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Aug72020 by adminNo Comments

I’m A Celebrity swaps sweltering Australian jungle for cold British castle

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The stars of I'm A Celebrity ... Get Me Out of Here" will be swapping their shorts for thermals this year as the show abandons the sweltering Australian jungle for a cold British castle.Broadcaster ITV has announced that this year it will hold the reality TV show in a UK castle in winter - without revealing the exact location - instead of heading "down under" as coronavirus restrictions make global travel difficult. The popular programme forces a group of celebrities to take part in "Bushtucker Trials" to win food, compete for a public vote and avoid elimination.The 2019 launch show was viewed by more than 13 million people, making it ITV's most-watched programme of the year.ITV said the trials and challenges of the 20th series would stay in the same format despite the change of scenery. ...

May262019 by adminNo Comments

Jeremy Clarkson swaps petrolhead TV presenter job to become vegetable-loving farmer

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The Top Gear legend has splashed out on an all-terrain vehicle and a hovercraft for getting around his Diddly Squat farm in Oxon.And he is even planning to get a drone for rounding up his sheep.Jezza will reveal his farming highs and lows in a new series called I Bought The Farm which begins filming in September.He said: “Scientists calculate that we have just 90 years before we run out of food, because of soil depletion. That’s just 90 more harvests.“I take the global view that the bigger the world’s population gets, the more food we’re going to need.“So it’s slightly mad not to increase crop production.”And despite years of mocking vegetarians, Clarkson is also swapping meat for greens.“I do eat chicken,” he said. “But that’s just a vegetable with a head.”Let's block ads! (Why?) Daily S...

Mar232019 by adminNo Comments

Air Force swaps F-35A crews in flexibility exercise

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March 22 (UPI) -- U.S. Air Force personnel performed their first crew swap, using F-35A Lightning II fighter planes, this week at Hill AFB, Utah, the Air Force announced. In the training exercise, a pilot takes off, completes his mission, lands and takes on fuel while another pilot and crew take over the cockpit of the same plane. The action reduces maintenance time and allows the plane to quickly become airborne and in use again. In wartime, it can increase combat flexibility, as the aircraft quickly returns to service. "During home-station flying, rapid crew swaps will allow for more sorties in a condensed period of time, which will become increasingly important as three full squadrons begin flying here," Maj. Caleb Guthmann, F-35 pilot and 388th Fighter Wing director of staff, said in...

Apr232018 by adminNo Comments

Iran considers currency swaps with Turkey

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April 23 (UPI) -- With sanctions pressure looming from the United States, the Central Bank for OPEC-member Iran said it was looking to swap currencies with neighboring Turkey.In an effort to facilitate trade, the Central Bank of Iran said during the weekend it put monetary treaties and currency swap mechanisms high on the agenda with its major economic partners. Its first line of credit was opened with Turkey last week."It should be noted that there is no need for a third currency such as the U.S. dollar or euro in this model to settle foreign exchange," the bank said Saturday. "By using this method, all purchases, transfers and financial transactions have been transferred to the banking system through currency operations and the risk of business operations between the two countries will b...

Mar162018 by adminNo Comments

13 Healthy Food Swaps for St. Patrick's Day on Pinterest

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Taste the rainbow with these recipes from the best food bloggers. This St. Patrick’s Day, don’t rely on the luck of the Irish for your holiday-inspired dishes. Instead, borrow ideas from these bloggers, who reinvented a variety of meals, drinks, and snacks for a healthy(ish) approach to celebrating March 17.Matcha Banana PancakesFriends will be green with envy when you share photos of these flapjacks made with bananas and matcha from Create Mindfully.Shamrock Fried EggsGreen eggs and ham just got an upgrade, thanks to Happy Mothering’s recipe for a four-leaf clover bell pepper filled with fried eggs.Somewhere Over the Fruit RainbowWe were over the moon—er, rainbow—when we found this gorgeous fruit plate from Passion for Savings.Over the Veggie Rain...