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Jordan News
29-06-2025
- Health
- Jordan News
The Key to Longevity: Spicy Foods - Jordan News
The Key to Longevity: Spicy Foods Researchers have suggested that spicy foods could be the key to better health and a longer life, with multiple studies revealing remarkable benefits from regularly and moderately consuming hot spices. اضافة اعلان In addition to helping with weight management, spicy foods may offer protective effects against serious diseases such as cancer and heart disease. At the core of these benefits is capsaicin, the active compound found in chili peppers. According to Dr. Brian Kwok Lee, a food science expert, capsaicin improves gut microbiota balance, promoting the growth of beneficial bacteria while reducing harmful ones. This process enhances the production of tryptophan, an essential amino acid responsible for generating serotonin, which regulates mood, sleep, and digestion. To maximize these benefits, experts recommend small daily doses of capsaicin, around 0.01%, which is enough to stimulate the taste buds without irritating the stomach. From a traditional Eastern medicine perspective, Dr. Ken Gray explains that spicy spices stimulate blood circulation and enhance metabolism, helping to resolve energy blockages and improve blood flow, thereby supporting heart and digestive health. In addition to chili peppers, beneficial spices include cinnamon, nutmeg, cloves, cardamom, garlic, and ginger. However, experts warn against overconsumption, which can lead to unwanted side effects such as heartburn, inflammation, headaches, and digestive issues. They emphasize the importance of moderation and variety, and advise using the Scoville scale to gauge the heat level of different peppers. It's worth noting that the health benefits of spices are not a modern discovery—they've been recognized for thousands of years in culinary and medicinal traditions across cultures. In Mexico and Central America, chili peppers helped boost iron absorption from corn, while Asian societies used them for their antimicrobial and antiparasitic properties. This longstanding history supports the idea that moderate consumption of spicy foods within a balanced diet is the best way to unlock their numerous health benefits. (Source: Fox News)
Telegraph
22-06-2025
- Telegraph
Why Scotland's most underrated city will soon be even easier to visit
Was Mary, Queen of Scots, the world's first footballer? Did Wild West outlaw Butch Cassidy take his inspiration from Rob Roy? And is William Wallace buried in a secret, unmarked grave? These are the questions travellers to Stirling are regularly asked by Ken Gray, a proud 70-something tour guide who fizzes with youthful enthusiasm about his hometown. His brainteasers spring up, have you puzzling, then leave you pondering why you've never visited this 900-year-old riddle of streets and spires before. 'Did you know Scotland's answer to the Wright Brothers launched their first plane over there?' he asked me, pointing to sunlit orchards in the distance. 'That's Stirling. Always ready to surprise.' More than one hundred years after the Barnwell Brothers made Scottish aviation history in summer 1909, Stirling is preparing for another first. From spring 2026, budget train operator Lumo is to launch the first direct service between Stirling and London. It will run up to five times daily, and as well as bringing Scots south, will put rail travellers from London Euston, Milton Keynes, Nuneaton, Crewe, Preston and Carlisle within grasp of all the same reasons I was there: forgetting Edinburgh, this is clearly the most history-rich city in Scotland. Certainly, seen from its crag-topped esplanade, Stirling gives the impression of not being quite real. To the north of us was its imposing castle, rising ragged from a bluff of cliffs, its ramparts and great halls bathed in sun. To the south, a sloping ridge underpinned by a jumble of Renaissance townhouses, tolbooths and a rippling cemetery of lopsided stones, among them that of Butch Cassidy's great-uncle. 'Stumbling on history is a given here,' chipped in the Scottish Tourist Guides Association guide, as the gravestones writhed around us. There is also the notion that this former barracks town is Scotland's real heart. A short stroll below the Old Town Jail – built in the mid-19 th century to replace what was then rated as Britain's worst prison – is The Stirling Smith Art Gallery & Museum. Tartan, woven nearby in Bannockburn, fills the galleries with colour. Paintings show Stirling and William Wallace at war and in watercolour. A football, made from a pig's bladder, dating to the 1540s and found lodged in the rafters of the Queen's Chamber in Stirling Castle, is labelled as the world's oldest. Not far away outside, two statues of Robert Burns and Rob Roy bookend the old Corn Exchange. This is Scotland by numbers. Who will come to Stirling once the sleek new train service starts? I asked. 'Who wouldn't?' replied Ken. 'If they can afford the train tickets, mind.' Those interested in history was my guess, but also those who love the best bits of a small city combined with a bigger adventure, including those offered on two wheels. At the handlebars of his bike that afternoon was Stuart Meldrum, aka the brains behind Stuart's Bicycle Tours, which launched in Stirling in January. He's another devotee of Stirling and is interested in helping visitors trace the city's myths of origin back to today. His new venture is helped by the £9.5 million recently spent on cycle corridors connecting the Old Town with the 330-acre University of Stirling campus. They only opened last month, and perhaps, that was why we saw few other riders. In future you'll be able to bring your own foldable bike onboard Lumo's services, too. We began our 11-mile ride by crossing the River Forth, rattling over Stirling Old Bridge, a pedestrian arc of silvery sandstone at a horseshoe bend on the burn. Its architects had conceived it as the lowest crossing point of the Forth, and during the Battle of Stirling Bridge in 1297, when the original timber crossing collapsed and was swept away, it was the key to Sir William Wallace and Sir Andrew Moray leading the Scottish army to victory over Edward I of England. 