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Author: Robert Halliwell
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press
Cover Artist: Paul Richmond
Rating: 4.75 of 5 Stars
Publication Date: 06/05/2015
Length: Novel (~ 50K-100K)
Genre: Contemporary, Gay Fiction
A Tales from Foster High Story
Snarky yet good-hearted Robbie DeCaro made his first appearance in the pages of Tales from Foster High: End of the Innocence, years after the loss of his first and only love. A New York transplant, Robbie now decides that his work is done in the town of Foster, and the time has come for him to leave Texas.
Returning to his childhood home on Long Island, Robbie reunites with his family members. Each using their own unique methods, they try in vain to help Robbie reset to a life he knew before he left it all for the fairy-tale love he found, then tragically lost.
As he remembers some of the darkest moments from his past, Robbie wonders if he'll ever find the "after" in "happily ever after."
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If you know me at all you know I have a love affair with all things related to the Tales from Foster High Series by John Goode. If you don't know that, trust me, I do. If you haven't read the series, do it. Now! I will wait. Okay, we all good?
Foster, Texas has finished telling us its tale. It has changed for the better thanks to two boys, Kyle and Brad. However, there is another character from Foster, who was irrevocably changed due to the influence of two brave gay teens in a tiny hick Texas town. Robbie DeCaro.
During Kyle and Brad's adventures in the Tales from Foster High series, we meet Robbie as a hard-hearted, bitchy, bitter queen out to punish the town for everything it has taken from him. However, we know there is more to his story. Near the end of 151 Days, Robbie is riding off into the sunset to return to his family home.
A Way Back to Then by Robert Halliwell, takes up Robbie's story from the moment he pulls his little green bug away from Kyle on his way to saying goodbye to Foster, Texas. You don't strictly have to have read the entire Foster High series to appreciate Robbie's trials and tribulations in A Way Back to Then. There is actually way more backstory on Robbie in Way Back than you have from Tales, but it is designed that way. This is Robbie's story. The good, the bad, the heartbreaking, and the ugly. It is all there for us to see.
While I felt for Robbie, in Tales, I fell for him in A Way Back to Then.
Robbie is broken. Robbie has been without a compass for five years. Way Back mixes flashbacks to tell Robbie's side of and expand on some of the scenes you have already seen in Tales with his present struggle to find his direction. It shows us that there is so much more to Robbie than his affectation and barbed tongue gives us.
We get to know his hurts, his vulnerabilities, his reasons, and his heart. We get to see him finally break through the ice cage he built around his heart. The one Kyle started to melt just a little, despite Robbie's best efforts. We finally get to see him with his own support system. He is no longer the lone wolf trying to make it through the day.
One of the things I fell in love with in the Foster Series, and I was worried would be lost with A Way Back to Then, was the witty banter, pop culture references flung with precision, and just the overall pacing. While the tone is a bit different, the overall feel and pacing from Foster is not lost. One big difference is that this title is completely from Robbie's perspective. Without the alternating points of view, the secondary characters remain mostly mysteries.
There are a couple of rough continuity spots, such as alternating Seb's job — though it could also just have been Robbie deliberately misunderstanding. However, none of the rough spots were enough to pull me from the story.
For Brad and Kyle fans, we get a few peeks into their world. And just a warning you will NEED When I Grow Up as soon as you finish up A Way Back to Then. Warning number two: have a box of tissues handy. I can't tell you how many heartstrings were tugged in the reading of this story.
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Ministry Monday: Life Priorities to Know & How to Find Christ in the Chaos
Written By: Glenn C. Stewart
Professor and author Haddon Robinson pointed out that one old recipe for rabbit stew began with this injunction "First catch the rabbit." Robinson said, "The writer knew how to put first things first. That's what we do when we establish priorities we put the things that should be in first place in their proper order."18
Establishing and maintaining essential priorities is a critical factor for living a synchronized (organized) life. It can be especially challenging to remember and focus on balancing life priorities for those living busy lives of ministry and service. However, no matter our professions, it is helpful to our happiness and our life purpose to organize our life and priorities. In fact, God wants us to pay attention to and devote ourselves to certain biblical life priorities.
6 Biblical Life Priorities to Know:
- Self –
"Above all else, guard your heart, for everything you do flows from it" (Proverbs 4:23, NIV).
Each person's heart is their innermost being, core personality, psyche: the mental,
emotional, volitional, and spiritual individual. It's crucial that we preserve the integrity of our hearts because it's from the heart that life derives. Without our core character properly aligned with God's purpose, we miss the meaning and enjoyment of life.
It's a priority to give attention to self. Self refers to our being and who we each are as a person before God and in this world.
- Family –
Before there was government or churches, there was family. Family is God's first institution for the good of humanity. The whole matter of family life and dynamics is a priority that must continually be on the radar screen of our lives. That's not a surprise, is it? The priority of family life can't be a theory, or a statement, but must translate into the practice of life.
- Friends –
To many, friendship is a luxury, but God has this as a priority.
"The sweetness of a friend comes from his earnest counsel. Do not forsake your friend and your father's friend, and do not go to your brother's house in the day of your calamity. Better is a neighbor who is near than a brother who is far away" (Proverbs 27:9-10).
- Work –
God is a worker. He created us to be workers. Work is not a curse; it's part of God's design before sin entered humanity. God took delight in His work and we're to take delight in ours. "Do you see a man skillful in his work? He will stand before kings; he will not stand before obscure men" (Proverbs 22.29).
"Whatever you do, work heartily, as for the Lord and not for men" (Colossians 3.23).
- Ministry –
Some may like the term service better than ministry. They are the same in this context. To minister is to serve others. And this is certainly a priority God has for those who know Him through faith in Christ.
"As each has received a gift, use it to serve one another, as good stewards of God's varied grace" (1 Peter 4:10). We need to use our abilities, the talents and spiritual gifts God has given us, to reach others, build others up, and advance the cause of Christ in this world.
- Finances –
Jesus made it clear that money management is key to how we handle other areas of life. In fact, he says, "Where your treasure is, there your heart will be also," (Matthew 6:21).
How we handle money and the attitude we have toward it indicates what is most important to us. Proverbs 27:23 speaks to the issue of material resource management.
Self, family, friends, work, ministry, and finances are the big six life priorities. Each of them are biblically defined and necessary for a synchronized life. So, where are you in each of these areas? Do you attend to them regularly? Does your life evidence that these areas are priorities? Where do you need adjustment? Take some time this week to reflect on your life priorities.
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The UK benchmark index has started the new week on the back foot, with investors digesting the latest developments in the Middle East, as well as a string of corporate news. In individual FTSE 100 movers, shares in WPP (LON:WPP) have lost ground after the advertising giant announced that its chief executive had stepped down.
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As of 12:11 BST, the Footsie had given up 31.08 points to stand 0.43 percent lower at 7,233.48. Investors have been cautious in today's trading following the latest missile strikes on Syria.
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In individual stock movers, WPP has given up 5.43 percent to 1,123.50p after announcing that its chief executive Sir Martin Sorrell had stepped down with immediate effect. The move was prompted by an investigation into allegations of personal misconduct.
"It is not clear whether the current margin targets or dividend payout will survive management change," Citi analysts said in a note, as quoted by Reuters, adding that the stock's loss of a third of its value in the past year could attract 'value' investors.
Shire (LON:SHP) meanwhile has added 0.83 percent to 3,636.50p after announcing that it had inked a deal to offload its oncology portfolio, while Whitbread (LON:WTB) is up 7.47 percent to 4,229.00p on the news that activist investor Elliott has acquired a stake in the company.
