The Year That Changed Everything

 Posted on August 22, 2024  |  4 minutes  |  739 words  |  Kelle Repass

PEOPLE WHO LIVED THROUGH TUMULTUOUS YEARS LIKE 1914 or 1941 or 1968 recognized them at the time for what they were: pivotal and world changing. But sometimes it is only after the passage of a generation or two, as a phase of history rolls on and its direction becomes clearer, that its point of origin emerges. 1948 was one of those years. The nation turned away from depression and world war to what became America’s vast peacetime imperial consumerism–the automobile-and-suburb culture. [Read More]

Valentine's Day Special: 'Love Ever After' with Lauren Fleishman

 Posted on August 22, 2024  |  3 minutes  |  543 words  |  Billy Koelling

When Lauren Fleishman’s grandfather passed away, the photographer found a book next to his bed filled with dates of birthdays and anniversaries. Tucked within its pages was a love letter he had written to her grandmother during World War II. “I read the letter and thought about the importance of histories,” Fleishman says. “I wanted to work on a project where I could almost save these histories.” Three years ago, she began photographing couples who have been married for more than five decades, and has recently started a fundraising campaign on Kickstarter that’s designed to bring the project to an end. [Read More]

Watch This Guy Review Every Low Carb, Keto-Friendly Item on the McDonald's Menu

 Posted on August 22, 2024  |  2 minutes  |  264 words  |  Billy Koelling

There are a couple of obvious caveats, namely that buns, muffins, and other bread items all off-limits, including breadcrumb-coated products like nuggets, as are the french fries, milkshakes, and ice cream. Duff adds that the soft drinks and sugar-free coffee drinks are also loaded with carbs. Duff starts off with the breakfast McMuffins (sans muffin, of course), and concludes that the sausage, egg and cheese option is the best value at $2, and offers the most benefits in terms of protein, with just 3 net carbs. [Read More]

What You Should Eat Instead of Taking a Vitamin

 Posted on August 22, 2024  |  4 minutes  |  821 words  |  Billy Koelling

The supplement chain GNC announced on Monday that it plans to overhaul its quality control systems with new high-tech testing. The move comes after an investigation by the New York Attorney General that revealed the quality of supplements is highly variable, and many pills do not contain the ingredients they say they do or contain other ingredients that may not be on the label. Most experts say that if you’re eating a healthy diet and don’t have an underlying health conditions that interferes with your body’s ability to absorb nutrients from your food, you generally shouldn’t need to take supplements. [Read More]

Why Nigeria may cease to exist in 3 years - Sam Amadi

 Posted on August 22, 2024  |  2 minutes  |  287 words  |  Patria Henriques

Dr Sam Amadi, the Director of the Abuja School of Social and Political Thought, has warned that Nigeria may cease to exist as an entity in the next three years if what he called current maladministration and mismanagement of its resources continue. Amadi expressed these fears while giving a keynote address at a capacity-building workshop organised by the Political Commission of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) for leaders of political thought in Abuja on Wednesday, August 21, 2024. [Read More]

Why Zumba Class Isnt Just for the Young and Fit

 Posted on August 22, 2024  |  1 minutes  |  200 words  |  Martina Birk

April 20, 2017 10:21 AM EDT Zumba, a calorie-burning dance-based workout, isn’t just good for young people. It may also be an ideal exercise for older adults, too, according to a small new study sponsored by the American Council on Exercise. In the study, 16 healthy men and women with an average age of 63 wore biometric tracking devices and took a 45-minute class called Zumba Gold, a lower-intensity version of Zumba designed for seniors. [Read More]

Women Teach Sex: From him loving sex more to struggling to keep up with me

 Posted on August 22, 2024  |  6 minutes  |  1238 words  |  Kelle Repass

On this week’s #WomenTeachSex, our subject speaks on a traumatic introduction to sex and how it shaped her sex life for decades. She shares her journey through ignorance and inhibition as well as fear and worry for the future of her sexual relationships, and how she managed to break free into a better approach to sex. Let’s talk about when you first knew what sex was I was pretty young actually. [Read More]

You can buy the watch that Bradley Cooper wore and performed in at the Oscars but bids are alrea

 Posted on August 22, 2024  |  2 minutes  |  252 words  |  Patria Henriques

Read all of INSIDER's Oscars 2019 coverage here. The 2019 Oscars, held on Sunday at LA's Dolby Theatre, was also a great night for watch-spotting. ADVERTISEMENT Cooper too, who was nominated for awards in three categories, had a stunning watch on show and it could be yours for the right price. The "A Star Is Born" actor-director wore a blue-faced IWC Big Pilot, which he later performed in that evening. [Read More]

15 Ways to Motivate Yourself and Others

 Posted on August 21, 2024  |  5 minutes  |  1056 words  |  Patria Henriques

“You don’t overcome challenges by making them smaller but by making yourself bigger.” – John C. Maxwell When it comes to getting results, it takes motivation and ability. Motivation makes things happen. Where there’s no will, there’s no way. One of the best ways to improve your personal effectiveness is to master your motivation and find your drive.   If you can master motivation, you can deal with life’s setbacks, as well as inspire yourself to always find a way forward, and create new experiences for yourself, and follow your growth. [Read More]

36 Celebrity Deaths in 2014

 Posted on August 21, 2024  |  1 minutes  |  46 words  |  Tandra Barner

In 2014 we've said goodbye to Nigerian Artistes and Hollywood stars gone long before their time. Among the stars we've lost are Kefee Branama, Zara Gretti, Robin Williams, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Shirley Temple, and Mickey Rooney. Here, Pulse.ng pays tribute to them and many others.

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