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On the 13 February 1692, Scottish government troops slaughtered between 30-40 members of Clan MacDonald in their home in Glencoe, in the Scottish Highlands. They fell upon them without warning, killing indiscriminately. Who were the MacDonalds? Why did this atrocity happen?Maddy and Anthony's guests today are Dr Allan Kennedy whose new book 'Serious Crime in Late Seventeenth-Century Scotland' is out now and Lucy Doogan from the Nation Trust for Scotland's Visitor Centre in Glencoe.Edited and produced by Freddy Chick. Senior Producer is Charlotte Long.Sign up to History Hit for hundreds of hours of original documentaries, with a new release every week and ad-free podcasts. Sign up at https://www.historyhit.com/subscribe.  You can take part in our listener survey here.All music from Epidemic Sounds.After Dark: Myths, Misdeeds & the Paranormal is a History Hit podcast.

This week Rebecca Coombes is back with another big-food investigation, this time about fast-food giant MacDonalds subverting attempts to stop it opening stores near schools. Sticking with industry behaving badly, May van Schalkwyk, from the University of Edinburgh, wonders why we haven't learn lessons from the attempts to control big tobacco companies, when it comes to other industries that harm health. And finally, AI in healthcare - Karim Lekadir, from the University of Barcelona, explains new guidelines which can help evaluate which AI applications are trustworthy.   Reading list McDonald's triumphs over councils' rejections of new branches FUTURE-AI: international consensus guideline for trustworthy and deployable artificial intelligence in healthcare

Send us a textThe episode unveils critical insights into the obstacles Black Women face in the workplace, particularly regarding the impact of white colleagues on their career trajectories. Through discussions on a Harvard study, workplace dynamics, and alarming revelations from a BBC investigation into McDonald's exploitation of young workers, the dialogue urges a reevaluation of systemic biases and the need for more supportive work environments.• Discussion of the Harvard study examining Black Women in professional services• Findings on disparities in promotions between Black and white employees • Examination of intersectionality affecting Black women's workplace experiences • Insights on performance evaluations revealing biases against Black women • Analysis of the McDonald's 'sex for shifts' scandal and its implications• Discussion on Adidas AI-generated marketing and brand representation • Urgency for systemic change in workplace dynamics and policiesSponsorships - Email me: hello@toyatalks.com Cc: toyawashington10@gmail.comTikTok: toya_washington Twitter: @toya_w (#ToyaTalksPodcast) Snapchat: @toyawashington Instagram: @toya_washington & @toya_talks www.toyatalks.comhttps://toyatalks.com/Music (Intro and Outro) Written and created by Nomadic Star

Is Musk offering money to voters considered vote buying?  Months after the presidential election, the new Indonesian president is finally sworn in.  Donald Trump apparently worked in a MacDonald's for a day, but did he really?

Johnson has been busy promoting his latest tome so the Trawl ladies thought they'd give you an update on how it's doing. Then, Jemma and Marina are astounded by the flagrant voter manipulation which is occurring in the States. There's a clip you'll hardly believe. Brexit certainly wasn't the only moment where ‘Dividing and Conquering' was the MO. People are also divided when it comes to seeing Trump donning an apron to work in Macdonalds. On a personal note, Jemma is feeling sad about a tree. Is the pointless destroying of a healthy tree symbolic of what the world is going through? Or is she just going round the bend? Marina is on the fence. Unlike the tree because it's been cut down. As ever there are some fabulous under rated tweets. Enjoy! Thank you for sharing and do tweet us @MarinaPurkiss @jemmaforte @TheTrawlPodcastPatreonhttps://patreon.com/TheTrawlPodcastYoutubehttps://www.youtube.com/@TheTrawlTwitterhttps://twitter.com/TheTrawlPodcastCreated and Produced by Jemma Forte & Marina PurkissEdited by Max Carrey

Well, that was a bit of a shock wasn't it. It seems everyone was a bit taken aback to hear that assistant coach Leon MacDonald would be leaving the All Black's group. Less that 24 hours out from the All Blacks heading to South Africa for two Rugby Championship tests, New Zealand rugby confirmed MacDonald would not continue in the role. Fronting the media, head coach Scott Razor Robertson outlined the reasons why the decision has been made. He said there were differences around the philosophy on rugby, and how it's played, and they didn't quite click in different aspects. Razor added the went through a process, and got to this point, and they believed that Macdonald stepping away was the best thing for the All Black group. Sounds pretty straight forward right – and refreshing to hear what sounds like a legitimate reason rather than a manufactured one. It just didn't work. People have been surprised by MacDonalds departure because they two have known each other for around 27 years. They have played and worked together before, but that doesn't necessarily mean it's going to be plain sailing – especially when you step up into the biggest, most intense job in New Zealand rugby. John Kirwan had this to say about the decision on the Mike Hosking Breakfast this morning ....Incredible courage, I believe, on behalf of both of them if it's not working out, because the status quo would be probably stay there, finish the season. But you know for them to move on this quickly, I think it's the best thing for the team. He's right. Macdonald is a very good coach, one we will probably lose to an overseas team now – but it takes courage to acknowledge if a situation isn't working, and integrity to the right thing for yourself and the team. Of course we're still keen to try and distil down what has happened here. The simple reason why this relationship hasn't worked might just come down to the fact there are too many cooks in the kitchen. Do the All Blacks need 6 coaches? Graham Henry and Steven Hansen were able to run the All blacks successfully on 3 coaches. There had been rumours that players were dealing with too many voices – this simplifies that somewhat. Another suggestion is that it's an adjustment to go from Head Coach to assistant coach. Coaches end up tripping over each other, there are mixed messages, or a coach is left feeling maligned. But regardless of the intricacies of why they have come to this decision – it's hard not to be impressed by it. Good on them for not letting it fester. Good on them for being open and honest about the fact it didn't work. It sounds like the two have departed on decent terms, and now it's time to move on. Will it have an impact on the All Blacks? I doubt it. They have dealt with much more difficult HR issues in the past, and I imagine they will be fully focused on facing South Africa.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

En el programa de hoy, empezamos con el análisis de mercados en el que nos acompaña Pepe Baynat, de Bolsas y Futuros. Con él hablamos de la semana marcada por la reunión de la Reserva Federal que celebra su cónclave el martes y el miércoles. También de los datos macro del mercado laboral en EEUU. Un mercado laboral que ha dado ciertas señales de debilidad. También analizamos resultados empresariales. Vemos el comportamiento de MacDonalds que sube con fuerza tras publicar sus cuentas. Unos resultados que han mostrado un retroceso en el consumo. Después, en nuestra sección dedicada al análisis técnico 'en la mira' hablamos de las dos principales compañías del sector minorista de EEUU. Con Raúl Calle, analista de iBroker, miramos los gráficos de Costco y Waltmart. Terminamos con dos sección: 'inversión alternativa' en la que hablamos de la evolución de la inversión internacional y con 'ecosistema digital' para hablar de la evolución de la Inteligencia Artificial junto a Luis Martín, responsable de estrategia digital en LLYC y experto en IA generativa.

Heute mit Sarah. Was Gerüche mit unseren Erinnerungen machen können: kalter Keller, nasser Stein, alter Mann, gebratenes Fleisch, Abluft einer Ramen-Bar, Fett abpumpen, der Macdonalds am Alexanderplatz unten in der U-Bahn, (Trocken-)Shampoo, fremde Wohnungen, U-Bahn-Tunnel, Neuwagen. Glastonbury und Musikleidenschaft Wir lesen ein Line-Up vor und kennen (fast) niemanden Wie wir aktuell Musik konsumieren Der Vogel aß Monopoly Unsere Freunde haben alle hippen Bücher bereits vor Jarhen gelesen +++ PAUSE +++ Hannes scamt seine Notfallkontakte Verladeanekdote: Spielautomat und schwerer Schrank Die frau die mit Glas das Haus kaputt macht Aktuelles Serien-Programm: Blind-Dingsi und die Kaulitz-Doku

Send us a Text Message.This week we serve up the 2016 docudrama “The Founder;” the story of how Ray Kroc turned MacDonalds into the profitable and ubiquitous fast food chain it is today. Starring Michael Keaton, Laura Dern, and Nick Offerman. We also discuss all things fast food; the good, the bad, and the deliciously greasy.  So join us, won't you?  We consider our podcast to be nutrition for your soul.  

Tercera hora de Visión Global que dedicamos a nuestro consultorio de Wall Street en el que nos acompaña Borja de Castro, analista de Banco Big. Con él miramos a compañías como Carvana, AMD, Amazon, Tesla, Lowe's, Home Depot, Johnson & Johnson, CACI International, Epam Systems, Nvidia, Spotify, MacDonalds, Starbucks, Bellring Brands, Qualys, Glaukos Corporation, ONE Gas, Under Armour, Fedex, Apple, Petrobras. Después, repasamos la actualidad de los mercados en los últimos minutos de cotización. En titulares hablamos de Microsoft, Tesla, Iberdrola, Nissan y Warren Buffet. Terminamos con el balance de la jornada. Último análisis del día en el que nos acompaña Javier González, creador de CryptoForexSystems. Con él actualizamos la situación en los mercados, vemos qué podemos esperar del PCE de EEUU que conoceremos el viernes y hablamos del bitcoin, que se encuentra en mínimos del mes de mayo.

Tercera hora de Visión Global que dedicamos a nuestro consultorio de Wall Street en el que nos acompaña Luis García Langa, director de SDL Analistas. Con él analizamos compañías como Meta, SounHound, AMD, Chipotle, Nvidia, Amazon, Arch Capital, Birkenstock Holding, Micron Tecnologies, Fico, Home Depot, MacDonalds, Lululemon Atletica, Disney. Después, último repaso a los mercados y actualización de titulares empresariales con Estefanía Muniz y María de la Cerca. Terminamos con el análisis en el que nos acompaña Pepe Baynat, de Bolsas y Futuros. Con él hablamos de la jornada en los mercados en un día marcado por una cierta corrección en el Nasdaq y en el SP 500 atrastrados por Nvidia que se ha dado la vuelta tras tocar los 140 dólares por acción. También hablamos de renta variable europea que ha retomado el tono alcista tras las correcciones de las últimas semanas.

