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But don't let my flippancy get in the way of the serious point that I think Adams was making: namely that the appreciation of a photograph - or any work of art - involves an unspoken dialogue between the artist and the viewer. Moreover, the experience of appreciation will be determined by what each party offers to the process - that's why we all see things differently.
In this photograph of the Orangery (now Butterfly House) seen from the Ashton Memorial in Williamson Park, Lancaster, I spent quite a time waiting for those two people to appear and break the symmetry of the scene. Now don't get me wrong, I like symmetry: but sometimes it can be boring if it isn't overlaid with something that disrupts it. Furthermore, I felt the view needed a focus in the foreground to counterbalance the dominating presence of the building.
Nevertheless, I guess some of you will see the people as irritants, unwelcome guests that throw the photograph out of balance. That's the thing about art (and I don't claim that this photograph is great art!): the unspoken dialogue that it prompts is different in every instance. And when it's shared with someone else it can leave us a little wiser.
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text: Schroeder Baby Shower (Leslie & Chad) Sun, February 16, 2014 Adults calendar. Change location to WC Foyer. Thanks. Dustin StottmannMiddle School MinisterFirst Baptist Mustangfbcmustang.org Begin forwarded message:From: Marcy Staton Date: February 5, 2014 at 10:22:14 PM CSTTo: Dustin Stottmann Subject: Re: Blue Sheet from Marcy StatonOk, I think we'll just do it out in the front lobby where the 5th graders do their nativity. No biggie!Marcy Staton M.A., CCC-SLPOn Feb 5, 2014, at 9:23 PM, Dustin Stottmann wrote:Sorry that the form didn't work correctly. I didn't receive anything until last night. Just let me know where it's going to be, and we'll get it reserved. Dustin Stottmann Middle School MinisterFirst Baptist Mustangfbcmustang.orgOn Feb 5, 2014, at 7:09 PM, Marcy Staton wrote:No, her family is coming in from Texas. I tried to put it on the calendar 2x before and didn't ever hear anything. We'll just have to have it in a different area of the church :( I'll figure out where and get back to you.Marcy Staton M.A., CCC-SLPOn Feb 5, 2014, at 2:03 PM, Dustin Stottmann wrote:Marcy,We already have a baby shower that afternoon in the Fellowship Center. It's for the Heuston's. We also have one Feb. 23 for the Musick's.Is there another date that might work?Dustin StottmannMiddle School MinisterFirst Baptist Mustang(405) 376-4567fbcmustang.orgBegin forwarded message:From: WordPress Subject: Blue Sheet from Marcy StatonDate: February 4, 2014 at 6:37:20 PM CSTTo: firstname.lastname@example.com full name: Marcy Staton Date(s) of event: Feb 16th Time of Event: 1:30Event title and description: Leslie Schroeder bb shower. Registered at Babies R UsOrganization: Room(s) Needed: FC Number expected:25 Person in charge: Marcy Staton Phone 4056155862 E-mail firstname.lastname@example.com in: MessengerEquipment needed: Specific sound equipment requirements: Tables needed: 6ft 2 8ft 1 Round 1Chairs needed: 24Special setup instructions: If all tables are in the room we'll set them up.Transportation needs: Childcare needs:


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Here you can read what others have to say about their stay at Te Waiora House.
Lovely and relaxing, having unlimited peace and quiet, having meals sorted, and lots of choices of spaces to sit and reflect in. CB
Loved it - had a wonderfully restful time - felt very welcomed and looked after - being cooked for and rooms all prepared, the quiet chapel and grounds, the warmth of the fire, the friendly, caring hosts, interactions with guests. SC
Fantastic! peaceful, refreshing and comfortable. JW
I really enjoyed my stay. The meals were lovely. I enjoyed the warmth of the house and the presence of God. I am returning home feeling relaxed and restored. BM
God brought me here to this place of peace and tranquility to rest, to renew my strength, to restore my spirit, to drink from His living water, to be reassured by His love, to gaze upon His beauty and to lift my eyes to the hills in this winter season of grieving. Te Waiora has been the perfect place for God and I to meet. Everywhere at Te Waiora there are, as it were, "invitations" to meet and sit with God - in the chapel, in the lounge, in the garden, in the gazebo, on the swing, on the deck, at the cross. Freedom and space to move and just "be" without "doing" yet always someone to talk to if you want. Devotions and mealtimes were lovely opportunities for fellowship. Excellent accommodation. Wonderful meals. VR
Everything I had hoped for. Time to allow my body to have much needed rest. Time to sense the Lord's presence in this place. PE
My stay far exceeded my expectations. NR
Wonderful. Having space just to "be". LB


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Sometimes the worst feeling when starting a drawing is the anticipation of reaching the end. One should enjoy the process of creating a masterpiece, but sometimes that masterpiece starts off really ugly, and that lone fact causes a lot of anxiety.
I am definitely one of those artists that has ugly work at the beginning stages. I know why, but that isn't the point.
Eee. Seriously, eeeeeee.
But then…
Okay. This is starting to look acceptable. There's some promise there…
She's beautiful. She's not finished yet, but she is very beautiful, and I know that I can't mess it up now.
This drawing is evidence that you shouldn't give up. Push through the fugly, and make your work a masterpiece.


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After many years working in Aerospace I now spend time painting watercolours, mainly from our travels around the world.
This site has been created to enable others to enjoy my paintings, either by buying existing artworks or by commissioning paintings of favourite places that you have visited. Of course I am delighted if you just look and enjoy too!
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It's quite interesting. I would never think that non-rooted Android could become a victim of rooted adware, viruses or Trojans. Well, but the things changed a bit. Some vulnerabilities which might be used for a rooting tool can be used also for another purpose – to infect with viruses and adware.
One of my family members managed to infect his Sony Xperia with a virus. Initially, I thought that it wasn't a big deal, I just need to do the factory reset and this should fix the problem.
However, it appeared that the problems continued after the factory reset. Some app downloads were starting etc. and the hunt for viruses started 😉
Finding the right antivirus
If you open Google Play Store, it looks that it is full of different antiviruses. All that creates the image there should not be any problem to find well working antivirus.
I tried different apps for that and it appeared that all are quipped only with the scanner functionality. From that number, only Sophos antivirus was able to detect all three Trojan horses and stop (but not heal) their bad behavior. But I agree it works as a temporal solution because the auto-downloader is stopped and each time you will see only a warning asking to allow or disallow some suspicious app.
1st healing solution
After browsing Internet, it appears that each newer Sony Xperia Android phone has a safe mode, which is accessible by pressing the power button a bit longer for a few seconds.
Once you reach the safe mode, you might be able to just uninstall a bad app. This is the way I got rid of one Trojan horse, however it appeared that other two cannot be uninstalled so easily.
The reason for that is those two guys belong to called "auto rooting Android adware". Practically speaking, they just became a part of the firmware of the Android phone after exploiting some vulnerability. So, when I tried to do the factory reset they were successfully restored and started again. In this case the factory restore is almost worthless.
What you really need to do is either to a) heal current firmware or b) just to re-flash the factory firmware.
The first option is quite complicated to do for home users, let's stick to second.
2nd option – reflashing Sony Xperia factory software
Luckily, Sony allows the end-user to perform the Sony Xperia firmware re-flashing.
First, you need install software. The assumption is that you have not done anything else with your phone before (rooting etc.). Once you connect your mobile to an USB port and open the companion software, you should click on "Your phone/tablet is up to date" in top left part of the screen.
In next screen, you should choose "Repair my phone/ tablet"and follow the instructions on the screen.
Here is one of the screenshots during the re-flashing process.
At the end of the process, you should see the message about successfully re-flashed firmware 😉
At this point, your Sony Xperia should have no viruses. Of course, just remember that by flashing you will wipe out everything from the phone.


