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Will an egg cooker change your life? Amazon reviewers swear by this $29 'seriously' life-changing gadget
If you're looking for ways to make your morning routine easier, you might want to check out the Dash Rapid Egg Cooker from Amazon Canada. This egg-cellent gadget, which boasts nearly 90,000 five-star reviews, promises to simplify the task of making breakfast or lunch, whether you like your eggs soft-boiled, hard-boiled, poached, scrambled or in omelette form. Plus, it's shockingly tiny, so you won't have to worry about losing precious counter or shelf space. Designed to save time and take the guesswork out of making eggs, this electric tool boils, poaches and scrambles. It can even make small omelettes. Simply choose from the three included trays: boiling (for up to six eggs), poaching (for up to two eggs) or omelette. Then add your eggs and the correct amount of water with the included measuring cup, close the contraption and set the timer based on the firmness you want. The power light will illuminate when your eggs are cooking, and thanks to the clear lid, you can watch it all happen. When the eggs are ready to eat, a musical chime will play and the machine will automatically shut off to prevent overcooking. Weighing in at just one pound, the cooker is astonishingly small: just 19.1 centimetres tall, 19.1 centimetres wide and 15.2 centimetres high (7.5 x 7.5 x 6 inches). ⭐️ 4.5/5 stars 💬 123,000+ reviews 🔎 'One of my favourite kitchen gadgets." It "sounds silly to say an egg cooker changed my life," says one reviewer, "but seriously." This handy little device really does make egg prep so much easier. Shoppers love that they can "set it and walk away" rather than keep an eye on a boiling pot. When the eggs are ready, a "cute bell noise" sounds and it's "loud enough to hear from another room." The hard-boiled egg setting seems to be the favourite and is just about foolproof. For other types of eggs, it may take a bit more finessing. The gadget only cooks "one small omelette at a time," for example, and it's not especially quick. One perk is that the machine is delightfully compact. You'll "be shocked at how small it is," says one shopper. There's even "less cleanup" than traditional cooking methods. Several customers note that boiled eggs are "much easier to peel" than if they'd been cooked in a pot. But one reviewer says that you shouldn't run them under cold water first because "that makes the peeling more difficult." Other reviewers note that the amount of water you choose is really important, "so pay attention" to the measuring cup markings. However, one customer says the lines are "very difficult to read" so she marked them more clearly with a red Sharpie. According to thousands of reviewers, the Dash Rapid Egg Cooker is a total game-changer. Whether you like boiled or poached eggs, this tiny device will make them to perfection and you won't need to watch over a boiling pot. It's also super easy to clean. But if boiling or poaching isn't for you and you prefer scrambled eggs and omelettes, you're probably better off sticking with a frying pan.
Forbes
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Here's How High School Students Can Source The Right Volunteer Opportunities This Summer
Volunteers are preparing donation boxes at the food and clothes bank. Humanitarian aid project ... More concept. Some of them are looking at camera. Volunteering is one of the most meaningful ways students can spend their free time during the summer. But just as important as volunteering itself is choosing the right volunteer opportunity for your applicant profile. At its best, volunteering provides students a platform to give back to their community and show admissions officers that they will be active and socially conscious members of their future campus communities. But not all volunteer work sends the same message, and some opportunities offer students a chance to clarify their interests and stand out to colleges more than others. Many students blindly choose a volunteer organization that has no connection to their core interests in order to rack up community service hours. This not only inhibits them from discovering more about their skills and passions, but may also signal to admissions officers at Ivy League and other top schools that they are not genuinely interested in helping their community; they just want to pad their resume. Instead, students should think critically and strategically about their summer volunteer involvements to ensure that they add meaningful insights to their admissions profiles. The best place to start is by asking questions such as: What issues genuinely matter to me? What skills or experiences do I want to develop? What are my core passions and interests? What profession do I see myself excelling in? Here's how your summer volunteer work shapes the way admissions officers see you—and how you can choose summer volunteer activities that showcase your values and interests in the best possible light: How you choose to spend your free time speaks volumes about what you truly value, what kind of community member you are and will be on campus, and how you intend to use your education in the future. Since the majority of your time in college will be spent outside of the classroom, the summer months provide admissions officers a glimpse into how you choose to spend your time when not pressed with other obligations. For this reason, it is critical to choose volunteer activities that reflect your genuine interests and cohere with your hook. A student interested in public health won't hurt their application by volunteering at an education focused