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RSCS contributed to a joint presentation with representatives from CorrTech Inc. and Exelon Corporation titled "Innovative Method for Collecting in-situ Soil Samples and Installing Smart Test Stations at an Exelon Generation Station to Analyze Soil Conditions, Cathodic Protection Effectiveness and Corrosion Potentials at or Near Pipe Depth" (view presentation here). RSCS has been coordinating with CorrTech and Exelon to develop an innovative approach to collect and analyze soil samples through small borings proximal to target piping, which includes safety related and important to safety buried piping. The methods that are being developed allow for the installation of smart probes and/or half cells to measure corrosion potentials in proximity to piping. The use of small borings reduces project cost(s), inspection times and schedules. This eliminates the need for dewatering at locations below the water table, and increases the number of available inspection locations by reducing the number of open excavations required for inspections. The most recent project involved the installation of smart test stations through small diameter borings, which had never been implemented at an operating power plant.
For decades, ASTM and NACE standards for monitoring cathodic protection and coating quality have been relied upon by pipeline operators and regulators to accurately monitor transmission pipelines. These same standards are very challenging to implement for buried piping and systems at nuclear power plants.
The challenge has been to develop a cost effective method to accurately monitor nuclear plants’ buried pipe which is comprised of a “spaghetti bowl” of multiple systems all in close proximity, manufactured using various metals all at equal electrical potentials. The presentation will describe the process from planning to successful completion of capturing soil samples and installing smart test stations at or near pipe depth as completed at an operating plant in the Midwest.
These geophysical methods provide high quality geospatial data sets that benefit characterization and site investigations, supporting a broad range of projects including groundwater protection/investigations, buried pipe investigations, subsurface mapping and construction.


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Castles are one of Ireland’s many iconic symbols and there is none more famous than the beautiful Blarney Castle in county Cork! Kiss the Blarney Stone to acquire the coveted Irish ‘gift of the gab’ (i.e. the art of elaborate and far-fetched storytelling!) We combine the highlight that is Blarney Castle with a range of other notable attractions throughout the region. Included in today’s itinerary is the small coastal village of Cobh, which is home to a poignant Titanic memorial, as well as the southern city of Cork. At Kennedy & Carr tours we are dedicated to giving you an authentic, informative and highly enjoyable experience of our charming emerald isle. Begin you very own private tour experience by reaching out to us today – we look forward to extending our hospitality to your touring party!
Begin the day by meeting your driver and tour leader for the day at the location that’s most convenient for you -it’s time to start driving south to begin your unforgettable private day tour to Blarney Castle and the surrounding region. Enjoy your leisurely transfer south through some of Ireland’s most enchanting landscapes as we make our way closer to our first stop – Cork city.
Drive through the thriving southern metropolis of Cork City– with your guide pointing out some of the most notable highlights. You can then enjoy some free time to do some sightseeing of your own – we recommend checking out the Shandon Bells and the English Market (closed Sundays), which sells some fantastic artisan produce and was featured on the official itinerary of Queen Elizabeth II’s historic and poignant state visit to Ireland a few short years ago.
Departing Cork city, we make our way along the scenic coastal road en route to the small town of Cobh. The harbour here was the last port of call for the Titanic before she commenced her tragic transatlantic voyage. Indeed, Cobh was the location which saw droves of Irish emigrants bid farewell to loved ones before leaving their homeland throughout the 19th and 20th centuries. Many guests from the USA, Canada & Australia will literally be walking in the footsteps of their forebears. Perhaps stop by the towering St. Coleman’s Cathedral where many would be emigrants paused before boarding the boats. A Titanic memorial and visitor attraction was recently established here which, of course, you will have time to peruse before we continue onwards with our journey.
Time to take in the highlight of the day – the enchanting Blarney Castle. Attracting thousands of visitors, the castle is without doubt one of Ireland’s iconic symbols. You’ll have time for a leisurely visit to the fortress, after your guide fills you in on its impressive history. Sprawling gardens encapsulate the castle and during fine weather provide the perfect setting for you to stretch your legs and soak up the atmosphere of this enchanting place. A quick kiss of the Blarney Stone is a must before you continue along your way. Time-permitting, you may wish to browse the tax-free Blarney Woolen Mills – providing shoppers with the perfect chance to pick up some traditional Irish, hand-knitted goods.
After a fantastic day of exploring you’ll be glad of the comfort of your own private tour vehicle for the return journey. Your chauffeur will drop you back to the location of your choice in Dublin, with plenty of time for evening plans!

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Sean Wilentz was an outspoken supporter of Clinton during her previous presidential bid, and according to Clinton insiders he has remained close to her since. Wilentz has been described as helping Hillary Clinton understand where and how her potential administration, and that of her husband Bill Clinton, fit into the arc of progressive history over the last half-century or more.
Sean Wilentz is regarded as one of America's foremost political historians. He has been dubbed by National Review as the new Arthur Schlesinger. Wilentz is a professor of American History at Princeton University.
Wilentz approves of partisan politics. He writes that "the framers built a political system which inspired partisan politics" and that "partisan politics has survived because, in the United States, it as worked well, or well enough."
Wilentz derides historians who try to locate Lincoln's success in the beauty of his prose and not his skill in the art of politics.
At Amazon.com, Paul Krause describes Wilentz as viewing "the classical liberalism of Locke, Jefferson, and Adams as the natural starting point for the evolution of liberalism through Andrew Jackson, Abraham Lincoln, to Woodrow Wilson and Franklin Roosevelt."
Krause describes Wilentz as not agreeing with " leftist/postmodern/neo-Marxist historians" or with those "new conservative" historians who have portrayed Jefferson and Jackson (two of Wilentz's heroes) in as worst possible light.
Krause describes Wilentz's work as hyper-partisan, and Wilentz writes of historical moments of extreme partisanship: ratifying the Constitution, slavery/abolition, New Deal, and Great Society.
Chapter 12 is titled "The Liberals and the Leftists." Wilentz describes "the rise and fall of the Progressives and the advent of the New Deal" as having redirected the American egalitarian tradition. As egalitarian politics changed, so did the character of American dissent... a more coherent if endlessly contentious and squabbling American left emerged."
Involved in this is a presumption about who controls political life in the US – what C Wright Mills called the "power elite." Anti-establishment radicals have contributed to momentous change, and they have accused liberal components of the "governing elite" or establishment as having supported major reforms strictly in order to advance purposes of their own. Wilentz is describing people on the left who have a Manichean (an absolutistic black vs white) political mentality.
American history has been driven not by co-optation and frustration on the left but by convergencies of protest AND [emphasis added] politics.
Wilentz list the failures of radical leftists on their own. The socialism of Eugene Debs failed, but the "bread and butter" unionism of Samuel Gompers and the American Federation of Labor made gains for workers. New Dealers enacted reforms and frustrated those like the socialist leader Norman Thomas who complained that Franklin Roosevelt was carrying his socialist program out "in a coffin."
Helping fight the good fight were the not so far left activists such as the labor leader John L Lewis (a republican) and Senator Robert Wagner of New York – while the US Communist Party was opposed to the Wagner Act and denouncing New Dealers as "social fascists."
Wilentz writes of the New Left having "degenerated into ferocious and abiding contempt for liberals and liberalism, which sent some of its adherent spiraling into violence and neo-Leninist sectarianism of the Weather Underground."
Allow me to interject some personal experience. I was on campus at UC Berkeley in the 1960s (but not attending classes) and I did hear contempt spoken for liberalism. But it was a mixed bag. My friend Jerry Rubin, leader of the Vietnam Day Committee and soon to be Yippie leader making trouble at the Democratic convention in 1968, and author of Do It, expressed contempt for Marxism to me when we were alone. He did see himself as a revolutionary, but I can't say he was anti-liberalism. Eventually he became a stock broker.
Among the leftist students I knew was recognition of the importance of electoral politics, and the left in Berkeley succeeded in electing a radical city council and elevating a member of the city council, Ron Dellums, to the US Congress. It was in Berkeley that I acquired a contempt for anarchistic leaning protesters who loved expressing themselves in demonstrations, throwing rocks, calling cops pigs, setting fire to trash and accomplishing nothing.
which included overseeing the longest period of economic growth in modern ties,one that significantly raised family income and real wage for the first time in a generation.
Wilentz ends the chapter writing of the debt that radicals have owed to liberals and of "the damage some leftists have willfully done over the last thirty years to liberal ideals, and, ironically, to their own.
In Chapter 13, Wilentz complains of the Ralph Nader's third party candidacy in 2008 – a move supported by purists (my word) on the left that has been described as helping to throw the election to George W. Bush. Wilentz writes of several leftists described as celebrities as supporting Nader and "some of them [having] recycled false Republican attacks on Gore."
If we look hard enough we can find some Manichean leftist doing the same against Hillary Clinton.

