Winter is here, bringing a whole lot of beauty and serenity, but also some major discomforts. One of the biggest struggles? Cold hands and feet. The moment you take your hands out of your pockets or kick off your socks, the cold just takes over, leaving you freezing. But what if we told you there’s a super simple, natural way to beat the chill? That’s right – one humble kitchen spice – clove – could be the secret to keeping those winter chills at bay. Let’s take a closer look at how clove can help you stay warm this season.
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Why Do We Get Cold Hands And Feet During Winter?
Cold hands and feet during winter are super common. According to nutritionist Isha Lall, this happens because of poor blood circulation in your body. The official website of Columbia University’s Irving Medical Center explains that to maintain a cosy temperature for your vital organs like your brain and heart, your body reduces blood flow to your extremities – like your hands and feet.
How Does Clove Help Keep You Warm In Winter?
Clove could be your new best friend when it comes to staying warm. In fact, cloves should be a go-to in your winter meals. Why? Because they’re known for improving blood circulation, which helps keep your hands and feet warm. As nutritionist Isha Lall explains, the bioactive compound in cloves – eugenol – is known for dilating blood vessels and improving blood flow. This makes cloves especially helpful when you’re trying to keep your extremities toasty during the cold months.
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What Are Some Other Benefits Of Having Clove In Your Daily Routine?
Cloves don’t just help you stay warm – they offer a ton of other health benefits too. The active ingredient in cloves, eugenol oil, makes up 60-90% of each clove and is known for its powerful effects. Dr Ashutosh Gautam from Baidyanath shares that clove oil is packed with antioxidants. Here’s how it benefits your body:
1. Boosts Immunity
Cloves are loaded with antioxidants that help fight free radical damage and boost your immunity. This can help keep the winter flu and colds at bay. Plus, their antiseptic, antiviral, and antimicrobial properties can help soothe sore throats and coughs.
2. Great For Oral Health
The eugenol compound in clove oil has strong germicidal properties that help tackle toothaches, sore gums, and ulcers.
3. Healthy Digestion
Clove’s eugenol helps with digestion and smooths out your bowel system. It’s also great for weight management as it naturally boosts your metabolism.
4. Supple Skin
Because cloves fight free radicals, they can help keep your skin smooth and glowing. Just add clove to your diet and watch your skin transform.
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Easy Ways To Add Clove To Your Diet
Now that you know the magic of clove, let’s look at some simple ways to add it to your daily routine.
1. Morning Chai: Add 2-3 cloves to your morning tea to keep the warmth flowing from within.
2. Clove Water: Infuse cloves in warm water and sip on it throughout the day.
3. Soups and Desserts: Give your soups and desserts a little extra oomph by sprinkling some clove powder on top.
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Winter. The season of fluffy blankets, oversized sweaters, and endless chai sessions. It’s also the time when everything-from your hands to your food – turns ice-cold faster than you’d like. And let’s be real: nothing kills the vibe of winter comfort more than lukewarm soup or cold parathas. Whether it’s a packed lunch or a dinner party spread, we’ve all faced the struggle of keeping food warm when it’s freezing outside. But guess what? You don’t have to settle for cold meals anymore. These 5 simple hacks will keep your food warm and your winter cravings satisfied!
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5 Hacks To Keep Your Food Warm This Winter
1. Insulated Containers For The Win
Invest in a good-quality insulated container or thermal flask to keep your meals piping hot for hours. Bonus hack: preheat the container before use. Fill it with boiling water, let it sit for a few minutes, then empty it out and add your food. This extra step locks in the heat and makes a world of difference. Perfect for soups, curries, or even your biryani!
2. Trust The Power Of Aluminium Foil
Remember how your mom always wrapped rotis in foil? Turns out, she knew what she was doing. Aluminium foil traps heat and keeps your food fresh and warm. For an extra layer of warmth, wrap the foil-covered dish in a kitchen towel. This trick works like magic for everything from sandwiches to parathas and is especially handy for packed lunches.
3. Set Up A Hot Water Bath
If you’re hosting and need the food to stay warm for hours, use a hot water bath. Place your serving dishes in a large pan filled with hot water. The gentle heat keeps your food warm without overcooking it. This is a lifesaver for potlucks or leisurely meals when guests take their time to dig in.
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4. Slow Cookers And Electric Warmers
For a hands-free solution, plug in a slow cooker or electric food warmer. These gadgets are perfect for keeping soups, stews, and curries at the right temperature. They’re also a must-have for winter parties, so you can enjoy the company without constantly reheating food.
5. Thermal Food Bags To The Rescue
Thermal food bags aren’t just for takeout-they’re your winter MVP. They’re insulated to lock in heat, so your meals stay warm for hours. Pro tip: wrap your food in aluminium foil before placing it in the bag for double the heat retention. Great for everything from picnics to tiffin lunches!
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With these hacks, your food can stay warm and comforting no matter how cold it gets outside. So bring on the winter chills-you’ve got this!
MANAMA, Bahrain — Iran said Friday it conducted a successful space launch, the latest for its program the West alleges improves Tehran’s ballistic missile program.