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It has been a good year of gaming for me, and as we close in on the new year I'd like to pen some thoughts about the top 3 of my most played games in 2015.
- The Lord of the Rings Online
Not surprising that I spent most of my gaming this year in Middle Earth, my primary MMO with which the foundations of this site was built upon. I've accomplished a great deal over the past five years so 2015 brought me back in three major ways: Nostalgia to be online with my Lotro friends, New Gondor content and updates to the game, and finally PvMP. Since the former is a given that will continue to pull me back year on year, I'll zoom in on the latter two.
2015 saw two major content updates for Lotro in Update 16: Ashes of Osgiliath and Update 17: The Siege of Minas Tirith. Both updates offered excellent PVE content and in my humble opinion, worthy of a singular titan expansion that could have done this game much good. The addition of instances in Update 16 were fresh and much needed, but the design of its poor loot reward system has let many of us down. The new big battles that came with Update 17 are superior to their Helms Deep counterparts, and it seems like Turbine can only improve on the system going forward. At the end of the year, here we are at Minas Tirith and I am already feeling bittersweet. The end of the story that we have all known and love is approaching. What 2016 brings for PVE will be one for all Lotro players to watch closely.
PVP has seen better years. I came back to it in May this year with the sole objective of hitting Rank 12, Third Marshal. It was a fantastic journey, especially doing it on my new home server of Landroval, making new friendships and partnerships along the way. After hitting rank in May, I dropped in and out of PvMP, focusing on PVE and other games. PvMP balance changes this year have been questionable, and the rationale behind what the dev team continues to do is still anyone's guess. 2016 may be the year I give this up entirely, if I'm not having fun out there with my new Minstrel. There are other games out there that does PVP way better than Lotro, I hate to admit.
Finally, a huge update to the game this year were the server closures. So many servers shut its doors, including my home server of Riddermark, and we are now left with 10 remaining servers. Sad, but the mergers will work great for building new thriving communities for the remainder of the game's life. We are still yet to see the new data centers in effect, which is said to reduce lag and what not.
Good year for Lotro overall? I feel so, but there's still this gaping hole that only my best memories of this game can fill. I'll need to dig deep come the new year to justify renewing my sub in 2016. What I'd like to see in 2016 for Lotro may be things that are beyond the devs now. But there's still some good in this world, and it's worth fighting for.
2. Dragon Age: Inquisition
Surprise! DAI has been pretty high on my gaming rotation this year and I've never written about it on my blog, leaving that RPG tab up top, bare. It has consumed me fully to a point that I'd rather spend all my time enjoying the stories in Thedas rather than writing about it.
Admittedly, I joined the DAI party pretty late. DAI was released in 2014 and I bought it shortly after release. IT has been sitting comfortably in my Origin library for over a year. Sometime in August I decided to fire it up and start my canon play through, after setting up the events of the previous two games through an online website called the Dragon Age Keep, which is pretty cool.
To stop this from being a draggy essay, I'll summarize my experience the best I can. The overall story in DAI, with the addition of its 3 DLCs, is extremely satisfying and leaves me craving for the next installment already. You just know you're playing a Bioware game when the narrative moves you emotionally. Every decision matters. There are consequences. I had goosebumps, I felt love, anger and shock at numerous points in the game, involving everyone from the well crafted companions to the NPC advisers. The voice acting takes the storytelling to another dimension.
The size of the game's regions is something that caught me off guard. It's not open world, but I could forgive the deception. And for the record, Trevor Morris's soundtrack for DAI is not to be missed. It has literally become a staple playlist that I listen to on a daily basis.
The gameplay is an improvement from the past I feel, especially concerning combat. It incorporates both the overhead tactical combat view and the third person action style seen in DA2. It's fair to say that I often use both depending on the fight, and I like them both. Another huge plus for me is customization, and DAI impressed me with the amount of options it offered to players. Character creation is great, and I was able to replicate a close enough doppleganger of Haffleheim, my Lotro main. I even made a Daenerys Targaryen for a second playthrough, with the help of a guide. Crafting was also something I enjoyed, being able to outfit my Inquisitor and the companions and even dye their stuff. Neat addition!
I think I completed my first play through in just under 100 hours, and that's including most of the side missions without the DLC. There's quite a number of things to do in DAI, and because of how well it was put together, I never once felt like it was a grind. It's no Skyrim, where immersion is scaled on a whole other level, and I put that down to your Inquisitior having a voice, either an American or British accent. Now if you're neither, you may have issues.
One aspect of DAI I did not touch is its multiplayer. From what I've seen, the multiplayer is a dungeon crawl with three other players, and you select one of a few hero characters from a roster which levels with you through your dungeon crawls. Chests at the end awards loot, but it's only restricted to use within multiplayer. This sounds interesting, and maybe I'll give this a shot in the new year when I've completely burned out the single player.
Dragon Age: Inquisition is one of the best games I've played this year. It has everything I love in an RPG, and that's going to keep me coming back I reckon. So many story choices left unexplored..and I haven't even touched the DLCs yet!
3. The Secret World
Plenty of hours were spent in this hugely underrated MMO this year, which saw a great many updates. Firstly, was the New Player Enhanced Experience (NPEE) that was introduced in February. The update completely revamped the beginning for newer players, enhancing the tutorials and gameplay, including huge number of quality of life changes. This sparked interest in me to re-roll a new Illuminati character, but I didn't do it alone. I dragged my sister along for the ride this time, and for a couple of months the both of us made our way through the game and recently hit Tokyo, the current end-game continent in TSW.
The new enhanced player experience is definitely an improvement, but so many things changed for the better in TSW 2015. All currencies were consolidated into Black Bullions (BB), which was a smart move. Everything in game now awards BB – from questing, PVP and challenges – which doesn't omit the casual players from attaining good gear in the game.
The big one for me has to be the release of Issue 11: Reaping the Whirlwind. I got to raise hell in the Orochi Tower, experiencing the end of the main story line, which began so long ago in Kingsmouth. As I expected, more twists and turns in the plot!
My main, Gradinko has been slowly chipping away at Nightmare dungeons in Q4, gearing up for the next zone. I also managed to find myself a great Cabal, with a good mix of players from all over the globe. 2016 is shaping up to be a great year for TSW, and I'm looking forward to where the story is heading next.
Honorable Mentions
- Ark: Survival Evolved
I've covered Ark a good amount on my blog, and I have said that this was my ideal survival game. The crazy thing is, I bought this game mid-year and it's still in Alpha. It's too damn good to be in Alpha! There are content releases every other week, adding more craftable items, more dinosaurs and more of everything. With the amount of money thanks to the coverage this game is getting, kudos must be given to devs for sticking it through to try and make the best dino survival game out on the market today.
My friends and I have escaped to Ark more often than I care to admit, and I think we're all rather fatigued by the sheer amount of hours required to invest in order to achieve great things on the island. In the last month or so, I didn't have the will to log in and dedicate X amount of hours into the game. I don't want this to become a chore, so take a break I must..and hope my beloved dinosaurs survive the hiatus.
2. Company of Heroes 2
COH2 has always been there to take care of my war/blowing stuff up itches, and this year I've put about 200 hours in, playing matches with my friends whenever we get the chance. A standalone army expansion was released this year, The British Forces, which gave me the perfect reason to spend more time in this great strategy game.
As for the British army, there were many similarities with it's COH1 brethren and for the most part are easy to play. The meta this time around is more on the army's flexibility, being able to change to either offensive or defensive tactics late on in the game. The units are decent, but there are balance issues at launch that I'm not sure got fixed.
Oh and added this year was the Pershing heavy tank for the Allies. Rejoice!


