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It freezes very well, provided you get it in the freezer before second proofing, and when you defrost, give it time to go through the rest of the process. So, that doesn't save you a whole lot of time over making it from scratch, which is cheaper. Water, salt, oil, flour, sugar, yeast. Don't let the salt touch the yeast. Mix really well, beat the hell out of it, let rise, beat it again, let rise some more, bake. You can make a lot better by using two kinds of flour, adding some flax or sunflower seed, eggs and milk, raisins or herbs... etc. There's a ton of free eg https://tastesbetterfromscratch.com/bread-recipe/ recipes available. It ain't rocket science. I've got arthritic hands so I recently bought a bread machine. Haven't bought any in a store since. I figure to recoup the cost in less than a year and eat better.

It really doesn't mean much, especially given the age. How closely do 12-year-olds usually pay attention to tests? In what circumstance was it administered - like, would he even think it was important to do well, or was he thinking about why the light falls at just this angle on the teacher's desk? How many areas were being tested for? What are the biases in that particular test?

No, but you might be able to able find something on obesity-related illness: heart disease, hypertension, diabetes. I doubt you could get a direct correlation; more likely statistics suggestive of a relationship.

just a snigger of peach

and treated accordingly

Yep. They just keep expanding to accommodate the fat they're required to store.

By whom, ffs? And where did your imaginary friend go?

Or if there were, they were bulldozed to make way for the freckled-brick houses and lawns you're not allowed to fence or grow vegetables in. Real names have history. https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/pov-ainsley-hawthorn-from-dildo-to-witless-bay-nl-unusual-place-names-1.5263826 Subdivisions, industrial 'parks' and shopping malls do not.

Now, that's obscene!

You Tube: 12 Rules of Life https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-5RCmu-HuTg

I suspect the town's nautical name predates the other usage. What's even funnier is foreign surnames that sound like body parts and functions. https://www.momjunction.com/articles/funny-last-names-surnames-in-the-world_00773821/

Of course it's not obscene. It's an accident of nature, and one species - only one - finds it risible. (Would it be obscene if it had been deliberately sculpted by a human who knew why it's funny? No, but it wouldn't be a terrific work of art, either.)

Write yet another book about meditation, prayer and food. If he/she can wedge a little martial and marital art into it, so much the better. Tell them to keep the language simple, repeat every trite observation at least three times and list in a bullet format. Be sure to put a number in the title, e.g. The 12 Laws of Life, Love and Everything.

There is a world of literature on the subject https://www.joincake.com/blog/near-death-experience-books/

I can make one suggestion: Don't hurt the bugs! Possible ways to think about experiment: agency, motivation, response, affect/effect, environment, relationships

Another excellent idea!

None whatsoever. But then, Gericke didn't know how to produce electricity and Volta didn't know to store it, until they figured it out. That's what science is: after you're done with speculating, you think, study, observe and experiment.

Interesting idea. You should investigate it scientifically.

No, it really doesn't. The food has precisely the number of calories it has, whether it's been sung-to or sworn-at or snubbed altogether. However, when you are happy cooking, you may apply seasoning more generously, or pay closer attention to temperature and duration, so that the food is prepared more competently than if you do it as an unwanted chore. The cat wolfed down her food - possibly because it was richer than usual - and chucked it up because it was unchewed. Or she had hairballs, as The Vat said. One of mine throws up at least once a week, because he's a greedy bugger and tries to gobble up everything before the other two get to it. Still manages to stay overweight, so I guess he's absorbing the energy. It's a form of self-comforting - easing anxiety or expressing pleasure, like the unconscious purring of a kitten - that some people developed in infancy and retain for life. It doesn't affect the food.

Nobody cares.

That seems the most likely reason.... And if it's a sales position, to see how well you do it.

It's kind of a trick question, isn't it? They already know why you need a job; they already know the choices available to you. Proceed on the assumption that they're aware of your situation. As to their motivation in asking: Maybe you have a skill that's in demand, and they don't want to hire somebody who will be poached away by a rival, once he's learned all their secrets. So they want some indication that you're not motivated pay alone. Maybe the position requires a certain degree of interpersonal confidence and they want to know how much bullshit to expect from you. Maybe they have recently introduces some costly upgrades and want to know whether that attracts good prospective employees. If you're not aware of anything like that, have no reason to prefer one employer over another from their POV, then think of your own: commuting time, flexibility, work environment, security, reputation of the company. If none of that is a factor, try simply an interest in the work itself. If you've applied to more than one company for the same position, be open about it: I want this job at whichever company feels like the best fit - or has the best benefit package - or offers it first.

Solar energy breakthrough: Perovskite cell with greater stability, efficiency

If true, I would expect it to be the result of a human preoccupation with marking milestones. I've made it to 90; I can let go now; I'll just hang on till my birthday and see the family one more time. Reportedly, Scott Nearing decided to stop living on his 100th birthday, but was so tough, it took two more weeks. I had a rather awful feeling today that I will die in a head-on collision on the highway. I suspect it's more the function of a growing phobia - speed - than an example of clairvoyance.