning Man 2014, some of my friends (Matt Faulkner and David Brown) built a gigantic musical Tesla coil, because of course! My contributions were relatively minimal, but I designed and helped build both the Villarceau toroid and the vertical stand, and helped with the safety protocols. I never saw it fully operational until I arrived on the playa. Even now, years later, the sound still rings in my ears.
Autonomous Assembly of a Reconfigurable Space Telescope (AAReST)
Also in 2014, I contributed to the development of the AAReST cubesat telescope, as part of Ae105. This was the first time I'd done hardware programming, mainly on an ATMEGA, to control the piezo mirror deformation actuator. I worked in a small, agile team consisting of Heather Duckworth and Melanie Delapierre (adult supervision), Ilana Gat and Yamuna Phal on hardware, and Thibaud Talon and myself on software. The design requirements were alarmingly stringent, but in the end we were able to demonstrate a system with 10-fold reduction in each of cost, size, power requirements, latency, and heat disposal. I also developed a software fault diagnosis system that helped us determine where things were going wrong. The main takeaway from this was that in system design, off-the-shelf means you spend 70% of your budget and 90% of your time troubleshooting protocol faults.
Caltech Space Challenge 2015
The Caltech Space Challenge is a unique competition that brings together 32 students from around the world to compete in a mission planning problem. In 2015 the challenge was to design a complete asteroid redirect mission, including human rendezvous in lunar orbit, resource extraction, and anything else we could think of. The complete report can be read here. Javier Roa and I did some original work on distant Lunar retrograde orbit perturbation, which we eventually wrote up, generating quite a lot of coverage!
Roa, J and C J Handmer. Quantifying hazards: asteroid disruption in lunar distant retrograde orbits. arXiv:1505.03800 .
New Scientist: Dust from asteroid mining spells danger for satellites. Gizmodo: Dust from asteroid mining could turn into another space junk hazard. Engadget: Asteroid mining debris. Silicon Week: La mineria de asteroides podria afectar a los satelites de telecomunicaciones. Kopalnia Wiedzy: Satelita asteroida.
In 2016 I found that my dining table number, 0, needed to increase by 1. I had some ideas in mind for construction, so I built myself a table. So far it hasn't broken!
In 2018 I followed this up with a bay window upon which to recline. I wanted to have a structure without imposing pillars at the front - just a continuous book shelf. It also had to leave room for a air conditioning inlet and power outlet. I used douglas fir for the structure (nice and red!), maple and walnut for the wearing surfaces. I bought a few more tools so I was able to assemble this to much tighter tolerances and sand it to almost mirror smoothness.


Joe Jonas' Girlfriend Ashley Greene Talks Marriage
Madly-in-love Ashley Greene appears on the cover of Cosmopolitan magazine's January 2011 issue, wearing nothing underneath a thin layer of white shirt. Not only is her picture interesting but also her discussion of marriage in the inside interview.
The Alice Cullen of "Twilight" movies admitted that she is not a believer in a signed union. "I'm indifferent about marriage. I think sometimes people get married so they can say they have that person forever. But a ring doesn't ensure that you'll stay together," Greene said.
But then the actress who is now dating Joe Jonas quickly added with a laugh, "Watch, now that I've said that I will be the first of my friends to get married!"
Greene, 23, started dating Jonas, 21, months after he broke up with Demi Lovato. Playing it coy at first, they show affection for each other in public more often these days. A pal told E! Online last month, "They are happy as ever right now."
- Bella Hadid Flashes Nipples and Panties in New Seductive Pic for Love Magazine
- Lindsay Lohan Really Wants to Play Ariel in 'The Little Mermaid'
- 'Veep': Selina Will Spread Democracy Like 'Patient Zero' in First Teaser for Season 6
- Lifetime's Britney Spears Biopic Slammed by Fans for Blatant Inaccuracies
- Sofia Richie Flashes Nipples in Boob-Baring Outfit at London Fashion Week
- Chelsea Clinton Trolls President Trump on Twitter for His Baffling Sweden Comment
- 'Atlanta', 'Moonlight' and 'The Americans' Among Winners of 2017 Writers Guild Awards
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If a full schedule prevents you from getting all the exercise you would like, you may want to consider “high-intensity interval training” (HIIT). As some studies suggest that as little as 30 minutes of the right kind of exercise per week can provide health benefits, HIIT involves exercising at full intensity for a short burst (usually 20 to 30 seconds), followed by an active recovery (easy pace for a minute or two) for a total time of about 20 minutes. Both seasoned athletes and couch potatoes can benefit due to the fact that intensity is relative. In fact, some research suggests that those who benefit most from HIIT are the unfit. In any case, warmup and stretching are important.
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KELOWNA, BC – February 21, 2019 – ProSmart Enterprises Inc. (TSXV:PROS) (“ProSmart” or the “Company”) wishes to provide its shareholders a corporate update. Further to the Company’s press release of […]
ProSmart Enterprises Inc. is the parent company of Sportgo – the global online network that connects sports fans, teams, and brands. ProSmart works with over 1,500 governing bodies in more than 100 countries and provides unprecedented access to the $1.3 trillion sports market through its proprietary marketplace engine. The Company is an emerging leader in sports content marketing through online tools, mobile apps and its disruptive marketing technology.

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Buttermilk Biscuits are perfect for any breakfast. This easy recipe combines just 3 ingredients in a simple approach to this beloved Southern staple!
Making perfect, mile-high, tender, flaky biscuits is an art for sure. But, it doesn’t have to be super complicated. I’ve been making biscuits for something like 30 years, so I’ve picked up a few tips and tricks along the way to make the process, dare I say it… easy! Equipping yourself with these little nuggets of knowledge will turn you into a biscuit-making master for sure.
What are buttermilk biscuits?
Buttermilk biscuits are a popular breakfast staple in the South. These flaky, tender, and slightly tangy biscuits are usually enjoyed as a side dish or for breakfast.
