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What it's like at The Highdown in Worthing
PUBLISHED: 10:41 22 October 2019
Laura Paton
Sunday lunch: roast topside of beef
Brunning and Price
Laura Paton visits The Highdown near Worthing which delivers moments of greatness
There's nothing quite like a death-defying experience to induce a loss of appetite. That is something, of course, to be avoided at all costs when you're on your way to review a restaurant. But, crossing four lanes of rush-hour traffic to reach said restaurant is my only option - so that's what I do. You're welcome.
The newest addition to the 71-strong pub chain Brunning & Price sits on the southern slopes of the Downs, between Littlehampton and Worthing. Adjacent to a vineyard and nestled within popular walking country, The Highdown boasts a large bar, restaurant, terrace and tea rooms, as well as 13 bedrooms.
Leaving the A259 behind, I scale a steep lane to find the pub riding the crest of the wave. I thank the heavens for my cast-iron constitution - my appetite has returned.
Like its name, The Highdown is full of contradictions. The first is that behind its stone exterior I find a sumptuous grandeur to the tune of polished parquet floors, oriental rugs and chandeliers, and every inch of every oak-panelled wall is covered with framed pictures, from countryside scenes to Art Deco prints.
Tonight's clientele spans the ages, from leg-swinging six-year-olds to members of the senior crowd. Balloons bob at tables where friends celebrate (and commiserate) milestone birthdays, a group of 30-something lads engage in light-hearted banter and middle-aged couples eat in companionable silence.
The extensive menu (there are a whopping 14 main courses) is classic British with a smattering of global inspiration from Italy, India, Morocco and Japan. There's a good wine list, starting at £17.95 a bottle (£3.30 a glass), although I'm disappointed to see that wine from the neighbouring vineyard can't be bought by the glass. I choose, instead, a Marsanne Viognier (£3.65). It's caramelised peaches in liquid form.
A plate of pan-fried scallops (£10.95) calls to mind the sunset colours of a Mark Rothko painting. There's a slather of butternut squash puree, three accurately cooked scallops, arancini and a scattering of sun-blushed cherry tomatoes. The arancini - fried balls of rice stuffed with nuggets of chorizo - are the size of golf balls, and satisfy my soul.
Sadly, the katsu chicken curry (£14.95) is disappointing. A large pool of sauce, the colour of the stuff you get from the chip shop, tastes only of star anise. The kitchen staff have, at least, had the sense not to pour it all over the crisp bread-crumbed chicken. The meat is moist but there's an unappealing layer of sticky batter beneath the crumb coating. The coconut rice is overcooked and sickly, and the carrot and cucumber ribbons have been hanging around in a hot kitchen for too long. Not the Japanese favourite I was hoping for.
Fortunately, dessert provides a sky-high ending to the meal. The strawberry and raspberry Eton mess (£6.50) is a cloud of whipped cream, fruit and meringue, topped with a scoop of raspberry sorbet and a sprinkling of toasted oats, putting a cranachan-style twist on an English classic. The light drizzle of ginger syrup is a master stroke.
It's a shame that the katsu curry left a bad taste in my mouth because, overall, I liked The Highdown. I liked that it wasn't an identikit gastro pub with exposed brick and industrial-style lighting, and I very much liked the scallops and the Eton mess 'a la Highdown'. Was it a meal worth risking life and limb for? Maybe not. But I can always drive next time.
The Highdown, Littlehampton Road, Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex, BN12 6FB; 01903 924 670; www.brunningandprice.co.uk/highdown. See more of Laura Paton's reviews at scribblinginthekitchen.wordpress.com
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Seth Curry, Ben Simmons out as Nets prepare for Pacers … with Myles Turner
The Nets received some bad news on Monday. Seth Curry (ankle) is out and, surprisingly, Ben Simmons (knee soreness) is also out for Game 2 of the game. pacers mini-series
"He's just got a sore knee, that's all I know really," Steve Nash said. "We'll have to watch tomorrow and see how he is, but he's out tonight and tomorrow we'll see how the knee is and if he's available."
Shams Charania added a detail in an interview with Rally.
"I've been told Simmons and the Nets are managing some swelling in his left knee and he'll miss tonight's game against Indiana or tomorrow's game against the Bulls," Shams said.
The 6'10" center hasn't looked as athletic as the last time he played in the NBA. Marc Stein, writing about reports that Simmons is avoiding the foul line, said some of the issues may be physical.
My former ESPN colleague Brian Windhorst noted in a recent TV appearance that several scouts he's consulted with believe the reason Ben Simmons plays with a lack of aggressiveness on offense "isn't because he's as afraid of missing the shot as he is of being wrapped up." time as a Sixer during the 2020-21 season.Remember the 26-year-old had back surgery in May.
Simmons has yet to reach double figures in scoring so far for the Nets. As for Curry, Nash said he had similar hopes.
"I'll see. I don't want to make big statements about them being in the same process, but we'll see how Seth is tomorrow and from there. I think he feels like he's got a little way to go before he's in his prime ".
Meanwhile, two Nets veterans tried to put a good face on things during the morning round.
"Our whole message and vibe is that we can stick together," Patty Mills said. "Enduring this time, obviously adversity and backs against the wall, but to be able to stick together and get through it, obviously we have to get better. Obviously, we have to work on some things. I think the biggest message is to be able to stick together and stick together."
Markieff Morris, who has been around for a dozen seasons, believes there could be a positive side to the early season woes.
"It's good to see the character and the guys with their backs against the wall. I like adversity," Morris said Monday morning. "I feel like I'm playing better and [I] I'm better during adversity because it brings out who you really are as a man and as a basketball player."