Iran conducted the launch using its Simorgh program, a satellite-carrying rocket that had had a series of failed launches, at Iran’s Imam Khomeini Spaceport in rural Semnan province. That’s the site of Iran’s civilian space program.
The Simorgh carried what Iran described as an “orbital propulsion system,” as well as two research systems to a 400-kilometer (250-mile) orbit above the Earth. The system could allow Iran to change the orbit of a spacecraft, something Tehran long has wanted to do to be able to have geo-synchronized orbits for its satellites.
There was no immediate independent confirmation the launch was successful. The U.S. military did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
The announcement comes as heightened tensions grip the wider Middle East over Israel’s continued war on Hamas in the Gaza Strip and as an uneasy ceasefire holds in Lebanon.
The United States has previously said Iran’s satellite launches defy a U.N. Security Council resolution and called on Tehran to undertake no activity involving ballistic missiles capable of delivering nuclear weapons. U.N. sanctions related to Iran’s ballistic missile program expired in October 2023.
“Iran’s work on space-launch vehicles — including its Simorgh — probably would shorten the timeline to produce an intercontinental ballistic missile, if it decided to develop one, because the systems use similar technologies,” a U.S. intelligence community report released in July said.
Under Iran’s relatively moderate former President Hassan Rouhani, the Islamic Republic slowed its space program for fear of raising tensions with the West. The late hard-line President Ebrahim Raisi, a protégé of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei who came to power in 2021, pushed the program forward.
Iran’s reformist President Masoud Pezeshkian, who has been signaling he wants to negotiate with the West over sanctions, has yet to offer strategy when it comes to Iran’s ambitions in space.
Intercontinental ballistic missiles can be used to deliver nuclear weapons. Iran is now producing uranium close to weapons-grade levels after the collapse of its nuclear deal with world powers. Tehran has enough enriched uranium for “several” nuclear weapons, if it chooses to produce them, the head of the International Atomic Energy Agency repeatedly has warned.
Iran has always denied seeking nuclear weapons and says its space program, like its nuclear activities, is for purely civilian purposes. However, U.S. intelligence agencies and the IAEA say Iran had an organized military nuclear program up until 2003.
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Associated Press writer Nasser Karimi in Tehran, Iran, contributed to this report.
A Long Island teen has died after losing consciousness on the ice during a charity hockey game in honor of a fellow high school student who died in a car crash last year.
Connor Kasin, a 17-year-old senior at Massapequa High School, suffered a “medical event” and passed out on the ice during an intermission of the hockey game at the Town of Oyster Bay Ice Skating Center in Bethpage at around 9 p.m. on Saturday, according to News 12 Long Island.
Multiple “civilians” at the game rushed onto the ice and performed CPR on the teen while waiting for first responders, the Nassau County Police Department said in a press release.
Connor Kasin passed out on the ice during an intermission of the hockey game at the Town of Oyster Bay Ice Skating Center in Bethpage at around 9 p.m. on Saturday. Instagram / Long Island Sharks
Kasin was transported to a local hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
The cause of the medical episode is still unknown.
Nassau police said they are still investigating the incident but noted that “no criminality suspected.”
Kasin played for the Sharks Elite Youth Hockey team when the medical episode occurred.
Massapequa High School announced the death of Kasin in a letter to students and families over the weekend.
Kasin was transported to a local hospital, where he was pronounced dead. Massapequa Funeral Home
“It is heartbreaking to report that Connor did not survive. His passing is devastating to the Massapequa community, and we offer our deepest condolences to Connor’s family and friends,” the letter said.
School officials said grief counseling will be available to students this week.
The teen collapsed during the charity match in honor of a Syosset graduate, Sabrina Navarett, who died in a car crash last year.
The game was held by a foundation in Navarett’s name to raise scholarship money and offer support to grieving parents whose children have passed.
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Navaretta’s parents, John and Mara, released a statement on Kasin’s tragic death and offered their condolences to the hockey star’s family.
“There are no words to convey our heartbreak that we feel as last night was supposed to be a fun night. The community came together to celebrate Sabrina’s life and our family’s commitment to help with scholarship, dog rescue and assisting grieving parents,” John and Mara Navaretta said, according to CBS News.
“We would like the Kasin family to know our commitment to you. Connor was there to play for Sabrina and our family is here for you. Please take the time to grieve and be kind to yourself as the waves of grief can knock you over. John and I are here for you when you are ready.”
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Kasin’s travel hockey team, the Sharks Elite Youth Hockey, also posted on Facebook Sunday confirming his death.
His coach, Jeff Tempone, called his player’s death “devastating.”
“He was a coach’s dream. You coach him and he loved the game. It’s missing someone. It’s missing someone very special,” Tempone told CBS News. “Probably in the best shape on the team, as far as being physical, and was just a great kid, highly coachable kid, always encouraging his teammates on the bench.”
“It was devastating. It’s a 17-year-old kid — has his whole life ahead of him,” Tempone said.
There are many ways to get noticed on the football field. Scoring a touchdown is often the easiest way. For a defensive player, making a big hit or intercepting a pass can get a player a lot of attention. Even on special teams, a clutch field goal or a long return of a kickoff or a punt can get you noticed.