Tercera hora de Visión Global que dedicamos a nuestro consultorio de Wall Street en el que nos acompaña Miguel Ángel Martínez, gestor de mercados en Tiempo de Bolsa. Con él, analizamos compañías como Nvidia, Arch Capital, MacDonalds, Starbucks, Constellation Software, McKesson Corporation, AMC Entertainment Holdings, MSC Industrial Direct Co, Lotus Bakeries NV, Super Micro Computer. Después, último vistazo a los índices de Wall Street y actualizamos información en titulares con Mirella Calderón y Estefanía Muníz. Terminamos con el balance de la jornada en el que nos acompaña Samuel Abraldes, CEO de Socaire. Con él hablamos del inicio de la semana en los mercados. Una semana que va a estar caracterizada por poco dato macro, por la triple hora bruja del viernes y por las palabras que vayan pronunciando algunos miembros de la Reserva Federal tras la reunión de la semana pasada en la que el FOMC acordó mantener los tipos en el nivel y actual y la actualización del diagrama de puntos mostró la expectativa de la FED de una única bajada de los tipos de interés de aquí a que acabe 2024.

Sheinbaum, Máynes y Gálvez, cierran sus respectivas campañas presidenciales para disponerse a la jornada electoral en México, para elegir al nuevo presidente para el periodo 2024-2030.¿Qué se puede esperar del posible veredicto que la corte está a punto de emitir en el juicio al expresidente Donald Trump? El experto Rafael Peñalver, abogado constitucionalista, analizó el posible escenario de este juicio histórico en Estados Unidos.Cadenas de ropa, comestibles y comidas rápidas, anuncian rebajas en sus precios para combatir la inflacón en el país. 

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Tercera hora de Visión Global en Radio Intereconomía que dedicamos a nuestro consultorio de Wall Street en el que nos acompaña David Leyguarda, analista independiente. Con él analizamos compañías como 3M, Chubb, Intel, MacDonalds, Makemytrip, eBay, Tesla, Light & Wonder, Broadcom, Babcock International, KONE, Carvana. Amazon, Super Micro Computer, UnitedHealth Group. Después, último repaso a los mercados y actualización de la información en titulares. Terminamos con el análisis de mercados en el que nos acompaña Gustavo Martínez, gestor independiente, profesor universitario y en redes sociales @GustavoBolsa. Con él hablamos de los máximos que ha alcanzado hoy el Dow jones que se suman a los que hemos visto en el SP 500. Contexto de optimismo inversor marcado por el buen dato de inflación que conocíamos ayer en Estados Unidos.

Tercera hora de Visión Global que empezamos con nuestro consultorio de Wall Street en el que nos acompaña Rafael Ojeda, analista de Fortage Funds. Con él hablamos de Alphabet, MacDonalds, Braskem, Infineon, Tesla, Bolt Biotherapeutics, Oracle, Plug Power, Wabtec, Meta, AMD, EHang Holdings, AST SpaceMobile. Después, miramos índices de Wall Street en los últimos minutos de cotización y último repaso a la actualidad en titulares. Terminamos con el último repaso de la jornada en el que nos acompaña Pepe Baynat de Bolsas y Futuros. Con él hablamos de qué esperar del dato macro de la semana: la inflación en Estados Unidos correspondiente al mes de abril. También reflexionamos sobre el discurso que hemos escuchado hoy del presidente de la Reserva Federal. Jerome Powell ha dicho que no es momento de subir tipos, pero tampoco de bajarlos dado que la inflación está dando más señales de incertidumbre de las que inicialmente esperaba el Banco Central estadounidense.

Tercera hora de Visión Global que dedicamos a nuestro consultorio de Wall Street con Borja de Castro de Banco Big. Con él analizamos valores como Paypal, Intel, Tesla, Shopify, Procter & Gamble. Alibaba, Boeing, Tyson Foods, MacDonalds, Chevron, ACM Research, Zebra Technologies Corporation, Starbucks, AMC Entertainment Holdings, American Eagle Outfitters, Deckers Outdoor, ELF Beauty, Avery Dennison Corp, Netflix, Merit Medical Systems, Cazoo. Después, vamos con el último vistazo a los mercados y resumen de la actualidad en titulares. Terminamos con el último análisis de la jornada en el que nos acompaña Alexis Ortega, analista independiente. Con él hacemos balance de la jornada en los días marcados por la falta de catalizadores para los inversores que cada vez parecen tener más dudas sobre las decisiones futuras que tomará la Reserva Federal sobre las bajadas de tipos de interés. También hablamos de los últimos coletazos que está dando la temporada de resultados empresariales a este y al otro lado del atlántico.

Het is nog steeds een ongekende puinzooi bij Ajax. Als een stel hondsdolle wasberen in een vuilcontainer van de MacDonalds, vecht de directie elkaar de tent uit. Ondanks de bestuurlijke chaos sleepte ze toch drie punten uit de Arena. FC Twente speelde als een natte krant, terwijl PSV glorieus Vitesse uit de eredivisie schopte. Feyenoord won zuiniger, dan een elektrische Renault Twingo van een goed spelend Fortuna Sittard. Kortom genoeg om over te kletsen en natuurlijk een nieuwe enquete over de Truus van Gaal Arena. Randje Buitenspel is een podcast waar vier comedians babbelen over voetbal. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Rob Scheepers⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Thijs Kemperink⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Tim Hartog⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ en ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Wilko Terwijn ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠zijn allemaal fan van een andere club en worden niet gehinderd door enige kennis of feiten. Het is klagen en lachen over voetbal en hun eigen cluppie.

Welcome back to Father Knows Something! Real People. Real Stories. Real Dad advice with a dash of ADHD, and maybe a couple of millennials chiming in from time to time to add their takes. This week's episode has Jerry, Justin, and Morgan discussing stories from listeners who are having some issues with their neighbors..  What do you do when your neighbor's place turned into old Macdonalds farm?! Or if they've become so loud you're getting migraines from the walls vibrating so hard? Or maybe even an ex of yours is a neighbor.. do you reach out?! Going to need your help sorting these ones.. Partners: Greenlight: greenlight.com/fks PXG: pxg.com/fks Bonus Stories on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/fatherknows !! Our P.O. Box: Father Knows Something. 5042 Wilshire BLVD. #470. Los Angeles, CA. 90036 Follow up on Instagram @ Father Knows Something Submit your write-in to dad & siblings! https://forms.gle/aSMAnkrLf8TJ35BAA Has your story been read? Give us an update! https://forms.gle/6CP9KoWvJ4NMKewa7 Video version available on YouTube: YouTube.com/fatherknowssomething  Be sure to subscribe and tell us what you would give for advice!

Brace yourself for the most controversial podcast out there! Video Virgins. We fearlessly tackle hot-button issues and give your our unfiltered, no holds bared discussions with just a pinch of salt. We are here to entertain and not be taken seriously. Join us on our journey through Pop Culture as we bring music videos back! Since they are no longer on tv.... With Season 4, we are going back to FULL LENGTH episodes with segments such as "Do You Remember?" where we take a trip down nostalgia lane and talk about something from the past. This week: Why do guys masturbate into socks?! "TikTalk / Be For Reel" where we watch and react to some of the weeks hot TikToks and Reels. "They Did Not Just Say That!" where we dive into some of the most out of pocket lyrics in music. Got a video for us to react to? Comment down below! FOLLOW us @johneforedawn @joeistherealest and @Lavquin.com  !!! Go to ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠feat. Video Virgins | lavquin.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ to find ALL of our links THERE! This episode's music videos are: Everybody Remix by Cila La Sicaria, Fact by Tom MacDonald ft. Ben Shapiro, Thick Thighs by Priscilla Block, Dreaming Of You by Kelly Clarkson, Give It Time by Mattmac x Rex Smallboy, Queen B by Harper Zilmer, Just Give Me A Reason by Eighth Lime, Talking by Kanye West ft. North West, Highway Don't Care by Tim McGraw ft. Taylor Swift and Keith Urban, Si Una Vez by Kali Uchis, and Better Place by Baby Kaley. First Cila is cute for a butch. Then Tom MacDonald is trying to Eminem so BAD. Then Priscilla is country Meghan Trainor. Then a Kelly Clarkson Original. Then Mattmac is blind XXXtentacion. Then Harper calls out Lavquin?! Then this group of kids is just competing podcasts. Then Taylor Swift WILL kill you. Then Baby Kaley is Nicki and RIhanna FLY Lastly Kali Cooter HAD to get out of that hotel room! ⁠ Dont forget to Like and leave a review!  Subscribe to our YOUTUBE - VIDEO VIRGINS and follow our Instagram @VIDEOVIRGINSPOD and our personal instagrams @JOEISTHEREALEST and @JOHNBEFOREDAWN and find us on Lavquin.com https://youtu.be/uDo3yI5Qor4?si=uIk95xr-Dw6f1QV3 https://youtu.be/5kGpohEpuTE?si=okZYGjVoHqQqxsTp https://youtu.be/_gOatjfENic?si=tb_uAx9Kgbe4dT2U https://youtu.be/_0tbaHRGB8c?si=Sn8--DYMXbAA_Dty https://youtu.be/dol42boQWmc?si=KfEWhj5NvulqUJwU https://youtu.be/pbs2DWXp-NE?si=0cwycrnu6mZOQF2C https://youtu.be/-gtZPHpTqio?si=j-iFTjBqLoDBOp5V https://youtu.be/KmxaY_OVvWA?si=zEevan_5AJkfLfpa https://youtu.be/Tqlw87XV4kU?si=jUZ4B8vq47sMj0RI https://youtu.be/dJsA-SxnPa0?si=UUwaZ4hmrb36zkgd https://youtu.be/hlpGOJWqbNk?si=7W9BjXBi76WUufhv This Podcast is for entertainment purposes ONLY. Not to be taken seriously as we give you our unfiltered discussions. All music used and reviewed in todays episode BELONG TO ORIGINAL ARTISTS & COMPOSERS. We do NOT own any rights to the songs played nor videos reviewed. LINKS provided to said videos above. ALL RIGHTS BELONG TO ORIGINAL ARTISTS/COMPOSERS. We are an entertainment only podcast. Sponsorships: on for this episode Hey beautiful, you dont NEED makeup, but if you WANT some, head on over to revolutionbeauty.com and use discount code johnny-rl for $10 off your order!

