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Interesting Photos From A Former Swingers' Club (11 pics)
This abandoned swingers' club in Staffordshire was operating from 2004 to 2007. A photograph managed to get inside it and snap these pics.
This Is What Emo Kids Of ’00 Look Like Now (15 pics)
“I’m a tax consultant at a big-four accounting firm.”
“I still listen to screamo on a regular basis”.
“Back then I always wanted to work in the music industry…and now I do!”
“I’m definitely nowhere near as emo as I used to be! And I also embraced my natural hair and stopped trying to straighten and dye it to death. I’m the marketing manager for a ticketing company in Seattle and it’s my job to go to events, meet with event producers, and help them promote while doing their ticketing.”
“I joined a sorority and got a degree in special education.”
“I recently taught a student who is going through her emo ‘phase’. That ‘phase’ helped me connect with that kid in the classroom and she knew that I was a safe teacher to come to. I still listen to my emo music as a guilty pleasure, but I am glad that I’m over the look.”
“I’m now (almost) 28, married, and raising two fabulous little girls.”
“My oldest is four, and we occasionally will turn up the music and she’ll dance like my former scene-kid self. Not going to lie, I’d still be at Warped Tour if there was on-site childcare. I don’t think my emo side will ever fully fade.”
“I’m an award-winning baker, I breed and raise aquatic snails, and work in a spa.”
“I’m also working my way towards a career in massage therapy, and on top of that, I’m planning a wedding to my love of five years!”
“I’m married and a hairstylist”.
“I used to listen to bratcore and AFI in Union Square while hanging out with other emo kids. I’m not embarrassed about the occasional pictures popping up as a reminder, only the fact that I was wearing fingerless gloves in middle of August.”
“Now I’m 20, and in my second year of vet school.
“I used to cut my own hair into that cool side fringe and was a big fan of the overexposed black and white selfie. Now I even let other people cut my hair for me.”
“I’m about to graduate from the University of Michigan with a degree in movement science, with a concentration in biomechanics.”
“While there I joined an amazing Panhellenic sorority, something I never thought I would do in my freshmen year of high school. I also am currently training for my first marathon! But don’t worry, my iPod is still filled with La Dispute, Silverstein, A Skylight Drive, and of course, Escape the Fate.”
“I’m a mom of three wonderful children while currently pursuing my degree in computer science and working full time at a tech start-up.”
“There’s still a little scene kid in me, hence the purple hair, piercings, and tattoos. Really I’m a bit of a nerd and a big kid doing big things with wonderful children.”
“I’m now married and a stay-at-home mom to a 17-month-old.”
“I’m definitely different, but I’d be lying if I said I didn’t have dance parties with my son to My Chemical Romance and The Used.”
“I live in Chicago with my cats and work as a graphic designer.”
“I still love dying my hair, wearing my Vans or Chuck Taylors, and blasting Alkaline Trio in my headphones, though! So, I would say I didn’t leave my emo days too far behind.”
“All that hair and makeup practice back then really helped me become the hairstylist and makeup artist that I am today!”
“Now I’ve pretty much left all my emo qualities behind… Well, maybe not all of them.”
“Even though I got a grown-up job at a bank I never compromised my emo style!”
“Eight years later and I’m still wearing the exact same Jack Daniel’s shirt!! Not much has changed at all; I still go to metal shows all the time and still constantly dye my hair different colours using Manic Panic.”
“I’m bartending now instead of working at Hot Topic, and just enjoying my life in the big ol’ city of Chicago.”
“I went by “Adam Bullet” for most of my days and still use that user name now. And yes, that is my senior picture. I’m now 28 years old. I stopped straightening my hair, finally let my curls go, and took out my snakebites.”
“Here I am doing a seminar on goals and failure.”
“On the left is me circa 2007; listening to AFI, Saosin, From First to Last, etc., and firmly showing my straight-edge X on my popular fingerless gloves. Fast-forward to me in December 2015, on stage doing a seminar about goals and failure, telling a story about how I played bass in a metal band and that my power stance obtained the power of metal. I’m still straight-edge though.”
“Back then I always wanted to work in the music industry…and now I do!”
“I joined a sorority and got a degree in special education.”
“I’m now (almost) 28, married, and raising two fabulous little girls.”
“I’m an award-winning baker, I breed and raise aquatic snails, and work in a spa.”
“I’m married and a hairstylist”.
“Now I’m 20, and in my second year of vet school.
“I’m about to graduate from the University of Michigan with a degree in movement science, with a concentration in biomechanics.”
“I’m a mom of three wonderful children while currently pursuing my degree in computer science and working full time at a tech start-up.”
“I’m now married and a stay-at-home mom to a 17-month-old.”
“I live in Chicago with my cats and work as a graphic designer.”
“All that hair and makeup practice back then really helped me become the hairstylist and makeup artist that I am today!”
“Even though I got a grown-up job at a bank I never compromised my emo style!”
“I’m bartending now instead of working at Hot Topic, and just enjoying my life in the big ol’ city of Chicago.”
“Here I am doing a seminar on goals and failure.”
This Company Gave Employees Fridays Off Paid, What Happened Next Is Amazing
It isn’t the first time the idea of free Fridays has been around. Gone are the days of offices that only consist of grey walls and instant coffee. The competition is rising, as is the psychology behind keeping good employees happy enough to stay at their jobs. Some offices even go as far as offering team games, gym classes, and ping pong.