Morris also said he is ready to be a leader.
"Yeah, sure," Morris said feeling more inclined to take on a leadership role. "I think this is one of my roles in this team. I've been to a lot of places and played with a lot of great players. I'm not the most vocal guy, but you know, I had to step out of my comfort zone, just like everyone else here has the ability to turn the page on what we're trying to do. If it needs to be said, I will say it. It's nothing personal. It's just one of those things where you have to hear a voice all the time."
But he also said he didn't like the players-only huddle that took place after the Pacers' loss to slip away.
"I'm not talking about meetings only of players. I don't even know why you know about this," he said. "This is something that should be between us."
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by Andres Fragoso Jr
Margaret comes from a large family in a small town with no opportunities. No outlet for her creativity and because of that they thought she was a little weird. Piano classes were given by a nun who was very demanding of her rebellious youth.
Her imagination has created some beautiful art that may be classified as surreal, like her piece the Serpent De Cheveux. She executes her work with art, precision, and care. Showcasing the details and different perspectives.
Maxfield Parrish, an illustrator has been her most influential artist. Raised with the belief that everything has a purpose. By using illustrations in her graphics and art she could give a purpose to what she creates.
Her experience in graphic arts has gained her a reputation as a great graphic artist in Las Vegas. Working in Cultural Affairs, she was responsible for many activities, exhibitions, and promotions of local art in local galleries. Her creations now are more expressive than simply making sense or giving purpose. With this new aspect of her job, she saw a way to express herself. Art is her passion.
Working with the city she found a network of artists and patrons who appreciate her artwork. She was asked to do artwork for the Project, City of 100 Murals celebrating the Las Vegas Centennial in 2005. After that, she has been asked to do more pieces for the city gallery, illustrations for the Mayor and private patrons.
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DE KLERK, Pieter. F.A. van Jaarsveld's The awakening of Afrikaner nationalism after fifty years. Tydskr. geesteswet. [online]. 2008, vol.48, n.3, pp.338-356. ISSN 2224-7912.
F.A. van Jaarsveld is usually regarded as one of the most prominent South African historians of the twentieth century. In 1957 he published a monograph entitled Die ontwaking van die Afrikaanse nasionale bewussyn, 1868-1881 of which an English translation, The awakening of Afrikaner nationalism, appeared in 1961. For many years this book has been regarded by scholars of South African history as the major study on the origin of Afrikaner nationalism.Van Jaarsveld's contribution to historical writing has been discussed and evaluated by several scholars, but, although some of these academics refer to The awakening of Afrikaner nationalism as his most important contribution none of them provide an extensive discussion of this monograph. Since 1957 a number of scholars have been researching the topic of Afrikaner nationalism. This has led to new interpretations on its origin and early phase. The purpose of this article is to ascertain to what extent changing views of nationalism, and particularly of Afrikaner nationalism, have influenced the value of van Jaarsveld's book and whether it can still be regarded as the major study on this topic. Van Jaarsveld's use of the expression "awakening of nationalism" indicates that he was influenced by the views of nineteenth century German philosophers on the character of nations, but it is also apparent from his book that he was familiar with the studies of early twentieth century theorists of nationalism, such as Hans Kohn. Although elements of an Afrikaner nationalist interpretation of history appear in some of van Jaarsveld's writings, in The awakening of Afrikaner nationalism he describes and discusses nationalism, and also Afrikaner nationalism, from a critical perspective. He views nationalism as mainly a political phenomenon and argues that Afrikaner nationalism originated during the period 1868-1881 as a reaction to British imperialism in South Africa. However, Afrikaans historians such as J.J. Oberholzer and M.C.E. van Schoor maintain that the origin of Afrikaner nationalism dates back to the early nineteenth century. There are strong indications that their interpretations are influenced by an Afrikaner nationalist view of history. On the other hand there are a number of academics, inter alia Isabel Hofmeyr and Dan O'Meara, who argue that Afrikaner nationalism did not exist before the beginning of the twentieth century. Hermann Giliomee is of the opinion that the whole period 1870-1915 should be seen as the period of the origin and early development of Afrikaner nationalism, but that the years after 1900 were the crucial years in the formation of Afrikaner nationalism. It would appear that the scholars who regard the first decades of the twentieth century as the period when Afrikaner nationalism was formed are mainly influenced by theories that explain nationalism in the light of economic factors and the development of capitalism. Among these writers it is only Giliomee who has extensively studied the problem of the origin of Afrikaner nationalism. Although the theories of nationalism on which his study is based, especially the theories of Ernest Gellner and Tom Nairn, are still influential, they are not generally accepted. There is no consensus among theorists whether nationalism should be primarily regarded as an ideology, an idea or a political movement. Some of them emphasize the role of cultural and intellectual factors while others highlight the importance of political aspects. The work of John Breuilly, for instance, is regarded by recent writers on nationalism as an important contribution to the debate on the origin and nature of nationalism. Similar to van Jaarsveld Breuilly sees nationalism as a political phenomenon and emphasizes the role of political factors in the origin and development of nationalism. I would argue, therefore, that van Jaarsveld's book can not simply be dismissed as being outdated. On the contrary, it is one of but a few well researched studies on early Afrikaner nationalism and, regarded within the context of current scientific views of nationalism, it remains a valuable contribution to South African historical writing.
Keywords : Afrikaner nationalism; Afrikaners; nationalism; national consciousness; theories of nationalism; ideologies; ethnicity; imperialism; historiography; F.A. van Jaarsveld; H. Giliomee.
