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562 Route 35
Red Bank, NJ 07701-5066
Robert Korwin, D.M.D. is proud to be the Red Bank area braces dentist providing orthodontics especially for adults and their unique concerns. He knows that for many adults, maintaining a professional appearance during the process is of utmost importance.
He has many options for braces that are nearly invisible, yet produce amazing results. At your convenience, you can discuss a personal plan that will help you have your perfect smile.
If you're looking for clear braces in the Red Bank area, our team at Advanced Dentistry with a Gentle Touch provides them. We'll be happy to discuss your situation and create your individual treatment plan for invisible dental braces.
We have extensive knowledge about the different kinds of orthodontic treatments available today. We're committed to creating the straight teeth and happy smile you're looking for.
If you suffer from dental anxiety in the Red Bank area, Dr. Korwin can help. We offer several options that can make your dental treatments pleasant and stress-free. Our team at Advanced Dentistry with a Gentle Touch is trained to help you feel comfortable. You'll be able to feel relaxed while receiving the friendly, professional oral care you deserve.
Dr. Robert Korwin is a respected Red Bank area orthodontics dentist known for his gentle touch.} You can look forward to comfortable and pleasant visits while your smile is being transformed.
The doctor's soft touch, friendly manner and experience providing dental braces for people of all ages makes the process enjoyable. He is dedicated to giving you the beautiful straight teeth and healthy smile you've been waiting for.
With oral conscious sedation, Red Bank area sedation dentist Robert Korwin, D.M.D. is medically able to attend to your dental needs for a longer period of time. This means you can combine all or many of your dental appointments into one. If you are in need of extensive dental work or multiple treatments are necessary, oral sedation dentistry may be the most efficient and hassle-free option for you to consider.
539 Newman Springs Road
Lincroft, NJ 07738
If you have unhealthy gums, it's important to seek treatment soon. Your bleeding gums could be warning you of future tooth loss or even the potential for stroke and heart disease. Schedule a periodontal assessment with Lincroft area gum disease dentist Dr. Mitchel Friedman today. It's one of the most important things you can do for yourself and your family.
Would you like your smile to be a bit brighter than it is right now? We can make it happen at Newman Springs Dental Care, with professional tooth whitening for brighter natural looking teeth. Dr. Mitchel Friedman's Lincroft, NJ area office can effectively lighten your stained or discolored tooth enamel. Whiter teeth not only look great, they improve your self-confidence.
For patients who need wisdom tooth removal in the Lincroft area, Dr. Mitchel Friedman can help. If your wisdom tooth are impacted or need to be extracted, you can trust our highly trained professional team.
Your comfort and long-term oral health are our first concerns. We're committed to providing you with the gentle and skilful care you deserve.
Experienced Lincroft area root canal dentist Mitchel Friedman, D.D.S. will provide you with excellent care. We'll make sure that you're comfortable during and after your procedure.
Our highly trained team will answer any questions you have. Our goal is to provide you with quality, pain-free treatment for your long term dental health.
If you need gum disease treatment, Lincroft area gum disease dentist, Dr. Friedman offers extensive experience. Unhealthy gums can be a risk factor for more serious health problems if not treated promptly.
Our professional team will assess your situation and create a personalized treatment plan. We're committed to your life-long healthy gums and teeth.
373 Ford Avenue
Fords, NJ 08863
Fords area restorative dentistry at Steven A. Puma, D.D.S can produce natural-looking results. If you have a damaged or missing tooth, we can help.
Our highly skilled team will assess your need for a crown, bridge, implant or other procedure to restore or improve your smile. Our goal is to provide quality dental care for your life-long oral health.
For comfortable tooth cleaning in the Fords, New Jersey area, Dr. Steven Puma is known for having a gentle touch. The friendly team at Steven A. Puma, D.D.S provides dental hygiene treatments for a whiter smile.
Maintaining good dental hygiene is the foundation for healthy teeth and gums. We're committed to helping you have a lifetime of oral health.
Fords area cosmetic dentist Steven Puma, D.D.S. has extensive experience creating beautiful smiles. They're one of the first things people notice about you.
Our professional team will be happy to discuss your aesthetic dentistry options. The attractive results you'll get from Steven A. Puma, D.D.S can change your life!
For comfortable dental hygiene treatment in the Fords, New Jersey area, Dr. Steven Puma is known for having a gentle touch. The friendly team at Steven A. Puma, D.D.S provides teeth cleaning for a whiter smile.
Maintaining good dental hygiene is the foundation for healthy teeth and gums. We're committed to helping you have a lifetime of oral health.
Steven A. Puma, D.D.S practices the highest infection control standards to protect our patients and ourselves. In the Fords, NJ area, Dr. Steven Puma and his staff strictly observe all Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) guidelines. All instruments are cleaned, disinfected and routinely sterilized as recommended by the American Dental Association and the Centers for Disease Control. Whenever possible, disposable, single-use items are used to ensure your safety.
Santini, Rosanna D.D.S.
146 State Route 34 # 200
Holmdel, NJ, 07733-2416
De Forte, Carolyn J D.D.S.
146 State Route 34 # 200
Holmdel, NJ, 07733-2416
Holmdel Dental Arts Llc
723 N Beers St
Holmdel, NJ, 07733-1517
Leader, Ronald S D.D.S.
2068 State Route 35 # A
Holmdel, NJ, 07733-1093
The appearance of your teeth is heavily impacted by the position of the surrounding gum tissue. In a normal situation, two teeth that are side by side in your mouth have contact with each other. Below this contact, the area is filled in with gum tissue in the shape of a triangle. This triangular-shaped gum tissue is called the papilla. It is not uncommon to have an empty space in the area where the papilla is supposed to be. If this occurs, the result is perceived as a black space.
They are caused by a loss of the gum tissue itself or by the shape and/or position of the teeth. For any black space that is present, the first thing that needs to be done is to diagnose what caused it to occur. Once this is done, the restorative dentistry treatment choice can be made. The best decision will be the most conservative treatment that corrects the black space.
One of the most common causes of loss of gum tissue is due to the gum disease known as periodontitis. This gum disease acts on the supporting bone around the teeth, causing a loss of bone. This loss of bony support causes the papilla to slump and flatten, creating a black space between the teeth. The first step in treating the resulting black space in this situation is to treat the cause. Once the gum disease is under control, the black spaces can then be addressed with restorative dentistry.
To remove the black spaces, the teeth need to have restorations placed that will change the shape of the teeth and fill in this space. The type of restorative dentistry can vary depending on whether or not there are any other problems with the teeth. The simplest and most conservative restoration is composite, a tooth-colored filling material. It can be bonded directly on the tooth in the area of the black space. Since it is placed only in the affected area, the situation where this is used requires that the overall appearance of the tooth is acceptable and does not need to be changed.
If the overall appearance of the tooth needs to be altered, then a different type of restorative dentistry needs to be used. The choice is either a dental veneer or a dental crown. The choice between the two depends on both the appearance and the structural changes that need to be done. Usually, to correct a black space, both teeth on either side need to be restored. In doing this, the symmetry between the teeth will remain the same. If you restored just one tooth, you would end up with one tooth being wider than the other. The advantage of using restorative dentistry to correct black spaces is that it usually results in a shorter treatment time.
Another cause of the black space is due to the position of the teeth themselves. One example is teeth that are tilted towards each other. When this occurs, the area for your gum tissue to fill becomes too large for the amount of tissue you have. This same concept may occur with certain types of tooth shapes. In these instances, the restorative dentistry treatment of choice is to use orthodontics (braces) to align the teeth. The advantage of doing this is that the black space will disappear without having to do any restorations on the teeth.
By Greggory Kinzer, DDS, MSD
Everyone knows Mona Lisa's smile, but who knows what she meant by it?
