Not only do heels modify someone's height, they also modify the range of motion for doing something like squatting down.
For kids this isn't a problem, they can squat all the way down without issue. But as an adult, regaining that lost mobility is a process!
But, try this: elevate your heels by an inch. Then try 2 inches. You'll find that you can more comfortably squat down the more your heels are elevated. It also impacts center of balance and the angles at which your back is at while squatting.
I read once that people in a certain country were accustomed to doing work in a squat position, perhaps due to lack of chairs/seats for the poor, but I thought it was cool after being forced into a chair/desk posture for my entire life. I've also heard that catchers in baseball retire because their knees give out after the constant squat/crouch position, catching pitches at home plate. Should catchers wear high heels? Got to watch "A League of Their Own" again...
There are also wedges/slant boards for this purpose.
Lifters also have another purpose: they provide stability by connecting your feet more "solidly" to the ground. Other gym shoes (cross-trainers, running shoes) have padding in them... which is awesome for running but that squishiness can translate to instability when you're literally doubling or tripling the amount of weight.
Consequently, some lifters who have the ankle mobility will lift without shoes. Given the state of most gym floors, that's a no from me, dawg, but hey to each their own.
I live in Bell County now but I spent a lot of time in and around small TX towns (smaller even than Zabcikville or Cyclone) where a lot of the residents were 3rd generation or 4th generation immigrants. Growing up we learned some Czech and "Czech identity" was (is still, at least for my "elders") a big deal.
Anyway those "sausage rolls" are called klobasneks (or Klobásniks).
It's a bit of a shibboleth since the only people that seem to know that are the Czech. ;)
Interestingly we never called anything a danish—but we did have a lot of strudels.
I mentioned it in another comment myself, but I think it’s funny how online every time I see this topic this comment about the misnomer comes up. IRL I’ve lived all over the Texas triangle my entire life and have never actually heard anyone say anything other than kolache regardless of sweet/savory. My Czech great grandmother died when I was about 10 though so maybe I just don’t remember hearing it.
My kids have learned the precise term for the savory ones from me, but you're right that most Texans, even many Czech Texans, do not know it! To be fair, the origin is that Czech Texans used the same kolache bread and stuck meat in it. People might not think it matters, but many kolaches I've had from shops do not use the bread I'm familiar with from my grandmother (and cousins). I won't name names, but their bread doesn't taste very good, and only a few shops make the same bread I grew fond of at my grandmother's house, and that same kind of bread was used for both the sausage ones and the sweet ones at my grandmother's house.
Agree that the bread is origin and makes all the difference. Especially when compared to a normal “pig in a blanket” style which usually has biscuit/croissant bread the kolache dough is much sweeter. I’ve tried making it at home a couple times and have never been able to get it quite right. It’s either not sweet enough or not airy enough. I’m not a great cook though tbh.
For me, Shipley Donuts is pretty wide spread in parts of Texas and has good kolaches. There’s found at most donut shops but there’s a thing here too now where most donut shops are owned by SE Asian folks and it seems they all use the exact same dough premix and I think it all tastes pretty bad. Also, if you like cheese in it there’s a big difference as places like Shipley puts more in there and it’s quite a good meat to cheese ratio. The other places only buy sausages with cheese already mixed inside and it’s not cheesy enough IMO.
The kolache market in Dallas is abysmal compared to Houston and Austin and up to West, and pretty everywhere inside that triangle. It seems like Czech folks never ventured north of West lol. Pretty much ever road trip I take from Dallas I’m seeking out a “good” sausage and cheese kolache
I should just learn how to make that dough. I regret not buying that Church of the Visitation (Westphalia) Altar Society cookbook I saw on the counter at Green's.
I’ve not had luck following recipes I’ve found online. Could be my execution but it never turns out right. Most of the original immigrants have passed but if you can learn from someone in person you definitely should not let the opportunity slip by you.
Right. If there is training or some other non-Apple/vendor agnostic stuff that has to go on (VPN) or device management they probably don’t want to get involved.
It might have been Nolan's idea, but the first Chuck E. Cheese was actually created, operated, and owned by Atari. Nolan wanted Atari to have a place to operate and profit from the arcade machines they built. But the engineering work, marketing etc. was all done by Atari employees.
When Warner Communications bought Atari from Nolan, they really didn't want the restaurant. So Nolan bought it from them, took it private, and expanded it.
I think it's pretty reasonable to assume "better working conditions", given the near infinite stories of Amazon abusing workers in fulfillment centers.
We recently went through a hiring process using a recruiter. Our assumption was that the people they vetted were "legit" and we didn't need to do any additional work to verify that they had the skills they said they had. If the recruiter wastes our time it's a surefire way for them to never get business again.
Anyway, in lieu of a coding interview, I opened up a couple of tickets (one a long term change request, another a real life problem we encountered just the day before). I provided them logs and answered questions and watched the interviewees move through both scenarios.
We capped the time at an hour. The focus was more on the interaction between them and myself—it actually used the "real stuff" they'd encounter.
I was amazed at the diversity of the responses and how differently people approached a problem.
Maybe this has been laid out elsewhere, but exactly what "science" is Voyager 1 doing at this point? It's taking "readings" of things that may simply help us to get some picture of where we live... but what value does it truly have?
This is a soft value, but I’m glad for every bit of Voyager news that comes out. I find it personally inspiring, think that’s probably true for others, and I’ll take as a small win anything that tends to inspire people about science (or STEM more generally).
In October 2020, astronomers reported a significant unexpected increase in density in the space beyond the Solar System as detected by the Voyager 1 and Voyager 2 space probes. According to the researchers, this implies that "the density gradient is a large-scale feature of the VLISM (very local interstellar medium) in the general direction of the heliospheric nose".[89][90]
In May 2021, NASA reported on the continuous measurement, for the first time, of the density of material in interstellar space and, as well, the detection of interstellar sounds for the first time.[91]
Other taking a picture of where we live it is studying the boundary of our solar system (heliopause).
We can't know what value of the readings will have in the future of the science being studying. The studies will end in 2025 when it won't be able to power any instrument.
We can still track the position and speed. Any deviations from theoretical models would be interesting. Non deviations are also useful, although less interesting.
Looking over this list it seems like this is mainly for bulking protein (sold in larger volumes).
Taste is a big factor, as well as how it makes you feel. Some brands "go down" better than others. How the protein is made/filtered/etc can also have an impact on the quality of what you get.
Then of course there is flavorings etc.
In general, I've heard it said that if "lifestyle" protein is what you are looking for, you're gonna shop for quality not for quantity.
If you are bulking and you need 250g+ protein per day... then you buy what fits your budget and you can hold down. ;)
For kids this isn't a problem, they can squat all the way down without issue. But as an adult, regaining that lost mobility is a process!
But, try this: elevate your heels by an inch. Then try 2 inches. You'll find that you can more comfortably squat down the more your heels are elevated. It also impacts center of balance and the angles at which your back is at while squatting.
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