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Talk about an amazing night! Over 215 friends and family members helped me celebrate the upcoming 10 year anniversary of my diving accident at the Prince George's Ballroom in New York City. The room was filled with excitement, love, tears of joy, laughs and lots of dancing as guests enjoyed live music from one of New York's best cover bands, BoogaSugar, and cocktails donated by Stoli Vodka and Budweiser.
Thank you to everyone who traveled from across the country to participate in this very special evening and a special thank you to Peter Wilderotter, President and CEO of the Christopher and Dana Reeve Foundation, and my uncle, Sandy Goodman, who both provided remarks before my speech that night. This party was everything I hoped it would be and I am confident that everyone had as much fun as I did.


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Red Sox trade minor league slugger Brentz to Pirates
FORT MYERS, Fla. (AP) The Boston Red Sox have traded outfielder Bryce Brentz to the Pittsburgh Pirates for cash.
The teams made the deal Tuesday.
Brentz played a total of 34 games for Boston in 2014 and 2016, hitting .287 with one home run and nine RBIs. He spent all of last season at Triple-A Pawtucket, hitting 31 homers with 85 RBIs.
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The 29-year-old Brentz won the Triple-A All-Star Home Run Derby last July, and has 127 career homers in the minors.
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Greetings. For the next couple of weeks I'm going to switch things up a little bit on the blog and start a little mini series from the voice of my dog, Pepper. He usually goes on my adventures with me and is always there to taste test the new recipe, so I thought it was time he make himself a part of this part of my life as well. ~Greta
My name is Pepper Jones, but I answer to many names, including Doc.
I am a bichon-shitzu mix. My breed mix is known as the 'teddy bear breed' and I live up to that title full heartily. I love to cuddle on my mom's lap whenever I can, much like a teddy bear. I also like to lay on my back and have my belly scratched. I'd definitely consider myself an adventure dog (I mean, I've even been ice-fishing! see below)
In my free time I watch the squirrels and birds out the window, take long, walking adventures, eat stuff off the ground (especially the gross stuff), and take as many adventures in the car as possible.
I tend to look like two different dogs, depending on the time of year. In the winter I look very hairy, like the above photo, as I like to spend hours outdoors and my mom worries I might freeze without my fur. In the summer, when the weather is warm, I wear my coat as absolutely short as possible.
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Q&A with Chef Mathieu Palombino
In New York City, we're pretty spoiled when it comes to pizza. Some of the greatest pies on the planet exist here, and a competitive spirit between dueling pizzaiolos just adds to the flavor. Only in a melting pot such as ours could a Belgium-born Italian trained in French culinary technique enter a scene more packed than a can of stewed tomatoes–and dominate it. At least, for now…
Chef Name: Mathieu Palombino
Restaurant: Motorino
Address: 319 Graham Avenue, Brooklyn, N.Y.
Cuisine: Neapolitan Pizzeria
What inspired you to become a chef?
You're going to laugh, but I like big knives. I also like the pride I saw on the faces of chefs who had cooking shows on French TV.
What is the most important thing you try to achieve through your food?
I try to stay pure and very organic in the way I cook. I try to cook in a clean and in a very pure manner.
What is the hardest thing about being a fulltime chef?
I have very little time to dedicate to my family.
What is the best thing about being a fulltime chef?
A little bit of everything…I don't know. I get to cook everyday, I love my routine. To wake up and have an idea and say "I'm gonna do this." Being a chef, you are always perfecting and you always move forward and never stop.
What is the most popular dish at the restaurant?
The Brussels Sprout Pizza (Brussels sprouts, smoked pancetta, mozzarella, garlic and pecorino).
How do regional foods influence your menu, if at all?
It inspires my menu in a very normal way. You have to take into consideration there is no way around the season and the time. When you live in New York and the heirloom tomatoes are around and the cheapest, you buy them. Nature gives you the best product at the best price according to the seasons. It keeps it moving.
What ingredient or recipe are you personally obsessed with right now?
I'm obsessed with something that has nothing to do with Motorino. I just got back from South America and I was eating a lot of tropical fruits. I saw them in markets and on the streets. Fruit from South America like guava or mango are worth looking into for making juices, salads, and sauces. There is something really great there.
Are there any secret "off-the-menu" dishes we could order if we wanted to?
When I was working at another restaurant, we would never refuse anything to anyone. I always had a soup or a fruit salad on hand. I never say "no way, order from the menu."
What is your favorite street food in your city?
Well, you know what? I'm not in to street food but I always make a note when I see a line of cabs for Turkish or Arabic food. That food is exciting to me.
What's more important to you, eating "local" or "organic"?
It depends on what it is. I drink organic milk. You taste the difference. Everyone should drink organic milk. I like organic meat as well. But I like to eat local stuff too–like from the greenmarket. I would say local.
What do you predict as the next big food trend?
I wouldn't be surprised if the California way to eat, very bare, untouched, and based on quality product, comes here (New York). I think Californians eat a certain way–simple salads, great produce barely touched. I think this is where people will go.
What is the coolest/best kitchen tool/gadget you own?
I like these tomato juicers that extract the juice. I bought it last week. It's an old tool–put raw tomato in it or you can put fruit in it. It's an extractor.
If you could choose, what would be your last meal on Earth?
My mom's roast chicken.
I think mine might involve the Brussels Sprouts Pizza.