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Microship Status – Issue 86
By Steve | May 6, 1995
Nomadic Research Labs
The once-philosophical nature of the Microship project, filled primarily with grand dreams of future boats, has been radically transformed by the presence of a 30-foot folding trimaran into something different… something of substance. Even the Fulmar epoch, exciting as it was, never felt REAL: staring at a kayak-scale boat while imagining years of open-ended wandering seemed more an adventure fantasy than a solid plan. This ship, on the other hand, looms in my vision as a TO-DO list of epic proportions, a future home, and a serious substrate for everything I've been writing about for three years.
In other words, the project is solidly underway.
Plunging Into Rigging
The first step, long before installing a dozen FORTH nodes or tiling the tramps with a photovoltaic kilowatt, is to get the ship rigged and on the water. We need to experience conditions various, find out where bodies need to move and toes tend to stub, get a sense of performance and feel, learn the flavor of the ship under sail, reserve deck space for rigging before adding antennas and other gizmology, and so on. Even as we press ahead in the lab with renewed energy, our highest priorities are standing and running rigging, sails, deck layout, ground tackle, and increased trailer robustness. Only after we get the ship sailable will we press on with cabin layout, galley design, the electric outboard, and a lab full of control and communications systems.
Rigging is a complex issue, and is one of those areas where you can find roughly the same number of opinions as experts. Still, there are some out there who have extensive experience with multihull rig designs, and after nosing around a bit I have made contact with some key players. We'll be meeting Gino Morrelli here next week, and yesterday we spent an hour or so at Corsair Marine… where we spoke with the guy who built my boat. If we can take advantage of standard F-boat rigging, there's a good chance of picking up surplus hardware at Corsair.
In the meantime, our nautical education is accelerating. We went to Minney's last week, a supermarket of used and surplus nautical gear in Newport Beach, and also had a delightful day sail in San Diego Bay with Lonnie Gamble on his Catalina 27. We spent a day kayaking with Len Wanger on Mission Bay, poking around marinas and paying particular attention to trimaran rigs. And my growing nautical bookshelf is yielding more and more relevant information as the questions become clearer.
The A/V Control System
Meanwhile, I've been working on control system packaging — now that I know the dimensions of the on-board lab where everything will be mounted, it's easier to make decisions about node clustering and cabling. The first project was the Audio/Video subsystem, consisting of the audio crossbar, video crossbar, and 8 software-switched power channels for each.
Students in this quarter's project team are working on the switch design and the interfaces with the Sony 8mm VCR and the D-7 DAT recorder, but to get them started I mounted a perfboard adjacent to the two FORTH nodes and added a Phoenix contact block for screw-terminal I/O. The most tedious task was the video junction module — 24 RCA jacks on an aluminum panel, wired with teflon-jacketed coax cable to a 96-pin Eurocard connector. Painful, but it's done. This is mounted with the audio crossbar such that we have a single junction area for A/V signal routing: 32 audio sources 32 audio sinks 16 video sources 8 video sinks with up to 8 live connections available at any given time for each medium.
My only regret in this is that the audio and video crossbars were developed as separate student projects last year and thus occupy two of the New Micros FORTH boards. This is a bit redundant — one could easily handle both, and I'm tempted to move audio control to the video board (which already contains 4 Mitel 88V32s) and merge the software packages. Since these processors have little to do other than control the crosspoint matrices, switch 16 power-control bits, run watchdog and status tasks, and periodically report to the Hub, this might be a good hardware-minimization step.
Turret Wrapup And Wireless Webcam
While we're on the subject of video, I should mention the rest of the system. Nathan and Alex have been back a couple of times to help close up the turret project (the penalty for doing such good work as they did is that I insist on it being finished, instead of just writing off an ill-defined collection of hardware and unstable code as someone's educational experience). We're almost there — with the exception of one mysterious bug that shorts the Power Trends regulator when camera B is commanded on, it works. They deftly left the ship-referenced angle calculations to me, so full 2-camera implementation will involve some clever HyperTalk, but the speed, pointing, and scanning operations are all fully debugged. We also did the internal and external cabling via waterproof connector to allow the turret to be physically closed, and one more evening should allow reasonably permanent packaging.
At the moment, the turret carries two cameras — the .05 lux black & white unit from GBC, and the micro color unit from Sharp. The latter is not at all fond of direct sunlight, so it's only there for our initial testing whereupon it will move to the cabin or lab — I'm looking for a color turret camera that has remote zoom control and wider latitude, yet still fits.
The most immediate application for this is a demo we need to have working by mid-May, affecting our possible involvement in a new wireless research lab and concomitant lab space. The goal is to allow a Web client on a Mac PowerBook to connect to our MacHTTP server via wireless AppleTalk, command the turret to any angle by clicking on an image map, then automatically receive a picture of the lab when the camera has been pointed in the specified direction. Lots of pieces are in place — Faun has been working steadily on the HTML and AppleScript components, and we've had first-class help from Roy Lovejoy of Adept Solutions who wrote a scriptable frame-grabbing and serial-interface app for us.
Solar Array And Power Update
The solar design has changed — and stabilized, thanks to the actual dimensions available from the ship. We'll use 1,080 watts of Solarex modules — 36 of the 30-watt ultralight units packaged in groups of 6, each of which is a tri-fold unit we call a "triplet." Three of these 180-watt units will mount on each of the polypropylene mesh tramps, held down by "velcro" straps. (Thanks to Rip 'n Grip for about 80 feet of 1.5″ sew-on hook and loop material!) The modules themselves will be bonded to approximately 2×4-foot panels of 1″ Divinycell, vacuum-bagged with a fiberglass skin and hinged like a spiral notebook with their neighbors. The mechanical engineering project team, Stephanie Griffin and Adrian Cordova, is working on the specification and design of this lightweight, folding system.