There is at least one position, however, where you “don’t get noticed unless you mess up.”
That’s what Clarinda junior Sam Kline said about his main position, long snapper, and what he has done to get himself noticed at the collegiate level.
The long snapper is the position that snaps the football back to the punter and to the holder for a field goal or extra point attempt. Kline already has gone on a gameday visit this season to South Dakota State and will be on the Drake sideline Saturday as the Bulldogs take on Morehead State.
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He went to camps at South Dakota State and at Iowa State over the summer and said he plans on going to several more next summer with the ultimate goal of playing for the team he has liked throughout his youth, Iowa State.
“I have grown up a big Iowa State fan,” Kline said, “but being able to go anywhere and play at the Division 1 level would be pretty cool.”
Kline said the main practice for being a long snapper is the same as for any position in any sport and that’s repetition.
“There are some drills to do to get better,” Kline said, “but it’s mostly repetition and being crisp all the time. I try to practice a couple of times a week. Now that football season is over, I can work on it a little bit more.”
Kline said his interest in being a long snapper started his freshman year with him simply looking for a way to get on the field.
“I wasn’t on the field much my freshman year,” Kline said, “So I tried something to get onto the field and I was naturally good (at long snapping), and I decided maybe I could do this in college.”
Kline looks to be well on his way, saying a good college snap gets from the snapper’s hand to the punter in .7 seconds. He said he is in the .7 to .75 second range right now. He said a long snap for a punt, though, is quite a bit different than a long snap for a field goal or extra point.
“For a field goal, your legs aren’t bent and it’s all in your arms,” Kline said. “For a punt, it’s a lot farther of a snap, so you use your arms and legs.”
A punt snap is about twice as far as a field goal snap. The snapper is given protection, meaning an opposing player can’t make contact with him on both of those plays. Kline said, with that, after he snaps a field goal or extra point, it’s mainly just holding his arms out to help the lineman next to him, while on a punt he takes off.
“I’m normally the first one down there,” Kline said about this season’s punts. “I forced quite a few fair catches this year.”
While Kline has been Clarinda’s long snapper since he started learning the position, he had to step up at more traditional positions on offense and defense this season and ended the year fourth on the team with 30 tackles.
“I didn’t know how much I would be able to play (going into the season),” Kline said. “But we had a couple guys go down and I was able to step up and find my role.”
He added it was a fun junior season, being a big part of a Cardinal team that won six games and qualified for the Class 2A playoffs. He said his favorite parts of the season were the Homecoming win over Interstate 35 and clinching a home playoff game in the win at Centerville, which wrapped up the regular season.
Kline also plays basketball and golf for Clarinda. He has also played baseball, but said he’s likely done with that sport to focus on going to more football camps next summer. He has one football season left and said he’s hoping to leave his mark on the program.
“Hopefully we can move further into the playoffs than we have before,” Kline said about next football season, “and I want to continue to be successful in my other sports.”
Kline said while he enjoys being a long snapper and is excited about the possibility of playing Division 1 college football, the long snapper position is often the final spot in a college team’s recruiting class, meaning he’ll likely have to wait until after next football season to see offers start coming in.
“I’m just hoping to continue to get better,” Kline said, “go to camps and get noticed more. Most long snappers are recruited a lot later than most other positions. I have to stay patient.”
He expects to be able to attend as many as seven or eight camps in the summer and hopefully make enough of an impact to be able to play on Saturdays.
“Aberdeen were thrashed 6-0 by Celtic in the Scottish League Cup, ending a 16-match unbeaten run under Jimmy Thelin. What’s the heaviest defeat to end an unbeaten run?” asked Matthew Shore last week.
We added the caveat of an unbeaten run of at least 15 games, and Chris Roe got busy crunching the numbers, for English football at least. “There have been 487 instances of unbeaten runs in league fixtures of at least 15 matches in length,” he tells us. “Of those, 290 were ended by a single-goal defeat, and 133 by a two-goal margin.”
“The first Football League team to lose their unbeaten run in a defeat by three goals was Preston North End in 1891-92. After a run of 14 wins and one draw, they lost 4-1 to Sunderland on 12 March 1892. Grimsby Town eclipsed that in 1900-01, when their 17-game run was ended by a 5-0 defeat to New Brighton Tower.”
As Daniel Seppings also reported, there are three other teams to lose unbeaten runs with a five-goal defeat, and one is slightly more memorable than the others: Northampton Town (lost 5-0 to Newcastle, 1964-65), Swansea City (lost 5-0 to Luton, 1979-80) … and Sir Alex Ferguson’s Manchester United, who were thumped 5-0 at Chelsea in October 1999 to end a 29-game unbeaten league run.
Jeremy Simmonds points out that in 1977-78, “Everton lost their opening two matches then went unbeaten for 18 games, before conceding six at home to Manchester United on Boxing Day. They did, however, get on the scoresheet twice themselves.” It finished 6-2 to United, and as Scott Murray writes here, the shattered Toffees went on to lose 3-1 at Leeds just 24 hours later.