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The new directives regarding ATEX, EMC and Low Voltage that came into force April this year featured product traceability through the supply chain for 10 years, from manufacturer to distributors, importers and authorized representatives. We are still assessing what impact this will have on our business.
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Whiteout Candytuft is an herbaceous evergreen perennial with a ground-hugging habit of growth. It brings an extremely fine and delicate texture to the garden composition and should be used to full effect.
Whiteout Candytuft will grow to be only 6 inches tall at maturity, with a spread of 15 inches. When grown in masses or used as a bedding plant, individual plants should be spaced approximately 12 inches apart. Its foliage tends to remain low and dense right to the ground. It grows at a medium rate, and under ideal conditions can be expected to live for approximately 10 years.

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Sensing personalities are the types with an “S” in their type code. For example, ESTJ or ISFP. Grades K through six are heavily Sensing oriented. Two-thirds of elementary and middle-school teachers are sensing personality types. The world of facts, practicality, and experience are what make sense of the sensors world. Sensing children love to learn by getting their hands on things, writing on the chalkboard, making crafts and learning through experience. SJ children (ISTJs, ISFJs, ESTJs, ESFJs) like repetition and practice. A steady, consistent routine helps them to feel at home and safe in the classroom. SP children (ISTPs, ISFPs, ESTPs, ESFPs) like the focus on the crafting, hands-on application, and movement that comes with early education.
Sensing children enjoy an education that is practical, tactile, and has clear achievable results. They are the “doers” of the world, and they want to know exactly HOW they are going to use what they are learning in the real world someday. Theories, extrapolations and abstractions can bore them or feel irrelevant.
Intuitive children, in contrast, are usually not paired with intuitive teachers in grade school. Intuitive children have an “N” in their four-letter type code: For example, INFJ or ENFP. While they can enjoy the hands-on interaction and learning that comes with their education, they also tend to feel bored because of the focus on details. Having proper cursive, memorizing facts, and repeating their sums can feel pointless and mind-numbing to them. They’d much rather focus on concepts, theories, and big-picture ideas. They’d rather have an over-arching framework for how they will learn than a set of facts to memorize and later write down on a paper. They can feel trapped in a school system that doesn’t let them argue, theorize, or make inferences. They may feel like their learning is “pointless” and get fed up with the repetition and routine of it all.
Intuitives are the conceptualizers in the education system. They like less direction and more open-ended projects and assignments. They like questioning, hypothesizing, and asking “What if?” They thrive on abstract studies. Repetition, detail-work, and a lot of “doing” can get in the way of their natural learning style.
In High School, things normalize a little more with about half the teachers being Sensors and half having an Intuitive preference.
The tables turn in college, where about 70-80% of the teachers have a preference for intuition. Since the U.S. population is about 70% sensing, you can see how this might create a problem.
Intuitives tend to teach in a hypothetical, rambling, open-ended way. They focus on theories, concepts, and meanings rather than specifics and details.
An intuitive professor might begin a lecture by talking about the five reasons why the Civil War occurred, only to expand on a dissertation full of information about the underlying causes of racism and war in general. At the end of the lecture they may have given zero specifics about WHY the civil war happened. They then might assign homework that is equally vague to the sensor.
“I don’t give specifics or page numbers on research papers,” admitted one intuitive teacher I spoke with, “I want them to figure it out for themselves when they have explained the subject clearly. When they’ve figured that out, they’ll know they can be done.” These kinds of intuitive teaching practices can leave sensing students confused and frustrated. They may wonder why they even showed up to class at all when they aren’t getting the specific information that satisfies their need for clarity.
Sensing students want specific, direct education. They want something practical, clear, and usable in the real world. In contrast, intuitives can never master enough theory. They constantly crave more of it. This creates a conflict between intuitive professors and sensing students in college. Sensors, who in grade school excelled because of their sensing-paired teachers, can find themselves frustrated and overwhelmed with professors who speak in the hypothesizing, theorizing manner of intuitive teachers.
Sensing-perceivers are not the only ones to struggle in school, however. INTPs, often considered ingenious and intellectual, are one of four types who said that school was a source of high stress (Myers et al., 1998). INTPs and ENTPs are often criticized for their skepticism, constant questioning, and their tendency to take on “teacher’s adversary”. INTPs and ENTPs have little respect for rank and they have a tendency to play devil’s advocate as a way of testing theories and facts to see if they hold up to scrutiny. This lands them in hot water with teachers who see them as defiant and unwilling to buckle down and obey the rules.
Remember how two-thirds of grade-school teachers are of the sensing variety? The majority of these teachers are Sensing-Judging personality types. Sensing-judging teachers tend to (unknowingly)cater to sensing-judging students in the same way that intuitives cater to intuitives. Teachers don’t realize they are doing this because most education systems aren’t using type theory in the classroom.
Being scheduled, structured, detail-oriented, and by-the-book is second-nature to Sensing-Judging personality types. Intuitive perceivers, in contrast, are random, global, focused more on theories than specifics, and HATE being structured or having to focus on details.
On top of this, NP personality types tend to find their minds wandering if an interesting subject presents itself. While the teacher goes onto explain a different topic, they find themselves extrapolating on the subject that glitters before their mind. They are later scolded for being distractable, unfocused, and even hyperactive. Thankfully, while Intuitive Perceivers may struggle in grade-school, they tend to excel in higher education where they are matched with professors who tend to “speak their language” academically.
Explain the human impact of what they are learning. How will their studies benefit them or others?
Let them write letters in defense of a cause they believe in.
Focus on the big picture rather than the details.
Give them a steep learning curve.
Understand that they will get bored with detail-work.
Let them theorize, extrapolate and make inferences.
Appreciate their insights and observations about far-reaching future consequences and possibilities.
Let them predict. What are the far-reaching consequences of a certain action or plan?
Explain why. Be prepared for them to play devil’s advocate.
Let INTPs and INTJs research independently.
Let ENTPs and ENTJs lead interactive classroom projects.
Let them engage in debate team.
Understand that they learn through arguing.
Focus on the big picture rather than all the minute details.
Let them theorize, extrapolate, and make inferences.
Let them practice, repeat, and practice some more. They crave mastery.
Give them a routine and structure so they feel safe and focused.
Teach in a linear, sequential way.
Be as specific as possible. Don’t beat around the bush or get lost in theorizing.
Give them bullet points at the end of each lecture to re-assess the important facts.
Let STJs debate, question, argue or test your competence.
Give SFJs affirmation and encouragement. Show them that you care about them.
Give real-world examples so that they can visualize how they will use their studies in real life after school is over.
Give ISTJs and ISFJs time for independent study.
Give ESFJs and ESTJs time for collaboration with other students.
Let them use their hands. Find kinesthetic ways for them to interact with the subject at hand.
Show them real-world examples of how the topics impact them.
Let them interview people to learn more about a subject.
Let them get up and move around.
Make the environment inviting and pleasant.
Give ISTPs and ISFPs one-on-one instruction or time for independent study.
Give ESTPs and ESFPs interactive time with other students. They enjoy collaborating.
Understand that they will get fidgety and have a harder time concentrating if they are forced to sit still for a long time.
Don’t theorize and extrapolate unless you have to. Be realistic and give them specific, concrete pointers.
Challenge ISTPs and ESTPs. Their competitive nature will motivate them.
– Speak to the values of ISFPs and ESFPs. How will their studies help them or others?
Give ISFPs and ESFPs affirmation and validation. Let them know that you care about them.
Have you enjoyed this article? Do you have any experiences or insights to share? Let us know in the comments! Want to find your child’s type and work with their personality better? Check out our Parenting by Personality video-course!
Or it could just be that Meyers Briggs personality types are pseudoscience, and don’t belong in discussions regarding education.
The scientific or empirical method cannot justify your scientism, so on what basis are you advocating it? The statement you made is pseudoscience as well by that criteria.
Different methods have been developed in the various disciplines based on what is possible and optimal for the subject at hand. Empirical studies are best used in physical sciences, but is not effective in the social sciences. That doesn’t say anything bad about either one, but rather that they are not the proper way to approach the subject.
Probability not proof is what is obtainable, but just because the opposite conclusion can be evaded, doesn’t mean it is the most reasonable conclusion to make.
Commit yourself to getting to the truth rather than dismissing everything that cannot be studied by a certain method. If you commit yourself to finding out whats true, then you will obtain it. Truth is the ultimate goal, and that demands objective consideration of all reasons for or against it. Nothing should be dismissed by assertion but rather by which side has the most probability of being true.
Refusing to believe all truths that are not scientifically proven is not scientifically proven itself. Disciplines have different methods that have been refined over the years that are the best known methods of obtaining valid results for that subject.
If you applied the same standards of truth to everything, you would not be able to function in society. Do you demand such standards from your loved ones before you accept what they say. You should since the same principle applies.
Anyway, this comment was in part done to clarify my viewpoint more so than go overboard over a flippant comment. Its more just to make people think and ponder about their unexamined assumptions of scientific authority just because its given credibility by authority.
It is so true, being INTP in public school especially is hard. I usually have a sour relationship with most of my teachers due to my ‘attitude’. They criticize my way of doing things most of the time. But I’m doing ok in uni cause they let you rein your own thought and expand it.
Hello! I’m an INFP studying to be a Secondary Education English teacher. As an Intuitive-Feeling Personality Type, I know I’ll rub some of my students the wrong way if I don’t recognize what they need, and your article is so helpful to know how to cater to the other Personality Types who will inevitably be in my classroom. I appreciate this article so much that I’m printing it out for reference!
Thanks for this great article. FYI – there is a validated and widely-used assessment that measures psychological type in children ages 7 through 18: the MMTIC Personality Type Indicator for Children. Could be a good resource for your readers!
This is so true for me. As an ENFJ, I found grade school tedious and I would often forget details of homework or skip important details on tests because I was more focused on the big picture and hated “checking over” things. High school classes were a lot more fun – especially Literature, History, Philosophy, and Language electives. I found out I was actually one of the “smart” ones. In hind site, the classes I struggles in usually had SJ teachers who required repetition and (in my eyes) mundane details. I wish more teachers had the opportunity to learn how MBTI could help in the classroom.
I totally agree with this article. I am an INTP in high school, and it’s terrible. Most of my teachers are sensors and I am really looking forward to college or university when I will be able to learn some higher-level stuff and going deeper into the topic without the teacher criticizing me for asking questions.

