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Here's why I got fired last week and it's a crap reason, sailor guy, okay?! Tell me why in hell I should get the ax for this behavior?! Okay so what is up with this: There's a guy sits next to me, next cubicle over. Not gonna name names but let's go by the name of Creighton. So Creighton is higher up on the corporate food chain than me, not really my boss but close enough that he gets to tell me what to do sometimes. Small stuff, mostly. But anyway I treat him like a total equal and even sometimes give him crap for such and such, such as wearing a brown shirt and pant combo vis a vis UPS. Also for mixing up yogurt super hard in a bowl and then sort of clattering the spoon in the empty bowl when he's finished in such a way as to be very aggravating. When he does that yogurt bit I usually say something like, "What's up with that spoon clattering bit, sailor guy?" Just to sort of give him crap about it. He just laughs, usually.
Enough back story, here's the scoop of why I got the ax: We started using this iChat thing at work where we can iChat with any other person in our office via these pop up iChat windows and such. So I start to iChat with Creighton even thought the guy sits right next to me and I could just look around the partition and talk to him mano y mano if I wanted. So I iChat: "Hey Creighton (Cretin), F--K you, okay?" and wait for his iChat response. Nothing. So I iChat to him again: "Hey CRETIN, you dumb monkey-- F--K YOU! I'm a gonna shove that YOGURT spoon up your WAZOO, okay? Write back, please." I wait, still no response. So then after waiting forever for a iChat response I get super impatient and look around the partition at Creighton and say to him, "HEY! CRETIN! F--K YOU," then I get back to work b/c there was a lot to get done that day & I didn't have a lot of spare time to mess around w/ unresponsive types.
The next day I got called into HR and they told me I was FIRED for harassing co-workers! WTF can you believe this B.S.!!!!
It was a very stupid thing to do at work though, now u know how to behave at work. Even though u think it's cool to muck around with colleges u never know what the other person thinks. Hope the lesson is learnt
Yeah, it is one thing to do that in studio and quite another in a work environment. It is always about how the other person interprets your actions, not what you meant by them.
Sounds like you got lucky because you got some great feedback early on in your career as opposed to later.
While all firms vary with regards to office standards and culture, its generally an extremely good idea to never email, text or ichat unprofessionally in any work setting. Even in casual work environments where it seems accepted or tolerated, just don't go there. Once you go digital, it lives forever.
But more importantly, your story suggests that there may have been more going on with why you got the axe. Your co-worker didn't go to you directly to suggest you curb your unprofessional ichatting. He went to management directly. Management, from as far as I could tell from your story, didn't want to educate you about professionalism in an office environment and give you another chance. They fired you on the spot.
Generally, when someone is fired like this, its rarely for the one act in question. You may have been displaying behavior for a while that was borderline for the office. The quality of your work may have been a slight issue but not enough to confront you directly. The ichatting put you over the line.
Again, I stress that this is a lucky thing. It seems like it happened early on in your career when the stakes were low. A good rule of thumb is whenever you type an email, text, ichat or leave a voicemail, you should be ok with the entire thing being replayed to anyone, anywhere, anytime for the rest of your life. Sounds kinda crazy no?
Take some time to check-in with where you are at and what your goals are. You have a terrific opportunity to evaluate how you want to be perceived in a professional environment and move forward with positive energy and better maturity.
good luck!
This is acceptable behavior in my office, but then we are all dirty pigs. Problem is, not everyone is a dirty pig.
I'll bet Creighton is laughing his ass off.
Eh, you didn't get fired, you got played. Hook, line, and sinker. Personally, I wouldn't have said anything to the higher ups, I would've dragged your simple ass to the ledge, and hung you out until you promised me I could get a Christmas present every year...that's how I roll.
I can't find the funniness in it - obviously desperately seeking attention or perhaps seriously wasted or bored.
Thanks everyone for the helpful advice re: proper office behavior and good manners. Boy oh boy I really messed up and basically my ass is grass. Geez.
Donna -- back in the olden days my screen name was mavis.
Or the classic 'She Left Me'
Yes! collartim! That's it TED.
