![]() ![]() USB rechargeable with one-touch control, Bluetooth 5.0, and IPx4 water resistant. Offers up to 5 hours of music playback or up to 40 hours of standby time. Includes rechargeable carry case, silicone ear tips, neck strap, and protective silicone sleeve with carabiner clip. Bauhn Premium Wireless Earbuds, $14.99.Each card includes high-quality detailed embellishments, foil lined envelope with self-stick seal, and foil-stamped embellishments. Designs include Women, Mountains, Happy Birthday To You, Cat, Trucks, Hello, Happy Happy Day, Best Birthday Wishes, Party Time, Beach, Cake, or Just A Note. Organized space-saving convenience for stationery and more. Choose 2-Pack Mini Cubes, Medium Cube, Large Cube, or Card Cube. Easel to hold tablets, smartphones, or cookbooks. Features integrated LEDs and phone stand, flexible goose neck, socket rotary switch, and built-in USB and DC power ports. Organize and minimize clutter on your desk, table, or workstation. Suitable for hard surfaces like tile floors. Great for basements, utility rooms, laundry rooms, and more. Water resistant, shock absorbing, and expandable. Includes four 24″ x 24″ mats with finishing borders. Easy Home Interlocking Foam Floor Tiles, $12.99.Available in Gray/Gray, Light Gray/Black, Orange/Blue, Pink/Turquoise, or Green/Purple. Comes in a convenient clear plastic carrying pouch. Stay cool and recover fast at office, home, or workouts. Features chemical-free cooling towels that are soft and breathable. Huntington Home 2-Pack Cooling Towels, $4.99.Sterilite 64-Quart Latching Box, $7.99.Sterilite 3-Gallon Wastebasket, $2.99.Offers an additional tabletop work surface. SOHL Furniture Folding Tray Table, $9.99.Features adjustable tilt fan head to direct airflow, built-in carry handle, removable grill for easy cleaning, wall mountable base, and quiet operation. Easy Home 8″ Air Circulator Fan, $9.99.Available in Black Trim, White Trim, or Gray Trim. Huntington Home Collapsible Zip Storage, $6.99.Collapsible Hamper easily stores when not in use and includes side handles for easy carrying. Laundry Bag features easy-to-use drawstring closure with outer mesh pocket for storage and inner pocket with zipper. Available in Solid Gray or White Windowpane. Easy Home Laundry Bag or Collapsible Hamper, $6.99.Requires 2 AA batteries (batteries not included). Features built-in LED lights in the frame. Includes 168 letters, numbers, and symbols. Huntington Home LED Letter Board, $9.99.Huntington Home 50″ x 70″ Royal Plush Throw, $7.99.Huntington Home 5′ x 7′ Plush or Berber Area Rug, $24.99.Read our post about Aldi houseplants here. 4″ Succulent in Tin in Assorted Varieties, see price in store.Read our review of Aldi 3-wick candles here. Scents include Cherry Limeade Fizz, Sea Salt & Lavender, Strawberry Shortcake, or Bali Surf. Huntington Home 3-Wick Candle, $4.49 for a 14-ounce soy blend candle.Available in White, Gray, Light Blue, or Pink. Huntington Home 2-Pack Satin Pillowcases and Eye Mask Set, $4.99.Features sewn-in carrying handle and soft, plush feel. Choose Pink Jacquard, Blue Mink, or Gray Sherpa. Choose Gray Ribbed, Jacquard Light Blue, Jacquard Pink, Sherpa Teal, or Sherpa Yellow. Huntington Home 20″ x 48″ Body Pillow, $12.99.Full includes 1 comforter, 2 shams, 1 flat sheet, 1 fitted sheet, and 4 pillowcases. Twin includes 1 comforter, 1 sham, 1 flat sheet, 1 fitted sheet, and 2 pillowcases. Available in Watercolor and Ombre designs. Huntington Home Complete Bed Set, $24.99.Features large main compartment with double zipper closure, side mesh pocket for additional storage, adjustable padded shoulder strap, and removeable inner hardliner. Designs include Sunglasses, Fruit slices, Red Peppers, or Palm Leaf. Read our review of a similar Aldi bag here. ![]() Features telescopic handle and inline skate wheels, spacious main compartment with 2-way zipper, exterior pocket with zipper closure, two carrying handles, and side shoe compartment. Large available in Light Gray or Dark Gray/Black. Small available in Kaleidoscope, Light Blue, or Olive Mélange. This week’s theme is luggage and travel items, bedding, candles, plants, dorm accessories and/or home goods, office supplies, electronics, bathroom supplies, personal care items, children’s toys and accessories, and assorted food and drink highlights. Note that, in our area, the ad takes effect on Wednesday, but in some areas it may take effect as early as Sunday. Each week we highlight a few of the more interesting items in the upcoming Aldi weekly ad. ![]()