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Monday, February 11, 2013
How are you using your power?
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- AnonymousFebruary 11, 2013 at 9:50 AM
Thank you for sharing. I too have been burdened with the heartache of the oppressed. Specifically, I am grieved by the inequality in the church that says women are "equal but different", using gender to define who women are, rather than their giftedness and the call of the Holy Spirit upon their lives.ReplyDelete
I'm the main supporter for 3 mission schools in India with 704 students. Many of them could be victims of human trafficing without my help because of their dire poverty as orphans and destitute. If anyone reading your blog would be interested in my ministry to prevent human victimization and to use schools as a way to introduce unevangelized peoples to the saving gospel of Christ, they can email me at email@example.com
Also, I believe that pornography helps to feed the lust for sex which in turn fuels human trafficing. Please see the following:
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After seven seasons in Cleveland, former skipper Eric Wedge wore out his welcome with his "grinder" approach and lack of sustained success. Now in just his third season with the Seattle Mariners, might the same thing be happening in the Pacific Northwest?
Sports Illustrated's Tom Verducci, one of the best baseball writers out there, dedicated the first segment of his online column today to Wedge and Kansas City's Ned Yost. He called out both for their disappointing starts to 2013, but said the problems run deeper than just that.
"Why are the Mariners constantly failing to improve and why can't they identify or develop good young hitters?" Verducci wrote. "Those questions must be answered by general manager Jack Zduriencik and manager Eric Wedge, both of whom should feel less comfortable these days than [Dustin] Ackley. … The Mariners have nothing of substance to show for trades of Cliff Lee and Michael Pineda. And, no, it's not to be blamed on spacious Safeco Field, where the Mariners once built a 116-win team. Something is seriously wrong institutionally when it comes to identifying and developing talent in Seattle."
Verducci proceeded to share how Wedge's Mariners teams have often ranked at the bottom with some of the worst offensive statistics in franchise history. His overall record is 165-213 (.437) with no playoff appearances. The team improved from 67 wins in 2011 to 75 last season, but has regressed thus far in 2013. Most notably, several of their top hitting prospects — notably Ackley and catcher Jesus Montero — haven't lived up their lofty potential.
The Indians swept the Mariners in a four-game series at Progressive Field just two weeks ago. Yan Gomes' walk-off home run on May 20 bumped the team to season-high nine games over .500.
Of course, preceding Wedge's tenure in Seattle, it's also not too helpful when the Mariners organization has so often gift-wrapped up-and-coming to the Indians. Asdrubal Cabrera, Shin-Soo Choo and Omar Vizquel are three All-Stars acquired for pennies on the dollar over the years in Seattle-Cleveland trades.
[Related: Indians 7, Reds 1: We Did It, You Guys. The Ohio Cup is OURS!]


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You know the old joke: "An Anglican, a Catholic, and a Mormon walk into a Jamaican orphanage…"
In this case, the Anglican was yours truly circa 2011, half a decade before I became a Catholic. I was an Episcopalian student at St John's Prep, a Catholic school in northern Massachusetts. (Alumni include John J. Studzinski, the Herald's Catholic of the Year.) Every year, the Prep sends older boys overseas, some to study abroad and others on service missions. I opted for the latter, and spent a glorious spring working for the Mustard Seed community in Montego Bay.
Mustard Seed Communities was founded by a Catholic priest, but the supply crates were stamped "Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints". The LDS Church donated much of the medical equipment.
And that's typical. Mormons are known for two things: their friendliness, and their business acumen. Put the two together, and it's no wonder that so many non-Mormon relief groups receive Mormon support.
Thomas S. Monson, the LDS Church's late president, embodied this spirit of charity that crosses sectarian boundaries. To quote a New York Times obituary,
He embraced humanitarian causes with Christian, Jewish, and Muslim groups supporting homeless shelters, food banks, nursing homes, and disaster relief efforts in the United States and abroad. "We don't ever meet on doctrinal matters," he told Christian Century. "It's strictly on the social side."
That may strike one as cutesy, until you actually find yourself in Jamaica – a country of no more than 6,000 Mormons – where the Latter-Day Saints provide essential resources to care for severely handicapped orphans in one of the poorest and most dangerous cities in the Western hemisphere.
As it happens, President Monson isn't the only Mormon making headlines this week. It has also been reported that Mitt Romney, the 2012 Republican presidential candidate, will likely run for Senate from the LDS heartland: Utah.
I got my first job in politics straight out of the Prep working for the GOP's campaign arm during the 2012 election. That meant 14 hours of door-knocking, phone-banking, and fundraising six days a week on Mitt's behalf. Copping it from Tea Party Republicans, who were already grumbling about "establishment elites", was also a key part of the job. We encountered an astounding amount of anti-Mormon prejudice, too.
In retrospect, it should not have come as a surprise. Americans are divided over whether Mormonism is a Christian religion. 73 percent see little or no similarity between the LDS belief-system and their own. It's estimated that anti-Mormon sentiment cost Romney upwards of 3 million votes: not enough to tilt the 2012 election in his favour, but enough to give one pause. Why is this particular brand of bigotry never discussed in the American media?
In fact, there are striking parallels between the history of our two faiths. Like Catholics, Mormons faced violent opposition when they first appeared in the United States. Like Catholics, Mormons face widespread misunderstanding of their beliefs – whether it's our "worshipping saints" or their "magic underwear". Like Catholics, they have slowly worked their way into the mainstream by serving their communities. And yet, like Catholics, they remain the object of socially-acceptable bigotry, largely because of our traditional views on morality.
In anticipation of the Utah senate race, the political strategist (and practicing Catholic) Steve Bannon said the former Massachusetts governor "hid behind [his] religion" by serving as a missionary in France during the Vietnam War. The Salt Lake Tribune, Utah's largest weekly newspaper, took exception to the comment. "Bannon not only accused Romney of avoiding service in Vietnam," wrote syndicated columnist E.J. Dionne; "He also trafficked in the anti-Mormon sentiments common among some evangelicals."
Maybe that's a tad over-sensitive. But Catholics should be the last to pooh-pooh anyone who chooses to serve their church instead of the state. We certainly should not have been the first.


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A superb entry of 65 cars will line up at Pickering Showground on Sunday 7th November for the 8th running of the Malton Forest Rally. Sponsored by MEM PROTON who prepare Proton S2000 rally cars for the Asia Pacific and IRC championships, this is the 13th year that proprietor Chis Mellors, a former British rally champion, has supported Malton Motor Club events.
The event is divided into two categories, with Historic cars running 10 minutes in front of the main field. In one of the best historic entries outside the national championship, at least 7 of the competitors will be using the rally as a shakedown for the Roger Albert Clark Rally which starts from Pickering on 26th November. Read More »


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Yesterday was a perfect example of how having a dog enables us to keep a cleaner house. Our pit bull / rabbit mix "Piglet" found our Rotarian magazine and tore it up. We can't leave articles of clothing strewn about any more. We can't be slobs and leave our shoes out either. We have to watch Piglet constantly to make sure he learns not to whiz in the house.
If you choose to have a dog and not let him into your house, there are consequences to having him as your "backyard dog" and it is important that you be well aware of the consequences. CLICK HERE to tips on how to make your dog a part of your family and a part of your home.
This morning, Piglet jumped up on our bed. Four times! Why on earth was he suddenly compelled to do this? This 40 lb. creature has brought so much joy to our home in the last couple weeks since we adopted him. We'll be enrolling in obedience classes soon, mostly to teach US how to handle him!
Another virtue of having a dog: We blame sounds and smells on him…