Sorry to say but your trouble has just begun - If you pulled a stunt like that in California - EDD would not pay you - You aren't from California are you? - Maybe you should move to Salt lake City where they keep people from doing irresponsible things - the Minister would be after you.
I dont get it.
I find the whole thing funny.
Plus a teachable moment ocurred.
Hilarious. Either a troll (well played!) or a candidate for a Darwin Award. I'd prefer the latter for it's schadenfreude value.
While it's probably true that this may be a fake story, I do have to say that I've known a few guys who exhibited this same sort of behavior in firms where I've worked over the years.
Definitely. Every other person I worked with in the past has been like this but nothing to get shit-canned over as unprofessional as it may be.
I will second the thing about email. When contractors try to make claims for change orders regarding my drawings, I tend to take it personally. Of course, written responses are required; so I wrote up a response that I thought would only be seen by my fellow team members. Sure enough, though; it showed up on screen in a meeting with contractors. Not that I said anything I didn't mean to say or didn't need to be said; but I certainly could have chosen more tactful ways of saying them.
sucks getting fired, i think people come from diff walks of life, some of us have a high threshold for foolishness while the rest of us tend to be extremely over anal about the smallest things. that being said i think Creighton guy should have just came out and told you after work one day, yo linton, im not relly diggin yo coming at me super crazy every 20mins of the work day, can you plz relax cuz before i relax u like ur design skills!!! then i think you would have got the message
^ it doesn't work that way. Some people just don't get the message and going up to them just encourage them to be foolist even more. Better to just have them fired and then they will learn from their mistakes. It is not necessary to act like that in an office environment. It is not a school play ground.
Better to just have them fired
that's passive-aggressive. it's not nice to go behind someone's back to cause them harm. in the future, if you have a problem with someone, try to politely tell them. then, if you find out they 'just don't get the message' after you've delivered said message, seek other alternatives such as reporting their behavior to management or narcing on them.
it's fairly obvious why the people you've dealt with don't 'get the message' if you're delivering the message to other people....
Curtcram- what if it's been going for 6 months and you've tried every single possible ways to politely approach them but every single time they stop for 2 weeks and slowly build up to their peak of foolishness time and time again? That's what happened to somebody in our office. Eventually the boss fired him for the best of the whole team.
I'm not sure i follow you, if conflict resolution isn't applicable in a situation were (2) individuals carry post secondary education then I would question both parties involved.
I just recently had a situation with a co worker on my job, after a recent incident I pulled him to the side and explained to him in a acceptable tone that "i understand that he is trying to make a dull place colorful but unfortunately for me culturally, I am not a fan of the genre of humor he has chosen, and could he please extinguish such behavior when he and i work on joint projects all together respectfully." he apologized and stated he had no idea and in no way was he trying to be offensive. we went about our day and so far as of 3 weeks there has been no offense.
i know there are real Dicks out there at every company, but i feel in general most people aren't intentionally being a Dick, they just dnt know it. as designers it up to us to help develop their potential.
I am a very firm believer in communicating crystal clear up front with all people, instead of weaseling behind some ones back blind siding them. (but i guess this is what separate's the men from the boys)
and by the way I stand 6'0, 205lbs, 14% body fat, played strong safety, safety, corner, and power forward in high school and college, so if he wants to escalate the situation to the playground then................after you!!
@ TMS and what happens if he continues after you spoke to him several times? There's only so many times u can tell him.
@ hys316 what is this, kindergarden? don't you know that the best way to stop someone's bullshit attempts at getting a rise out of you is to pay no attention to it?
Sometimes it doesn't work that way. There are pain in the ass people who just don't get it. I know people like to have a bit of fun in the office which is fine. But there was this 1 guy at work that everyone including the boss couldn't tolerated and had to let him go. And we found out that he got a new job and several months later he got fired for the very same reason. There are people out there who just never learn. Eventually he had to work for his father inlaw who owns a large construction company.
If you are, in your mind, continuing to say it over & over again, then A). You may not have communicated cleary your ideas in the other persons language. Some people are not sensitive to body language & verbal ques. They need direct blunt truth, like hey dude right now you are being a complete package of a Dick, stop your bs before i have to report you to upper managment butthole!!! Or B). The individual is just a complete idiot and wouldnt get it until the weapons are drawn!!! ( my foot up his behind) which usually in a professional setting is extremely rare.
