Roughly 12% of adults in the U.S. are using the injectable drugs known as GLP-1s. These medications include semaglutide (Ozempic) and tirzepatide (Mounjaro). With the use of these medications to help with weight loss and diabetes comes many questions about the long-term impact on health. Although these medications have provided benefits, it is important to keep in mind the effect on the rest of the body to ensure optimal health.
Forky is a Disney-Pixar character created from a plastic spork and appears in Toy Store 4. Forky has googly eyes and pipe cleaners for arms. Forky has a series of short films created by Ohio Northern University alumnus Bob Peterson. Bob wrote, directed, and narrated the series titled Forky Asks A Question. These questions include what is art, what is money, what is a friend, and what is time.
Invisible Woman is a superhero from The Fantastic Four introduced by Marvel Comics in 1961. Dr. Susan Storm Richards was transformed into the Invisible Woman by cosmic rays in the first issue of The Fantastic Four. This power not only gave her the ability to be invisible, but she has the power to use force fields.
Alphabet soup is used as a metaphor to indicate an excess of abbreviations or acronyms. The term is believed to go as far back as the Franklin D. Roosevelt administration and the implementation of the New Deal. Many programs were given acronyms. The federal government of today is still ripe with acronyms for many agencies such as the FDA, FCC, FDIC, CDC, EPA, HHS, and CMS.
The act of presenting something unpleasant in a more appealing way is known by the idiom of sugarcoating. It is a way to soften the truth. This term originated from the actual coating of bitter pills with sugar. A practice we still do today in pharmacy with many products. For example, the Advil brand of ibuprofen has an outer coating to make it easier to swallow and it reduces the bitter taste.
From cocoa bombs to Bob (Ross)
ADA — It was the affordable, foreign sports car for the common man/woman and it became one of Britain’s quintessential signature influences on American culture.