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I did not announce “family stories” as a theme for the whole challenge because I knew there would be days when I would depart from it. Today is one of those days.
Longboat Key – so called because it is shaped like a, well, like a longboat and is about ten miles long with a small drawbridge on the north end and another bigger bridge on the south end going over to Sarasota, the mainland. I was working today on the very north end. I finished my job and headed home. There was a long line of stopped cars as I came to the drawbridge and I assumed a boat was passing through and the bridge was up. A short wait and we moved forward, and then we stopped again. This time the wait was unusually long.
An ambulance came up behind me. The road going over the bridge is only two lanes and the ambulance had no opposing traffic coming from the other direction so it went past. Then a fire truck also went past, siren going, lights flashing. Two police vehicles followed. A couple cars in the line ahead of me turned around on the bridge and headed back south. For me, getting home would be well over an hour if I had to go all the way down to Sarasota to hit the mainland. Surely whatever it was could get cleared up in less time than that. I would wait.
I looked at facebook on my phone, I took some pictures of the boats lined up on the sandbar. About 45 minutes later some pedestrians came across the bridge and were stopping to talk to people waiting in their cars. “The bridge is closed. They are turning traffic back on both sides. Turn around.” they told me. I got out and walked a short way, not even to the middle of the bridge and saw what was left of a small bright green moped crumpled in the middle of the lane. Ahead of it was a black sedan with the back window completely smashed out. A young man was sitting down outside the sedan with his head in his hands. The policeman guarding the scene, came over and confirmed that the bridge would be closed for some time – best to turn around. There was going to be accident reconstruction which probably meant a fatality had occurred.
about the hole in his window and the smashed moped.
Someone’s life took a very unexpected turn on that bridge a few hours ago. Someone would not be celebrating Easter in the morning, or perhaps ever again. And yet for me, it was only a detour. I was shaken.
Sometimes life takes you, shakes you hard, then everything falls into a true perspective. Other times you get off a little lighter because somebody else takes the heavy lifting. Thanks for lightening the burden.
This kind of story always reminds me how lives can change in an instant. My POSSLQ is a semi driver and there is a little part of me that worries every night he’s out on the road. Yes, he’s a professional, but I worry more about those who aren’t and how someone else’s decisions can end up impacting your life in unexpected ways.
I think it’s valuable to have thought about this, kind of underlines how precious life is and how fragile. Thanks for your comment.
I think it is really easy and really common to grumble when we are being inconvenienced. The traffic jam is the classic. Even when we know a traffic jam is usually the result of something bad happening, we’re just so darned self-centered. While it is a common, even understandable response, it is very sobering when you come face to face with the reality. My coffee was late and someone died… I think we all need to take that little lesson more often than we do. Thanks for sharing this in your A to Z.
You got it, exactly. Thanks for reading Laura.

