Nov 21, 2014
World Headlines
There is a wonderful headline site to get
all the news in the world on one page. You can compare what
different countries say about the same topic. It shows no
pictures, has no ads, and shows just headlines. You can get the
world news update in minutes, then waste the rest of the day
answering email. http://www.veryquiet.com/news.php
Bitter, Sweet, and Salty
Salty and sweet are distinct
tastes which our taste buds are usually able to detect. However,
if you add salt to some foods, they do not taste salty, but become
sweeter tasting. This is because salt is not just a taste, it is
also a taste enhancer.
Bitter and sweet cancel each other out to some degree. Think of adding sugar to naturally bitter coffee and you get the idea. It cancels/masks the bitterness. Some people add a bit of salt to the grounds before making coffee, for the same reason.
Pineapples are sweet, but also have some bitterness to them. If you neutralize the bitterness, it should taste sweeter. Adding salt can do this. When salt mixes with the pineapple, the salt splits up into sodium and chloride ions. The chloride is tasteless and our tongues ignore it. The sodium bonds with the acids in the pineapple and forms a similarly tasteless salt, but the bitterness effectively disappears. What remains is the sweetness of the pineapple. Add a little bit of salt to your fresh pineapple and enjoy the enhanced sweetness. It also works with watermelon, oranges, grapefruit, dark chocolate and other foods that are both bitter and sweet. Perhaps this is one reason why it is said that bacon is the food that makes other foods taste better. My father always salted apples before eating and usually paired with extra sharp cheddar cheese.
Adding salt works less well with canned or other processed fruits as many are already artificially sweetened.
Bitter and sweet cancel each other out to some degree. Think of adding sugar to naturally bitter coffee and you get the idea. It cancels/masks the bitterness. Some people add a bit of salt to the grounds before making coffee, for the same reason.
Pineapples are sweet, but also have some bitterness to them. If you neutralize the bitterness, it should taste sweeter. Adding salt can do this. When salt mixes with the pineapple, the salt splits up into sodium and chloride ions. The chloride is tasteless and our tongues ignore it. The sodium bonds with the acids in the pineapple and forms a similarly tasteless salt, but the bitterness effectively disappears. What remains is the sweetness of the pineapple. Add a little bit of salt to your fresh pineapple and enjoy the enhanced sweetness. It also works with watermelon, oranges, grapefruit, dark chocolate and other foods that are both bitter and sweet. Perhaps this is one reason why it is said that bacon is the food that makes other foods taste better. My father always salted apples before eating and usually paired with extra sharp cheddar cheese.
Adding salt works less well with canned or other processed fruits as many are already artificially sweetened.
Sleep Calories
Many variables that go into the
calorie-burning equation, such as age, sex, weight, metabolism,
diet, and physical and nonphysical daily habits. The two most
important factors in determining how many calories you burn while
sleeping are weight and number of hours slept. On average, a
person burns between 0.4 and 0.5 calories per pound, per hour. For
example, a 100 lb. person burns 40-50 calories per hour. In eight
hours of sleep, this person will burn approximately 360 calories.
A pound of muscle burns fifty calories a day on average and a pound of fat burns nine calories. A leaner, more muscular person is going to burn up to five times more calories per pound.
If you weigh 160 pounds, you burn 69 calories per hour while sleeping, the FitWatch website calculates up to 552 calories burned during eight hours of sleep. A 120-pound person burns about 51 calories per hour sleeping, or 408 for eight hours; a 200-pound person burns 86 calories per hour, or 868 for eight hours of sleep.
Fifteen minutes of laughter a day will burn ten to forty calories, depending on a person’s weight and the intensity of the laughter. A study by Loma Linda University found that laughing raises the levels of immunoglobulins, which ward of disease, by fourteen percent. Laughter also has other benefits, including increased pain tolerance, relief of emotional stress and a workout for the muscles of the diaphragm, abdomen, back, and shoulders.
A pound of muscle burns fifty calories a day on average and a pound of fat burns nine calories. A leaner, more muscular person is going to burn up to five times more calories per pound.