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Why did you choose UPMC residency program?
I chose UPMC for its diversity of clinical settings, patient populations, leadership development as well as opportunities to pursue my personal interest in disability advocacy.
Career Interests
Clinical:Cerebral palsy, TBI, prosthetics and orthotics, disability advocacy
Medical School:Michigan State University College of Osteopathic Medicine, East Lansing, MI
Undergraduateraduate: Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI
Hometown: Ann Arbor, MI
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Continuing on from Part 1, here we count down the Top 5 animated Batman movies of all time. Will my picks match up with yours? Read on an find out!
5) Batman and Mr. Freeze: Subzero
"Come on people! A guy in a weird suit with two polar bears can't be too hard to spot!" - Commissioner Gordon
My favorite trivia about Subzero is that Warner pushed back the release date to distance it from the disaster that was the campy live-action Batman & Robin, a movie so bad, it put the Batman movie franchise in hibernation for nearly a decade. It was intended as a home video tie-in, but to avoid further embarrassment that the cartoon Batman took itself more seriously than the big budget bomb, it got delayed. Although the second animated Batman movie didn't surpass its predecessor (Mask of the Phantasm), it's still a worthy addition to the animated Bat library and lives up to the standard set by the series it's based on. Batman: The Animated Series redefined Mr. Freeze with a sympathetic backstory, painting him as a tragic villain, and Subzero advances his story about a scientist determined to save his ailing wife by any means necessary, even if it means taking an innocent life. Freeze's co-headlining is well earned, as this is primarily his story. Batman's partners, Robin and Batgirl, have their share of screen time as well, with a budding romance sparking out of costume (Dick and Barbara are unaware of each other's secret identities at this point). Having a bigger budget to work with, many of the vehicles are computer generated, but the CGI here doesn't always blend seamlessly with the 2D animation. It doesn't distract from the story but it does date it a bit. However, the runtime is a bit on the short side compared to other home video releases, and would have benefited from more breathing room to incorporate more character development for Freeze. Anyone who's seen the classic episode "Heart of Ice" already knows about his wife Nora and Freeze's mission to save her, but the movie could have used some flashbacks to fill in more backstory about their relationship prior to that. Freeze's crooked colleague, Dr. Belson, could have used a little backstory to tie him into Freeze's past as well. As it stands, Subzero is worth adding to your Batman collection, but I would have traded the CGI for more story, which would have added depth and making it feel more like a movie than a two-part episode.
Batman: Kevin Conroy
Heroes: Robin (Dick Grayson), Batgirl, Commissioner Jim Gordon
Villains: Mr. Freeze
4) Batman: Under the Red Hood
"I'm cleaning up Gotham. More than you ever did." – Red Hood
The comic arc, Under the Red Hood, was perfectly suited to be turned into a movie. What I love best about it is it's a Batman movie made for Bat fans. Too often, superhero movies feel the need to start at the beginning, rehashing the origin in order not to alienate casual fans who have a basic understanding of the characters but aren't caught up to speed with how they've developed over the years. Red Hood keeps Batman's continuity intact, managing to tell its story while also weaving in elements from classic stories like Death in the Family and The Killing Joke. Writer Judd Winick does an excellent job of adapting his own work onto the screen, and knows what needs to be cut in order to keep the story moving along at a good pace. This is a prime example of how a comic story should be adapted where making those cuts actually makes the end result stronger. Just like all the best Batman stories, this one involves a mystery at its core – who is the Red Hood? The story doesn't leave a lot of room for speculation as to who the Red Hood is but while the revelation rubs a lot of fans the wrong way, it does pack an emotional punch. Bruce Greenwood brings a seasoned maturity to Batman and almost makes me forget about Conroy, as he's one of the best actors to portray the dark knight in animation. The Joker factors in to the plot, bringing the events that catapulted this storyline full circle. Voiced by John DiMaggio (aka Futurama's Bender), this is one of my favorite interpretations of Joker yet. It's a bit of an amalgam of Mark Hamill's iconic take with a dash of Heath Ledger mixed in. Now that Hamill has supposedly retired from the role, I wouldn't mind DiMaggio voicing Joker on a more regular basis with future projects. He brings a dark humorous edge to the role that Hamill perfected. The other major villain featured is Black Mask. The way he's been portrayed here is one of the movie's drawbacks as he just comes off as a raging hothead when the way he's portrayed in the comics is cold and calculating. In the comics I always imagined his voice sounding similar to the way Jeffrey Combs portrayed The Scarecrow in the New Adventures of Batman series, which was menacing because it was devoid of emotion. When I first heard Black Mask's voice in The Batman series, I was pretty disappointed with the way he was depicted and hoped future versions would tone him down a bit but if anything, they've taken it up a notch with his outbursts. It doesn't ruin the movie, but if the movie has a weak link, this is it. Overall, the direction is top notch, with thrilling action scenes balanced with great character moments. It is a solid entry into the animated Batman library and set a new bar for all future releases.
Batman: Bruce Greenwood
Heroes: Nightwing, Robin (Jason Todd)
Villains: Red Hood, Joker, Black Mask, Ra's Al Ghul, Riddler, Amazo
3) Batman: The Dark Knight Returns
"In all the years to come, in your most private moments, I want you to remember the one man who beat you!" - Batman
While I said before that Year One, while essential to the Batman mythos, was a tad overrated, to me Miller's The Dark Knight Returns is one of the greatest Batman stories ever told. It does receive more credit than it deserves in regards to bringing Batman back to his dark roots, but it has had an undeniable lasting impact on future Batman scribes who have cited DKR as their one of their biggest inspirations and will serve as a major influence on the upcoming Zach Snyder movie featuring Batfleck. But enough about its reputation, how does the movie stack up to the rest? As far as adapting classic DC properties, this one nails it. This is the best comic-to-screen DCU offering since Justice League: The New Frontier in that it feels like a complete story and not just focusing on the major beats. They were able to accomplish this by splitting it up over two releases and leaving very little on the cutting room floor. If they had treated it the way they did the Death of Superman story in Superman: Doomsday, they most likely would have condensed all of the Two-Face and mutant gang stuff and just focused solely on the showdowns with Joker and Superman, but by allowing the time and care to do it right, it feels more lived in, taking the viewer on a journey. I still remember the classic animated episode, "Legends of the Dark Knight," where they portray different variations of Batman and one of them was a snippet of DKR and at the time I thought, "how cool would it be if they made that into a movie?" It took a few years, but it was worth the wait. Peter Weller (Robocop) is perfectly cast as the grizzled caped crusader coming out of retirement. It was a smart choice because as much as Kevin Conroy's older interpretation of Bruce works for Batman Beyond, Weller captures Miller's Batman spot on. I enjoyed Michael Emerson as a villain on Lost, and the guy can play creepy, but he's far from my favorite Joker. He's not bad, he just doesn't steal scenes the way Joker should. While I think the DCU movies need to ease up on adaptations and focus more on original content, if all future adaptations are treated with this kind of respect, that'll be a major step in the right direction.
Batman: Peter Weller
Heroes: Robin (Carrie Kelley), Catwoman, Commissioner Gordon, Superman
Villains: Joker, Mutant Leader, Two-Face, Superman
2) Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker
"If you don't like the movie, I've got slides" – The Joker
While it may not be Bruce Wayne under the cowl, Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker is a Batman movie through and through. Many, like myself, scoffed at the idea of a teenage Batman, but who knew it would turn out this good. Or dark. This is by far the bleakest Batman movie on the list, with the flashback sequence alone earning it that label. If Batman Beyond was a completely separate entity from the original animated series, it wouldn't resonate with me as much, but this is a direct continuation of the series, giving fans a look at what becomes of Bruce after retiring from his vigilante days, and that's what really drives it. Return of the Joker fills in more gaps, especially in regards to Batman's archenemy. One of the biggest questions jumping forward in time was, "what happened to The Joker?" and this movie sets out to answer that. The answer is both shocking and satisfactory. Mark Hamill is back in the role he was born to play and although this version of Joker is a little more toned down than usual, he's still just as menacing as ever. The Batman of this series, Terry McGinnis, at this point had carved out his own path as Batman, but it's with this movie that he takes the next step of not simply filling Bruce's shoes, but really honoring the legacy of the Batman. It's not really fair to compare Will Friedle's Batman to Kevin Conroy as he's not voicing the same character, and because Conroy reprises his role as Bruce Wayne, we don't have to. Bruce's former partners, Barbara Gordon and Tim Drake, factor into the plot, keeping the supporting cast in the Bat family. In addition to building a new mythology, the series had always touched on elements from Bruce's past before, but when it came to crafting a movie, the creative team knew they would have to dig deeper to make it feel worthy of a movie, and the scope of this does feel big. It's a shame that we have yet to receive another Batman Beyond movie as this proved to be a major achievement and there are clearly many more stories to be told. I've still got my Batman Beyond spec script on file, so what are you waiting for WB, let's fast track it!
Batman: Will Friedle
Heroes: Bruce Wayne, Commissioner Barbara Gordon, Batgirl, Robin
Villains: The Joker, Harley Quinn, The Jokerz gang
1) Batman: Mask of the Phantasm
"Your angel of death awaits." – The Phantasm
The benchmark. The first full length animated Batman movie and so far only one that's ever been released theatrically. Therefore the one every subsequent movie is compared to. Not only is Mask of the Phantasm the best animated Batman movie ever made, it's arguably the best Batman movie of all time. It's got all the elements that make for a good Batman story - mysterious plot, intriguing villains, tragic love, and if that's not enough, it's got The Joker piloting a jet pack. Spinning out of the best animated superhero show ever (no debate), Phantasm benefited from a dream creative team at the top of their game. The episodes of the show have been described as "mini-movies," bringing a size and scope to the small screen unrivaled in animated programming at that time, and Phantasm builds on that model, allowing for a little more breathing room to include some fantastic flashbacks that not only provides additional insight into Bruce's decision to don the cape and cowl, but also ties in directly to the main plot in a completely satisfying way. Others have come close, but no Batman movie since has matched the pathos on display here. And did I mention The Joker was in this? Yeah, he appears in half these movies, but I don't think he's utilized better than he is here (Return of the Joker being a very close second). The way he ties into the plot is one of the movie's major highlights and Mark Hamill is at his manic best, the perfect balancing act between scary and funny. The story's primary antagonist, the Phantasm (loosely based on The Reaper from Year Two), fits perfectly into Batman's world and the mystery surrounding the foe's motivation makes for a cool twist. It really doesn't get much better than this, and in my eyes, it has yet to. If you're a Batman fan and haven't seen this, stop reading, do yourself a favor and go watch this now.
Batman: Kevin Conroy
Villains: The Phantasm, Joker
There you have it. I don't claim this to be the definitive list, but that's how I rank them. It's worth noting that the Joker appears prominently in 5 of the 10 movies and that out of those, 4 ended up in my Top 5. Does Joker instantly increase the quality of any Batman story, or is it just a coincidence? Either way, it doesn't seem to hurt.
As much as I enjoyed comic-to-screen adaptations of The Dark Knight Returns and Under the Red Hood, it would be nice if the direct to video line of DC Universe Animated Original Movies would live up to their name and actually be fully original content as opposed to just adapting the most popular DC comic stories. I'm sure it's only just a matter of time before they adapt such classics as The Long Halloween, Knightfall, Hush and the more recent Court of Owls story lines, and while those are all fantastic tales of the dark knight, I really don't want to experience the abridged versions. The first release under this banner was Superman: Doomsday, a truncated reworking of the Death of Superman arc. The execution was pretty sloppy and what could have been Part 1 of an animated trilogy, instead resulted in a stripped down version that didn't do the story justice and left fans wanting.
What I'm getting at is if a comic storyline can't be adapted into the strict 75 minute limit that is imposed on these movies without making major sacrifices, come up with something new that does work within that timeframe. How about it WB?
Having said that, I'm looking forward to the upcoming release of Batman: Assault on Arkham this summer, which tells an original tale set in the world of the Arkham video games and I will revisit this list at that time to see where it slots in. Until then…
How do my rankings compare to yours? Am I totally off base and you would have liked to see something ranked higher on the list? Let me know!