Finally, as both Chris and Daniel highlight, there is an English team with a 25-game unbeaten league run who suffered a 7-0 defeat. Step forward Nottingham Forest, whose run across two seasons from February to November 1995 was ended in ruthless fashion by the reigning Premier League champions, Blackburn Rovers.
Heading south
“With seven London teams and three on the south coast, is this season the least ‘northern’ in English top-flight history?” asks Tim P.
“The short answer is yes, that is correct!!” writes Daniel Seppings, stopping at a disappointing two exclamation marks. “Using Ordnance Survey coordinates for every ground ever used in an English top-flight match, I’ve worked out the average number of miles north a match has been played. For 2024-25, the average distance north of a Premier League match has been 161.4 miles.
“The record before this season was 1987-88, when the average distance north was 162.6 miles and the top division featured seven London teams as well as Oxford, Luton, Watford, Portsmouth and Southampton. The most northerly top-flight season was 1902-03 where the average distance north was 244.9 miles. The league this season featured no teams south of the Midlands.”
Bournemouth beat Southampton 3-1 in a very southern Premier League meeting on 30 September. Photograph: Andrew Boyers/Action Images/Reuters
Four-midable title winners
Last week, Ralph Neville asked: “Sean Gannon has just won his 11th League of Ireland trophy with his fourth club (Shelbourne). Has any other player won the same league with four or more different clubs previously?”
Pete Tomlin offers a comprehensive answer. “According to my research, there are nine players who have achieved this feat. The first to do so was Alain Geiger, a centre-back who won the Swiss Nationalliga in 1984-85 with Servette, in 1987-88 with Neuchâtel Xamax, in 1991-92 with Sion and finally in 1995-96 with Grasshopper Zurich.”
Sean Gannon celebrates winning the League of Ireland with Shelbourne. Photograph: Dan Sheridan/Inpho/Shutterstock
With Geiger counted, here are eight other players who can match Gannon’s four-peat with different clubs, including Wojciech Szczesny’s dad. Hat-tip to Dave Mellinger, who also emailed in to suggest Brian Mullan:
Timur Kapadze (Uzbekistan Super League, 12 titles) Neftchi Fergana (2000-01), Pakhtakor Tashkent (six from 2001-02 to 2006-07), Bunyodkor Tashkent (three from 2007-08 to 2009-10), Lokomotiv Tashkent (2015-16 and 2016-17).
Joseph Zerafa (Maltese Premier League, six titles) Birkirkara (2009-10, 2012-13), Valletta (2017-18, 2018-19), Hibernians (2021-22), Hamrun Spartans (2023-24).
Maciej Szczesny (Polish Ekstraklasa, five titles) Legia Warsaw (1993-94 and 1994-95), Widzew Lodz (1996-97), Polonia Warsaw (1999-2000), Wisla Krakow (2000-01).
Stefan Kolev (Bulgarian First League, five titles) Levski Sofia (1987-88), CSKA Sofia (1991-92), Slavia Sofia (1995-96), Litex Lovech (1997-98 and 1998-99).
Brian Mullan(MLS Cup, five titles) LA Galaxy (2001-02), San Jose Earthquakes (2002-03), Houston Dynamo (2005-06 and 2006-07), Colorado Rapids (2009-10).
Nikolay Mashichev(Estonian Liiga, five titles) TVMK Tallinn (2005), Flora Tallinn (2010, 2011), FC Infonet (2016), Kalju FC (2018).
Cheng Siu Chung (Hong Kong First Division, four titles) Eastern (1994-95), Instant-Dict (1997-98), South China (1999-2000), Happy Valley (2002-03).
Hassan Sunny(Singapore Super League, four titles) Tampines Rovers (2010-11), Warriors FC (2013-14), Lion City Sailors (2020-21), Albirex Niigata Singapore (2022-23).
Palindromes: an update
Last week, we sent up the Knowledge fact-signal in the hope Chris Roe (or another kind soul) might look into true palindromic results – where the scores are reversed as well as the pattern of results. Well, Chris came to the rescue. “So, if we consider this second interpretation, then the longest such sequence in the English league is of eight matches, a record jointly achieved nine times, by eight different teams.”
“First to set the record were Watford back in 1921, starting on the 5 March …
Watford’s palindromic results. Illustration: Chris Roe
“… and the most recent was MK Dons, from 18 March 2023 …
MK Dons’ palindromic results. Illustration: Chris Roe
“Only one team has done it twice – Mansfield Town, in February 1968 and January 1972,” Chris concludes.
Mansfield Town’s set of two palindromic runs of results. Illustration: Chris Roe
Meanwhile, Phil Jolly has come to The Knowledge’s defence. “I don’t agree with the pedants. The units in the sequence can be the results, not the individual numbers of goals, so the Ipswich sequence is a valid palindrome.” We appreciate it, Phil.
The game’s gone (80s edition)
It pains me to act as VAR on Leicester City’s jubilations, but the game had gone before Alan Birchenall’s half-time rant in the 1994 match against Cov.