non-profit, but they will miss a prime opportunity to showcase hands-on engagement in their area of interest. On the other hand, volunteering at a local free clinic, translating documents for immigrant families at a community health center, or organizing COVID-19 vaccine outreach would compellingly demonstrate alignment between their core passions and their actions. Students can illustrate what matters to them not only through the particular kind of volunteer work that they choose to do, but also where they choose to do it. While many students assume that doing charity work with an international organization on the other side of the globe will impress admissions officers more than doing service projects in their community, this is not the case. Local volunteer work shows admissions officers that you are invested in your local community, committed to bettering your immediate surroundings, and motivated to use your unique passions and skills for the benefit of those in your area. Global work is not necessarily a bad addition to your application, but it can be more challenging to achieve depth of involvement, tangible impact, and meaningful connection when working with a sprawling nonprofit. Racking up community service hours at an animal shelter, soup kitchen, beach cleanup, after school education program, and a local summer camp will not make admissions officers think that you are exceptionally service-oriented; in fact, it could have the opposite effect. Stretching yourself thin over a number of unrelated volunteer opportunities simply to add to your Activities List will communicate that you have not engaged deeply with any of the activities you have participated in. Sustained, long-term involvement in a few activities that matter to you will allow you to demonstrate consistency, dedication, and depth of engagement with your area of interest. It also allows students the chance to take on new responsibilities over time, assume leadership roles, and get a more comprehensive understanding of an organization. Additionally, by volunteering with one or two organizations over time, students can build relationships that will lead to meaningful and compelling letters of recommendation. The best volunteer activities are those that a student self-authors on the basis of their unique, interdisciplinary interests. Spearheading a first aid workshop for middle schoolers, launching a neighborhood food distribution initiative, designing a financial literacy educational program for seniors—these types of self-initiated projects demonstrate creativity, follow-through, and a vision to make a meaningful difference. The summer is an ideal time to launch an independent volunteer project, as the free time away from school allows students to ideate, create a step-by-step plan, and execute on their ideas. Even if you're not ready to start your own organization or initiative, stepping up within an existing one, by, for example, identifying a gap in services and working with leadership to address it, can help you stand out. For instance, if you're volunteering at a local animal shelter and notice that its social media outreach is minimal, you might propose and manage a new campaign to promote adoptions. While a student might launch their project in the summer, they should create a measurable plan to continue their initiative throughout the school year and scale and expand it during the subsequent summers. Summer volunteering is an opportunity to get creative, explore your interests, and do something that not only interests you, but benefits those around you. Rather than seeking to check a box or pad your resume, you should approach the process with intentionality and introspection to make the most of the experience.
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Philadelphia caps off Juneteenth holiday weekend with parade, festival in West Philly
On one of the hottest days of the year, people lined the street in West Philadelphia on Sunday for the city's Juneteenth parade. "Everyone is just so friendly and cordial. I love it," Geraldine Drakes said. "It's a great thing to see like-minded people get along, and hopefully with the state of the country and the world right now, we need more of this," Johney Jenkins said. Philadelphia Mayor Cherelle Parker helped lead the parade down South 52nd Street. It was a showcase of unity in the city to honor an important day in our nation's history. "I just like seeing us all get together besides a funeral. Seeing us all together out here uniting. It's not even just all Black. It's White people out here showing the love, too. It's a beautiful thing seeing everybody together as one," Tameka Morris said. The holiday, which is officially June 19, commemorates the end of slavery in the United States. It marks the day in 1865 when enslaved African Americans in Texas learned of their freedom two years after the Emancipation Proclamation. "It's sad that it took so long to become a national holiday," Jenkins said. "The liberation of any people should be celebrated. Not only Americans, Black Americans, brown Americans, yellow Americans, everybody. It's a great thing to see, and hopefully we can build off of this as a community." The Juneteenth celebration continued at Malcolm X Park. The festival included food, music and vendors of all kinds. The spirit of community was on display. People said it was great to see everyone come together. "I think the city gets a ton of negative shine sometimes and I think this is an amazing example of overall truth of Blackness, of Black history and Black culture," Christopher Crawford said. It was a day that reminded us all of where we've been and also how far we've come.