Buttermilk biscuits are super versatile. You can enjoy them with jams, jellies, butters, and honey. They make delicious breakfast sandwich and buried in gravy, especially my sausage gravy!
How to substitute milk for buttermilk:
Don’t have buttermilk on hand? Only have regular milk? No problem! While there may be a slight change in flavor, you absolutely can convert regular milk into a buttermilk substitute with the help of vinegar or lemon juice:
- You will need 1 tablespoon of vinegar or lemon juice for every 1 cup of milk.
- Start by adding 1 tablespoon of vinegar or lemon juice to a 1 cup liquid measuring cup. Then add enough milk to create 1 cup. Stir the milk and lemon juice or vinegar really well.
- Let the mixture sit at room temperature for about 5 to 10 minutes. The milk will curdle slightly and thicken. It will also develop a tangy flavor similar to buttermilk.
- Once your improvised buttermilk has thickened slightly, it is ready to use.
What type of flour to use when making buttermilk biscuits:
Let’s talk about flour. Southern cooks are quick to tell you there’s only one flour when it comes to making biscuits and that’s White Lily (and no, this is not sponsored). White Lily flour is milled from a soft winter wheat which gives it some distinct advantages in terms of biscuit making.
This wheat is low in protein. And, protein is what creates gluten when it’s introduced with liquid. Gluten is what gives things like baguette and pizza dough its deliciously chewy texture.
But, we don’t want chewy biscuits, so we want to do everything we can to reduce the gluten formation when making biscuits. Starting with a flour that is lower in protein means there’s less gluten development. It’s a little insurance policy against gluten, if you will. Less gluten means tender, flaky, high-rising biscuits. Just how we like ’em!
How to convert all-purpose flour into self-rising flour:
Now, I much prefer to go with White Lily Self-Rising Flour because it already has the baking powder and salt well mixed in and saves me a few steps. I like to buy it in smaller bags and then store it in the freezer for a longer shelf life. (I also keep self-rising flour around to make my delicious Pecan Chewies.)
If White Lily All-Purpose flour is all you have around, simply add 1 1/2 teaspoons of baking powder and 1/2 teaspoon of salt for every cup of flour that you’ll need.
How to measure flour:
How you measure your flour is super important. Here are a few helpful steps I take to ensure the flour is ready for perfect biscuit results:
- Sifting flour is great, but not necessary. Simply run a fork through it to lighten it up a bit.
- Then, use a spoon to spoon the flour into your dry measuring cup.
- Level off your flour along the rim of your measuring cup with the flat edge of a knife or a straight-edged surface.
*Special Tip: Do not pack or jam the measuring cup with flour. Also, avoid scooping the flour with the measuring cup. This can throw off your liquid to flour ratio.
How to turn out the dough?:
When it is time to turn out the dough. You only need three things: a floured surface, a flat surface (countertop or pastry mat), and this helpful video above that walks you through each step of turning out dough.
Here are the main steps written out for you too:
- Knead the dough a few times to get it all together.
- Flatten out the dough into a rectangle. You can use a rolling pin here, but I just use my hands.
- Fold the dough over on itself in a tri-fold fashion to help create those flaky layers.
- Flatten back out into a rectangle. You’ll want to do this tri-fold thing 3 or 4 times to get all those flaky layers in there.
- Finally, flatten the dough out to about 3/4 to 1-inch thick.
- Grab your sharp biscuit cutter, and you are all ready to cut those biscuits out!
Tips for cutting biscuits out of dough
- Use a sharp biscuit cutter to cut the biscuits out.
- Do not use dull-edged things, like a glass. This can seal the edges of the biscuits together and prevent them from rising.
- Use a quick up and down motion to cut the biscuits out. Don’t twist the cutter. This will also seal those edges together.
- Transfer the biscuits to a baking sheet lined with a silicone baking mat or some parchment paper.
- Place the biscuits based on your desired edge – crunchier and flatter vs. more tender and higher. If you want your edges to be more tender, place them on the pan nearly touching. If you want a crunchier edged biscuit, make sure there is a little more space between each biscuit.
- Between cutting out biscuits, smoosh all the dough together and knead it a few times before flattening it out again. There’s not really a need to do the tri-fold layering step again at this point.
- Don’t mind square biscuits, and want to save a step? Use a pizza cutter when you first flatten the dough out and cut the dough into roughly 3-inch squares. It will keep you from having to rework the dough and save you some time. Yeah, you’ll have square biscuits, but they’ll be just as delicious.
- Brush the biscuit tops with a little melted butter and bake! You can also brush melted butter on them when they come out of the oven too. The more butter the better!
Easy Buttermilk Biscuits
- 2 cups White Lily Self-Rising Flour
- 1/2 cup cold unsalted butter
- 3/4 cup cultured nonfat buttermilk
- 2 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted
- Preheat the oven to 450°F and line a baking pan with a silicone baking mat or a piece of parchment paper.
- In a large bowl, measure the flour by spooning it into a dry measuring cup and leveling it off.
- Next, cut the butter into the flour. Do this by using a pastry blender to cut the butter into pieces the size of a small pea. Or freeze the butter and grate it on a box grater then stir the flour and grated butter together.
- Add the buttermilk and stir until just combined. The dough should be like thick mashed potatoes, but not too sticky. Add a little more flour if too sticky, or a little more buttermilk if it won't hold together.
- Turn the dough out onto a floured surface and knead it a few times if it's not holding together too well. Flatten the dough out into a rectangle and fold it over on itself in a tri-fold fashion. This helps to create those flaky layers. Continue lightly dusting the dough and the counter with flour to keep things from sticking. Then flatten it out into a rectangle again and tri-fold once more. You'll want to do this about 3 times.
- Finally, flatten the dough out into a rectangle that's about 3/4 to 1-inch thick and use a floured, sharp 2 to 2 1/2-inch biscuit cutter to cut the dough out using a quick up and down motion – being sure not to twist the cutter. Transfer the biscuits to the prepared baking pan, placing them nearly touching for soft, tender edges or farther apart for crunchier edges.