Psychologists tell us that, in our ancient past, a smile was a gesture of appeasement. They also believe that, to modern man, a smile signals many different messages - recognition, sympathy, apology, lessening of tension, confusion, embarrassment, doubt, joy, delight. A smile, social observers agree, is a mask behind which we can hide our true feelings.
This mask is a complex gesture. First the corners of the lips curl upward. Then, as the smile grows, front teeth are exposed. In our culture we consider people with glistening white teeth and a beautiful smile to be "good" people. Bad teeth, on the other hand, tend to distort the smile "message" because, curiously, we subconsciously judge others by their teeth.
Some people believe that teeth are a more important element of beauty than the eyes.
Have you noticed that, in the movies and on TV, the "good guys" never have broken teeth or a missing tooth? The "bad guys" almost always do.
Nearly all dentistry affects our appearance, and our appearance affects our sense of personal worth. Among the many things that a cosmetic dentist can do to give you a beautiful smile are:
So … cosmetic dentists are scientists, clinicians, artists and image-makers!


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We're on a mission to create millions of positive connections, by transforming the way people are welcomed to offices around the world.
Every day, around the world, millions of people meet each other at offices either as the guest or the host of a business meeting. Unfortunately, the experience of getting to the meeting, finding the right building, waiting at reception, signing-in and tracking down your contact is often frustrating, time-consuming, flawed and, frankly, a mess.
At Proxyclick we all experienced firsthand the discomfort that often comes with corporate meetings. We saw important meetings cut short because we wasted time finding a parking spot or waiting at reception for our host to be located in the building.
Millions of people have to deal with frustrating business meeting logistics every day. Added up, that's a huge amount of stress. We want to do something about it.
We want to optimize the millions of connections people are making every day in the corporate world. After all, business meetings are people meetings too.
So we decided to get rid of this ridiculous process, retire the paper logbook, and simplify and streamline the visitor journey. We have designed customizable and intuitive web based software that manages visitors to your offices, from invitation to sign-out.
With these tools, we help you create a great first impression, build richer professional relationships and have better, more productive meetings. We help you connect with confidence.
Proxyclick's visitor management system goes beyond updating the visitor experience or providing a secure check-in. By putting people at the center of what we do, we aim to humanize and personalize our tools, by making them beautiful, easy to use, intuitive and unintrusive. In fact, the less you notice us, the better.
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Fortune 500 companies on Proxyclick
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A lean startup, bootstrapped and self-funded, we built Proxyclick step by step, releasing products often, adapting and learning fast from each release. That's how we started and how we grew. We were hands-on, nimble, agile, and above all we listened to our customers.
Today, hundreds of organizations across the globe, from large Fortune 500 companies to small local shops, use our service to transform the way they welcome guests. By designing an easy and comfortable visitor journey, we give everyone in the business meeting ecosystem the confidence to connect smoothly and securely.
The first ever Proxyclick check-in happened at 11.27AM on May 21st 2010, when Thierry from Volkswagen met Patrick at Yara.
Proxyclick's team is committed to deliver a top notch service along with an outstanding product. Based in one of our two offices or working remotely from different countries, our growing team puts customers at the center.

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Cleveland Cavaliers forward LeBron James has been unanimously selected to a record 12th All-NBA first team, surpassing the 11 times former Lakers star Kobe Bryant and Utah Jazz Hall of Famer Karl Malone were chosen, it was announced Thursday.
James is joined on the first team by Houston Rockets guard James Harden, Portland Trail Blazers guard Damian Lillard, Golden State Warriors forward Kevin Durant and New Orleans Pelicans center-forward Anthony Davis. Harden joined James as a unanimous choice. It is Lillard's first selection to the first team.
James averaged 27.5 points, 9.1 assists and 8.6 rebounds a game this season while shooting 54.2% from the field, all above his career averages. James, who is in his 15th season, Harden and Davis are finalists for league most valuable player honors, which will be announced during an awards show on June 25 at the Barker Hangar in Santa Monica.
Members of the All-NBA second team are Toronto Raptors guard DeMar DeRozan, Oklahoma City Thunder guard Russell Westbrook, San Antonio Spurs forward LaMarcus Aldridge, Milwaukee Bucks forward Giannis Antetokounmpo and Philadelphia 76ers center Joel Embiid. It is Embiid's first All-NBA selection.
Players on the All-NBA third team are Warriors guard Stephen Curry, Indiana Pacers guard Victor Oladipo, Minnesota Timberwolves forward Jimmy Butler, Thunder forward Paul George and Timberwolves center-forward Karl-Anthony Towns. It is Oladipo's and Towns' first All-NBA selection.
The All-NBA team is selected by a panel of 100 media members, who voted for two guards, two forwards and a center on each of the three teams.
Davis and Oladipo are also members of the NBA All-Defensive first team, which was announced Wednesday. Other first-team choices are Pelicans guard Jrue Holiday, 76ers forward Robert Covington and Jazz center Rudy Golbert.
Embiid and Butler are on the All-NBA Defensive second team along with Spurs guard Dejounte Murray, Warriors forward Draymond Green and Boston Celtics center-forward Al Horford.


text: There are three tech companies in the world that most of us will have heard of: Microsoft, Apple and Google. However, only Google has managed to infiltrate our lives in a complete way in a relatively short period and the reach is growing all of the time. If you've been producing content in a haphazard manner, hoping and praying that some of it eventually ranks, it's time to buckle down and commit to a more methodical SEO content strategy for the web. A significant factor affecting loading times in general is a website's complexity: the more comparison tables, product images, page-design features your site has, the more scripts, stylesheets, image and HTML files must be loaded in the background. And the major definitive terms in your query are keywords.


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The famous Big 5 animals consist of the lion, elephant, cape buffalo, leopard, and rhinoceros. The name Big 5 originally came from game hunters referring to the hardest animals to hunt on foot. Nowadays, seeing the 'Big 5' has become synonymous with the African Safari and is a thrilling experience to see some of the most dangerous animals in the wild! Take a look at some of our recommended itineraries for seeing the Big 5 below or email directly for a tailor made itinerary!
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Adding a Link to a React component was easy as it sounds, except that it broke half of the unit tests. I started getting "Invariant Violation: You should not use <Link> outside a <Router>" which explains itself, but sorting it out took quite some time. In my component I've been using withRouter, but the tests are done on a disconnected component without the router and the Link component requires the router context. While mostly understood the issue, when trying most of the suggestions, I kept getting the above error, or "Warning: Failed context type: The context
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We are well and truly into Summer here in Australia and this DELICIOUS Pasta Salad is getting us through these balmy evenings, paired with a BBQ of course!
I kind of obsessed with this easy 10-ingredient pasta salad because the only cooking you have to do is boiling the pasta, which we all know doesn't take long at all, 10 minutes tops! All the remaining ingredients are raw vegetables and seasonings.
What do you enjoy in your homemade pasta salads? This one is creamy, crunchy, full of flavour and completely versatile. You can switch the veggies up and take out or add in any of your favourite seasonal vegetables.
You coat this pasta salad in a simple dressing of mayonnaise and dijon mustard, that's it! My oh my is this recipe scrumptious, my whole family adore this recipe and I always have to make a huge batch because we all like to get a healthy serving and then seconds and possibly thirds, you know how it goes 😉
Will you make this pasta salad this summer? I'll let you in on a little secret, it's perfect on those cosy winter evenings too, just saying.