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Gary brings you more top drawer music of the bagpipes from a the airts, with visits to Shetland, Dumfriesshire, Frankfurt, USA, Canada and Galicia.TracksChris Stout and Finlay MacDonald Band with Borve Castle from The Cauld Wind  Angus MacColl with Sine Bhan, Traditional Reels from The Lord Todd Piping Recital Challenge Iain MacInnes with How She'll Never be Guided, Played in the Low Country and Woo'd and Married and A (private recording) The Vale of Atholl Pipe Band with Satellite Glen and Il Paco Grande from Live in Frankfurt Cantrip with The Eveal Dr Gray, Mrs Dundas of Arniston, Marianne's Reel and The MacDonalds from Boneshaker Bill Livingstone with a Thousand Curses on Love and The Greenwood Side from Northern Man Carlos Nunez with Dannses Macabres from Finisterrre: the End of the Earth  Cantrip Tour DatesFri      12 Jan,   The Majestic Theatre,   115 SW 2nd St. Corvallis, Oregon  19:30Sat      13 Jan,   Irish PDX, Winona Grange 271,  8340 SW Seneca St, Tualatin, Oregon                    19:30Sun   14 Jan,   Lincoln City Cultural Centre,  540 NE Hwy 101, Lincoln City Oregon,                     14:00Mon    15 Jan,   Blaylock's Whisky Bar,  433 13th St, Astoria, Oregon,  18:00Tue    16 Jan,   Music at the (Gig Harbour )    3805 Harbourview Dr, Gig Harbour, Washington. - 8:00 Show - Sold out. Second show added at 20:00 Wed    17 Jan,   Nordland Community Church Hall,   7120 Flagler Rd,  Nordland Washington   19:00Thurs  18 Jan,   Lopez Community Centre,           204 Village Rd, Lopez Island, Washington,   19:00 Fri    19 Jan,   Bellingham Folk Festival,             The Blue Room, 202 E Holly St 301, Bellingham, Washington, 21:00 Sat    20 Jan,   Seattle Folklore Society,    Phoney Centre Concert Hall, 6532 Phoney Ave, Seattle,Washington   19:30 Support the show