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![]() ![]() 1024x768 resolution with 16-bit color display (1280 x 768 resolution with 24 bit or higher color display recommended). Corel AfterShot Pro 2 (64-bit) for Mac By Corel Free to try Download Now Developer's Description By Corel Say hello to the world's fastest RAW photo-editing software.400 MB of available hard-disk space required Corel’s Aftershot Pro lets you enhance and manage your photos professionally.A single plugin bundle can be installed on Windows. bzplug files a single file that contains all the files and information necessary for the plugin to run. Plugins are distributed as Corel AfterShot Pro. The program now includes useful HDR tools, red-eye removal, and more. ![]() Review the plugin descriptions for details. Additionally, Corel claims the current 64-bit AfterShot offers the fastest camera raw file conversion. Corel AfterShot Pro 2 builds on its strengths: fast RAW processing, flexible non-destructive editing, and powerful photo workflow and batch control.
![]() ![]() ![]() If the mangrove didn’t have such a barrier, the salty ocean water would suck the mangrove dry. ![]() This barrier acts against osmosis, a process where water moves from areas low in salt concentration to areas high in salt concentration. In species from the genera Rhizophora (the red mangrove) and Bruguiera, the plants create a barrier and can almost completely exclude the salt from entering their vascular system-over 90 percent of the salt from seawater is excluded. To differentiate species that use different methods for dealing with salt, scientists categorize mangroves as either secretors-those that actively rid their tissue of salt-and non-secretors-those that block the salt from entering their tissue. However, most mangroves do better in ranges between 3 and 27 ppt. These adaptations are so successful that some mangroves are able to grow in soils that reach salinities up to 75 parts per thousand (ppt), about two times the salinity of ocean water. The salty soils of the intertidal pose an inhospitable barrier for most woody plants, but the mangrove is uniquely adapted for these conditions. Also, on some isolated tropical islands, such as Hawaii and Tahiti, mangroves are not native and are sometimes considered invasive species. However, rising temperatures and sea level due to climate change are allowing mangroves to expand their ranges farther away from the equator and encroach on temperate wetlands, like salt marshes. A fluctuation of ten degrees in a short period of time is enough stress to damage the plant and freezing temperatures for even a few hours can kill some mangrove species. The cooler temperatures of northern temperate regions prove too much for the mangroves. A major restriction for where mangroves can live is temperature. In Eastern Australia, the mangrove Avicennia marina can grow as far south as 38 degrees and Avicennia germinans can grow as far north as 32 degrees in the Atlantic. In general, this is an area between latitudes of 25 degrees north and 25 degrees south, however, geographical limits are highly variable depending upon the area of the world and local climates. Mangroves grow in sheltered tropical and subtropical coastal areas across the globe. Where Are Mangroves Found?Ī map of mangrove species around the world. Scientists will refer to this as the mangal, but mangrove or mangrove forest works just the same. The tree and shrub foliage create a rich habitat for other plants and animals to call home, and the branching root system underwater creates a safe haven for many fish, especially easily preyed upon young. Mangrove can also be used as a term that refers to an entire community. Some species like Conocarpus erectus, the buttonwood, are often grouped with mangroves since they hug the upper edge of mangrove forests, however, they lack many of the characteristic adaptations of mangroves and are labeled “mangrove associates.” When all plants that live in a mangrove environment are accounted for, there are well over 80 mangrove species. However, because distinguishing a mangrove species is based upon physical and ecological traits rather than family lineage, scientists often differ in what they consider to be a true mangrove. Under the strictest guidelines, there are roughly 54 true species of mangrove belonging to 16 different families. Mangroves are trees and shrubs that aren’t necessarily closely related to one another, but they do share the unique capability of growing within reach of the tides in salty soil. All mangroves have evolved special adaptations that enable them to live in salty, oxygen-poor soil. Some mangrove species live so close to the shoreline that they are flooded with salt water every day as the tide comes in and submerges their roots. In fact, the various species of mangroves aren’t necessarily closely related to one another, but they do share the unique capability of growing within reach of the tides in salty soil. The question is: Will mangroves be able to survive the impact of human activities?