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Regent's Park is a huge, thriving green expanse in the heart of the capital consisting of two circular areas (an Inner and Outer Circle). At one-time a hunting ground for the ever-ebullient Henry VIII, the Prince Regent (later King George IV) commissioned royal architect John Nash to transform the land in the early 19th century. Now most famously associated with London Zoo - positioned over on the north-east corner of the park - an open-air theatre, ornate bandstand, large boating lake, huge mosque and 100-acre sports field add to its many attractions. The rest of its 395 acres consist of vast open parkland interspersed with formal, landscaped gardens. Dating back to the 1930s, Queen Mary's Gardens are still regularly and fastidiously tended, while the rose gardens burst at the seams with over 30,000 flowers. A number of pretty eateries also populate the park, while Primrose Hill (to the north) is heaving with trendy cafes and bars, not to mention some fantastic views over Westminster and the City. A worthy attraction in itself, if you're visiting the zoo or theatre, make sure you take a couple of hours out to explore this elegant park.
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“A Tale of Two Castles,” by Gail Carson Levine, is the story of Elodie, a peasant who travels to the town of Two Castles to seek her fortune as a Mansioner, or actor. However, much to her disappointment, she is turned down by the Mansioning master and taken on as the dragon Meenore’s assistant, to her surprise and gratitude. As she learns how to deduce and induce, she is swept up into a mystery, beginning with a kidnapped dog and ending with attempted murder. Suddenly, Elodie is the key in a plan to discover the perpetrator.
As Elodie gets wrapped up in the mystery, she finds herself disguised as a maid working in the kitchens of the castle owned by the shape-shifting ogre, Count Jonty Um. But during a dinner hosted at the Count’s castle, the cats of Two Castles manage to force the ogre into shape-shifting into a mouse. Now, with the ogre missing and possibly dead, it becomes more crucial than ever that Elodie discover and stop the criminal.
Who can Elodie trust? Can she solve the mystery, discover the whited sepulcher, and save the king’s life?
When the king’s guards arrest Elodie for setting the cats on the ogre, she is taken back to the castle and locked in a tower, where she discovers the identity the true murderer. While trying to think of a plot to catch the murderer, the dragon Meenore gets shot by an arrow and falls to the ground. Will Meenore survive? And will Elodie succeed in her task of unmasking the criminal?
I enjoyed reading “A Tale of Two Castles” because it was an exciting adventure story filled with deducing and inducing dragons, shape-shifting ogres, greedy kings, and lots of acting. I would recommend this book to people who like fantasy, adventure, and acting. It was very fun to read and I would suggest it to all of my friends.

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For the one out of every three adults in the US with hypertension, medication is almost a given. There's an amazing array of possible medications to keep blood pressure under control -- diuretics, ACE inhibitors, beta-blockers, alpha-blockers, calcium channel blockers and so on. Unfortunately, though these various drugs do a reasonable job of pushing down blood pressure readings, they also can cause serious complications and come replete with a list of side effects ranging from fatigue, insomnia, and depression to impotence, gout, diabetic episodes, fatal liver problems, heart disease (ironically), and permanent kidney damage.
New research out of the University of Manitoba in Winnipeg, Canada, has uncovered a surprising natural treatment that may help control hypertension without incurring the high cost or potential danger of drugs. Plus, the treatment seems to prevent or at least moderate the impact of kidney disease, which typically leads to high blood pressure and concomitant cardiovascular complications. The treatment originates with the humble yellow garden pea, a key ingredient in Indian dal and other vegetarian favorites. The research team fed small amounts of pea protein hydrolysate extracted from yellow peas to rats for eight weeks, and by the end of that time, the rats showed a 20 percent drop in blood pressure compared to rats on a regular diet.
Since kidney disease usually leads to hypertension, and most people who have chronic kidney disease actually die from the resultant cardiovascular complications of high blood pressure, the scientists intentionally bred rats that had a severe type of kidney disease to see how the pea protein would impact them. And they discovered that not only did the pea protein lower their blood pressure, but it also increased urine output by 30 percent, indicating a significant improvement in kidney function since those with kidney damage often have impaired urine flow and so can't rid the body of toxins. It also increased the presence of a key protein in kidney tissues.
Study director Rotimi Aluko said, "In people with high blood pressure, our protein could potentially delay or prevent the onset of kidney damage. In people who already have kidney disease, our protein may help them maintain normal blood pressure levels so they can live longer."
Since the "subjects" in this study had pre-existing kidney disease, it still isn't clear if the treatment will work on those who have hypertension without kidney disease, but the researchers concur that it certainly seems probable. A clinical trial with hypertensive humans is now underway and hopefully will answer that question.
In any event, it looks like a non-pharmaceutical intervention, free of side effects, might gain a foothold in the mainstream approach to controlling both hypertension and kidney disease in the near future. "What we seem to have here is sort of a natural approach to treating this disease, as opposed to the normal pharmacological approach," said Dr. Aluko. "We're talking about an edible product, not a drug, which can help to reduce blood pressure and, at the same time, reduce the severely negative impact of kidney disease."
The research team predicts that the pea powder will be ready for market in just a few years, but warns that in the meantime, eating peas for dinner won't do the trick. The protein needs to be isolated and activated with enzymes. Yellow peas by themselves are ineffective because their protein content is low and is bound to carbohydrates. The process for extracting and purifying concentrated protein from yellow peas incorporates water and enzymes. The net result is the concentrated protein hydrosylate that the researchers found effective.
Now here's the punch line, the company that manufactured the pea protein used in this study -- the enzyme-activated protein that's "not yet available," is the same company that makes the enzyme-activated pea protein hydrosylate I use in my Nutribody Protein and Private Reserve Superfood formulas, which I've described in past newsletters. As I've pointed out before, yellow pea protein has enormous benefits as a protein source in combination with rice protein, as it's hypoallergenic, easily absorbed by the body, easy to digest and cholesterol-free, and unlike other protein sources, doesn't lead to aminoacidemia or intestinal toxemia. And now, it turns out, it also may be anti-hypertensive and beneficial to the kidneys.
Hm, this is very interesting. It seems weird to me that we have all these drugs today that are addictive and cause other health issues when remedies and cures are all over the place in nature. It also seems that the natural cures are more effective, though I always thought that they were probably less potent and therefore less effective it doesn't seem to be the case. It seems like instead of taking all these medications we could be just looking into living healthier and being more aware of our diets and getting recommended daily amounts.
Asparagus extract has worked for a lot of people! A couple of different forms out there.
Jon, is there a difference between the other protein powders that use green peas and rice protein versus yours? I tried a pea and rice protein powder for a few weeks that I'm pretty sure wasn't yellow peas and even though I felt it was helping my muscles, it made my eczema much worse. I started getting more itching and rashes on my arms and legs mostly. I'm not sure why it caused that.
There are just too many variables to answer here. Since Jon first started combining rice and yellow pea protein, a number of manufacturers have tried to copy what Jon did – even stealing the content from his website and sticking it on their sites as if they wrote it. They source their ingredients from different places, of course, and add other ingredients to the mix so that it looks different, and that can produce entirely different results depending on what they do. Or it just might be that you don’t respond well to one of the proteins. No matter how hypoallergenic an ingredient is, at some point you’ll find someone who’s allergic to it. As Jon has pointed out in his newsletters, some people are allergic to the sun, and others to water.
I would love to get off Diovan and a diuretic, even though they are keeping my blood pressure down to near normal levels. Is it possible that the products of yours that you mention would be of some benefit, without waiting a few years for the Winnipeg study group ?
For obvious legal reasons, we cannot diagnose or prescribe for specific medical conditions…merely provide information. But that said, many people have used non-pharmaceutical means to reverse seemingly intractable conditions. Check with your physician to see if they will work with you to test alternative means to reduce your dependence on blood pressure medication, while still keeping your numbers down.
Read The China Study for tons and tons of research on what we could do by diet alone to reduce risk of heart disease, cancer, etc. etc. etc. Still reading. Changing my ways.