- 250g pasta spirals, gluten free if preferred, cooked to packet instructions
- 1 large carrot, roughly chopped
- 3 large spring onion stalks, trimmed and diced
- 1 small red capsicum, roughly chopped
- 1 small celery stalk, trimmed and diced
- 1 medium cucumber, diced
- Half of 1 purple onion, peeled and thinly sliced
- 100g (1 punnet) cherry tomatoes, halved
- 1 small handful fresh parsley, roughly chopped
- 3 tsp whole grain mustard
- ½ cup mayonnaise, egg free if preferred
- Add cooked pasta to a large mixing bowl.
- Prepare all vegetables, add to cooked pasta and mix well to combine.
- Add mustard and mayonnaise, mix until pasta and vegetables are well coated.
- Pour pasta salad into a large serving bowl.
- Serve and enjoy!
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Translational cancer research is largely made possible through access to large patient clinical databases and high-quality biological samples collected, processed and annotated in a systematic fashion according to international standards.
We thus set out to jointly to establish an Argentinean breast cancer oriented biobank between Baylor College of Medicine (BCM) Cancer Center and the Breast Center in Buenos Aires (BCBA) as a fully integrated and shareable data management system with regards to bio-specimen (blood, non-tumoral breast tissue, breast cancer tissue), pathological, epidemiological and clinical data sets. Of particular interest to us was investigating new breast cancer screening biomarkers and the ability to carry out breast cancer population-science epidemiological studies.
Since variability in bio-specimen collection and processing, as well as in the recording of associated data, are known to potentially affect analytical results, particular attention was paid to the standardization of all such processes in accordance with ISBER's Best Practice Guidelines for Biorepositories.
Consented individuals at the BCBA were allocated by the treating physician to one of four categories:
- 1. Breast cancer
- 2. Benign breast disease by biopsy
- 3. High breast cancer risk according to the Gail Model
- 4. Healthy controls.
We also set out to develop a bilingual (English and Spanish) web-based tool for bio-specimen management, inventory and clinical data registries in full compliance with international standards for data security and quality assurance.
We believe this constitutes a unique approach to breast cancer biobanking including the availability of healthy control and non-cancerous breast tissue subject's bio-specimen and datasets which can be made seamlessly accessible among two or more institutions.
At this year's Biorepositories and Sample Management conference, I'll be presenting on the cultural and regulatory aspects on setting up a biobank in Latin America, expanding from USA/Argentina to Mexico and Brazil as a breast center's biobank networking.
Hear more from Astrid as this year's Biorepositories and Sample Management conference. Download the agenda to see what's on tap. Save $100 when you register here and use code XP1998BLOG.
About The Author: Astrid Margossian, MD, PhD, is a breast cancer surgeon focused on biobanking. She is the Scientific and Executive Director of the Argentinean Breast Center Buenos Aires Biobank, a branch of the Baylor College of Medicine (BCM) Cancer Center Biorepository, where she holds a position since 2008 engaged in tumor banking and tumor bank management efforts at the Lester and Sue Smith Breast Center, Houston Texas. She also has contributed to the establishment of the Population Sciences Biorepository at BCM's Dan Duncan Cancer Center.
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Vegas Lawmaker Wants to Stop Arkansas Turkey Drop
Dina Tinus Called the Yellville Turkey Trot a "Horrendous Activity"
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Concerned that federal regulators don't have the power to stop the dropping of live turkeys over an Arkansas festival, a lawmaker from Las Vegas is suggesting that Congress step in to ban the practice.
Democratic Rep. Dina Titus told the House Rules Committee on Tuesday that while the annual Yellville Turkey Trot is reminiscent of a 1970s television comedy, maiming animals is serious business.
"You can have the festival without having this horrendous activity," Titus told The Associated Press on Wednesday.
Titus, who is on an aviation-related subcommittee, proposed an amendment to a Federal Aviation Administration rules package but it was not sent to the House floor. She intends to raise it again in a separate bill.
"The issue my amendment addresses sounds like it comes straight out of an episode of a TV sitcom," Titus told the panel Tuesday. She cited a 1978 "WKRP in Cincinnati" episode in which turkeys dropped from a helicopter during a radio station promotion plummet to the ground rather than flutter away.
"As God as my witness, I thought turkeys could fly," the character Arthur Carlson says in the episode.
Titus told the panel most turkeys dropped from low-flying planes at Yellville each October are injured or killed. "Wild turkeys roost in trees but they spend most of their lives on the ground and they fly only short distances at a time," she testified.
Meanwhile, a new sponsor for the October festival stepped up Wednesday to replace the local Chamber of Commerce, which backed out after 72 years because of the turkey drop controversy. The Mid-Marion County Rotary Club has one condition: there will be no live turkeys on or above the festival grounds.
"We have a lot of people who enjoy the Turkey Trot and want to see it continue," the club's treasurer, Travis Doshier, said Wednesday.
Titus exchanged letters with the FAA over the turkey drop, with the agency confirming to her that pilots who dropped birds over Yellville were not breaking any laws.
"While there may be objection to the event in Yellville based on animal welfare concerns, the FAA does not regulate animal welfare," acting FAA Administrator Daniel K. Elwell wrote.
Titus told the agency her proposal would grant an exemption for government-authorized animal drops, such as when fisheries stock ponds and lakes inaccessible by tanker trucks.


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The Andrew James Premium Black Soup Maker is a high quality, multi-functional product with some highly impressive features. Whether you're looking to whip up some healthy soups or the family or simply have a handy appliance on hand to crush ice, blend baby food or make your own smoothies, you'll be able to do it all in no time with this useful kitchen appliance.
Rating: 4.5
Price: ££
Key Points:
- Large 1.75 litre capacity
- 45o W motor powers stainless steel blades and variable blade speeds
- range of extra features: a safety switch to prevent accidents, rapid heating function, variable temperature option, and a detachable jug
- 8 pre-set programmes, including for chunky and smooth soups
- Self-cleaning function; not dishwasher friendly
- quieter than other options on the market
- great value for money
High Quality Design
The Andrew James soup maker has a sleek, cool design that will look at home on even the most discerning customer's kitchen counter. As the name would suggest, black is the dominating colour on this product, with a large silver display taking up the bulk of the base, allowing for easy function selection and clear directions. This soup maker also has an LED screen that displays timings, a nice addition for a mid-range machine.
The sturdy build quality of Andrew James Premium Black is apparent from the moment you see it. It's a strong, powerful machine that certainly won't break easily. Unlike some of the flimsier models on the market, this machine has powerful stainless steel blades that effortlessly cut through ice and food. The soup maker also has a 450W motor, so you can expect quick results without much strain to the machine.
The Andrew James Premium Black also has a range of handy extra features that improve the whole experience of making soup at home. The product includes a useful safety switch to prevent spills and overflowing, while the rapid 900W heating element makes the process faster than ever. The machine also has a variable temperature option, so you can customise the machine to work well for exactly what you're cooking.
Large Capacity
We were especially impressed with the large capacity of the Andrew James Premium Black Soup Maker. This product can make up to 1.75 litres of soup at one time, allowing you to fill the whole family's bowls up with just one batch. This is substantially larger than many of the other soup makers on the market in a similar price range, and makes this particular product ideal for families and serious soup lovers.
Easy To Use
Nobody likes a kitchen appliance that takes hours to work out, least of all us, so we were pleased to find that the stylish Andrew James Premium Black Soup Maker is a cinch to use. The product has variable blade speeds but you might want to use one of their eight pre-set programmes, so you don't have to enter your own timings or set your own blade speed. These programmes include settings for chunky and smooth soup and for ice crushing, among many others.
You won't need to do any cooking at all when making soup with this machine. Simply prepare your vegetables and other ingredients and then place them into the soup maker along with your stock, and the Andrew James Premium Black will do all of the work for you. The detachable jug then allows you to lift the jug away from the machine to pour your soup directly into your bowls or to store for later.