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Code: RG13/873.
Description: Enumeration district details not transcribed. House details and schedule numbers not transcribed.
Registration district: Battle.
Address: Forward Lane.
Notes: Dummy property inserted - property details not transcribed.
Type: Inhabited.
Show all the households at this property
Show everyone in this property (Forward Lane)
Schedule: Unknown or not given.
Head of household: Blackman, George.
Show everyone in this household (schedule)
Folio: 23.
Page: 1.
Name: Blackman, Annie M.
Occupation: Housemaid Domestic.
Age: 26.
Gender: Female.
Marital status: Unmarried.
Relationship to head: Daughter.
Born In County?: Yes (based on birth parish).
Birth parish: Crowhurst.
Birth county: East Sussex.
Birth country: England.
Transcribed by: Corresponding Society.
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Australia's upcoming budget will forecast 500,000 jobs to be created in two years as the country rides a mining boom, bringing unemployment down to 4.5 percent, Australian Treasurer Wayne Swan said yesterday.
Swan said secure employment was the first responsibility of the Labor government of Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard and the budget to be delivered on May 10 would have that as its central emphasis.
"What I can say about the budget is that we will see the creation of an additional 500,000 jobs in the next couple of years, with an unemployment rate coming down to 4.5 percent" from 4.9 percent, Swan told Channel Ten's Meet the Press.
The treasurer acknowledged that despite the mining boom, joblessness was unacceptably high in some parts of the country and the government was looking at a range of incentives for employers to bring people into the workforce.
The government has warned that the upcoming budget will be tough as it -attempts to bring it back into surplus by the financial year that starts next year and runs until 2013.
Swan said cuts were necessary, because of a short-term weakness in the economy caused mostly by natural disasters such as the devastating floods and Cyclone Yasi which struck earlier this year.
In his weekly economic note, he said the government had funded a stimulus package during the global financial crisis, but now it was time to restrain spending.
"Just as we had to increase spending to support the economy when the private sector was in retreat, we now have to step back as the private sector recovers," he said. "This means we need to restrain budget spending and build surpluses as the economy strengthens."
Swan said the budget would attempt to balance the short-term challenge of the loss of tax revenue due to natural disasters as well as other weak areas in the economy against the rising price pressures caused by the mining boom.


text: This stunning Burger King alternate gamer by CCM was worn by Doug Zmolek during the 1995-96 NHL season. Zmolek, a Minnesota native, was the 7th overall selection in the 1989 NHL Entry Draft by the Minnesota North Stars. He spent 3 seasons at the University of Minnesota prior to joining the NHL with the San Jose Sharks where he played for 2 years. A deadline deal in '94 sent Doug to Dallas where he toiled for parts of 3 seasons. A trade in 1995-96 saw Zmolek join the LA Kings, a place he would call home for the next 2+ seasons. Zmolek finished his career in Chicago, with the Blackhawks, whom he represented for 2 seasons. This tough-nosed American born defenseman put forth a career best 229 PIMS as a rookie. He would compile 5 triple-digit PIM years, for a total of 905 PIMS in 467 games played.Perhaps the most scarce and sought after alternates since NHL teams began using third jerseys in the 1990's, these Burger King styled gamers were worn for just more than a handful of games, 7 or 8 in all during the 1995-96 season before being ushered into retirement. This sized 56-example sports typical light game use that includes some stick marks and a well salted and partially rusted fight strap. On the back player number is a beautiful silver sharpie signature in Doug's own hand. Sewn to the inside hem is the official LA Kings game worn jersey and set tagging. Striking in appearance, and worn by a man who was ready to drop the gloves at a moments notice, a choice commodity in the hobby!


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Norwegian black metallers ANCIENT have returned from a very successful tour in Mexico with MAYHEM and SINISTER and are back in Italy working on their new album, tentatively due before the end of the year through Metal Blade Records. The follow-up to 2001's "Proxima Centauri" will be recorded at Denmark's Hansen Studios with producer Jacob Hansen and will be "a very strong, powerful" effort in the vein of its predecessor. A new video will also be filmed in October. In related news, ANCIENT vocalist Deadly Kristin has started a graphic design/web-design company, called Hellbound, with her husband, Raven. For more info, click here or write to: firstname.lastname@example.com.
ANCIENT Hard At Work On New Album
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SonicWall CEO: Creating New Opportunities
SonicWall once focused on small and midsize businesses, but its introduction earlier this year of a next-generation firewall line dubbed SuperMassive leaves no doubt that the company is now taking aim at larger enterprises. InfoWorld Editor in Chief Eric Knorr and I talked with CEO Matt Medeiros about the privately-held company's growth strategy and how the right security can improve productivity.
Recognize new opportunities
SonicWall has always worked with small businesses, but also had enterprise customers who used its products in remote branch offices. The enterprise customers suggested SonicWall could sell to big corporate data centers as well. "So we developed a product road map that would suggest we could do that," Medeiros said. SonicWall still serves its traditional customers, however. "I have never seen a virus or malware that is prejudicial," he said. The difference between selling to small and large companies has to do with capacity. "There were certain features that were going to make a big difference in that data center environment that we didn't necessarily have to provide in an SMB environment."
Promote solving problems
The next-gen firewall lets customers see what's happening on their networks and prescribe ways to improve security, network productivity and employee productivity. "People will buy the logic that this application awareness addition [is part of the way] for IT departments to be more in line with the business objectives of a company," Medeiros said. For example, companies can allow workers to use applications such as Facebook for business, but be able to block games such as Farmville.
Show customers how to work smarter
Rather than restrict activity, "we have to unleash the power of the network," Medeiros said. Employees should be able to use any device and any "business worthy" application as long as the CIO, CFO or CEO can manage who has access to the apps, where people access them and how much time they spend using them. "You might look at the data pool and see that 20 percent of the time people are doing things that I would not [consider] work," Medeiros said. "But guess what: they're working 12 hours, 14 hours a day. If business leaders approach application awareness the right way, they're going to be heroes, not goats."
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On Distant Shores by Sarah Sundin
Book 2, Wings of the Nightingale
Revell, 1 August 2013
Lt. Georgiana Taylor has everything she could want. A comfortable boyfriend back home, a loving family, and a challenging job as a flight nurse. But in July 1943, Georgie's cozy life gets decidedly more complicated when she meets pharmacist Sgt. John Hutchinson. Hutch resents the lack of respect he gets as a noncommissioned serviceman and hates how the war keeps him from his fiancée. While Georgie and Hutch share a love of the starry night skies over Sicily, their lives back home are falling apart. Can they weather the hurt and betrayal? Or will the pressures of war destroy the fragile connection they've made?
On Distant Shores is the second book in the Wings of the Nightingale series. After reading the first book, With Every Letter late last year, I couldn't wait to get this second installment. Unfortunately I did have to wait a little bit as it wasn't stocked in Australia until several weeks after the release date. I definitely wanted the paperback so I didn't settle for the ebook version and waited it out ...
Georgie and Hutch are great characters - they're everyday people in the extraordinary circumstances of war. They are so easy to like and relate to. It was refreshing that Georgie was a character with genuine fears in being a flight nurse (i.e. a real kind of person!) and it was intriguing to see Hutch develop as he struggled with his noncommissioned status. Theirs is a truly sweet romance and definitely left me feeling all warm and happy at the end.
I absolutely loved the subtle overlaps of events from the previous book where we get to see a scene from the new characters' perspective. It had me grabbing for my With Every Letter copy and re-reading scenes to compare what was concealed then and revealed now.
Sarah Sundin's writing is so easy to slip into and I love her recreation of life in WWII. I love the combination of the old world manners and the modern female social position. Sarah takes you vividly into war life without overpowering you with the horrors. The depth of her research is evident by the natural flow of events, you don't have to stop and think or turn pages to work out what is going on. At the same time, you're not overloaded with unnecessary details.
On Distant Shores has delivered everything I love about historical fiction: effortless reading that enables me to be totally lost in the setting, well researched and effectively used details which enables me to learn about life in the period, and a sweet romance. Can't wait to read the next in the series!
Helen's favourite genre is historical fiction with a strong romantic element. She also enjoys contemporary romance, chick-lit and YA. She's not caught up in the spell of fantasy fiction, despite The Faraway Tree series being a strong influence in her childhood.
Helen is currently working on her first book, a Christian young adult novel set between two opposite but equally fascinating places in Australia.