- Rework the dough and flatten it out to cut more biscuits out. You should get between 10 and 12 biscuits. Brush the tops with the melted butter and bake for about 15 minutes, or until golden brown.
If nutritional values are provided, they are an estimate and will vary depending on the brands used. If calorie count and other nutritional values are important to you, I recommend grabbing your favorite brands and plugging those ingredients into an online nutritional calculator.

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2013 Kawasaki ZX-10R Specs and Price - 2013 Ninja ZX-10R Superbike new electronic damper kawasaki, in collaboration with Öhlins. Controlled by a special ECU is located under the gas tank cover, new dampers react to the rate of acceleration or deceleration, as well as the speed of the rear wheels, to help provide the ideal level of damping force in a variety of driving scenarios. Variable damping gives riders the optimal feedback by allowing the use of a lower damping force during normal operation, without sacrificing the firm damping required for high speed stability. The result is light and agile steering feel at low speeds, and superior attenuation at higher speeds or when extreme acceleration / deceleration. The unit incorporates a patented anodized damper Öhlins’ twin-tube design to help ensure stable damping performance and superior shock absorption. It is mounted horizontally on the front of the fuel tank and requires very few additional components and virtually no heavy advertising compared to last year’s steering damper.
ZX-10R engine is a powerful 16-valve, DOHC, liquid-cooled 998cc inline-four displacing over 76 x 55mm bore and stroke dimensions. This powerplant is designed to optimize the center of gravity and actual engine placement in the chassis. It has been fine-tuned to help eliminate power peaks and valleys that make it difficult for racers and track-day riders to open the throttle with confidence. The main purpose of the Kawasaki engineers is linear power delivery and engine management of all elements of the corner: the entry, return to the neutral throttle in mid corner, and heady, controllable acceleration at the exit.
Chassis geometry offers excellent stability and speed of treatment. Geometry of the front end – with a sweep at 25 degrees and trail at 107mm (4.21 inches) – allowing a light, quick handling and power complete machine controlled and flexible characteristics of the frame and the swingarm.
Suspension of duty on the ZX-10R will be handled by Back-Link Horizontal design that puts the relationship on the shock and swingarm. Benefits include mass centralization, implementation of good roads, obedience and stability, smooth action on the overall feedback and good mid-stroke. Shock has fully adjustable piggyback reservoir and dual-range (low and high-speed) compression damping.
Kawasaki Sport-highly advanced and customizable Traction Control (S-KTRC) allows the rider to utilize and take advantage of the ZX-10R stunning blend of power and responsive handling. Exclusive to the ZX-10R, S-KTRC offer performance levels that enhance the ZX for the remaining open class sport bikes.
Instrumentation is highlighted by the LED-backlit tachometer bar graph is set above the multi-feature LCD info panel with various parts and data. A variety of information presented, including vehicle speed, odometer, dual trip meter, fuel consumption, Power Mode and S-KTRC level, low fuel, water temperature and more. For track use, the LCD display mode can be set to “race” that move the teeth into the center of the screen display.
Price: $14,299 USD
Engine Four-stroke, liquid-cooled, DOHC, four valves per cylinder, inline-four
Bore x Stroke 76.0 x 55.0 mm
Compression Ratio 13.0:1
Fuel System DFI® with four 47mm Keihin throttle bodies with oval sub-throttles, two injectors per cylinder
Ignition TCBI with digital advance and Sport-Kawasaki Traction Control (S-KTRC)
Final Drive Chain
Rake/Trail 25 Deg / 4.2 in.
Front Tire Size 120/70 ZR17
Rear Tire Size 190/55 ZR17
Wheelbase 56.1 in.
Front Suspension / wheel travel 43mm inverted Big Piston Fork (BPF), adjustable rebound and compression damping, spring preload adjustability / 4.7 in.
Rear Suspension / wheel travel Horizontal back-link with gas-charged shock, stepless, dual-range (low-/high-speed) compression damping, stepless rebound damping, fully adjustable spring preload / 5.5 in.
Front Brakes Dual semi-floating 310mm petal discs with dual four-piston radial-mount calipers
Rear Brakes Single 220mm petal disc with aluminum single-piston caliper
Fuel Capacity 4.5 gal.
Seat Height 32.0 in.
Curb Weight 436.6 lbs.
Overall length 81.7 in.
Overall width 28.1 in.
Overall height 43.9 in.
Color Choices Lime Green/Metallic Spark Black, Pearl Flat White/Metallic Spark Black
Warranty 12 Months


text: The author of the book, Scott A. Travers, (former ANA vice president) creates a book full of pointers and tips on making money off coins, avoiding counterfeit coins, graded coins, buying, selling, and more throughout the book. Over the coarse of the book, Scott helps the reader identify safe and secure transactions versus risky and dangerous buys. He well states the benifts of grading coins, and informs the reader on making profit through the "crack-out game". Content on the history of grading is also included. The book explains ways to get the best deals when buying, and getting the most money when selling a collection. Scott places forth his experienced knowledge on the gold and silver market as well as a simple United States and Canada silver coin melt value chart. This book gets four and a half stars. The Coin Collector's Survival Manual, Revised Seventh Edition is a book to go back to refer to at every step in a coin collector's journey. I would recommend this book to other people.


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The latest report by IMARC Group, titled “North America Ice Cream Market: Industry Trends, Share, Size, Growth, Opportunity and Forecast 2022-2027,” finds that the North America ice cream market reached a value of US$ 13.6 Billion in 2021. Ice cream is a sweetened frozen food consumed as a dessert or comfort food in households, bakeries, restaurants, hotels, and eateries. It is made by chilling and churning a mixture of fructose or glucose-based sweeteners, high-fat milk or cream. Ice cream is a rich source of energy and contains high levels of carbohydrates, calcium, phosphorus, and vitamins A, C, D, E, K, B-6, and B-12.
We are regularly tracking the direct effect of COVID-19 on the market, along with the indirect influence of associated industries. These observations will be integrated into the report.