I just dont belive this guy should have been fired. The market is tough, & people have finacial obligations, sometimes silence is equal to betrayal
some people get fired because their personalities are not suitable for team environments. if you're in a situation like that, it's best to let the person know what it is that they're doing, and that you're uncomfortable with it. if the behavior continues and it has to be escalated, the boss or hr or someone like that will have to make a judgement call as to whether the person's behavior is really toxic to the work environment, or if you're just being a whiny bitch. if it is the other person's behavior, the the boss/hr/whoever can tell that person that there will be consequences if said behavior continues. then they get fired, with full knowledge that their behavior would cause that outcome.
i think that covers all of your "what ifs" hys316. that's not passive aggressive and it's not talking about people behind their back, because you confronted the person with the problem. it would seem linton was not aware that these conversations were happening about him.
tmston2, perhaps what hys316 is saying is that some people really are a complete package of a dick and they're happy to stay that way. resulting to any sort of actual violence or threat of violence is a bad thing. if 'might makes right' was allowable, then some 5'6 90 pound girls would not have any recourse available to them, unless the dick in question was actually smaller/less able to defend themselves
you had me @ hello, or i mean until calling violence a bad thing :( not to digress but im a HUGE supporter of violence. why you ask? in 5 words, Freedom has a price tag.
as a country we cheer the violence of video games, movies, music, football, mma, boxing, etc. even that chicken or steak you ate last night, somebody murdered it but when someone crosses the line and you promise to put the 9 and a half up their poop chute, then people cry "oh there's no need for violence!. Trying to rid society of violence is like banning everyone from drinking water. even Jesus told his disciples, " the the kingdom of heaven suffereth violence and the violent take it by force"
im not in anyways endorsing a deviant barbaric maniac culture, but what i am saying is that there just comes a time when you must look to the water boy and open a can of whoop A$$!
i hope you use your 6'0, 205lbs, 14% body fat, to defend those that can't defend themselves... with power comes responsibility, otherwise power corrupts and all that.
@ curtkram
Oh definitely no doubt!!! and i must admit that's why i feel the need to stand up for Linton, i agree that he was being nothing short of an A$$hole, but i feel he got hosed out of his job. None of us (even Linton) actually know the dialogue that went on btwn "Creighton" and hr. this guy (Creighton) could have went to hr saying god knows wut, (Granted out of Linton, own mouth confesed; his behavior was unacceptable in this case) but as stated i feel creighton guy shud have at least been man enough to say, " lQQk ur being a real jerk, back off or i can get you fired just like that (finger snaps!). instead of tweeting to hr like a yellow belly canary!!!
@tmston2: "i feel he got hosed out of his job"
Well, of course, we only know Linton's side of this story - and, he demonstrated in his OP that he's an ass. Not sure he's an entirely objective witness in this matter. And, that's assuming, of course, that his OP wasn't just a fabrication to initiate a provocative thread.
^ That's right, there's always two sides of the story and if B). The individual is just a complete idiot and wouldnt get it until the weapons are drawn <------- Then this could be Lintons scenario.
@tmston2 - as a country we cheer the violence of video games, movies, music, football, mma, boxing, etc <--- I hope you know these are just entertainment and professional sports, and didn't you see ads all the time to not try these at home?
^ I guess being drafted and shipped 5000mi away from home to kill, pilage & mame in da name of freedom & these UNITED STATES OF AMERICA is just a game also? i grew up on the westside of chicago, IL, dey use to calll it the "Gladiator ward", there were many days its itha gonna be me or him, and it definitely aint gonna be me, & it wasn't entertainment its some thug tryin to take my coat ( wut the police call strong arm robbery) not a game friend #trulife
^ how you handle things with thugs in your hood is one thing, how you handle things in a professional environment is another thing.
Otherwise you wouldn't need to take up professional indemnity insurance, all you need is your size 9 and a half inch boot and open a can of whoop A$$! when ever there is a dispute?
You have really small feet.
This is awesome. But honestly, doesn't seem like u know where the line is. Making a witty joke about his dress/actions vs "FUCK U"? big difference.
yes, but if you do say Fuck U, we now know its ok with Jesus.
provided you also smack the shit out of them I presume.