There have been a few changes since my last comments on the power system. While this is not yet fully defined, it appears that we'll be running the main battery bank at 48 volts, with the potentially fatal 120-volt open-circuit array voltage defined by SERIES connection of the six 30-watt modules in each triplet. These six high-voltage lines will each have a dedicated peak-power tracker, which optimizes the I-V curve of each cluster to maximize extracted wattage as shading, temperature, and solar incidence angles vary.
The high-voltage battery array is optimized for low-loss propulsion using a Ray electric outboard, but that still leaves us with the need for a stable 12-volt system for everything else. The most reliable way to handle this is with a separate Group 27 battery charged by a dedicated DC-to-DC converter from the HV system, with reconfigurability of the entire array possible from the solar panel connections at the hull, on into the battery junction panel itself. This would give us something like 80 amps of 12 volts if everything were reconnected in parallel.
The only down side of all this is that batteries are HEAVY, and we could be looking at eight 6-volt batteries totaling some 400 pounds. The good news is that we are going to do without a fuel-burning engine entirely, so there are corresponding savings in that department. The addition of a flexible generator for wind charging in any mode (air or water driven) should complete an effective propulsion system, roughly equivalent to a 10 horsepower outboard with unlimited free fuel and enough stored energy for many hours of medium-power cruising — as well as nearly 200 pounds of thrust when needed.
Random Updates And Acks
Finally, since I need to get ready to leave tomorrow for a speaking gig in San Francisco (with BEHEMOTH), I want to close with a few quickie updates.
Paul Picot (our friend in Canada who visited recently and helped rescue the Microship from L.A.) is now working on the pressure-control system — a non-trivial and absolutely essential component. Based on early work by Gerken, Scheer, and Whitney, he has mapped out the suite of components necessary, scaled the space and power requirements, and identified the reliability trade-offs of various approaches. Much more on this as it develops…
Dan Yang is starting the design of a catamaran system for the kayaks, allowing us to link them together for more flexible dinghy applications and potential sailing ability. This will involve deck fixtures molded to the boats, and carbon-fiber crossbeams with a net strung between them (the tramps for the ship are over $1,000 — hopefully we can find some scrap material for this!). The kayak fixtures will also be used to lock them securely to their cradles on the amas.
Finally, monographs 402 and 403 are finished and ready to ship — $5 each gets you hardcopy of the first year of these reports, along with additional commentary and many photos. Each publication, lovingly laid out in PageMaker by Faun, is about 43 pages…
Cheers from the Microship lab!
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We are looking for 13 new members to join four of our Council's committees: Companies, Education, Registration and Standards, to play a vital role in helping to shape the future of optical regulation.
Each committee plays a key role in enhancing our work and informing the decisions made by Council. The Committees are:
Companies – advises Council and other Committees on matters relating to business registrants. We have five vacancies for members representing the interests of body corporates (business registrants).
Education – advises the Council and other committees on optical training and education. We have three vacancies: two lay members and one dispensing optician.
Registration – advises the Council on registration issues, including the rules governing registration and publication of the registers. We have one vacancy available for a lay member.
Standards – advises the Council on the standards of conduct and performance expected of current and potential registrants. We have four vacancies: two lay members, one dispensing optician and one registered medical practitioner.
Successful candidates will be expected to commit two to four days per annum and includes renumeration of £319 per day, in accordance with our member fees policy.
If you are passionate about general healthcare and regulation or think you can contribute to our work to protect the public, we encourage you to apply.
We welcome people of all backgrounds and with a broad range of experiences to apply, particularly those who are disabled and from diverse ethnic backgrounds as these are currently underrepresented on our Council and committees.
View our candidate pack for more information about the roles and how to apply. If you have any questions, email appointment@optical.org quoting reference GOC01/22.
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Q: Does casting a byte to an int or declaring an int carry more overhead in C#? In C#, if I initialize a byte and later cast it to an int have more of an overhead than just initializing an int from the start? For example, does this:
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    int foobar = foo + bar;

Have more of a performance overhead than this?
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    int bar = 3;
    int foobar = (int) foo + bar;

A: seems like you think its a good idea to save 3 bytes by making foo a byte. Its not, it wont make any speed or space difference and it will simply confuse readers of the code (including you), and add subtle bugs when you change the code later.
If you were storing lots of numbers and you know the were all 1 byte then yes this would save space an you should do it. But not in the trivial case you show

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I haven't written my health story on here yet, but suffice to say the last three years have been a bit of a witch hunt on my body. I read everything about everything in an attempt to find the magic diet that would cure my hypothyroid condition and Hashimotos (an autoimmune disorder). Spoiler: I never found it.
I tried many a diet: pescatarian, vegan, keto, gluten-free, sugar-free (including fruits and starchy veg), paleo, and an assortment of hacks I read for dealing with thyroid issues (i.e. no eggs, celery juice in the morning, no pork, etc.). All the diets sounded good when examined in isolation. They were clear, concise and promised a body that would feel the same. The problem was that I like to comparison shop…so I tried them all! I would research one heavily, try it, not see improvements, then go back to see what I had missed and go down the rabbit hole once again. I'd find another diet that would suggest the exact opposite and I kept hoping that one of them held the magic key that would make me feel like a healthy person again.
When you're ill, all you want is for someone to tell you "Do this and you will be better".
The food witch hunt was not a success. I didn't find my way out of my thyroid problems with any of these diets, but I did find myself with a real eating disorder. Almost every food can be 'bad' if you read the right article – I was paranoid of spinach at one point, then broccoli…seriously! I felt paralysed when choosing what to eat. I also felt intensely deprived. The stress and isolation of feeling like I wasn't allowed to be free with my eating took a huge toll on me and added to the stress of my existing health conditions.