If one goes as far as questioning the work-pleasure balance, psychologically the Monday to Friday nine-to-five is out of balance at best. According to the article “We Gave Our Employees Fridays Off Paid and Now We Have an Amazing Team,” if we had just one more day to do the things we enjoy doing, the benefits would be outstanding
So, what exactly are the benefits of having Fridays off work? And what did this company consider when making the decision for their employees? Better yet, what happened as a result of giving the employees a three-day weekend?
So What Did The Company Do?
These days, it seems as if balancing work and life outside work is more difficult than it has ever been. Employees expect more as companies deliver more, and there is little evidence to support the idea that ping pong tables motivate employees and make for better business. However, an extra day just might.
The company gave their employees every other Friday off, paid, naming it the “18-Day Work Month” with the understanding that it was a truly productive way to motivate their employees. The psychology behind the idea is that people perform at their peak when they aren’t confined to the drudgery of set work hours every single week, day in, day out. Instead, they use the four days they are at work more productively, they focus more intently, and then they spend their three-day weekend having a true break and coming back fresh and focused on Monday morning. The employees are more driven because they are feel like they are being taken care of, that as human beings, they matter. This, of course, leads to happier employees.
How Is This Beneficial?
The obvious fear for companies when they look at this front on is that there are less work hours being applied to the job at hand. However, when approached strategically, they were smart enough to understand that figures may better add up with a more humanist approach. In other words, understanding that by taking care of good staff, your staff will in turn take care of you.
Seems simple, right? When you look at the bigger picture, you can see that this system works. For example, if you are searching for employees who are professional, productive, and get things right the first time around, you’ll be searching for people who are intermediate or a ways into their careers. These people are usually more settled and a little further along in their lives, as opposed to the general beginner. They will value their free time with their life outside of work. They will be highly attracted to the four-day week and it will encourage them to shoot for the stars and do their very best for this kind of role. This, in turn, will cut your costs on recruitment and training.
It Makes Sense!
If we are wanting to employ the best, we need to treat them like the best and offer things beyond what they might expect. By promoting a unique balance on a very human level, we understand people and respect them as they are — incredible business people who are great at their jobs, but also family people, or people who have built lives outside of the workplace. Acknowledging this benefits everybody. The employees will feel in control and happy. Perhaps this is something for everyone to think about!
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This is What Will Happen Inside Your Stomach When You Eat Instant Noodles
Instant Ramen noodles are cheap, quick, and easy to make. What you don’t know is that they are also potentially harmful to your digestive health.
In a first-of-its-kind experiment, however, Dr. Braden Kuo of Massachusetts General Hospital wanted to find out what happens to food in the stomach and digestive tract after eating Instant Ramen noodles. He was the first to conduct an experiment like this.
Using a pill sized camera, Dr. Kuo takes us inside a stomach and digestive tract to show what happens after you eat ramen noodles, the most common type of instant noodles. The results showed that even after two hours, the noodles are intact.
Ramen noodles were compared to fresh noodles for the purpose of this study. Here you can see the digestion was much different.
For comparison, the study volunteers also ate fresh, homemade ramen noodles on a different day.
“The most striking thing about our experiment when you looked at a time interval, say in one or two hours, we noticed a processed ramen noodles were less broken down that homemade ramen noodles,” noted Dr. Kuo.
After two hours, fresh noodles were almost completely digested, the stomach broke down the noodles as it should. Looking at the instant ramen noodles after two hours showed that they were much less broken down, and almost fully intact. Dr. Kuo recorded 32 hours from the pill camera. “What we’re seeing here is a stomach contracting back and forth as it’s trying to grind up the ramen noodles,” Dr. Kuo said of his experiment.
When the instant noodles don’t break down, nutrient absorption is affected. This allows preservatives to linger in the stomach for a longer period of time.
The main preservative in Ramen Instant Noodles is Terriary-butyl hydroquinone (TBHQ). TBHQ is an additive commonly used in cheap processed foods, such as microwave popcorn, wheat thins, and poptarts. The FDA says that TBHQ must not exceed 0.02 percent of its oil and fat content. Small amounts of TBHQ may not kill you or make you feel sick right away, but could potentially have a long term effect on your health such as weakening of organs, and the onset of cancers and tumors.
Unfortunately, Dr. Kuo’s study was too small to be conclusive yet, but millions of people are drawing their own conclusion. Processed foods still need to be investigated further, and more research is needed to determine the exact effect on our long term health. It’s best to try to avoid processed foods, as they’re not only harsh on your stomach, but also negatively affect other internal organs.
What’s actually in Ramen noodles?
- Propylene Glycol: a liquid alcohol used to preserve the texture of instant ramen. It’s also used in some tobacco products and… Antifreeze.
- Tertiary-butyl hydroquinone (TBHQ): As noted above, TBHQ is a preservative for the main ingredients in ramen noodles (wheat, flour, salt, and vegetable oil). It’s also found in perfumes, resins, lacquers, and biodiesel.
- Monosodium glutamate (MSG): A sodium salt of glutamic acid that adds a savory taste to foods. It can cause side effects such as nausea, headache, flushing, sweating, and heart palpitations.
- Sodium: One package of instant ramen has 1,875 milligrams of sodium, significantly more than the recommended daily intake of 1500 milligrams!
- Vegetable Oil: Instant ramen can have canola, cottonseed, or palm oil. While canola and cottonseed oils are unsaturated, palm oil is very high in saturated fat.
- BPA: Many types of instant ramen noodles come in Styrofoam cups that contain BPA, and endocrine disruptor. That BPA can leech off o the cup and into the noodles.
- Corn Syrup: Corn syrup is a sweetener, but it’s added t instant ramen to preserve the texture of the noodles. It’s essentially like adding sugar.
Inside stomach Ramen Noodle Digestion
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