Returning champion Helen Lewis is back with our traditional Christmas quiz about the dumbest online events of the year. Plus: the Satanic Temple goes nuts. “A Satanic Rebellion: Social justice collides with the Satanic Temple.”“The Guggenheim's Scapegoat”“How Did America's Weirdest, Most Freedom-obsessed State Fall For An Authoritarian Governor?”https://www.theatlantic.com/author/helen-lewis/twitter.com/HelenLewisThe quiz (answers here)* In January, kickboxer Andrew Tate started an online beef with climate change elf Greta Thunberg. On what email address did she suggest that he contact her to tell her more about his 33 cars, including a Bugatti? * suckmydick@biteme.com * savethewhales@aol.com * dressinggowntwat@housearrest.org * smalldickenergy@getalife.com* From which Covid-cautious journalist's book on online life is this a real quote? “Building on the Digitour experiment, Magcon had reset the equation.” * Susan Meachem wrote books including “Losing Him and Finding You,” “Chance Encounter,” and “Finding Faith.” Then what did she do for two years? * Jack Monroe's cookbook, Thrifty Kitchen, was branded dangerous because it suggested various questionable kitchen hacks. Which of these is NOT one of her suggestions:* Glue a ring-pull to your handbag to secure your sunglasses * Using the fluff from your navel to make firelighters * using a frozen glass bottles filled with water as a rolling pin* Using a large clean square of cotton to drain rice and pasta* In 2021, Bennett Madison claimed to have written two dozen fake letters to Slate's Dear Prudence advice column, written by Daniel Lavery. Which is NOT one of the letters Bennett claimed to have written?* Help! My Friend Thinks I Am Stealing Vaccines From African-American Grandmothers To Attend Sex Resorts* I Wonder If My Wife Likes Her Girlfriend More Than She Likes Me* My Mother Is Trying To Convince the Guests At My Gay Wedding To Come Dressed As Disney Characters* Help! My Husband Won't Remove His Mask, Even For Sex!* WHO AM I? I graduated from Kansas State University in 2011 with a Bachelor of Science degree in nuclear engineering and vocal music. I claim to have been subjected to conversion therapy as a child. I enjoyed brightly coloured clothing, sometimes of African origin. * How much money was conservative personality Steven Crowder offered by the Daily Wire, an amount he described as a “slave contract”? * In March, Jordan Peterson posted a clip with the caption: “Such fun in unbelievable techno-nightmare CCP hell.” What did it actually show? * On Dylan Mulvaney's 75th day of girlhood, she described her journey of adventure finding out about tampons. What topical phrase did she use to refer to a vagina? * To which of your rival podcast hosts did Spotify's Bill Simmons refer to this year as “f*****g grifters”?* Thanks to a lawsuit, who was revealed this year to have texted a colleague about a video of a protester getting beaten up, saying: “It's not how white men fight.” * Which fox-bothering legal eagle told a journalist this year: “I identify with the great protesters in history, people like Gandhi and Martin Luther King.” * “I'm done, I'm dead, you don't understand, I do it to blow off steam,” a Penn State professor told cops in June this year after being arrested for bestiality with his dog. What breed was the dog? * What is the name of the magazine I used to work for, which ran competing articles on “what is a woman,” which you pronounced wrong in your episode on the subject?* Everyone was welcome at the Pink Peacock, a “a queer, yiddish, anarchist café & infoshop in glasgow's southside” except two groups of people. Who were they? * In 2009, under the pen name Richard Hoste, who wrote the following in the comments section of a blog: “What is interesting to me is whether there are a lot of high IQ people who simply CAN'T do manual labor. “As a teenager I tried working at a pizza place and MacDonalds [sic]. I was the worst employee there. I actually felt sympathy for low IQ kids, knowing that this is what they must've felt like in school.” * What did the same pundit describe this year as the “trans of traffic”? * In the glorious socialist future, what did leftie Malcolm Harris say would not be available to people in Columbus, Ohio? * Here are four redacted tweets about a popular internet personality. To whom are they referring? You get more points the quicker you guess the right answer, starting at four points and dropping to one.* “I have a theory that X scratches the same “my favorite bloviator” itch for a certain type of resistance liberal culture warrior as Rush Limbaugh did for a certain type of perpetually-affronted conservative”. * “The only person I know blocks me is X and I only know that because he uses a burner account to check my tweets and complain about them and then when his idiot followers start tweeting at me I can't see the original thread (until I go into my burner account lol)”. * “the biggest thing I learned from this episode is that X has been HOLDING HIS MIC THIS WHOLE TIME???? this information makes me feel deranged”. * “Thomas Hobbes died in 1679 and I would trust his medical opinions more than those of X.” * In November, Bryan West, a 35-year-old from Arizona, secured perhaps the best/worst job in journalism. What was it? * What solution did Yale professor Yusuke Narita propose to Japan's ageing population? * Which phrase did the AP warn this year was “dehumanising”, along with “the poor” and “the mentally ill” because it used “the” at the start?* Which friend of the podcast and extremely reliable source for the SPLC once wrote to sex researcher Anne Lawrence “I readily admit to my own autogynephilia”? * In December, the journalist Sarah Jeong wrote a piece for the Verge arguing that Twitter was a “harassment machine” which had tried to get her fired from the New York Times in 2018 for being “the reverse racist lady, the Asian who hates white people”. Which of these is not a real remark she made on Twitter? * “Are white people genetically predisposed to burn faster in the sun, thus logically being only fit to live underground like groveling goblins?”* “speak for yourself, i literally want to kill all the men literally”* “d*****s f*****g white people marking up the internet with their opinions like dogs pissing on fire hydrants”* “white people smell like unseasoned chicken and they don't wash their legs in the shower”* In November, the feminist website Jezebel, home of the seminal takedown “What's Jesse Singal's f*****g deal?” closed down for good. 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Last time we spoke about the Qing - Boxer siege of Beijing and the 8 nation alliance expedition led by Seymour. Baron Von Ketteler was murdered by Kansu soldiers, ushering in a real siege of the foreign legation's in Beijing. The situation was dire, communications were cut and soon the railways also. The foreign ministers called for aid and thus came an expedition of 8 nations led by Seymour to the rescue. Seymours expedition started out quite well, but soon the Boxers disrupted the tracks stopping them in…well their tracks. To the dismay of the westerners it turned out the Qing were joining the Boxers in battle against them and Seymour's force had to make a fighting withdrawal back to Tientsin. They fought all the way to a secret arsenal where they dug in, until another relief force rescued them! Now they all marched back to Tientsin as gunfire could be heard.   #63 The Boxer Rebellion part 3: The Siege of Tientsin & Battle of the Taku Forts   Welcome to the Fall and Rise of China Podcast, I am your dutiful host Craig Watson. But, before we start I want to also remind you this podcast is only made possible through the efforts of Kings and Generals over at Youtube. Perhaps you want to learn more about the history of Asia? Kings and Generals have an assortment of episodes on history of asia and much more  so go give them a look over on Youtube. So please subscribe to Kings and Generals over at Youtube and to continue helping us produce this content please check out www.patreon.com/kingsandgenerals. If you are still hungry for some more history related content, over on my channel, the Pacific War Channel where I cover the history of China and Japan from the 19th century until the end of the Pacific War. When Seymour set out on his expedition a lot of events had unfolded. I mentioned it a few times, but gunfire could be heard by his expeditionary forces coming from Tientsin. When thousands of Boxers began storming the region looking to kill christians and foreigners, many flocked to Tientsin. Tientsin consisted of two adjacent but quite different subdivisions. To the northwest was an ancient high walled chinese city around 1 mile per side. 2 miles southeast along the Hai River were the foreign settlements around half a mile wide. The chinese city held around a million Chinese, the foreign settlements around 700 foreign civilians with their thousands of Chinese servants. The Boxers came at first to the railway station carrying placards and chain letters stating “Those who see this sheet and distribute six copies will deliver a whole family from calamity. If ten sheets are circulated they will save an entire district. If any see this hand-bill and fail to disseminate it they will certainly be beheaded.” Within mere hours of Seymour's expedition departing, reinforcements were landed at Taku to head over to the foreign settlements at Tientsin to defend them. On June 11th, Commander Beatty of the Royal Navy had 150 sailors, marines and 2 Maxim machine guns with him. He would be joined a few days later by 1600 Russians who rushed to the scene from Port Arthur, before their railway lines were cut by Boxers. Alongside the other nations forces, Tientsin had roughly 2400 troops to defend the foreign settlements, facing a force of 30,000 Boxers and 15,000 Qing soldiers camped nearby.  On June 15th the Boxers began burned down all the missions outside the Chinese city like the Notre Dame Des Victories. They stormed the streets attacking Chinese christians, massacring as they went. They destroyed all christian and foreign goods or property they could find. The foreigners in the settlement watched this unfold in horror from a distance, then at 2am on the 16th they were attacked. Beatty recalled seeing Boxers “came in great strength, setting fire to all the Houses and outlying Villages they could. . . . They came on quite heedless of the Volleys we opened on them, never replying because the poor beggars had no arms to reply with, and coming up to within 300 and 400 yards armed with swords, spears, and torches. So there we squatted, knocking them over as they came along.” Chaos ensued in Tientsin, as the Admirals on their warships off the Taku Fort bar became more and more anxious.  The western navies had received no word since June 10th, Tientsin was clearly under attack and Seymours expedition force was gone. Seymours last message to them came on the 14th and all evidence suggested the Boxers and Qing would block the way between them and Tientsin. The Qing naval forces were seen priming torpedo tubes on their warships and laying mines in the rivers mouth. The entire situation looked like a trap. If the Peiho river was closed, the naval squadrons would be unable to rush up it to rescue the civilians of Tientsin and Beijing. On the 16th the Admirals met aboard the Russian flagship. They all formed a multinational ultimatum that was issued to the Qing, the Taku forts had to be surrendered by 2am the next day or they would attack. A russian officer was sent to deliver the message to the Taku Fort commander who responded “I would be glad to surrender the Forts, but I am here to obey orders”. The French consul general in Tientsin then took it upon himself to telephone the local viceroy and advised him to surrender the Taku Forts or face the consequences. The Admirals knew their actions were tantamount to declaring war on China and that taking the Taku Forts would not be easy. The Taku Forts were 4 forts with pairs of 2 on each side of the river mouth. They had been recently rebuilt and reinforced by German engineers. The walls were made of mud mixed with chopped straw, which might sound silly, but this made them impervious to shell fire. Their garrison was around 3000 men, equipped with quick firing Krupp guns and other heavy pieces. Approaching from the sea was the most hazardous and would see men fighting through oozing mud flats surrounded by sharpened stakes. The Qing Navy held 4 new German built destroyers equipped with rapid fire guns patrolling near the forts. To attack them by land was also not favorable it would see men clamoring over small canals, irrigation works and behind the forts were the Boxer infested towns of Tongku and Taku. Another issue was the Taku mud bar, it only allowed shallow water vessels to pass, the allied navies only had 9 ships that could pass; 3 British ships the HMS Algerine, Fame and Whiting; the German Iltis; Russian Gilyak, Bobr and Koreytz; French Lion and Japanese Atago. 900 men consisting of 380 British, 300 Japanese, and the rest Russian, Austrian and Italian were loaded aboard the 9 ships as the allies, we shall call them that from now on for simplicity by the way, awaited the deadline on June 16th for the Qing to respond. All the warships arranged their broadsides aimed at the Taku forts with a bombardment order to commence at 2am if the Qing did not respond. However the Qing did respond, by opening fire at 12:50, as a eye witness recalled ““A shell shrieked over the Algerine in unpleasant proximity to her topmasts”. To this 7 of the 9 allied ships opened fire. The Russian gunboat Gilyak made the poor decision of turning her searchlight, turning her immediately into the most prominent target, she was nearly sunk by shell fire. The HMS Fame and Whiting pulled in close trying to capture the Qing destroyers and within the mayhem the two ships managed to slip upstream abreast of the 4 Qing destroyers. At Lt Keyes aboard the Fame recalled “The shells were literally shrieking around us; several fell just short and splashed muddy water right over us; several pitched just over; we really had a charmed existence.” The British destroyers cast out whaler ships holding dozens of men to board the Qing destroyers. The British sailors and marines boarded the Qing destroyers with ease, capturing all 4 without firing a shot and receiving no casualties. Lt Keyes gave explicit orders to hit men not to fire upon the Qing who were in the process of escaping up the riverbank. Meanwhile the Russian gunboat Korietz was severely damaged by the opening salvo; the Monocacy despite being at quite a distance holding many women and children aboard took a far flung shell to her bow, luckily not hurting anyone. The Qing fort guns were very accurate managing hits on the HMS Whiting, SMS Iltis, French Lion and Giliak was forced to ground  herself lest she be sunk. Giliak had 18 deaths and 65 wounded. Meanwhile at 3am landing parties began their advance upon the forts, struggling through thick mud. The first fort was on the north bank and the landing forces came at it with bayonets pointed. British and Japanese troops were the first to scale its walls and they were even racing another. British officer Cradock recalled “I was frantic at the idea of the Japanese getting in first; they were very keen and in better condition than anyone else.” The union jack was soon hoisted followed by the rising red sun, the defenders of the Fort made a symbolic defense, but fled quickly.  As the men cheered, suddenly two Qing soldiers burst out of a gateway 20 yards away with bayonets fixed firing their rifles as they marched forward from the hip. A Lt emptied his revolver at them and pulling out his sword to defend himself. The allied troops raced towards the second fort on the northern bank as allied shells struck its walls. The air was filled with dust and smoke as the Qing soldiers fired their guns until the last minute upon which they fled. There was to be barely a need to seize the southern forts. The Qing commander was seen galloping away on a white horse and as the Shanghai Mercury put it “The forts were a mass of ruins, rivers of blood, with headless and armless bodies everywhere, which the blue-jackets were gathering together and cremating in heaps.”  The allied troops in the northern forts turned their guns on the southern forts. One shot hit a powder magazine exploding a part of the southern fort walls, creating a large fire. Through the smoke and dust the Qing defenders could be seen abandoned the forts. By 6:30am the battle of the Taku fort was done. By 8am many of the allied troops were coming back aboard their ships, the allies had suffered 172 casualties. Rivers of blood were seen around the forts. The survivors of the carnage aboard ships or the forts ate tinned beef, salmon and ship biscuits reflecting on their good fortune to be alive. With only 9 ships the allies had secured the mouth of the river. All in all it was a brave action helped considerably with some luck. Many questioned its necessity as it undoubtedly would increase the attacks upon the foreign legations in Beijing. Herbert Hoover recalled “it was this act of aggression which marked the downfall of the moderate party in Peking, unmasked the gigantic plot of the powerful party behind the Boxers, and turned the Government over definitely into their hands . . . no more favorable moment could have been chosen by our Admirals to precipitate a general massacre.” At the same time it was happening, MacDonald had been sending assurances to Empress Dowager Cixi that Britain wished to remain on friendly terms with China. Cixi was literally receiving reports of the attack on the Taku Forts as MacDonald's letters came in and when he found out he wrote “this would put the old buddha in a good temper”. Back over in Tientsin's foreign settlement, people could hear the loud gunfire coming from the Taku Forts. At 8am Tientsins foreign community received word the Taku Forts had been taken and now all wondered what would happen next. As recalled by Lou Hoover in Tientsin “All the forenoon at Tientsin there was an ominous silence, nothing doing on either side, each waiting for the other to play the next card, neither knowing the result of the attack at Taku, and yet both sides knowing that now we were committed to a war, if not with China itself, with Northern China and the Manchu Dynasty.” At 3pm Qing artillery began to open fire upon the foreign settlements. Shells were hissing overhead, explosions followed everywhere. An alarm bell began to ring on the Municipal Hall as foreign residents ran through the streets. Rifle fire was cracking against brick walls as civilian dived for cover. It looked like a hopeless situation, 600 foreigner civilians were trapped in a mile long by quarter mile wide area bounded by a river on one side and a flat plain on the other. It was a maze of narrow alleys and single storied Chinese houses, perfect conditions for snipers. The whole was enclosed by a mud wall around 15 feet high and wide enough for 4 people to stand across. As Midshipman C.C Dix recalled “The prospect was hardly brilliant; inside the settlement was a mixed force of 2,400 men, with nine field guns, and a few machine guns; outside were 15,000 Imperial troops, with immense numbers of quick-firing guns. Their ammunition was of the best, and practically unlimited, and they had the dreaded Boxers at their back.”  