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House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) told CBS's "60 Minutes" that the left flank of the House Democratic caucus represented by Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) is "like five people" in a Sunday interview.
Moore made the comments in an August 2015 radio interview with Larry Kudlow, who now serves as the President's top economic adviser. In that interview, Kudlow compared Trump's immigration plans to the worst parts of World War II -- in an apparent reference to the Holocaust -- and said Trump's only real supporters came from "the nativist fringe."
Israeli researchers have printed a 3D heart using a patient's own cells, something they say could be used to patch diseased hearts -- and possibly, full transplants.
To get some sense of the scale of deflation, consider what a 3-D printed heart transplant would have cost in 1950.
Major League Baseball's Opening Day now falls about 2 weeks earlier than it did in the days of the 154-game schedule and when a "western swing" meant a trip to St. Louis and Chicago. For me it means that baseball now has 2 Opening Days - one on the first day of the regular season and a second on April 15, the anniversary of Jackie Robinson's 1947 debut with the Brooklyn Dodgers. Jackie Robinson Day is wonderfully commemorated each year throughout MLB by having every player and umpire wear Jackie's number 42. What's the tie-in with this column? Robinson's skill and daring as a ballplayer are celebrated in Buddy Johnson's 1949 novelty "Did You See Jackie Robinson Hit That Ball?" Here are two versions, the first by Count Basie and his Orchestra, with the vocal by the great blues shouter, Jimmy Rushing. The second features Natalie Cole with a big band led by John Clayton.
Nuclear power and coal don't share many attributes in common other than they're both economically struggling for similar reasons: competition from cheap natural gas and, to a lesser extent, renewables.
On top of inaction, trade policies under consideration could make matters even worse for the nuclear industry -- like new restrictions on uranium they use for fuel.


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The Mousesports CS: GO team has made changes to their roster after their unsuccessful attempt to qualify for the Major. They will be parting ways with Chris “chrisJ” de Jong and Martin “STYKO” Styk. A year ago, Mousesports was probably one of the top CS:GO teams in the scene. They were constantly reaching the Top four of big tournaments and had a legitimate chance at reaching further.
However, an ill-timed roster change saw the team add Janusz “Snax” Pogorzelski and replace 22-year-old Styko. The result was a disaster as the team fell through the CS: GO rankings and were pretty much invisible in the International CS: GO scene. Since then, the management has attempted to make changes tot he roster by bringing back Styko.
ChrisJ parts ways with Mousesports after over 5 years.
However, after a year of poor results from the roster; not entirely due to his fault, it seems ChrisJ will no longer be a part of the active roster. He will be inactive on Mousesports along with Styko who joined Mousesports recently.
Inability to qualify for Katowice was the final straw.
Mousesports was unable to qualify for IEM Katowice 2019. The European Minor saw Team Vitality and ENCE esports qualify. However, Mousesports was unable to secure the third spot at the event, which would have given them a chance to participate in the third place play-in stage.
The team lacked results cause the individual members were just not performing well. Their lack of firepower comes from a lack of individual form as well as a wedge within the team. The CEO’s statement confirms the same as he mentions there were problems within the roster.
After the most successful season of our history, we already saw some issues within the team towards the end of the year and unfortunately, we couldn’t turn it around in Katowice. To secure competitive success in 2019 we feel it is necessary that the team gets a fresh start. It’s a sad day for our organisation, as Sergey, Martin and Chris have been highly valued members of our team for a long time but we have to look forward and work hard to keep our place among the worlds best Counter-Strike teams.
out of mousesports active lineup again ????????????
Here is what Sunny had to say about this decision.
Parting ways after one and a half years and 19 offline tournaments is not easy but sometimes a few steps back can be multiple steps forward. There are no hard feelings or any bad blood inside the team, we just drove ourselves into a situation we couldn’t get out of and something had to change. It was the most successful run for all of us and I hope that this will change the careers of all of us for the better. Thank you guys for everything. Looking forward to a new and fresh chapter now, where we can be consistent contenders for titles again.
CS: GO player Miikka “suNny“, Kemppi.
In addition to this, the team also made changes to their coaching position. Their coach will step down effective immediately. We hope that the organisation makes the right choices in the future as they have been a strong roster in the past. There is little doubt of their skill and firepower; however, success comes in more ways than just firepower. The organisation needs to find the right team, one which can develop well together and have great chemistry.
Brazilian team MiBr is the latest team to be invited to IEM Sydney 2019. The event takes place down under from the 5th of April 2019 till the 30th of April. It will take place at the Qudos Bank Arena. It is a double elimination GSL Format event and will feature some of the best teams in attendance.


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Nature, mountains, culture and tradition, at the foot of the Sierra Nevada mountains in the heart of the Alpujarra. Only 40 km from the Costa Tropical and a short distance away from the ski resort. The perfect combination to spend some unforgettable days in the El Cercado Resort, a small magical paradise.
The Cercado is set in a residential area, in the heart of nature, and in the village of Alcutar-Anejo de Berchules, well-known for its famous New Year’s Eve celebrations in August, the first of its kind in the world.
El Cercado offers all the peace and quiet of an Alpujarra village but with the added comfort of a 5-star hotel. It has 14 typical picturesque Alpujarra houses , sleeping between 2 and 6 people.
They come with a kitchen, fireplace, heating, washing machine, microwave, TV, fridge, kitchen utensils, towel heater, and a parking space just outside the door.
And, as a star attraction, we offer a suite, which has been exquisitely decorated and where you can enjoy its Jacuzzi, with superb views, accompanied by the singing of the birds, the whistling of the breeze and the fragrances of nature.
The Cercado has been especially designed to eliminate any architectural obstacles and one of the houses is completely suitable for the disabled . Car park, adult’s swimming pool, large banquet rooms for all kinds of events, classrooms, children’s play area.
Bar-restaurant, specializing in meat and roasted over an open fire in a traditional firewood oven. As well as the delicious Alpujarra dishes and desserts.
Large open spaces for all kinds of environmental activities, as well as hiking, horse riding, mountain bikes, 4x4.


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West Haven, Utah, is a city in the central portion of Weber County. West Haven is bordered by Marriott-Slaterville to the north, Ogden to the east, Roy to the south, and Hooper to the west.
West Haven, Utah, is a city in the central portion of Weber County. West Haven is bordered by Marriott-Slaterville to the north, Ogden to the east, Roy to the south, and Hooper to the west. The city began as two separate settlements, Kanesville and Wilson. Wilson was established in 1854 by four brothers and their families. Kanesville was settled eight years later. This area was named after Thomas L. Kane, a Union Army officer who assisted the Mormon pioneers in their trek to Utah. Though Kane wasn't a member of the LDS church or ever lived in Utah, he was very influential in establishing the Utah Territory in 1850. Kanesville and Wilson remained separate unincorporated areas until they were combined and incorporated as one city, named West Haven, in 1991.
Today, approximately 10,000 residents call West Haven home. The city offers its residents many wonderful amenities, including multiple public parks, a youth council, the brand new River Parkway Trail, a rodeo arena, and much more. West Haven's recreation department offers youth sorts, including contact football, basketball, baseball, softball, and youth rodeo. The recreation department also offers adult sorts, including an annual basketball tournament and the West Haven Days 5K race. In addition, West Haven residents are close to many of northern Utah's outdoor recreational hotspots. For boating and fishing enthusiasts, Willard Bay State Park and Pineview Reservoir are nearby. For skiers and snowboarders, Ogden Valley's ski areas--Snowbasin, Wolf Mountain, and Powder Mountain--are all within an hour's drive.
West Haven offers a comfortable balance of country, suburban, and subdivision living. The median home age in West Haven is much lower than national averages, and the median home cost is $179,700. Approximately 60 percent of West Haven homes are valued between $100,000 and $300,000.