Christians get crazy when the pope aint looking.
"Ah shit Harris. Let's not start a holy war now."
Not all Christians look to the pope for leadership. The pope is the leader of the Catholic Church. That's a branch of Christianity in case you didn't know.
"how you handle things with thugs in your hood is one thing, how you handle things in a professional environment is another thing."
oh yeah, I have never seen an of bully before!!!
get real!!! the only difference with street criminals, is that you skip all the prerequisites(office politic B.S.) and get directly to the dancing (A$$ Whooping)!!!
@spike, not sure what you meant but if you are referring to the bible then it's not correct. The bible does not support homosexual activities. If I assume correctly both Linton and the other guy in his office are the same gender.
@tmston, it is absurd that you believe that. You must be suffering from a lot of abuse in your childhood, just hope that your children don't grow up in Chicago underground gangsta hood like you did. Get them a good education and a peaceful environment I say. *Tip*
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Orange County Produce LLC recalled more than 30,000 pounds of fresh red and green bell peppers because of potential salmonella contamination. The company had more than half of the peppers back in its possession within less than two days.
Ana Flor, food safety director for the Irvine, Calif.-based produce shipper, said Oct. 7 that company officials heard about the possible contamination Oct. 5 when Food and Drug Administration officials notified them. Orange County Produce immediately began contacting its customers, who buy in bulk, Flor said.
"We've actually got back about 700 boxes (25 pounds each), from our customers," she said.
The company recalled about 1,200 boxes for a total of about 30,200 pounds of bell peppers.
The recalled red and green bell peppers do not have any retail packaging or other identifying marks, Flor said, because Orange County Produce ships to wholesalers and distributors only. The three recalled lots are SB 7 920, 923 and 924, according to a notice on the FDA website.
"We have talked to everyone who received those lots," Flor said. "It's nice to see that our traceability and notification procedures are working. This is our first recall so we've never had to put them to the test."
A random sample collected Sept. 25 by the U.S. Department of Agriculture from one of the produce company's Los Angeles customers returned a positive result for salmonella. No illnesses have been reported in connection with the bell peppers.

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D-backs send Ross back to DL with left calf strain
Outfielder missed time early after last year's hip injury; Marte recalled
PHOENIX -- D-backs right fielder Cody Ross is back on the 15-day disabled list, this time because of a left calf strain.
He was replaced on the Major League roster prior to Tuesday night's game against the Tigers at Chase Field by Alfredo Marte, who was recalled from Triple-A Reno.
Ross missed most of Spring Training and the opening weeks of the season, recovering from last year's severe hip injury and surgery, returning on April 18.
Ross, 33, is hitting .238 with five doubles, two home runs and 11 RBIs in 66 games this season. In his last 25 games, he batted .358 (19-for-53) with three doubles, a home run and four RBIs.
"The last thing you want to do is try to keep playing on it and it could end up being worse," Ross said. "It's frustrating after putting in so much work and effort and then coming up with something like this. It sets you back, but there's nothing you can really do about it."
Ross said he sustained the injury prior to the All-Star break and he hoped that the days off would have a calming effect.
They didn't and it came to a head on Saturday night. After leading off the bottom of the second with a single, he felt the calf pull as he accelerated out of the box toward first base. Ross went to second on a sacrifice bunt, but admitted that he didn't know how he would have made it home on a base hit. That didn't happen, but he came out of the eventual 9-3 victory over the Cubs in the top of the third.
On Monday night, Ross pinch-hit and had another single in the ninth inning in a 4-3 loss to the Tigers, but was immediately replaced on the basepaths by Nick Ahmed.
"He can't run," D-backs manager Kirk Gibson said about Ross. "You saw that last night again. He had an MRI and it showed a little defect there. We kind of knew that going into that game. Now he's going to take some time to get it right. If it was a couple of days thing, we would consider playing short, but we don't think it's going to be a couple of days."
Ross has had a litany of injuries in his career: a torn anterior cruciate ligament, a broken leg in middle school, the recurrence of a strained left calf during last year's Spring Training that kept him on the DL until mid-April and established the pattern of his first season with the D-backs after signing a three-year, $26 million free-agent contract.