Wine is so inflammatory for me and it makes me so sad! The social ritual of having a glass of red with friends was one of my favourite things, but I get hives and horrible hangovers. I didn't have wine for almost a year and then tried ONE GLASS of biodynamic, organic Merlot and still had that tightness in my head feeling the next day (like an oncoming headache) accompanied with mild depression and anxiety. Just not worth it.
Used as a filler in most processed foods (as are soy and wheat), which leads you to inadvertently consume way more of than you are aware of. It's a very good reason to never to consume processed food if you can help it!
Broccoli, cauliflower, brussels sprouts…and kale (yes, kale) are said to interrupt thyroid hormone production.
Full of hormones, allergens, and generally not good quality.
I recently had a convo with a girl who did her farm work at a dairy farm that was an expensive, well known brand. She explained how everything was super clean and regulated, but the lives these cows live…it's like watching a movie set in the future where humans are grown as body parts for other humans. No way for any living being to exist…even if its a 'good' farm. How can the milk they produce be of good quality to consume when they aren't really living? The equivalent to eating vegetables grown in a garbage dump.
Even when I wasn't a healthy, conscious eater (one of my favourite things to eat way back when was chicken fingers!) I knew I couldn't have milk. The day after having it I would immediately breakout and have that onset allergy feeling.
Aside from the fact that this is basically an addictive candy for me (another issue altogether), most dried fruit is made with canola or some other not-good-for-you vegetable oil and preservatives. Even the organic ones – they're sneaky like that.
I once went on a date with a guy from the RSPCA (animal welfare organisation in Australia) and he said he would never, ever eat chicken or eggs because they are treated horrendously, even when the label says otherwise. I think unless you can find the chicken that laid those eggs and see for yourself that it's happy, the chances are probably pretty low that what you're eating is nutritious.
Like corn, soy, and wheat, eggs are one of those things that are in a lot of processed foods. So you may be consuming more than you think – and they most definitely wouldn't be organic.
Sashimi can have parasites…will never forget this story…WARNING: nightmares!
Supposedly not good for insulin resistance because they have too much sugar (I am NOT ok with this, hah). The problem is that they've been bred over time to be sweeter and this has had some huge effects, like with these poor monkeys.
Some are worse offenders than others. I'll never forget watching an episode of Dr. Oz and hearing him say grapes are just little packages of sugar – that statement has haunted me for years…the things the mind holds onto. Berries are generally less sugary and more fibre, whereas melons, bananas, pears, and grapes (!) are sugar-ific.
Creates an inflammatory response, even if you're not coeliac. This is also like corn, soy, wheat, etc. where gluten is found in so many things that you are much more exposed to it than you probably know. The overexposure is what causes the sensitivity.
If I ever eat bread 'too much' (like more than once in a day or multiple days in a row) I feel a distinct hungover effect, even with artisanal, organic breads. I can't handle plain white sliced bread or french bread (sob) AT ALL and have immediate allergy flare ups.
These can also be like corn, soy, wheat, gluten, etc. where the general overexposure when it's used as filler leads to sensitivity issues. There's also this.
I definitely have a reaction to too much peanut butter (but how do you stop at one spoonful???), my skin breaks out and I feel sluggish the next day.
Lectins and phytates are the big no-no associated with legumes, said to cause inflammation.
Inflammatory – depending on the state of your gut.
Inflammatory – high in omega-6.
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My whole body has a weird reaction every time I eat pork products. I knew this, but I didn't actually piece it together till I read the Medical Medium thyroid book…probably because I loved bacon so much. RIP pork.
Bacon was just listed as a known carcinogenic by the WHO…eek.
Duh, right? This includes honey, coconut sugar, brown rice syrup, stevia…I do believe that the less we use to make things sweeter and the more we get accustomed to the natural sweetness of things as they are the better off we'll be. The sweet high is the sneakiest addiction!
Oh edamame, this makes me sad!
Vegetable oil, canola oil, palm oil, etc.
I haven't used these to cook in probably a decade, but they're probably what's used every time you eat out, buy a snack (hi dried fruit), etc.
It's almost everything, right? At some point or another I have not eaten each of these things. It messed with my head, which in turn messed up my body even further. The result was that I became even more disconnected with myself. I didn't know up from down, everything seemed like the enemy and I developed a lot of food related anxiety. It's still there, but I'm very slowly trying to find my way back to myself and strengthen my intuition around eating.


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Tina Fey Has Something to Say To White Female Trump Voters
April 3, 2017 Allie Bush 0
Tina Fey has some strong words for white, college-educated female Trump voters.
During a star-studded Facebook live ACLU benefit telethon, Fey chatted about women's issues and the importance of fighting for rights, even if it is not something that impacts our lives directly.
The conversation turned to the fact that 53% of white women voted for Trump, and Tina had some strong opinions, of course.
She said,
"A lot of this election was turned by white, college-educated women who now would maybe like to forget about this election and go back to watching HGTV…I would want to urge them to like, 'You can't look away' because it doesn't affect you this minute, but it's going to affect you eventually."
She added,
"I personally will make my own pledge as a college-educated white woman to not look away to not pretend that things are happening now won't eventually affect me if we don't put a stop to it."
We agree and ask for people to really take it that step further.
Don't just take action because a choice affects you, take action because it affects your community, country and world. Get mad, and displace that anger into positive action. If you're feeling regretful or mad because you're suddenly affected by a Trump administration decision, you've waited too long.