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The modern novel, a perpetual invitation to leave oneself and see oneself and the world as unfinished problem, implies a kind of displacement similar to that of Don Quixote, although we may venture to say that no other novel – not even the most experimental – has been able to propose radical displacements as radical as those of Cervantes.
Don Quixote is a reader. He is “mad about books” and “transforms his reading into madness and, possessed by both, wishes to take things he reads about and turns them into reality.” He sees “giants where there are windmills” and “armies where there are only sheep” because “the things he has read have told him to see them that way. His reading is his madness.” His authority is to be found in language, not reality. And, as readers, we share this madness. By simply reading, we displace and are displaced.
Although Cervantes, building on Foucault, sees this as a foray into modern uncertainty and equates it with a kind of wandering anxiety, it is also comical. Moreover, what Fuentes doesn’t note is the fact that readers only read modern novels because they desire displacement and movement. We may be “orphans of the universe,” but we like to move.
However, what might be forgotten is the relationship between the word, the eye, movement, and authority. Although we may like to move, the reader needs to come to terms with the fact that one is led by the text. And where Don Quixote goes, we go as well. This displacement may not always be pleasant. What we need to do is reflect on the implications.
Paul Celan captures this sense of being led and displaced in a poem entitled “Below.” And he links it to a social exchange between the “slow eyes” (“langsamen Augen”) of the reader, the writer, and the poem (“Gast-Gesprach”). The poem tells us that, as a result of this (social) exchange of reading, we are “led home into oblivion” of “forgetfulness” (vergessen).
the sociable talk of our slow eyes.
crystal dressed in the style of your silence.
This poem and its displacements evoke several questions. Is the poem written for all the eyes that see and all the mouths that speak? And whose hand throws the dice? Is it my reading? Or is it your writing?
To be sure, this poem may speaks to every social situation. Perhaps, when we listen or read, our “slow eyes” lead us “home into oblivion” or, better “forgetfulness” because we are displaced from our position. Perhaps the “dayblind dice” are thrown whenever there is a reading or a conversation.
The forgetfulness (“vergessen”) we experience can be read in a comic sense as a kind of absent-mindedness. But, on the other hand, it can be read in a tragic sense because it suggests that when we listen we are separate and are…not really communicating. Perhaps Celan is suggesting that reading may be the problem. This spurs a few questions: When we read or when we speak, how do we remember? If reading spurs us to be “led home to forgetfulness,” how do we leave home in order to remember?
Perhaps this is a problem shared with Don Quixote. If Quixote is constantly forgetting, by virtue of this or that displacement, what does he need and what does the reader need? Do we need to simply revel in this displacement of reality, this madness?
Kafka in his parable, “The Truth of Sancho Panza,” suggests that what Quixote forgot about was not reality; it was Sancho Panza. In other words, the madness of reading may displace the friend. The irony is that this madness can only be confronted if we think about what happens when we read and why we would desire to read. Perhaps reading stages a battle with forgetfulness and the meaning of relation (or relationship)? Regardless, displacement spurs forgetfulness and, at the same time, can prompt memory. It call also recall us, as Emmanuel Levinas might say, to the other. (And, on this note, his reading of Don Quixote is similar to Kafka’s.) The lesson: modern literature and poetry – whether by Cervantes, Kafka, or Celan – can touch on the experience of memory, displacement, and relation.
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Summary "Jersey City, N.J.--This is the reunion after a nine year separation of a stepfather and his two children. Yolanda, 16 and Roland Veyrieras, 14, who arrived with other refugees on the liner Exeter, are greeted by their stepfather, Rene Montbrand, who last saw them in Lyon, France."
Notes Title and summary from news agency copy attached to verso.; Acme Newspictures stamp on verso.; "TEL 616573...New York Bureau."; "Credit Line (Acme) 8/18/41."

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Traveling away from home can be both an eye opener; as well as a fun experience. Doing so also benefits your health in many ways. In all my sojourns, I have had my share of the good, the not-so-good and the downright ugly. I have also had the wonderful experience of being in some of the best hotels in the world. By best, I do not mean regarding cost and luxury. I mean regarding customized personal service.
However, a lot of hotels have staffs that are not only informal; which is good. Considering impersonal and indifferent to whatever questions you may have.
In comparison, my best so far was staying at Solny Square. I found the place in a literature once. It is located in Wrocław. Along with having one of the best combinations of food, customer services, and rooms available. The staffs were a wonderful set of people who were willing to do nearly anything to make their customers comfortable.
Nevertheless, the restaurant was particularly helpful with my gluten free diet needs. Not only would they help you out with what they are normally paid to do, but they are also willing to go above and beyond just to make sure your stay is satisfying.
Though, I remember once when I needed some hot, drinking water in the middle of the night. The hotel manager himself came down from his room which he had retired to less than 2 hrs before after a hectic to get me the water. That single act alone made me vow to never go anywhere else each time I was in the vicinity.
However, by residents, the Hotel was rehabilitated into the most charming thing you may discover in Wrocław. Its front door is attractively embellished with a mixture of both vintage and modern decor. I fell in love with the dramatic staircases adorned with lovely decorations. My room was a mix of tapestry and hand made Asian fabrics just to provide it a very nice feel. Solny Square Aparthotel includes a welcoming lobby and in contrast to the majority of hotels in Wroclaw, my room was quite large, coupled with all of the ease and comforts you wish to have, and perfect for a family.
Nonetheless, the lavatories are luxurious and modern; with high-class double showers. There exist a TV and laptop for yourself in the rooms, and dependable internet connection is an assurance. Those on business don’t have to worry about leaving their laptop or even having problems doing work at night.
Not to mention, one special thing about Solny Square Aparthotel; is that even though it attracts those stressful business oriented guests. Also, it aims to provide families as well as other travelers a home-like environment. My grandmother who has breast cancer would adore this place, better than the Middle East.
During all the period I stayed there, I never witnessed a showdown or a shouting match between the manager and any of the staff. Everyone just seemed to get along fine with each other. Staying there gives you a sense of peace and serenity; not to mention the fact that it makes you feel like you are one with nature.
Under any circumstances, the rooms are designed in a way that gives you a feeling of being at home as opposed to most hotels where you get an impersonal, sterile feeling. Because of its location, looking outside the windows is a pure pleasure as the views outside is both beautiful and enthralling. The surrounding mountains make for a great view. The personal hygiene is the first rate; as all the rooms are clean and dusted. I never had any course to sleep on one-bed sheet twice. After the night, everything is taken out and dry-cleaned.
Therefore, accordingly, you do not have to worry about that. It is a huge comparison at home though. The reason is because there; I was sticking to this special diet plan; which was making me feel panicked to the max. For those who may prefer the condos; they are situated just 150m away and offer some form of privacy and seclusion. So, if you want to do some writing in a near-silent environment, this would be a great place to do it. Each condo has its storage facilities and laundry. Inside the bedroom too, you have a TV. So, it’s a self-sufficient place to stay.
Consequently, if you ever happen to go to Wroclaw for a holiday; or a business trip; or any other kind of visit; then I would recommend you to stay at the Solny Square Aparthotel overnight or for a couple of days, as the services provided by the staff and its location, together make it the best choice. The wonderful nightlife, and casino. As well as restaurants within walking distance make the place very exploring and entertaining..
Wow, this place looks incredible. As a matter of fact, I need to get away from home.
It is way more breathtaking in person, trust me!
This hotel has the worst mini-bar. All the mini bottles of booze tastes like shampoo..


