 to cuddle to stay warm earlier this week! Dansig is beautiful. And i heard the cold weather called a few things in the news. The Polar Vortex, which sounded like something out of Doctor Who, Freezageddon, Thundersnow, and Cold Snap if the Decade. Lol.
st least to dat it's above freezing here in my neck of the woods in Cleveland Ohio.
A friend of mine had an operation in Chicago on the coldest day. I didn't even know if everyone had managed to get to the hospital, but I heard today on FB that she is recovering so they must have done. It just looks as if you have had horrible weather in all states. England has been specialising in rain!
Cosy Kitties - the cutest kind!
Have swell weekend!
What little cuties. Hope they're warming up now.
I found mine sitting on the floor vents -- which caused the house temperature to drop even more because the heat wasn't circulating properly. Lol
What a sweet picture. Yes, that Arctic Vortex was quite a mess! I hope we can get back to normal. I have often wondered where you are...a swamp? Interesting!
awww nice to cuddle with cats and then you are participating in
National Cut Your Energy Costs Day!! Ta Dah! Enjoy your day!Kuwait Airways was already showing losses before the advent of the lockdowns.
State-owned airline company Kuwait Airways announced on Thursday May 28, plans to lay off 1,500 of its employees. All of them are migrant workers from foreign countries. The company has a total workforce of around 7,000.
In a tweet issued on its official Twitter handle on Tuesday evenings, the company cited the impact of the coronavirus-related lockdown on its overall business as the reason for the layoffs.
Kuwait Airways was already showing losses before the advent of the lockdowns imposed globally due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The government has so far failed to announce any relief for workers in the airlines industry, which is one of the worst affected sectors in the entire Gulf region with an estimated loss of USD 19 billion, according to the International Air Transport Association.
Meanwhile, Kuwait municipality too announced the sacking of half of its total expatriate workforce of 900, Middle East Eye reported. Several private companies in the country have in the last month also sacked a large number of their foreign employees citing similar reasons.
The fall in the global oil prices, one of the main sources of revenue for most of the Gulf countries, too has impacted the economies in the region. However, the targeting of foreign employees is based on the growing demand for the preference of locals in jobs in all Gulf countries.
In Kuwait alone, there are more than 3.3 million foreign workers, which is more than 70% of its total population of 4.6 million.
Gulf News reported that some legislative representatives in the Kuwaiti parliament have drafted a bill which proposes fixing quotas for foreign workers so that the demographic balance in the country can be maintained. According to the proposal, Indian workers should not exceed more than 15% of the overall population of the country. It also proposes a 10% quota for Egyptian workers.
If the bill is passed, more than 8,44,000 Indians and around 50,000 Egyptians in Kuwait would be deported back to their respective countries. The draft bill also blames the migrant workers for the spread of the novel coronavirus in the country.
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While modern food and scrumptious recipes have made clean eating quite a challenge, people are trying various means to adapt clean eating habits. We have prepared a whole list of things that you can buy or eat to pursue this habit. Keep this list in your wallet, or take a snapshot on your phone to have a look at it next time when you go grocery shopping.
All sorts of fresh fruits are clean. Fruits like apples, peaches, grapes and strawberries can be taken in organic form. If you wish to have canned fruits, frozen fruits and dried fruits must all without sugar or preservatives. In the case of fruit juices, they are clean when they are 100% pure with no artificial flavors.
Vegetables are vital when you are onto clean eating. They contain vitamins, minerals, fiber and most of them are low in calories. So you can have plenty of them in your meals and munch them during hunger attacks. Peppers, potatoes, and celery can be taken in the organic form.If you are buying frozen or canned vegetables, they too are healthy but watch out for the salt and sauce they add to flavor it up.
All whole grains, such as barley, oats, quinoa, brown rice, farro, millet are unprocessed and super clean. When you wish to buy whole-grain products, you can purchase whole-wheat versions of pasta, bread, muffins, pizza dough with no salt and sugar in it. If you crave for popcorns, buy the kernels that contain no additives or butter and can easily be made on the stove. If you want to buy flour, the unbleached, whole wheat, coconut, almond, buckwheat, chickpea, oat and gluten free flour mixes can be your clean choices.
When you are looking for proteins, get leaner meat for your meals, including chicken breasts, chicken thigh, and lean ground beef. In clean eating, say no to processed foods such as salami, pepperoni, bologna and hot dogs as they are high in sodium, preservatives and artificial colors. Fish and Shellfish can be another brilliant choice in clean eating. Fish such as Pacific Cod, Wild Salmon, and Tilapia contains hearty healthy omega fats and can be better choices. The egg is super clean and that too with the yolk.
All herbs and spices are clean if they are fresh and bulk packets. Seasoned packets are not clean. Avoid blend of herbs and spices, with added sugars and salts. We mostly buy ketchup but ketchup isn’t clean. If you can make one at home, might be a cleaner version. Most people reduce salt in their meals thinking it isn’t clean. You can purchase Pink Himalayan Salt or Sea Salt as a cleaner choice. With honey, maple syrups, the purer the better you can find.
The best way to eat clean is to read out the labels and check for preservatives. You might not get everything clean but you can certainly find most products clean and fresher than preserved.
If you are looking to create change in your body this Fall, I invite you to check out our Seasonal Fall Cleanse Program here!
Investing.com – At 07:40BST, FTSE 100 futures are trading lower by 0.05% at 7225.
In FX markets, GBP/USD is trading at 1.3743, EUR/GBP is trading at 0.8445. The US Dollar Index is up 0.05%.
Today’s calendar highlights include German unemployment, Eurozone Consumer Confidence, ECB rate decision, German CPI, US GDP, weekly jobless claims, and Pending Home Sales.
Royal Dutch Shell (LON:RDSa) – Q3 revenue $61.3 billion. Net income of $4.1 billion. Declared dividend of $0.24 per share. To distribute $7 billion to shareholders from next year after deal to sell US Permian assets to ConocoPhillips (NYSE:COP) closes. Separately, activist investor Third Point has built a “large stake” in Shell and urged the company to split into multiple standalone companies.
Lloyds (LON:LLOY) – 9-month statutory profit before tax of £5.9 billion, up significantly compared to the first nine months of 2020. Net income up 8% to £11.6 billion. Net interest margin now expected to be modestly above 250 basis points. Impairment now expected to be a net credit for the year.
EVRAZ (LON:EVRE) – Q3 consolidated crude steel output edged up by 1.0% QoQ. Total sales of steel products decreased by 8.2% QoQ, primarily due to slowdown of Russian construction products market. External sales of iron ore products decreased by 10.1% QoQ.
WPP (LON:WPP) – Q3 like for like revenue less pass through costs up 15.7%. Raised full year guidance for like for like revenue growth to 11.5%-12.0%. Sees full year headline operating margin slightly above 14%.
Synthomer (LON:SYNTS) – To acquire the Adhesive Resins business from Eastman Chemical Company (NYSE:EMN) for $1 billion in cash. To conduct equity placing to help finance deal and raise approximately £200 million.
Meggitt (LON:MGGT) – Year to date book to bill of 1.03x in Civil Aftermarket and 1.19x in Energy. Q3 group revenue up 5%. FY revenue now expected to be 5% lower than 2020 on an