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The Bunyip, Scenic Rim
Style: Bushland Retreat
Luxury yet modernist retreat perched on Mt French with spectacular views of the Great Dividing Range.
What we love:
- Outdoor swimming pool and lawn tennis court onsite
- Each apartment has its own outdoor patio with views of the Great Dividing Range and the Fassifern Valley
- Enjoy a massage treatment with the onsite therapist
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- The Scenic Kitchen is open for breakfast and dinner
- Small groups can be assured exclusive use of all facilities
- Cooking classes are available upon request
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Experience the natural beauty of the Scenic Rim at The Bunyip. With only 4 apartments and 8 guests at any given time, you will be sure to enjoy a personalised stay that will be everything you wished for, and more.
Located in Charlwood, The Bunyip is just 1 hour and 15 minutes from Brisbane's CBD.
This luxury accommodation is situated on 100 acres of bushland with spectacular views of the Great Dividing Range and surrounding gardens, all of which can be enjoyed from your apartment.
Each two-level apartment features a bedroom and ensuite complete with a king size bed, fireplace and 1000 thread count linen. Amenities include a sink, fridge, non-alcoholic minibar, Nespresso coffee machine and T2 tea.
For entertainment, there is a mounted LCD TV, BluRay player and a Nakamichi digital radio. Last but certainly not least, each apartment includes an outdoor patio which is the perfect spot to take in the views with a glass of wine.
The property offers a luxurious collection of services and amenities to meet the needs of each guest. There is an outdoor swimming pool, lawn tennis court and massage therapist onsite. Cooking classes are also available upon request.
The Bunyip is a secluded retreat suited to couples and small groups looking to reacquaint themselves with one another.
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- Non-smoking establishment
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- Tennis court
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1 hour and 15 minute drive from Brisbane. 1 hour and 45 minute drive from the Gold Coast.
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– We need to sort of give you a little dopamine hit every once in a while, because someone liked or commented on a photo or a post or whatever.
Social media companies operate in the same mantra as any other company in a free market system: make the most profits as possible, keep customers happy and make sure they keep coming back. These motives aren't nefarious per se, but they shouldn't be pursued (through dubious business practices) to the detriment of their users particularly children who, in their developing minds, are easily influenced by what they see online.
The influence of Big Tech
Our smartphone has become an extra appendage of some sort. Imagine going about the day without your phone and it would most likely be a debilitating experience. In a study conducted by Asurion, 31 percent of 2,000 U.S. adults with a smartphone that were surveyed claimed they feel anxious when separated from their phone. Meanwhile, 60 percent of respondents "occasionally feel stress when their phone is out of reach." This demonstrates how powerless we are to technology that our ability to function is largely dependent on this superficial device – and tech companies are very much aware of this. Heck, their entire business model is built around maximizing the amount of time each user spends on their platform. The more a user is fixated on his or her smartphone screen, the easier it is to persuade advertisers to pay top dollars for ad placements. In just the second quarter of 2017, Facebook made $9.16 billion in ad revenue (87% of which came from mobile ads). Let that sink in.
The overreach of social media companies
In an interview with Axios, ex-Facebook president Sean Parker admitted that social media companies capitalize on weaknesses in the human psyche. Human beings seek validation whether we admit it or not. Nowadays, we score validation in the form of likes or comments. Parker described them as "little dopamine hits," which drive users to engage more in order to satisfy their desire for more validation. To put it simply, dopamine is a chemical present in the body that's released when dopamine neurons become activated through pleasure or the expectation of it. It perpetuates through a process he called "social-validation feedback loop."
As if Parker's comments weren't controversial enough, a recently leaked Facebook internal memo from June 2016 is making rounds on the internet, and is causing quite a stir. Company vice president Andrew Bosworth allegedly sent out the aforementioned memo with the following comment:
We connect people. Period. That's why all the work we do in growth is justified. All the questionable contact importing practices. All the subtle language that helps people stay searchable by friends. All of the work we do to bring more communication in. The work we will likely have to do in China someday. All of it…Maybe someone dies in a terrorist attack coordinated on our tools. The ugly truth is that we believe in connecting people so deeply that anything that allows us to connect more people more often is *de facto* good.
He has since disavowed the content of the memo, and maintained that it was meant to provoke discussion within the company.
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Life and Death of Brian Jones: A look at the founder of The Rolling Stones who died in mysterious circumstances at the age 27 - part I
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The genius of Brian propelled the early Rolling Stones into the higher echelons of the pop charts all over the world. He was a complete one off and there was much to admire about him. Jones was one of the ultimate sixties pop stars with a creative cutting edge, compounded with an out there fashion sense, who remains a style icon to this day.