Easy To Clean
Cleaning a soup maker can be a messy job, particularly when it comes to trying to scrub around sharp blades. The Andrew James soup maker overcomes this problem with a clever self-cleaning function which does the job for you. We're always keen to try out any kitchen appliance that claims to make washing up easier, so we were pleased to find that this product really does rinse itself clean, washing away unpleasant residue and avoiding the irritating sticking that plagues many soup maker machines.
If you prefer to give the soup maker a scrub yourself, we'd recommend rinsing the machine out immediately after serving up your soup, and then adding some hot water and soap to loosen up any residue in the jug. You can then simply switch the blender back on and let it clean itself, or clean it carefully yourself with a bottle brush. Please be aware that this product is not dishwasher friendly, so stick to the kitchen sink.
Minimal Noise
Noisy blending is a problem that we've encountered with most soup maker machines. Some would conclude that this issue is unavoidable when it comes to any blending appliance. The Andrew James Premium Black Soup Maker defies this rule by getting the job done without a massive amount of noise. The only moderately noisy stage occurs when the soup maker is chopping up your vegetables. After that, you'll find this product to be remarkably quiet, allowing you to go about your business while your soup is being prepared with minimal interference or aggravation.
Warranty Period
If you do come across any faults or issues with your Andrew James Premium Black Soup Maker, you can rest assured that the company will deal with problem promptly and effectively. This product comes with a very reasonable two year warranty which guarantees your money back should you experience a breakdown in your unit. Many soup makers come with no warranty at all, so it's always refreshing to see some legal protection on the side of the consumer.
Recipes Included
If you're a newcomer to the world of soup making, you can easily get started with the recipes that come included with the manual of the Andrew James soup maker. We were a little disappointed that the product didn't come with a full recipe book included as some similar soup makers do, but there are recipes available to try out and you'll find plenty more online. You can also make your own recipes up by simply throwing in whatever leftovers you have and watching the Andrew James Premium Black work its magic!
Should You Buy It?
We were very impressed with the value for money offered by this product. It has a variety of great features, a sturdy design that you can rely on and a large capacity– all at a reasonable price, below £60. The Andrew James Premium Black whips your soup up in less than 30 minutes with minimal fuss, making it one of our top picks.


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Everyone's a photographer in this day and age. Social media and smart phones provide a platform to capture and post moments as freely and as often as people choose. But when someone's photographs consistently stand out, you know they're onto something.
Take for example 23-year-old Chris Feliz, who created the, "I'm from Jersey" photograph series. Feliz, a lifelong Union City, New Jersey native, travels throughout the state to capture scenery he believes fits the essence of "Jersey."
"When I go to different counties or cities throughout the state there is always that one thing people are familiar with," Feliz explained. "It's important to capture that."
Recently, the Union City based photographer took his talents to Central Jersey to add Mercer County to his series. Feliz pinpointed specific locations like the "Trenton Makes" bridge, and Princeton University to photograph.
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"I love Mercer County" Feliz expressed. "It's beautiful."
Feliz created the series because he feels his hometown state, and places like Mercer County haven't gotten the proper attention they deserve.
"Nobody has taken the chance to show off New Jersey the way that I am," Feliz said.
"New Jersey is right across from New York and all the shine goes there. Why not spread some shine on New Jersey for once?"
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The "shine" Feliz is spreading has been positively received by New Jersey natives who've viewed his work.
Showing how beautiful Jersey could really be, that's 🔥 🤙🏾 https://t.co/32k18lfDkj
— Randy Sanchez (@ShuttlesWorth15) May 13, 2018
My lookin at these photos. pic.twitter.com/G8kHZvPB3T
— LWG_ObiJuanKenobi (@JoeNaythan) May 16, 2018
"It's a beautiful thing to see people interact over my photos," Feliz said. "It's humbling that people take the time to say something nice."
Feliz believes his series has garnered so much attention because of his straightforward approach.
"Simplicity is key," Feliz explained. "This series just gives the people of New Jersey a chance to be proud of where they are from."
(Video and Photos: Furmel Thompson, The Visual Hub)


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Optimizing Document Management
Are you optimizing your workflow? Are you able to send documents:
- To up-to-date, accurate addresses?
- With the correct, personalized pages for each recipient?
- Delivered how each customer prefers?
- With the minimum amount of labor and the least possible cost?
If you answered "no" to any of these questions, consider Output Management Software OMS-500.
OMS-500 optimizes outbound document workflow while supporting your business goals. Now you can transform multiple types of documents (invoices, checks, policies, notices, newsletters, etc.), produced by a wide variety of systems into a single customized communication for each customer. All this while reducing labor and expense. Variable-page documents are 100% automated, and envelope contents are always accurate. All this is achieved without making changes to your existing document-producing systems.
OMS-500 business mailing solutions allows recipients to choose how they wish to receive communications, which creates a better customer experience with your company. OMS-500 provides multi-channel delivery, so recipients can choose to receive information via traditional or digital mail. No matter your customer's preference, OMS-500 ensures flawless execution through the use of barcodes, which eliminate the need to manually sort document contents based on page count or customized inserts.
Consider these capabilities and benefits of OMS-500 mail solutions:
- Enrichment & Personalization
- The ability to include customized messaging targeted to the recipient increases interest and improves response
- Recipients can choose how they want to receive your communications via print or digitally
- Automation & Integrity
- Barcodes eliminate manual sorting of documents, based on page count or customized inserts
- Centralized control of document distribution improves process reliability and reduces errors
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Newsletter of the Proportional Representation Society of Australia
QN2014A March 2014 www.prsa.org.au
voting reform efforts intensify
As foreshadowed after the 2013 elections, Senator Nick Xenophon introduced legislation to allow voters much greater latitude in marking their own order of preference, either for parties above the line with complete freedom, or for at least as many individual candidates below the line as there were vacancies to be filled. His Commonwealth Electoral Amendment (Above the Line Voting) Bill 2013 was originally referred to the Senate Finance and Public Administration Legislation Committee, then transferred to the Joint Standing Committee on Electoral Matters and subsumed within its inquiry, whose initial emphasis on Senate voting reform involved group voting tickets as part of its customary post-election review.
PRSA welcomed Senator Xenophon's efforts to improve voters' lot even though his proposal was more complex than necessary by retaining party boxes while dispensing with group voting tickets. Electoral authorities would need to advertise the new arrangements extensively instead of concentrating on how electors can make the most of their single transferable vote. It would spur extra candidates nominating in groups to meet formality requirements, and would place at risk some currently-formal papers with early errors in numbering. The greater freedom allowed voters made even more important replacing the unweighted calculation of a single transfer value when candidates are elected with parcels of ballot-papers of different value.
PRSA's submission included a systematic examination of the circumstances of candidates' election and levels of informal and exhausted votes where the single transferable vote is in use. Lengthy experience in Ireland, Malta, Tasmania and the Australian Capital Territory has shown that where there are no party boxes, parties have needed around half a quota to stand much chance of having a candidate elected: informal levels remain around 1% in the first two places where there is a single column of names and voting is voluntary, and have tended to be around 3-5% in the other two, with half clearly deliberate.
Exhausted Tasmanian and ACT ballots have rarely amounted to half a quota except where no continuing candidates have remained from larger parties. Nearly all ACT MLAs have obtained a quota of votes. Tasmania's 1973 change to require at least as many preferences as there are vacancies, rather than the three stemming from the original criterion of at least half that number, followed several under-quota successes where a final transfer was not made straight away when an exclusion left exactly as many continuing candidates as unfilled vacancies.
The submission also demonstrated that the election of candidates with few first preferences only occurs with group voting tickets that are often numbered quite differently from most corresponding below-the-line votes. It outlined the circumstances of the tablecloth ballot-paper for the 1999 NSW Legislative Council poll, and the continued large numbers of candidates and exhausted votes after changes tightening party registration procedures and instituting above-the-line marking of preference orders for parties. Exhausted votes at 7-8% have exceeded 1.5 quotas, and the last few successful candidates' final progress totals have been significantly below the 4.55% quota.