If you weigh 160 pounds, you burn 69 calories per hour while sleeping, the FitWatch website calculates up to 552 calories burned during eight hours of sleep. A 120-pound person burns about 51 calories per hour sleeping, or 408 for eight hours; a 200-pound person burns 86 calories per hour, or 868 for eight hours of sleep.
Fifteen minutes of laughter a day will burn ten to forty calories, depending on a person’s weight and the intensity of the laughter. A study by Loma Linda University found that laughing raises the levels of immunoglobulins, which ward of disease, by fourteen percent. Laughter also has other benefits, including increased pain tolerance, relief of emotional stress and a workout for the muscles of the diaphragm, abdomen, back, and shoulders.
Nov 14, 2014
Happy Friday
"By appreciation, we make excellence in others our own property."
Voltaire
We can all appreciate the excellence of another Happy Friday!
We can all appreciate the excellence of another Happy Friday!
Wordology, Handicap
The word handicap is known to originate
from the old English trading game Hand-in-cap. The game was based on
trading possessions, and proceedings would take place with the help
of an umpire. The umpire had a responsibility to decide if the items
were valued the same, and if not, he had to decide what the
difference was. The two players then put the money in a cap. They
had to place their hands in the cap and subsequently remove them
either holding money or not, to show if they had accepted the terms
of the deal.
Other uses for the word handicap include a condition that markedly restricts a person’s ability to function physically, mentally, or socially. The word also means a disadvantage imposed on a superior competitor in sports such as golf, horse racing, and competitive sailing in order to make the chance of winning more equal.
Other uses for the word handicap include a condition that markedly restricts a person’s ability to function physically, mentally, or socially. The word also means a disadvantage imposed on a superior competitor in sports such as golf, horse racing, and competitive sailing in order to make the chance of winning more equal.
Famous Inventions by Women
A Shaker community in
Massachusetts had a woman named Tabitha Babbitt who worked
as a weaver. She would regularly witness the men cutting the wood
with a pit saw (a two-handled saw that needed two individuals to
operate). Although the saw needed to be pulled in two directions to
cut the wood, there was only cutting going on when the saw was being
pulled in a forward direction making the backward motion useless. In
1810 Babbitt developed her own draft of a saw that was circular in
shape and would eventually be commonly used in saw mills. She
attached the blade to her own spinning wheel in order to make every
movement count toward cutting results.
Admiral Grace Murray Hopper joined the military during 1943 and was stationed at Harvard University where she was employed using IBM’s Harvard Mark I computer, which was the first large-scale computer in the US. She was the third individual programming the machine and she wrote a handbook of operations that led the way for many that would follow her. During the 1950s, the Admiral came out with the compiler, which converted English instructions into a computer code. This meant that computer code could be developed by programmers with less errors and complications. Hopper then created the Flow-Matic, which was utilized to program the UNIVAC I and II computers. Hopper had also been overseeing the advancements of Common Business-Oriented Language or (COBOL), which was one of the very first computer languages. She went on to obtain various awards for her work and even had a US warship named after her. Heard her speak one time and she used a length of wire 11.8 inches long as a prop. She described how light traveled that distance in one nanosecond.
Admiral Grace Murray Hopper joined the military during 1943 and was stationed at Harvard University where she was employed using IBM’s Harvard Mark I computer, which was the first large-scale computer in the US. She was the third individual programming the machine and she wrote a handbook of operations that led the way for many that would follow her. During the 1950s, the Admiral came out with the compiler, which converted English instructions into a computer code. This meant that computer code could be developed by programmers with less errors and complications. Hopper then created the Flow-Matic, which was utilized to program the UNIVAC I and II computers. Hopper had also been overseeing the advancements of Common Business-Oriented Language or (COBOL), which was one of the very first computer languages. She went on to obtain various awards for her work and even had a US warship named after her. Heard her speak one time and she used a length of wire 11.8 inches long as a prop. She described how light traveled that distance in one nanosecond.
Leather Stain Removing
If you have an oil stain on your
favorite leather handbag, coat the stain with baby powder and let it
stand overnight. By morning, the stain should be gone. If a bit
still remains, repeat the process until the stain is completely
gone. Also, add a few drops of vinegar in a bowl of water and scrub
for water stains on leather shoes or boots.
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