North America Ice Cream Market Trends:
The market is primarily driven by the increasing development of ice cream variants with functional ingredients and organic herbal fillings, which are formulated according to the changing customer preferences. The commercial ice cream contains added stabilizers and emulsifiers to help lock in the moisture and prevent the formation of large crystals for longer shelf life. These additives also provide the ice cream with the desired creamy texture. Besides this, manufacturers are launching exotic flavors, such as tropical fruits, lemons, and coconut, to attract a wider consumer base across the North American region. In addition to this, with the rising health concerns, ice cream manufacturers are also launching GMO-, hormone-, additive-, and preservative-free variants. The introduction of low calories, organic, and fat-free variants are also propelling the market growth. It is further supported by the rising demand for premium ice creams with high-quality ingredients and a lower amount of aeration than regular ice cream. On account of these factors, the market is expected to grow at a CAGR of 4.5% during the forecast period (2022-2027).
- Based on the flavor, the market has been segmented into chocolate, fruit, vanilla, and others.
- On the basis of the category, the market has been classified into impulse, take-home, and artisanal ice creams.
- The market has been categorized based on the product into cup, stick, cone, brick, tub, and others.
- On the basis of the distribution channel, the market has been segregated into supermarkets and hypermarkets, convenience stores, ice cream parlours, online stores, and others.
- Region-wise, the market has been divided into the United States, Canada, and Mexico.
- The competitive landscape of the market has been examined in the report, with the detailed profiles of some of the key players operative in the industry.
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Margaret Chappell: Life Member of Auckland Hockey (28 October 1941 – 6 April 2021)
Auckland Hockey passes its condolences to the Family and Friends of Life Member Margaret Chappell. Friends and Family of Margaret have wonderful memories of a true sportswoman who was held in high esteem and affection in all facets of her life. Margaret was the quintessential hockey woman- player, coach and umpire.
Margaret passed away on 6 April 2021 aged 80. Life Membership of the AHA was awarded in the early 2000s and Margaret was also the recipient of an NZHF Service Award.
Margaret played for the Mt Eden Club, Auckland (1963-1977) and New Zealand in 1963, 1971 (World Cup), 1973 and 1975 (Vice Captain at the World Cup in Edinburgh). She was Mt Eden through and through, and was one of the icons of her club until her retirement in 1980. Margaret was a fiercely proud kiwi who always gave 100% on and off the field. She always trained very hard to maintain a high standard of fitness and skill throughout her hockey career.
In addition, Margaret was the President of the Auckland Ladies Hockey Association (ALHA) between 1985 and 1990.
Margaret was a member of winning Auckland K Cup teams in 1963, 1971 and 1977(Vice Captain).
On retiring from playing Margaret also umpired at the International level between 1981 and 1986 accompanying NZ teams. Margaret was an A Grade umpire and after her retirement as a player she umpired at National Level and subsequently became a successful international umpire officiating at tournaments in Malaysia, Australia, New Zealand and Canada. She was respected by players for her fairness, fitness and understanding of the game at the highest level having been there herself.
Auckland Hockey thanks Margaret Chappell, Life Member, for her selfless service and valued contribution to Hockey in Auckland and New Zealand.

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Fantastic quality to this vintage faux walnut leather cufflink box dating from the Art Deco period. All in good order inside & out, good secure push button clasp, please see the pictures as these form part of the description & condition report. Great vintage jewellery box.
Max size including clasp / hinge 8.5 x 4.2 x 2.0 cm or 3.3 x 1.6 x 0.8 inches.
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Aesha Scott is opening up about her return to Below Deck Med in a new interview, talking the drama with Rob Westergaard and Jessica More while she is at it.
In a chat with Hollywood Life, Aesha opened up about her return and all of the drama on board The Wellington and in true Aesha fashion, she still seems to have a great attitude about it all, even months after filming wrapped.
“I am just so excited to be back,” she told the gossip outlet. “This might be the best thing that I have ever done in my life and I only expected it to be one season. So to be able to come back and do it again was such a bonus for me.”
Aesha’s return to the show hasn’t been easy, however. After quickly bonding with deckhand Rob Westergaard, she soon felt tension with stew Jessica More, despite Aesha saying that she was never attracted to Rob in the first place.
“No, honestly nothing ever happened with me and Rob. There was nothing there, there wasn’t any attraction whatsoever,” she said.
Denying that she was ever interested in the deckhand, Aesha revealed that it may just be playful editing that has some viewers thinking there is a future between the two—but she also revealed that things are going to come to a head between the three co-stars and co-workers.
Aesha Scott opened up about her return to Below Deck Med in a new interview.
“I am focused on the conversations of Rob and myself because it was relevant to him and Jess,” she explained. “I gave him the same amount of banter as the other guys, but if anything I talked to Alex [Radcliffe] the most so nothing with me and Rob. But there is drama there to come that you all will see.”
As previously reported, Aesha Scott joined The Wellington after Lara Flumiani, Kiko Lorran, and Hannah Ferrier had all departed, leaving her out of the loop when it comes to the intense drama that has been playing out in front of viewers. That said, the drama is nothing new for the stew as she did appear on Below Deck Med Season 4 where she certainly had to deal with her fair share of it, especially when it came to her relationship with deckhand Jack Stirrup.
If Aesha’s comments are any indication, it looks like things are going to heat up one way or another between the trio so we are sure that there will be lots to talk about at the upcoming reunion taping.
Below Deck Mediterranean airs Mondays on Bravo.


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Shawms, bagpipes and hurdy-gurdy meet wild dances and earthy stories.
ARCADIA - KOENIX' FOLK & MEDIEVAL FESTIVAL
Shawms, bagpipes and hurdy-gurdies meet wild dances and earthy stories. The well-filled mead mugs will be circling, accompanied by delicious grilled suckling pig. When Koenix invite to the first Arcadia Festival at Z7, the medieval fans will get their money's worth musically and culinary. With their irrepressible playing, Koenix have long since become an insider tip for scene festivals all over Europe. The rhythms pulsate and the bagpipes whip the audience, driving them over hill and dale into the time of sagas and campfires. For twelve years, the band has been combining elements of folk, rock and trance into an extremely danceable sound in their explosive live shows. For the first edition of the Arcadia spectacle, which will henceforth take place annually under the direction of the minstrels from Büren an der Aare over the Z7 stage, they have invited more "Friends & Special Guests". Who these are will be announced soon.
