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30 Shocking Secret Ingredients Hiding in Your Favorite Foods
Nutritionists tell clients to read the nutrition labels and the ingredient lists for good reason: There's usually a whole lot of junk listed out into words that are both hard to pronounce and spell. It's a surefire way to know a food is packed with, well, more than what you bargained for. Here, we reviewed the ingredient lists of some of the most popular packaged and pre-made foods.
From crushed up, bugs to flame retardants (yes, really.), read up on 30 ingredients to look out for the next time you're grocery shopping. Then, read up on the 23 Worst Food Additives in America to help you lose weight and kick processed foods for good.
Sprayed-On Viruses
It sounds gross, but the practice of spraying viruses on foods was approved in 2006. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) had foods like salami, sausage, and other deli meats sprayed with bacteria-killing viruses.
Rodent Hairs
The FDA's Defect Levels Handbook (don't read it if you don't want to be grossed out) lists the "allowable limits" on natural or unavoidable defects in more than 100 popular foods. Macaroni and noodle products, for example, can contain an average of 4.5 rodent hairs (or more) for every 225 grams in six or more subsamples. While that's not the average amount of insects or rodent hairs in these products, that number is what the FDA allows so there's a chance you're eating more than you realize.
High Fructose Corn Syrup (HFCS)
Demonized HFCS is a not-so-natural sugar made from corn syrup and you don't want to overdo it. The ingredient is linked to everything from type 2 diabetes and weight gain to metabolic syndrome. The European Union limits its use but in the States, you'll still find it in everything from applesauce to soda and even ketchup.
Although it's known as a "natural" ingredient, castoreum is made from beavers' castor sacs—aka their anal scent glands—and the last thing you'd expect in your dessert. The ingredient, while nauseating-sounding, is harmless but makes its way into many vanilla and raspberry-flavored desserts.
Propylene Glycol
Propylene glycol is an additive that is often used in acrylic architectural paints. In food, it's used to help preserve moisture in brands such as Turkey Hill Vanilla Bean Light Recipe, and other diet ice creams to make them more "scoopable."
Potassium Bromate
Potassium bromate in flour allows bread to rise higher and it gives it a fluffier texture. The FDA allows the ingredient in foods, despite the Center for Science in the Public Interest petitioning a ban and Europe's claims that it can cause cancer and be toxic if swallowed. Research from the Centre for Science and Environment suggests that potassium bromate is still found in Harvest Gold and Britannia bread, as well as Pizza Hut and Subway's ready-to-eat pizza and burger buns—although it's not listed on the label. Eek.
Butane (TBHQ)
TBHQ stands for tertiary butylhydroquinone (you know, one of those beware ingredients you can't pronounce). It's an additive used to prevent or delay oxidation in fish products, microwave popcorn, and chicken nuggets. It's also in Reese's Peanut Butter Cups and Crisco. Some research suggests that excess TBHQ can cause toxic effects on the immune system in kids.
Bisphenol A (BPA)
BPA is a buzzed-about industrial chemical that's added to many food and beverage containers—mostly cans and plastics. Some reports suggest it's in more than 16,000 packaged products and 67 percent of canned food. Research finds that BPA can be a hormone disruptor, mimicking estrogen in the body.
Because the chemical element arsenic is present in soil and water, it can make its way into seemingly healthy foods like grains, including rice, fruits and fruit juices, and vegetables. However, the biggest source of arsenic toxicity in humans is from contaminated water from geological sources.
While long-term exposure to inorganic arsenic is linked to a higher risk of skin, bladder, and lung cancers, don't freak out just yet. Most of us drink clean, filtered water—and that's the number one way to avoid exposure. That said, one study of 142 pieces of cooked chicken and 116 pieces of raw chicken from a grocery store found that 78 cooked and 65 raw samples contained arsenic.
Carrageenan is an additive that's used to thicken and preserve food and drinks. While it might come from a something healthy (seaweed), there's some evidence that links it to inflammation and GI issues (think: bloating or IBS) and food allergies. You'll find it in some nut milk, puddings, whipped cream, and Nesquik drinks.
Sodium Aluminum Phosphate
Popular cookie and cake mixes contain this preservative that's used as a "stabilizer" in foods. The problem is you'll also find the ingredient on the Environmental Working Group's food additive watch list.
It might be an amino acid, but if you notice L-Cysteine on the ingredient list of your favorite bread or bagels, some reports suggest it's sourced from feathers and human hair. Einstein Bros. and Dunkin' Donuts have both confirmed using L. Cysteine in all of their bagels.
BHT (butylated hydroxytoluene)
BHT can be considered BHA's (evil) cousin since they both have the same purpose: to keep food fresh. But BHT is also a human skin and eye irritant. In animal studies, rats fed high doses of BHT showed increases in cholesterol, too.
Used as a whitening agent in cereal flour and as a "dough conditioner" in bread, the FDA considers azodicarbonamide a "safe" additive. But the European Union, which banned the use of ADA (as it's also known), thinks otherwise.
Powdered Cellulose
Powdered cellulose—made from dried wood pulp—is approved by the FDA and is generally recognized as safe (GRAS). It's used in foods like grated cheese, coffee creamer, and frozen Lean Cuisine to absorb water and other liquids. The problem is it's non-digestible, so many people think it has no place in our food.
Monosodium Glutamate (MSG)
The FDA generally recognizes MSG, a chemical compound that amps up the flavor, as safe. But they've also received multiple complaints—think headaches and nausea—about the ingredient over the years. Chinese food isn't the only culprit either. Other packaged foods like Doritos contain MSG as do popular boxed meals, like Kraft Mac and Cheese.
Listed as GRAS by the FDA, maltodextrin is a powder that can improve a food's texture, taste, or shelf life. It's found in frozen foods (including the Lean Cuisine Spinach, Artichoke & Chicken Panini), but some research links the ingredient with changes in the gut and inflammation.
BHA (butylated hydroxyanisole)
BHA is a synthetic antioxidant that keeps packaged foods from going rancid. You'll find it in potato chips and some vegetable oils as well as both Chex Mix and Totino's Pizza Rolls. And before you think the word "antioxidant" makes it healthy, BHA has been shown to be carcinogenic in animals. Plus, it's banned in other countries.
Titanium Dioxide
This additive is a preservative to keep food fresh and prevent a product from "clumping." Some research finds that nanoparticles of titanium dioxide are a "possibly carcinogenic to humans." It's in both Lil Debbie Chocolate Cupcakes and Totino's Pizza Rolls.
Sodium Nitrate
You'll find this processed meat preservative in foods like Oscar Meyer salami and cold cuts. While it keeps cured meats fresh, some research links high amounts to colon cancer—and processed meats—in general to a higher risk of cardiovascular disease and other health issues.
Soybean Oil
This popular cooking oil—sometimes thought to be a better alternative to saturated fats—can be found in coffee creamers, some packaged wraps and flatbreads, and Cheez Its ingredients. But some research has linked it to weight gain and inflammation.
Yellow 5 and 6
Banned in countries like Norway and Austria, these food dyes have been linked to allergies as well as neurochemical and behavioral changes, particularly in animals. The FDA requires food companies to label products that have them so that people who are 'sensitive' to the dyes can avoid consuming them. Best to skip Kraft Mac and Cheese, jelly beans, and caramel syrup if you're worried.
Cochineal extract
This red pigment (also called carmine) is made from crushed up bugs used to be a staple of some Starbucks drinks. Lab tests suggest the ingredient is non-toxic. But some people have allergic reactions to it. The FDA requires products with this ingredient to include them in the label. You can still find it in foods like Yoplait yogurts.
Another lovely standout from the FDA's Defect Levels Handbook: Every 100 grams of drained, canned mushrooms and every 15 grams of dried mushrooms can have 20+ maggots. Yum.