The submission also detailed the extensive national record of misadventure and miscalculation associated with group voting tickets, including where misjudgements have contributed to the election of candidates whose parties had gained relatively low first-preference support, or given the balance of power to rival parties in unusual circumstances.
The central thrust of the follow-up submission (No. 142) to the JSCEM on Senate voting issues was to respect voters' wishes in relation to marking of preferences, and remove party boxes in order to simplify the ballot-paper. A balance must be struck between accepting electors' views and minimising exhausted votes. The greater the initial imposition upon voters, the more of them will have their vote declared informal at the outset, so that their views about the merits of candidates are disregarded.
ACT voters overwhelmingly obey ballot-paper instructions to mark at least as many preferences as there are vacancies, even though a single first preference is accepted as formal. Other moderate formality possibilities would also constitute a major step forward. There is no logical reason for either the permitted maximum departures from sequential numbering (three), or proportion of squares allowed to be left blank (10%). After finding very high informal vote levels below the line at the first election with party boxes in 1984, the Australian Electoral Commission indicated that the JSCEM "might wish to consider reducing the requirement for the numbering of preferences still further".
The Barton Government's Commonwealth Electoral Bill 1902, passed by the House of Representatives but not the Senate, proposed proportional representation for Senate elections, with fully optional preferential voting applying. When Andrew Inglis Clark first succeeded in having the single transferable vote adopted in multi-member urban Assembly electorates covering Hobart and Launceston in 1896, an amendment resulted in at least half as many preferences required to be marked as there were vacancies.
The quota-preferential allocation of seats remains the fairest way of determining Senate outcomes, purposely setting out to minimise wasted votes. Thresholds that candidates or parties must exceed if they are not to be excluded at the start of the scrutiny are inherently unstable, and not a natural feature of the single transferable vote. Arbitrary thresholds generally between 2% and 5% often apply in overseas party list systems that are non-preferential and allocate seats on an average-votes-per-elected-member criterion that pays no heed to the aggregate numbers of wasted votes, nor necessarily to the distortions of voters' views that may arise because of this.
The ACT's modified d'Hondt outcomes of 1989 and 1992 exposed the arbitrariness of any qualifying threshold and illustrated how a handful of votes determining whether a party, group or candidate falls just above or just below it can affect the allocation of several seats. An examination of past Senate voting patterns reveals the potential for the same type of instability, especially at a double dissolution, depending on the exact level or nature of any threshold.
There is nothing amiss if candidates or parties gradually build a quota through voters' conscious marking of preferences. The potential for unexpected quotas arising from fortuitous flows of corralled above-the-line preferences has increased as combined support for Labor and the Coalition has increasingly fallen below five, or now sometimes even four Senate quotas.
A long climb to a fluke or lucky quota relates inherently to the availability in various Australian jurisdictions of group voting tickets, whose numbering can be misjudged or manipulated, as well as to the insistence by the largest parties on a fixed pre-selection order, which often needlessly puts a candidate of theirs in a much weaker position than necessary. Those endorsed at the top of the ticket are elected at or near the start of the scrutiny on a full quota of votes, while someone lower down may, as a result, begin with just a small fraction of a quota, and be prone to exclusion towards the end of the scrutiny, or be unable to attract sufficient further preferences to reach a quota.
A bona fide constitution with financial and participatory safeguards would be acceptable as a pre-requisite for party registration, but any strategy of primarily seeking to artificially deny groups and parties access to the political process at election time is muddle-headed. Greatly increasing deposits will not deter the wealthy who are determined to make their presence felt, while hundreds of signatures can readily be collected by those who are familiar with any restrictions on acceptance of nominations and do not leave their gathering to the last minute.
When party boxes were introduced in 1983, lodgement of multiple group voting tickets by individual parties or groups was permitted, despite official legal advice questioning whether that would meet the Australian Constitution's requirement that senators be directly elected.
The unfairness of the
current unweighted Senate transfer value
definition was emphasised through a simple example
showing its distortion of a surplus's
composition, and the use instead promoted of
the weighted inclusive
Gregory method of Western Australia's
Legislative Council or the Meek STV method
used in certain New Zealand elections.
The submission also pointed to the desirability of odd numbers of vacancies so that majorities of votes translated into majorities of seats. Majorities were achieved by Labor or the Coalition on 36 of the 59 occasions when five or seven (in 1949 and 1984, to enlarge the Senate) vacancies were being filled by proportional representation, including just seven of the 22 occasions from 1970 (none in 1984). There has been a single majority when six vacancies have been filled: as Labor and Coalition support levels have usually been quite some distance apart, even 3-3 outcomes have been relatively rare, happening 13 times in 61 separate elections, of which five occurred in five elections to 1961 (appointments to fill casual vacancies used to last until the next House or Senate election) and another three in 2007.
Deficiencies in the party-replacement provisions for filling Senate casual vacancies adopted at referendum in 1977 rather than countback of the outgoing candidate's quota, which would always apply fairly, were highlighted when Steele Hall, re-elected as a Liberal Movement senator for South Australia in 1975, resigned in November 1977 to stand for the House of Representatives as a Liberal. With the Liberal Movement no longer in existence, and its second candidate from 1975, Michael Wilson, recently elected in South Australia as Liberal Member for Torrens, in December Premier Don Dunstan proposed its third candidate, Janine Haines, by then an Australian Democrat, to be the replacement until mid-1981.
In the middle of 1997, 20% of senators had not been elected by the people of their state. After the July 2011 changeover, over one-quarter of sitting senators had originally taken their seats through appointment: at March 2014, that portion had climbed to over one-third following eleven new appointments in the intervening period.
Fresh WA Senate election in 2014 shows need for Court of Disputed Returns changes
The extremely close 2013 Western Australian Senate outcome apparently altered, after a recount of informal and above-the-line votes was eventually granted on 10 October by the Australian Electoral Commissioner, upon appeal by Senator Scott Ludlam and candidate Wayne Dropulich.
However, 1,370 ballot-papers from two polling places could not be located, and were effectively treated in the recount as all being informal, altering the relative standing of when one of either the leading Australian Christian or Shooters and Fishers candidates had to be excluded. Consequently, instead of Palmer United's Zhenya Wang and Labor's Louise Pratt, the Australian Sports Party's Wayne Dropulich and Green Scott Ludlam were declared elected to the fifth and sixth vacancies on 2 November.
On 15 November, the AEC petitioned the Court of Disputed Returns to void the entire election, whereupon under Section 367A of the Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918 a decision was required within three months.
Justice Hayne summarised the issues to be settled as follows:
"Was the result of the election likely to be affected by the loss of the ballot papers? Can this Court now decide who should have been elected? Can it do so by looking at records of earlier counts of the lost ballot papers? And need it now examine ballot papers whose formality is disputed? Or must it instead declare the election absolutely void?"
Because the legislation requires that ballot-papers be examined afresh, Justice Hayne found that the electors who placed the lost ballot-papers into ballot boxes were prevented from voting and that their number was far greater than the smallest gap in progress totals determining an exclusion during the incomplete recount. Consequently an illegal practice as defined in the Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918 had occurred that could have prevented two different candidates from rightly being declared elected.
The candidates declared elected to the fifth and sixth vacancies were therefore not duly elected, and it was in this instance not possible to say who was duly elected. As a result, the entire election was voided and a fresh one ordered based on an updated electoral roll and a renewed call for nominations. Both the Australian Electoral Commissioner and the Australian Electoral Officer for Western Australia subsequently resigned.