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Packaged or canned soup is a convenient comfort food. Which ones are as good as they look, nutritionally?
What's available
There are plenty of hearty soups available in the supermarkets that, with a wholegrain roll, will make a convenient and nutritious light meal. We found soups in the chiller section as well as pouches and cans on the shelf, alongside packets of dried soups. There are even soup mixes packed with dried beans and veges. There are also an increasing number of soups that cater for gluten-free, dairy-free, vegan or vegetarian diets. We even found a low-FODMAP option.
Sodium levels in soup have been reducing over time, especially in dried packet soups. Most of these came in at under 300mg per 100g. However, there is still a wide range in the amount of sodium in liquid soups. We found 410mg per 100g in Hansells Mexican Chicken and Tomato soup, but only 125mg per 100g in Wattie's Very Special Kumara and Vegetable soup. Limiting our sodium intake can help control our blood pressure and reduce cardiovascular risk.
We recommend choosing soup that contains 300mg or less sodium per 100g.
Saturated fat
As with sodium, the amount of saturated fat in soup varies a lot. Cream, coconut and meat can all increase the sat fat content. Thai Laksa-style soups came in highest, with between 3g and 5g saturated fat per 100g.
We recommend choosing soup that contains 1g or less saturated fat per 100g.
Choosing soup that's at least 50 per cent veges or high in fibre will help turn your soup into a healthy, filling meal. Fibre in soup tends to come from veges, pulses or beans, so they can be a great source of gut-friendly fibres. However, if you are sensitive to the fructan-FODMAP group, many soups contain onion or garlic, making them not a good option. In that case, check the ingredient list or try the Fodmapped For You range of soups.
We recommend choosing soup that contains 1.5g or more of fibre per 100g.
How to choose
Use this criteria to choose winter soups.
Some hearty soups we found
Any product examples given here were correct at time of publication. However, remember to check the ingredients and nutrition information every so often, as these can change over time.
$3.89 per 530g can
Per 100g: 175kJ, 255mg
sodium, 0g saturated fat,
1.6g fibre, $0.73
Good hearty flavour
$2.50 per 495g can
Per 100g: 225kJ, 270mg
sodium, 0.3g saturated fat,
1.5g fibre, $0.51
Nice texture and chunky
$2.20 per 505g can
Per 100g: 180kJ, 268mg
sodium, <1g saturated fat,
1.5g fibre. $0.44
Very thick and hearty
$5.50 per 500g packet
Per 100g: 260kJ, 270mg
sodium, 0.5g saturated fat,
2.1g fibre, $1.10
Tasty and full of veges
$5.50 per 500g packet
Per 100g: 216kJ, 241mg
sodium, 0.4g saturated fat,
3.4g fibre, $1.10
Great flavour and packed with fibre
$3.50 per 540g packet
Per 100g: 155kJ, 257mg
sodium, 0.2g saturated fat,
2.1g fibre, $0.65
Delicious – tastes like homemade
$9.29 per 500g packet
Per 100g: 151kJ, 217mg
sodium, 0.1g saturated fat,
1.4g fibre, $1.86
Creamy texture and flavour
$4.50 per 500g packet
Per 100g: 113kJ, 214mg
sodium, 0g saturated fat,
1.1g fibre, $0.90
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Monday, January 8, 2018
Roasting Water : Beautiful BottlesPosted by Kat at 6:48 AM
A good and bad thing is that they often change their bottles so if you see a previous design that you liked, it may be gone in a flash! These mermaid bottles were from a while back and they were quite beautiful. They use to do glass bottles with wooden corks but now they use plastic bottles. I kind of missed the glass bottles, even though the kids were not too tight.
As part of their store decor, they use super cute cups that make you want to buy or take tons of photos. Sadly, those cups are not for sale ;(. They've recently caught on that it would be lucrative to sell all these cute cups! So some are available and some are limited items that come with regular milk tea. I totally bought the gimmick and bought the super expensive cups/containers lol. If you go, try the smoothies and fun tea combos. If you just want tons of their bottles, you can cheat and buy their Vietnamese coffee like I do since they are one of the cheaper items that still tastes great.
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Westminster, CA 92683
(714) 893-1800
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Why the decline in stabbing terror attacks?
(Notwithstanding today's report about an explosion on a bus in Jerusalem...).
After 6 months of almost daily terror attacks, the pace of mayhem and murder has noticeably slowed.
Since October, 2015, Arab terrorists have attacked Israelis, generally acting without organizational logistics, but rather solo individuals or, at most, small groups of friends, using knives, cars and sometime guns, resulting in a tragic death toll of 36 Israelis.
In the past month and a half, however, these horrors somewhat and thankfully abated.
Of course, the future is uncertain, and who knows what tomorrow may hold, heaven forbid. But the recent past is incontrovertible fact.
Less attacks.
According to the IDF, March saw an overall number of 6 terrorism incidents (including shootings, stabbings, and vehicle rammings), compared to 56 in February, 45 in January, and 40 in December.
April appears to have followed, so far, the same pattern of dramatically decreased number of terror attacks.
I haven't seen any commentator who has come up with a credible narrative explaining why this may be happening.
In light of the dearth of credible explanations for this among commentators, I posit my own theory about a possible contributing factor.
Perhaps there is a link to the infamous incident in March when an Israeli soldier shot dead an apparently prone and incapacitated terrorist in Hebron.
On the one hand, this event sparked off an enormous storm in Israel, with outspoken opinions about whether the soldier had acted outrageously or heroically, or somewhere in between.
The Palestinians and their supporters, such as the producers & publishers of the curiously sound-trackless and cropped video, Betzalem, milked the occasion for everything they could, demonising the IDF and beatifying the terrorist.
The macabre video was repeatedly shown on Palestinian and international media. Finally, they had 'clear evidence', that the IDF was truly carrying out extrajudicial executions, just as the Palestinian leadership had been consistently claiming.
My suggestion is that, unwittingly, the Palestinians succeeded in dampening the enthusiasm in the Palestinian streets for taking on more individual acts of terror.
For half a year, the Palestinian leadership had routinely and baselessly accused the IDF of "field executions".
With the aid of this video, blasted from every TV station and throughout social media, perhaps they finally convinced their own people (who surely know even better than us that their leadership is composed of compulsive and pathological liars) that the claim was actually true.
I suggest this may be what has led would-be terrorists to think twice, viewing themselves as that guy lying prone on the Hebron street, and then getting shot in the head.