Polysorbate 60
Polysorbate 60 is a thickening oil used to bulk up foods like pudding and gelatin desserts and keep sauces (think: chocolate or caramel) smooth. You can also find it in cosmetic products. The FDA describes it as "a mixture of polyoxyethylene ethers of mixed partial stearic and palmitic acid esters of sorbitol anhydrides and related compounds." Just what you wanted to for dessert, right?
Sodium Benzoate
You'll find this preservative in fast food staples such as McDonald's "Big Mac" sauce and Taco Bell's freezes. It's sometimes added to foods to protect against bacteria, yeast, or mold growth and is GRAS in small amounts.
This artificial, zero-calorie sweetener (aka NutraSweet and Equal) is one of the most popular ones on the market. You'll find it in diet soda, sugar-free Cool Whip, no-sugar-added bars, and sugarless gums. The problem is some research links aspartame intake to increased hunger levels and weight gain.
Used in food processing and packaging, phthalates can seep into your favorite foods, too. The ingredient has been called an endocrine disruptor because of its estrogen-mimicking activity in the body. Research also links it to both reproductive issues and birth defects. Your restaurant meals may be jammed with them. One study published in Environmental International found that people who eat out had35 percent higher phthalate levels than those who consumed home-cooked meals.
Red #40
Found in candy, chocolate cake, cereals, pastries, fruit snacks, and more foods, Red #40 is one of the most widely-used food dye in the country. It's derived from petroleum and some research suggests the dye is "likely carcinogenic."
Brominated Vegetable Oil (BVO)
It's used to keep citrus flavorings from floating to the top of some sodas and sports drinks (Mountain Dew has BVO in it). This food additive, which contains bromine—an ingredient in flame retardants—is banned in both Europe and Japan.


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3 Ways to Share the Gospel this Veterans Day
Do you know someone who is serving or has served in our military? Do you meet men and women who have fought for your freedom? Then show your gratitude this Veterans Day by telling them about the freedom they have in Jesus Christ!
The DESERT CAMO Pocket Testament Gospel of John is the perfect way to reach active military personnel and veterans alike. Here are 3 ways you can share:
- Include several DESERT CAMO Gospels in the letters and care packages you send overseas so recipients can give Gospels to the people they work with.
- Volunteer at a VA hospital and spend time listening to those who are wounded, recovering, or in rehab. Remind them of God's continuing love for them, and leave a DESERT CAMO Gospel with them to read later.
- Provide practical help to someone in your community whose spouse is serving overseas or transitioning back to civilian life. Offer to babysit or run errands as needed.
They have made a great sacrifice for you — now it's time to tell them about the all-sufficient sacrifice that Jesus made for them!
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He people, just a short message here to let you know I got back from a week of skiing, hence why it has been quiet on this site. I had a lot of fun, the snow was good, the weather reasonable to good, as were the slopes. So now that I'm back, it is time to catch up. We have a new update with some very promising and long awaited for changes, new Legendary gear, and I will continue writing an article set on buffs and debuffs. But first, I need to respond to a LOT of comments you made over the past week, so first things first! 🙂
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Every energy you are in contact with has already made an agreement at another part of Self that there would be a connection. For example, you choose to sit on a particular chair rather than another chair. Source: Energy Fluidity Management~Self and Others (Applying the Concepts Toward Others)


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The Beauty of Decay
"Woe, destruction, ruin, and decay; the worst is death and death will have his day."
William Shakespeare, Richard II
As an object is left to lie fallow the earth eats away at it, consuming its every nature until it is unrecognisable. The shiny vibrant colours or sweet succulent smell that once made it characterizable are no longer present. We are simply left with a disfigured, dismembered, lifeless object that hurts one's eyes to look at. Each day it loses a part of itself as if its soul is vanishing into thin ear. The bacteria, at the service of mother nature as she sits and waits for her spawn to energise her. She is God-like in nature, the way that she can decide what new life to create; some would even say she is God.


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Australia is already laying down limits to the amount of tickets UK tour groups can buy for the Ashes defence next year. This is perhaps not surprising- 30,000 fans are expected to make the journey to watch England's Ashes defence.
To put it in perspective, 30,000 would sell out Brisbane, Adelaide and Perth, and the capacity of the SCG is only 40,000.
The MCG, with a 100,000 capacity would hold them comfortably, but I'm expecting a sell out of even that stadium for the first day.


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Outspoken Minister of Sports, Youth and Culture Kazenambo Kazenambo has been omitted in Namibian President, Hifikepunye Pohamba's cabinet re-shuffle announced today.
Kazenambo who was incoming Prime Minister, Hage Geingob's chief strategist during the party primary elections for the position of Vice President, has been replaced by his former boss Jerry Ekandjo.
Speaking to The Villager moments ago, a resolute Kazenambo said, "I do not know whether I have been pushed or I jumped but call me after two hours when I hope to have received a letter from State House. No need to rush into conclusions now."
Kazenambo, a sworn nemesis of ruling party youth league secretary Elijah Ngurare, who was Ekandjo's tactician during the party VP elections, was the first cabinet official to call for a non-Oshiwambo president.
During his tenure as Deputy Minister to Ekandjo in the Regional Local Government and Rural Development, Kazenambo reportedly threatened to quit after the two's relations broke down.
Minister of Safety and Security Nangolo Mbumba is also out of cabinet as he takes up the full time Swapo party job of Secretary General and has been replaced by Immanuel Ngatjizeko, who has been replaced at Labour by Doreen Sioka, formerly at Gender.
Seemingly, Ekandjo needed to be moved from the ministry of regional and local government after the fall-out with several governors during the Swapo party vice presidential campaign of which he had aspirations.
Nonetheless, major beneficiaries to the surprise Pohamba changes include Deputy Minister of Finance Calle Schleittwein who is now a full Minister of Trade and Industry, and former Minister of Tourism and Neitumbo Nandi-Ndeitwah who has now taken over the reins at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs from Utoni Nujoma who is now the new Minister of Justice.
Pendukeni Iivula Ithana will have to contend with the Ministry of Home Affairs and Rosalia Nghidinwa now moves her belongings to the Ministry of the Ministry of Gender.
The announcement by the president today brought new changes to his current cabinet and has also seen the moving of Omaheke regional governor Laura McLeod-Katjirua to the Khomas region as governor, a move Pohamba said is because, "she cannot be expected to her party responsibilities (as Deputy Secretary General) at the same time holding the same position in Omaheke."
Otjizondjupa Governor Rapama Kamehozu has now moved to Omaheke.
There is still no mention on the position of Minister of Tourism which remains vacant while that of deputy Minister of Finance is also vacant.
Geingob's return to premiership is largely because of his weekend victory as the ruling party Vice President, and successor to President Pohamba. He is expected to start attending and running most presidential affairs on behalf of Pohamba who leaves office in 2015, after the 2014 general elections.


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BOOGIE Nights was one of the very first of the recent spate of 'jukebox' musicals that have been drawing audiences in to theatres all over the world, in the last few years (Mamma Mia, Our House, Priscilla Queen Of The Desert to name a few). It was written for now EastEnders star Shane Ritchie, to continue his success in stage musicals, having had a successful run in the revival of Grease in the 1990s. As with most musicals in this genre, Boogie Nights has a paper thin plot, terrible script and is basically an excuse to shoe-horn in popular songs, in this case, all our favourite hits from the 1970s. Sounds terrible, right?
Well actually, not really. For a start it was really refreshing to see a youthful Southampton Musical Society trying to break tradition and new ground by taking a bit of a gamble on a new show - and overall I think the gamble paid off. Yes the jokes are bad, yes the songs are old and yes, it's as cheesy as gorgonzola, but who cares, it was lots of fun, and it did exactly what it says on the tin!