This outcome highlighted the fact that the 1948 change to proportional representation for electing the Senate was not accompanied by any extension of flexibility in powers and remedies available to electoral officials or the Court of Disputed Returns because election of candidates was now primarily on the basis of achieving a quota.
PRSA's further submission on Senate voting and related arrangements to the Joint Standing Committee on Electoral Matters emphasised the desirability of obtaining as contemporaneous a nation-wide expression of views as possible without sending all voters back to polling places. This would usually be possible in accordance with sound quota-preferential principles if amendments were made.
For instance, ideally substitute votes could have been obtained from the two polling places where ballot-papers went missing, in the absence of suitable scanned or other reliable electronic evidence about their markings. Other mechanisms for immediately correcting errors of procedure could ensure as many as possible of those entitled to vote had their ballot-papers counted in various situations.
The bypassing on ballot papers
of names of disqualified candidates should be
automatic, and a fresh call for nominations
extremely unusual. For instance, the fact that
four senators had definitely been elected with
quotas in Western Australia in September 2013
should have been recognised, and the Western
Australian recount
principles, under which all
ballots are re-examined and available
vacancies are filled by the first (and
subsequent) non-successful candidate(s) to
achieve a quota, or otherwise be elected,
could have been applied to completely fresh
balloting. In some circumstances, such as when
columns of party or group candidates' names
are fixed, specific orders might be
necessary to prevent the possibility of gaming
in pursuit of the vacancies still to be
Emphatic change of
government in Tasmania
On 16 January 2014, Tasmanian Premier Lara Giddings announced that she would dismiss the two Greens from her Ministry the next day, and said Labor would only ever govern alone in future. There would be a one-day parliamentary sitting on 28 January to pass legislation validating permits for Bell Bay Pulp Mill before the House of Assembly was prorogued for an election on 15 March.
With Liberal, Labor and the Greens nominating five candidates in each electorate, and the Palmer United Party, registered on 31 January, 22 overall, there were 126 candidates state-wide, ranging from 22 in Bass to 30 in Denison, well up on numbers at recent elections. Turnout was 94.5%, and 4.7% of votes were set aside as informal.
A 12% swing took Liberal first preferences to 51.2%, ranging from 38% in Denison to nearly 59% in Braddon. Labor's vote fell 9.5% to 27.3%, its lowest support since 1906, with 23% in both Bass and Braddon, and up to 34% in Denison. The Greens polled 13.8%, down about 8%, achieving 7% in Braddon through to 21% in Denison. Palmer United obtained 5.0%, topped by 7% in Braddon.
The change of government to Liberal after sixteen years was clear early on election night. When all postal votes were in, Liberals won 15 of the 25 available seats (60%), four in Braddon (the first time in five-member electorates), two in Denison and three elsewhere. Labor lost a seat in each of Bass, Braddon and Franklin to emerge with seven (28%), and the Greens one in each of Braddon and Lyons to finish with three (12%). With two Labor MHAs retiring, there were seven new members. Nine women were elected.
Eight candidates achieved a quota of first preferences, Will Hodgman highest with over 35%, and another candidate was elected after the incoming Premier's surplus transfer. Of the seven elected candidates with less than a quota, at least four would have exceeded it had another transfer from the last excluded candidate been made immediately.
In Bass, over two-thirds of nearly half a quota of exhausted votes arose when no continuing Liberal candidates remained. Two elected candidates were over 1,000 votes short of a quota when the last Labor candidate was excluded. In Braddon, Palmer United's leader was nine votes behind the Green incumbent when excluded with almost half a quota, of which over half became exhausted. Next, some 40% of Green ballots were exhausted. Liberals won the last two seats without a quota, one 2,000 votes short, but 450 ahead of the last excluded Labor candidate.
Nearly two-thirds of a quota was exhausted in closely-fought Denison, 75% of that when the last Liberal and Green candidates were excluded. The last person elected had just under three-quarters of a quota, 331 votes ahead of another Labor candidate. In Franklin, the last Liberal elected was about 250 votes under a quota and over 1,750 votes ahead of a Labor candidate previously widely seen as the next leader. Only about 20% of a quota was exhausted.
The Greens started with about three-quarters of a quota in Lyons, double the support for the Palmer United Party. Around one-third of a quota was exhausted, well over half of this when Palmer United's final exclusion increased by over 1,000 votes the lead the last continuing Labor candidate had over the previous Green incumbent.
Some controversy arose when Palmer United and Liberal Party campaign literature used the names of opponents without their permission. When 163 of 2,338 postal ballot-papers damaged by faulty operation of letter-opening equipment were beyond repair in Denison, it was fortunate that exclusion margins were not so narrow that the whole election may have been thrown into question.
New party leaders, Bryan Green for Labor and Kim Booth for the Greens, were soon elected unopposed.
South Australia went to the polls on the third Saturday in March 2014 as legislated. Overall, there were 204 candidates in the 47 electorates, well down from a peak of 302 in 2002, and the lowest number since 197 in 1997. Labor, Liberal and the Greens nominated in each electorate, and Family First in 42. There were 31 four-candidate and 13 five-candidate contests, plus two sixes and one three.
Turnout was 91.9% and 3.1% of votes were informal. Liberal first preferences were up 3% to 44.8%, Labor's down 1.7% to 35.8%, and those for the Greens and Family First both rose slightly, to respectively 8.7% and 6.2%. The Liberals gained 1.4% to reach 53% in two-party-preferred terms, winning four extra seats, three metropolitan, plus Mount Gambier from an independent, Don Pegler. Seven Labor and one Liberal MHA had retired, and all those seats were retained. Twelve women were elected.
The donkey vote favoured the victor in the thirteen closest results, starting with one 505 votes apart. Labor won four of the seats with buffers less than 2%, and Liberal one, and both parties had four others that swings under 4% could reverse. Nine Liberal and six Labor MHAs had 60-65% two-party-preferred support, and two Labor members slightly more, while five other Liberals reached up to 80% of the vote. The 11 Liberal majorities in 13 rural seats, following 66.3% two-party-preferred support, were huge.
After a week's counting, there were 23 seats for Labor and 22 for the Liberals, with Independents Bob Such and Geoff Brock, both fiercely opposed by Liberals when Labor first-preference support was just above 10%, also re-elected. Dr Such took two months' medical leave for a brain tumour without indicating whom he would support: after intensive contact including a night dash to Port Pirie by Premier Jay Weatherill, Mr Brock quickly decided to support the ALP to ensure a government was formed, the seventh minority outcome since 1960. He signed an agreement on supply and confidence motions foreshadowing a Select Committee inquiry into electoral provisions dealing with campaign conduct of parties and candidates, and was sworn in as Minister for Regional Development and Local Government.
Under Section 83 of SA's Constitution Act 1934, the Electoral Districts Boundaries Commission is supposed to ensure that a party with over 50% of the two-party-preferred vote wins a majority of seats, an impossible task as the Electoral Reform Society of SA has always argued, starting vigorously at the 1991 referendum. After minority-support failures in both 2002 and 2010, the Society also almost anticipated the distorted result this time when it made the following comments on the proposed boundaries of the Draft Order that had Labor winning 26 seats and Liberal 21 based on Labor's 48.4% of the vote in 2010:
"Surely the boundaries should have been re-drawn to reflect this vote? At the next election, there could well be a swing back to the Labor Party. If this swing was less than 1.6%, the Liberal Party could still have more than 50% of the vote and still not win a majority of seats. Alternatively there could just as easily be a small swing to the Liberal Party that keeps Labor in office with only 47% of the two-party preferred vote. While the Society does have difficulties with the "electoral fairness criteria," the question should still be asked – where is the fairness in the proposed redistribution?"
