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With scorching temperatures currently found across much of the country, Thanksgiving and the December holidays can feel like theyre in the distant future. And if summer travel has been any indication, flying anywhere this holiday season is probably going to be a nightmare. But some days will be worse than othersat least in terms of the cost of flights and crowds at the airport. Taking traffic, fares, and other factors into consideration, here are the best and worst days to fly for the 2022 holiday season....

From weddings to breweries to barbecues to plain ol bars, alcohol is everywhere. Kinds of drinks and mixers What is an aperitif? This is a drink meant to be had before eating a meal. Its sweeter counterpart, a digestif, is served afterward. Find more info on thesehere. What are bitters? Bitters are plant-based liquids mixed with water and alcohol. Theyre used in small amounts and are meant to enhance the flavor of a cocktail....

This prompted the Australian Wheat Board to design and build the first large bulk storages in Western Australia. They were referred to as bulkheads originally, then commonly known as Emergency Wheat Storage Sheds. Twenty-two emergency stores were built18 in Western Australia and four in Victoria. Photo:denisbin/Flickr The Murtoa Stick Shed was built over four months between September 1941 and January 1942. Concrete was manually poured around the footings. To reduce the use of nails, galvanised hoop-iron was used in most of its structural joints....

Often extra fitness equipment is worth it, even if its main purpose is to jumpstart a new habit. I just have very little motivation to use it again. HeathMaiden Burley Bee Bike Trailer. Bought it for family bike rides. Which we did that first summer of pandemic about a dozen times. But now neither kid fits it and we havent gone on a family bike ride since that summer. $300 for a trailer used one season....

Too bad I cant have it now because its kid cereal. Then I remember that Im an adult and I can eat whatever cereal I want. So why stop at cereal in a bowl? Cereal milk is potent and easy to make. (Just ask a child if you forgot how to do it.) I was fully satisfied with the results. I enjoy the flavor and colors of Fruity Pebbles, but any cereal will work for this pie....

Photo:Sl-Ziga/Wikimedia A handful of these hospitals still survive, although they no longer impart medical service. German military activity was frequent in the general region, but the hospital remained well hidden throughout its operation. The hospital was also protected by minefields and nests of machine guns. As the hospital is in a gorge, the many trees and camouflaged buildings provided protection against air reconnaissance. Franja Partisan Hospital during the 1940s. All the necessary material was transported to the location by manual labor....

Everything is scannable, and thats just fineexcept when it isnt. In these cases, its not the app that matters, but the QR code itself. However, many ticket issuers no longer rely on traditional QR and barcodes for their ticketing purposes. The codes of old are easy for you to usetooeasy, in fact. Its not impossible to imagine people whodidntbuy the ticket using it. In fact, itsverypossible, which is why organizations have started cracking down on the practice....

Eggplantdoesnt have a strong foothold in American cuisine, and that needs to change. Expand your eggplant palate in the most delicious way with this ultra creamy baba ganoush dip. Theyre both blended until smooth, and theyre both dips that can include tahini and olive oil. But where hummus is thick and dense, baba ganoush has a much lighter, fluffier texture. Hummus tastes like, well, mashed-up chickpeas, but baba ganoush doesnt taste like un-sauced eggplant parmesan....

What about travel scenarios when you oughta send your kid on a flight alone, as an unaccompanied minor? My mom and I remember my first solo flight slightly differently. I remember being a pre-teen thrilled with my newfound independence. She remembers being a ball of nerves and worst case scenarios. Know what to expect Every airline has a tried-and-true unaccompanied minors protocol. Your kid may be flying without you, but theyll never be totally alone....

Alexander Graham Bells greatest invention was the telephone. But if you told that to Mr. Bell, he would have disagreed. This took place 19 years before the first wireless radio transmission. It would be another century before Bells work would be fully appreciated. Illustration of the photophone’s transmitter. What is the photophone? A strong beam of light was reflected off this vibrating mirror. Converting the pulsating light beam back to sound proved to be harder....

Apple siliconincluding the M1 and new M2 chipshas a reputation for staying cool even under intense workloads. Intel Macs, on the other hand, run notoriouslyhot. Theyre still capable computers, but they heat up fast, which, in turn, slows things down. If you have an Intel-based Mac, youve probably experienced this computational heatwave for yourself. Computers heat up because the internal components, namely the CPU and GPU, generate heat as they work....

It was here in Nagyrev, a century ago, the womenfolk began killing off their husbands en masse. They have been called the Angel Makers. It all began with the arrival of a woman named Zsuzsanna Fazekas in 1911. Fazekas presented herself as a midwife. The Angel Makers of Nagyrev during their trial in 1929. Photo by Keystone-France\Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images. Fazekas treated the villagers with their health problems. Soon Fazekas gained a reputation for helping women get rid of unwanted babies....

Sports has been an important way to bridge different cultures. For the aboriginal Australians and their colonial settlers, it was cricket. The game came to Melbourne around 1838 with the formation of the Melbourne Cricket Club. Cricket matches regularly took place on cattle stations where aboriginals were employed as stockmen. Cricket was also used as a way of civilising the aboriginal people and introducing them to white values. The first Australian cricket team touring England....