It had already vanished in 1986, when Eamon Dunphy wrote a rueful new introduction to a reissue of his book Only a Game? pic.twitter.com/zhJ5u9D5U7
“During the Stuttgart v Augsburg game in the Bundesliga, the home team wore a special kit to mark the 25th birthday of mascot Fritzle – with his face on the front. Can any other fans recall a mascot being given such special treatment?” asked Steve Joseph back in 2017.
Stuttgart’s alligator mascot emerged from a giant red and white egg on 22 August 1992, and the egg even featured in Stuttgart’s 1992-93 team photo. His anniversary was marked by a fairly uninspiring 0-0 draw, but he isn’t the first mascot to have featured prominently on a club’s shirt.
“Didn’t the mighty Jags, AKA Partick Thistle, have their LSD-trip-gone-wrong mascot on their shirt all of the 2015-16 season if not longer?” wonders Tim Maitland. They did indeed – who could forget Kingsley, the terrifying creation of David Shrigley?
Kingsley greets some young Partick Thistle fans. Hopefully they didn’t have nightmares. Photograph: Murdo MacLeod/The Guardian
And while we can’t really include mascots based on club crests (whether red devils, magpies or lions), a case could be made for Changy the Elephant. Everton’s former mascot was based on the logo of their shirt sponsors, Thai brewery Chang, but packed his trunk and left Goodison when that deal ended in 2017.
“Jack Harrison is in his second season on loan at Everton from Leeds. He also spent three seasons on loan at Leeds from Manchester City and had a spell at Middlesbrough. To date he has played 205 games on loan at various clubs of his total of 321 career games, meaning he has played 64% of his career playing on loan. Is this a record?” asks Rob Huggett.
“Who is the most prominent football manager of all time with no recorded playing experience before they went into coaching?” wonders Jack Hayward. “If they played youth or Sunday league football and never turned professional, they don’t count (looking at you, Thomas Frank).”
Stockport County followed up a midweek 5-0 home loss last week with a 5-0 home win at the weekend. Has any other team had successive league wins and losses of a higher score, netting out to a zero goal difference?
“Liverpool and Aston Villa are the only two Premier League teams whose names begin and end with the same letter (discounting Football Club and the like). In Scotland, three of 12 teams fit the criteria: Kilmarnock, Celtic and Dundee United,” notes Matthew Chapman. “Which league has had the most such teams at any time?”
“As of now, there are four points between Arsenal (fourth) and Manchester United (13th). Has there ever been a smaller points gap separating teams who are 10 league positions apart before, at least 10 games into the season?” asks Alistair Mendes-Hay.
“Manchester United have had four ex-players as manager or interim since 2014: Ryan Giggs, Ole Gunnar Solskjær, Michael Carrick and Ruud van Nistelrooy. What’s the record?” asks Josh Potter.
Ruud van Nistelrooy signs off as Manchester United caretaker manager after the 2-0 win over Leicester. Photograph: Robbie Jay Barratt/AMA/Getty Images
“I was at Rochdale v Sutton United today and it was 24 minutes and 32 seconds before there was a free-kick awarded,” writes Niel Wood. “I’m not sure if such records exist but this feels like a long time. Anyone know any different?”
“This has to be a record for the biggest comeback in stoppage time, right?” asks Derek Robertson.
Picture this – we buy spinach on Monday, thinking we’ll cook palak paneer for Wednesday; and when we take the spinach out of the fridge to cook, we find it wilted. Much relatable, right? It gets frustrating when freshly bought vegetables start rotting in only few days. It is one such problem that almost everyone has faced in their kitchen. One of the major reasons for the same is how we store those veggies. Here we found some easy storage hacks that will make your produce last longer in the fridge, letting you enjoy fresh veggies for a long.
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Here 6 Easy Storage Hacks For Your Kitchen:
1. Wash Fruits And Veggies When You Eat
If we wash all the fruits and veggies before storing them, the moisture on the produce will dampen it. The dampness will risk moulding and rotting. Just store the produce when you buy them. Wash the veggies when you plan to cook them.
Place a paper in the spinach.
2. Store Leafy Veggies With Paper Towel
Storing leafy green like palak, methi and sarson can be a bit tricky as they easily lose their freshness in a few days. By placing a paper towel with your leafy vegetables, the paper towel will absorb all the excess moisture and prevents the vegetables from getting soggy, easily.
3. Freeze The Meat
Always store your meat in the freezer, this will prolong its shelf life. You can easily buy the meat in bulk and save money without worrying about the meat rotting.
Store the herbs in water.
4. Store Herbs In Fresh Water
Fresh herbs like dhaniya (coriander) kadi patta (curry leaves) and pudina (mint) can easily get soggy and rot even if they are stored in the fridge. The easiest way to keep them fresh is to store them in a jar of water, upright like a plant.
5. Puree Leafy Veggies If Not Used For A While
If the leafy vegetables start becoming soggy then don’t throw them away, a quick way to prolong their shelf life is to puree them and then store them. Pureed veggies last longer.
Keep lemon in the fridge.
6. Store Lemon In Fridge
If you have been keeping your lemons on the countertop, then you have been doing it wrong. Lemon lasts longer when it is stored in the fridge, especially when it is placed in an airtight container.