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SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- Intevac Inc. IVAC, +2.44% shares dropped 18% to $20 in Tuesday morning trade. Late Monday, the Santa Clare, Calif.-based supplier of disk sputtering equipment reported first-quarter net earnings of $9.85 million, or 44 cents a share, up from $7.01 million, or 32 cents a share, in the year-ago period. Revenue in the quarter climbed to $76.4 million from $49.6 million. Analysts polled by Thomson Financial were expecting, on average, a per-share profit of 38 cents on revenue of $73.5 million. Order backlog totaled $92.8 million on March 31, compared with $125 million on Dec. 31, 2006, and $124.8 million on April 1, 2006, the company said.
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Erica's Pet Service @ Half Moon Bay
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Hi, my name is Erica. I'm a college student studying psychology. I love yoga, weight lifting, writing, and all animals!
I love animals because they always love you back! Spending time to hang out with animals is the best part of any day because they're always down to cuddle and play.
Skills and qualificationsGrowing up I had many different pets in my house. I had two cats, a rabbit, a frog, a bunch of fish, and a turtle.
I've pet sat for many families and I had the pleasure of watching mostly dogs and cats. I would come in the mornings and evenings to feed, clean up after, walk, and play with their pets.
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The services that I offer.
I would come to your house one to three times a day to feed, clean up after, hang out with, walk, and care for your animals.
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In October 2020, a new hiking route called Amarminoen was opened in Copenhagen. I would say that it’s popular amongst locals and visitors alike, but there are no visitors right now. Because, you know, the 2020s.
The hike is located on the island of Amager. And I’m going to be honest – before moving here, most of my visits to Amager were transiting either to or from the airport. But as it turns out, I was missing out on some of the capital’s best walking trails.
Amarminoen is 24 kilometres long and mainly goes through Naturpark Amager – a nature reserve on the island. Which, by the way, is 10 times bigger than Central Park in New York City. So, if that ever pops up in a pub quiz, you’re welcome.
Anyway, yeah. I did the hike with a friend, and we set out at around 9 am. As this is Denmark in January, there naturally was no sign of the sun wanting to peek through a thick layer of grey clouds. Yet oddly enough, it felt warm despite only being 3°C. Might be something to do with wearing a puffy Arctic jacket and Icelandic sweater. I guess we’ll never know.
Of all the dumb reservations I had about moving to Copenhagen, not having access to nature was by far the most stupid. I’ve said this before, but having forests, the sea and wildlife that isn’t a fox trying to tip over my bin within touching distance is my favourite thing about living here.
Beaches are not getting included on that list, because I cannot stand them. And not even a Danish winter will change my mind.
The Amarminoen hike takes around seven-and-a-half hours to complete. Your final stop is Dragør, a lovely fishing town with the stereotypical yellow Danish houses. Kind of like Legoland, but stepping on one isn’t going to damage your foot beyond repair.
We arrived at Dragør just after sunset. Mainly because we were distracted by the sunset.
While on the hike, I also realised how much I had been sleeping on Denmark before. Besides Copenhagen, most of my Nordic explorations have been cruising along fjords in Norway or exploring untouched Swedish islands. And while I miss both countries, in a way I’m happy that I can focus more of my attention on discovering where I live.
Are Danish landscapes as jaw-dropping as the mountains of Northern Norway, or exhilarating like the Golden Circle in Iceland. No. But they are wholesome, accessible, diverse, and uniquely Danish.
To be honest, even if I can travel abroad this summer, I’m not sure that I want to. As much I love Copenhagen, Denmark has so many hidden gems. And I guess helping the local economy also helps.
So yeah. It looks like I’ll be doing a lot of staycations this year, with or without a vaccine. Obviously, I will write about them on here. Obviously, I will share my photos on Instagram. And obviously, you’ll get all of this while I’m draped from head-to-toe in various Scandinavian outdoor clothing brands.
Some useful takeaways for you:
- Go for a walk in your local area. You might surprise yourself.
- If you come to Copenhagen in the future, allocate some time to explore the surrounding areas too.
- Hiking provides a longer-lasting high than retail therapy. But buying lots of hiking gear is still therapeutic.
- Follow my Instagram to see all the pictures from my travels in Denmark.
Whether you live in Copenhagen or elsewhere, what are your favourite hiking trails in your local area? Leave a comment below.

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Here are the symptoms of canine influenza; if your dog is showing any of these symptoms, it’s a good idea to schedule a veterinary appointment to test for and, if necessary, treat CIV:
Runny nose and/or eye discharge:
Dogs who are ill with CIV often have thick nasal discharge and excess mucus, and in some instances, greater than normal eye discharge. If your dog has a runny nose or excess eye discharge, you may wish to schedule an appointment with your veterinarian.
Many dogs with CIV suffer from fits of coughing and sneezing. This can lead to misdiagnosis of the disease, as the coughing can mimic the common illness known as “kennel cough.”
Dogs with CIV often develop fevers. The mild form of the disease often leads to low-grade fevers, but some dogs develop severe cases of CIV that are accompanied by fevers in excess of 104 degrees.
Lethargy and loss of appetite:
As with many other canine diseases, dogs suffering from CIV often experience a loss of appetite and are lethargic.
Fortunately, most dogs that contract CIV recover fully after 2-3 weeks of illness. However, during that time, it is essential to limit your dog’s contact with other animals.
Although CIV does not affect human beings, one strain of the virus can also infect cats, ferrets, and guinea pigs, so if you have an animal in your home with symptoms of CIV, it’s critically important to limit your pet’s contact with other animals to avoid transmission of the disease.