Ī mangrove is a woody tree or shrub that lives along sheltered coastlines within the tropic or subtropic latitudes. And, as scientists are discovering, mangrove swamps are extremely important to our own well-being and to the health of the planet. Not only do mangroves manage to survive in challenging conditions, the mangrove ecosystem also supports an incredible diversity of creatures-including some species unique to mangrove forests. How do they do it? Through a series of impressive adaptations-including a filtration system that keeps out much of the salt and a complex root system that holds the mangrove upright in the shifting sediments where land and water meet. With their roots submerged in water, mangrove trees thrive in hot, muddy, salty conditions that would quickly kill most plants. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() As in the rest of biomedicine, the scientists making those decisions were, by and large, stakeholders. As the years went on, it only made sense that the big decisions regarding Lyme disease-the paradigmatic issues like the literal disease definition and the exact serological pattern needed for diagnosis-would take the patents and future viability of the products into account. It logically followed that many of the top researchers would apply for vaccine-related patents and launch vaccine-related start-up companies while others would become big pharma consultants, garnering sizable grants for conducting vaccine studies at their university labs. Toward that end, big pharma made millions of dollars in Lyme vaccine grant money available to scientists when Lyme researchers applied for government funding, a vaccine was often in the crosshairs of their view. In Lyme disease, the main product of interest was a vaccine aimed at restoring ease in the great outdoors. By the early 1990s, university scientists were scrambling to patent genes, proteins, and organisms, hoping to launch products and profit from the discoveries they made. The new law accelerated the rate of academic breakthroughs like gene splicing, gave rise to three-way partnerships between government, universities, and start-up firms, and spawned the modern biotech industry almost overnight. Instead of leaving the ownership of intellectual property with government, the scientists now had a chance to be stakeholders and entrepreneurs themselves. In 1980, Congress passed the Bayh-Dole Act, giving universities and their faculty members permission to stake patent claims on discoveries they made through research funded by federal agencies such as the National Institutes of Health. The Vaccine Connection: Lyme Gets a Business Model In this excerpt, Weintraub shows how these machinations impeded early diagnosis and access to care for 25 years, while never delivering a Lyme vaccine itself. However, this made it virtually impossible for many of the sickest patients to get diagnosed with Lyme, including those who would have tested positive under the previous standards. Without screening for OspA and its connected protein, OspB, a vaccinated person would test negative, clearing an easy path for FDA approval of the vaccine. ![]() This was one pattern of many, according to the manufacturer, that could indicate true infection.Īmong the other changes, the test would no longer consider, for purposes of diagnosis, the protein that formed the active ingredient in the vaccine –Outer Surface Protein (Osp) A. Instead of documenting an expansion and intensification of “bands” representing antibodies to the disease on a Western blot, as before, the new, more restrictive test, called for detection of 5 of 10 bands. The new blood test would make it easier to secure FDA approval for the vaccine, called LYMErix, those at the helm of product development said. In order to shed light on the history of this contentious issue, we are publishing the following excerpt of CURE UNKNOWN: INSIDE THE LYME EPIDEMIC, by Pamela Weintraub.