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by davismysko on Dec. 30, 2017
Got a limit of perch through the ice on maggots and minnows.
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by Big Tim on Feb. 14, 2015
Jumbo perch and pike lots of em
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Springtime jumbo.
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Huge musky!!! Just kidding maybe next year😞
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Yes, there are musky. I caught a 15 plus pound class musky on a top water in 4 feet of water.
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Nice 2-3 pound smallmouth
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Attention new parents (and great for returning parents as well):
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Testimony - "Mapping"
|Nadav Bigelman
|Nachal Brigade
|Hebron, West Bank
An Israeli soldier provides a testimony to Breaking the Silence in which he describes 'mapping' Palestinian homes in Hebron.
"During patrols inside the casbah we'd do many 'mappings'. Mappings mean going into a house we have no intelligence on. We go in to see what's inside, who lives there. We didn't search for weapons or things like that. The mappings were designed to make the Palestinians feel that we are there all the time."
"We go in, walk around, look around. The commander takes a piece of paper and … makes a drawing of the house, what it looks like inside, and I had a camera. I was told to bring it. They said: 'You take all the people, stand them against the wall and take their picture.' Then [the pictures are] transferred to, I don't know, the General Security Service, the battalion or brigade intelligence unit, so they have information on what the people look like. What the residents look like. I'm a young soldier, I do as they say. I take their pictures, a horrible experience in itself, because taking people's pictures at 3am, I … it humiliated them, I just can't describe it."
"And the interesting thing? I had the pictures for around a month. No one came to get them. No commander asked about them, no intelligence officer took them. I realised it was all for nothing. It was just to be there. It was like a game."