If you're interested in contacting your representatives to express your opinions, you can learn more on how to do that here.
Allie Bush
Allie Bush is a Contributing Writer at Femestella. She is interested in creating and sharing entertaining and engaging content, in whatever form it may take. She is a proud TV junkie and in her spare time can be found watching late night talk shows, talking about Chrissy Teigen or Amy Poehler, or eating off of other people's plates.
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Heart-Cry for Revival desires to ignite, equip, and commission ministry leaders in their passionate desire for God to bring spiritual renewal to individuals, churches, campuses, and nations.
OneCry is a partnership led by Life Action Ministries. It is intended to bring together all those who share a commitment to biblically based revival for the exaltation of Christ. OneCry is based on this urgent premise: Revival is our only hope.
The City Gate Rescue Mission opened its doors in 1980 when God answered the prayers of Chaplain Jack Crans to establish a haven for men released from Chester County Prison as an alternative to living in the street and for sinners in the Coatesville area to have a tangible daily evidence of God's love. Read more about the history of City Gate Mission here. Watch this short documentary about City Gate Mission.
ThreeSixteen Skateboard Ministry aims to promote the biblical truth of Jesus Christ to America's youth and adults who are involved in skateboarding and their affiliated cultures and industries. ThreeSixteen offers a weekly skate night bowl session and Bible study at Camp at Old Mill. See how the bowl was constructed at Camp at Old Mill and hear Jonathan Crans, founder of ThreeSixteen Skateboard Ministry, explain the history and purpose of this unique ministry. You can also connect with ThreeSixteen here.
Bridge Academy and Community Center situated in Olive Street, Coatesville uses the creative arts, education and community projects as a means to build relationships with our community, and to educate, serve, and impact the community with the gospel message, ultimately making fully devoted followers of Christ. As in the case of Young Life, County Corrections Gospel Mission staff plays pivotal roles in this ministry as many of the children are somehow impacted by crime and imprisoned relatives and friends. The annual BACC Book Bag Drive in Coatesville, is one such project where County Corrections Gospel Mission and the Bridge Academy work together. See a short video montage about this ministry.
Family Reentry Initiative, based in Chester County, strives to positively impact the lives of men and women who are incarcerated (or at risk of being incarcerated) for the purpose of reduced incarceration and recidivism, the promotion of greater public safety and the maintenance or building of stronger families and community relationships. This ministry aims to reach its vision by providing in the physical, intellectual and spiritual needs of those incarcerated as well as their affected families through a holistic and collaborative approach.
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The Fellowship of Christian Peace Officers (FCPO) is a national ministry comprised of Christian men and women from all areas of the criminal justice system. Through FCPO these peace officers are further banded together to share the Good News of Jesus Christ with peers and fellow workers. Through the discipleship process, FCPO members teach others how to integrate Christ and Christian principles into their work, daily life and relationships.
Police Officer's Memorial The mission of the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund is to generate increased public support for the law enforcement profession by permanently recording and appropriately commemorating the service and sacrifice of law enforcement officers; and to provide information that will help promote law enforcement safety.
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Christian Police Association (United Kingdom) was founded in 1883 by Catherine Gurney and now has branches in the majority of Police Areas in the United Kingdom as well as maintaining links with similar groups overseas. Catherine's lasting contribution to the Police Service was the founding of the police convalescent homes now known as rehabilitation centers and located in Flint House in Berkshire, St. Andrew's in Harrogate and at Castlebrae, Auchterarder in Scotland. She also founded police orphanages and schools whose ongoing work is continued by the Gurney Fund in the south and the St George Police Trust in the north. It is this tradition of practical Christianity that the CPA aims to promote.
Code 3 International Ministries is a Christian Ministry for Law Enforcement and their families. Their goal is to connect with Peace Officers through fellowship and Bible studies and encourage them in their careers to be Godly men and women of the badge. From networking and these fellowships, Code 3 challenge officers to use their training and talents to be ambassadors of Peace by going on short term missions trips in the US and abroad.
The Society of The Honor Guard, Tomb of the Unknown Soldier is a non-profit association organized expressly for and wholly committed to protecting and enhancing the welfare and image of the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier and the soldiers who stand guard, past and present. The Society works toward preserving and maintaining records, educating the public concerning the history of the Tomb and the Unknown Soldiers, as well as the history of the Guards who have stood watch over them since 1926.
Christian Legal Society is a membership organization of Christian attorneys, judges, paralegals, law students, and other legal professionals dedicated to serving Jesus Christ through the practice of law, defense of religious freedom, and provision of legal aid to the needy.
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Woz is training for the 2007 Nathan's Famous hotdog eating competition.
At lunch time, a bunch of Apple employees stopped by to gawk at all the dopes in line.
I felt like a zoo attraction. No cameras!
Edit: Somewhere on Engadget is a photo of me in line.


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Suffolk County, NY - July 16, 2018 - Suffolk County Health Commissioner Dr. James Tomarken announced today that four mosquito samples have tested positive for West Nile virus. The samples, all Culex pipiens-restuans, were collected on July 2 and June 3 from East Northport, Blydenburgh County Park in Smithtown, Belmont Lake State Park in North Babylon, and Heckscher State Park in East Islip. These are the first mosquito samples to test positive for West Nile virus this year.
Dead birds may indicate the presence of West Nile virus in the area. To report dead birds, call the Public Health Information Line in Suffolk County at 631-852-5999 from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday. Residents are encouraged to take a photograph of any bird in question.