David Humphries put his years of experience directing variety shows to good use here, focusing on the big numbers and putting together a flashy, well costumed show that flowed well. His cast were disciplined and professional, and understood the meaning of putting on a show, while choreographer Chris Magdziarz set fun and slick routines, although think that the famous Will Rogers Follies clapping routine might have been best placed in another show! It was nice to also see these two gents flashed up on the screen at the beginning of the show in their youth (although, of course, it was very hard to believe that they were actually old enough to remember the 70s!).
It takes a certain type of cast to be able to pull off a show like this, and in Michael Kurn, this company has an ideal leading man. Michael was confident, likable and cheeky in the part of Roddy and paired beautifully with the fabulous Naomi Morgan as his Debs. Naomi gave the show an emotional centre, and used her triple threat skills to great advantage with some of the more challenging numbers. Support was also strong from Ryan Saunders as Terry (great falsetto and comic timing) and Kimberly Wren as Trish (again proof that you can take a smaller role and make it huge!). Paul Rogers and Natalie Baker were also on good form. Unusually, I must also give a nod to the ensemble - they too were focused, in the moment and again giving it some razzle dazzle!
A few technical issues did plague the flow on opening night, although I am sure that these will be ironed out as the week goes on, and I think the band could have been pumped up a bit to give the music and vibe of the show a bit more energy, and the cast a bit more support.
Overall, Boogie Nights was a good fun night out. As you can probably guess, it has never been (and probably never will be) a favourite show of mine, but this energetic, well costumed and good hearted show delivers a feel-good evening, and in my opinion has allowed Southampton Musical Society to show its critics that they can still get down and boogie with the rest of them.
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I received my BS degree in Meals Science and Know-how with a spotlight in manufacturing operations from Purdue College. As the person will get a day by day meals needs from totally different sources it is to discipline crops and animal plant and animal two kingdoms and wealth, and uncovered these meals to corruption through the transient period of harvest or slaughter and a few sorts of this corruption is accompanied by the manufacturing of poisonous substances and others cause lost in nutritional worth and it has a destructive impression on the traits of the desired quality.
The LEDC labored with the Authentic Cakerie in securing a 25 acre website in London's Innovation Park – a premier industrial site with Class A providers together with underground hydro with twin feeds, as well as easy accessibility to a contemporary water provide from Lake Erie and Lake Huron.
Frozen foods (usually credited to Clarence Birdseye ) found their success in gross sales of juice concentrates and " TV dinners ". 3 Processors utilised the perceived worth of time to appeal to the postwar inhabitants, and this identical enchantment contributes to the success of convenience meals today.
Although a lot of the essential production—reminiscent of trimming, chopping, and sorting—will stay labor intensive for a few years to come back, automation is more and more being utilized to numerous functions, including inventory management, product movement, and high quality control issues akin to packing and inspection.
Salt-preservation was particularly common for meals that constituted warrior and sailors' diets until the introduction of canning strategies Proof for the existence of these methods can be found within the writings of the traditional Greek , Chaldean , Egyptian and Roman civilizations as well as archaeological evidence from Europe, North and South America and Asia.


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"It Can't Be Worse" - September - Group 312 Films
Created for Group 312 Films this months theme was "It Can't Be Worse". All footage came from the Prelinger Library. Using the footage to either compliment or criticize each other. The spoken word, read by Charles Bukowski, is from his own poem called, "Genius of the Crowd".
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Howard Sherman: How bad producing decisions made Great Comet musical crash to earth
The Great Comet is burning out, and taking Natasha and Pierre with it.
Unlike the recent closing of the play Indecent, which managed to go out as a triumph, with its final week also its bestselling after a six-week reprieve, Natasha, Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812 is closing amid controversy, rancour and disappointment. This is a shame for a work that was in many ways more ambitious than much of what reaches Broadway. Great Comet ends its run on September 3.
Recapping what Mark Shenton has already chronicled, the producers of Great Comet had replaced their original Pierre, Josh Groban, at the end of his planned run, with Okieriete Onaodowan, a member of the original cast of Hamilton. However, seeing that the show's grosses were declining, and projecting further drops, the producers, led by Howard Kagan, announced just weeks after the actor began that Onaodowan, known to all as 'Oak', would depart early. His last three weeks would be performed by Mandy Patinkin, the original star of both Evita and Sunday in the Park With George on Broadway, who himself would stay for only three weeks.
The news that Patinkin would supplant Oak was met with significant pushback online, decrying the sudden decision to replace an actor of colour with a white performer. Within a day, Patinkin withdrew and Oak made clear he wouldn't be returning.
After the initial wave of anger over what many perceived as racial insensitivity, if not outright racism, the story took a turn. Some pointed out that the production had a racially diverse cast and that, in defending Oak, they might be dooming the show without the box office boost from Patinkin. Dozens of people would be put out of work. Some will undoubtedly argue that that is what has come to pass.
But is that the case?
Regardless of the make-up of the show's original or current cast, the decision summarily to replace an actor of colour, who was only scheduled to be in the show for two months, with a much older white man for a mere three weeks, was truly bad optics at the very least. At a time when racial representation in the arts is a subject of constant conversation, the decision looked awful, even if it was made with the intention of sustaining the show. But racial conflagration doesn't sell seats. At least, I hope not.
No one claimed that Oak was giving a bad performance. Having seen two other Pierres, I can state that he was at least the equal of both. The fact that business fell off without Groban shouldn't have surprised anyone, least of all the producers, since they were going from a major recording star with a huge fan base to a talented working actor taking on his first above-the-title role.
The cataclysm that hit Great Comet is rooted in the decision to cast Groban originally
Pierre is, in many ways, not really a star part, except that a star has played it. The cataclysm that hit Great Comet is really rooted in the decision to cast Groban originally.
On the one hand his presence no doubt lifted the show's economic prospects considerably. While Great Comet was stupendously creative and ambitious, unlike few Broadway entries in my 35-plus years of seeing Broadway shows, it was also sufficiently unconventional to make it difficult to compete with more conventionally structured works, whether Dear Evan Hansen or Waitress. Groban helped to bridge what, for some, might have been an unapproachable chasm of style.
But very often, once a show has a star, audiences come to expect a star throughout the run, even if each star is successively less famous. The Producers never really recovered on Broadway once Nathan Lane and Matthew Broderick left (save for when they returned). Hello, Dolly! rides on the ability to cast almost any big-name musical actress over 40 in the title role, though Bette Midler is generating stratospheric grosses given her fame relative to the size of the theatre. But no one decides to see The Lion King or Cats based primarily on who is in it. The show, in effect, becomes the star.
Would Patinkin have boosted the box office? Yes, I imagine so. I certainly would have enjoyed seeing him – although not once I understood his presence was unceremoniously supplanting Oak.
Let's also not forget that he was going in for only three weeks, until September 3. So what we have learned was that Great Comet was probably closing anyway. All Patinkin would have done was to yield three weeks of greater profits before the bottom fell out. If the producers had any idea, or plan, of what to do after September 3, it's not in evidence.
One has to admire the producers of Great Comet for getting it to Broadway, giving it wider exposure than it had at Ars Nova or Kazino, the tent that housed its runs in the Meatpacking District and in a parking lot off Eighth Avenue.
But just as Great Comet started with an entirely unnecessary dispute over a contractual billing credit for Ars Nova, which flared publicly in a very ugly fashion, so too it is going out the same way. The racial controversy arose out of an effort to squeeze the few last dollars out of the show, both Oak and Mandy were put into untenable positions, and all of that served to obscure the fact that the production was going to close no matter what.
Let's remember the creative success of Great Comet and the many talented people in and behind it. But let's also remember the unthinking and perhaps ugly producing decisions that marred its achievements, because they shouldn't have happened at all.
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I was prompted to share this by a comment that came up on FB the other day and I thought it might amuse. If you haven't read How To Steal An Elephant then this post may come as a surprise to you.
I'll make a cup of coffee if you want to go back and read it ….
