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It wasn't until the salt was inside me that I realized just how ironic it was to swallow something that could potentially kill me in order to prevent me from dying. Ironic and stupid.
In the midst of this panic the cleanse began to take effect. Now as much as I would love to put into words and specifics the initial reactions that my body had to drinking a quart of the Great Salt Lake, I will keep the details light. It is enough to say that I spent the better part of the next ninety minutes sat upon the throne that has been mankind's perch throughout the ages. My bowels were in spastic rebellion, angry with me for not respecting their near perfect record. I was angry right back; this was not part of the deal. I accepted that there would be a period of discharge and discomfort, but that would soon be followed by a peaceful, empty calm. I would feel lighter, cleaner, healthier. Why then, did I feel as though a steel cable studded with diamond barbs has been pulled through my digestive tract? Raw, tender, exhausted are not feelings of peace.
I felt like Danny Glover in Lethal Weapon 2, sat upon the toilet with my legs asleep and and a bomb beneath me, and I was also one more sit-down dance away from blood clots (something else that I tend to worry about at a constant clip). And the thirst, oh my the thirst! My lips were puckered and burning, my tongue shriveled, and my throat rasping for moisture.
After a long while at this, I felt a calming within my bowels. Daring to leave the bathroom, I made my way to the kitchen. I was thirsty, hungry, and exhausted. I filled a tall glass with ice water and sucked it down in a few large swallows, then filled it again, draining it one more time. A cold, restoring sensation filled my belly. I was going to be okay, but I needed to eat. Thinking that dry toast wouldn't do me any harm, I popped two pieces of bread into the toaster.
"Uh-oh..." I said aloud in response to an audible and forceful rumbling in my stomach. I ran across the living room and into the bathroom, not sure yet whether I should kneel or sit.
I didn't have to debate the issue for long. A powerful torrent of cold salt water rushed from my throat and into the toilet. My eyes widened in amazement as over and over again, staggering amounts of clear, cold, salty water gushed up from within my stomach and out my mouth. My first conscious thought was the realization that projectile vomiting was real, and not just something invented for late night comedy sketch shows and terrible movies. My second thought was more of a wonder really, at how clear the cold and salty water surging from within me actually was. I could have poured it into a glass and served it to a friend (or perhaps an enemy). They would not have known until tasting the salt that it was not fit for consumption. This was followed by a regret that I hadn't set up a video camera to catch the sensational display. This would never happen again, and I had no physical evidence that it actually had.
My final thought, which accompanied the final barrage of stomach water, was this; this is loud, this is violent, this is painful; this is going to make a great story.
Footnote: Elizabeth later told me (laughing) that not a split second after my loud and terrible retching had ended, the toaster popped up with a happy click, as if to signal an end to my suffering.
This is the best thing of the week, hands down. Tying it to ‪ The Wire, takes it to another level. I’m gaga right now. This is my head exploding.
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So I have to give it to the America's Test Kitchen again. I am not someone who typically likes pancakes (too doughy, too spongy, etc.). But these pancakes are awesome! Even Nathan (who hates pancakes), liked these.
2. Heat a oiled skillet over medium heat. Spread the batter, then top with a few blueberries. Cook 2-3 minutes. Flip. Then cook another 2 minutes.
Note: These can be wrapped in plastic wrap and frozen for up to a week. Defrost in the refrigerator for 24 hrs & heat in a 350 degree oven for 5 minutes.
Anthony Davis wants out of New Orleans: What does it mean for the Sixers? - The Morning Call Anthony Davis wants out of New Orleans: What does it mean for the Sixers?
Anthony Davis sent shockwaves through NBA front offices Monday morning after telling the Pelicans he won’t sign a contract extension and wants to be traded.
Still, the Sixers are one of 10 teams listed as a potential landing spot by www.BetOnline.ag. The sportsbook lists the Sixers at 9/1 (bet $100 to win $900) as Davis’ employer prior to the start of next season.
