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A Guest at Many Tables

A Guest at Many Tables   By Mary Barras What do you do to escape; when you really need to fly the coop and retreat from the suck? Do you get into your cryogenic decompression chamber, drink lots of Boone's Farm wine, and breathe in and out of a paper bag? Maybe you mow the lawn in your underwear. To each his/her own! Me? I visit with friends or family and share a bevvie or a meal for comfort. If I'm having a personal struggle, I might confide in them to hear their pearls of wisdom. Other times we just share some laughs. When I was a little kid, I did much the same. Things got a little hairy in my household. When I say hairy, I mean there was a lot of yelling. This wasn't the place you'd go to mediate a conflict, you know what I mean? I escaped the chaos by getting on my Schwinn banana seat bike and visiting with the many families in our neighborhood. While I was on these "freedom rides," I'd feel the proverbial wind in my hair and spring in my feet. Each f
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Exciting Experience With Kayaking Halong Bay

  Exciting Experience With Kayaking Halong Bay By Amelia Melling Kayak is a relatively small and narrow boat. It is controlled completely by human power. This kind of boat is designed to be manually pushed by hand paddle. This boat is mainly used for tourism. The maximum capacity of a boat is 2 people. Initially, you may not know how to kayak and fear that you will be overturned or rowed improperly, then the boat will not slip away. However, after being thoroughly instructed heartily, visitors will be able to fully control their boat. Otherwise, there will be professional boating crews and visitors can just sit back and enjoy the scenery of the Bay. It is safe to go kayaking in Halong because the water of this area is so calm. However, there are some dangerous areas that tourists need to note. The Kayak experience on Ha Long Bay is often a guideline and is essential for those who are involved in this activity. The destinations to explore Halong by kayak  1. Thien Cung Cave  The kayakin

Tortellini-Vegetable Salad - Fitness Chef

  It is to be noted that I am actually eating this salad as I am writing this.   The Tortellini Salad is a great cold dish to have.  It can be used as a side dish, a pre cursor to a dinner.  It's a great secondary use of tortellini.  Instead of a hot pasta dinner or antipasto, a cold salad would be a delight.  It is quick to make as well.  The possibilities are plentiful when you really put your mind to it.   As additions, you can add either chopped basil or celery seed to brighten up the dish.  Using fat free mayonnaise or dressing and fat free/reduced fat/skim milk will help with the calories and nutrition factors for the dish as well.  Add this to your healthy(ish) cook book and enjoy a nice refreshing meal.   Ingredients: 9-ounce package refrigerated cheese- filled tortellini 10-ounce package frozen peas & carrots 1/2 cup Fat-free mayonnaise dressing or salad dressing 2 tbsp Skim Milk/Reduced Fat Milk 1 tbsp Stone-ground mustard or Dijon-style mustard Directions: In a sauce

The Chemistry of Nutrition

  The Chemistry of Nutrition and The Chemical Level of Organization 06/01/2022  BY  LIZ Atoms are the smallest units of matter that are stable. Atoms themselves are made up of positive protons, neutral neutrons (both in the center of the atom – the nucleus), and negative electrons in regular orbits about the nucleus. Molecular bonding – Ionic bonds  Ultimately, atoms are defined by the number of protons they have in the nucleus (the atom’s “Atomic Number”). Atoms will react with each other by either transferring or sharing electrons, with the ultimate goal of having a complete outer valence shell of electrons – this is the creation of molecules. It can be said that atoms are greedy or lazy when it comes to completing their outer shell of electrons. Some are greedy in that they will take electrons from a neighboring atom. In turn, the neighboring atom is lazy in that it would rather give up its outer shell electrons and drop down to the next full orbital. The atom which gains an electro

Move, Move, Move for Greater Weight Loss

Incidental activity is very important in the process of losing weight as you can burn more calories than relying on dietary means alone. Fat is burned from the body when cells oxidize to release energy in the form of exercise or movement. When the exercise is done slowly to moderately then the majority of energy is taken from the fat stores. The loss of fat comes from fat cells all over the body, not from one or more specific area’s so spot reduction of a certain area is not possible. The main priority of this article is to show you the quickest and safest way to lose fat from the body.  The key to effective aerobic training that burns off the maximum amount of fat is long-term consistency not intensity.  It doesn’t matter if you run a mile, jog a mile or walk a mile you will burn exactly the same amount of calories. The best exercise by far for the purpose of fat-loss is fast walking either indoors on the treadmill or outdoors. What many don't know is that walking produces a