So – I was an animal nut even as a child. I had no fear and knew that I was much safer with most creatures than with most human beings. We understand that in her "little" days Ailsa was a sickly and sad child who only came to life in Regent's Park Zoo. All the keepers knew me and I'm sure some of them felt their hearts sink when they saw me skipping towards them in my sensible brown sandals.
One day I got lost. Is that true? Perhaps I didn't. Mummy had a lot on her mind and maybe I just slipped away, knowing it wasn't time for Rusty to come out for her walk and wandered off on my own, as solitary children are wont to do. Remember what I said about "Health and Safety" being one's own responsibility when I was four years old? To the point that there was a "viper enclosure" where the poisonous snakes were in a rock garden in a pit with a low wall around it and the only protection the public had were warnings "Danger! Poisonous Snakes" strategically placed around it.
I climbed in. I had no intention of doing any damage and was sensible enough to know not to try and touch them but I wanted to get up close and see their beautiful scales and beady eyes. I sat down on the ground and they ignored me. I knew to just keep still and watch and the snakes didn't seem to mind at all. Perhaps I was a spirit walker even then.
A keeper leaned down and spoke to me. Looking back, I realise he was doing that "talking gently to a lunatic" voice with which I am now familiar. He asked me what I was doing and with the blatant innocence of the very young, I told him that I was just looking, hadn't done anything wrong and the snakes didn't mind. I didn't count just being there as "wrong".
He helped me out and wasn't cross with me – I suppose when you know a child tries to steal elephants, finding her in amongst the snakes comes as no surprise.


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Response to the CMA's provisional decision on remedies from its retail banking market investigation
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) welcomes the Competition and Markets Authority's (CMA) efforts to increase competition in retail banking and are supportive of its provisional decision to make recommendations to the FCA to take forward a range of remedies, namely on service quality information, prompts and overdraft measures. The treatment of existing customers is a key priority for the FCA, including within our work on competition in retail banking.
Once the CMA's investigation is concluded and the final remedies are confirmed, the FCA will publish a response to the CMA's final report. This will set out details of the work the regulator intends to undertake to develop and implement the relevant remedies, taking into account their statutory objectives and obligations. The FCA will also take into account ongoing work that is beyond the scope of the CMA's investigation and will consider the implications of the proposed remedies across related products and services and the fit with other regulatory initiatives.
The FCA agrees with the CMA that it is important that remedies result in the right outcomes for customers and firms and intend, where necessary, to do research and testing to inform remedy development.
While its investigation remains ongoing the FCA will continue to work closely with the CMA. They are interested in the views of stakeholders and encourage interested parties to engage with the CMA's consultation.
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Last year, I organized a panel on "Engaging (with) the Senses: Historiographic, Ethnographic and Artistic Reflections on Studying Practical Knowledge" at the annual conference of the German Society for the History of Medicine, Science and Technology (DGGMNT) in Berlin. The section was composed of three presentations and a live recording session with an Edison phonograph.
Historians of medicine, science and technology haven often described bodily form of knowledge as "tacit" or "personal knowledge" (Michael Polanyi), or as a kind of "working knowledge" (Douglas Harper) that encompasses a knowledge of materials and the actors' kinesthetic sense. Sensory skills are learned by doing, by dwelling in a community of practice; they are hard to describe and often difficult to study from historical sources. The study of sound and media technologies (from gramophones to stethoscopes and digital cameras) offers an intriguing inroad for the investigation of bodily knowledge. First, users of these technologies explicitly engage their senses; second, they sometimes struggle with learning how to properly use them. In these moments of failure or disruption, actors try to verbalize their otherwise unobserved bodily experience and, then, leave traces of their practical experience in historical sources. Furthermore, studying sound and media technologies offers us, as scholars, the possibility to engage our own senses. Many media technologies can still be observed in everyday practice, or they can be found in museum collections or simply bought on ebay; thus we can use these technologies to inform our senses and to learn more about the bodily experience of historical actors. This does not mean that we can simply re-enact the historical use of sound and media technologies, but tinkering ourselves with these artefacts can offer new insights for the investigation of practical knowledge – and this is what we did during in our section that encompassed three paper presentations and a live recording session with an Edison phonograph.
In his presentation, Andreas Fickers (since September 1, 2016, founding director of the Luxembourg Centre for Contemporary and Digital History (C2DH)) made a passionate plea for experimental media archaeology. Inspired by experiences with doing experimental research in the fields of history of science, archaeology and musicology he argued for the heuristic potential of experimental media archaeology for a history of technology interested in the sensorial dimension of technology. Based on the concept of re-enactment, experimental media archaeology tries to explore new ways of experiencing and understanding the materiality of media technologies by interacting with these objects in a playful manner. In order to do so, historians need to de-auratize historical objects and turn themselves into experimenters and the museum into a laboratory. Engaging with the historical artefacts in an experimental setting stimulates the sensorial appropriation of the past and enables the critically reflection of the (hidden or non-verbalized) tacit knowledge that informs our engagement with past media technologies. In creating such a space for creative exploration and "thinkering" with either original artefacts or replicas, the researcher will get a first-hand experience of the heuristic difference between studying textual and visual representations of past media technologies and experiencing their performative qualities and limitations in real-life interaction and re-use. The heuristic value of doing historical re-enactments lies therefore not in the (impossible) reconstruction of an "authentic" historical experience, but in creating a sensorial and intellectual experience that will demonstrate the differences between textual, visual and performative approaches to the past.
Anna Harris (Assistant Professor at the Department of Technology and Society Studies, Maastricht University) and Melissa Van Drie (since October 1, 2016, research fellow at the Faculty of Music, Cambridge University) explored creative strategies which attempt to overcome the challenges of sharing sensory experience by studying how medical professionals learn and teach skills of listening to sound, or sonic skills. They examined the tools, resources and methods employed from 1950 until present, which help both novices and experts communicate about new auditory practices and experiences. They showed that the events they studied were enacted not only by the individuals and materials studied, but also by the research methods employed to study the phenomena of interest. In doing so, they considered both participant observation and historical enquiry as ways of enacting an "empathetic engagement with the practices and places that are important to the people participating in the research" (Pink 2011). These are methods, each with their own possibilities and limitations, which are bodily ways of seeking routes by which to share or imagine sensory practices. Anna and Melissa considered these ethnographic and historical techniques (e.g. drawings and re-enactments) as a way to attempt sonic alignment with those they studied.
The London based sound artist and researcher Aleks Kolkowski presented the re-enactment of an early orchestral recording session from the acoustic era of sound recording and reproduction. The re-enactment took place in November 2014 together with musicians from the Royal College of Music, London, along with a team of researchers and sound engineers. The model for this re-enactment was the legendary recording of Beethoven's Fifth Symphony by the Berliner Philharmoniker, conducted by Arthur Nikisch in 1913 – one of the earliest recordings of a complete symphony and the very first by a major orchestra and conductor. Using technology and techniques of the period, two movements of the C minor symphony were recorded on wax discs. It was the first attempt to record an orchestra acoustically since the 1920s and the advent of electrical recording. Aleks described the technical process and the historical context of the original 1913 recordings; and spoke about what they have learned about early, acoustic recordings through this re-enactment; the major challenges involved and the effect this manner of recording had on the performers and their music-making. You can read more about this project in the journal of the Science Museum London.
Then, Aleks Kolkowski and Melissa Van Drie demonstrated how to record and playback a wax cyinder on an Edison phonograph. This was not only a new experience for Melissa who had agreed to sing a shortened version of the song "Honey Bun" from the 1949 Broadway musical "South Pacific"; it was also a new and insightful experience for the audience in Berlin. Aleks' recording machine was an Edison "Fireside" model A, (1909-1911); the blank cylinders for recording on came from Paul Morris in Exeter, UK. He's one of only 3 persons world-wide who still manufacture blank wax cylinders.