It’s easy to dream about Davis’ being paired with Joel Embiid and forming a “twin towers” in the Sixers’ frontcourt, but that seems very unlikely.
So what does an impending Davis trade mean for the Sixers?
A reported unwillingness to include Simmons in a trade for Davis should signal that the front office has confidence in its young stars. And of course, it should. Embiid is a dominant force down low and Simmons controls the game from multiple positions.
Simmons collects triple-doubles with ease, and while the biggest criticism of him in his short NBA career is the lack of a jump shot, it would be unwise to unload a player with this much potential so early in his career.
Sure, Jimmy Butler can ruffle some feathers from time to time, but it’s hard to imagine this trio won’t figure things out and be contenders in the East for years to come — if they decide to re-sign Butler, who will surely be seeking a max contract after opting out of the final year of his deal.
BetOnline.ag has the Celtics (11/4), followed by the Lakers (5/4), as the two most likely destinations for Davis prior to the start of next season, but where will he land for the remainder of this season?
According to Haynes, the Lakers and Knicks are preparing offers for the former Kentucky star.
The Lakers seem like an obvious potential destination. L.A. is currently 26-24 and two games out of a final playoff spot in the ultra-competitive Western Conference, but a superstar tandem of LeBron James and Davis could be quite potent.
As far as what it would cost the Lakers, Haynes said a deal would most likely include Lonzo Ball, Brandon Ingram, and Kyle Kuzma in addition to other sweeteners to make the money match.
The Knicks are an interesting case as well. New York has been abysmal this season and is just 10-38, but the club does have some assets that could appeal to the Pelicans.
Kristaps Prozingis, who is recovering from a torn ACL, could be part of a deal and rookie Kevin Knox might have some value, plus the Knicks could wind up with the No. 1 overall pick heading into next summer’s draft.
Davis will likely opt out of his deal after next season and become a free agent. It could make sense for the Knicks to trade for Davis if they intend to try to lure Kevin Durant to the Big Apple in free agency this summer.
Additionally, if that scenario comes to fruition and the Knicks do wind up with Davis and Durant, they suddenly become a top contender in the Eastern Conference along with the Sixers, Raptors, Celtics, and Bucks.
Toss the Pacers in there too, once Victor Oladipo gets healthy.
Obviously, free agency is unpredictable, but that possibility does exist for New York, which is why the Sixers should exercise some foresight and make every effort to keep Butler and their own “Big 3” intact.
The trade deadline is only nine days away. Get your popcorn ready.
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Water Color Smoothie; Food as Self Care, Soul Care, and a Gift.
Self-Care has taken two routes for me; the bubble bath/buy new leggings route, and the GET IT DONE work route. Both are effective, a lot of the time, in their own ways. However, self-care being tied to something I literally have to do, has been a big shift in a beautiful way. Taking a task my family and my body need me to complete, several times a day, and sometimes using it as a mean to give myself extra love, has been revolutionary. I love to eat beautiful food. New recipes, concoctions, and time spent making great food feels really great to my heart and soul. But I often reserve that only for big family dinners, or times where there are many people to share my meal with. Not when it’s just a snack. Just a breakfast with the kids on a home-school day. Until recently. You might have noticed that a lot of my recipes lately are beautiful, but incredibly simple and often breakfast/lunch related. That’s because I am working to fit soul-care into my daily tasks.
I spent many years using food as a means of control. Tracking, restricting, following plans and diets, and generally living in fear of food. I recently was listening to a podcast (The Lively Show, you should absolutely go and listen to it too!) and on it the host was talking about how we try so hard to not feel our feelings, but instead just change them. She gave a myriad of ways that we try to change them (working more, getting approval from others, trying to lose weight, ect.) and one of them was to eat. Using food to change an emotion we aren’t comfortable with feeling. I identified with that so whole heartedly! I have ignored feelings, or felt uncomfortable with feelings, and instead of pulling them out of my head and allowing myself to, non-judgmentally, love on those feelings and move forward, or just feel them, I did something to try and change them – as quickly as possible.