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Psychic protection can protect you from the bad intentions of a spiteful in-law.
Learn how a binding spell can keep an in-law’s bad behavior at bay.
Yesterday I had lunch with a friend who complained about her relationship with her mother-in-law. Her mother-in-law has never made her feel particularly welcome in the family. In fact, at the rehearsal dinner, the night before her wedding, her mother-in-law made disparaging remarks about her that several guests overheard.
It’s been years since the wedding, and now the mother-in-law is thinking about moving closer to my friend and her husband. (Right now, she lives several states away.) Obviously, that’s causing my friend some stress.
If you’ve ever had a strained relationship with in-laws, you may relate to this scenario. You want to be a good spouse and honor your partner’s family relationships. But when someone has treated you poorly, it can be challenging to say the least to put on that welcoming smile and pretend that all is ok.
Then there are situations where in-laws are downright hostile. They may send negative thoughts your way or even launch a psychic attack. Some may even try to break up your marriage, thinking there is someone better for their loved one to be with. How are you expected to deal with that?
One way you can set boundaries with in-laws is by using psychic protection. Everything is energy, including bad intentions. But bad intentions can be stopped in their tracks if you understand how to do so.
Binding spells can be used to stop something. Basically, you’re binding up a behavior that is hurting you. For example, if someone maliciously gossips about you behind your back at work, you could use a binding spell to bind — or stop — the gossip.
When you do any spell you set an intention into the Universe. You have nothing to do with the circumstances that happen next. The Universe takes care of it. In some cases, using the gossip example, the co-worker who gossips about you all the time might just suddenly stop and focus on a different target. Or perhaps the gossiper gets a new job. Or perhaps you get a promotion that causes you to have no contact with this person anymore. It’s always pretty amazing to watch what happens in life when you ask the Universe to help you to take care of a troubling situation.
So going back to my friend’s mother-in-law. Since my friend is open to using metaphysics and magic to enhance her life, I suggested that she do a binding spell to create boundaries between her and her mother-in-law. First she should determine what those boundaries are. What can she tolerate from the mother-in-law? What would be considered overstepping a boundary? Once she could make that distinction the binding spell could help. She would basically set the intention that any actions that would overstep those boundaries be binded.
To enact a simple binding spell you might try the following. You can use it to bind the actions of anyone; just replace mother-in-law with that person’s name. Also, feel free to use your own language when doing the ritual. Spells and rituals are meant to work with your intention. They work best when the words come from the heart.
Also keep in mind that you’re not trying to wish harm on anyone; you are simply intending to protect yourself and that is totally within your rights.
Light the candle. Then set the intention by stating your name and stating the name of the person you want protection from and what behavior you want to bind. In this case, my friend might say, I, Mary, wish to seek protection from the harmful words and actions sent toward me by my mother-in-law, Jackie. If you work regularly with angels or spirit guides, at this point you might ask them for their assistance and protection.
Then use the candle to light the incense. With the red cord in your non-dominant hand, pick up the incense with your dominant hand and write into the air some semblance of the following: ‘Bound be my mother-in-law from troubling me.’ Writing into the air with the smoke of the incense helps to set the intention into the Universe.
‘It shall be that I am free in the time and manner best for all involved.’ Then express appreciation to the Universe or any spiritual beings that you called upon. If you want to learn more about psychic defense, I recommend Everyday Psychic Defense by Cassandra Eason. She includes real-world examples of cases where psychic defense strategies hav worked.
You have the right to set boundaries with in-laws. Family relationships are important but they must be respectful of your personal needs.

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This sugar-free apple pumpkin butter recipe is a modern twist on a family favorite! The Instant Pot helped me tweak my grandma’s recipe to save time.
Last spring plentiful white blossoms buzzed with bees. Now they are apples. I watched them ripen. I shooed away the deer and birds, but it wasn’t until 19 degrees was expected that I took action.
I picked apples. Lots of apples.
Our apple tree hit on all cylinders this year. The Haralson apple tree is a biennial fruit bearer, which yields a heavy crop one year and a lighter crop the next. This was year heavy. Now I’m in the kitchen figuring out what to do with them.
If your counters are filled with apples, store them in the fridge while your contemplating your next move. Apples last ten times longer in the refrigerator than at room temperature. Apple butter and apple sauce are a great way to use apples that are looking bit tired.
I turned to the Instant Pot to make one our family favorites, apple butter. My grandma used to cook her apple butter in a copper kettle with a penny added to keep the fruit from sticking to the pot as she stirred and stirred, concentrating the apples. With peeling the apples and cooking at a low temperature, her recipe took hours, mine’s ready in minutes.
I tweaked the recipe to save time and increase the healthy factor. Did you know an unpeeled apple gives you fifty percent more phytonutrients than a peeled one? I left the peel on. This recipe is sugar free because I wanted the apple flavor to shine. If the apples you use are tart, up to ½-cup honey, maple syrup or brown or white sugar may be added. Apple Pumpkin Butter can be stored in the fridge for up to a month. These jars are perfect to keep things neat, clean and cute.
All the ingredients go in the Instant Pot. Keep the apple peel on the boost fiber and nutrients + save time.
It used to be a seasonal pie. Now pumpkin is everywhere. Pumpkin is good for your digestion, skin, eyes, and blood pressure. Beta carotene is responsible for the orange color and pumpkin is one of the richest sources of this powerful cell protector. So I added a can of pumpkin puree to the now apple pumpkin butter which falls in to the Recipe Redux challenge to feature pumpkin. Check out how my creative fellow food bloggers are using pumpkin.
What are the best apples for cooking?
If you don’t have an Instant Pot, pull out your slow cooker. Cook on low heat 4-6 hours. Stir occasionally to prevent sticking, no penny required.
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I buy a lot of goods abroad for personal use but we also sell a good amount of items on ebay that we source from other countries. For now we get our items mostly from US but we also get some goods from China from time to time. I've also bought once or twice from Hong Kong and Japan but those were just for personal items as well.
i think it is china. whatever you have bad or good experiences in outsourcing from china.
you can not say you give up outsourcing .
Factory products from China is very cheap so it is the most popular source of supplies for those items. However, when I was in Bangkok, Thailand, I had seen the variety of their clothing products like blouses and pants which are elegant in designs and very cheap. In fact, I brought home a luggage full clothing items that I gave away to friends. Now I am thinking if it would be a good business to buy Thailand products that I can sell to boutiques here. Their snack items are also cheap like the tamarind candy and chili peanuts.
I'm not completely sure but I heard that many clothing brands do source their cloth and shirts from Thailand instead of China so I think that is a very good idea. Although if you want to look for the source I am guessing it might be a little more difficult than China because they are a little more used to people looking to export, but it is probably worth the effort.
You are right, clothing items are cheap in Thailand and with good quality as well. But Vietnam is also in that line. We were in Vietnam last September and I was able to buy a load of clothing items which were quite cheap, maybe the same as Thailand. Particularly the t-shirts, the material is of good quality. If only I know that it was that good maybe I would have bought some more particularly the shirts and the pants as well. We are planning to go back to Vietnam and my target are the apparel and footwear.
Yeah I once asked some clothing retailers so see where they were getting their cloth from because they were so soft and I was surprised to hear that they were coming from these countries. From that I started guessing that each shirt would probably have only costed lower than a dollar to make but they were selling it for over twenty, and surprisingly even with that knowledge I still thought it was somewhat worth it just because of the quality of the cloth and of course the stitching, and I would have bought it if only it were a little bit cheaper.
What, 20 dollars for a shirt? That's pretty expensive compared to the cost of the locally made clothes in 3rd world countries. From what my Vietnamese friend said, her country is aiming to be a center for garments that's why they are selling clothes at low prices in order to attract foreign buyers. What is the best way to showcase your products than selling it in stores so foreigners can sample? Give them 5 years and I'm sure Vietnamese garments will be at par with Thailand's products. And the Philippines? It will be left behind.
Yes, unfortunately that type of price is not too uncommon with big brands but they are of high quality so in a way I can see how the price is still reasonable considering they pay a lot to keep their stores in fancy malls. As for Vietnam I think they are making a good move in capitalizing on their garment supply and I'm not too bothered by philippines being left behind as I also dabbled in garments some time ago and I have always kind of felt that it was the case and we seem to have never really excelled in that area anyway.
It used to be that the Philippines was the leading supplier of garments in the international market. It was in the 1980s when there was a boom. So many women were employed by big garments factory that are the suppliers of clothing items to foreign companies. However, when the problem of labor came in, those strikes and protests of the workers ruined our image. Big garment factories were shut down and foreign buyers went to Thailand (and probably Vietnam) so now the Philippines may be tops in call center, that's the trend now and the garments industry seems to have been forgotten.
It depends on the need. If I want to put up a restaurant business that requires exotic spices, I'd import from a number of Asian countries - the ASEAN for one because my country has free trade relations with Southeast Asian nations and member-states and tariff is basically free. Spices grow abundantly in Asia so importing from neighbors without additional costs can present a win-win situation for my business, for my country and for the countries I imported the spices from.
I just buy what's available locally unless it's a bit more necessary. Prices and shipping don't counteract each other enough to consciously seek out lower cost options halfway around the world, sadly.
I am the same way. I only venture out when the item is impossible to find locally. Even when it's cheaper to buy overseas by the time it arrives at my doorstep all the fees make the price equal to what I would pay locally or sometimes even more. Sometimes it's necessary but I only usually give in when the items aren't too bulky or heavy as that usually drives the price way up at customs.
Purchasing the supply from overseas certainly takes time but if the purchase is part of the scheduling then the expectation is met. There are items that are imported in nature particularly food products like raisins which they don't have in tropical countries. And there's no other way to procure the imported product but either from buying directly abroad or buying from local importers which is a bit high. Singapore is one country in Asia that is getting to be a hub of imported good because foreign countries use Singapore as the stepping stone in bringing their products.
I purchase quit a bit of used technology and parts. I usually stick to the US and Canada but when I trust the supplier I don't have a problem buying from China and other Asian nations. The only downside to it even with a reputable supplier is the shipping time.