ERSSA's quota-preferential simulation showed that in seven seven-member electorates (the Constitution Act 1934 requires equality), there could have been 24 Liberal, 19 Labor, 3 Green, 1 Family First and 2 Independent MHAs, making a change of government almost certain.
Before the election, there had been several pieces of legislation in relation to the Upper House, mainly making it more difficult for micro-parties to register, and relegating groups and independents to the right-hand end of ballot- papers. There were 63 candidates from fourteen parties, ten groups (some where previously just an individual might have nominated), and one ungrouped candidate ineligible for above-the-line voting.
Independent Senator Nick Xenophon endorsed two candidates, including former Valuer-General John Darley. His group's 12.9% of first preferences led to declines from Assembly support levels for parties, Labor obtaining 31%, Liberal 36%, the Greens 6.5% and Family First 4.4%. Both Labor and the Liberals won four places and the Greens, Family First and Xenophon Group one each. Only the last, attracting limited transfers from excluded candidates, had higher support than the level of representation achieved.
There was over a quota of first preferences for others, but no party or group successfully aggregated those votes. The discovery, after the declaration of the poll, of one 1,000-vote transposition (see 10 April 2014 statement) at Liberal expense in published polling-place data altered the last few exclusions, but not Labor's taking of the final position. The Independent Palmer Group did best, with nearly half a quota, instead of the Shooters and Fishers having emerged with some 0.7 of a quota.
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Will my soap be shipped from Australia?
No. Although the Bela Natural soap is made in Australia, it is shipped to the Bela Soap facility in Michigan. Once you place an order, we will send the soap from Michigan directly to your store.
Do you wholesale soaps?
Yes, we have many stores and customers that buy soap to resell. Please visit our wholesale website, valuemaxwholesale.com. You will be required to create an account with your EIN in order to access wholesale pricing.
What are the ingredients in Bela Soap?Our Bela Pure Natural Soaps contain: Certified Sustainable Palm Oil, Organic Shea Butter, Aqua, Parfum (may contain essential oils), Sodium Gluconate, Salt, Vegetable Glycerin, Mineral Earth Pigments, Color Additives
How long will an Bela Soap natural soap bar last?
Our soap will last much longer than you would think. It is triple milled in the French tradition and triple milled again for purity and smoothness. Once the soap goes through the double refiner, the process is complete. The result is a dense and long lasting soap with creamy lather and a fragrance that lasts until the final sliver is gone.
Our soap bars are an excellent bath soap because they do not dissolve when in the water. As many of you know, the natural soaps sold by most vendors dissolve quickly and you have to keep them out of sitting water. Bars from other vendors are normally poured (not French milled) and dissolve too quickly. Our bars are dense and do not have air pockets in the soap which allow the water to "melt" the soap bars
Do you sell Body Wash?
Absolutely not! Body wash is simply water with chemicals to create a lather. It is not good for your skin, is cheap to make and the only expensive part is the container it comes in. Our soap bars are made from plant oils, shea butter and vegetable glycerin all of which are good for your skin, non-drying and has a natural creamy lather. Our soap bars also last a long time whereas body wash gets used quickly.
Exactly what is sustainable palm oil?
Sustainable palm oil is a product of the fruit grown on the oil palm tree. The certified plantations are environmentally friendly and do not infringe on the habitats of endangered wildlife.
Does Bela Soap use Sodium Laurel Sulphate?
No. We do not use any chemicals in our natural soap. Some commercial companies opt to use SLS however; the possibility of skin irritation, hormonal imbalance and cancer is not our opinion of pure and natural soap.
Does Bela Soap use animal products in the soap?
No. We never use sodium tallowate in our soap. Tallow is a harsh soap base that can leave the skin feeling dry and itchy. We only use fine oils such as palm, coconut and olive oils in our soap base. A few of our bath soaps have animal ingredients such as goats milk soap, and are obvious and identifiable.
Is the soap Ph balanced?
Yes, our soap PH level of around 9 which means the bar is very mild and gentle to the skin.
How is your soap compared to Dove?
The Dove soap bar uses tallow (animal fats), detergents and other artificial ingredients. We use plant oils, period
What are the benefits of Bela Soap bars?
Of course, you are getting the most affordable natural soap made with the highest quality ingredients but you are also getting spa-quality soap. Once you feel the rejuvenating and creamy lather coupled with the incredible luscious fragrance you will think that you're in paradise. However, the soft and smooth skin that is moist and supple is the ultimate result.
Is ordering on our website safe and secure?
Yes, it absolutely is secure. Your information is 100% safe.
Do you offer a guarantee?
Yes, if for any reason you are unhappy with your purchase, we will gladly refund the purchase price -100% Buy Back Guaranteed.
Can I save even more on your soap?
Yes. You will receive points for our Rewards Program with every purchase that you make. You can use these points to purchase Bela Soap point of sale merchandise and displays.
Vegan Soap
Bela Soap understands the need for high quality, natural soap in the Vegan community. Although natural soap is available in grocery stores and other retail shops, most is not of very good quality. We only use the finest ingredients such as sustainable palm oils, Shea butter and Vanilla beans. Of course, we never use chemicals, detergents or animal products like sodium tallowate (processed animal fat) in our Vegan soap. You can rest assured that all of our natural soap is perfect for the Vegan home and lifestyle.
When you buy our Vegan soap, you will also be going green. From the sustainable palm oils that we use down to the biodegradable packaging, Bela Soap natural soap is a green product. We also offer a money back guarantee if you are not completely satisfied with our Vegan soap.
Do you sell anti-bacterial soap?
No, they are not effective according to the FDA
"Popular antibacterial soaps and washes are no more effective at preventing illness than plain — and less expensive — soap and water, an FDA advisory panel warned. The experts said it may not be worth the risk of spawning resistant bacteria.
The panel's conclusion could eventually lead to stricter regulation of hundreds of antibacterial products, now often sold with the suggestion that they offer an advantage over traditional cleansers.
Antibacterial soaps and alcohol-based hand gels are widely used by hospitals and clinics where they have shown some benefit in cutting the risk of patient-to-patient infections. But the products are also widely sold to the general public despite evidence that hand washing with regular soap and water is just as effective. "
Antibacterial soaps and alcohol-based hand gels are widely used by hospitals and clinics where they have shown some benefit in cutting the risk of patient-to-patient infections. But the products are also widely sold to the general public despite evidence that hand washing with regular soap and water is just as effective.
Soap Engraving
Our bar soaps (unwrapped) can be engraved as they are unstamped and french milled ( The bar is very firm which is ideal for the engraving process.)


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Greater Accra Regional House of Chiefs (GARHCs) has been cited for fraud in the grand induction of Nii Tackie Adama Latse into its fold in the capacity as Ga Mantse at Dodowa on Tuesday October 17, 2017.
The traditional event which was opened to the general public at the forecourt of the Dodowa office of the GARHCs is creating serious confusion and tension in the Ga.
The principal kingmakers and family heads of the Ga Royal Ruling Paramount Stool who fuming with anger have expressed disgust at the GARHCs for ignoring all available orders, including Court judgements, petitions and injunctions stopping any move to induct Adama Latse into the Greater Regional House of Chiefs.
At a press conference yestetday in Accra, the Kingmakers who supported their position with series of historical documents indicated that a Motion for an order for Interlocutory Injunction was filed at the High Court by Nii Tetteh Kwei II, Ga Dsaasetse and Nii Agyeman Kese on August 8, 2016 to restrained the GARHC and the National House of Chiefs from inducting Adams Latse II into the membership of the GARHC and National House of Chiefs (NHCs).