The audience was not only intrigued to witness the recording process but also to listen to the instantly played back wax cylinder. Later, Aleks also transfered the clinder to a digital file format. Usually, he records from a 1.5m length brass concert horn (c. 1900) using use a large diaphragm mic (typically an Audio Technica AD4040). However, this time he used a transducer that fits directly over the throat of the reproducer where you'd normally fit the horn (the reproducer is the cylindrical head that houses the diaphragm and playback stylus). Aleks likes this method because the digital recording replicates quite closely the experience of hearing through acoustic listening tubes (the common way people listened to recordings back in the 1890s-early 1900s). Here's the mp3 of the recording:
Finally, one might ask what does this have to do with Kunstkopf stereophony? On first sight: nothing. Still, for me this was the starting point to think about also re-enacting Kunstkopf recordings – by now scheduled for the end of November, 2016. I will tell more in a post later this year.


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DVD Release Date: May 3, 2011 (Lionsgate Entertainment)
Packaging: Black plastic case with leaf
Number of Discs: 2
Number of Episodes: 13
Running Time: 312 minutes
Audio: English: Dolby Digital Stereo
Closed Captioned
Subtitles: None
Special Features: None
"Once upon a time in the projects..." From the mind of top comedian Eddie Murphy and brilliant producers Ron Howard and Brian Grazer comes this stop-motion animated show from the late 90s/early 2000s that attempts to put a humorous light on living in a Detroit housing project. The PJs (short for Projects) takes place in the Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs Housing Project (named after the Welcome Back, Kotter actor) and follows building superintendent Thurgood Stubbs (voice of Eddie Murphy), the nutty people who live with him in the building, and the crazy things that happen to him. Stubbs is short tempered, dim-witted, and has a variety of health issues. Living with Stubbs (usually called "Super") is his wife Muriel (Loretta Devine). Also in the building: elderly neighbor Mrs. Avery (Ja'net DuBois) who hates Thurgood because of the constant problems with her apartment, and brothers Calvin and Juicy-- who are surrogate children of the Stubbs'... due to the fact that their parents are morbidly obese and cannot leave their apartment. Also appearing are Muriel's sister and her Asian husband (who thinks he's African-American), homeless crack head "Smokey," and a Haitian immigrant known as "Haiti Lady" who claims to have supernatural powers.
The show's Claymation animation technique, of clay figures which are photographed one frame at a time, is skillfully done here by the Will Vinton studios. Vinton is also responsible for such things as the California Raisins.
The fourteen episodes on this set are presented in production order, and not the order they aired on the Fox network in early 1999. Typical plots involve Thurgood dealing with the various problems of the other tenants (and sometimes the Housing and Urban Development [HUD] office, where he faces a rude clerk, whose face is hidden behind a metal screen that never wants to give Thurgood what he wants. Other stories such as in premiere (but third produced) "Hangin' With Mr. Super," feature more domestic problems, such as Calvin's adoration of Thurgood, despite nearly everyone else's objections. Other episodes: in "The Door," Thurgood breaks down and replaces the building's door after it's badly abused allowing unwanted people to come in... but the new door ends up stolen by a gang who end up taking over the project in exchange for giving it back. "Rich Man, Porn Man," Thurgood decides to save the a local movie theater, but inadvertently turns into a porno theater and gets arrested. In "A Hero Ain't Nothing But a Super," Thurgood becomes jealous of all the attention given to Muriel when she catches a burglar. In "Operation Gumbo Drop," Thurgood decides to sabotage his competitor's gumbo dishes after entering a gumbo cooking contest.
These episodes aired on Fox in the late 1990s, so episode lengths around 22-23 minutes seem about right. There was a good bit of original hip-hop tunes composed especially for the show, much by music legend Quincy Jones. I am too unfamiliar with this show to know if there have been any music fans, but in reading some other fans' reviews, they note that there have been a few. So in this case, buyers beware.
Disc 1:
The Door (22:13)
Rich Man, Porn Man (22:28)
Hangin' With Mr. Super (22:29)
Journal Fever (22:27)
Bougie Nights (22:29)
Haiti Sings the Blues (22:29)
Bones, Thugs, N' Harmony (22:29)
A Hero Ain't Nothing But a Super (22:29)
Disc 2:
He's Gotta Have It (22:30)
Boys 'n' the Woods (22:29)
Operation Gumbo Drop (22:29)
U Go Kart (22:28)
House Potty (22:29)
The discs come in a standard sized Amaray case (thin plastic to be more environmentally friendly) with a leaf attached to the middle to hold the second disc. The outer artwork features the show's manhole logo, along with all the major cast members. The back features another shot of the characters along with a blurb explaining what the show's about and mentioning the show's big name voice cast. The discs themselves also feature the show's logo and some of the characters. Disc one has Thurgood and Muriel, while disc two has Mrs. Avery. There's no indication anywhere of which episodes are on which disc. It would have been nice to have some sort of booklet or something explaining this.
Menu Design and Navigation:
The main menu is easy to use, but a bit on the boring side. The first page has a shot of the main cast with the manhole logo, along with options to choose Play All or Episode Selection. Episode selection takes you to a list of episodes (held by either Calvin or Juicy) from which you can select an episode. During all the menus, the show's theme plays. Some animation or perhaps some more options would have been nice. Chapter stops are placed at commercial breaks. The set is closed captioned, but there are no subtitles, nor any additional audio tracks. So those who speak languages besides English are out of luck if they're looking for such features on this set.
Video and Audio Quality:
The video quality is decent. This is a show from the last 10 years, so I would have expected very high quality video... but this tends to be a little soft at times. I don't know if that has anything to do with the stop-motion filming techniques, but I feel like the video could be a little sharper than it is. The frame size is full-screen as it should be. The audio quality in and of itself seems to be fine. There are no noticeable defects in any of the shows I viewed. Everything sounds clear , and the hip-hop music comes through in nice stereo. The audio is fine in Dolby stereo, but the end credits mention that the show was recorded in surround sound. It would have been nice to have had the surround sound on this set as well.
Special Features:
The producers of this set really missed out by not including any bonus features at all. The set is screaming for commentary on at least some episodes. It would be fascinating to hear Eddie Murphy's take on producing the show and finding out what his inspirations were for some of the characters and scenarios. Even an interview with him or some of the other cast members or producers would have been nice to have, but none of that is here. Even promos from FOX or a short documentary on how the stop-motion animation was achieved would have all been good bonus features. So much could have been done here. Very disappointing.
Final Comments:
Watching this DVD set was the first time I ever gave this series a try. At first glance, it may seem like a show that only people who can identify with the situations... who've lived in housing projects can enjoy, but I actually found myself laughing at the jokes and liking the characters. Any fan of animation or of Eddie Murphy's work should consider giving this show a chance. It met a good bit of criticism when it debuted for what many called stereotypical depictions of life in the projects, but Murphy and others associated with the show insist that the show is a true representation of that life.
That said, the show's representation on DVD here is hit and miss at best. Video quality is soft, there's a lack of information on episode content, and above all, there are no special features. Lionsgate could have done so much better with this set. Season two is due in stores in July, so I hope they do much better this time around.
Final Numbers (out of 5 stars - How our point system works)
Video Quality: 3.5/5
Audio Quality: 4/5
Special Features: 0/5
Menu Design/Navigation: 4/5
Overall: 2.5/5
-- Reviewed by Greg Brobeck on 05/10/11
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The tales of a Ghanaian Swede in Accra. Entertainment, thoughts, outbursts, English, Swedish, it's all just basa-basa!
Wednesday, 15 October 2008
Poverty is a state of mind - View out of Ghana
As the credit crunch has hit, bashed and violated the Western world, turning national economies upside down, some nations are coming out on top. Previously wealthy nations are suffering to handle the state of their current economy. Iceland provides the perfect example, shocking the world by being on the brink of bankruptcy, when it was previously considered a rich nation. And just days ago Ghana was mentioned on international news as a nation whose economy was booming with a highly rated stock exchange, despite the global credit crunch.