The most senior officer in Tientsin at the time was Russian Colonel Wogack who took control of the multinational force of Americans, Russians, Australian, Germans, French, Japanese and Italians, the except of course were the British who chose to be led by Captain Bayly of the HMS Aurora. The Russians deployed in a very exposed position trying to defend the railway station on the opposite side of the river from the foreign settlement. They were in close proximity to a Chinese grave site, some houses and ditches, places Qing snipers could hide in. With the Russians were the French who took up a position in front of the French concession at the north end of the settlement near the Taku road. The Americans defended a stretch with the British along the eastern side of the entire settlement; it was a very thin line. The Germans, Austrians, Japanese and Italians deployed along the mud wall near the riverbank. Civilians who were capable were given the task of policing, sentry, engineering and medical duties. Herbert Hoover and his men were the only engineers in Tientsin, Colonel Wogack asked them to get people building barricades. Hoover and the men frantically searched for Chinese laborers to help and any materials that were sturdy enough for barricades. As Hoover recalled “Soon we . . . had a thousand terrified Christian Chinese carrying and piling up walls of sacked grain and sugar along the exposed sides of the town and at cross streets.” Within the first hours of battle it seemed the Qing and Boxers would overrun them. Hoover had this to say “With the smoke of many burning buildings pouring over the settlement, with the civilians erecting barricades across the streets for the final rush, the terrific bombardment, the constant sound of rifle-fire in the distance, and the knowledge,—if not the sight,—of the scores of wounded brought in from the lines—it all seemed bad—very bad. It was really the climax of terror, of the black fear, as it was of the fighting. And this was the ‘black fear,' not that the siege would be successful and we should be compelled to lower our flag and surrender to an honourable enemy,—but that, if every man fought to his utmost strength and was beaten, there were without,—Chinamen, —mobs of Chinamen, at their very worst,—barbarians who knew no quarter.”  The women, children and non combatants huddled in fear within the catacombs beneath Gordon Hall, the most robust stone municipal building available. The Qing assault was first directed at the railway station. Upon seeing this Commander Beatty formed a bridge of boats and took sailors across to reinforce the Russians, but they soon became pinned down. The sailors tried to hide amongst some Russian artillery horse carriages as Chinese artillery and snipers fired hell upon the area. The allied forces had to allow the Chinese to approach closer, because their artillery and snipers were wielding an enormous advantage, no one could stand up right unless they wanted shrapnel or sniper bullets to hit them. Those who did advance were armed Boxers who were driven off by volley fire from the defenders. The defenders could not know this, but the Boxers and Qing despite appearances were not really coordinating together. The Qing troopers were awaiting orders from Beijing whether they were to support the Boxers or the protect the foreigners! It was only a result of the attack upon the Taku forts that finally led the Qing government to officially take the side of the Boxers and orders began to trickle over to support them. Despite the official orders, there were many moderates counter ordering and commanders out in the field who did not support the Boxers and were only putting up symbolic efforts at battle. General Nie Shicheng led the forces in the field overall and he had his artillery fire constantly, it is reported nearly 60,000 shells would be fired upon the foreign settlements. These shells however, much akin to what occurred during the first sino-japanese war, were not all exploding upon impact. Corruption was still rampant and the shells were quite lackluster in their results. The Boxers who did advance were quickly met with volleys at close range, and Beatty noted this of the Russians s “they worked their guns like men, scorning to build up protection with the bales of goods that were there and which we utilized for our riflemen.” Beatty was less impressed with the Germans who continuously sent messages stating they were under heavy attack and required reinforcements, lest they be forced to abandon their positions. According to Beatty the Germans were crying wolf and he made it clear they would receive no reinforcements from the British. Sailors and marines pushed through against Qing and Boxer infiltrators tossing them out. The allied forces formed a closed ring around the civilians as Hoover described it “It was in the center that the melodrama and comedy were played—the rim was nearly all tragedy.” Sniper fire was coming from within the settlements prompting wild hunts. Chinese Christians within the settlement numbered 3-4 thousand were prime targets for Boxer attacks. Hoovers wife Lou Hoover volunteered at the hospital using a bicycle to move between alley's and had a sniper bullet hit her tire once. The hospital saw around 200 wounded brought in a day, people requiring bandages, bedding, dressings, disinfectants all of which were in short supply. Tientsin was under siege. Herbert Hoover bicycle around the defensive perimeter braving the streets to see his barricades were working. The situation was incredibly stressful for the civilians, cooped up together while artillery and gunfire raged outside their buildings. According to Herbert Hoover many friendships ended because of the stress and he recalled ““No one will again dare to organize a dinner party in Tientsin without consulting an inmate of Gordon Hall, for how could Mrs. E. ever sit at meat again with Mrs F., who slapped Mrs. E.'s Peking pug?” So…someone slapped a pug? War never changes. By the 22nd of June things were becoming critical. Commander Beatty had been shot and was losing a ton of blood after the attempted seizing and enemies gun in a narrow escape when a shell burst near him. The men fighting in the barricades were mutilated by shellfire and gunshot. Contact with Taku had been lost on the 17th, casualties were piling up and the settlement was completely surrounded, there was no escape. The only reason the settlement had not already been overrun was because the Qing and Boxers were not working in concerted efforts to simultaneously hit all fronts. The Russians sent word that if the fighting continued the way it had been for the past 4 days, their ammunition would run out and they advised preparing a night time escape. Their recommendation was for the women, children, wounded and sick to be escorted by the Germans, Austrians, French, Japanese and Italians while the Russians and British would perform a rearguard. Upon hearing this, the very injured Beatty remarked “it was the maddest, wildest, damndest, rottenest scheme that could emanate from the brain of any man. Doing this would mean abandoning Seymour to certain destruction”. Beatty made it known to the Russians the British would not comply. Unbeknownst to them all, help was on its way and quite close by. On June 19th, my birthday random factoid, a young British volunteer, James Watts set out with 3 Cossacks in an attempt to make contact with Taku. They men rode through hostile villages as Boxers tried to attack them. Watt carried a message from Captain Bayly stating “Hard pressed, heavy fighting; losses, 150 killed and wounded; Chinese Imperial Artillery shelling the Settlement; women and children all in cellars; fires all over the Settlement; every one worn out with incessant fighting.” A rescue force of Russian infantry and American marines had already been dispatched but they were pinned down near the outskirts of Tientsin. According to one American Gunnery Sergeant “We fell into a trap . . . we laid on our faces with the bullets coming like hail not knowing what to do . . . we fell and got up, staggered, crawled—but got out. I never saw such a tired party in my life and yours truly was on the hog!” The force was 131 US marines and 400 Russians who got ambushed 2 miles from the city. The Americans suffered 3 deaths, 13 wounded before they withdrew back to Taku. Bayly's message made it clear a more substantial force was required.  Taku and her forts were left with just 1000 men as a garrison as the allies prepared an expeditionary force. Luck was theirs again, as two new warships arrived, the HMS Terrible from Hong Kong carrying 300 Royal Welch Fusiliers and a Russian troopship from Port Arthur carrying hundreds of Russian troops. On June 23rd a multinational force 2000 men strong set out which also held the British 1st Chinese regiment from Weihaiwei, so even some Chinese troops were in their ranks. They rushed up to Tientsin reaching it the same day and upon seeing them the Qing and Boxers dispersed into the east. Lou Hoover described the scene of their arrival to Tientsin as such “A good many hundred civilians and a couple of thousand troops sat still and repelled faint hearted charges while 10,000 or 15,000 Chinese troops and 20,000 Boxers plunked shells of all sizes into us for exactly one week without a sound or a word from the outside reaching us. Then the first relief cut their way into us . . . enough to get in but not to do anything more than we could when they got there.”  With the Chinese siege lifted momentarily, the lines of communication and supplies from Taku to Tientsin were quickly restored. However Tientsin's battle was nowhere close to be over as the Qing and Boxers would quickly remount their siege.  Back over in Beijing the foreign legations work up to their first day of siege on the 21st. The first hours of the siege brought panic, the Austrians from the offset abandoned their isolated legation to fall back upon the French barricades leaving the northeast sector in enemy hands. The next day, Professor Huberty James who had been working with missionaries at the Fu Palace calmly walked up to the north bridge going over the canal. He gave the appearance of someone trying to parley, but Qing troops on the other side shot him dead upon the bridge. They all awaited Seymours rescue party, but it was not to be seen. A letter from Captain McCalla, Seymour's second in command dated June 14th managed to pass through to the American legation. The letter had been written 35 miles from Beijing and whose contents were nothing more than small chat, indicating nothing about when they would arrive. On June 22nd, by 9am the Italians, Austrian, French, German, Japanese, Russian and American detachments suddenly abandoned their positions and frantically ran to the British legation. Three-quarters of the legation quarters defenses were left undefended, including the Fu Palace, which held nearly the entire Chinese christian population that had fled into the legation quarters. Everyone was in a tremendous panic, it turned out a single man had caused it. Captain von Thomann of the Austrian cruiser Zenta whom from the offset of hostilities had been trying to take command of the defenses for the legations went into a panic when he reportedly was told the American legation had to be abandoned by a random American marine. Von Thomann lost his wits at the news and without verifying it to be true began screaming to everyone that all forces east of Canal street had to retreat immediately to the British legation. So yeah, everyone blindly began running. Once everyone figured out what had happened all the troops were ordered to retake their positions, but in the mayhem the Italian legations was already being burnt down. Boxers and Qing forces occupied the allied barricade in the Customs street, but had failed to press their advantage further. Von Thomann was relieved of command and now it was MacDonald in command. MacDonald was an ex-soldier, but held little experience in the guerilla style warfare they faced. MacDonald also had no official control over any non British forces. MacDonald would write orders and give it to the respective ministers who would arrange them to be carried out. It was a terrible system, but it was all they had it seemed. One of MacDonalds first orders was to dispatch the Italian guards who had no legation to guard to help the Japanese with the Fu Palace defenses. If the Fu Palace were to fall, the French, German and Japanese legations would be cut off from the British legation which was the last stronghold. MacDonald took a stock of the legations defenses: over 400 men, 20 officers and 389 men of 8 differing nations. They were supplemented by two bands of armed volunteers. The first were 75 men with some military experience, such as Nigel Oliphant of the Chinese imperial Bank who had served with the Scots Greys, Captain Poole of the East Yorkshire Regiment and Captain Labrousse of the Infanterie de Marine. The second group were more amateurish, titled the carving knife brigade because of their variety of weapons going from elephant rifles to fusil de chasse. Professionals and amateurs alike were all short of ammunition and each nationality used differing weapons with differing types of ammunition making it a nightmare logistically. The legation had only one piece of real artillery, the Italian one pounder and that too held little ammunition.  Their lines of defense had shrunk alarmingly after just the second day, they only had 7 legations to defend. The outliers such as the Belgian and Dutch legations had been abandoned at the beginning, the Austrians shortly after and the Italians lost theirs during the Von Thomann confusion. The area they defended was now 700 yards east to west from the Russian and American legations and 750 yards north to south from the Fu Palace and British legation to the north and the Tartar Wall in the south. Sandwiched between these were the Japanese, Spanish and German legations alongside some other buildings. All the legations, excluding the British one, were on Legation street. The Germans and Americans were on the south side of the street overshadowed by the massive Tartar wall. MacDonald knew the Tartar wall had to be held at all cost, if it was taken anyone from its top could lob incendiaries down, spelling doom. The British legation grounds quickly became the place everyone congregated searching for further information, everyone was starved to know what was going on outside. Meanwhile the Chinese Christians were doing their part helping with labor an invaluable aspect to the defenders plight. There was also the issue of having to watch over them, lest the enemy infiltrate using them as cover. The foreigners and Chinese likewise were introduced to the hazard of fire which constantly was an issue. Boxers would toss torches and firecrackers at all hours trying to burn the legations out. It was all to easy for the Boxers to dip rags in kerosene attach it to the end of a long bamboo pole and lit it ablaze. On the 22nd, many buildings in the western sector were lit of fire and it took the defenders a long time to put it out. The first casualty for the British was to be Private Scadding who was shot dead as he stood watch while the fire committee went to work putting out fires. The very next day was the same, the Chinese tried to burn them out again, this time they aimed for the Hanlin Academy just due north of the British legation. Thousands of silk covered books were there, it was a tremendous tragedy to try and burn the place.  On the morning of the 23rd, the enemy was spotted running through the four acre compound tossing torches soaked in petrol around. The foreigners were stunned the Chinese would burn such a place, but burn it they did. The fire teams tried to put the flames out, but the Chinese were firing down upon anyone who would go near the academy. Eventually MacDonald sent some royal marines to go through a hole in the wall getting into the academy where firefighting efforts were organized. Scholars among the foreign community were in despair knowing the academic treasures being burnt. Morrison had this to say  “the combustible books, the most valuable in the Empire, were thrown in a great heap into the pond round the summer house . . . a heap of debris, timber in ashes, sprinkled with torn leaves, marked the site of the great library of the Middle Kingdom . . . what can we think of a nation that sacrifices its most sacred edifice, the pride and glory of its country and learned men for hundreds of years, in order to be revenged upon foreigners? It was a glorious blaze. The desecration was appalling.” By the night time the fire was still burning as soot covered fire fighters struggled.  Other fires were seen that day, the Russo Chinese bank containing 80,000 dollars of cash was burned down, many officials houses alongside it. I would like to take this time to remind you all that this podcast is only made possible through the efforts of Kings and Generals over at Youtube. Please go subscribe to Kings and Generals over at Youtube and to continue helping us produce this content please check out www.patreon.com/kingsandgenerals. If you are still hungry after that, give my personal channel a look over at The Pacific War Channel at Youtube, it would mean a lot to me. The battle for the Taku Forts was won at a small cost, but the battle for Tientsin and Beijing would rage on for many more days. Time was of the essence if the allies were to reach the foreign legations in Beijing to save their countrymen.