For the first time in more than a decade, the US Army is forcing thousands of former soldiers back into uniform, a reflection of the strain on the service of long campaigns in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Army officials said on Tuesday that about 5,600 former soldiers -- mostly people who recently left the service and have up-to-date skills in military policing, engineering, logistics, medicine or transportation -- will be assigned to National Guard and Reserve units starting this month, and many will be sent to Iraq by the year's end.
These reservists, members of the Individual Ready Reserve, are distinct from members of the National Guard and Army Reserve because they do not perform regularly scheduled training and are not paid as reservists. They are eligible to be recalled in an "emergency" because their active duty hitches did not complete the service obligation in their enlistment contracts.
The Army was to announce details of the call-up yesterday. It is the first sizable activation of the Individual Ready Reserve since the 1991 Gulf War, though several hundred people have voluntarily returned to service.
The Army is targeting its recall on those who recently left the service and thus have fresher skills than retirees. Any time the military calls on its reservists for wartime duty, political implications arise because of the disruption to civilian lives and businesses. In this case it may reinforce the perception that Iraq is stretching the Army too far.
Lawmaker Rick Larsen, a member of the House Armed Services Committee, said on Tuesday that dipping into the Individual Ready Reserve amounts to conscripting people to fight in Iraq.
"If there was any doubt that this administration was conducting a pseudo-draft, this call-up should dispel that doubt," Larsen said.
John Kerry, President George W. Bush's presumed opponent in the fall election, has made similar assessments about Bush's use of reserves and guardsmen. After the Pentagon declared a "stop-loss" this month to prevent the separation of troops, Kerry declared: "They have effectively used a stop-loss policy as a backdoor draft."
The Army said the Individual Ready Reserve members who are recalled will be given at least 30 days' notice before they must report for training.
Vietnam veteran Chuck Luczynski said in an interview Tuesday that he fears his son, Matt, who is getting out of the Army after four years, will be called back as part of the individual reserves. The son returned home in March after a year's tour in Iraq, and he has plans to start a computer programming business.
"I think that's on everybody's mind right now, that they took their turn, and they would hope everybody took a turn so that a few don't carry the many," said the elder Luczynski.
The Army is so stretched for manpower that in April it broke a promise to some active-duty units that they would not have to serve more than 12 months in Iraq. It also extended the tours of other units, including some in Afghanistan.
Those recalled from the Individual Ready Reserve will be assigned to Army Reserve and National Guard units that have been or soon will be mobilized for deployment to Iraq or Afghanistan, unless they petition for exemption based on medical or other limitations.
In January, Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld authorized the Army to activate as many as 6,500 people from the Individual Ready Reserve, drawing on presidential authority granted in 2001.


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Correlated electrons 'tango' in a perovskite oxide at the extreme quantum limit
Compression (red arrows) alters crystal symmetry (green arrows), which changes band dispersion (left and right), leading to highly mobile electrons. Credit: Jaimee Janiga, Andrew Sproles, Satoshi Okamoto/ORNL, U.S. Dept. of Energy
Topic: Materials
A team led by the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory has found a rare quantum material in which electrons move in coordinated ways, essentially "dancing." Straining the material creates an electronic band structure that sets the stage for exotic, more tightly correlated behavior – akin to tangoing – among Dirac electrons, which are especially mobile electric charge carriers that may someday enable faster transistors. The results are published in the journal Science Advances.
"We combined correlation and topology in one system," said co-principal investigator Jong Mok Ok, who conceived the study with principal investigator Ho Nyung Lee of ORNL. Topology probes properties that are preserved even when a geometric object undergoes deformation, such as when it is stretched or squeezed. "The research could prove indispensable for future information and computing technologies," added Ok, a former ORNL postdoctoral fellow.
In conventional materials, electrons move predictably (for example, lethargically in insulators or energetically in metals). In quantum materials in which electrons strongly interact with each other, physical forces cause the electrons to behave in unexpected but correlated ways; one electron's movement forces nearby electrons to respond.
To study this tight tango in topological quantum materials, Ok led the synthesis of an extremely stable crystalline thin film of a transition metal oxide. He and colleagues made the film using pulsed-laser epitaxy and strained it to compress the layers and stabilize a phase that does not exist in the bulk crystal. The scientists were the first to stabilize this phase.
Using theory-based simulations, co-principal investigator Narayan Mohanta, a former ORNL postdoctoral fellow, predicted the band structure of the strained material. "In the strained environment, the compound that we investigated, strontium niobate, a perovskite oxide, changes its structure, creating a special symmetry with a new electron band structure," Mohanta said.
Different states of a quantum mechanical system are called "degenerate" if they have the same energy value upon measurement. Electrons are equally likely to fill each degenerate state. In this case, the special symmetry results in four states occurring in a single energy level.
"Because of the special symmetry, the degeneracy is protected," Mohanta said. "The Dirac electron dispersion that we found here is new in a material." He performed calculations with Satoshi Okamoto, who developed a model for discovering how crystal symmetry influences band structure.
"Think of a quantum material under a magnetic field as a 10-story building with residents on each floor," Ok posited. "Each floor is a defined, quantized energy level. Increasing the field strength is akin to pulling a fire alarm that drives all the residents down to the ground floor to meet at a safe place. In reality, it drives all the Dirac electrons to a ground energy level called the extreme quantum limit."
Lee added, "Confined here, the electrons crowd together. Their interactions increase dramatically, and their behavior becomes interconnected and complicated." This correlated electron behavior, a departure from a single-particle picture, sets the stage for unexpected behavior, such as electron entanglement. In entanglement, a state Einstein called "spooky action at a distance," multiple objects behave as one. It is key to realizing quantum computing.