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Margaret Clark, who goes by "Maggie", received her Bachelors Degree in Human Development, and Masters Degree in Counseling from Sonoma State University. For the past five years practicing as a psychotherapist, Maggie's theoretical orientation developed as a humanistic, client centered approach, with the belief that a persons early childhood experiences and attachments shape their understanding of the world. She has a rich background working with children and adolescents with complex trauma. In her current work, the focus has been working with individual adults and adolescents struggling with Trauma, Depression, Anxiety, Body-Image, and Addiction. She also finds passion in working with Couples around building communication skills, trust and intimacy. Maggie received training on Somatics in Couples Therapy from Kitty Chelton, LMFT and Theresa Beldon, LMFT, in January 2016. She has also completed an intensive training on Collaborative Couples Therapy (CCT) from the developer Daniel Wile, Ph.D., which continues to inspire her current work with couples. The CCT training took place in November 2016. Maggie is certified in Motivational Interviewing (MI) and Positive Parenting Program for parents of teens (Triple-P Teen). The MI certification was issued by Petaluma People Services Center in June of 2015 and the certification for Triple-P Teen was issued by the University of Queensland: Parenting and Family Support Centre, in January 2016.
Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist 102681
Maggie Clark,LMFT


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Curse of the Bibliophile
My name is Katie and books have and always will be one of my biggest passions in life. There isn't a day that goes by where I'm not seen lost in another world of books.
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Sometimes love blooms when we least expect it.This author is superb at setting the mood of a story through her descriptive language and beautiful imagery. The first words that come to mind when I think of a Highlander are rugged, deep, and dangerously beautiful. These words not only describe the hero of our story, but the landscape as well.The heroine has to face pure evil everyday in the form of her captor, a cruel laird who takes great pleasure in her pain. She is basically treated as nothing more than an animal and a hated one at that for over a year. What really got to me was that despite all of her mistreatment her will was strong as ever. Her body may be broken, but never her spirit. Genevieve really made the story for me and my heart went out to her. Seeing her finally gain her freedom was one of the highlights of this book. Bowen never intended to fall in love, but that is exactly what happened. Meeting Genevieve changed him and he never wanted to let her go. I really liked his character. He wasn't the traditional Prince Charming and definitely had his less than charming moments, but he was there for Genevieve when she needed it the most. He was patient and kind which is exactly what Genevieve needed. I also didn't fail to notice the amount of chemistry between these two.This story will put you through a roller coaster of emotions and make you believe in the power of love.
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The UA Mass Spectrometry Facility hosted in the UA Department of Chemistry provides mass spectrometry analysis service and support including EI high resolution, ESI high resolution, GC-MS, GC-MS/MS, LC-MS, LC-MS/MS, and MALDI/TOF. The facility currently has 5 mass spectrometers and will acquire a new MALDI/TOF-TOF spectrometer Spring 2018. For sample submission, user training, and service inquiries please contact Facility Manager, Dr. Qiaoli Liang.
Lab Location: Shelby 1074, 1082, 1084.
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scrapemark — Easy web scraping via pattern matching¶
ScrapeMark is analagous to a regular expression engine. A 'pattern' with special syntax is applied to the HTML being scraped. If the pattern correctly matches, captured values are returned.
ScrapeMark's pattern syntax is simpler than regular expression syntax and is optimized for use with HTML. Also, better utilities are provided for structuring and modifying captured text before being returned.
Internally, ScrapeMark compiles a pattern down to a set of regular expressions, making it very fast, faster than any DOM-based approach. Also, ScrapeMark patterns are more expressive and maintainable than DOM-traversal code.
Module Contents¶
- scrapemark.user_agent¶
- 'Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 6.0; en-US; rv:18.104.22.168) Gecko/20070309 Firefox/184.108.40.206'
ScrapeMarkPattern Objects¶
- ScrapeMarkPattern.scrape(html=None, url=None, get=None, post=None, headers=None, cookie_jar=None)¶
- Same behavior as scrapemark.scrape()
Pattern Syntax¶
A pattern contains PLAIN OLD HTML, in addition to some special markup. The HTML in the pattern must match up with the HTML being scraped. This is done in a relaxed fasion:
Anectors and siblings can be omitted
The pattern