Welcome back to Toddler Tunes, a musical podcast that weaves the magic of music into educational journeys for toddlers and children. In this week's delightful episode, "Little Piggy Songs," we're diving into a collection of timeless nursery rhymes that will have your little ones giggling and singing along. Our playlist features beloved classics like "This Little Piggy," "Old MacDonald's Farm," and "Higglety Pigglety Pop,". Join Georgie and embark on a musical journey that celebrates the joy of rhyming words and playful melodies. Would your little one like to become a part of the Toddler Tunes magic? You can now record a special Little Listener Voice Message using the link below. Let your child's voice shine as they contribute to our growing musical community!

This week my co host Nicholas Ceppaglia and I sat down with Christina Alvarado and Hayley Reid! Christina is one of the owners of the new Sunset Strip Comedy Club here in Austin and Hayley is the GM. We had a great time with these two, we talked about being on 6th street for most of our days and the crazy things we've seen. I told them about my first real job working at Macdonalds and getting fired. Then we discussed what it's like owning and working at comedy clubs. All this and more, enjoy! Follow us on IG @highnoon_pod @masonsmithcomedian @nicholas_ceppaglia @absurdjunk @steenaalvarado @hayleyrreid Please like, review, and subscribe to the YouTube channel The High Noon Podcast! https://youtube.com/@highnoon_pod Also subscribe to the YouTube channel Nicholas Ceppaglia for more content from his other podcasts!

ABC, CBS-TV, NBC, CNN & CTV are just some of the media outlet that Gerry has appeared. What a life story with an 'edge'! I enjoyed hearing about the radical life path of Gerry Robert. From his being kicked out of school at age 15 to being charged with armed robbery, his story is very compelling and it impacts audiences everywhere he shares it. He went from poverty to earning over a $1 Million a year. He learned how to do this while still in his twenties. Gerry took himself from a life of poverty to earning more than $200 million through speaking, publishing and marketing. He is an international speaker who has spoken to more than 3 million attendees, at thousands of events around the globe. Gerry is regarded as one of the top 20 speakers in the world and regularly opens for the most recognizable and respected authorities in the industry, including Les Brown, Tony Robbins, Lisa Nichols, Sir Richard Branson and Gary Vaynerchuk.Everyone relates to Gerry because, if he did it, anyone can. He knows influence people to believe more in themselves and their ability to win in life. Gerry has spoken to over 300,000 people from around the world. People from IBM, Shell, Air Canada, MacDonalds, The Royal Bank of Canada, GM, John Deere, CIBC, Prudential, ReMax, Great Eastern Insurance, Malaysia Airlines, Investor's Group, Bank of Montreal, Trimark, Hewlett Packard, Boeing, AIA Insurance, Microsoft, Texas Instruments have attended Gerry's power-packed seminars. He has written several best selling books including "Conquering Life's Obstacles", "The Magic of Real Estate", "The Tale of Two Websites" and "The Millionaire Mindset". His books are endoresed by Dr. Norman Vincent Peale (The Power of Positive Thinking), Ken Blanchard (One Minute Manager), Zig Ziglar (See You At The Top), Robert Schuller (Possibility Thinking), Mark Victor Hansen (Chicken Soup For The Soul) and many others. He is a regular columnist and popular contributor to many national newspapers and prestigious business magazines. Gerry regularly appears on TV and radio the world over, including CNN, CBS, NBC, ABC, CTV. His ideas are not conventional. He is provocative and innovative. He gives practical ideas and strategies to build almost any business, from home-based to multi-nationals.GerryRobert.com Gerry is the father to three boys and has been happily married to his childhood sweetheart.©2020 Building Abundant Success!! 2020 All Rights Reserved Join On Me Join Me on ~ iHeart Radio @ https://tinyurl.com/iHeartBAS Join Me @ Spot Me on Spotify: https://tinyurl.com/yxuy23ba

This week on The Literary Life Podcast, Angelina, Thomas, and Cindy continue their discussion of Robert Louis Stevenson's Kidnapped, covering chapters 7-18. After sharing their commonplace quotes, Thomas opens the conversation with a brief synopsis of chapter 7. Angelina notes the increase in danger and violence in this section of the book, and our hosts talk about the roguish character of Alan Breck. They make many comparisons between Kidnapped and Treasure Island and highlight the other-world atmosphere Stevenson creates while staying in the real world. Cindy mentions some of the conflict between the Campbells and MacDonalds, and Thomas fleshes out a little more of this aspect of Scottish history. Join us for the 5th Annual Back to School Conference with your hosts, along with special guest speaker Donna-Jean Breckenridge this August 2-5, 2023. Learn more and register at morningtimeformoms.com. Commonplace Quotes: Mr. Roger Lancelyn Green, writing in English not long ago, remarked that the reading of Rider Haggard had been to many a sort of religious experience. To some people this will have seemed simply grotesque. I myself would strongly disagree with it if ‘religious' is taken to mean ‘Christian.' And even if we take it in a sub-Christian sense, it would have been safer to say that such people had first met in Haggard's romances elements which they would meet again in religious experience if they ever came to have any. But I think Mr. Green is very much nearer the mark than those who assume that no one has ever read the romances except in order to be thrilled by hair-breadth escapes. If he had said simply that something which the educated receive from poetry can reach the masses through stories of adventure, and almost in no other way, then I think he would have been right. C. S. Lewis The conception which unites the whole varied work of Stevenson was that romance, or the vision of the possibilities of things, was far more important than mere occurrences: that one was the soul of our life, the other the body, and that the soul was the precious thing. G. K. Chesterton, from Varied Types What do you usually do when you are shut up in a secret room, with no chance of getting out for hours? As for me, I always say poetry to myself. It is one of the uses of poetry–one says it to oneself in distressing circumstances of that kind, or when one has to wait at railway stations, or when one cannot get to sleep at night. You will find poetry most useful for this purpose. So learn plenty of it, and be sure it is the best kind, because this is most useful as well as most agreeable. E. Nesbit, from The House of Arden A Selection from Rob Roy's Grave by William Wordsworth Thou, although with some wild thoughts Wild Chieftain of a savage Clan! Hadst this to boast of; thou didst love The liberty of man. And, had it been thy lot to live With us who now behold the light, Thou would'st have nobly stirred thyself, And battled for the Right. For thou wert still the poor man's stay, The poor man's heart, the poor man's hand; And all the oppressed, who wanted strength, Had thine at their command. Books Mentioned: Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett King Solomon's Mines by H. Rider Haggard The History of Tom Jones by Henry Fielding The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes The Swiss Family Robinson by Johann David Wyss The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame Support The Literary Life: Become a patron of The Literary Life podcast as part of the “Friends and Fellows Community” on Patreon, and get some amazing bonus content! Thanks for your support! Connect with Us: You can find Angelina and Thomas at HouseofHumaneLetters.com, on Instagram @angelinastanford, and on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/ANGStanford/ Find Cindy at morningtimeformoms.com, on Instagram @cindyordoamoris and on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/cindyrollins.net/. Check out Cindy's own Patreon page also! Follow The Literary Life on Instagram, and jump into our private Facebook group, The Literary Life Discussion Group, and let's get the book talk going! http://bit.ly/literarylifeFB

Now the fanfare of billionaires space adventures has died down we're left with the question of are we witnessing a new democratisation of space not unlike the revolution that brought us the modern digital world? Aleks Krotoski asks if the legions of amateurs and innovators working out of bedrooms and garages are about to fundamentally change our relationship with space. And will that be a continuation of the idealism of early pioneers or a repeat of the unregulated, disruptive free-for-all that the internet has largely become. From the NASA retirees who reactivated a space probe from an abandoned MacDonalds to the kids building operational satellites in their after school clubs the face of space is about to change forever. Producer: Peter McManus Researcher: Anna Miles Sound Engineer: Gav Murchie

The Shattucks just got back from Chili's and have some thoughts. Also, MacDonalds is making moves Tom and Alice find sus. And, how rotten is too rotten?Find out more about the All You Can Eat podcast at allyoucaneatpod.comFollow us on Twitter at @allucaneatpodThe closing tune is performed by Allison Bishop - find her at https://www.allisonbishopmusic.com/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This is the unbelievable backstory to a strong theory about why the MacLeod of Harris and Dunvegan and the MacDonalds of Sleat switched sides from being Jacobites in 1715 to raising troops for the British Government in 1745. My website: www.scottish-clans.com Do you want to contribute to the cause?  Go here: www.scottish-clans.com/team  My sponsor: www.usakilts.com  

This week on The Sassenach Files podcast, I'm chatting about episode 107 of Men in Kilts: “Clans and Tartans”. Join me as I discuss some of the most infamous feuds during Scotland's Clan Wars from 1300-1600: the MacDonalds versus the McLeods, and the MacGregors versus the McLarens. I also break down the making of tartan, waulking wool, and where those brilliant colored plaids we've come to know and love first originated.