In that motion, the Plaintiffs sought for a declaration that the 1st and 2nd Defendants flouted the ruling of the Judicial Commitee of the Greater Accra Regional House of Chiefs which was made on July 14, 2015 in the consolidated petition challenging the eligibility and installation of King Tackie Tawiah III when they recommended, endorsed and forwarded the Chieftaincy Declaration Form (CDF) of George Tackie Abia a.k.a King Tackie Adama Latse II under a cover letter dated November 13, 2013 to the GARHC for his name to be gazetted in the National Register of Chiefs as Ga Mantse and that same is null and void and of no legal effect.
This motion had been granted by an Accra High Court presided over by Justice Kweku T. Ackaah-Boafo.
Upon reading the Affidavits from the parties, the judge upheld on February 13, 2017 that "It is hereby ordered that the defendants/ respondents, their agents and assigns are restrained from inducting GEORGE TACKIE ABIA a.k.a KING TACKIE ADAMA LATSE II into the Ga Traditional Council as Ga Mantse and also transmitting the CDF to National House of Chiefs for gazette notification."
Meanwhile, the principal Kingmakers have also petitioned the GARHCs when it became obvious that Nii Adama Latse was not ready to respect the Court decision and continue to carry himself as the Ga Mantse, and some sinister moves by the same GARHC to induct Latse into its membership.
In that petition, the petitioners indicated that there is a pending interlocutory Injunction application before the High Court, Accra in Suit No. GJ/202/16 by the Plaintiffs, Nii Tetteh Kwei II and one another against the GARHC and the NHC not to induct Latse into the House.
Also pending are orders and applications of the court restraining Nii Adama Latse before the High Court, tyw Judicial Committees of both Ga Traditional Council and Greater Accra Regional House of Chiefs.
Also, Suit No. AP/128/2011, the Republic vrs George Tackie and six others, ex-parte, King Tackie Tawiah III pending before the Appeals Court in Accra.
The Kingmakers also maintained that the purported installation of Adams Latse by Yaote Oto-Ga II is been challenged hence his Injunction into the GARHC is questionable, fraudulent and a total disregard to the decision of the Court and the decision of the GARHC itself.
They averred that Nii Tackie Adama Latse claimed to have been enstooled on June 11, 2011, when indeed there was a substantive Ga Mantse who had not been disposed by any competent adjudicating tribunal in accordance with the Mandatory provision of the Chieftaincy Act 2008.
The Kingmakers said for the GARHCs to take such a decision is an a front to peace and that the step taken by the GARHCs is complete abuse of the chieftaincy Act and must be condemned.
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The immune response to the Legionnaires' disease (LD) bacterium has been shown serologically. Recent evidence suggests significant differences in seroreactivity depending on the source of antigen; these data now unequivocally show strain variation for the LD bacterium. Nothing is known about the cellular immune reactivity in patients with Legionnaires' disease. There is little evidence that the lesions and manifestations of the disease are due to immunopathologic mechanisms. Possible explanations for the pathogenesis of pulmonary lesions in Legionnaires' disease include toxic factors, bacterial chemotactic factors, neutral proteases (with complement cleaving activity), lipopolysaccharides, and products of lymphocytes.
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MRI shows brain changes after 1 season of youth footballBy Wayne Forrest, AuntMinnie.com staff writer
November 27, 2017
The brain's default mode network engages when people are awake and helps with the processing of emotions. The new findings add to growing evidence that subconcussive head impacts can adversely affect the brain, especially among young athletes.
"Our results suggest an increasing functional change in the brain with increasing head impact exposure," said Gowtham Krishnan Murugesan, a doctoral student in biomedical engineering at the University of Texas (UT) Southwestern Medical Center, in a release from the RSNA. "This study demonstrates that playing a season of contact sports at the youth level can produce neuroimaging brain changes, particularly for the default mode network."
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Similar research was presented at RSNA 2016, in which MRI scans were performed on 24 high school football players in North Carolina before and after their season to measure changes in the brain's white-matter integrity. Those findings also suggested that just one season of playing the game caused alternations in the teenagers' brains.
In the first RSNA 2017 study, the researchers studied youth football players with no history of concussion to determine how repeated subconcussive impacts would affect the default mode network.
"The default mode network exists in the deep gray-matter areas of the brain," said Elizabeth Davenport, PhD, a postdoctoral researcher at UT Southwestern's O'Donnell Brain Institute. "It includes structures that activate when we are awake and engaging in introspection or processing emotions, which are activities that are important for brain health."
Players are, of course, exposed to numerous head impacts over the course of a season and during practice. The vast majority of the hits do not result in concussion, but there are concerns about a cumulative effect.
The researchers looked at 26 football players between the ages of 9 and 13 years who each wore a head impact telemetry system (HITS) for an entire season. The HITS helmets are lined with sensors that measure the magnitude, location, and direction of impacts to the head. The data are then used to calculate each player's risk of concussion exposure.
The researchers also equally divided the players into high-exposure and low-exposure concussion groups. Players with a history of concussion were excluded. In addition, there was a group of 13 control subjects who played noncontact sports.
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All of the subjects underwent resting functional MRI (fMRI) scans before and after their seasons, so default mode network subcomponents could be analyzed at both time points. That analysis was done with the help of five machine-learning classification algorithms to predict whether players were in the high-exposure, low-exposure, or noncontact groups based on the fMRI results.
The artificial intelligence (AI) technique differentiated between high-exposure and noncontact subjects with 82% accuracy. It achieved 70% accuracy in distinguishing between the low-exposure and noncontact groups.
"Our results suggest an increasing functional change in the brain with increasing head impact exposure," Murugesan said. "This study demonstrates that playing a season of contact sports at the youth level can produce neuroimaging brain changes, particularly for the default mode network."
In the second study, 20 high school football players with a median age of 16.9 years also wore HITS helmets for one season. Among the subjects, five players had experienced at least one concussion, while the remaining 15 athletes had no such history.
The players underwent an eight-minute magnetoencephalography (MEG) scan before and after the season to record and analyze the magnetic fields produced by brain activity. The researchers then analyzed the MEG power associated with the eight brain regions of the default mode network.
When the five players with a history of concussion were evaluated after the season, the researchers found significantly lower connectivity between default mode network regions. Players with no history of concussion had, on average, an increase in default mode network connectivity.
Based on the results, Davenport and colleagues concluded that concussions from previous years can influence the changes occurring in the brain during the current season. The results also suggest there are longitudinal effects of concussion that affect brain function.
"The brain's default mode network changes differently as a result of previous concussion," Davenport said. "Previous concussion seems to prime the brain for additional changes. Concussion history may be affecting the brain's ability to compensate for subconcussive impacts."
Davenport and Murugesan recommended that longitudinal studies be conducted to follow young football players and to combine MEG and fMRI to better understand the complex factors involved in concussions.


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Found yourself speedily taking on an office refurbishment thanks to a quickly growing business? When it comes to your office, we all know how much a spacious, relaxing space makes for a better working day, so making your office refurbishment a priority for your whole team is a great way to help your business move forward. From planning your priorities for your renovation to making sure your office change up goes smoothly, we've got the tips you need to make sure your office refurbishment goes without a hitch.
Planning your Office Refurbishment: What Should you Consider?
Moving towards a user-friendly workplace
Is yours one of the many offices adopting an open plan workspace? Whether you're based in London or further afield, making sure your office is designed for everyone in your team will help make your office refurbishment a success. When planning your office refurbishment, taking into account the kind of working environment your team are most productive within will mean that no matter how quickly your business grows, they'll be working in a space they can thrive in.
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Leonidas' Orange chocolate bar: solid dark chocolate with a hint of orange flavor. This delicious taste combination is perfect with coffee. Convenient packaging to indulge or share any time.
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- Dark chocolate with a hint of orange flavor.
- Each Orange chocolate bar comes individually-wrapped.
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- Each bar 50 grams ~ 1.76 ounces.