Feeling too sad? Try eating something while I watch a show. Too anxious? Maybe more coffee. Feeling disappointed? A treat!
Caveat! I don’t think that ’emotional eating’ is inherently wrong. And I have spent many a night, very much so owning my feelings right there WITH a bar of chocolate and a Netflix show. But the difference was how I felt about that action, myself, and my choices. Feeling good, or at least OK, about your choices is a big hard job. And we are the only ones who get to make those decisions for ourselves. So when I eat emotionally, I try to do so consciously, and fully embrace the experience!
Over the past two years as I’ve worked to really hard to overhaul my relationship with food, my body, and what body positivity actually looks like, I have found that food is an integral part of that. Making myself meals that taste amazing, fuel me, make me feel my best, and are beautiful has become an epic form of self-care and family-care for us.
And in that love of creating beautiful fuel for myself, I found the Water Color Smoothie.
Mix each color of ingredients separately in your blender, blend until smooth. If you need more liquid, add water. Pour in green smoothie, pop cup into freezer while you blend up your next color. Spoon next color gently on top, and then put the cup back in the freezer while you blend up your final color. Spoon final color on top! To give it a more ombre/gradient and water color look just very gently stir around the edges till you’ve blended it as much as you like. My girlies like theirs more separated, like a little rainbow. But I prefer how it looks mixed. Any of these smoothie colors can be doubled to create a full size smoothie that pairs perfectly with nut butter, chia seeds, hemp hearts, and/or granola.
We have to eat. It’s a space that can be morphed from control and shame ridden, or necessity and habitual, into a really deeply healing form of self-care. It’s easy to feel like self-care is only found in the ways we see it culturally perpetuated; weekends away, bubble baths, ‘girls night out’, or expensive primping and shopping. I’ve found so much depth and freedom in caring for myself in a way that is vital to my well-being. I have to eat. Choosing to care, slow down, and appeal to my heart, senses, and the delight of my little kiddos, has been revolutionary in finding new ways to care for my heart and soul.
Good share. Kids love smoothies. It is a quick way to feed them some nutrition.
We are currently working on an exciting new-build 10 bedroom villa in the Domaine de Brau vineyards outside Carcassonne in SW France. Having undertaken a localised search and found the site for our Client, we also sourced a local ‘executive’ architect to look after construction and delivery under our design direction. Planned in two phases, the 520m2 Brau House consists of a 6 bed main house and pool, with a further phase of a 4 bed guest wing including a tennis court, 500m2 of landscape, with a separate drive.
The building is made up of three finger elements which separate out the requirements of the brief, with bedrooms on the upper floor and living areas below, cut into the ground. These elements grow out of the hillside, leading the eye round the site to the vineyards below and the mountains to north and south. From the driveway, the house is approached along a contour from which the ground plane extends as a giant roof-deck. This provides a viewing platform, shading the lower level, with rock stairs externally down to the living spaces and a sliding glass wall facing east. It opens onto a flowing terrace that holds a 16m infinity pool sheltered by the dramatically cantilevered Master Bedroom, with views out across the fields and mountainous landscape beyond.
Massive cyclopean walls and in-situ cast concrete are manipulated against a local crepi (lime render) over clay block walls, to yield an architecture that is contemporary but timeless: that converges with the weathered terrain, whilst achieving structural solidity, thermal mass and defence against termite attack. There is an interplay between the heaviness of these monumental walls and the light and space captured between them.
Designed to maximise thermal mass and benefit from partly digging into the hillside, ecologically-conscious choices include the clay-block wall system, PV and thermal-tube solar panels on the roof, and rainwater harvesting for grey-water re-use and irrigation.
