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[vitavenaus]

Myers Cocktail vs. Traditional Supplements: Which Is Right for You?

In today's fast-paced world, where stress levels are soaring and energy seems to be perpetually low, many individuals seek solutions beyond conventional methods to boost their health and well-being. Two popular options that have gained traction in recent years are Myers Cocktail and traditional supplements. Both claim to enhance vitality and provide a myriad of health benefits, but which one is the better choice for you? Let's delve into the details to find out.

Myers Cocktail, a renowned intravenous IV therapy, has been making waves in wellness circles, particularly in metropolitan areas like Washington DC. DC IV Therapy centers offer this cocktail as a potent blend of vitamins and minerals, administered directly into the bloodstream. The concoction typically includes essential nutrients such as vitamin C, B vitamins, calcium, and magnesium, among others.

One of the primary advantages of Myers Cocktail in Washington DC is its rapid absorption rate. By bypassing the digestive system, nutrients enter the bloodstream quickly, allowing for maximum absorption and utilization by the body. This can lead to faster results compared to traditional supplements, which must first be broken down and absorbed through the gastrointestinal tract.

Moreover, Myers Cocktail is customizable to suit individual needs. Whether you're looking to boost immunity, improve energy levels, or alleviate symptoms of certain medical conditions, IV therapy centers in Washington DC can tailor the cocktail to address specific concerns. This personalized approach ensures that you receive the precise combination of nutrients your body requires, potentially yielding more targeted benefits.

On the other hand, traditional supplements have long been a staple in health regimens worldwide. From multivitamins to herbal extracts, these oral supplements offer convenience and accessibility, allowing individuals to support their health goals from the comfort of their homes. However, the efficacy of traditional supplements can vary depending on factors such as absorption rates, ingredient quality, and individual biochemistry.

While traditional supplements may offer a wider array of options and are generally more affordable than Myers Cocktail, they may not always deliver the desired results. Factors such as poor absorption, inadequate dosages, and the presence of fillers or additives can diminish their effectiveness. Additionally, some individuals may experience digestive discomfort or difficulty swallowing pills, limiting their adherence to supplement regimens.

When considering Myers Cocktail vs. traditional supplements, it ultimately comes down to your unique needs and preferences. If you're seeking rapid results and personalized support, especially in a bustling city like Washington DC, DC IV Therapy centers offering Myers Cocktail may be the ideal choice. However, if convenience, affordability, and a broader range of options are your priorities, traditional supplements may suffice.

In conclusion, both Myers Cocktail and traditional supplements have their merits, and the best choice depends on factors such as your health goals, lifestyle, and budget. Whether you opt for the instant boost of nutrients provided by Myers Cocktail or prefer the convenience of traditional supplements, the key is to prioritize your well-being and choose the option that aligns with your individual needs. Consultation with a healthcare professional can also help you make an informed decision tailored to your specific circumstances.

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[brookston]

Holidays 7.29

Holidays

Air Force Service Day (Indonesia)

Armed Forces Day (Peru)

Americans For Prosperity National Day of Action

Army Chaplin Corps Day

Bonalu (Telangana, India)

Buckinghamshire Day (UK)

Chincoteague Pony Round Up (Chincoteague & Assateague Islands, Virginia)

Constitution Day (Moldova)

Don’t Be A Dick Day

Emancipation Day (Bermuda)

Eunomia Asteroid Day

Festival of the Polymorphously Perverse

Fiery Night Festival (Elder Scrolls)

Four Tops Day (Michigan)

International Butler Day

International Tiger Day (UN)

Life Stories Day (UK)

Manchester Day (UK)

Mary Prince Day (Bermuda; 2nd Day of Cup Match)

Mohun Bagan Day (India)

NASA Day

National Anthem Day (Romania)

National Challenged Champions and Heroes Awareness Day

National Harold Day

National Lipstick Day

National Thai Language Day

Odesza Day (Washington)

Ólavsøkudagur (a.k.a. Ólavsøka; Faroe Islands)

Oslok (a.k.a. St. Olaf's Day; Norway)

Pardon of the Birds Day (Quimperle, Brittany, France)

Photograph Your Children When They’re Not Looking Day

Prescribed Harm Awareness Day

Rain Day (Waynesburg, Pennsylvania)

Special Operations Forces Day (Ukraine)

SSGN 729 Day

Switchgrass Day (French Republic)

World Oral Rehydration Salts Day

Food & Drink Celebrations

Cheese Sacrifice Purchase Day

Chicken Wings Day (Buffalo, NY)

Gnocchi Day (Argentina)

National Chicken Wing Day

National Lasagna Day

Independence & Related Days

Peru (from Spain, 1821) [observed]

Territory Day (Wallis and Fortuna)

Wendatia (Declared; 2020) [unrecognized]

New Year’s Days

Egyptian New Year Feast Day of Wedjet of Buto (Fire-Spitting Cobra Goddess; Ancient Egypt)

5th & Last Monday in July

Carnival Monday (Bonaire, St. Eustatius and Saba) [Last Monday]

Festivals Beginning July 29, 2024

Douglas County Fair (Lawrence, Kansas) [thru 8.3]

Festival of Santa Marta de Ribarteme (Neves, Spain)

Flamingo Republic (Novalja, Croatia) [thru 8.1]

Feast Days

Birthday of Set (Ancient Egypt)

The Bookworms (Muppetism)

Brigham Young Day (Church of the SubGenius; Saint)

Cnoc Aine (Celtic Book of Days)

Dave Stevens Day (Artology; Humanism)

Eastman Johnson (Artology)

Feast of Cherries (Medieval Hamburg, Germany)

Feast of Martha the Dragon-Slayer

Felix II (Christian; Saint)

Francesco Mochi (Artology)

Jenny Holzer (Artology)

International Beer Day (Pastafarian) [also 8.7]

Ivan Aivazovsky (Artology)

Lazarus of Bethany (Christian; Saint)

Lupus of Troyes (Christian; Saint)

Martha of Bethany (Catholic, Anglican, and Lutheran Church) [Innkeepers]

Mary of Bethany (Christian; Saint)

Olaus, King of Sweden (Christian; Saint)

Olaf II, King of Norway (Christian; Martyr)

Olsok (a.k.a. ... 

St. Olaf’s Day (Norway)

The Day of the Wheat (Everyone Dresses as Sandwiches; Golden Girls)

Everybody Hide the Corn Day

Hay Day

Day of the Princess Pig

Raphael (Positivist; Saint)

Simplicius, Faustinus and Beatrix (Christian; Sibling Martyrs)

Stanley Kunitz (Writerism)

Stikklestad (Honoring Asatru Martyrs)

Susanoo’s Day (Pagan)

Tarasque (Fire-Breathing Dragon Festival; Ancient Tarascon, France)

Thor’s Day (Norse)

William of Brittany (Christian; Saint)

William Pinchon (Christian; Saint)

Ximena Armas (Artology)

Lucky & Unlucky Days

Taian (大安 Japan) [Lucky all day.]

Premieres

The Adventures of Tom Bombadil, by J.R.R. Tolkien (Poetry; 1962)

Another Country, by James Baldwin (Novel; 1962)

Aristocrats (Documentary Film; 2005)

Attack the Block (Film; 2011)

(The Angels Wanna Wear My) Red Shoes, by Elvis Costello (Song; 1977)

Bad Moms (Film; 2016)

Barcelona (Film; 1994)

Bosko’s Mechanical Man (WB LT Cartoon; 1933)

Cocktail (Film; 1988)

Compressed Hare (WB MM Cartoon; 1961)

Cowboys & Aliens (Film; 2011)

DC League of Super-Pets (Animated Film; 2022)

Eliza Runs Again (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1938)

Enter Sandman, by Metallica (Song; 1991)

The Fellowship of the Ring, by J.R.R. Tolkien (Novel; 1954) [Book 1 of The Lord of the Rings trilogy]

The Fox Hunt (Disney Cartoon; 1938)

Help! (Film; 1965)

Jason Bourne (Film; 2016)

Kiki’s Delivery Service (Studio Ghibli Animated Film; 1989)

Krull (Film; 1983)

Little Red Riding Hood (Ub Iwerks Disney Cartoon; 1922) [1st Disney Short]

Lt. Robinson Crusoe USN (Film; 1966)

The Mask (Film; 1994)

Must Love Dogs (Film; 2005)

National Lampoon’s Vacation (Film; 1983)

The Negotiator (Film; 1998)

Old King Cole (Silly Symphony Disney Cartoon; 1933)

Private School (Film; 1983)

Renaissance, by Beyoncé (Album; 2022)