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Try out these storage hacks and make your daily life hassle-free. And do let us know if you have any such easy hack or kitchen tip.
Back in 2016, a scientific research organization incorporated in Delaware and based in Mountain View, California, applied to be recognized as a tax-exempt charitable organization by the Internal Revenue Services.
Called OpenAI, the nonprofit told the IRS its goal was to “advance digital intelligence in the way that is most likely to benefit humanity as a whole, unconstrained by a need to generate financial return.”
Its assets included a $10 million loan from one of its four founding directors and now CEO, Sam Altman.
The application, which nonprofits are required to disclose and which OpenAI provided to The Associated Press, offers a view back in time to the origins of the artificial intelligence giant that has since grown to include a for-profit subsidiary recently valued at $157 billion by investors.
It’s one measure of the vast distance OpenAI — and the technology that it researches and develops — has traveled in under a decade.
In the application, OpenAI indicated it did not plan to enter into any joint ventures with for-profit organizations, which it has since done. It also said it did “not plan to play any role in developing commercial products or equipment,” and promised to make its research freely available to the public.
A spokesperson for OpenAI, Liz Bourgeois, said in an email that the organization’s missions and goals have remained constant, though the way it’s carried out its mission has evolved alongside advances in technology.
Attorneys who specialize in advising nonprofits have been watching OpenAI’s meteoric rise and its changing structure closely. Some wonder if its size and the scale of its current ambitions have reached or exceeded the limits of how nonprofits and for-profits may interact. They also wonder the extent to which its primary activities advance its charitable mission, which it must, and whether some may privately benefit from its work, which is prohibited.
In general, nonprofit experts agree that OpenAI has gone to great lengths to arrange its corporate structure to comply with the rules that govern nonprofit organizations. OpenAI’s application to the IRS appears typical, said Andrew Steinberg, counsel at Venable LLP and a member of the American Bar Association’s nonprofit organizations committee.
If the organization’s plans and structure changed, it would need to report that information on its annual tax returns, Steinberg said, which it has.
“At the time that the IRS reviewed the application, there wasn’t information that that corporate structure that exists today and the investment structure that they pursued was what they had in mind,” he said. “And that’s okay because that may have developed later.”
Here are some highlights from the application:
At inception, OpenAI’s research plans look quaint in light of the race to develop AI that was in part set off by its release of ChatGPT in 2022.
OpenAI told the IRS it planned to train an AI agent to solve a wide variety of games. It aimed to build a robot to perform housework and to develop a technology that could “follow complex instructions in natural language.”
Today, its products, which include text-to-image generators and chatbots that can detect emotion and write code, far exceed those technical thresholds.
The nonprofit OpenAI indicated on the application form that it had no plans to enter into joint ventures with for-profit entities.
It also wrote, “OpenAI does not plan to play any role in developing commercial products or equipment. It intends to make its research freely available to the public on a nondiscriminatory basis.”
OpenAI spokesperson Bourgeois said the organization believes the best way to accomplish its mission is to develop products that help people use AI to solve problems, including many products it offers for free. But they also believe developing commercial partnerships has helped further their mission, she said.
OpenAI reported to the IRS in 2016 that regularly sharing its research “with the general public is central to the mission of OpenAI. OpenAI will regularly release its research results on its website and share software it has developed with the world under open source software licenses.”
It also wrote it “intends to retain the ownership of any intellectual property it develops.”
The value of that intellectual property and whether it belongs to the nonprofit or for-profit subsidiary could become important questions if OpenAI decides to alter its corporate structure, as Altman confirmed in September it was considering.
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Ohio State coach Ryan Day said he and his staff don’t consider the time change a big deal. Kickoff in Eugene is 4:30 p.m. Pacific, which is a standard 7:30 p.m. Eastern start.
“I don’t really see it as much of a challenge that way,” Day said. “It’s a four-and-a-half-hour flight, a couple more hours than Nebraska. We’re going to stay on our time schedule. The way the time of the game fits is kind of how we practice. We’re not going to look too much into it.”
The picks, with all games Saturday unless noted, and lines from BetMGM Sportsbook:
No. 1 Texas (minus 14 1/2) vs. No. 18 Oklahoma
The last time Texas entered the Red River Rivalry game ranked No. 1 was 1984, when the Longhorns and No. 2 Sooners played to a 15-15 tie. This one shouldn’t be close. Quinn Ewers is back from injury, Texas has yet to allow 300 yards in a game, and Oklahoma’s offense is a mess.
Pick: Texas 27-10.
No. 2 Ohio State at No. 3 Oregon (plus 3 1/2)
The Buckeyes have rolled over each of their first five opponents, though it took them a while to get going against Iowa last week. Wins haven’t come quite as easily for the Ducks, but Dillon Gabriel and the home field give them an edge in the first top-five matchup at Autzen Stadium.
Pick: Oregon: 31-27.
No. 4 Penn State at Southern California (plus 5 1/2)
The Nittany Lions are the only FBS team to start 5-0 the last four years, and they are riding some momentum after dominating UCLA most of the second half last week. USC has gotten a taste of Big Ten physicality and lost two of their first three in their new conference.