So, a little (but great) nation in Africa is suddenly soaring economically while the rich world tumbles and falls. Who's poor now? The mindset we've been brainwashed with outside Africa for decades, of starving children with flies sitting on their faces, definitely does not represent the picture of Africa today, of Ghana, especially the Ghana to come in the next few years as we observe the economic boom that will come our way.
Does poverty only refer to pecuniary insufficiencies? From my first day in Ghana I had to re-think the idea of poverty. What we have materially in Sweden, England and other countries does not measure up to the value of warmth, humanity, kindness and generosity of mankind that we find in Ghana. I repeatedly tell people that in my three years here I have NEVER felt alone. Not for one second, ever. Whereas in my heyday in London, even at a dinner table full of friends I could feel completely lonely. Here, I am rich, there I was poor, not matter how many pound sterling were in my pocket. Although I am making less money than I have ever earned before (don't worry, I am working on sorting that out!), my life has never been richer before.
So whether we look at poverty as a matter of finance or as a word to describe any form of riches we may or may not hold, today we must reconsider which people, which countries and what other aspects of life that we regard as rich or poor.
What is poverty? Just a state of mind.
6 comments:
- Nana Yaw Asiedu said...
Maya! Maya! Maya!
This was so warm, I felt it from the very first second.
And the perspective is so clean and refreshingly original.
No matter my other views, for the period I read your post (and probably for the next hour when it replays repeatedly on my mind) I have to agree with you that 'Poverty is a state of mind'.
Thank you so much.
- 15 October 2008 at 12:23
- Maya said...
Nana Yaw, you are too kind!
I decided to take a different route, trying to see the positive in how we are aiming to escape poverty rather, so that for a second we can forget the poverty that (of course) does exist. Was a little worried about how it would be received but your comment has really brightened my day!
- 15 October 2008 at 13:28
Maya, I think there is a direct correlation between this and your earlier post on Obama. One of the results, I think, from a possible Obama presidency is the emboldening of the more enlightened and progressive elements on our continent. Not because Obama will do anything particularly helpful for Africa, far from it, but because his election extinguishes the last excuse for our mediocrity and incompetence.
If a Black man can rise to prominence and exceed expectations in a predominantly White society, what excuse is there for a Black man to not rise to prominence and exceed in a predominantly Black society?
Somebody put it less charitably, but I agree wholeheartedly with their assessment........"the economic collapse has demonstrated the infallibility of supposedly superior civilizations and culture." Africans need to get off the crutch of victimhood and intellectual low self esteem. If another society can reward and celebrate the best and brightest of our own, we'd better get to work on doing the same within our own societies.
- 15 October 2008 at 16:06
- The Evangelist said...
Hi there!
Thank you so much for this post!
It is so important!
{thumbs up}
- 16 October 2008 at 20:54
- Maya said...
Wow Sijui, your comment is so inspiring, really giving Africa the push it needs to get out there. Now is the time for us to move, act and we'll have the opportunity to reach any status in the world, the field is currently wide open.
The election of Obama will completely change the world's view of Africans. If the most influential country in the world can have a half-African president, Africans will no longer be seen as those ancestors of slaves, 'living in trees'. The pressure then is on us to bring our societies and economies up to the level of other continents.
Thank you!
- 17 October 2008 at 08:19
- Maya said...
Thanks for the thumbs up, Paul!
- 17 October 2008 at 08:20


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Bring some freshness and creativity to your everyday meals by picking a great meal delivery service. Both services offer innovative and healthy meals at reasonable prices. Check out our comprehensive Vegin' Out VS Paleo Power Meals comparison to learn more about both services and choose the best option for your family.
Tasty vegan meals at a great price
Getting Fit With Tasty Paleo Meals
Vegin' Out brings you healthy plant-based meals and cookies made from organic ingredients, customizable for major allergies, and available at good prices.
- Average Price Per Meal: $8.59
- Shipping Cost: $0
- Delivery Area: 49 states
Paleo Power Meals provides a wide range of ready-made Paleo dishes made of natural ingredients, suitable for different healthy diets, and designed to help you get fit and stay in shape.
- Average Price Per Meal: $11.95
- Shipping Cost: $0 *
- Delivery Area: 50 states
*free over $75
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Best For
Best for vegans who have no time to cook
Menu/Meal Plans
Vegin' Out offers one weekly vegan menu.
Recipes/Meal Options
With Vegin' Out, you get up to 9 meals per week.
Meal & Recipe Variety
Vegin' Out offers vegan and vegetarian entrées, side dishes, soups, and cookies. All meals are plant-based, free from eggs, dairy, meat, honey, and calcium caseinate, and mostly organic. Allergy-friendly options like gluten-free, soy-free, and nut-free are available upon request, with no extra charge. The meals are mostly inspired by the Chinese, Italian, Spanish, and Mexican cuisines.
Food Quality
Vegin' Out uses organic ingredients whenever possible and makes sure it obtains the freshest produce available. On average, about 75% of the ingredients are organic. Vegin' Out uses natural sweeteners like agave and maple syrup.
Nutritional Value & Portion Size
Vegin' Out meals come in medium-sized portions. Serving size is 8 oz. for entrées, 4 oz. for side dishes, and 8 oz. for soups. One complete meal, including an entrée and 2 sides, has 550-680 calories. The meals are well-balanced and rich in valuable nutrients.
Subscription Flexibility
With Vegin' Out, you can make changes to your order by Friday at 5:00 pm (PST).
If you are not satisfied with your order from Vegin' Out, you must contact the company within 2 days from delivery for a full refund or replacement.
Best For
Best for athletes and fitness enthusiasts who wish to follow the Paleo diet
Menu/Meal Plans
Paleo Power Meals features one menu divided into several categories for your convenience.
Recipes/Meal Options
With Paleo Power Meals, you can choose from 50+ options on the menu.
Meal & Recipe Variety
Paleo Power Meals offers Paleo breakfasts, lunches, dinners, and side dishes, as well as non-Paleo side dishes and bulk proteins and veggies. Its offer includes Whole30-compliant, keto-friendly, gluten-free, and low-carb meals suitable for weight loss. Its vegetable meals and sides are suitable for vegans.
Food Quality
Paleo Power meals uses only natural, wholesome, sustainably sourced ingredients. It uses cage-free eggs, 100% grass-fed, grass-finished, Black-Angus-verified beef, antibiotic-free chicken, and local, sustainably harvested seafood. The meals are free from added sugars, processed foods, and additives.
Nutritional Value & Portion Size
Paleo Power Meals provides breakfasts that usually contain 150-450 calories, lunches that normally have 300-600 calories, and dinners containing between 250 and 600 calories. Portion size is usually between 10 oz. and 14 oz. Bulk items come in 1 lb. packs. The meals are generally low in carbs and rich in proteins and healthy fats.
Subscription Flexibility
To change your recurring order with Paleo Power Meals, you have to submit a new recurring order. You can cancel your recurring order in your account or contact the company for assistance. All orders must be placed before Thursday at midnight the week before your delivery is due.
For any information about refunds, you should contact Paleo Power Meals directly.
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|Southern & Northern California and Arizona Delivery
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|Up Front $555.00
|Nationwide Delivery
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|Up Front $721.96
Paleo Power Meals Plans & Pricing
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|$5.95 - $10.95
|$8.95 - $13.95
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- Submitted By Pete Andrews on 10/04/2016Ordered from Vegin' Out for the first time and I was more than pleasantly surprised by the quantity. Everything was really tasty and I'll be sure to order extra cookies next time – couldn't get enough of them!
- Submitted By Josh Fowler on 09/11/2016Vegin' Out is just about the best delivery service I have tried so far. Great food and a lot of it, and I don't have to worry about garlic wandering onto my plate ever again.