The Shindig (Disney Cartoon; 1930)

The Smurfs (Animated Film; 2011)

Snowman’s Land (WB MM Cartoon; 1939)

Stardust (Film; 2007)

The Trumpet Artistry of Chet Baker, by Chet Baker (Album; 1954)

Whenever I Call You Friend, by Kenny Loggins and Stevie Nicks (Song; 1978)

Women, by Charles Bukowski (Novel; 1978)

You Try Somebody Else (Betty Boop Cartoon; 1932)

Today’s Name Days

Landislaus, Martha, Lucilla, Olaf (Austria)

Kalin (Bulgaria)

Flora, Lazar, Marta, Urban, Vilim (Croatia)

Marta (Czech Republic)

Oluf (Denmark)

Olaf, Olav, Olavi, Olev (Estonia)

Olavi, Olli, Oula, Uolevi, Uoti (Finland)

Beatrix, Loup, Marthe (France)

Olaf (Germany)

Kallinikos (Greece)

Flóra, Márta (Hungary)

Marta (Italy)

Dzilis, Edmunds, Edzus, Vidmants (Latvia)

Beatričė, Mantvydas, Mantvydė, Morta (Lithuania)

Ola, Olav, Ole (Norway)

Beatrice, Beatrycze, Beatryks, Cierpisław, Faustyn, Konstantyn, Lucylla, Maria, Marta, Olaf, Serafina, Urban (Poland)

Alevtina, Valentina (Russia)

Marta (Slovakia)

Beatriz, Marta (Spain)

Olof (Sweden)

Seraphim, Seraphina (Ukraine)

Bea, Beatrice, Beatriz, Beattie, Marta, Martha, Olaf, Olav, Serafina, Trixie (USA)

Today is Also…

Day of Year: Day 211 of 2024; 155 days remaining in the year

ISO: Day 1 of Week 31 of 2024

Celtic Tree Calendar: Tinne (Holly) [Day 24 of 28]

Chinese: Month 6 (Xin-Wei), Day 24 (Jia-Wu)

Chinese Year of the: Dragon 4722 (until January 29, 2025) [Wu-Chen]

Hebrew: 23 Tammuz 5784

Islamic: 22 Muharram 1446

J Cal: 1 Purple; Oneday [1 of 30]

Julian: 16 July 2024

Moon: 34%: Waning Crescent

Positivist: 14 Dante (8th Month) [Raphael]

Runic Half Month: Thorn (Defense) [Day 6 of 15]

Season: Summer (Day 40 of 94)

Week: Last Week of July

Zodiac: Leo (Day 8 of 31)

Calendar Changes

Purple (Month 8 of 12; J Calendar)

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Holidays 7.29

Holidays

Air Force Service Day (Indonesia)

Armed Forces Day (Peru)

Americans For Prosperity National Day of Action

Army Chaplin Corps Day

Bonalu (Telangana, India)

Buckinghamshire Day (UK)

Chincoteague Pony Round Up (Chincoteague & Assateague Islands, Virginia)

Constitution Day (Moldova)

Don’t Be A Dick Day

Emancipation Day (Bermuda)

Eunomia Asteroid Day

Festival of the Polymorphously Perverse

Fiery Night Festival (Elder Scrolls)

Four Tops Day (Michigan)

International Butler Day

International Tiger Day (UN)

Life Stories Day (UK)

Manchester Day (UK)

Mary Prince Day (Bermuda; 2nd Day of Cup Match)

Mohun Bagan Day (India)

NASA Day

National Anthem Day (Romania)

National Challenged Champions and Heroes Awareness Day

National Harold Day

National Lipstick Day

National Thai Language Day

Odesza Day (Washington)

Ólavsøkudagur (a.k.a. Ólavsøka; Faroe Islands)

Oslok (a.k.a. St. Olaf's Day; Norway)

Pardon of the Birds Day (Quimperle, Brittany, France)

Photograph Your Children When They’re Not Looking Day

Prescribed Harm Awareness Day

Rain Day (Waynesburg, Pennsylvania)

Special Operations Forces Day (Ukraine)

SSGN 729 Day

Switchgrass Day (French Republic)

World Oral Rehydration Salts Day

Food & Drink Celebrations

Cheese Sacrifice Purchase Day

Chicken Wings Day (Buffalo, NY)

Gnocchi Day (Argentina)

National Chicken Wing Day

National Lasagna Day

Independence & Related Days

Peru (from Spain, 1821) [observed]

Territory Day (Wallis and Fortuna)

Wendatia (Declared; 2020) [unrecognized]

New Year’s Days

Egyptian New Year Feast Day of Wedjet of Buto (Fire-Spitting Cobra Goddess; Ancient Egypt)

5th & Last Monday in July

Carnival Monday (Bonaire, St. Eustatius and Saba) [Last Monday]

Festivals Beginning July 29, 2024

Douglas County Fair (Lawrence, Kansas) [thru 8.3]

Festival of Santa Marta de Ribarteme (Neves, Spain)

Flamingo Republic (Novalja, Croatia) [thru 8.1]

Feast Days

Birthday of Set (Ancient Egypt)

The Bookworms (Muppetism)

Brigham Young Day (Church of the SubGenius; Saint)

Cnoc Aine (Celtic Book of Days)

Dave Stevens Day (Artology; Humanism)

Eastman Johnson (Artology)

Feast of Cherries (Medieval Hamburg, Germany)

Feast of Martha the Dragon-Slayer

Felix II (Christian; Saint)

Francesco Mochi (Artology)

Jenny Holzer (Artology)

International Beer Day (Pastafarian) [also 8.7]

Ivan Aivazovsky (Artology)

Lazarus of Bethany (Christian; Saint)

Lupus of Troyes (Christian; Saint)

Martha of Bethany (Catholic, Anglican, and Lutheran Church) [Innkeepers]

Mary of Bethany (Christian; Saint)

Olaus, King of Sweden (Christian; Saint)

Olaf II, King of Norway (Christian; Martyr)

Olsok (a.k.a. ... 

St. Olaf’s Day (Norway)

The Day of the Wheat (Everyone Dresses as Sandwiches; Golden Girls)

Everybody Hide the Corn Day

Hay Day

Day of the Princess Pig

Raphael (Positivist; Saint)

Simplicius, Faustinus and Beatrix (Christian; Sibling Martyrs)

Stanley Kunitz (Writerism)

Stikklestad (Honoring Asatru Martyrs)

Susanoo’s Day (Pagan)

Tarasque (Fire-Breathing Dragon Festival; Ancient Tarascon, France)

Thor’s Day (Norse)

William of Brittany (Christian; Saint)

William Pinchon (Christian; Saint)

Ximena Armas (Artology)

Lucky & Unlucky Days

Taian (大安 Japan) [Lucky all day.]

Premieres

The Adventures of Tom Bombadil, by J.R.R. Tolkien (Poetry; 1962)

Another Country, by James Baldwin (Novel; 1962)

Aristocrats (Documentary Film; 2005)

Attack the Block (Film; 2011)

(The Angels Wanna Wear My) Red Shoes, by Elvis Costello (Song; 1977)

Bad Moms (Film; 2016)

Barcelona (Film; 1994)

Bosko’s Mechanical Man (WB LT Cartoon; 1933)

Cocktail (Film; 1988)

Compressed Hare (WB MM Cartoon; 1961)

Cowboys & Aliens (Film; 2011)

DC League of Super-Pets (Animated Film; 2022)

Eliza Runs Again (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1938)

Enter Sandman, by Metallica (Song; 1991)

The Fellowship of the Ring, by J.R.R. Tolkien (Novel; 1954) [Book 1 of The Lord of the Rings trilogy]

The Fox Hunt (Disney Cartoon; 1938)

Help! (Film; 1965)

Jason Bourne (Film; 2016)

Kiki’s Delivery Service (Studio Ghibli Animated Film; 1989)

Krull (Film; 1983)

Little Red Riding Hood (Ub Iwerks Disney Cartoon; 1922) [1st Disney Short]

Lt. Robinson Crusoe USN (Film; 1966)

The Mask (Film; 1994)

Must Love Dogs (Film; 2005)

National Lampoon’s Vacation (Film; 1983)

The Negotiator (Film; 1998)

Old King Cole (Silly Symphony Disney Cartoon; 1933)

Private School (Film; 1983)

Renaissance, by Beyoncé (Album; 2022)

The Shindig (Disney Cartoon; 1930)

The Smurfs (Animated Film; 2011)

Snowman’s Land (WB MM Cartoon; 1939)

Stardust (Film; 2007)

The Trumpet Artistry of Chet Baker, by Chet Baker (Album; 1954)