Pick: Penn State 28-24.
Mississippi State (plus 33 1/2) at No. 5 Georgia
Georgia might not be scoring at the rate it was last season, but Mississippi State is allowing 475 yards and 38 points per game against FBS opponents. Georgia also has won 27 straight home games.
Pick: Georgia 35-3.
South Carolina (plus 21 1/2) at No. 7 Alabama
Alabama has experienced incredible highs and lows the last two games and surely is itching to play this game to get rid of the taste of the Vanderbilt upset. This is only the second meeting of the Gamecocks and Crimson Tide since 2010.
Pick: Alabama 41-21.
Florida at No. 8 Tennessee (minus 15 1/2)
Tennessee will be looking to vent some frustration after getting humbled at Arkansas last week. The Volunteers’ offense has regressed the last two games, and the Gators’ defense is coming off its best game against UCF.
Pick: Tennessee 35-17.
No. 9 Mississippi at No. 13 LSU (plus 3)
Jaxson Dart and LSU Heisman winner Jayden Daniels marched their teams up and down the field last year and combined for 104 points and more than 1,300 yards in the Mississippi win. The defenses might want to show up this time. There are huge College Football Playoff ramifications.
Pick: LSU 28-23.
No. 10 Clemson (minus 20 1/2) at Wake Forest
Clemson’s Dabo Swinney looks to improve to 16-0 against the Demon Deacons. His Tigers have been fast starters, having outscored their five opponents 90-0 in the first quarter.
Pick: Clemson 42-17.
Stanford at No. 11 Notre Dame (minus 23 1/2)
The injury bug has bitten another Notre Dame player, with coach Marcus Freeman announcing sack leader Boubacar Traore is out for the season with a torn ACL. Stanford is coming off a 24-point loss at home to Virginia Tech and will be playing its third game in the Eastern time zone in four weeks.
Pick: Notre Dame 38-10.
No. 11 Iowa State (minus 3) at West Virginia
Mountaineers dual-threat QB Garrett Greene and the 1-2 RB punch of Jahiem White and CJ Donaldson could pose a big problem for Iowa State, which leads the Big 12 in defense but hasn’t stopped the run as effectively as some past units.
Pick: Iowa State 31-27.
Arizona at No. 14 BYU (minus 5 1/2)
BYU has been a revelation, already matching its 2023 Big 12 win total (two). The Cougars have returned a punt and kickoff for touchdowns, and their defense has 10 takeaways. Arizona is 124th in punt return defense and coughed up the ball three times at Texas Tech last week.
Pick: BYU 28-17.
No. 16 Utah at Arizona State (plus 6 1/2)
Paging Cam Rising. The Utes have scored a total of 32 points with freshman QB Isaac Wilson the last two games, and mum’s the word on whether Rising will be back from injury for Friday’s game. The Sun Devils will try to get RB Cam Skattebo going. Skattebo busted loose for 180 yards against Kansas.
Pick: Arizona State 21-20.
No. 17 Boise State (minus 21) at Hawaii
Broncos’ Heisman Trophy candidate Ashton Jeanty is only the eighth FBS player to need only five games to rush for 1,000 yards. Hawaii’s two wins are against FCS opponents.
Pick: Boise State 49-14.
No. 18 Kansas State at Colorado (plus 4)
This is a Big 12 game again, and K-State will be making its first visit to Boulder since 2010. The Wildcats have allowed 20 pass plays of 20 yards or longer, tied for 107th. Shedeur Sanders is seventh nationally with 24 passes of 20-plus yards.
Pick: Colorado 33-31.
No. 21 Missouri (minus 27 1/2) at UMass
This matchup prompts a double-take at first glance. It’s the first game of a home-and-home series between the Tigers and FBS independent Minutemen. It’s also get-well week for the Tigers, who laid an egg at Texas A&M.
Pick: Missouri 42-6.
California at No. 22 Pittsburgh (minus 3 1/2)
Pitt is in the Top 25 for the first time in two years, 5-0 for the first time since 1991 and going for its best start since 1982. Freshman QB Eli Holstein is passing for 313 yards per game with 15 TDs. He’ll face a Cal defense leading the nation with 11 interceptions.
Pick: Pittsburgh 37-28.
Purdue at No. 23 Illinois (minus 19 1/2)
Illinois has lost four straight to the Boilermakers. That streak will end unless Illini get caught looking ahead to matchups with Michigan and Oregon the next two weeks. Purdue is floundering on both sides of the ball.
Pick: Illinois 40-13.
AP predictions scorecard
Last week: Straight-up — 11-6; Against spread — 7-10.
Season: Straight-up — 97-29; Against spread — 63-63.
JERUSALEM — Hezbollah and the Lebanese government were quick to blame Israel for the nearly simultaneous detonation of hundreds of pagers used by the militant group’s members in an attack Tuesday that killed at least nine people and wounded nearly 3,000 others, according to officials.