Spreading the Illness
Canine influenza can infect dogs of any age, and it is the most contagious during the first 2 to 4 days after infection. Early detection of CIV (within the first 4 days of infection) can be done by a throat swab test, although the most reliable testing method is a 2-phase blood test, with one sample taken during the first week of illness followed by a second test 10-14 days later.
There are several ways that CIV can spread, and being aware of these can help North Carolina pet owners limit the risk of their animals coming into contact with the illness.
Direct contact between infected and uninfected animals.
Nearly all dogs that come into contact with CIV become infected with the virus, and 80% of them get sick if they contract the virus. As a result, the NC Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services has asked all facilities that shelter and confine dogs to review their intake, isolation, sanitation, veterinary care, and other disease prevention protocols to assure that facilities that serve dogs are aware of how to detect and prevent transmission of CIV. The Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services recommends that pet owners consider limiting contact between their pets and other dogs at communal spaces like dog parks.
Contact with contaminated surfaces.
Dogs infected with CIV can transmit the virus to others by way of contaminated food and water bowls, leashes, collars, and other items that come into direct contact with the infected animal. To prevent spreading the disease, sanitize items that have been used by dogs that may be affected by canine influenza.
Humans moving between dogs with CIV and dogs that are not infected.
Although the CDC has never received a report of a human being becoming infected with CIV, people who come into contact with infected dogs can carry contamination to other dogs. It is extremely important for pet owners, kennel staff, veterinary practitioners, groomers and others who come into contact with animals to be aware of the risk of spreading CIV and to take appropriate sanitation measures to keep the virus from spreading, such as hand-washing and sanitizing items that may have come into contact with a dog with CIV.
Strains of CIV
There are 2 strains of CIV that have occurred in the United States – H3N8 and H3N2. The current outbreak of canine influenza in North Carolina is thought to be the H3N2 virus, and 2 confirmed cases of the disease are this particular strain.
H3N8 is the second known strain of CIV, and it was first reported in the U.S. in 2004. Some of the North Carolina CIV cases may be this strain as well. In 2015, there was an outbreak of H3N2 in Chicago, which was the first confirmed incidence of the strain in the United States.
Although there is a vaccine for H3N8, there is no vaccine for H3N2 at this time, so consult with your veterinarian if you are considering whether or not a CIV vaccination is appropriate for your pet.
Given that H3N2 is new to North America and H3N8 is uncommon, it’s extremely important to bear in mind that most dogs in the United States have no immunity for either strain of the disease and are likely to become ill if they come into contact with the virus. This is particularly true for puppies and dogs that are immune-compromised, such as elderly or senior dogs, pregnant dogs, and animals with other illnesses.
Complications of CIV
It’s important to note that most fatal cases of CIV are caused by pneumonia. If you have any concern that your dog is sick with CIV, scheduling an appointment with your pet’s health care provider is an important step to take. Although there is no cure for the disease, there are treatments that can reduce your pet’s risk of secondary infection, discomfort, or ongoing health issues as a result of the disease.
In general, canine influenza is a lot like the seasonal flu that affects humans. For most people, getting the flu means feeling sick for 2-3 weeks but it is not life threatening. However, for those with other health concerns, the flu can be life-threatening. Also like influenza viruses that affect people, the best treatment for CIV is prevention. In the coming weeks, North Carolina pet parents, kennel owners, doggy daycare providers, and veterinarians are encouraged to work together to limit the spread of the disease to whatever degree possible.


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Soy milk is a very nutritious substitute for milk and is consumed by a lot of people. Soy milk is generally consumed during breakfast and is sold by a lot of companies. The number of calories present in Soy milk depends upon the company that is manufacturing it. This means that each pack of Soy milk may have different number of calories and health benefits etc. If you are interested in finding out the amount of calories that are present in Soy milk and also about the health benefits of Soy milk, then please read the following given information:
1 cup which is equivalent to 245 grams of Soy milk contains 132 calories and out of these calories, 7% have been contributed by total fat, 3% are present as a result of saturated fat, 5% are present due to sodium, 5% come from carbohydrates and 6% come from dietary fiber. Some of the good points associated with soy milk are that it has no cholesterol, is very low on the amount of saturated fat, is high in the manganese content and has got a lot of selenium and magnesium. The high amount of sugar content in Soy Milk is the one negative point about it.
8th continent is another company that is known to produce tasty soymilk. 236 grams of ligh Vanilla soymilk produced by this company contains 60 calories. These 60 calories are present as a result of 2% total fat, 8% sodium and 2% total carbohydrate content. As far as the nutrition value of Soy Milk is concerned, it has been given A- grade. Some of the positive points about 8th continent Vanilla Soymilk are that is it very high on the calcium content, has got a lot of riboflavin and is high on the vitamin A quantity. The high sodium content and high sugar content could be too negatives about this soymilk.


text: We have many dog & pet friendly cottages on the stunning Llyn Peninsula. Famous for its beaches, you have many to choose from along the coast path. Your pet can run for miles (4 miles, to be precise!) on Porth Neigwl beach, also known as Hells Mouth. The pretty sheltered Abersoch and Aberdaron beaches each have sections especially for dogs and their walkers. Dogs are welcome at many of the Llyn Peninsula’s tourist sites such as Plas yn Rhiw, a charming manor house with ornamental gardens, and National Trust shop or Criccieth Castle's interesting ruins, where you can find many dog friendly cafes and pubs in the village below the castle. Dogs are also welcome around the grounds and in the lovely gift shop at Porth y Swnt, a new cultural centre in the pretty village of Aberdaron. and at the famous beach front Ty Coch Inn in the charming seaside village Porthdinllaen.


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Actress Amanda Seyfried prefers to wear fragrances which make her feel bold and confident. The 28-year-old says she loves scents that make her feel bold and vivacious and only buys fragrances that she feels great wearing, reports femalefirst.co.uk.
"I love the sheer elegance of Givenchy Very Irresistible. It's floral and strong, but not overpowering. I look for perfumes that evoke confidence,” femalefirst.co.uk quoted her as saying.