Whenever I Call You Friend, by Kenny Loggins and Stevie Nicks (Song; 1978)

Women, by Charles Bukowski (Novel; 1978)

You Try Somebody Else (Betty Boop Cartoon; 1932)

Today’s Name Days

Landislaus, Martha, Lucilla, Olaf (Austria)

Kalin (Bulgaria)

Flora, Lazar, Marta, Urban, Vilim (Croatia)

Marta (Czech Republic)

Oluf (Denmark)

Olaf, Olav, Olavi, Olev (Estonia)

Olavi, Olli, Oula, Uolevi, Uoti (Finland)

Beatrix, Loup, Marthe (France)

Olaf (Germany)

Kallinikos (Greece)

Flóra, Márta (Hungary)

Marta (Italy)

Dzilis, Edmunds, Edzus, Vidmants (Latvia)

Beatričė, Mantvydas, Mantvydė, Morta (Lithuania)

Ola, Olav, Ole (Norway)

Beatrice, Beatrycze, Beatryks, Cierpisław, Faustyn, Konstantyn, Lucylla, Maria, Marta, Olaf, Serafina, Urban (Poland)

Alevtina, Valentina (Russia)

Marta (Slovakia)

Beatriz, Marta (Spain)

Olof (Sweden)

Seraphim, Seraphina (Ukraine)

Bea, Beatrice, Beatriz, Beattie, Marta, Martha, Olaf, Olav, Serafina, Trixie (USA)

Today is Also…

Day of Year: Day 211 of 2024; 155 days remaining in the year

ISO: Day 1 of Week 31 of 2024

Celtic Tree Calendar: Tinne (Holly) [Day 24 of 28]

Chinese: Month 6 (Xin-Wei), Day 24 (Jia-Wu)

Chinese Year of the: Dragon 4722 (until January 29, 2025) [Wu-Chen]

Hebrew: 23 Tammuz 5784

Islamic: 22 Muharram 1446

J Cal: 1 Purple; Oneday [1 of 30]

Julian: 16 July 2024

Moon: 34%: Waning Crescent

Positivist: 14 Dante (8th Month) [Raphael]

Runic Half Month: Thorn (Defense) [Day 6 of 15]

Season: Summer (Day 40 of 94)

Week: Last Week of July

Zodiac: Leo (Day 8 of 31)

Calendar Changes

Purple (Month 8 of 12; J Calendar)

[gravelgirty]

Hi could you talk more about caves what you said on that post is really interesting

Sure thing!

First of all, it was an amazing cave I worked in. You never forget that. I'll pick one of my favorite topics,

the FALLOUT SHELTER AGGRAVATION TAX.

Clears throat.

Limestone caves are literally stone libraries in the geologic record of the world. Twice a year the airflow would change and then you'd smell smoke from decrepit old torches dating as far back as 1812. People made saltpeter in these caves, they were natural mines for things that went boom, and one of those 'requirements' meant airflow so you wouldn't suddenly and embarrassingly, drop dead of too much Underground. This is why the coal miners were eternally bemused and asking us questions like airflow. Sometimes you gotta canary. Sometimes you are the canary. This often led to predictable questions that was these old gents trying to be polite, but what they really wanted to know was,

'why the hell are you being paid $10 a trip plus tips to walk us 1.1 miles underground up to 3 times a day and no one has a mortgage gun aimed at your head?'

To which I would say, 'it wasn't quite that bad. If no one shows up at all we get paid $10.' ...Dear Saint Barbara, Chango, and the Gods of Deep Mystery, the things we tell ourselves. $10 a day. Crap. Thank goodness I had Granny's House, dad was paying the property tax, the water was on a well, and garbage was less that $20 a month. A shame we can't afford a TV, but hey, we can stay busy digging up that quarter-acre garden that will keep us fed plus the road kill Deer in the fall.

But the conditions that created saltpeter (I'll go into depth on that later if people are interested) also convinced some weird-ass people in Washington DC that caves were the perfect place to do a DR STRANGELOVE and people could go hide out in the caves, free of...well, nothing, really, because radiation = straight lines +caves, air, irradiated air and water, and everything goes down into the caves...

Look. It made people feel safe, ok? And it wasn't the worst decision the Pentagon ever made, considering they were telling the scientists working with HOT RADIOACTIVE MATTER to stay safe by sticking the stuff on a long pole so they wouldn't have to touch it.

Everybody knows about the bomb shelter President Kennedy was prepared to run to with his family in case of Cold War. It was in the Greenbrier Resort in White Sulphur Springs (I prefer to think of it as the HIDDEN FIGURES birthplace). FYI everybody who lived here knew where it was. There are only so many power stations one measly little resort that cries that it can't afford to pay for its own water bill can keep.

[insert sniffle boohoo sobbing of the pro-confederates who run that place and while I can't be there for you, try to imagine the joy I am stockpiling for the day when we have another traitorous uprising and this time, the resort doesn't get a GO PASS GO by dangerous romantics and is finally burned to the ground.]

Anyway, the important people like the President, his family, his Secret Service, his staff, cook, maid-in-waiting, bootblack and et al got to go bunker down in the luxurious bomb shelter at the resort, which probably wouldn't be very resort-y after a certain point of Castro going, 'fuck you, you whippersnapper Irish Dog' or Khrushchev throwing a little more than his shoe around. I'm not convinced it was that great of a place to hide, really. I mean...they have lightning rods on the trees over there, and believe it or not, cavers in that country have been hit by lightning while underground. Because. Lightning. If it can bake entire acres of potatoes in the field, two subterranean surveyors with metal measuring tape haven't got a prayer.

I want you to know that I can't at this point go into detail (space restrictions) on the importance of all these caves to Union Sympathizers, slaves on the Underground Railroad, and the Far-Righter MAGAS called Confederates. Trust me when I say, if you didn't know where these caves were, you had absolutely no right to know.

In Appalachia, limestone caves were listed on properties and handed down because of their value. Thomas Jefferson made a point of making sure there were lots of caves to provide nitre for the Gunpowder Committee. I don't know if landowners had to pay taxes for having saltpeter caves (probably), but when the Cold War came around, they definitely and cheerfully sold the access rights to the government because...it was the government. I am not in the least bit joking when I tell you there are people over there who are still pissed off over George Washington's Whiskey Rebellion.

If you really want to get into the psyche of Appalachians, go read up every scene Terry Pratchett ever wrote about Lancre in his Discworld books. Just give them more libraries and a LOT of coffee stations.

Oh, dear. I forgot all about the owling and the Prohibition.

Owling = the practice of moving your herds of cattle from one ridge to the next to avoid a higher payment when the taxman came a-calling.

Prohibition = The Second Oldest Profession.

These days, many of the Fallout Shelter caves are being used for...modern needs. Meth labs, if you're a sensationalist, but if you aren't, bear in mind that hiding out stolen cattle and horses still requires big places out in the middle of nowhere. But when Mr. Gov't Man came around and offered cash for the access rights to grand-daddy's old saltpetre cave? Goodness gracious, we know we aren't supposed to take people's money from them because that's a sin, but...taxes...you know how it is... (most of the mountain folk had no real quarrel with Kennedy despite his heathen dog Catholicism because it wasn't his fault he was brought up Catholic, but when it came to the government...well, it was the principle of the thing).

In short order papers were drawn, and shelters were built and good god, they were ugly. Clapboard shantytowns, I swear. They were stockpiles whacked together with off-brand plank and tenpenny nails for where the selected few could bunker up in the cozy, damp, dripping, chilly, dusty, sneezy, probably-warm-from-stray-radiation environs. I have no idea who the Pentagon hated enough that they would send them to these caves. They had a bottleneck opening for easy defense, yes, but there was no defense against puking yourself to death or accidentally taking off your own skin with your uniform at the end of your shift.

YOU THINK I"M KIDDING?? YOU THINK IT IS A COINCIDENCE THAT CLASSIC DR WHO SHOWS DALEK HISTORY IN AN OLD STONE QUARRY? WELCOME ABOARD!

A fallout shelter's stockpile generally consisted of

*High-quality medical equipment, even though some of that stuff had a shelf life of three minutes.

*Radio Equipment. Which was probably a real belly laugh to the folks running the NARO satellite dishes up in Green Bank, because families in the most rural portion of WV (Pocahontas County) spent their evenings parsing Latin and teaching the young lads and lasses the wonders of shortwave and how to rig up your own crystals in case you needed to jackleg your own.

*Food. God. Awful. Food. It was designed to keep you alive, but you can't say anything more charitable about it. Honestly, I'm surprised nobody tried to corner a government contract on dehydrated water.

