Articles from ‘elocal magazine’

Some foods and beverages that are generally considered healthy – or healthier – contain hidden added sugars and unsaturated fats that can add up, leading people to unknowingly consume more than the recommended daily allowance, according to a new study. · The 2020-2025 edition of the Dietary Guidelines for Americans recommends limiting saturated fats and added sugars to less than 10% of daily calories. One of the unhealthy fats, saturated fats…

Zachary Marschall, adjunct assistant professor at the University of Kentucky, writes that Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) litmus tests are suffocating the intellectual diversity and academic freedom that universities are supposed to protect. · “DEI litmus tests must go because they do not serve students. In reality, they are about power. DEI loyalty oaths fortify campus leaders’ power to reduce diversity, equal opportunity, and access…

Former Defence Minister Andrew Little has stirred up the AUKUS debate by aligning himself with pro-Western security alliances and distancing himself from Labour’s current preference for an independent foreign policy. · Speaking at a US- and Taiwan-funded conference, Little advocated for joining the AUKUS military pact, citing China as a growing threat. · Political commentator Bryce Edwards writes that his remarks were seen as a critique of…

Ida Siekmann had been holed up for days. Nine days earlier, workers had sealed the border to her country by dead of night. Three days earlier, the front entrance to her apartment had been blocked off by police. · She had committed no crime, but Siekmann was in the wrong place at the wrong time: August 1961. Her apartment building was located in what had become East Berlin, while the street, including the sidewalk in front of her building…

Geocaching is a type of global treasure hunt of people looking for caches, or hidden stashes of objects. Geocaching may also be described as a series of hide-and-seek games, where hiders provide online clues for seekers. Seekers use global positioning system (GPS) devices to find hidden caches. · Caches are the hidden treasure. After registering online, geocachers look for coordinates (the longitude and latitude) of caches. Caches have two or…

While everyday life feels rootless, cultural and artistic accomplishment stands as a steady anchor and source of pride and joy and discovery. Music, the most popular and beloved of the arts, connects us to something higher than us, perhaps a way of life and set of feelings that flourished before we were born. Music can be a window onto the past, to the feelings and sentiments and ideals of our forebears. · “Classical music” is one of those…

Enjoy This slightly special but satisfying steak and brie sandwich for lunch! It will warm you up on these cold days!! · Ingredients · Baguettes · 500g Quality Mark sirloin steaks · 1 Tbs butter · 6 large Portobello mushrooms (thinly sliced) · salt and pepper · 250grams brie cheese (sliced) · 4 tsp Dijon mustard · 4 Tbsp aioli · large handful rocket · Pickled onions · 1 red onion (thinly sliced) · 1 tsp sugar · 1 tsp salt · ¼ cup red wine…

Without a more transparent and consistent policy to policing public events, there is a risk of perceived favouritism and political bias in the police’s approach to protecting free speech rights. Is their policy, when they react at all, to “eject” protestors or simply wall them off? · Varying responses · Documents obtained under the Official Information Act (OIA) expose the ongoing uncertainty about whether the police are prepared to defend…

Whatever we learned in school about the earliest human civilizations, the discovery of Göbekli Tepe in southern Turkey has made it all null and void. · This sprawling, monolithic complex, of which over 90% remains unexcavated, dates back over 10,000 years—a date which is ascertained by the evidence of the entire complex being deliberately buried by whoever built it. · It’s quite simply the greatest mystery in archaeology since the pyramids, and…

Physicists at Purdue University have levitated nanoscale diamonds, hit them with lasers to make them flash and sent them spinning at an incredible 1.2 billion rpm. The experiments aren’t just about creating the “world’s smallest disco” but could help the study of quantum physics. · The tiny diamonds, with an average width of 750 nanometers, are first produced under high pressure and temperature. Then, they’re irradiated with high-energy…