The Recruitment Judicial Board oversees the recruitment process and ensures a fair recruitment experience for the potential new members and chapters. The Recruitment Judicial Board handles any infractions during the week of recruitment and they are available to help the Sigma Rho Chis if need be. Members of the Recruitment Judicial Board will keep track of timing during recruitment parties and will be able to assist you with any problems that you may encounter during the recruitment process.
Recruitment is an exciting and memorable experience, but it can be hectic and emotional time as well. Recruitment counselors, referred to as Sigma Rho Chis, are undergraduate women at UA who have disaffiliated from their chapters – you will be assigned a Sigma Rho Chi group at Convocation on Saturday, August 10, 2019 and will have meetings with her throughout the process.
Sigma Rho Chis, who have participated in recruitment themselves, have been through an extensive semester long training program in preparation for recruitment week. They have your best interest at heart and are available to help you during the week of recruitment by serving as an impartial listener and friend.
There is a whole lot a thing a stand mixer can do other than beating the eggs, whipping creams and mixing ingredients. Nowadays, top of the line mixers come with attachments that are so helpful in the kitchen. There are also attachments that are sold separately. Here is a list of attachments that are must-haves to all kitchens.
These days, mixers are now able to grind meat and other food like bread and cheese. With the proper attachment, it is now easy to make burgers at the comfort of your home.
A food processor is ideal for food preparation especially if you have limited time. It speeds up dicing, slicing and shredding fruits, vegetables and others. To have a separate food processor, it would be more expensive than just buying an attachment. More so, it will also take space on your countertop or kitchen cabinet.
Milling grains is easy with the help of the grain mill attachment. It can grind grains finely for your baking needs. It works well wheat, rice, oats, and corn. It is perfect for those who love using freshly made flour in their cooking and baking session.
This attachment is perfect for summer days and in satisfying the cravings, especially of the children. Homemade ice creams are perfect for parents who are particular to the sweets consumed by their children.
For health conscious individual, this attachment is for them. Juicing is beneficial to one’s body giving it the nutrients from vegetables and fruits that are easily absorbed and used by the body. Sometimes this attachment can also be used in making sauces and dressings perfect for salads and pasta.
Speaking of pasta, it is also feasible with a stand mixer with the proper attachment on it. Homemade pasta is way better in quality than the store-bought pasta. Many people prefer buying ready to cook pasta because they are intimidated on how pasta is being made. With this attachment, pasta dough is already rolled and then cut to your desired shape, saving effort and time.
Ravioli are pasta with stuffing inside. Just like any pasta, ravioli needs time and effort to make with all the rolling and stuffing. However, with the ravioli maker attachment, it will do all the work for you cutting the time for preparation.
The sausage stuffer attachment is used together with the food grinder. Ground meat from the meat grinder directly passes to the sausage stuffer to the sausage casing. Less time and less mess in making sausage are made with this great attachment.
For slicing and shredding fruits, vegetables, and cheese, this is attachment is the perfect solution. Although intended only for small jobs, it also very helpful I the kitchen.
This attachment is used for peeling fruits and vegetables. More so, this can also make vegetable pasta by spiralizing beets, zucchinis, and other veggies.
The versatility of these products is very useful in the kitchen. There is no need to purchase other equipment, only ONE stand mixer can do the work of others.
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Before I begin this article I’d like to make t known that I am a full supporter for the LGBTQ+ community, and my thoughts go out to the families grieving for loved ones involved in the Florida shootings.
SO first off, I think this is absolutely appalling behaviour on Anderson Coopers part, while families are grieving for their loved ones, he thinks it’s the time to question people about the past, instead of actually getting things done.
This is the time for pulling together as a community, because that’s all that LGBTQ+ has ever been about. Being a community, and yet he insists on starting arguments with people, what benefit is to be had from having a petty argument with a politician.
But lemme know what you think, I just really don’t think it’s the right time for things like this right now.