*Water. Potable water for drinking, but, I should say, I couldn't find any means with which you could make a potable distillery. Or, how much of this potable water was going to be used to rehydrate the ghastly awfulness of the dehydrated food, or the canned goods that included stuff the military couldn't wait to forget. Go ask your grandparents how much canned horse Circa WWII they ate while they served, m'kay?

*Candy. High energy, easily digestible candy. Flavor optional, at the discretion of the same government that made the WWII Chocolate Bar.

*The containers themselves. Yep, they counted. They were heavy metal barrels and tough buckets or small drums, plus the amazingly dense metal and plastic containers for medical kits, candy, and misc. I'm not sure if they had a requirement other than impervious, waterproof, and on sale. In fact, the smaller drums/buckets were supposed to be lined with the plastic used to wrap the other goods, and convert into a toilet.

Cold War comes and goes. I'm sure what happened next is shocking:

1) medical supplies goes missing in the dead of night.

2) Electronics follows. That probably makes the electricians feel good, because...what good would they have done in the wet, dust-filled atmosphere of the caves?

3) Candy. Candy, did you say? I don't remember seeing any candy..?

4) The gradual disappearance of the food rations is mysteriously in proportion to camping trips multitasking with double-dog-dares. Who needs a frat pledge if Freckles here has never been introduced to the joys of Dehydrated Ketchup?

5) If you think the backyard blacksmiths are making forges with tire rims, do you think metal containers stand a chance?

This leaves the barrels of water, but who would want to drink that stuff? It's been sitting around for how long? Ew. And the boards for those shelters...cripes.

This inadvertently makes up a tiny little side bonus for the hard-working tour guide. Because these shelters are usually ridiculously close to the entrance of the tour caves. You have to take your tour group in stages, see, and once they finish gasping and wheezing their way through the first 300 steps, you have to take their minds off how miserable they are and pause at the shelter with your flashlight, and describe this little chapter of history. By this time the bats are hanging off the boards (your chance to remind them of the exorbitant federal fines for hurting these little mosquito-hunters), the occasional lost salamander, and the beginnings of the Dreaded Cave Cricket (ten minutes with these little monsters and you'll never think pink is an effete color ever again).

And the mold. There are patches of mold the guides have been watching for YEARS. Some of them have even bothered to look them up, because...tourists. They love to stump the guides and use it as an excuse for not tipping you because you haven't taken a Master's in The Encompassing Topic of Karst Everything and are clearly a dumbass, hah-hah I'll spend my money in the overpriced gift shop, peasant.

But no, folks. If you ask them one more damn time if they're sure all the candy and drugs are gone...we're too tired to take your bleeping bleep bleep tip anyway.

[spaceexp]

Space Station 20th: Music on ISS

ISS - 20 Years on the International Space Station (ISS) patch. May 12, 2020 It was December 1965 and the crews of Gemini 6 and 7 had just completed the first rendezvous between two spacecraft, a critical step on the way to the Moon. Shortly after the two spacecraft separated, the following exchange took place among Walter M. “Wally” Schirra and Thomas P. Stafford aboard Gemini 6, Frank Borman and James A. Lovell aboard Gemini 7 and Elliott M. See as the Capsule Communicator (Capcom) in Mission Control in Houston: Gemini 6: We have an object. It looks like a satellite going from north to south, up in a polar orbit. He's in a very low trajectory, traveling from north to south. It has a very high [fineness] ratio. It looks like it might be [inaudible]. It's very low; it looks like he might be going to re-enter soon. Stand by, One. It looks like he's trying to signal us. [Stafford and Schirra play “Jingle Bells”]. Gemini 7: We got him, too! [Laughter]. Gemini 6: That was live, Seven, not taped. Houston: You’re too much, Six. If you listen to the audio of the conversation, you can hear the sounds of an 8-note Hohner "Little Lady" harmonica and a handful of small bells, the first musical instruments played in outer space. Both are on display at the Smithsonian Institution’s National Air and Space Museum in Washington, DC.

The first musical instruments played in space: a Hohner harmonica (above) and a set of bells (bellow). Credits: NASM.

Above: Ivanchenko plays the acoustic guitar aboard Salyut-6. Middle: McNair on the soprano sax in Challenger’s middeck. Bellow: Flautist Ochoa on Discovery’s flight deck.

As spacecraft grew larger and missions longer, the size and sophistication of musical instruments in orbit increased. Many astronauts and cosmonauts were accomplished musicians and brought their talents to orbit. Although the music from the instruments sounded the same in space as on the ground, playing them in weightlessness provided the musicians with challenges unique to each instrument. The first acoustic guitar in space is believed to have been aboard the Soviet Salyut-6 space station, first played by Aleksandr I. Ivanchenko in 1978. Guitars have provided musical psychological support for crewmembers aboard space stations ever since. Ronald A. McNair played a soprano saxophone during Space Shuttle Challenger’s STS-41B mission in 1984. Space limitations in the Shuttle precluded flying McNair’s favorite tenor sax, so he learned to play the smaller version of the instrument for his space flight. Once on orbit, McNair encountered unexpected effects of weightlessness: the water that normally accumulates inside wind instruments on Earth resulted instead in unwanted bubbly effects. The Shuttle cabin’s dry air had unwanted effects on the instrument’s felt and leather pads, requiring several minutes of “rehydration” before proper playing. Ellen L. Ochoa had to use foot restraints while she played her flute aboard Discovery during STS-56 in 1993 as part of an education demonstration. The small air current coming from the flute exerted enough force to impart translation motions on her.

Above: Laveykin (left) and Romanenko during Mir Expedition 2 in 1987. Middle: Reiter (left) and Hadfield aboard Mir during the STS-74 mission in 1995. Bellow: Tyurin (left) on guitar and Walz on keyboard in the Zvezda module during the STS-108 mission in 2002.

Russian space psychologists realized that playing music on orbit improved the well-being of cosmonauts on long-duration missions and ensured that an acoustic guitar made it aboard Mir as early as possible. Cosmonauts Yuri V. Romanenko and Aleksandr I. Laveykin enjoyed strumming the strings during Mir’s second expedition in 1987, as did many cosmonauts throughout the space station’s lifetime. During STS-74, the second Shuttle-Mir docking mission in 1995, Canadian astronaut Chris A. Hadfield brought along a specially modified collapsible SoloEtte guitar that he donated to the Mir 20 crew onboard at the time, after recording a duet with European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut Thomas A. Reiter. The guitar stayed on Mir until June 1998, when it returned to Earth on STS-91 after 942 days in space. Following the example set aboard Mir, psychologists concerned with the well-being of crewmembers aboard the International Space Station (ISS) included musical instruments as part of the overall support program. The August 2001 STS-105 mission, in addition to launching the Expedition 3 crew, brought the first musical instrument, an acoustic guitar, to ISS. An electronic keyboard accompanied the Expedition 4 crew to orbit in December of that year aboard STS-108. Expedition 3 Flight Engineer Mikhail V. Tyurin and Expedition 4 Flight Engineer Carl E. Walz played an impromptu concert for their crewmates.

Above: Lu (right) playing the keyboard. Middle: Coleman with two of the four flutes she brought to ISS. Bellow: Pettit playing his home-made didgeridoo.

Many crewmembers on ISS enjoy playing the instruments already provided; others bring their own that suit their playing habits best; others still make their own while on-orbit. Edward T. “Ed” Lu during Expedition 7 in 2003 provided his own rendition of Ludwig van Beethoven’s Moonlight Sonata on the ISS electronic keyboard. Astronaut and flautist Catherine G. “Cady” Coleman brought four flutes to ISS during Expedition 26 and 27. In 2011, she played a duet with Ian Anderson, flautist and frontman for Jethro Tull, she aboard ISS and he on Earth while on tour in Perm, Russia. As one of his private science experiments, during Expedition 30/31 in 2012 Donald R. Pettit built a didgeridoo, an Australian aborigine wind instrument, from a vacuum cleaner hose and with the help of Daniel C. Burbank demonstrated how the sound waves emanating from the end of the instrument disturb droplets of water.

Above/bellow: Noguchi playing the ryuteki and Yamazaki playing the koto in the Kibo module. 

Marking the first time that two astronauts from the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) met in space, in April 2010 Expedition 23 Flight Engineer Soichi Noguchi and STS-131 Mission Specialist Naoko Yamazaki performed a musical duet of the traditional Japanese song Sakura, Sakura (Cherry Blossoms), using the JAXA Kibo module’s airlock as a stage. Noguchi opened the performance on the ryuteki (a bamboo flute) he had brought along for his 5.5-month mission, then switched to the electronic keyboard to accompany Yamazaki playing on a koto. Normally six-feet long, Yamazaki had a miniature version of the stringed instrument made for her spaceflight, which changed the quality of its sound.