But nothing prepared him for the injury he sustained on Aug. 11 of last year at Chase Field against the Mets. During the bottom of the first inning, Ross smacked a grounder in the hole between third and short that was fielded cleanly by third baseman Wilmer Flores. Ross ran the ball out, but he collapsed just before he reached first base.
Two days after the incident, Ross underwent reconstructive surgery on his right hip. The back wall of the hip was broken off, Ross explained, so surgeons went in and put it back together, putting a plate over it with screws.
The hip has been fine so far this season, but this is the third time since 2011 Ross has suffered from the same calf injury. He missed six weeks that year with the Giants because of it. Ross said he attributes the recurring injury to the broken fibula he suffered as a 13-year-old trying to make an acrobatic move while playing football.
"The fibula isn't actually together," Ross said. "The bone is offset a little bit. The doctor thinks that might be the reason because that's right where I keep doing it. He thinks that might be some sort of issue."
Barry M. Bloom is national reporter for MLB.com and writes an MLBlog, Boomskie on Baseball. Follow @boomskie on Twitter. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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For an example, one large-cap that's expected to grow earnings at a double-digit rate this year is Valeant Pharmaceuticals (VRX), which makes treatments for nervous-system and cardiovascular disorders. Earnings are due Feb. 28 before the open -- and, for the full year, Valeant is expected to deliver income of $4.50 per share, up 54% over 2011. Analysts have pegged 2013 earnings at $5.62 per share, which would mark another 25% gain from last year's expectations.
The company has been growing through acquisition. This week, it closed its purchase of Russia-based specialty pharmaceutical maker Natur Produkt International for around $163 million. Natur Produkt sells cold remedies and other products in Russia and other Eastern European markets.
Other fundamental data look promising, as well: Yearly revenue rose in each of the past three years, and return on equity is a solid 21%. The longer-term prospects likewise look good for Valeant, although traders may wish to avoid the stock right now, as it's extended from key moving averages. For investors more comfortable buying on the dip, wait for a pullback to the 50-day or even 200-day line, and watch for support at one of those moving averages.
Another large-cap with good earnings estimates is LinkedIn (LNKD), a social-networking company that went public at $45 in May 2011. Shares closed Wednesday at $125.77 ahead of its fourth-quarter report, which is slated for Thursday after the close. The company is expected to earn $0.22 per share in the quarter, and $0.72 per share for the year -- the latter of which would mark a 106% year-over-year increase. For the coming year, analysts see another earnings gain of 78%, to $1.28 per share.
So how exactly is LinkedIn making money, since so many people (including myself) use the site for free? Premium services for job-hunters and job listings account for the revenue. When the company reports Thursday, analysts expect to see international as a key growth driver.
Given the recent market-wide rally, it's not surprising to see LinkedIn, Valeant and many other stocks extended beyond key moving averages. If you're seeking value names, LinkedIn is another stock you may wish to continue watching for pullbacks to moving-average support.
For another company with excellent earnings estimates, look to Equinix (EQIX). This name is just on the line between mid-cap and large-cap, with a market capitalization of $10.6 billion. The company, which sells managed hosting services for corporate and government clients, is due to report fourth-quarter and full-year results Feb. 13 after the close.
Wall Street is eyeing per-share income of $0.71 per share in the quarter, and a 51% income rise to $2.60 per share for all of 2012. This year, Equinix is expected to earn $3.27 per share, up another 26%.
Be aware, however, that Equinix stock has a high beta of 1.44. Even investors with a longer-time horizon could get spooked by sudden price swings to the downside. Here, again, is a name that's well extended from key price lines, so investors may want to wait for a pullback with support before making a purchase.


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NEW YORK (AP) - When David Burrows took on Barry Goldwater and Ayn Rand as "mentors" at age 14, his parents wanted to know what else he was doing that they might be ashamed of.
"My Maserati does 185 …" and you probably can sing along to the "Life's Been Good" hit by Joe Walsh. That was from his wild and crazy days when he could afford to lose his license.
SACRAMENTO – Do you have questions about general driving related requirements like registration and insurance? Are you unclear about laws and restrictions related to driving? The California Department of Motor Vehicles has answers. Save Time. Go Online at www.DMV.ca.gov.