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Sometimes I Appreciate Complaints I Find Stupid
A while back I shared a post about whitewashing minority characters. It swore to boycott the The Forest over most movies that casted white people when an Asian one would suit, or even be better, because it discussed a real problem in a real place ongoing in Japan.
Because, the poster suggested, that suicide rates of the Japanese are among the highest in the world, and the forest is where many people really do go to kill themselves, having a blonde hair, blue-eyed lead is doing a disservice to the issue, and is extra insulting considering Hollywood's tendency to cast white actors in roles that minorities could or should have.
I am rarely political on Facebook, partially because of narcissism, partially because it doesn't have anything to do with why people are on my page, partially because I don't want to deal with it.
But a lack of diversity in entertainment and the arts is something particularly important to me. To be clear, I'm very white. I'm the sort of girl who flashes a little leg to stop a car and causes an accident. It's not altruistic, and it's not something I experience a lot of myself, but it does reflect my personal fears, the experiences of close friends; it's personal to me.
For starters, when I look at my career and think what is holding me back, I think I need sociability, business sense, a better vision, style, execution, and a go-to attitude. All of these things are under my control. If I'm not where I want to be, my main reasons are changeable.
This is true for everyone. What if you're an actor who's not getting any roles? You want to be the next big thing? What can you do to bring yourself above your high competition? It's difficult, and I don't think we should belittle white people's (my) struggle to get to the top. Yet hope is a key factor in helping you continue on. So as I sit back and imagine what it would be like to be an Asian actor struggling for a part and seeing a film that would be perfect for him be taking by the generic pretty blonde girl who could be in anything, and I have no idea what to do. I am helpless. What do you do if the main thing keeping you back isn't skill or marketing, but something you can't ever change?
That scares me. Terrifies me even.
The big difference from high school to college was realizing how much you had to fight for just the opportunity. When I was a child, everyone pandered to us, going out of their way to pay for activities we wanted to do. I mean, I came from a rich, charitable town filled with people throwing their fortunes at the arts left and right, so it is probably an extreme case of having prospects available to us. Yet most children see some sort of system or group bending over backwards in hopes that they can be in a play, learn how to paint, to play music, to write. You are offered options left and right for performances and contests and other means to try out activities you may like.
Out in the real world, however, it's not the same. No one cares if you, a 25 year old actor, gets the chance to be in a play. The directors want to create their vision. They're not going to cast extra people just to give them something to do. The producers want to create it cheaply. Play producers deliberately pick scripts with fewer actors, limiting the number of people who can even be in the production to about five. The playwrights want to be picked up, so they're going to deliberately write smaller casts in contemporary settings because those are the ones made and awarded. Everyone is out for themselves and no one is thinking about, "How can I include you?"
To be perfectly clear, that's true for everyone, and it makes sense to me in both artistic and a business sense. I am going to create the best work I can, and I'm not going to go out of my way to hire a model or actor who doesn't fit the character, or accept an artist whose work I don't like just because they need the exposure. I may take a chance on someone if they are just as viable as a more experienced person, or cast the minority actor over a white one if I don't care about the race and they're both as good, but that doesn't happen often. I believe people should do what's best for their work even if it hurts feelings. It's not a creator's job to cause more problems for themselves just to help someone else out. I mean, he should want to and supporting each other does some good, but at the end of the day, he writes the play he wants to write, not the one that actors can do.
But what it means is that everyone has to work their asses off to just find out about a viable opportunity, then work their asses off to prove to the people in charge you are the best candidate, to then work their asses off to do the best job they can do. And after all that, you have to start all over again when the job is done because the art world is most often a contract to contract sort of job.
Now cut those limited "viable" opportunities drastically because you, as an Asian actor, can't play most parts. Certainly not the leads, but you're lucky if they'll consider you for the funny friend. Today it's getting easier to get one-liners and bit parts like the guy who serves your coffee, but you still have to look the part and, unless you are moderately attractive brown haired, mid-aged white person, people are going to notice you, remember you, be distracted by you. Then there's the factor that you'll probably get some sort of racist comment about, "Oh, I see. Hiring the Asian guy as a math teacher," or, "Trying to buck the trend by making the gym teacher Japanese?"
It's easier for people to just cast a white guy and avoid complaints about how they casted the Asian guy wrong.
And while I believe that the best way to overcome a non-white actor's "noticeability" is by a straightforward casting of more non-white people (which I actually think is being implemented more and more), I also think it's incredibly wrong to deliberately take jobs away from hard working white males just to encourage a wider variety in artists.
For instance, I read about a suggestion that a fairly successful literary journal should stop producing men's work for a year to only include women. I don't agree with that. It is too hard to become a successful author for anyone that refusing men on gender alone is a damaging and sexist tactic. It wouldn't be a big deal if being a white male guaranteed you publishing, but it doesn't.
When Colin Trevorrow, the director of Jurassic World, was asked about why female directors aren't seen as much as men, he responded with most of them aren't interested in that kind of thing and received a great deal of backlash.
I don't really agree that there aren't any women directors out of apathy, but I will say that finding non-white actors in America can be difficult, and I wouldn't be surprised if you struggled with finding female directors. This doesn't come from disinterest, however, but discouragement.
Back in college, my theatre teachers had a bad habit of trying to demoralize their students. We had a predominantly Hispanic student body and the faculty were very much guilty of easy criticism wherever they could find it.
They didn't spare the white males, however; just got more personal with their reasoning. Non-white men were too brown. Women were too fat. White men were… well, one was blonde, so they told him blonde hair couldn't be lit on stage. (This is directly after requesting a female bleach her hair even lighter than it already was.) Another was "a character actor" and there wouldn't be parts for him until he was forty. It didn't matter who you were or what you did, they would come up with some sort of reason you weren't going to succeed.
As for me? They were kind of scared of me, and so just waited until I was out of the room to bad mouth my projects to the other students with words of wisdom like, "They're just bad." Unless, of course, they were talking to prospective students in which their tune changed to how wonderful and common my self-initiated projects were.
My professor's argument whenever I asked him why he was going out of his way to belittle a student was, "If you can be discourage, you should be."
"You should teach kindergarten," I told him.
"You should teach kindergarten," I told him.
Get anyone early enough and everyone can be discouraged. Besides, in this business, you're going to face trials, rejections, and assholes whether or not someone takes it on themselves to make your life harder.
It hit me especially hard when one student approached me in near tears due to a conference he had with his professors. I had actually found it to be worse when they just took it on the chin and accepted their word as law; my fellow students had a habit of just believing these old bastards when they were told they weren't going to succeed. Out of thirty students my freshmen year, only four of us graduated in that degree. Technically, I graduated alone, but that was because I did so a semester early.
At least, I thought, he had the ability to take it to heart and not just trust these professors who had begrudgingly given up on their dreams and now were determined to never allow a student to waste their lives like they had wasted their own.
We discussed it. I pointed out that they can tell every student they have that they're not going to succeed and, statistically, they're probably going to be right. Most of us aren't going to succeed. It wouldn't be shocking if none of us did. But it should be noted that most famous artists have a teacher who told them they weren't going to make it. You don't need to analyze someone's talents to say they're not going to be the next Johnny Depp. It's just really good odds that they're not.
They told him, of course, that he wasn't going to be able to be an actor because there are no Hispanic parts. He abruptly sobered up and waved me away, saying, "Well that part is true."
It stuck with me.
Yes, it is true that out of the limited parts for "everyone" even less of them are for non-white people. Drastically less.
But from my perspective as a white person, no one, I don't care how racist they are, is going to admit to you straightforwardly they think like that unless they are trying to hurt you. Sometimes people will make racist jokes to a black guy because they want the catharsis, to release the tension they feel by not being able to voice those thoughts. Donald Trump says horrible things because not being able to talk about race makes people feel helpless and angry, because he knows his audience wants a scapegoat to their fears and lack of control. But when a white person comes up to a non-white person and actually says the words, "You're not going to succeed because you're brown," he is not trying to help you.
For starters, he doesn't know. Yes, he can recognize it. I see it. I've been a stage manager for seven years and I am very aware that the one black actor is not going to get to play Dracula, and he's certainly not going to get Harker. Maybe Helsing (because he is supposed to be a foreigner to Victorian England anyway), but that's only if the director is deliberately choosing to try and cast a minority actor.
But truth is, he can only be privy to his own racism, especially, in this case, as a director himself. He can look at statistics and cite anecdotal evidence, but only another actor of your race can really say, "It's not worth it," and have the perspective to know if it is or not.
What stood out for me though, in this comment, was how helpless I felt. I believed, and believe, that the only way to get a wider diversity in entertainment is for artists to keep reminding people that they are there, for them to dedicate their lives to their art despite the overwhelming odds against them.
I say that, but could I do it?
Hope is such a key in keeping yourself going. I don't worry about my race, and I don't even really worry about my gender, though some women do. I strongly think that I can do something to affect my position in life. I don't have this overwhelming and unchangeable obstacle stopping me. Could I ever be capable of pursing my work if I knew that it is severely unlikely I will succeed? Just because I might be paving the path for others like me?
It's a lot to ask.
It's unfair to ask people like Colin Trevorrow to take a hit on his career and turn down a movie just to give it over to a woman, especially if he did step down, it would still go to another man. Even the implication that he only got it because he is a white male is disparaging to him. I can't say why he got asked to do it, but I know that whether it was through hard work, networking, or luck, no one said, "Oh, you're white," and let him have the job.
It's difficult to ask writers and producers and directors to write and finance minority leads because it actually does limit your target audience. People point out that the new Star Wars movie had a black and female lead and it sold perfectly fine. Yet, I say that it sold because of the branding, and that script, for many reasons outside of bigotry, would not have done as well if it wasn't Star Wars. I don't think it would have even gotten made. I mean, what's the pitch?
The great thing about self-publishing is we see much more diversity in books from indies because they're not so business oriented, singularly minded enough to think they can get away with it, perhaps unaware, or it simply being important to them personally. The self-publishing industry begins to normalize the sight of non-white males, which is exactly what needs to occur. But what you also see on these books featuring a dark skin protagonist are comments like, "Sorry, I just can't relate to black people."
The great thing about self-publishing is we see much more diversity in books from indies because they're not so business oriented, singularly minded enough to think they can get away with it, perhaps unaware, or it simply being important to them personally. The self-publishing industry begins to normalize the sight of non-white males, which is exactly what needs to occur. But what you also see on these books featuring a dark skin protagonist are comments like, "Sorry, I just can't relate to black people."