Many of those hit were members of militant group Hezbollah, but it wasn’t immediately clear if others also carried the pagers. Among those killed were the son of a prominent Hezbollah politician and an 8-year-old girl, according to Lebanon’s health minister.
The attack came amid rising tensions between Israel and Iran-backed Hezbollah, which have exchanged fire across the Israel-Lebanon border since the Oct. 7 attack by Hamas that sparked the war in Gaza. Iran’s ambassador to Lebanon was among those injured by the pager explosions.
Israel rarely takes responsibility for such attacks, and its military declined to comment Tuesday. However, the country has a long history of carrying out sophisticated remote operations, ranging from intricate cyberattacks to remote-controlled machine guns targeting leaders in drive-by shootings, suicide drone attacks, and the detonation of explosions in secretive underground Iranian nuclear facilities.
Here is a look at previous operations that have been attributed to Israel:
Two major militant leaders in Beirut and Tehran were killed in deadly strikes within hours of each other. Hamas said Israel was behind the assassination of its supreme leader, Ismail Haniyeh, in Iran’s capital. Although Israel didn’t acknowledge playing a role in that attack, it did claim responsibility for a deadly strike hours earlier on Fouad Shukur, a top Hezbollah commander in Beirut.
Israel targeted Hamas’ shadowy military commander, Mohammed Deif, in a massive strike in the crowded southern Gaza Strip. The strike killed at least 90 people, including children, according to local health officials. The Israeli military said in August that Deif was killed in the attack, though Hamas previously claimed he survived.
Two Iranian generals were killed in what Iran said was an Israeli strike on the Iranian consulate in Syria. The deaths led Iran to launch an unprecedented attack on Israel that involved about 300 missiles and drones, most of which were intercepted.
An Israeli drone strike in Beirut killed Saleh Arouri, a top Hamas official in exile, as Israeli troops fight the militant group in Gaza.
Seyed Razi Mousavi, a longtime adviser of the Iranian paramilitary Revolutionary Guard in Syria, was killed in a drone attack outside of Damascus. Iran blamed Israel.
In one of the most prominent assassinations targeting Iran’s nuclear program, a top Iranian military nuclear scientist, Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, was killed by a remote-controlled machine gun while traveling in a car outside Tehran. Iran blamed Israel.
An Israeli airstrike hit the home of Bahaa Abu el-Atta, a senior Islamic Jihad commander in the Gaza Strip, killing him and his wife.
Ahmad Jabari, head of Hamas’ armed wing, was killed when an airstrike targets his car. His death sparked an eight-day war between Hamas and Israel.
The Stuxnet computer virus, discovered in 2010, disrupted and destroyed Iranian nuclear centrifuges. It was widely believed to be a joint U.S.-Israeli creation.
Mahmoud al-Mabhouh, a top Hamas operative, was killed in a Dubai hotel room in an operation attributed to the Mossad spy agency but never acknowledged by Israel. Many of the 26 supposed assassins were caught on camera disguised as tourists.
Imad Mughniyeh, Hezbollah’s military chief, was killed when a bomb planted in his car exploded in Damascus. Mughniyeh was accused of engineering suicide bombings during Lebanon’s civil war and of planning the 1985 hijacking of a TWA airliner in which a U.S. Navy diver was killed. Hezbollah blamed his killing on Israel. His son Jihad Mughniyeh was killed in an Israeli strike in 2015.
Hamas’ spiritual leader, Ahmed Yassin, was killed in an Israeli helicopter strike while being pushed in his wheelchair. Yassin, who was paralyzed in a childhood accident, was among the founders of Hamas in 1987. His successor, Abdel Aziz Rantisi, was killed in an Israeli airstrike less than a month later.
Hamas’s second-highest military leader, Salah Shehadeh, was killed by a one-ton bomb dropped on an apartment building in Gaza City.
Mossad agents tried to kill the head of Hamas at the time, Khaled Mashaal, in Amman, Jordan. Two agents entered Jordan using fake Canadian passports and poison Mashaal by placing a device near his ear. They were captured shortly afterward and Jordan’s king threatened to void a still-fresh peace accord if Mashaal died. Israel ultimately dispatched an antidote, and the Israeli agents were returned home. Mashaal remains a senior figure in Hamas.
Yahya Ayyash, nicknamed the “engineer” for his mastery in building bombs for Hamas, was killed by answering a rigged phone in Gaza. His assassination triggered a series of deadly bus bombings in Israel.
Islamic Jihad founder Fathi Shikaki was shot in the head in Malta in an assassination widely believed to have been carried out by Israel.
Palestine Liberation Organization military chief Khalil al-Wazir was killed in Tunisia. Better known as Abu Jihad, he had been PLO chief Yasser Arafat’s deputy. In 2012, military censors allowed an Israeli paper to reveal details of the Israeli raid for the first time.
Israeli commandos shot a number of PLO leaders in their apartments in Beirut, in a nighttime raid led by Ehud Barak, who later became Israel’s top army commander and prime minister. The operation was part of a string of Israeli assassinations of Palestinian leaders that were carried out in retaliation for the killings of 11 Israeli coaches and athletes at the 1972 Munich Olympics.