- Submitted By Jenny Turner on 08/21/2016Vegin' Out, I can't praise you enough! Everything I have ever ordered from you was so fresh and tasty and more than enough to last me a week. And it doesn't even cost me more than cooking on my own!
- Submitted By Samantha Rogers on 09/25/2017Love the flexibility, the meals are good, but they should really consider offering free shipping, at least on larger orders, the fees are astronomical.
- Submitted By Linda Riggs on 08/21/2017Honestly, I expected more for that kind of money. The portions really are large, but the meals are not that impressive.
Vegin' Out is a meal delivery service that exclusively offers vegetarian and vegan dishes at reasonable prices. Their meals are prepared using the finest, freshest, organic ingredients and include entrées, side dishes, and cookies. You can ask them to remove the ingredients you are allergic to or simply dislike, request gluten-free meals, and more.


text: This week, our Families Connected Ministry is happy to support our Spring parenting workshop: Spiritually Minded Children. Join us as guest speakers, Walter and Melody Channell and Terri and Stephanie Brown discuss how to raise your children to be more connected to God and your family. The Channell's will be teaching a class on lessons learned while raising your children with a spiritual focus and mindset; while Terri and Stephanie will be sharing about their training from the Good Enough Parenting Seminar they attended last month in San Diego. Bring your children and get connected, Saturday May 10th from 10 to noon at the Queen Anne Church Building.


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Home - Bird Stories - Dog Stories - Dog Poems - Cat Stories - Bear Stories
Most ViewedA Curious Friendship
A Parcel-carrying Dog
A Dog Story
A Cat-and-dog Friendship
A Dog's Remorse
A Canine Nurse
Dog And Canary
A Dog Nurse
A Ruse Dog
Animal Intelligence
Least ViewedA Dog Story
How Our Meaning Is Conveyed To Animals
The Dog That Buried The Frogs
Some Facts Of Maternal Instinct In Animals
Intelligent Suspicion In A Dog
Our Four-footed Friends Big And Little
A Cow's Jealousy Of A Dog
Sympathy In A Dog
Another Pigeon Story
An Act Of Canine Friendship
An Alpine Dog
[July 21, 1888.]
I do not think that it was superior intelligence in the Alpine dog over
other intelligent dogs which induced him to wait to eat the biscuit till
he had seen the giver eat some of it. We have a very sagacious little
Highland terrier, and he in the same manner often refuses a new kind of
biscuit or cake until he has seen me bite off a small piece and eat it,
and then he will do the same. I have also found our boarhound
distrusting food occasionally, and declining to take it from his bowl
until I have given him some with my hand. Then he seems to feel that it
is all right, and comes down from his bench and eats it. This perhaps is
not exactly the same, but it is still a phase of a dog's distrust of
unaccustomed food, and his reasoning power respecting it. This wonderful
reasoning power any one accustomed to dogs soon discovers.
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Send us news, curiosity or some product pictures of your ongoing collection,no still-life images are preferred or strong impact. Let us know if you use any hashtag in order to use them. For info: firstname.lastname@example.com
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Heart Bingo Launch New Site
With Starspins, Jackpotjoy and Virgin Games already converted from Flash, it was time for Heart Bingo to join the party. The new Desktop site features faster loading pages, better game quality, a greater catalogue of games and more!
With Heart Bingo proving to be a strong player in the Gamesys portfolio, it was important that it made a seamless move over to HTML5. It's given it an improved look and feel, as well as better navigation and usability. Now it's even easier for users to find their favourite games and all the promotions.
With HTML5, Gamesys can also offer a more extensive choice of high-performance games, as well as new in-house games, including the new Bingo Winners Club, Tiki Island Jackpot and more.
It was another complex cross-team project that touched several parts of the business. A coherent communication strategy was drawn up and a series of informative emails were delivered to members to make sure their experience of the change was as smooth as possible. Gamesys are confident that all that work will pay off in terms of more actives, more fun and even more satisfied players.
Heart Bingo Senior Brand Manager, Helen Smith, said: "At Heart Bingo we want our members to enjoy the very best playing experience. Our new look, faster desktop site uses the latest technology to bring parity with our existing mobile site, offering a greater choice of online bingo games while keeping the community feel our members love. We're delighted with our members' response to the new site and we can't wait to deliver more great games and features in the months to come."


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As we've finished the first season of Misfits we'll take a break from tv-series and watch the three most popular films from Merryn's foreign movies list. The City of Lost Children(French) is about a scientist who's unable to dream and starts kidnapping children to steal their dreams and stay young. The Host(Korean) is a Korean Loch Ness monster story and should not be mistaken for the American YA novel with the same name. The Rabbi's Cat(French) is about a cat…Find out more »
This event will be shorter than usual but quite eventful. We'll go through dozens of short films in just three hours. The roundup has yet to be finalised but it will be a hefty list of cool stuff. We're also having our AGM, so it's really important that you show up on time, or you'll miss the elections.Find out more »
Let the sillyness commence! From dystopian ageist societies to the "worst movie ever made". Ending the night with a mop boy come violent superhero in The Toxic Avenger. Rating: PG (18 after 8:00pm) 3:30 - Logan's Run 5:30 - Plan 9 From Outer Space 7:30 - Toxic Avenger 9:00 - Doctor Who episode 6: The Woman who LivedFind out more »
We've finished the first tv-series of the term and will now hold a break and watch some "horror" movies. Frankly they're just silly halloween-themed movies. Cosplay is thoroughly encouraged. Rating: 15 Schedule: 3:30 - Hocus Pocus 6:30 - The Cabin in the Woods 8:00 - The Nightmare before ChristmasFind out more »
The old favourite is back! Now trashier than ever with the movie adaptation of Dungeons and Dragons, the acid-fueled conspiracy theory of Nazis on the moon that is Iron Sky and finally some cavemen action in Yor, the Hunter from the Future. Rating: 15 3:30 - Dungeons and Dragons 6:30 - Iron Sky 8:00 - Yor, the Hunter from the FutureFind out more »
We will watch the last episodes of SJA. Such a pity they couldn't make more of them. And we're finally watching the rest of Kit's recommended short films. Junk Head 2 hasn't come out yet so there will probably not be any graphic stop-motion things like last time. Rating: 15 Schedule: 3:30 - Sarah Jane Adventures season 5 episode 3-6 7:00 - Kit's short film collectionFind out more »
Come along this afternoon to watch/insult some cheesy B movies. There'll be snacks, drinks and a friendly group of geeks while we watch Street Fighter and Van Helsing. Street Fighter - the game - the movie is a beautifully silly adaptation of a 2D fighting game that's surprisingly good. Van Hellsing is a cute attempt at horror that leans more towards the comedic side. Take a break from the stress of Fresher's week and join us in a dimly lit…Find out more »
Do you remember Cary Elwes? No? Well does Men in Tights ring a bell? It's that guy. This man was comedy gold in the 80s and 90s and we've selected our favourites. The rom-com satire Princess Bride, the best Robin Hood story ever (at the very least it has the best music) Men in tights, and a Cinderella story with our man as the ambitious King that's both wonderfully evil and stupid: Ella Enchanted. Rating: PG Schedule: 3.30 - The…Find out more »
This year we're watching my favourite spooky Scooby Doo movies. Basically I'll make you relive my childhood. Feel free to show up in spooky costumes. Rating: PG Schedule: 3:15 - Scooby Doo on Zombie Island 4:30 - Scooby Doo and the Reluctant Werewolf 7:00 - Scooby Doo and the 10.000 Volts Ghost 7:30 - Scooby Doo and the Ghostly Gondolier 8:00 - Scooby Doo and the Ghoul SchoolFind out more »
Welcome back! Before we resume our regular events we'll have a themed night for those of you that are already back on aberdeen. It is time for another Cage Night. This is a themed movie night where we watch movies starring Nicolas Cage at his best/most ridiculous. Prepare for sillyness. NOT THE BEES!!! Rating: C Schedule: 3.15 - The Wicker Man 5.00 - Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance 7.15 - Face/OffFind out more »
For a break from our usual formula we're having a cross-society time travel themed night. We've paired with the anime society to bring you a mix of films and anime. We're still meeting up at the same time in the same place. Rating: PG Schedule: 3.10 - Primer 4.30 - Bill and Ted's Bogus Journey 6.00 - Dinner Break 7.00 - Humanity has Declined 7:40 - Summer StormFind out more »
You missed the apocalypse, this is the aftermath. Join us in the wasteland of killer robots (twice!), trench coats, and Liverpool. As a call back to many of the departing members first ever Nerdverse events we're going to do a Post Apocalypse Night, watching Revenger's Tragedy, The Matrix and the first Terminator movie. This will be the last event of the year!Find out more »


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About Solstice Senior Living at Las Cruces
Solstice Living at Las Cruces appears as a tropical mirage, complete with a pool, in the surrounding desert landscape. The Las Cruces senior living community is an hour from El Paso and central to Mountain View Regional Medical Center, Memorial Medical Center, Sonoma and Red Hawk Golf Club and Mesilla Valley Mall. Nearby attractions include the Space Mural Museum, Aguirre Springs, Dripping Springs, White Sands National Park, various Wineries, Downtown Famers Market, NM Farm and Ranch Museum and Old Mesilla Village.