And God forbid you write an interracial romance.
I think we all know that everyone will go to a movie about a white man, but there are many who were furious to see who starred in this last Star Wars. (Though, it makes sense to me, because Rey isn't "competing" with Luke personality-wise.)
White people, especially a brown haired, thin, clean-shaven, 30 year old, male, has no personality. That is our sexism against men—you are defined only by your work and how much money you make. In some ways, it's freeing because a man, especially a character in a book, can be whatever you want him to be. He can't exactly get away with "women's work," but in personality, the character is defined by his actions and only his actions. As a woman or a minority, you already have something said about you the moment you walk in. On the positive side, you have an immediate personality, something that will make people remember you. Even if "all Asians look the same," when meeting a person in a one-on-one situation, people tend to immediately create backstories for a non-white person or woman, while white males are likely to go ignored and forgotten.
This, in many ways, makes it easier for a writer when sticking to white male characters. Every time you put in racial diversity, or even a female, you're saying something. It's not even the issue of everyone being able to implant themselves into a white male easier, it's that a white male is a blank slate, one that can be transformed into whatever you want him to be. No one's going to say much no matter what flaws you give him: workaholic, lazy, greedy, selfish, a doormat even. Yes, these flaws will say something about him, but it rarely says things about white men in general. Not unless the author is very pointed in saying, "THIS IS HOW I SEE MEN."
But you write an Asian person you're going to get comments. Everything that character does becomes a reflection on how you see Asian people. Even if you avoid stereotypes, it's going to get complaints.
So we have a problem. White male characters are defined by their actions. They don't need to be role models, but they could be. Pretty much anyone will come and see (and pay for) a movie featuring a white guy, less for an Asian guy. The writer is free, the producer is happy, the audience doesn't have to be jarred out of immersion wondering why the creators chose to make that character black. The only real reasons, it seems, for anyone to ever make a movie about a non-white character is to either deliberately encourage diversity or because it makes sense for the script.
And in The Forest, it makes sense the character would be Asian.
I am not boycotting the film, though I'm probably not going to go see it either. I don't believe that just because it is set in Japan it needs to feature a Japanese person, just as much as I would like the entertainment industry to stop jamming in token female characters that don't belong in the story. Writing a horror film featuring a blonde tourist in the suicide forest of Japan isn't that big of a deal in itself, but we can see why, being that we don't see Asian leads often at all, it can be especially painful or insulting to some when it deliberately avoided casting a non-white person obviously because they thought a white girl would yield a more positive reaction.
When I shared the post, I did so because I thought it was interesting, it was passionate, and I felt for him. What I did not expect (albeit naively) was the comments I received about how he was just whining and it didn't matter and we all needed to stop being so politically correct.
I get this. I like some racist and sexist jokes, and I too have struggled with a culture that demands for contrary and too vast of understanding for anyone to truly be able to accomplish. I have been pained over whether it was insensitive to make my hotel maid Hispanic or if it was insensitive to avoid making her Hispanic. Is this joke poignant or insensitive? How can we reflect the reality we see and yet encourage a reality we want? I have avoided making posts like this, discussing racial issues that I question a lot simply because I am white, because I know people will flip a bitch at the mention of it, and because I don't want to admit my own warped view of the world. I also don't want to seem like I'm pandering to a problem I don't understand, that whole, "But I'm different guys," mentality. I don't want to look racist, I don't want to look like I'm bragging about how unracist I am. I certainly don't want to sound insincere. How can you discuss race without saying something about yourself? Yet avoiding making commentary about real patterns we see in our life can just make problems worse.
I remember when Jim C. Hines made a joke about how some people respect male authors more than females, his comment following the lines of, "Does typing with your penis really produce better art?"
The next week he posted a second blog apologizing. Someone, very angry, pointed out how they believed "gender" wasn't defined by autonomy but by identity.
This irritated me beyond all belief. It wasn't that I was against transgenderism, but that person was ruining a joke—which are pretty much guaranteed to exclude certain perspectives and personal experiences—because he felt his philosophy on what is a man or a woman wasn't being considered. Get over yourself! I thought. At the time, I believed that it obviously wasn't the point and that it didn't matter. Any joke about gender would be a generalization.
Later on I looked back on it and started to realize: even though I still thought this commenter needed to accept that writing, and especially comedy, can't make a statement while being completely inclusive, I realized that because of that comment I was better aware of that person's existence and different perspective.
So it's not that I'm saying we get rid of racist comments or force ourselves to always include minorities in a movie, or that just because one person feels a script should feature a person of their own race it must be limited to that, but instead of shutting down every time someone points out a problem that we don't care about, that we think they shouldn't care about, instead of getting mad, do exactly what we're telling them to: Get over it.
A man I had gone to high school with—quintessential Wyoming guy and everything that comes with it—posted a comment on my share about how we were racist for even focusing on race in the first place. What pissed me off most was that this lazy attack actually got to me, and in the end, it wasn't an argument. Racism, stupidity, being "fat" or ugly—all easy insults you can state to anyone without knowing anything about them and it will get to them.
And, yes, you can validly label the desire to see more minorities in film as racist, I'll accept that, but it's not really the question. The question is why is the Asian blogger bothered so much? Why is the white writer bothered so much? Why is the white classmate bothered so much? Why does racism bother us so much, whose needs are important, whose are petty, and how can we come to a solution?
When I shared that post, I got a lot of "Who cares?" comments. Some were friendly enough, but said, "It's just one film." Most people said the problem was irrelevant and wasn't worth anyone's time.
But really? Because I post complaints about adverbs and why "minute" needs to be spelled differently all of the time and you never take the effort to state how completely irrelevant it is to your life. And those concerns of mine are pretty damn irrelevant.
If it doesn't matter if the character is Asian or white, then let those who it does matter for speak their minds and make a change. Because it doesn't matter, right? So what do you care if they convince someone down the line to start giving leading roles to Asian people? If this post and others like it finally convinces someone to go out of their way, take a chance, and cast someone who rarely gets any opportunities to create the art they love simply because they don't look right? But if you do care, if you do find yourself feeling unhappy because someone chose to make the lead a non-white, then you should understand best why it's so important to them to have themselves represented in a film, and why complaints like this are so necessary. Because you know how they feel when they have to look at someone who doesn't look like them.
And, on the good side, the more open we are to having diversity in our stories, the less restricted we are to having diversity. No more token women crammed into a story-line she doesn't belong. No more trying to pussy-foot around the issue of the time-traveling African American. Better representation of real cities and locations. More freedom to represent females in the way we see them without fear of "pissing off the feminists." More freedom to write about a tourist in Japan without instilling pain to the Asian community. The more we see females and minorities on screen, the less we need to see them.
It's not that one film chose to star a white woman. It's that it's one of the few that had very good reason to star someone else, and it still couldn't be compelled to take the horrible risk of having a non-white protagonist.
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Regular readers of my blog will know that the little bottle of goodness on the left is a very firm favourite of mine, having used several bottles since I first tried it last year. The Good Things Deep Pore Anti Blemish Cleanser (review here) is probably my most loved cleanser as it is a simple, no fuss cleanser and toner in one, that freshens up my face first thing on a morning and removes my make up at night. I'm a fan of the double cleanse, so I pop this on a large cotton pad and sweep it over my face before following it up with a cream cleanser on my Rio Sonicleanse. If you'd like to read more about my cleansing routine then this post tells the full story. This product really wakes me up when I'm using it on a morning, during the heat wave we've been having I've been keeping my bottle in the fridge to really cool it down and treat give my skin a treat. When used to remove make up, I find that this removes all but the most deep set make up effortlessly, even waterproof eye make up. My skin is left feeling soft, clean and smooth after use, without being stripped of its natural oils and uncomfortably squeaky clean.
With all of the good things I have to say about this product, you can imagine my confusion when I picked up the bottle on the right, the Good Things Deep Pore Anti Blemish Lotion, and found that it did EXACTLY the same thing as the Cleanser of the same name. Well, I've done a bit of investigatory work and found out that the Good Things Deep Pore Anti Blemish Lotion IS the same product- only repackaged, renamed and rereleased. So its out with the old and in with the new! It contains the same superfruit extracts of wild fig and strawberry as well as liquorice extract and willow bark to fight bacteria and its still knocks the socks off some of the higher end brands at a fraction of the price (£4.99 from Boots to be exact!). New same, same great product, I can see me repurchasing this for years to come!
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Coastal Wine Market & Tasting Room (CWM) is our shared vision and entrepreneurial endeavor that we hope is a welcomed addition to the Nocatee Town Center in Ponte Vedra, FL. Our story began in 1995 at the University of Florida where, after meeting in class and sharing an affinity for laughter, we became best friends. After graduation, I spent some time in California learning about wine while my wife, Shaun, traveled internationally also learning about wine. After reconnecting in 2010, beyond sharing a friendship in college, we were further connected with a passion for wine and how it is best enjoyed when shared with someone else. With this foundation, we continued learning and exploring the wine market and knew we wanted to become involved in the industry.
As I made my home in Los Olivos, California in 2006, I fell in love with the wine tasting culture that was so prevalent in the burgeoning Central Coast region. I further became fascinated with the entire winemaking process and started researching the various elements that make wine great including the social interaction and the camaraderie wine generates. I spent a great deal of time getting to know several of the local winemakers and felt their winery tasting rooms were the perfect complement to tasting their wines. The rooms were ornate, yet relaxing, comfortable, yet not pretentious. My ignited interest in the wine culture and its rich history took me down the path to becoming a certified Sommelier.
Shaun shared a similar wine affinity and developed hers internationally while spending time in Italy and Spain among other countries. She absorbed the rustic and refined nature of international wine vineyards, tasted and paired fine wines with artisan cheeses and was eager to transfer her vision stateside. When we joined forces, it was clear that we shared the same vision of bringing a tasting room to Nocatee as it would be a welcome destination for much of the community.
We strive to always cultivate the same curiosity and camaraderie within our clientele that we feel for wine, by creating an atmosphere that seamlessly blends the wine and craft beer shopping experience, with the comfort and warm surroundings of a winery tasting room. In that spirit, every Friday and select Saturdays, we host a CWM tasting event where everyone is welcome to come and enlighten their palate in a relaxing, friendly environment. Each CWM tasting showcases selected wines and/or craft beers. CWM also offers their location for private parties and corporate events.
Sharing our knowledge of the wine industry and introducing our clientele to its many facets is a large motivator for us as business owners. We want to foster and grow a sense of energy created by community and sharing. We've embraced the opportunity to do what we love, and seeing others become a part of the process empowers us to move forward. Shaun and I would welcome you as friends in our market and as we love to say, "We look forward to having you over!"