So as you know I’ve been gone a few weeks, this is due to the evil exam and Coursework pressure that us teens are subjected to at this already perilous time of our lives. So I thought I’d give you a little update on what I’ve been doing! in list format, because I love lists.
I made synthetic dreadlocks, wore them for a day in town, and took them out. from right to left, Lewis, Me, and Louis.
These were a pretty fun fixture to have in my hair, but they were too uncomfortable to sleep in, so I had them in the night before and took them out the next evening to avoid further damage to my scalp being pulled in strange and exacerbating directions.
So pretty ram packed, mainly due to my media writeups which I should be doing right now, but I don’t want to, so there’s not much I can do about that I’m afraid, Mr Woodhams, It’ll get done before the deadline, chill your beans, dude.
But I want you all to know I plan on blogging a lot more now, even though google tells me Blogging isn’t word, but neither is Google apparently, so I guess Spelling and Grammar aren’t really their priorities.
Solar power is a source of energy that seems almost too good to be true. It’s there nearly every day, shining down on you and your home and it just seems like it’s all going to waste. Why not simultaneously cut your reliance on dirty non-renewables and become energy independent?
Well, the main reasons why most people let solar power go to waste is because solar systems are somewhat complex, work-intensive and expensive to install. While the idea of lowering or eliminating energy bills will appeal to anyone, the idea of spending tens of thousands of dollars up front and having to wait years to see any actual savings won’t.
But solar power doesn’t have to be such an intimidating proposition. Solar panels are dropping in price, and manufacturers are building comprehensive systems that make it easier for homeowners to outfit their homes themselves. Before you run out and buy a pallet full of solar panels, though, there are a few important elements of your home and surroundings that you should analyze.
As with anything, it’s easy to overlook the little factors when tackling a project of this magnitude. If you intend to invest the money and time into building a solar system for your home, you’ll want your solar energy to power your home as efficiently as possible. Increasing your general home energy efficiency may seem like a time-consuming diversion, but it is an effective way of cutting your energy usage and ensuring that you get the most from your solar system.
This is a whole topic on its own, so we won’t get into all the details, but a few ways of increasing efficiency include replacing old, inefficient appliances with new, greener ones; fully weatherproofing your doors and windows; and outfitting your home with energy efficient lighting. The more efficient your home is, the more you’ll get out of a renewable energy system.
You’ll also want to know how much energy that you use for your home each day or month. This way, you can build a system to tackle all or a fixed percentage of your needs. You can either refer the past 12 months of your electricity bill to identify the average number of kilowatt-hours or contact your electricity provider to get the information. Compare the amount of energy that you use per month or year with the amount different sized systems produce.
Perhaps the most fundamental thing that you’ll need for installing a solar cell system is the space to do it. That doesn’t just mean free yard or roof space, but free yard or roof space that isn’t shaded or obstructed by trees, buildings, other houses, etc. You’ll want the area to be clear for most or all of the day so that the panels can absorb sunlight as effectively as possible.
If you live in the woods or have numerous obstructions shading your property throughout the day, solar power might not be the best type of renewable power source, and you may want to look into other options like wind or fuel cells. On the other hand, if you have ample yard or roof space that gets direct sunlight throughout the day, you may have a good fit. To get the most average hours of sun a day, you’ll want to have space situated in such a way that your solar panels face south, which is where the sun is situated in relation to the United States.
An important factor to consider at the city level is any local zoning and permit regulations that could either restrict your system or add to the installation process. Check with your local zoning board and city permitting office to find out more about your local obligations.
Geographic areas are not created equally when it comes to solar power. Mentally compare the baking desert of southern Arizona with the soaking Pacific Northwest coast and you’ll realize that some areas were all but created to be solar farms while others seem like they’ll leave you in the dark. Don’t get discouraged, though; solar power can still be effective in less sunny areas of the country. In fact, the city of Seattle, often thought of as one of the most drab, rainy cities in the country, claims to get more sun than Germany, a world-leading solar market.