Above: Hadfield strumming the guitar in the Cupola. Bellow: Composite of Parmitano on keyboard on ISS (left) and Marouani on keyboard in Moscow.

Space Oddity - David Bowie - Performed by Chris Hadfield

Shortly before returning from his six-month Expedition 34/35 in 2013, Hadfield recorded his version of David Bowie’s 1969 hit Space Oddity. He announced this first-ever video shot on ISS on Twitter and posted it on Youtube where it has received more than 45 million views. Responding on social media, Bowie called Hadfield’s cover "possibly the most poignant version of the song ever created." On June 29, 2013, one month into his 6-month mission as Expedition 36/37 Flight Engineer, ESA astronaut Luca S. Parmitano took part in a concert by French musician Didier Marouani and his band spAce playing in Moscow’s Luzhniki Stadium. Watched by fellow crewmembers Fyodor N. Yurchikhin and Karen L. Nyberg, Parmitano played the ISS electronic keyboard while the band, including Yurchikhin’s 11-year-old daughter Elena as a guest performer, played the song Magic Fly.

Above: Lindgren plays the bagpipe in the Kibo module. Bellow: Pesquet with his birthday present alto sax. 

The honor of being the first to play bagpipes in space belongs to NASA astronaut Kjell N. Lindgren. In November 2015 during Expedition 45, Lindgren played Amazing Grace on the pipes custom made for him by McCallum Bagpipes in Scotland to pay tribute to his friend research scientist Victor W. Hurst who had suddenly passed away. For his 39th birthday in 2017, ESA astronaut Thomas G. Pesquet’s Expedition 50 crewmates surprised him with an alto saxophone that they had conspired to be delivered to ISS and had somehow managed to keep hidden from him. The sax remains onboard ISS to this day and astronauts occasionally take it out for a spin.

A jam session comes together on ISS. Far right: AstroHawaii jamming session aboard ISS (above to bellow) Feustel, Artemyev, Arnold, Shkaplerov and Tingle.

What do you get when you put several musicians in a room together with an array of instruments? A jam session. True even on ISS. Calling themselves AstroHawaii, in April 2018 the crew of Expedition 55 took a break from their regular work to hold a zero-g jam session, with NASA astronauts Andrew J. “Drew” Feustel and Scott D. “Maker” Tingle on guitars, Russian cosmonauts Oleg G. Artemyev on the pan flute and Anton N. Shkaplerov on the Irish flute and NASA astronaut Richard R. “Ricky” Arnold on the drum (actually a Russian KTO solid waste container). No recording is known to exist of this epic jam session.

Above: Gerst playing his iPad, projected behind Kraftwerk in Stuttgart. Bellow: Parmitano projected onto a large screen as he DJs a cruise ship party.

Expedition 56 Flight Engineer ESA astronaut Alexander Gerst took music on ISS to nerd level off-scale high. In July 2018, Gerst participated in a concert taking place in Stuttgart, Germany, with pioneering electronic band Kraftwerk. Jamming live on their 1978 song Spacelab, Gerst used an iPad loaded with a touch control app backed by synthesizer software, configured by Kraftwerk’s Henning Schmitz and coordinated with ESA who manifested the iPad on a SpaceX cargo vehicle. Kicking it up another notch, Parmitano became the first person to DJ a party from space. In August 2019 during Expedition 60, using the name DJ Astro Luca, he played a 12-minute set from ESA’s Columbus module using an iPad loaded with DJ software to 3,000 party-goers on a cruise ship anchored at the Spanish island of Ibiza in the Mediterranean Sea.

Above: Meir playing her high school piccolo. Bellow: Meir on sax in the Cupola.

During a TV hookup with school kids from her hometown of Caribou, Maine, in November 2019 Expedition 61 Flight Engineer Jessica U. Meir played the Star Wars theme on her high school band piccolo. In addition to piccolo, Meir also played flute and saxophone as a child, so it was only natural she would take the alto sax on ISS out for a spin before returning to Earth in April 2020.

ISS – taking music to new heights.

Related articles: Space Station 20th – Space Flight Participants https://orbiterchspacenews.blogspot.com/2020/05/space-station-20th-space-flight.html Space Station 20th: Six Months Until Expedition 1 https://orbiterchspacenews.blogspot.com/2020/04/space-station-20th-six-months-until.html Space Station 20th – Women and the Space Station https://orbiterchspacenews.blogspot.com/2020/03/space-station-20th-women-and-space.html Space Station 20th: Long-duration Missions https://orbiterchspacenews.blogspot.com/2020/03/space-station-20th-long-duration.html NASA Counts Down to Twenty Years of Continuous Human Presence on International Space Station https://orbiterchspacenews.blogspot.com/2019/11/nasa-counts-down-to-twenty-years-of.html 20 memorable moments from the International Space Station https://orbiterchspacenews.blogspot.com/2018/11/20-memorable-moments-from-international.html Related link: International Space Station (ISS): https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/main/index.html Images, Video, Text, Credits: NASA/Kelli Mars/JSC/John Uri/ROSCOSMOS/ESA/CSA-ASC/Chris Hadfield. Best regards, Orbiter.ch Full article

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Is high income associated with high life expectancy?

After reading through the codebook for the Gapminder study, I have chosen life expectancy as main topic of my research. The codebook provides several factors that could be included (e.g. breast cancer rate, HIV rate, suicide rate). Depending on literature I’m planning to take a selection of these factors but for now I will consider all of these variables and include them in my personal codebook. 

I use life expectancy (i.e. 2011 life expectancy at birth; the average number of years a newborn child would live if current mortality patterns were to stay the same)  in different countries to begin with, however, I will still need to decide which related factors are worth investigating. Suicide rate (i.e. 2005 Suicide, age adjusted, per 100 000; Mortality due to self-inflicted injury, per 100 000 standard population, age adjusted) is clearly linked to life expectancy, with high suicide rate resulting in lower life expectancy. Factors like breast cancer rate (i.e. number of new cases of breast cancer in 100,000 female residents during 2002) and HIV rate (i.e. 2009 estimated number of people living with HIV per 100 population of age group 15-49) also implicate higher mortality.  Secondly, after taking into consideration the implications of health conditions on life expectancy, I would like to investigate the relation between high income (i.e. 2010 Gross Domestic Product per capita in constant 2000 US$ ) and life expectancy across the different countries. 

Current research comes up with various factors that impact on life expectancy and often explores just a restricted amount of countries if not a single one. Here are some relevant conclusions and how I will use them for my hypothesis:

- Preston, concludes after investigating life expectancy in relation to regional income data with different techniques that between 1930 and 1960 ‘some 75–90 per cent of the growth in life expectancy for the world as a whole over these three decades is attributable to factors exogenous to a nation's contemporary level of income.’(1) He excludes improved nutrition and higher literacy as relevant factors. (1)

That said ‘the cross-sectional relation between income and life expectancy remains strong’(1) and among lower income countries changes to income levels were related to changes in life expectancy. An aspect that interferes with this relation is income distribution, i.e. mortality in countries with huge differences in income like Venezuela, Mexico, and Colombia differs from expected levels. (1) 

Income distribution may explain outliers among low-income countries, but the article also states that higher income is related with higher life expectancy, in particular in lower income countries. I will not cover the aspect of how life expectancy changes over time and the period (1930-1960) that Preston investigates is out-of-date. However, Preston’s assumptions are still reflected in newer research and seem to be relevant.

- Newer research criticises Preston stating the opinion that economic development, which includes higher national income, clearly brought improvements in medical and public health and hence, higher life expectancy.(2) 

This may be reflected in the higher life expectancy of high income countries, i.e. countries with a certain level of economic development. 

- Sub-Saharan Africa, a region with low-income countries, had the lowest levels of life expectancy in 2017. High-income regions had the highest life expectancy in 2017; According to Samuel Preston’s research one third of decreased mortality is due to growing income per capita, one third is due to better educational attainment and one third to improvements over time driven by technological progress.(3)

This states again the positive relationship between high income and high life expectancy. Nevertheless, lower mortality is not only driven by high income, there are other factors such as educational attainment and technological progress that need to be taken into consideration.

- Behavioral factors such as physical exercise and obesity play a role in the differences between high-income-countries, but it cannot be exactly measured how these factors have an impact on differences in longevity due to interdependencies (’e.g., obesity can lead to lack of physical exercise and poor health but poor health can also lead to lack of physical exercise and obesity’). (4).