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Q-Star Charters is a Coronado based luxury transportation company that provides private, luxury transportation to residents, tourists, vacationers and visitors alike.
Q-Star Charters has been in business since 2013 and continues to grow. The continual business development that the company seeks results in an ongoing open dialogue with the groups and individuals for whom Q-Star Charters provides transportation.


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Advising promotes active student participation and supports intellectual and personal development toward academic success.
A specialized academic advisor works closely with students exploring major options, interests, and possible career paths before deciding on a major.
The first year experience focuses on intellectual exploration, engagement, and social responsibility.
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Through multithreading, a term borrowed from modern computing. While multitasking is switching rapidly between tasks, and is absolutely not a good idea, multithreading is switching rapidly between projects, and is essential. They may seem similar, but in fact require completely different approaches.
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Older Silverdaddies:We did not say a lot when that, just thank you, and maybe we'll do it again, just before I left behind. On the other hand when I got home I had been naughty once more from thinking about it and thinking of doing this once more.
There had been three or four adult males waiting in the corridor outside of the half-dozen booths, every single showing a distinct show from bi to homosexual to straight.
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Older Silverdaddies asked if I would go in with him for some time and stay along with him offered see the authentic display as his exclusive assistant.We inter-changeable number, they provided their address and then we arranged to meet within 30 minutes.
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He was entering deeper now also it sensed wonderful. Older Silverdaddies did not want it to finish, although he brought out and folded me on my rear.We then lie there a bit longer talking and holding, just before I seemed enjoy it had become time for me to leave..


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Spaghetti Squash is my favorite new vegetable. It's so versatile and healthy. I especially love how I can substitute spaghetti squash for noodles to create a healthier Italian dinner for my family. After making spaghetti sauce with spaghetti squash I thought I'd go a step further and make spaghetti squash lasagna. It was really easy to make and so yummy! It made enough for left overs that I had for lunch all week. I've included pictures below with each step and the complete recipe at the bottom of this post.
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After roasting the spaghetti squash, loosen the squash inside the shell. If this is your first time cooking spaghetti squash, check out my step-by-step tutorial on how to roast spaghetti squash with pictures first.
Add ricotta cheese mixture.
Spoon spaghetti sauce on top.
Finish with mozzarella cheese, Parmesan cheese, and a sprinkle of Italian seasoning.
Bake in a 400 degree oven for 25 minutes. Enjoy!
Spaghetti Squash Lasagna
- 1 lb ground beef
- 1/2 jar spaghetti sauce Rao's is lowest carb
- 1 spaghetti squash
- 6 oz Ricotta Cheese
- 1/2 cup Parmesan cheese
- 1 1/2 cup Mozzarella Cheese
- 1 egg
- 1/2 teaspoon Italian Seasoning
- 4 garlic cloves minced
- Brown ground beef and minced garlic then drain if desired.
- Add spaghetti sauce to the meat mixture and simmer with a lid on the pot for about 10 minutes.
- Pierce spaghetti squash with knife and cook for 5 min in microwave.
- Cut in half and dig out seeds then brush the insides with a light coat of olive oil and salt/pepper. Place facing down on a baking sheet and bake approx 30-45 min in a 400 degree oven until tender. Cooking times will vary depending on the size of spaghetti squash.
- Remove from the oven when done and allow to cool for 5 min.
- With a fork, scrap inside the spaghetti squash leaving spaghetti squash inside the shell to make a "boat."
- Combine 6oz of Ricotta cheese, 1/4 cup Parmesan cheese, egg, and Italian seasoning.
To assemble Spaghetti Squash boats:
- Spoon the ricotta cheese mixture on top of the loosened spaghetti squash.
- Add spaghetti sauce
- Top with mozzarella cheese and remaining Parmesan cheese then sprinkle a little Italian seasoning on top.
- Bake in a 400 degree oven for 25 minutes.
Nutritional Information based on MyFitnessPal app based on 6 servings – 471 calories, 32.1 fat, 39.6 protein, 5.3 carbs – .7 Fiber = 4.6 Net Carbs per serving
Check out all of my Keto/Low Carb Recipes in my Keto/Low Carb Recipe Index.