įirst, some background: In 1994, at a meeting in Dearborn, Michigan, a group of laboratory scientists changed the serological definition of Lyme disease in concert with the development of a Lyme vaccine. Editor’s note: The topic of a Lyme vaccine has raised some controversy surrounding the federal Tick-Borne Disease Working Group, which meets this week in Washington DC. ![]() ![]() ![]() These less common blades come as standard with some models, but they will need to be purchased separately for others, assuming they’re available at all.īestReviews Cooking and Baking Expert Mandoline slicer tips Less common blade types can create cubes, waffle cuts, crinkle cuts, and dices. The standard blade is for creating regular slices (though you may have several for creating cuts of varying thicknesses), but most models also come with blades for shredding and julienning. Mandoline slicers have interchangeable blades for performing different jobs. ![]() The only problem with ceramic is that it can't be sharpened, so if it does become dull (for instance, through misuse) it will need to be replaced. How regularly a steel blade needs to be sharpened depends on how often you use your mandoline slicer. Both have extremely sharp edges, but ceramic is designed to stay sharp, whereas stainless steel needs sharpening. Most mandoline slicer blades are made from either stainless steel or ceramic. A dishwasher will get the blades cleaner without risking you slicing your fingers.īestReviews Cooking and Baking Expert Blade material If you have a dishwasher, we definitely recommend buying a dishwasher-safe model. Second, the blades are very sharp, so you have to be careful when washing them by hand, which can cause you to be less thorough. ![]() First, food can easily get trapped in the blades, and it can be tough to get into all the nooks and crannies on some models. Mandoline slicers can be tricky to clean for two reasons. Without a cutting guard, it's quite easy to give yourself a nasty injury on a mandoline slicer, so make sure your chosen model comes with a good one. The spikes stick into the end of whatever food you plan to slice, you hold the handle while you move it back and forth over the blades, and the plate protects your fingers from contact with the blade. The cutting guard of a mandoline slicer is sometimes called a "safety guard" or a "food holder." It's essentially a handle with spikes on one end and a plastic or metal plate in between. Whether or not they're better than diagonal blades at slicing soft produce without crushing it is debatable (you'll find users in both camps, and some that say they're equally good), but they're definitely the most popular choice.Ĭonsiderations for selecting a mandoline slicer Cutting guard V-shaped blades are like having two diagonal blades, so they, too, are good at cutting soft foods. As such, softer fruits and veggies, like peppers and tomatoes, remain intact. Diagonal bladeĭiagonal blades cut one part of the produce first and gradually slice through the rest, meaning you don't need to exert as much force to cut your produce. While this blade type is great for slicing hard and dense fruits and vegetables, such as potatoes and apples, it tends to crush soft produce, especially items with strong skins, such as tomatoes. Traditionally, mandoline slicers had straight blades, and most French models still do. Mandoline slicers come with either straight, diagonal, or V-shaped blades. 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Though this might not offer the convenience of the keyboard shortcut, it can come in really handy if you are already in the Settings app or you’re always forgetting the keyboard shortcuts and prefer menus more.įirst, head to the Start Menu and click on the ‘Settings’ app tile to proceed. Method 2: Toggle The Narrator Using the Settings App You can simply toggle the Narrator on or off on your Windows 11 PC with an easy keyboard shortcut. Otherwise, you can also click on the ‘Exit Narrator’ button from the Narrator window to do so.