Glencoe in the Scottish highlands is a beautiful landscape with a dark past. While folks from all over the world travel to this beautiful valley to hike, in 1692 it was the site of a treacherous massacre that had repercussions for Scotland and England into the next century. Scottish government troops had been sent on orders from King William III of England, to make an example of the MacDonald clan who had missed the deadline to pledge their allegiance to him as the new monarch. Government soldiers were sent to the homes of the Macdonalds where they were billeted - given lodging and food by the locals. The Macdonalds shared their homes, food, stories and songs before the soldiers revealed their true purpose in Glencoe. 12 days after arriving, they received their true orders to annihilate the entire population of the glen. The clan chief Alexander, or McIan as he was also known, was killed along with more than 30 other men women and children. Others fled into the highlands, succumbing to exposure, but most escaped with their lives. Dan is in Glencoe with Lucy Doogan and Derek Alexander of the National Trust for Scotland to tell the tale of this tragedy, the traditions and history of this magnificent landscape and how it shaped Scotland's past and present. This special episode is made possible by The National Lottery. National Lottery players have supported over 48,000 heritage projects alone since the inception of The National Lottery in 1994. This includes supporting The National Trust for Scotland to help keep green and historic spaces like Glencoe open to the public. The National Trust for Scotland has received £37 million of National Lottery funding which enables them to preserve properties and natural spaces across Scotland that are of great historical and architectural importance. Produced by Mariana Des Forges, edited by Dougal Patmore.If you'd like to learn more, we have hundreds of history documentaries, ad-free podcasts and audiobooks at History Hit - subscribe to History Hit today!Download the History Hit app from the Google Play store.Download the History Hit app from the Apple Store. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Mark Hancock  I recently featured in a book written in the UK by Dr David Cavan. This was the piece which covered quite a bit of my background. In 2005, Mark left his job at a bank to become a self-employed financial adviser. He feels that the stress of the job combined with his already unhealthy lifestyle, contributed to the diagnosis of Type 2 Diabetes in 2010 when he was just 39. At that time, he weighed 102kg (224 pounds). He says “I felt sluggish, overweight, tired and just felt run down. I had symptoms of diabetes such as repeated thrush and a tingly foot. I didn't realise how bad I felt though until I got better.” When he was diagnosed, he was advised to follow the Eatwell guide and lost weight probably because he cut out all the unhealthy takeaways. He also threw himself into long distance running, joining the local parkrun and completing The Great South Run, a 10-mile road race in Portsmouth, every year. The running, together with medication appeared to keep his weight and blood sugar under control until 2016, when they both started to increase again. He was told that his condition was progressing, and he would need to increase his medication. All changed, however, when he happened to hear Dr Michael Mosley being interviewed on the radio. He explained that people with diabetes have been advised to eat the wrong foods, and that it was these foods that were leading to the condition being chronic and progressive. “As I'd been threatened with more drugs, I felt I had nothing to lose. I bought "The 8 Week Blood Sugar Diet" and gave it a go. I cut out all bread, pasta, rice and sugar. No more breakfast cereals and no potatoes with my dinner. I started cooking too which was a first for me. I realised that preparing meals isn't as difficult as I thought, and I enjoyed the reward of eating what I'd cooked rather than putting a ready-meal in the oven for 20 minutes. The changes in my weight and blood sugar levels were very quick. I didn't find it too hard. I can be tempted to eat the wrong things and if out with friends I won't get too anxious over what I eat, but I don't let that allow me to “fall off the wagon” for days on end. I'm lucky like that but I think you need to know yourself and whether you can have the odd thing without undoing all your good work.” He lost nearly 20kb (44 pounds) in weight and his diabetes is now in remission. He feels much better, both mentally as well as physically. “In 2018, I was invited to parliament to speak alongside Professor Roy Taylor and Dr David Unwin and others who had found evidence for diet reversing diabetes. If you had asked me previously to stand up in front of audiences or push myself forward like that, I would have avoided it and thought of any reason to get out of it. My confidence just wasn't there. I feel like a fog lifted from my head in 2016 and I now find myself doing all manner of things and I absolutely love it. I put this down to how I now feed not only my body but my brain too.” Mark also became an ambassador for the Public Health Collaboration, and this has opened many doors to help others put their type 2 diabetes into remission. For the past 3 years he has been working with his local Primary Care Network to put on a low carb programme for patients which, combined with movement, combatting stress and prioritising a good night's sleep, has led to some wonderful outcomes. “So far, we have run 16 groups with an average of around a dozen participants in each group. The first 20 patients alone lost an average of 9 kg (20 pounds) in weight and reduced their HbA1c by 19 mmol/mol (1.8%). It is truly heart-warming to see how happy people are, now they have a plan that works. I'm now a Health and Wellbeing Coach and employee of the NHS. I never would have believed it!” Recently I've been working on a project through the Public Health Collaboration to create a new running group for the real food eaters here in the UK plus we hope it will catch on beyond the UK too. We really must get the message out there that real food has to be a priority of families rather than the ultra-processed foods which make up a large amount of our weekly food shopping Mark's Top Tips Plan ahead - make sure you have enough food in for the next few days. Have easy go to foods in the cupboard/fridge. Where's the protein on the plate? Build around it. Get those scales and chuck them in the bin. Resources Mentioned The 8-Week Blood Sugar Diet: Lose weight fast and reprogramme your body: Lose weight and reprogramme your body - Dr Michael Mosley PHC Real Food Runners The 4-Hour Body: An uncommon guide to rapid fat-loss, incredible sex and becoming superhuman Timothy Ferriss Jackie's New Year, New Body, New Year program The Fabulously Keto Diet and Lifestyle Journal  Quotes by Mark Hancock “You don't think anything of it. They are all little things that happened but I never thought “I've got a serious problem here” these are just little irritants” “Sometimes to lighten how we feel, we look for other ways to try and make ourselves happier. That might be diving into a MacDonalds on the way to work.” “You just get this heart-sinking feeling and you think “Yeah, I did this to myself”.” “I know, you've told me it's chronic and progressive. I know that my meds are going to probably go up at some point. It's going to get more set. But I'm going to do my damnedest to try and slow that down as much as I can, even if it's going to get worse. That was always the thing that was in the back of my mind.” “I am doing everything I can, I am following what you told me to eat. I am following the Eatwell Plate. I am out running miles and miles every week and my condition is getting worse.” “All the stuff they have been telling me I can't eat, I now can eat. All the things I have been told to eat, I am not supposed to eat.” “I never counted a calorie the whole time I was doing it.” “The other amazing thing for me was that my blood sugar dropped into normal within two days.” “She took me off my medication in a week.” “If the food tastes like cardboard for 8 weeks, I didn't care. I had been backed into a corner of not being able to get out of diabetes.” “Suddenly I felt I've found my family.” “The great thing about this is once you have managed to sort yourself out, it is almost like you know the magic and now you can try and help someone else. It's like you are just paying it forward all the time.” “The frustration for me is - every now and then I hear “People can't do it”.” “We are massively influenced by what our GPs and nurses are telling us. They have a lot of power.” “It's not just always about the numbers, we get so wrapped up in numbers. We get wrapped up in what the scales are telling us.” “Suddenly I was on a different track. The track I was on before was leading to all those problems of health deterioration, hospital appointments. Whereas now suddenly, hopefully I have given myself a better chance.” “The amount of ultra-processed foods that people are eating and they have no idea, how much they are eating.” Connect with Mark Hancock on social media Twitter: https://twitter.com/8WeekBloodSugar Facebook Profile: https://www.facebook.com/mark.hancock.12720 Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/RealFoodRunners Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/Friendsofthe8WeekBloodSugarand52Diets Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mark.hancock1971/ Website Details: If you want to email Mark - complete the contact us form and we will forward it to him. https://fabulouslyketo.com/contact-us/ The Fabulously Keto Diet & Lifestyle Journal: A 12-week journal to support new habits – Jackie Fletcher If you have enjoyed listening to this episode - Leave us a review By leaving us a review on your favourite podcast platform, you help us to be found by others. 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Marocco vs Sant'Ambrogio. Oggi la prima della Scala, il vestito di Carlotta alla Prima del 2016. Ieri ha chiuso la Scala dei Paninari, il MacDonalds di San Babila. Le ricerche dell'anno secondo Google.