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I was never really a big fan of summer. It's hot. My thighs stick together. In times past I have a tendency to feel lonely, or bored, or without purpose. It's kind of a strange time of year, I mean, its like three months of whatever. When I was in school I never made big summer plans, and my dad's idea of vacation was seeing his family in San Diego. Which was nice–some times. It wasn't easy for me making friends in the summer. Sometimes in the summer I'd wake up wondering when the day would end–2, 3, or 4 in the morning? Days had no beginning and no end. I remember feeling like every day I was facing a new kind of sadness. A new kind of perversion, in myself. Some things were hard to face up to, as a teen. I got older, and I still kind of looked at summer through the same lens, but sort of passively. Well, it's the middle of the year, I'd think. Nothing really happens in the middle of the journey and it's not important because it's neither the beginning nor the end right?
Then I met Justin. I met Justin, and he told me his favorite time of year is summer. He said it was the best time. The sunshine is out longer, he has more energy. The trees are beautiful. His dad heats up the grill. Something good is cooking, and Smirnoff probably goes good with it. In the summer you can stay up later, but not feel tired. It's a time for road trips and adventures. Falling in love, or watching a movie with your best friend. Hanging out with your cousins, your dog, and your cat. It's just so fun, he told me. You can relax a little easier. Life is fun.
He's right. Summer is the best time of year.


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TORONTO, April 23 (Reuters) - U.S. miner and oil producer Freeport-McMoRan Inc reported a first-quarter loss on Thursday, as it recorded one-time charges of $2.4 billion, mainly for the reduction of the carrying value of its oil and gas properties.
The net loss attributable to common shareholders was $2.5 billion, or $2.38 per share, compared with net income of $510 million, or 49 cents a share, in the same period last year.
Excluding one-time items, which totaled $2.32 a share, Freeport reported an adjusted loss of $60 million, or 6 cents a share, for the quarter ended March 31.
Analysts had been expecting an adjusted loss of 7 cents a share, on average, according to Thomson Reuters I/B/E/S.
Revenue fell to $4.15 billion from $4.98 billion.
Capital spending is estimated at $6.5 billion for the year, including $2.5 billion for major mining projects and $2.8 billion for oil and gas operations.
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|Customs agents, also know as Customers Border Patrol Officers (CBP Officers), investigate money laundering, smuggling, child pornography, narcotics smuggling, and enforce the Arms Export Control Act. Customs agent utilize electronic and physical surveillance, establish a network of informants, review records from couriers, importers and exporters, banks, and manufacturers. Agents obtain search warrants, coordinate with other agencies on joint operations, and conduct interviews.
Customs agents inspect luggage, shipments, and people, while also inspecting cargo on trains, ships, airplanes, and vehicles entering or leaving the United States. Agents coordinate efforts to exam, weigh, count, and gauge commercial and noncommercial cargo leaving or entering the United States, and confiscate smuggled or illegal cargo. Customs agents also supervise efforts to prevent contraband from entering the country and arrest people breaking U.S. law.
CBP officers are required to be duty at one of the U.S.'s 300 international ports of entry which include seaports, airports or land border crossings (i.e. Mexican or Canadian borders.) Ports of entry are America's frontline of defense against variety criminal activities including terrorism, human trafficking, drug smuggling, money laundering, illegal immigration, weapons trafficking, smuggling of contraband as well as a host of other border and customs violations. As a U.S. Federal law enforcement officer, CBP officers are required to wear a uniform, carry firearms and work overtime as is dictated by the office they work for. Many CBP Officers are trained to handle dogs as part of their law enforcement effort.
Because of frequent and never ending interaction with travelers, CBP officer must be patient, even tempered and have good judgment. In additional to more traditional duties CBP officers are also collect intelligence and may even conduct anti-smuggling and anti-terrorism activities in cooperation with FBI, DEA and other U.S. law enforcement agencies. Some of the more specialty assignments handled by CBP Officesr may require a short-term relocation overseas.
Common CBP Officer activities include:
How to apply for the CBP Officer position
To apply to become a customs border patrol officer you must register for a written test online during an open period. During open periods, the announcement for job postings can be viewed at either www.cbp.gov (in the Careers section), or on the Federal jobs' web-site www.usajobs.opm.gov.
Specific instructions explaining how to register for the written CBP Officer test will be included in the vacancy announcement found online. During the registration process, applicants are asked a variety of questions designed to assess their suitability for the CBP Officer job as well as their willingness to accept the conditions of employment. All applicants are screened for preliminary qualifications; required to answer specific questions about the position of CBP Officer; and asked to select one preferred location for which they would ideally like to be considered, as well as where they are going to take the written CBP Officer test.
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Breakthrough in Forensic Science
Forensic researchers in Tucson, Arizona have developed a revolutionary method that could allow scientists to predict what a person might look like using only their DNA. Scientists at the University of Arizona conducted a research project measuring the following characteristics of nearly 1,000 individuals: eye color, skin, and hair.Read more
Does The Death Penalty Save Lives?
For the first time in over a generation, the question of whether the death penalty deters murders has captured the attention of scholars, sparking an intense new debate. About 12 current reports indicate each time a convicted murderer is executed, between 3-18 homicides do not occur.Read more
Bounty Hunters -- Legit, or not?
Are bounty hunters legitimate law enforcement professional? There has been increasing controversy in the United States over bounty hunters, with concern voiced over the lack of control that a state has over their behavior. Court jurisdictions have permitted bounty hunters broad authority to locate and detain individuals fleeing to evade the legal process.Read more


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Design Hotel Plattenhof
About the Hotel
Why We Love This Hotel
- A sleek, modern design hotel in Zurich's university district
- Great public transport links & an easy 15-minute walk to the city centre
- An on-site restaurant offering classic Italian food & contemporary art on the walls
- Low futon-style beds come highly recommended by guests
A small design hotel in Zurich's university district, the Hotel Plattenhof is proof of the city's younger, cooler side, but sticks to tradition when it comes to comfortable beds, a decent restaurant and easy access to the main attractions.
This is Switzerland so, yes, Zurich is clean, efficiently run and dotted with pretty churches, but it's far from dull. It's filled with shops, cafés and dozens of art galleries and museums -- from fine arts at the Kunsthaus to the Museum für Gestaltung (design) and the Beyer (a museum of that most Swiss of occupations, timekeeping). The hotel is around 15 minutes' walk from the city centre, so it's quiet without being remote. Cross the river to explore the Old Town, or (in summer, anyway) head to the lake to cool off at the public swimming areas.
Heading back to the hotel to eat? The restaurant, Sento, is open Monday-Friday for lunch and dinner, and offers Italian classics such as tomato and mozzarella salad, truffle ravioli and veal escalope with marsala -- plus ever-changing art exhibitions on the walls. In summer, you can eat al fresco on the garden terrace. For cocktails or coffee, there's also a bar-lounge area.
Rooms feature sleek, modern design and low futon-style beds -- guests rate these as comfortable, although they may not suit everyone. All 37 rooms offer free Wi-Fi, slippers, robes and hairdryers -- upgrade for rooms with a little extra space.
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- 100% smoke-free
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Room amenities
- Safe
- DVD / CD player & library
- Flatscreen TV
- iPod/iPhone docking station
- Complimentary Wi-Fi in guest rooms
- Complimentary Wi-Fi in public areas
- Bathrobes
- Hair-dryer
- Slippers
- Parking (fees apply)
Check-in: Standard Time is 3pm.
Checkout: Standard Time is 12pm.
Children and additional guests: No rollaway/extra beds available. No cribs (infant beds) available
Pets: Pets allowed
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