This may explain differences in life expectancy between high-income-countries. I will not include behavioural factors in my research as the Gapminder study doesn’t measure them.

- At a national level, higher income was related to higher life expectancy in the United States between 2001 and 2014. However, it differed per area and income group as a result of different health behaviours and local area characteristics. (5) 

This indicates high life expectancy is linked to high income.

- At a steady level of real income life expectancy grows over time. Also countries with growing income don’t show an increase in life expectancy at the same proportional level. This means economic development cannot be the only factor that drives life expectancy. The relationship between high income and longevity is shifting and one assumption is ‘scientific understanding and technological progress makes some very efficient public health interventions – such as vaccinations, hygiene measures, oral rehydration therapy, and public health measures – cheaper and brings these more and more into the reach of populations with lower incomes.’(6) 

This demonstrates again the impact of economic development on life expectancy but includes technological progress as factor. I will not look at changes in life expectancy over time but I take this article as an interesting outlook that life expectancy in higher income countries will not always be higher than in low income countries in the future as it currently may be.

Research concludes that high income is associated with higher life expectancy but other factors need to be considered as well such as technological progress, income distribution, educational attainment, behavioural factors. Due to the limited data set that I have available as per Gapminder codebook I will focus on the positive relationship between income and life expectancy. My hypothesis is higher income is associated with higher life expectancy. Factors such as breast cancer rate, suicide rate and HIV rate will be investigated in addition to explain differences in life expectancy in countries with similar income.

Bibliography

(1) Preston SH. The changing relation between mortality and level of economic development. Int J Epidemiol. 2007;36:484–490. 

(2) Johan P Mackenbach; Commentary: Did Preston underestimate the effect of economic development on mortality?, International Journal of Epidemiology, Volume 36, Issue 3, 1 June 2007, Pages 496–497, https://doi.org/10.1093/ije/dym080

(3) GBD 2017 Mortality Collaborators. Global, regional, and national age-sex-specific mortality and life expectancy, 1950-2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017. Lancet. 2018;392(10159):1684-1735.

(4) National Research Council (US) Panel on Understanding Divergent Trends in Longevity in High-Income Countries; Crimmins EM, Preston SH, Cohen B, editors. International Differences in Mortality at Older Ages: Dimensions and Sources. Washington (DC): National Academies Press (US); 2010. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK62592/doi: 10.17226/12945

(5) Chetty R, Stepner M, Abraham S, et al. The Association Between Income and Life Expectancy in the United States, 2001-2014. JAMA. 2016;315(16):1750-66.

(6) Max Roser (2018) - "Life Expectancy". Published online at OurWorldInData.org. Retrieved from: 'https://ourworldindata.org/life-expectancy' [Online Resource]

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Last weekend I was in Washington DC for the Overnight Walk Out Of The Darkness for suicide prevention. I rode up with 2 friends, Nick and Judy, and we met Maria in DC. Judy graciously drove the entire way.

Along with our friend Robert, Team Chattahooligans was able to raise $6,969 for the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention with donations from our friends and families.

The Walk started with registration and a touching Opening Ceremony on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial. The picture (above) with the Washington Monument in the background is the staging area, next to the drained reflection pool.

The walk started with thousands of walkers walking along the Potomac River. The first monument on our path was the Jefferson Memorial. As you can see from the picture, I was already losing a lot of water. I was drinking water and refining at every rest area.

I was walking with my friends Judy, Maria and Nick. They were kindly walking slow to match my slow pace. Nick was filming us at each mile marker for his vlog, The Overnight Journey. We ran across a number of people who knew Nick from his vlog. When we were notified that Chattanooga FC won their game with Nashville we made a video in front of the Capital.

Soon we reached Capital Hill, which is an actual hill. I slowly climbed trying to drink as much water as a could. Somehow I missed the picture with the 5 mile marker. I kept plugging away but was still losing a lot of water. The last mile marker picture on my phone was Mile 6. You can see that I am soaked.

My body started shutting down and I was basically shuffling. My teammates were amazing and fellow walkers were checking on me, even giving me their water. I stated feeling nauseous and sat down on the stairs in front of a townhouse. The owner came out and offered to help. The transportation staff, walkers and medical staff were all so caring and helpful. They kept me in the medical tent giving me water and electrolyte drinks trying to cool me down and rehydrate me. Eventually, they put me in an ambulance as I was still nauseous. They took me to GW Hospital and my nausea, how do you say this, reached it’s natural conclusion all over the ER floor while strapped into the stretcher. I didn’t tell many people about the ER, as I wanted my teammates to finish the race and didn’t want any of that focus on me. The team stopped by the Hospital and tried to see me. As I mentioned, everyone was wonderful. I tested well, was feeling better and I was released from the hospital in a few hours.

The next day I mostly slept, I think we went to Union Station. I was improving and the day after I was able to walk from Georgetown to the White House. Along the way, we passed the hospital (pictured).

I feel bad about not finishing the 16 Mile walk but I am glad that others on my team finished and got to attend the closing ceremony. I also proud that we raised $6,969 for AFSP and that my friends contributed more than a thousand if that. I also take solace that I can try again next year and that when I looked at a tracker, I saw that, even though I didn’t finish the walk, I ended up walking 24.1 miles that weekend.

Once again, thank you to everyone who contributed. The donation pages are still open at www.theOvernight.org/participant/Bill or you can go to the Team Chattahooligan page and donate to the team or others on our roster. I would like to thank everyone who helped me successfully reach my fundraising goal (if not my physical goal).

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Fox Valley Marine Corps League plans 12th Annual Golf Classic

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21.08.17 After last nights late night bicycle ride back through the city we had an extended snooze in the bed of dreams this morning. Besides, we had nothing in for breakfast and most eateries in the area we are staying don't seem to open until 10ish. Once up and ready (with half of last nights leftover pizza packed in to the rucksack) for our day ahead on the Toronto Islands. We walked first to Bunners to collect some breakfast muffins. I had a carrot and ginger muffin and Owen had a blueberry oatmeal muffin and let me tell you, you can't say nuffin' bad 'bout those muffins! We walked to one of the local fruit and veg shops (yes, there is more than one, more than one on a street!!!) and bought some fruit and then headed to the ferry port! We walked for what honestly felt like hours because of the hot hot heat. It was only once in downtown Toronto we remembered that we had our 24hr city bike pass left from yesterday afternoon and could have cycled down instead. Doh! We arrived at the ferry port and were greeted with a rather long queue which Owen clearly didn't have time for as within a couple of minutes he had bought the ferry ticket online and we were exiting the queue and heading down the express lane and straight on to a ferry. The journey across the lake was quick and we could see the entire skyline of Toronto. It reminds me of Seattle but I think that's mostly to do with the CN tower and the space needle being a similar shape. We disembarked the ferry and began our walk around the island, quickly moving past the sign and the direction of the 'clothing optional beach' I mean, if that's your thing, go knock yourself out, but nahhhhhhhhh thanks, not for us, not today! We walked for a while until we got to the a lighthouse where we found out that it's first keeper went missing and that his skeleton was later found under mysterious circumstances. It was pretty cool, the lighthouse isn't working anymore, but still pretty cool. Soon after leaving the lighthouse we heard a loud CRASH and looked ahead to see that a girl had just fallen off her bike. From where we were stood it looked like she had fallen under the wheels of a truck but as we got closer it turned out she had just crashed in to the back of a stationary vehicle. She was ok, I gave her 3 baby wipes that were wrapped in tin foil (cos, how else are ya gonna carry yr baby wipes around that you need to clean your feet with all the freakin' time when you are on holiday cos you can't stand the dirt and grime that gets all over them all the time without taking the whole massive pack around with you? right?) and made sure she was ok before moving on. Shortly after this we veered off to the right and sat by the edge of the lake by some sand dunes. We sat and watched people swimming in the lake and we wished we could do the same while rehydrating with some of that refreshing Canadian tap water that you've all heard so much about. It's really quite impressive, wet, clear and cold! Yum! We walked further on to a park area which would become our lunch spot - we laid our blanket out, kicked our shoes off, counted and resisted scratching our numerous mosquito bites that we acquired while watching Twelfth Night in High Park last night 😫😫😫 and collapsed in two sweaty heaps! As soon as we had regained a small amount of energy we ate some leftover apiecalypse pizza and some fruit while watching the world go by and wondering if the partial eclipse that we were supposed to see had happened yet! After lunch we walked around some more of the island, through some pretty gardens, past a small scale theme park and towards a viewing point that looked out across the lake to the city. The skyline is super impressive from here. We watched some ferries come and go and even saw some flights taking off and landing across the skyline from the city airport that is based on the lake front. We decided to get the next ferry back to the city as the heat had worn us down more than any other day. We got off the ferry, grabbed some cold brew coffee and sauntered back to the apartment to cool off. Once showered and refreshed we got our nicest clothes on (haha) and went for a couple of drinks in a bar down the street. We wrote postcards as we drank and probably couldn't have looked any more like tourists if we tried! After a quick trip to the supermarket to stock up on supplies for our train journey to Montreal tomorrow we returned to the apartment, ate dinner and packed our bags ready for an earlyish get up in the morning to start the next leg of our maplemoon! P.s. I have just scrolled back through the blog from America and it would seem it's exactly 2 years since we were in Washington DC and were also being attacked by mosquitos until my legs looked like a particularly gruesome dot to dot. They are so gross and make me so sad! N x