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Northern Railway guests at the meeting were Northern Railway’s Mike Paterson (Regional Director North East Business Unit) and Pete Myers (Stakeholder Manager North East).
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The next meeting of the Coastliners Rail User Group will take place on Thursday 22 June 2017 at 7.15pm in the Reading Room of The Athenaeum Club, Church Street, Hartlepool. Though the meeting will be expected to close by shortly after 9.00pm we will be welcome to use the bar until 10.30pm.
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England got everything they wanted on the final day at the Oval - victory by 118 runs, a last stirring send-off for the retiring Alastair Cook, and a record-breaking 564th Test wicket for James Anderson. But they were made to wait. And fret.
The day lasted far longer than they might have liked, and there was a scary rhythm to it. Eerie quiet followed by a CRACK. The sound of mouths hitting the floor. Another CRACK. The beating of hearts against chests. CRACK. CRACK. CRACK. India came to the ground as the team that needed to survive 90 overs. But by tea, they were taking a proper stab at a target of 464. Nothing in the vicinity had ever been chased in the history of Test cricket.
The equation read 166 off 33 overs, and there were two centurions at the crease. KL Rahul got there abandoning most of his caution. It had served him poorly in England, leading him to average 16 until the start of this Test. Attacking the ball, on the other hand, brought him 149 runs. Rishabh Pant might have come to the same conclusion after recording a 29-ball duck in Southampton. He reached his maiden Test hundred off only 117 deliveries, with a six over deep midwicket. India started to believe.
Madness doesn't begin to cover what they did in the 44.3 overs they were together, just as madness doesn't begin to cover the ball that broke that 204-run partnership. Adil Rashid - for long the forgotten asset - ran in from around the wicket at the right-handed Rahul, and pitched the ball in the rough some three feet away from the line of the stumps. The batsman cleared his front leg and prepared to flick the ball away, except it spun. It spun viciously, ridiculously, and unbelievably to tip the bail down from the off stump.
England were effectively a bowler short - Stuart Broad was on the field with strapping on his right side, a souvenir from taking Jasprit Bumrah bouncer on the ribs - and it almost seemed like they were content to wait for the second new ball to make a play. Their two most prolific wicket-takers bowled only nine of the first 49 overs. The others resorted to bouncers - a strange tactic on a slow pitch. There were even times when Rahul batted without a slip.
India had no pressure to deal with as they ransacked 131 runs at 4.37 per over in the middle session. But there was just too much time on the clock. And too many runs to go after. It all ended - in rather slapstick fashion - with No. 10 farming the strike from No. 11, and two balls later getting his middle stump knocked back. Anderson roared in triumph - he had just deposed Glenn McGrath as the most prolific fast bowler in Test cricket - and ran into the arms of his team-mates. They asked him to lead them off the field, but he insisted that Cook should get that honour, and then choked up during an interview when asked if he would miss his mate.
There was - realistically - only one winner possible after Cook and Joe Root had struck fairytale hundreds. But it was fun as Rahul and Pant made everyone think about what if. They got together at 121 for 5 with more than two sessions left to play. But both men took the match situation and smuggled it out of sight. Nobody who watched their partnership would have realised that they were playing for the team that was behind in the match, and the series.
Rahul launched fast bowlers over the top. The lack of pace in the pitch assisted him in fixing a problem against the inswinger, as did his adjusting his front foot stride, taking it down the pitch instead of across, and slowing down his bat-speed, at least while defending. But whenever there was width, he did not hold back. There was a six off Ben Stokes that was downright majestic, standing tall on the back foot and cutting the ball to smithereens.
Pant looked special when he flayed spin along the ground, and weird when he hit in the air. He just puts so much into the swing that he literally falls over, meaning even his lofted drives over cover end up looking like skewed sweep shots. A much more proper rendition of it, over midwicket, crowned him the first Indian wicketkeeper to hit a century in England. These two were India's top-scorers in the 2018 IPL. A few months on, they put on India's highest partnership in a Test series in England.
But the lower order could do only so much to mask a scorecard that once read 2 for 3. India's biggest problem in this series - especially when it was alive - was a lack of runs from their top order. Rahul's century comes as hope for the future, but it won't quite wash over the fact that this team has once again fallen short away from home.
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Discussion in 'PowerPC Macs' started by AJ Muni, Mar 27, 2006.
Well my freind just called me and told me that his wife threw a martini shaker like a baseball straight at the screen and it completely shattered. I kno i kno...i was throwing up in my mouth when he told me, but whatever i guess s**t happens. any1 know where i can send it to get it fixed, or where i can buy a lcd for it? can i replace it myself?? I went to ifixit.com and they didnt have any...i also tried to convince him to maybe buy a new one, but he said he wouldnt mind paying upto $500 to get it fixed..
I thought it was pretty cool solution and probably a whole lot cheaper then replacing it with an OEM lcd... but you do end up loosing the thing that made that generation iMac so cool to begin with, so I'm not sure what I'd do.
I bet the lcd could be replaced for less than 500 though. However, the option above is much cheaper.


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Charlotte-based restaurant public relations firm DFPR has re-branded as 150PR and named a new executive vice president and chief creative officer, Dee Rambeau.
The new name comes from the agencies’ collective number of years of PR experience, said Derek Farley, 150PR president.
As for its newest executive, Rambeau is former TV writer and producer who owns Rambeau Media, a full-service media production, distribution and monitoring company that will add its services to 150PR.
He’s also the former vice president of consumer engagement at PR Newswire, the news distribution company where he met Farley and Tom Beyer, the Charlotte firm’s EVP and managing partner for the last eight years.
“Adding an industry rock star like Dee Rambeau puts an exclamation point on where our agency is going,” Farley said in a statement Wednesday.
The re-branded 150PR was started in 2006 and serves as agency of record for several national and local restaurant chains including Applebee’s, TGI Friday’s, JJ’s Red Hots and Hickory Tavern.