Īnd that’s it. If you are here to disable the Narrator, again press the Windows+ Ctrl+ Enter keys together. Otherwise, click the ‘Minimize’ option to temporarily get the window out of your way. You can unselect the option for ‘Show Narrator Home when Narrator starts’ from the bottom-left corner if you don’t want the Narrator window to open every time you start it. The Narrator will turn on, and the Narrator window will open on the screen. To enable the Windows Narrator, from any screen of the PC, press the Windows+ Ctrl+ Enter keys together to invoke it. You only need to press a couple of keys and that will turn the Narrator on or off for you. This method is one of the easiest out of the lot. Method 1: Toggle The Narrator With the Keyboard Shortcut Moreover, there are multiple ways to do so, and hence, you can opt for the one that resonates the best with you. It is very easy to toggle it on or off to suit the need of the current user. There is no need to download or install anything you can access it in a jiff. It’s a system app that’s built into your Windows system, so there are not many hoops you have to go through to access it. Regardless of which method you choose to turn off the Narrator, these quick and easy steps will help you disable it in no time.Windows Narrator reads out the text on the screen and helps people with a visual impairment to navigate their PC with ease. In conclusion, the Narrator feature in Windows 10 can be useful for some users, but it can be a hindrance for others. Press the Enter key to execute the command. In the Command Prompt window, type the following command: “taskkill /f /im Narrator.exe” (without quotes).ģ. To do this, search for “Command Prompt” in the Windows Search box, right-click on the Command Prompt result, and select “Run as administrator.”Ģ. Open the Command Prompt as an administrator. If the above two methods do not work, you can use the Command Prompt to turn off the Narrator. In the right pane, turn off the toggle switch for the Narrator option.Īlternatively, you can also select the “Off” option from the “Choose when Narrator starts” drop-down list under the “Use Narrator” section. Click on the Narrator option in the left pane.Ĥ. Click on the Start button, and then click on the Settings icon (gear icon).ģ. 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After washing the fruit, dry it well before adding it to your salad.Use fruits that are in season for peak freshness and flavor.Once you’ve zested the lime, roll it on your counter a few times to soften it up.Be sure to remove just the green part of the lime peel and not the white part underneath, which can be bitter. You can also use a vegetable peeler to remove larger strips of the lime peel and then chop finely. The easiest way to zest a lime is to use a microplane.Pour the dressing over the fruit and toss gently to mix. In a small bowl, whisk together the lime zest, lime juice and honey. Peel, core and chop the pineapple, slice the strawberries and peel and chop the kiwi. Honey: Makes the fruit salad irresistibly sweet.Zest the lime whole, then cut it in half and juice it. Lime Zest & Lime Juice: Brings a touch of tartness, which balances out the sweet fruit and honey.Then cut the kiwi in half lengthwise and slice. Kiwi: To prep, slice off the two ends and then peel with a small paring knife.Blackberries: A beautiful addition to a summer fruit salad.Blueberries: A sweet favorite! They’re easy to wash and require no other prep.Fresh is best, as the texture of canned pineapple is not as good. Pineapple: You can purchase a fresh pineapple and chop it yourself, or buy pre-cut pineapple from the grocery store.I left the grapes whole, but you can halve them if serving the fruit salad to very young children. Red Grapes: Or use green grapes if that’s what you have on hand.This recipe is easy to customize and make your own! Below, you’ll find suggestions for other fruits you can use. I chose this combination of fruit and berries because it gives you a delicious mix of flavors and colors. Here’s an overview of the ingredients needed for this salad recipe. You may want to scale down the amount of lemon juice, since lemons are more tart than limes. If you don’t have limes on hand, you can substitute fresh lemon juice and lemon zest. Since ripe fruits are already sweet, we just need a little bit of dressing on the salad. The dressing brings out the sweet flavor of the fruit and makes this salad worthy of a special occasion! This fruit salad is tossed in a simple dressing made from lime zest, lime juice and honey. The recipe makes a big bowl, which is a good thing because it always gets eaten in record time! Fruit Salad Dressing We can’t get enough of this fresh fruit salad. The honey lime dressing is light and fresh and we use just enough to add an extra zip of flavor to our fresh fruit. You can swap in your favorite fruits and adapt this recipe to use what is in season. The combination of ingredients in this recipe make for a delicious and colorful salad. This recipe features a rainbow of fruits and a sweet fruit salad dressing. It’s bursting with fresh fruits and perfect for serving at a summer BBQ. Along with this Berry Fruit Salad recipe, this fruit salad is one of our very favorites. This easy fruit salad recipe is a favorite summer side dish or dessert!