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A wedding rehearsal dinner is a little event that is performed on the evening before the wedding and also this most of the time observes the wedding practice session. On this celebration she was more especially the centre-point to which everyone is actually eyes were guided; for (to my girl's secret annoyance) she used her terrific birthday celebration found, which shrouded all the rest-the Moonstone. Cheaper compared to a supper as well as often occurs coming from 4-7 PM. It could be performed with style as well as design. New Heights disregards attractive Rock Spring Park, in the facility from Washington DC, near the Omni Shoreham Resort. After arriving at your campsite for the evening, steam up some water for tea or soup, as well as make some added to rehydrate supper. Below are my top ideal Thanksgiving holiday dish cookbooks that I consistently make use of for prepping a Thanksgiving holiday supper every year. Overlooking the lovely port, it is actually the excellent location to see the sun collection and also take pleasure in the sparkling port lightings night. A few of the dinner foods and club sandwiches are a small amount costly compared to those located in other alright eating spots, having said that, they are most definitely worth ever added cent coughed. Permit them decide where to conceal this and then see their contentment as they perform something pleasant for other people. And, obviously, you do not possess 7 or even 8 people in order to help you obtain dinner with each other, so this offers you a wonderful justification-- you can inform your household that you have to perform the job of eight individuals in the kitchen, thus merely shut up and also consume. The most ideal male and also housemaid of respect will exercise offering a brief pep talk prior to supper as well as the daddy of the bride are going to also give a welcome speech for all the visitors. Palolem Beach is among the most stunning seashores I have actually so far observed in India. The dazzling eco-friendly from the growing rice is actually always an attractive setting yet with these hills in the background and pinkish hue to the late afternoon sky I believe this brings in fairly a good picture. You're in for a great treat if you time your supper to accommodate the sundown. Plato Principal/Main Course: Cordero Asado/Roast Lamb, Bacalao a los angeles riojana/Rioja Type Sodium Cod, Pavo trufado/turkey crammed along with truffles Postre/Dessert: After a quick time out to capture your breath as well as clear the table, dinner continues along with pudding or postre. You presented beautiful fruits as well as veggies, almonds, entire surfaces, slim chicken ... Get Source as well as delivered it in a wonderful supper gathering setup. Buca is actually a terrific area to celebrate a special affair or even only bring the little ones out to a wonderful dinner on a Friday evening.

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Articles concerning or even concerning Contents that include Crockpot Recipes, Preparing food Tips For a Crockpot, Crockpot Reviews. There are smooching factors and also enjoy benches, where married couples have sweet photos - the greatest ones can gain you a free intimate supper. You just need to recognize the easy cooking food tactics and also ingredients ought to also be ready in location which could assist you to produce tasty dinner recipes. Throw every little thing with it low just before job and viola supper performed when you get property. Supper Hillside is actually the firm's front runner project as well as includes considerable information from each phosphate and also potash. Never ever risk on your convenience as well as simplicity while shopping for your screening dinner dress up. Wedding rehearsal dinner is actually about getting to family members together with interacting with visitors. Restaurants as well as other meals field companies like pubs or club as get-now-healthy.info well as grill" business can easily utilize aquarium containers to feature food things like after supper mints or even small packages from flavorings and dressings. And you'll be shocked at the amount of from your practices work to generate a remarkable brand new pie recipe! I possess lunch time, supper alone at good bistros all the time, and like anonlawstudent and others, I do not discover this weird of me. If you desire a celebration for every person more later on, you could also perform a supper or even a small thing at an affordable. Vegan recipes can consist of tofu or not but much of them are incredibly pretty looking meals that would fix the vegetarian concern from exactly what to offer for Christmas dinner. Another need to photograph the wedding rehearsal supper is actually that this is where real festivity begins. New Heights overlooks gorgeous Stone Spring Playground, in the center of Washington DC, near the Omni Shoreham Resort. Upon getting to your campground for the night, boil up some water for tea or soup, and also bring in some added to rehydrate dinner. It's nice to become able to rest outdoors on your back patio, and also take pleasure in morning meal, lunch, or perhaps dinner when the weather is nice outside. Another simple meal for supper is actually baked chicken which itself is actually an oral cavity watering recipe. This lends on its own to wild and also wildly wonderful compounds that may occur promptly. Other than simply showing off a bottle from wine, red wine web servers additionally are actually a wonderful technique to serve that Chardonnay or Red wine at a supper event. That is an even more Italian-themed compared to traditional Italian dish, with variants that use simpler prep work and a. much healthier supper alternative. Supper cruise ships are actually affordable as well as you recognize the in advance prices prior to boarding the boat. Eating Out When you Can easily Once in a while, an university student will obtain a few dollars in his pocket as well as will definitely be interested in a charming supper for two around. Greased eco-friendly beans, sauteed mushrooms in butter wine sauce as well as tender carrots are actually being used routinely for dinner as well as are actually ending up being famous. For our wedding celebration, our team were offered a collection from crystal goblets that are completely attractive. You can easily consume together for breakfast, lunch time and also supper if you may devote the whole day with him/her. Other than an arrangement of blooms, you still should prepare a considerate gift pack in great gift bags.

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The upcoming time you have people over for supper; try turning the food preparation right into the celebration. You can likewise provide at the end when they entrust to thank them and let them possess one thing to keep in mind the wonderful time they invested with you. Pasquale took us up a mountain range roadway to the Santuario di Chiesa Vecchia di Quattropani, an attractive nation congregation located on a hill with a fantastic viewpoint over numerous from the Eolian Islands. Your rhyme presents the significance of Pendleton ... Exactly what a fantastic area to live as well as enjoy the holiday. This can thereby assist you to create certain that you serve your loved ones a really good dinner food on table every night without wasting much attend kitchen. New Levels forgets attractive Stone Creek Playground, in the facility from Washington DC, near the Omni Shoreham Resort. Upon reaching your campsite for the evening, boil up some water for tea or even soup, and also create some added to rehydrate dinner. That is actually now the most knowledgeable blessing pointed out through United States loved ones at the holiday dinner table and also is actually additionally made use of as a hymn in theological solutions for the holiday. On a supper cruise line, there are going to be staff members hanging around to welcome you and help you board the watercraft. PS: I was encouraged by both the grandboys Eva11-Fitblog.info AND a wonderful bulletin I get 5 times a full week. In 1987, the 1955 Frozen Dinner holder was actually sworn in into the Smithsonian Establishment's treasury from United States artifacts.. By doing this, the guests at your table could state or even vocalize the text messages together. That had gorgeous Romaine lettuce as well as arugula, blueberry, strawberries, grapes, apples, feta cheese, times, pines, sunflower seeds, barbequed chick bosom and also a splendid bubbly vinaigrette suiting up. Limitation your number of supper visitors or provide an extra table, prepared close to each other to always keep everybody pleasant however close. This Beistle Provider Halloween shimmer 'n' ruptured main feature adds a good contact to any table. As an example, for a fall wedding event, potted mums would help make lovely main features for the rehearsal dinner. I made a decision to convey my extreme feelings about this expertise through repaying and producing a dinner inspired through my afternoon with Angelo and also Melissa. To start a long evening, you could possess a luxurious supper at one from the most effective New York Urban area dining establishments. The dinner is really a weekend from activities - numerous media associations host pre- and post-dinner gatherings that give the occasion an echo from Hollywood at Oscar opportunity. In contrast to just what the mall-store employee is going to tell you, you carry out certainly not need to match white tees to the off-white supper coat. Irrespective of the materials this is actually made of the supper plate collection are going to reveal the type from the manager, through colour inclination, dining table plan as well as overall concept features. Soon individuals began to slowly realize the opportunity of making one's own bread device dishes through this wonderful device. Weight - Our team each held 2kg of supper meals, loaded in to a single purchasing bag, not total. Christmas time surges a magic wand over this world, and behold, every thing is softer and extra lovely. I was ready to claim a handful of terms, but I choked up a little bit of in splits; having said that, every person who went to seemed to appreciate the salute to those two excellent folks. Perfect for those from you would like to manage your personal intimate supper or even night in your home or even purely wishing to shock.