With gas prices on an eternal upswing drivers are looking for ways to alleviate the pain at the pump. Some simple steps can make a big difference in your fuel economy so you can save money and get the most out of every gallon.
HUNTINGTON BEACH - If you grew up in the '60's, the term "Surf City" has the power to tap into memories that bring back a flood of emotions ranging from your first encounters with the opposite sex to your earliest addiction to rock and roll. No matter where you were in the USA, you knew that Surf City was on some California beach where there were "two girls for every boy."
Phil Waterford, President and Owner of Manteca Ford, collects sports memorabilia, some of which he proudly displays at his North Main Street Ford Dealership. Waterford has autographed basketballs from NBA superstars Michael Jordan, Magic Johnson, Larry Bird and Julius Erving. He also has autographed baseballs from Bo Jackson, Hank Aaron and Cal Ripken Jr. Phil has met most of these athletes personally, and has had the pleasure of accommodating many of their automotive needs.
Recently, Phil Waterford's Manteca Ford hosted a Community Charity Sales Event for a little girl named Sara Corinne.
Manteca Ford is proud to announce their next Community Charity Sales Event, this time benefitting Second Harvest Food Bank in Manteca. This event is scheduled for Aug. 31 thru Sept. 9.
DETROIT (AP) - Honda wants to silence its critics when it rolls out the new Accord this week.
MOUNT AIRY, N.C. (AP) - In the town of Mayberry from "The Andy Griffith Show," a small-town sheriff and his trusty deputy always outwitted big-city crooks, and problems never got much bigger than a trigger-happy kid with a slingshot.
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP) - West Virginia University is back on top for the first time in five years, bumping off Ohio University to reclaim its title as the nation's No. 1 party school.
DETROIT (AP) - It may be the dog days of August, but auto sales aren't slowing.
LOS ANGELES (AP) - More Americans are making their car payments on time, a trend that has sent the rate of overdue auto loans to the lowest level on records dating back more than a decade.
Big changes have occurred for the 2013 Chevrolet Malibu.
Kia Country at 1515 N. Main St., Manteca, might have the solution for the rising prices at the pump.
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The refreshed 2017 Chevrolet Sonic LT can now be had with 20 percent off MSRP at Steves Chevrolet-Buick, 1285 E. F St. in Oakdale.
COVENTRY, R.I. (AP) - History buffs have one wish on the 275th birthday of a Revolutionary War general: That he'll get the recognition he ...
LONDON (AP) - London's newest tourist attraction is perfect for underground explorers. It's not ideal for the claustrophobic.
DETROIT (AP) - On any given day this summer, you might find 97-year-old Lennart Ribring driving his 2016 Ford Mustang GT on a winding road near ...
MILAN (AP) - Ferrari's chief executive told investors Wednesday that the luxury sports car maker will look at building a crossover utility vehicle, but promised ...
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Board of Supervisors Approves Advertised Tax Rate of $1.05
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At its meeting today, the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors approved the authorization to advertise a brief synopsis of the FY 2010 Budget and a real estate tax rate for FY 2010 of $1.05 per $100 of assessed value. The current FY 2009 rate is $0.92.
Advertising an increase in the rate does not prevent the board from lowering any advertised tax rate, but a higher tax rate cannot be imposed without advertising the higher rate.
This $1.05 rate will provide flexibility of one cent or $20.54 million above the county executive's FY 2010 proposed budget. Each one cent increase in the real estate tax rate impacts the average residential taxpayer's annual bill by $45.92.
In addition, the board authorized the advertisement of a Stormwater Management Service fee of $0.015/$100 of assessed value to support stormwater management programs and services and capital project requirements.
Residents can submit comments about the tax rate and the budget 24 hours a day online or by calling the budget hotline at 703-324-9400.
Public hearings before the Board of Supervisors have been scheduled for Monday, March 30, at 7 p.m.; Tuesday, March 31, at 3 p.m.; and Wednesday, April 1, at 3 p.m. To place your name on the speakers list, call 703-324-3151, TTY 703-324-3903, or sign up online.