"Our goal is to understand what will happen when electrons enter the extreme quantum limit, where we find phenomena we still don't understand," Lee said. "This is a mysterious area."
Speedy Dirac electrons hold promise in materials including graphene, topological insulators and certain unconventional superconductors. ORNL's unique material is a Dirac semimetal, in which electron valence and conduction bands cross and this topology yields surprising behavior. Ok led measurements of the Dirac semimetal's strong electron correlations.
"We found the highest electron mobility in oxide-based systems," Ok said. "This is the first oxide-based Dirac material reaching the extreme quantum limit."
That bodes well for advanced electronics. Theory predicts that it should take about 100,000 tesla (a unit of magnetic measurement) for electrons in conventional semiconductors to reach the extreme quantum limit. The researchers took their strain-engineered topological quantum material to Eun Sang Choi of the National High Magnetic Field Laboratory at the University of Florida to see what it would take to drive electrons to the extreme quantum limit. There, he measured quantum oscillations showing the material would require only 3 tesla to achieve that.
Other specialized facilities allowed the scientists to experimentally confirm the behavior Mohanta predicted. The experiments occurred at low temperatures so that electrons could move around without getting bumped by atomic-lattice vibrations. Jeremy Levy's group at the University of Pittsburgh and the Pittsburgh Quantum Institute confirmed quantum transport properties. With synchrotron x-ray diffraction, Hua Zhou at the Advanced Photon Source, a DOE Office of Science user facility at Argonne National Laboratory, confirmed that the material's crystallographic structure stabilized in the thin film phase yielded the unique Dirac band structure. Sangmoon Yoon and Andrew Lupini, both of ORNL, conducted scanning transmission electron microscopy experiments at ORNL that showed that the epitaxially grown thin films had sharp interfaces between layers and that the transport behaviors were intrinsic to strained strontium niobate.
"Until now, we could not fully explore the physics of the extreme quantum limit due to the difficulties in pushing all electrons to one energy level to see what would happen," Lee said. "Now, we can push all the electrons to this extreme quantum limit by applying only a few tesla of magnetic field in a lab, accelerating our understanding of quantum entanglement."
The title of the Science Advances paper is "Correlated Oxide Dirac Semimetal in the Extreme Quantum Limit."
The DOE Office of Science supported the research. High magnetic field measurements were performed at the National High Magnetic Field Laboratory, which is supported by the National Science Foundation and the state of Florida. The research used resources of the Advanced Photon Source, a DOE Office of Science user facility at Argonne National Laboratory; its extraordinary facility operations to provide beam time during the pandemic were supported in part by the DOE Office of Science through the National Virtual Biotechnology Laboratory, a consortium of DOE national laboratories focused on the response to COVID-19, with funding provided by the Coronavirus CARES Act.
UT-Battelle manages ORNL for the Department of Energy's Office of Science, the single largest supporter of basic research in the physical sciences in the United States. The Office of Science is working to address some of the most pressing challenges of our time. For more information, please visit energy.gov/science.
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Refinement and ergonomics are the central themes of the new XC60. In keeping with Volvo tradition, this small luxury SUV mixes practical features and layout with attractive shapes and premium materials.
You'll see some familiar styling cues on the outside of the XC60. Like other Volvo models, it uses the signature Thor's Hammer headlight design. In between the two hammers, a subtly attractive grille is adorned with the Volvo emblem. Gentle lines along the side of the vehicle improve aerodynamics and offer a sporty appeal.
The XC60's interior shines with its blend of ergonomics and luxury. Features are placed deliberately for easy access and use. The standard nine-inch touchscreen display is vertically oriented for less scrolling and better user interaction. The steering wheel is shaped for comfort and offers pragmatic controls on either side. The rear seats fold down for a flat loading area and 63.3 cubic feet of cargo space.
These features are surrounded by upscale materials as well. Various shades of leather, suede, wood, and metal are available throughout the cabin.
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I found this sweet little item in a vacant lot. Gave me a perfect penny signal, about 2 inches deep. I first thought it was a fancy rivet, but when I cleaned it up at home and looked through my jewelers loupe, this is what I saw. After a quick search on the google I found it is a lapel button from the Grand Army of the Republic. My second GAR relic. I also found my 30th silver coin for this year, a 1960 Roosevelt Dime.
In the center is the figure of the goddess Minerva, who represents Loyalty. A soldier and a sailor flank her, clasping hands. These are symbolic of Fraternity. Below the veterans are two children, representing Charity "receiving the benediction and protection of these Comrades" , in the words of the official circular describing the new badge, promulgated in early 1870.
The Grand Army of the Republic was founded in 1866 by Benjamin F. Stephenson in Decatur, Illinois. Membership was open to Union Civil War veterans of the various armed services who served between 1861 and 1865. Its mission was to support the huge veteran population by helping to provide pensions, medical care for the disabled, and support to orphans and widows. In 1868, it declared May 30th as a day to honor those who had fallen in battle, which today is recognized as Memorial Day. Members also founded the Old Soldiers Home, which eventually became the United States Department of Veteran Affairs.
Cool find and excellent photos Redd! You taught me a lesson on the GAR. I lived near Decatur back in the 70s and never knew the organization started there plus I didn't know about the connection to Memorial Day. AWESOME!!!
Nice find,...I once found a G.A.R. medal on the grounds of an old training school in Adrian, Michigan. The medal commemorated the "Silver Anniversary" - 25th encampment of the G.A.R. The designs on both sides is similar to your button. The medal listed dates in 1891 and the event was held in Detroit. I can't tell what kind of metal it's made from but it's the size of a silver dollar and it was quite deep. It was a thrill to think that a Civil War Vet once owned it.