 will match
some text

The pattern

 will match
<input />
my paragraph

Tag attributes can be omitted or ordered differently (AND quotes...)
The pattern  will match
The pattern <input id='email' type='text' /> will match <input type='text' id='email' />
Whitespace and case are relaxed
The pattern <title>My Site</title> will match < TITLE > MY SITE </TITLE>
Newlines, tabs, and spaces are all considered the same
Text only needs to partially match
The pattern link will match the link name
The pattern

 will match

However, minimal whitespace must be maintained: hello friend will NOT match hellofriend
Special markup is used to extract information from the HTML. This special markup can be located in the top level of the pattern, as a child of an HTML tag, or within an HTML attribute.
{{ variablename }}
Captures an area of text, stripping HTML markup. This value gets returned, in some form, when scrapemark.scrape() is called and the pattern matches. Can be used within a tag:<title>{{ pagetitle }}</title>
Or within an attribute value:

By default, a call to scrapemark.scrape() returns a dictionary of all the captured names and values. Optionally, you may use dot-notation to organize your result into nested dictionaries:{{ link.name }}
You may also accumulate a list by surrounding a variable name with square brackets. The dictionary resulting from a call to scrapemark.scrape() would have the key 'paragraphs' pointing to a list of strings:
{{ [paragraphs] }}

{{ [paragraphs] }}

To access your captured values more quickly, if variablename is omitted, the result of scrapemark.scrape() will change types:
<title>{{ }}</title> — will return a string

{{ [] }}

{{ [] }}
 — will return a list of strings
{* subpattern *}
Makes subpattern optional and/or repeatable. In effect, subpattern is applied as many times as possible to the enclosing area of HTML. Can be used in tandem with captured lists. Consider the following HTML:Home About Us Blog
The pattern:{* {{ [linknames] }} *}
would yield the python dictionary result:{'linknames': ['Home', 'About Us', 'Blog']}
This can be used in combination with dot-notation. For example, the pattern:{* {{ [links].title }} *}
would yield the python dictionary result:{'links': [{'url': 'home.html', 'title': 'Home'}, {'url': 'about.html', 'title': 'About Us'}, {'url': 'blog.html', 'title': 'Blog'}]}
Talk about tag depth here...
{@ subpattern @}
Temporarily captures an area of text, which is assumed to be a URL. Visits this URL and applies subpattern to it. Here is an example pattern:<a href='{@ <title>{{ page.title }}</title> {{ page.text }} @}'>{{ page.linktitle }}
The URL is always implicitly converted to an absolute URL before the sub-page is requested. The original cookie_jar from scrapemark.scrape() is used in this request. Be careful about using this technique within repeatable regions!
{# comment #}
Write a comment in your pattern. Nothing is executed.
Filters can modify the type and value of captured text. In the case of the {{ }} tag, filters take the following form:
{{ variablename|filter1|filter2|filter3 }}
The value is sequentially processed by all the filters before being returned by scrapemark.scrape(). In the case of the {@ @} tag, filters take the following form:
{@|filter1|filter2|filter3 subpattern @}
The filters modify the URL to be used in the request. This is useful if you have a URL as a javascript string and you want to unescape slashes. Here is a list of available filters:
uses str.decode('string_escape') on the input
given a URL, makes it absolute (the {@ @} tag already implicitly does this)
int, float, bool
changes the object's type using int(), float(), and bool(). Conversion errors are suppressed.
prevents the default behavior of HTML markup being stripped from the captured text
Empty Attributes
An empty attribute in a pattern will check for the existence of that attribute in the HTML. For example, the following pattern:

would match the HTML:
Adjacent Special Markup
When special markup tags lie next to eachother, both are equally applied to the enclosing area of HTML. In other words, a second special tag does not merely 'resume' where a first left off. For example, the following pattern:
 {*

 *} {*

 *}

would match all the image/post divs in the HTML:

...

...

...

This is also a convenient way to do two actions at once. For example, the following form would both capture a URL's text and visit it's HTML:
If {@ @} doesn't match
If the subpattern within a {@ @} special tag does not match, the outer pattern fails too. This is protective behavior. Consider the following pattern for fetching and scraping the first link on a page:
Ordinarily, if the format of the subpage was changed and
 no longer existed, every  tag would be sequentially visited until a match was found. However, this behavior is short-circuited.


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1.5 oz Low Fat Classic Caesar salad dressing in individually sealed single serving pouch. USDA Organic. A convenient travel size for on the go.
Ingredients: filtered water, organic evaporated cane juice, organic romano cheese (organic cow's milk, salt, cheese cultures, enzymes, organic potato starch [added to prevent caking]), organic cider vinegar, organic white vinegar, organic soybean oil, organic garlic puree, organic rice oligodextrin, organic garlic, organic lemon juice, organic black pepper, anchovy paste (anchovies, salt, olive oil) and xanthan gum (a natural thickener).
Contains: milk, fish.
Chelten House® Organic Roasted Red Pepper Vinaigrette Dressing