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The following time you possess individuals over for supper; make an effort switching the cooking into the event. When they leave behind to thank them and let all of them possess one thing to don't forget the great time they invested with you, you can easily additionally offer them at the conclusion. Pasquale took our team up a mountain range roadway to the Santuario di Chiesa Vecchia di Quattropani, a gorgeous country religion positioned on a hillside with a phenomenal perspective over many of the Eolian Islands. The supper at the Canuck Club on 5 Wing Goose Gulf was a big hit as visitors happily provided that the fingers up. Local area sky juniors likewise helped out by fulfilling the dinner. While some people prefer to possess significant parties, along with considerable amounts of visitors, you may desire to hold a handful of smaller sized, a lot more close supper parties, as an alternative. New Heights ignores lovely Rock Spring Park, in the center of Washington DC, near the Omni Shoreham Hotels and resort. After getting to your camping site for the evening, boil up some water for herbal tea or soup, and create some added to rehydrate dinner. Some people hosting assume they must serve elegant food items" at their supper celebration, so they really stress over their food selection. And there he sat, in strange misery, until his light quivered in the outlet and also left behind the Artist of the Beautiful in darkness. Various other breadstuff associated suggestions for what to offer for Christmas time supper might be sourdough biscuits which were a fave of early trailblazers as well as miners. La Capinera captures this kaleidoscope of preference sensations and delivers them in a recipe that is actually therefore lovely that it might believe that a crime to consume that! This is a wonderful hubpage the rhyme is actually attractive and also the concept from a picnic on the seaside. However, our experts browsed a few locations as well as located several pleasant types to have images of - this behaved to create one of the most of exactly what can have been a negative mid-day. The 60 seater restaurant serves lunch time and also dinner whatever the chef and also the occasion is actually incredibly willing to generate bespoke menus for your exclusive celebration. Aim to schedule a table nicely in the past, as you'll discover the possibilities for settling at dining establishments will diminish closer to dinner hour. You never ever recognize just how this wonderful craft of origami may match the meals you offer. I would highly recommend that if you have actually not tried this, trying out that. If your child might as if to attempt that, discover out. It is actually a terrific plan, to possess this concept for the holidays. Sally as well as Issues Veritas ... The frozen entree is also concidered the start from when the tables began to transform. Onboard from a car where candlestick light supper is actually gotten ready for you, dine at 70m above sea-level, have overall privacy inside a cable car as you dine and admire the beautiful harbour and area sight of Singapore. on front page dinner matches, dark onyx studs are traditional, yet white colored mother-of-pearl is also acceptable. The best feature of possessing a weblog is ending up being a participant from the fantastic stitching community. DROOP Imports says that this complete bodied stogie is a fantastic choice after a pleasant and filling meat supper. That' s normal to suit up semi-formally for dinner on a cruise ship, specifically if you are eating in the better dining-room, in contrast to purchasing in or consuming at an even more laid-back location. Opt to provide her this gift over a good supper that you prep especially for her.

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There are actually lots of, many, lots of policies as well as tips as well as tips in fitness as well as dieting these days, numerous I might certainly never start to specify them all. Something as straightforward as making a decision that every Sunday early morning both of you walk out to breakfast may do that. A great nearby restaurant, the Sunday paper, and some personal privacy. If you don't know ways to prepare in all and also you are actually seeking an easy cookbook to spare your Thanksgiving holiday Dinner at that point this is actually the one. New Heights overlooks gorgeous Stone Spring Park, in the center of Washington DC, near the Omni Shoreham Lodging. Upon reaching your camping area for the evening, boil up some water for herbal tea or even soup, as well as make some extra to rehydrate dinner. Exactly what else you'll should offer supper: Chili is actually mouth watering provided over ordinary spaghetti or macaroni and also cheese. The condition Frozen Dinner is a genericized trademark initially utilized for a label from packaged meal built in 1953 through C.A. Swanson & Sons (the label completely was TV Company Frozen entree). A few of the supper meals as well as sandwiches are actually a small amount pricey compared to those located in various other alright dining spots, nevertheless, they are most definitely worth ever added penny hacked. Allow all of them choose where to conceal this then see their complete satisfaction as they carry out something good for someone else. The attendees could buy whatever they yearned for from the dining establishment's mouth watering and also considerable food selection, http://power-4-you.info/ and also acquisition any type of refreshments (both alcoholic and non-) they wanted during the supper solution. The greatest male and also cleaning lady of honor will exercise providing a short speech prior to supper as well as the dad of the bride will certainly also give an invited speech for all the attendees. Palolem Beach is among the most lovely beach fronts I have until now viewed in India. LOL, well I may claim that when I performed my supper one gal got the tools last, that was hilarious to view her eat soup as well as dessert with her fingers !! The more elegant will intend to stay at the Westin St. John Hotel & Villas along with its wonderful rooms, health spas and ping pong courts. As for uncle Pullet, he might hardly have actually been actually better obfuscated if Mr. Tulliver had actually claimed that he was actually mosting likely to send Tom to the Lord Chancellor; for uncle Pullet came from that extinct class from British yeoman that, worn great broadcloth, spent higher rates as well as income taxes, headed to church, and consumed a specifically excellent supper on Sunday, without dreaming that the English constitution in Congregation and Condition had a traceable beginning more in comparison to the planetary system and the taken care of celebrities. The trick to supplying a large supper party crowd - our company are actually speaking 10 folks or even even more - is to maintain your food selection inexpensive, and also low-maintenance. The fourth CASA survey on the usefulness from loved ones suppers located that 59 per-cent of teens evaluated between April 2 and Could THIRTEEN stated having supper along with their family members at least 5 times a week.

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That happens constantly - you're young, wedded, blissfully satisfied, and also essentially needy. The normal collection unremarkably is included from a 4-piece place signifying consisting of a dish, dinner plate, tossed salad platter and teacup. The head of state's major service of the night was actually a dinner with 17 Central and Eastern European Union forerunners. You can easily also economise about what comprises a place setup as an example, as opposed to starting with a complete set of three plates (tossed salad, side as well as supper plate), plus a soup bowl and saucer or even stand as well as a mug as well as saucer, you may desire to merely possess a supper and herbal tea platter, a bowl that can be utilized for soup, pudding or morning meal as well as not worry about possessing matching mugs and also dishes in the beginning. One of the great things about Thailand is actually that individuals are relaxeded and unwinded about things; I can't consider excessive countries where you could only crash some government offices and also start walking, bird seeing, however this is actually no worry right here; before the team have actually even drawn out chilly alcoholic beverages to me. There is actually some really wonderful Italian present containers, if she is actually one which takes pleasure in Italian food as an example. Having great dinner on a fantastic area along with sweetie really produce this really remarkable attend your life. The supper collection need to be fit along with the dinning space and dinning table but if your dinning room as well as dinning dining table are actually various in shade so you can choose any one and it should be suit along with dinning dining table. New Levels ignores attractive Rock Creek Park, in the center from Washington DC, near the Omni Shoreham Hotels and resort. After getting to your camping Recommended Web site for the evening, steam up some water for tea or soup, and make some added to rehydrate supper. I just recently had the delight of participating in a dinner at Ron as well as Miri Gutman's house in San Francisco. Buying and galleries Carmel has splendid centers for charming buying while seeking jewelry, manner, vintages, and extra. One terrific method to conserve your wedding celebration supper is actually to partner with a bistro, as opposed to a conventional wedding celebration event caterer. Take pleasure in the scents already floating via your house ... that is the smell of a splendidly prepared and prepped Thanksgiving holiday dinner. Usage matching extras including paper napkins, table runners, candlesticks and even flower decors as these may all aid to produce a themed dining table to greet your guests as well as give an absolutely face-lift to transform your everyday porcelain dishes in to exclusive occasion dinner ware! Squeezed out through apple-sauce and mushed up potatoes, it was a sufficient supper for the whole loved ones; without a doubt, as Mrs Cratchit stated with excellent delight (evaluating one little atom from a bone tissue upon the recipe), they hadn't consumed it all at last. If you are actually certainly not a native southerner, I think you are actually permitted to provide various other gathering side foods at a fish supper celebration. You will likely face an issue with people not showing up as well as you have actually reserved/confirmed a dinner that you will certainly have to pay for.