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The Department of Music and the Department of Nutrition and Dietetics submitted strong flagship applications that were reviewed by the Flagship committee. The committee recommendations were discussed with the Provost and advanced to the President for his approval.
Since President Delaney announced the initiative in 2004, the university has established four such programs. In 2005, the School of Nursing was selected for Flagship status. The next year three were selected—Coastal Biology, International Business, and Transportation and Logistics.
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In developing these programs we evaluated existing and potential resources and ensured strong academic leadership in each program, as well as hired faculty and staff who were able to nurture these programs. Flagship programs were identified as candidates with recognized potential involving areas where UNF would have a competitive advantage. The selection process included the input from key stakeholders, inside and outside the University. Flagship program are established with an exceptional faculty both new hires and through faculty development; with significant financial support including funds raised through endowments and funds to support related auxiliary programs and facilities; and through the recruitment of top-quality students to the program, including, when appropriate, international students; and leverage strengths by developing partnerships inside and outside the University.
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My wife and two young daughters got their flu shots a month and a half ago. Not me. I'm a guy. Toughing it out is right up there with not asking for help and never letting anyone see you cry.
Then I remembered how much I cry and ask for help when I'm sick.
Tuesday morning, I got my flu shot.
It cost nothing (hooray for health insurance!), and I was in and out within 15 minutes (yay for my medical group's seasonal flu clinics!).
Even if I spent $10 at a county health clinic or $30 at a pharmacy, I'd still win the time and money arguments that flu-shot foes favor because my sick days are now for Padres games and theirs are for being bedridden.
These foes, incidentally, are a majority of Americans, according to the most recent surveys by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Last March, as flu season sniveled to a close, only 47.6 percent of Americans had gotten their annual influenza vaccination. In November, as it began anew, the figure for the latest cycle was 36.5 percent.
Judging by the current rush on local pharmacies and prominent media coverage in recent days, flu vaccinations could be more common this season than last. But many people — like me, until Tuesday — are reluctant to get vaccinated or refuse outright for a number of reasons.
They're not young or old or otherwise at greater risk of getting infected and suffering serious complications. They struggle with "the societal push" to get injected with "seasonal mystery serum." Shots hurt or shots aren't entirely effective or, worse, shots make you sick.
Yet the flu is breathing raspily down our neck.
Forty-seven states have reported outbreaks. Last week the city of Boston and the state of New York declared health emergencies and locally, some places such as the Target in Mission Valley ran out of the vaccine.
The Sharp Rees-Stealy Medical Group's after-hours call center is now reporting more than 170 flu-related calls a day, a sharp spike from the week before and well above normal. And Monday, a Sharp Rees-Stealy clinic in Chula Vista gave more than 200 flu shots.
As I drove to get my shot and thought over the reasons not to, I wondered if I should call the naysaying majority idiots. Then I interviewed a few people in person and asked others on Twitter and Facebook who weren't getting shots, "Why not?"
One follower saw right through my plan: "A helpful disclosure would be whether you do or don't plan to make those people sound like idiots."
Ha! Honestly, I didn't know. But realistically, I wasn't going to call my friends idiots. Then responses poured in — like wet noodles in chicken soup — to help me understand the resistance to the resistance.
The CDC insists "everyone 6 months of age and older needs a flu vaccine" and that a shot reduces the "risk of having to go to the doctor for influenza by about 60 percent for vaccinated people."
Who knew so many smart, healthy, hard-working people saw it another way? Could it be they have a lot of sick days saved up? Nope.
"I just don't feel like it's the right choice for me," one woman said. "Maybe if I had little kids, maybe if I took care of an ailing parent, maybe when I'm over 65."
A mother of two middle-school children said: "There is no guarantee either way. But I'd rather not pump our bodies full of questionable materials for 60 percent protection against something we're not likely to contract in the first place."
It's too random, another woman said. "When I get a shot, I do or don't get the flu. When I don't get a shot, I do or don't get the flu."
By lunchtime, I was feeling woozy and my throat was scratchy. Maybe these people are right, I thought. Maybe I'm sick. Or maybe I'm just hungry. Wait, I'm not hungry! Well, maybe I'm a hypochondriac. That's what my wife would say. No, I'm just hungry. Phew, not flu.