Eddie Ifft is a Stand-up comedian, podcaster and surfer. (WARNING: This episode contains dark comedy, shock comedy and satire.) Eddie shares some surfing stories, his hilarious takes on the surfing culture, how MacDonalds improved his health and much more.https://eddieifft.comhttps://www.instagram.com/eddieifft/Eddies' Podcasts:https://eddieifft.com/podcasts/

Eddie Ifft is a Stand-up comedian, podcaster and surfer. (WARNING: This episode contains dark comedy, shock comedy and satire.) Eddie shares some surfing stories, his hilarious takes on the surfing culture, how MacDonalds improved his health and much more.https://eddieifft.comhttps://www.instagram.com/eddieifft/Eddies' Podcasts:https://eddieifft.com/podcasts/

You can read an update to this article here.Over the last year, I've lost over 2 stone - 14kg or 30lb, to be precise. I say over the last year, truth is I've been trying, unsuccessfully, to lose weight for three years - in fact, since practically forever. Given that most of us want to be somewhat lighter than we are, I thought I'd share my experiences with you today. They may be of some use.BackgroundWhile I don't really like going to the gym, I do quite a lot of exercise, I always have. I run, I play football, I walked the dog, but I always seemed to be 5-6kg (about a stone) heavy than is ideal. I have a sweet tooth, but not as bad as some. I like beer and I like wine (not so much of a spirit man). I also have a tendency to eat and drink late at night, particularly coming home after gigs. I suspect it was a combination of eating too late at night and booze which left me in that semi-permanent state of slightly heavier than I would like.I've tried all sorts of diets in the past. I lost loads of weight on the Atkins diet back in the early 2000s - that's basically a low carb, high protein diet - but I also felt fatigued, weak and, as soon as I stopped, I put all the weight back on again and more.I also lost loads of weight on the 5:2 diet in the 2010s. Again as soon as I stopped fasting, I put it all back on again. I would also piss off my partner on fasting days, by not participating in the communal activity that is eating.After seeing Fat, Sick and Nearly Dead five or six years ago, I did the juice diet and lost more weight more quickly than with any other diet I have done. You can lose as much as a kilo (2 pounds) a day. It's very hard to sustain though, and your kitchen quickly gets swamped with juiced vegetable remains. Again, a few months after stopping, I was back where I was weight-wise and some.Between 2020 and 2021, I took up the 16:8 diet, where you fast 16 hours a day and eat only in 8 hour windows. I would have my first meal at lunchtime - 12-1pm and try not to eat or drink anything after 8 or 9. However, this is hard when you're doing gigs and I often found myself breaking the rules. I lost a couple of kilos, then plateaued. It meant, though, that I got into the fasting state every day, and I got used to the feeling of being hungry. It became normal. Then I actually started putting on weight. I think it's because my body got used to fasting, so it did all the things it did - conserve energy and calories - then I would consume too many calories in the evening, close to bed-time, and so, in this state of efficiency and fasting, the body conserved more calories than it otherwise would have and I ended up putting on weight.I was fatIn September 2021 I went the wrong side 90kg (over 14 stone or 200lb). Too much for a man of my 5ft9 frame. A change of strategy was needed. 16:8 wasn't working, but I was convinced of the efficacy of fasting, so I went back to 5:2.Within a couple of weeks I shed 3-4kg (half a stone), but then I plateaued again. For many months. There was probably still too much of the eating and drinking in the mid to late evenings, especially after gigs, on non-fasting days. I was presenting Headliners on GB news at the time, and I would get home at 1am, not want to go to bed and often then crack open a bottle of red wine. To avoid doing this, I took up fasting on the days I was presenting Headliners. On fasting days, it's best to go to bed early. Presenting a TV show at 11pm having not eaten all day meant I was almost falling asleep, as it ended. Not ideal.I left the show in March or April, and it was after that that the big weight loss suddenly accelerated.In my new less employed state, I had a bit more time on my hands and I took up playing tennis twice a week with a chap I met on Facebook. I had fewer late night gigs, so less late night calorie consumption. I then got involved in a swimming challenge, so I started training for that. I also continued playing football once a week.It was the combination of increased activity and fasting on the same day that made the weight fall off me. I got caught in this virtuous loop. As I started to feel fitter, on my way to tennis, I would cycle up a really steep nearby hill four or five times and get in some HIT. On non-fasting days I now found myself consuming less anyway. I would skip meals, especially breakfast, so found myself doing a mild version of 16:8 as well.England cycling coach Philip Brailsford used to talk about the “aggregation of marginal gains”. So it is with dieting. There are lots of small things you can do, but it is when you put them altogether that the big changes occur. (The same happens in reverse).So here in bullet points is the Dominic Frisby Diet.Subscribe to this amazing publication.1. Indoctrinate YourselfI would say this is almost the most important part. Find a diet that works for you. A lot of people swear by protein diets, for example. I find them too hard to practically sustain. I like fasting. It works. It's proven to work. It's simple: you are either fasting or you are not. On or off. And it only requires effort two days a week, which makes it sustainable.But whatever diet you choose, you need to indoctrinate yourself. Read books, read blogs, watch videos, listen to podcasts, talk on chatboards. Totally brainwash yourself about the efficacy of the diet. You have to believe in it in order to carry it out. (By the way 5:2 works).I'm sure that's why many people on diets witter on about them so much, by the way. They have indoctrinated themselves. You have to. Turn it into a religion.5:2 works really well by the way, if I didn't already mention that. 2 days a week you consume no more than 500 calories (600 if you're a man). The rest of the time you do what you like.2. Habits, habits, habitsFasting is hard at first, but once you turn it into a habit, you barely notice it.Certain little things help. Drink plenty of liquid. It's amazing how often when you think you're hungry you're actually just thirsty. Fill up on water. Hot drinks are especially filling. Tea, herbal tea, coffee, broth. Soups are a good food to eat on fasting days. Cider vinegar is a good appetite suppressant. Stick a desert spoon full in a glass of water when you drink a glass of water in the morning, and you won't be hungry till lunchtime.Coconut oil does a similar trick. Stick a teaspoonful in some hot water or herbal tea.Take lots of exercise, especially on fasting days.Turn the above into habits, so they don't require effort. You just do them.3. Commit to sportExercise is easy to avoid if you do it by yourself. But if, for example, you have a regular tennis partner, or a football team, then suddenly you have an obligation to go and play, even if you don't feel like it and it's cold outside.Commit to some kind of sporting challenge that you have to train for - a cycling challenge, a walking challenge, climbing a mountain, swimming a lake, doing a marathon. Create obligations for yourself, then you'll have to take exercise even when you don't fancy it.Try and cheat it incidental exercise wherever possible - walk instead of driving or getting the bus. Cycle to work. Cycle to meetings if you can. Cycling is a really good sport, particularly for the over 50s. You burn loads of calories (because you are using your legs and your legs are the biggest muscle group), but you don't suffer the joint pain that comes with running. Take up cycling. And get into cycling up hills, you'll be amazed at how good cycling up hills can make you feel.Running is great for weight loss, especially with some HIT (high intensity training) thrown in. At the end of your run, do 4 30 second sprints, ideally up a hill. Swimming is good. You don't burn that may calories, but it is great for building muscle and you feel fab afterwards. I find it hard to run two days in a row - my joints ache too much - but you can run one day, then swim the next quite easily. I bought some scales and a fitness watch, and I am forever looking at my stats. They are good because they keep reminding you to improve. The best time to weigh yourself is first thing in the morning after you wake up - that's the only way to get a consistent measure. Even then it's amazing how much your weight fluctuates.But I cannot understate: the combination of fasting and taking exercise on fasting days will make the weight fall off.4. Avoid stuff that's bad for you.There are two big evils here. The first is booze. Much as I love beer and wine, alcohol is bad for you and the less you drink the better. Drinking also makes you put on weight. Never mind the many calories in wine and beer, it's the poor decisions that follow, which usually involve food and more booze. But not drinking is hard. Alcohol is addictive. Read Kick the Drink Easily by Jason Vale, if you want to give up booze altogether. The beauty of 5:2 is that it stops you drinking - at least on fasting days. Second there is processed food - especially seed oils. I have recently been persuaded by the anti-seed oil arguments. Why is it people are so much fatter today than we were in the 1960s or 1970s? What has been the big change in our diets? I don't believe we are that much greedier than we were forty or fifty years ago. There must be another explanation.The answer lies in food processing and, especially, seed oils - rapeseed oil, canola oil, palm oil, sunflower oil, corn oil, vegetable oil, margarine. You can drive cars on those things. The body can't break them down. That's why they are so effective at preserving the shelf life of food.The big change in our diets is not sugar or carbohydrate, it is these refined fats. They are very difficult to avoid altogether because they are in everything. The food industry and those who regulate it have a lot to answer for. Cut down on seed oils as much as you can. Fried fast food - fish and chips, MacDonalds, KFC - is killer. A lot of that heavily processed vegan plant food is bad too.Don't eat pre-prepared stuff (it's full of those refined oils). Cook with ingredients in as natural a state as possible. Meat, fish and veg cooked in butter and olive oil.Generally speaking, up the protein intake and avoid carbs. Oh, one more food thing: nuts. I used to eat lots of nuts and raisins. I love them with yoghourt and honey - and I thought they were good for you. But I saw a video somewhere with a dude who argued that bears eat loads of nuts when they are trying to fatten up for the winter. Ergo: nuts are very fattening. Just the time my weight loss began to accelerate was when I cut nuts out. Might have been coincidence, but I thought I should mention it.So there we go. Dietary advice from someone who has no qualifications whatsoever, save having lived it. I like 5:2 because it only requires two days of effort. You can do what you like the rest of the week. And the morning after a fasting day, you feel amazing. It's like being young again, you feel so good. It's the opposite of a hangover. My friend Alex calls it, “the inverted hangover”. The more of those things you do and turn into habits (so they require little willpower), the more the rules of compounding and incremental gains work in your favour. It's hard, but when you are sufficiently indoctrinated and the habits entrenched, it all suddenly gets easy. Good luck.Now comes the hard bit. Keeping the weight off.Tell people on Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter about this amazing articleDid I mention that he big results come from fasting and exercising on the same day? Or that 5:2 works? Subscribe to this amazing publication and watch your life get 10x better overnight. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.theflyingfrisby.com/subscribe

Sem saber usar GPS, sem falar nada de inglês, sem roupa própria para frio e recém chegada aos Estados Unidos, Izamara resolve sair de bicicleta sozinha no outono de Massachussets para comprar um sanduíche do MacDonalds. Será que vai dá certo?

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