įruit salad is a classic side dish that’s perfect for almost any occasion. ![]() ![]() Fruit Salad with honey lime dressing is sweet and full of fresh flavor. ![]() ![]() ![]() The C1 may be an AC10 in name only, but it undeniably looks and sounds like a Vox. On balance, reverb will probably be more useful than tremolo in a plug and play amp such as the C1, and it sounds pretty decent. The VX10 was voiced somewhere between the two and the C1’s cabinet provides more thump and bass extension than the open-back design. The C1 in combination with the Gold delivered all the old-school Vox jangle you could want and the G10M was smoother in the highs and fuller in the mids. We compared the VX10 speaker with a Celestion Alnico Gold and a G10M. The C1 also cleans up really well when you back off your guitar volume, and the master volume does a fantastic job of reining back this surprisingly loud little combo to bedroom levels. The C1 can get very overdriven, but the bass end holds together extremely well, and even with single coils the treble remains devoid of harshness. In sheer gain terms, the C1 matches the old AC10 – then pushes things a lot further still. So we can say that the C1 does sound a lot like an original – but only up to a point. The point is it’s something you can dial in to taste rather than something you’re obliged to live with. If you prefer a bit more vintage looseness in the lows, the C1 can oblige when you ramp up the bass control. The most impressive thing is the way the C1 captures the harmonically loaded and slightly blurry chime that characterises the classic Vox sound. Compared to the old one, the treble isn’t quite as sweet, but the C1’s bass response is considerably tighter and better defined. With the reverb turned off, the C1 can sound very much like a vintage AC10’s normal channel. Despite all the construction changes between the C1 and the vintage AC10, the tonal similarities were more apparent than the differences. Better still, the vintage example was retrofitted with a top boost module and the input resistors had been changed to AC15 spec to make it louder and brighter. It was fortunate to have an original ’63 AC10 on hand to compare with the C1. It also means there is a greater range of tones than you might normally get from a regular two-band equaliser. So some familiarisation is required before you can start to get the hang of the tone controls, which means dialling in a sound can take a bit longer than you’d usually expect. There also appears to be some degree of crossover between the controls, which changes the timbre of the midrange. Turning up the treble control increases high-frequency response much as you might expect, but beyond the halfway point the bass begins to roll off as treble is increased. Bass response seems to be fairly neutral about halfway up, so you can roll it off or boost it. The C1’s tone controls respond and interact in a peculiar and slightly unpredictable way that’s not dissimilar to the old Vox top boost arrangement. So there’s plenty of air moving around inside the cabinet to keep things cool. Standing over the amp and playing a powerchord, I felt a blast of air from the top vent hit me full in the face. Video used with permission from Vox Amplification.Cathode biased Vox amps are known to run hot, but fear not. Video for the Vox "White Bronco" Series Amps - January 2017. The AC10C1-VB cabinet was covered in black basket weave vinyl and featured black plastic vents, a black Vox strap handle and a VX10 Celestion 10" speaker. ![]() January 2020 - The AC10C1 makes a second appearance sporting vintage black Vox grill cloth in this limited edition model introduced in January 2020. It also featured brown Vox grill cloth and a 10" VX10 Celestion speaker. The front and rear of the cabinet body were covered in black "basketweave" vinyl. The front, center and rear were covered in maroon vinyl with a "tolex" texture. July 2019 - Vox introduced the AC10C1-TTMB Limited Edition amplifier with an unusual two-tone vinyl scheme. The amp had a single black plastic vent, black Vox strap handle and a single Celestion Junior V-Type 10" speaker. It featured the same chassis as the standard AC10C1. The AC10VS was covered in black bronco vinyl and featured traditional black Vox grill. September 2018 - Vox also announced the AC10VS limited edition amp. ![]() |
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