Amanda Seyfried.Pic/Santa Banta
As well as her signature scent, the “Les Miserables” star stocks her make-up bag full of essential products to maintain her stunning looks, including coconut oil which she liberally applies to her legs. "I can't live without Kevin Murphy dry shampoo, coconut oil to moisturise my legs, and Cle de Peau Beaute's eyebrow palette concealer and mascara,” she said.
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Sauna Benefits to Improve Cardiovascular Health
There are a lot of advantages that can come out of sweating. Probably that is why exercising is such a healthy way of improving your immune system and reducing the risk of getting a deadly disease.
The more you sweat, the better for you. Sweating shows that you are working out with high intensity and your training is effective.
As an addition, the sauna can be a good way of releasing some sweat out of your body and it is scientifically proven that it comes with several benefits for the heart and the cardiovascular system.
First of all, according to a number of studies, the sauna can really help you with the overall athletic performance and reduces the risk of death, especially death inflicted from a cardiac issue. Probably the best thing that comes out of sauna bathing is the opportunity to completely protect your body and boost the cardiovascular health.
Also, there are numerous sauna benefits after a workout and we would like to advise you give it a try. Research shows that sauna bathing can lower your blood pressure and improve your cardiovascular health exercise. According to a study released by the American Journal of Hypertension, men who bathed in a sauna at least for 20 minutes and more than 4 times a week, had reduced the risk of getting hypertension in half. Hypertension is an issue that comes at people who have a blood pressure higher than 140/90 mmHg.) When you compare them with those who go to sauna at least one time, there is a huge difference.
However, it is never too late to increase the cardiovascular health exercise by visiting a sauna. You can always increase the number of times that you visit it and you will reduce the risk of getting hypertension. Another thing that can come as a great addition is to start a cardiovascular diet.
Sauna Benefits: Sauna Bathing Can Reduce the Risks of Dying from a Cardiac Event
As one study from 2015 says, the time that you spend in a sauna gets you smaller risks of inflicting harm on your cardiovascular system. The study was done on 2,300 middle-aged men who were analyzed for 21 years. The research shows that the more you use the sauna the better for your health. Now let’s see some stats.
- People who visited the sauna more than four times a week decreased the risk of getting a cardiac event that leads to an early death for around 60 percent. On the other side, the risk of dying from coronary artery disease varied around 48 percent. After they made a comparison between these people and those who practice sauna bathing once in a week, the difference was huge.
- The participants who visited the sauna two or three times per week showed a lowered risk of getting a cardiac death. They also acknowledged that the risk of death inflicted by a coronary artery disease is 23 percent lower.
- Another thing that matters is the time of sauna bathing. The more you bathe, the larger sauna benefits you can expect.
- Around 10 percent of the people who used the sauna only one time in a week suffered cardiac death.
A sauna can help with your workouts
You have probably heard that with high-intensity training, your nitric oxide goes up significantly. The same happens with sauna bathing. These are the sauna benefits: remove bacteria, fights the growth of a tumor, improves the strength of the muscles and stimulate the brain.
If you put yourself through extreme temperatures, no matter if it is hot or cold, you will improve the mitochondrial function of the body. This will improve the ability of your body to produce energy. The goal is to remove old mitochondria and to produce even more. You have probably heard about the mitochondrial biogenesis. Well, producing mitochondria is exactly that.
In order to improve the cardiovascular health, you can try and practice hot and cold temperature. You can also start a cardiovascular diet and exercise.
All in all, the most important thing is to obey the laws of nature and to try and avoid them by living a healthy life. Make a research about cardiovascular diets and start one. You can practice sauna because there are a lot of benefits after you finish exercising.
Change your lifestyle and make it to be a little healthier. You will see that it will pay off in the end.


In 2016, a bundle of plans and documents went on sale at an auction house. They appeared to show previously unseen ‘blueprints’ for a German one-man light tank design that had been submitted during WW2 to Albert Speer, the German Minister for Armaments and War Production, by a German officer. As no supporting documents that mentioned this tank had been found in the archives, these documents were viewed as possibly fake.
In November 2019, C & T Auctioneers and Valuers Ltd., based in Ashford, Kent, uploaded photographs on their website of plans, sketches, and official documents relating to the same one-man light tank that were to be sold on 11 December 2019 at their auction room. They put a value on them at £200 to £500. These were not the same documents that had been offered for sale in 2016.
Military historians from Germany, America, the Netherlands, and Britain started to take more interest in this tank design. It was discovered that the style of words used on the tank plans were written in was an old German dialect called Sütterlinschrift. The Sütterlin handwritten scripts were introduced in Prussia in 1915. The Nazi Party banned Sütterlin typefaces in 1941, as they were seen as chaotic, and replaced them with Latin-type letters, like Antiqua. However, many German speakers brought up with this writing system continued to use it well into the post-war period. Sütterlin was taught in some German schools until the 1970s, but no longer as the primary script.
The tank design was submitted by Leutnant Franz-Georg Gmelin. The officer’s name was written in the old way with the surname first. The address he gave was full of abbreviations: Issing b. Landsberg a.L. (Issing near the town of Landsberg at the River Lech). Issing is now part of the town of Landsberg, which is 37 miles (59 km) west of Munich. It is not known why he was staying at home in Issing. He may have been injured and recovering from wounds. In the documentation, this address was referred to as his wife’s address and not his ‘field’ address.
On the plans, the tank was called ‘Entwurf zum 1 Mann – KleinpanzerKampfwagen,’ which translates to ‘Designed for a one-man – small armored combat vehicle.’ A better translation would be a ‘one-man light tank’. On the typed documents, the tank was called ‘1 – Mann – KleinpanzerKampfwagen – Maus.’ The word ‘Maus’ is German for ‘mouse’. This could cause confusion, as the German army already had a super-heavy tank design ironically called the ‘Maus’.