Cozy social rooms are designed for recreation or relaxation. Start your days with coffee and a fireside chat, then gather for an intimate chef-prepared meal in the community dining room. The social calendar offers Water Aerobics, Tai Chi, Dances, Bingo, Mexican Train, Poker and more. Outside, walk along the rose garden, then soak in the hot tub and pool that is open year around. Solstice Senior Living at Las Cruces offers a unique space to enjoy new experiences with family and friends. Schedule a visit today.
Need some extra care? We partner with home-duty, personal care professionals and home-care agencies to offer assistance with activities of daily living, like medication reminders, shower assist and more. You can stay in our community even if your care needs change.
The joy of an all-inclusive lifestyle is writing just one check a month and having life's daily details taken care of for you. Here are some of the things your Solstice
experience will include:
- Spacious Apartments – plenty of space to personalize your home
- Utilities – no more surprising bills
- Weekly Housekeeping – worry free lifestyle
- Cable TV – you watch, we pay
- Intriguing Educational Programs – continued lifelong learning
- Restaurant Style Dining – dining elevated to its finest
- Vibrant Life Program – live life vibrantly
- Kitchenettes - a place to keep your favorite treats
- Landscaped Gardens - tranquil views from your window
- Heated Pool & Spa - relax or exercise in comfort*
- Fitness Center - enjoy a healthy lifestyle
- Complimentary & Scheduled Transportation - leave the driving to us
- Private Dining Room - continue family traditions
- Beauty Salon - always look your best
- Library, Game & Activity Rooms - the whole community is your home
- On-site Complimentary Laundry Facilities - no coins required
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Choose from an expansive collection of estate jewelry, over 100 years old, including authentic period pieces and signed designer jewels.
If you have jewelry you would like to sell make an appointment with our estate broker, Patti Geolat.
Patti J Geolat made her reputation in the jewelry industry by being a well-respected appraiser and serving on the Board of Jeweler's Mutual Insurance Company for fifteen years, nine of them as Chairman of the Board, and an Interim President and CEO from 2008 to 2009.
After serving as the Interim CEO of Jeweler's Mutual, she began focusing on estate jewelry. Patti's first ASA appraisal credential was as personal property appraiser with a special designation in Antique Jewelry. Her love for vintage and antique jewelry combined with her education and practice in period jewelry has motivated her to share her knowledge with jewelry stores across the nation. Patti partners with retail stores nationwide to bring estate jewelry both to the industry and to private clients of partner retail stores.
In addition to being passionate about estate jewelry and the role of women in the jewelry industry, Patti has also launched a nonprofit organization. Something for Kelly Foundation-named after her late niece Kelly, who lost her battle with anorexia in 2009-empowers children ages 6 - 12 to overcome any predisposition they might have to eating disorders.
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Source: Resumen Latinoamericano / The Dawn News / June 15, 2017
In a clear episode of criminalization of popular organizations, coinciding with the fifth anniversary of the Curuguaty massacre, agents of the Public Ministry searched the headquarters of the National Coordination of Farmer and Indigenous Working Women (Conamuri) due to a denounce realized by the Binational Itaipu regarding a deposit of 900 million guaraníes (Paraguayan currency). Perla Álvarez, leader of Conamuri, claims to be calmed and assures that no irregularity was committed.
The district attorney René González from the Economic Crimes Division took the documents of the Lala Guaraní foundation, which is managed by the Latin American Agroecological Institute and works in the same venue of Conamuri.
The comitive argued that the procedure responds to a denounce presented by Itaipú Binacional on a project of the year 2011 of agroecological courses, to which 1.900 million guaranies were granted and only 900 million G were used.
According to Álvarez, the accountability was presented, but Itaipú asked for additional reports, which the organization was arranging to deliver. This is why the search warrant surprised.
"We are open to an investigation because we are transparent", stated the leader.
Even though Álvarez assures she will be calmed because she sustains that no irregularities were committed in the use of resources, she said she was surprised by the procedure, which happened in the Fifth Anniversary of the Curuguaty massacre while Conamuri supports the cause that seeks the freedom of the 11 condemn farmers.
Past Thursday, Resumen Latinoamericano published a communique of Conamuri to remember the Curuguaty massacre, in which the police murdered several farmers and the event was later an excuse to overthrow former president Fernando Lugo.


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Eduardo Paolozzi (1924-2005) : Whitechapel Gallery
Mar 2017
The Whitworth Tapestry 1967
A thought-provoking and evocative exhibition challenging the constraints of humanity, society and our relationship with the world around us.
An artist of obsessions and great intelligence, Paolozzi entertains, mocks and rages both at his audience and about them in a powerful visual display spanning textiles to sculpture.
From the deceptive mess of his seemingly haphazard early mark-making experiments, Paolozzi transfers his attention to screen-printing, an entirely different process with meticulous attention to detail. Screen-printing becomes, along with his sculptures, his principal means for self-expression.
And express himself he does, loud and clear, with bold, fantastic colour and unforgiving graphics.
Whichever media Paolozzi is working in or whatever question or argument his attention turns to, collage is a common factor that runs throughout; the evident reason for this being that Paolozzi does not set out to create a 'finished piece' – a work that encapsulates everything – but instead understands and accepts that his work is a constant continuation of ideas and development. In the same fractured way that our thought processes might operate, his work on his numerous themes of interest mimics the chaotic and often wonderfully complex human consciousness.
His themes span from understanding and exploring our relationship with modern technology to scathing and aggressive attacks on 'consumer art' and the Tate modern. Irony and humour are omnipresent: Paolozzi despairs of society's insistence on injecting meaning into objects and imagery, yet uses that same imagery with all its transposed significance to communicate his own message. He is seemingly unafraid of confronting any subject matter that takes his fancy, and you cannot help but feel humbled by his passion not only for his art, but for his frustration at us and the society we have created.
I knew with a sinking sensation, as I re-entered the shop on the ground floor to see what trinket I might purchase to retain an essence of the exhibition, that I had been weighed and measured and found wanting! Although sometimes spiteful, sardonic and unromantic, you cannot help but smile at Paolozzi's wit and unrelenting eloquence.
Lots of pictures lots of fun – pop art redefined, 1971
Calcium Light Night, series of 9 screen-prints, 1974-6
Parrot, 1965, from a series of 12 screen-prints