'This is the real 'Gateway to the Highlands',' said Stuart, as we paused mid-river, the noise of the Old Town having faded. 'It was always said that if you controlled Stirling Castle, you controlled the north. And the only way to get there was to cross here.' If those sorts of stories in stone suggest a dusty tour of dates, think again. Our journey was a rewarding pedal through Stirling's handsomest landscapes, from dairy farms to cygnet-stocked Airthrey Loch to the forests skirting the Ochil Hills. From there, it was a lung-swelling uphill sprint through oak and ash to Abbey Craig, location of The National Wallace Monument. The Romans were right to call the dark mountain bulks of the Highlands as seen from the summit 'an island apart', and the views compare to any in Central Scotland. We looked up at the church-like bell tower, watched by carrion crows. It felt a lot like Lord of the Rings. Similarly evocative are the ruins of Cambuskenneth Abbey, where we found ourselves alone. Back in the early 14 th century, the Augustinian monastery acted as Scotland's parliament under Robert the Bruce's leadership, but all that remains is an underappreciated bell tower and a legend that, frankly, few people believe. Cambuskenneth thrives in the imagination today thanks to its monks, who supposedly brought part of Wallace's dismembered arm to the abbey after he'd been hung, drawn and quartered, secretly giving him a proper burial. For me it was more than a little disappointing to find nothing but overgrown grass and fallen masonry. It was, however, the ideal spot for a last look back at Stirling Castle where, soon enough, we'd ended where we'd started. The restaurants and pubs of the Old Town helped me slip back into 21st-century Stirling. Swarms of people were filling the outside tables in the cobblestoned Old Town with beer and gossip, and soon I had joined them at No 2 Baker Street. Maybe it was the cold ale from nearby Harviestoun Brewery, but it struck me that if Robert the Bruce, Wallace and Mary were still around today, and ended up where I was, they'd probably be pretty happy with their lot. Essentials
Yahoo
02-06-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Petrus Resources Declares Monthly Dividend for June 2025
CALGARY, Alberta, June 02, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Petrus Resources Ltd. ('Petrus' or the 'Company') (TSX: PRQ) is pleased to confirm that its Board of Directors has declared a monthly dividend in the amount of $0.01 per share payable June 30, 2025, to shareholders of record on June 16, 2025. The dividend is designated as an eligible dividend for Canadian income tax purposes. Dividend Reinvestment Plan ("DRIP")Petrus' DRIP enables eligible shareholders to reinvest all or part of their cash dividends into additional common shares of the Company. Participation in the DRIP is optional. Eligible shareholders who elect to reinvest their cash dividends under the DRIP will receive common shares issued from treasury at a discount of 3% from the market price of the common shares. To participate in the DRIP, registered shareholders must deliver a properly completed enrollment form to Odyssey Trust Company ("Odyssey") before 4:00 p.m. (Calgary time) on the 5th business day immediately preceding a dividend record date. Beneficial shareholders who wish to participate in the DRIP should contact their broker or other nominee through which their Common Shares are held to determine their eligibility and provide appropriate enrollment instructions. Participation by shareholders that are not resident in Canada may be restricted. A complete copy of the DRIP is available on the Company's website at and on Odyssey's website at A copy of the enrollment form for use by registered shareholders is available on Odyssey's website at For further information regarding the DRIP, please contact Odyssey at 1-888-290-1175 (Toll free in North America) or 1-587-885-0960. ABOUT PETRUSPetrus is a public Canadian oil and gas company focused on property exploitation, strategic acquisitions and risk-managed exploration in Alberta. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION PLEASE CONTACT:Ken Gray President and Chief Executive Officer T: 403-930-0889 E: kgray@
Hamilton Spectator
22-05-2025
- Business
- Hamilton Spectator
Petrus Announces Results of Annual General Meeting of Shareholders
CALGARY, Alberta, May 22, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Petrus Resources Ltd. ('Petrus' or the 'Company') (TSX: PRQ) is pleased to announce that its shareholders approved all resolutions at its annual general meeting of shareholders held yesterday (the 'Meeting'). The resolutions approved at the Meeting were as follows: The resolution to fix the number of directors of the Company to be elected at the Meeting at five (5) directors was approved. The resolution to appoint the five (5) nominees as directors of the Company to serve until the next annual meeting of shareholders of the Company, was passed by way of ballot and the directors received the following votes: The ordinary resolution approving the unallocated restricted share unit awards under the Company's restricted share unit award plan and ratifying the previous grants of restricted share unit awards was approved. The resolution to appoint PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, Chartered Professional Accountants of Calgary, Alberta as the Company's auditors was approved. ABOUT PETRUS Petrus is a public Canadian oil and gas company focused on property exploitation, strategic acquisitions and risk-managed exploration in Alberta. For further information, please contact: Ken Gray President and Chief Executive Officer T: 403-930-0889 E: kgray@