The tank’s dimensions were going to be 3.0 m (9 ft 10 in) long, 1.9 m (6 ft 2.8 in) wide, and 1.3 m (4 ft 1.8 in) high. The tank’s armor would range from 10 mm – 38 mm (0.39 – 1.49 in), angled at 14 – 45 degrees. The total combat-ready weight was designed to be 2.7 tonnes, with a ground pressure reading of 0.4 kg/cm2. An exact engine is not specified. The document states that a commercially available truck engine should be used. It was hoped that the top road speed would be 60 km/h (37.28 mph).
On the matter of the tank’s armament, the information in the documentation was not specific. It stated that it could be armed with fully automatic weapons up to 2 cm and semi-automatic weapons up to 3.7 cm. It went on to state that future planned versions could be armed with grenades, a flamethrower, smoke dischargers, a Panzer-Büchse (heavy anti-tank rifle), a Panzerschreck (hand-held shoulder-launched rocket launcher used as an anti-tank weapon), or a Panzerfaust, (hand-held single shot, recoilless anti-tank weapon).
The tank did not have a turret, but the crewman appears to have a cupola with three vision slits, out of which he had to see where he was going and look out for threats and targets. The domed cupola was not circular and did not move. It appears to be made of cast metal. The rest of the armor would be cut from flat sections of rolled armor plates. An armored cover appears to project out of the cupola to protect the gun sight periscope. Two guns were to be mounted next to each other in ball mounts and projected out of the nose of the tank. It appears from the drawings that the gun on the right has a longer barrel, suggesting that it was a more powerful weapon perhaps in a similar arrangement to that seen on the Panzer II. The documentation states the guns would have a limited traverse arc of 30 degrees.
The crewman sat in the center of the tank. The engine was at the rear of the tank, behind the crewman’s seat. It powered the final drive and track drive sprocket wheel at the rear of the tank. This was an unusual configuration, as most Second World War German tanks had the track drive sprocket wheels at the front of the tank. The idler wheel was at the front and there were two large road wheels behind it. They were the same diameter as the track drive sprocket wheel. The tank was not fitted with track return rollers.
The tank tracks did not project in front of the two-gun barrels. In most circumstances, this was not a problem, as obstacles like a bank of earth, a rock, or tree trunk could be driven over. The problem would come when the tank was driven down the side of a steep embankment, trench, or shell crater. There would be a danger that the front of the gun barrels would dig into the earth and get damaged.
Leutnant Franz-Georg Gmelin received a proposal rejection letter, dated 13 November 1944, from the Ministry for Armaments and War Production at his home address in Bavaria. They thanked him for his detailed proposal and mentioned that they had returned his plans and documents.
One of the main reasons for the rejection of his idea was that the Schützenpanzerwagen – Sd.Kfz.251 armored infantry half-track had proven itself for years accompanying Panzergrenadiers into battle, so there was no tactical need to move from that vehicle to a one-man light tank.
Leutnant Franz-Georg Gmelin was probably an injured infantry officer convalescing at home. He had time to think about the problems he and his men had had to deal with on the battlefield and possible solutions. Apart from bombing, long-range enemy artillery, and mortar shelling, machine guns were the main problem for the infantry. His one-man light tank design would enable a single soldier to get close to enemy fortified machine-gun posts and knock them out. What Leutnant Franz-Georg Gmelin would not be aware of was the dwindling German war machine production capacity and access to raw materials in late 1944. Tooling up a factory to produce a new tank design would be costly and take too long. The introduction of a new vehicle would cause an additional burden on the thinly stretched logistics supply line as it would have to supply spare parts.
Leutnant Gmelin’s one-man tank was intended just to engage the enemy’s machine-gun posts, and any other target of opportunity, by driving straight at them and firing its guns. Germany was being attacked from the west, east, and south. It needed light vehicles that could perform numerous different roles and be able to be adapted to new situations as they arose. A small one-man operated tank would be a liability in combat. The crewman had too much to do: drive, assess the terrain he was traveling over, search for targets, load, aim and fire the two main guns, concentrate on not exposing his vehicle and becoming a target, liaising with infantry units and making sure he did not fire on friendly troops.
The infantry already had armored vehicles that could be called upon to deal with enemy machine-gun posts. Leutnant Gmelin’s one-man tank design was not providing a radical new answer to a battlefield problem. It would also cause logistics and manufacturing problems therefore it was rejected.
Panzer Troop News bulletin
An article in the ‘Nachrichtenblatt der Panzertruppe’ (Panzer Troop News bulletin) complained about the amount of tank and weapon designs being submitted to the German High Command by officers, soldiers and inventors. The objective in publishing this article was probably to deter any further submissions. It puts the Maus one-man tank proposal into context, that it was one of many designs submitted for consideration.
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The avalanche of proposals from inventors in the armored weapon sector is constantly growing. With greater or less skill, with a lot of ink and a lot of paper and sometimes even with excellent plans, new battle tanks are proposed which, thanks to their special armor, armament and speed, or to the reduction of the crew to a single man who assumes the functions of the driver, gunner and commander or even the complete elimination of the crew, would force a reversal in the course of the war. Some interesting proposals are studied with the aim of being able to contribute so that the person responsible for the proposal could be hired with the help of the high departments of the army and the party.
In recent times, an armored land vehicle weighing 35,000 tons has been presented for example. At least one new Kugelpanzer model is proposed weekly. The inventors are partly soldiers, mostly employed in engineering and technical departments. While it is true that the great participation of the troop is a gratifying fact and a proof of the great general interest that exists in the development of the Armored Troop, it is no less true that the relationship between the work invested and the results is zero. The current problems lie in a different field, not in the production of new tank models. Even if an inventor succeeded in proposing a workable project – something that is unlikely – the transition of our production to a new model under the current military situation would not be possible without more.
The important thing for everyone who wants to collaborate is first-line the elimination of weak points in the current battle tank models. Proposals in fields such as automotive or armaments are very unusual, their importance is, on the other hand, very great. By concentrating on the many good ideas and proposals as well as the time invested in them in current problems, it will soon be possible to achieve an improvement in these fields.
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