Speaking of wives, meet the Masters, a Del Cerro couple married for 45 years. Chuck is 70 and Penny is 66, so they're at a higher risk of flu-related complications that can result in hospitalization and, in rare cases, death. She gets a flu shot ever year. He never does.
"I don't get the flu," he said. "I get a cold every now and then. I've had friends who have had flu shots. They were both out for a week."
She said: "Flu shots used to be live flu, and you had a chance of getting the flu. It's not anymore. It's a killed flu, so you very rarely ..."
"But it's got thimerosal in it," a woman in our elevator chimed in. "It's got mercury in it."
The woman was still in the elevator when Penny told me that her daughter and grandchildren all get vaccinated, too. She didn't pipe up again, so I didn't need to say that cdc.gov/flu could ease her apparent concerns that the substances she listed may cause autism or other medical harm.
I wound up at the Mission Valley Target, which gave out more flu shots in three days last week than in the previous four weeks combined.
Tuesday, a woman who had called in sick to her job learned that the store was out of vaccine, the same thing she'd heard from CVS, Walgreens and Rite Aid.
That woman, 35-year-old Blanca Escobar of North Park, is "usually against" shots. But she really wants one this year. Like many of us.
"Because I'm working with kids and I've gotten sick twice already, I feel like maybe it's worth it," she said. "And I've probably been a little influenced by the news because I keep hearing, 'Make sure you get your flu shot.'"
Make sure?
You're smart enough. I don't need to say it twice.Copyright © 2017, The San Diego Union-Tribune


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Every year after Christmas, I start the old fad diet or exercise regime with gusto. I have since realised that eating less and moving more is the best method to getting fitter and losing weight. That's not to say that all these diets haven't introduced me to some good things, one of which is these desert yoghurts from Weight Watchers. They are available in four packs and really are quite good.
The flavours in the pack are strawberry cheesecake, lemon tart, toffee apple tart and raspberry tart and they are all very nice. My favourite is the toffee apple which has nice refreshing chunks of real apple in it. in fact they all have chunks of fruit in them apart from the lemon which is hubby's favourite because it is nice and tangy.
The yoghurts each only have 60 calories in them which is fantastic if you are on a calorie controlled diet. They are nice and thick as well so they are filling which means the calories are even better. I use them to top a bowl of fresh fruit, which is lovely because they compliment a bowl of fruit nicely.
The yoghurts are priced at £1.59 for the four, which is actually quite expensive for yoghurts. Having said that, they are usually on offer in all of the main supermarkets for two for two pounds, which is not too bad really.
Overall I would say that they are good value and I would recommend them without a doubt. They are tasty, filling and quite luxurious.
So as many of you will know by now, I have been on the Weight Watchers diet since September. So far I have managed to lose 16 pounds in total and I think a lot of it is due to the fact that I love naughty foods, and the fact that Weight Watchers have their own range of low fat what would normally be 'naughty foods'. One Weight Watchers' product which I recently tried were these Desert Yogurts.
The yogurts come in packs of fours. There are four different flavours; Toffee Apple, Raspberry Tart, Strawberry Tart and Lemon Cheesecake. They make a great desert or a great when you fancy a munch but don't have many points in them.
I have to say that I am impressed with these little yogurts. What impresses me most is the fact that each pot is only one Weight Watchers ProPoint. The yogurts are very tasty and don't taste low fat or 'diet-y'. My favourite are definitely the strawberry tart and raspberry tart ones. Whilst I love lemons (the actual fruit), I hate anything lemon flavoured - but I still tried the lemon one for the purpose of this review - it wasn't too bad actually. It was very refreshing and full flavoured, yet the lemon wasn't too 'strong'. As for the Toffee Apple one - again this one was nice, even if it did taste just a little too artificial.
These yogurts are lovely creamy; nice and thick with a smooth texture. The yogurts do make a nice change from 'normal' yogurts - although I don't think that they will be something that I will buy every week - more as treat now and again when I fancy a treat. I mean they're nice enough, just that I would prefer normal fruit yogurts.
Thanks for reading!
November 2013
Yoghurts are quick, convenient, and are particularly well suited to the warm summer months when you want a chilled foodie treat. They are handy to pack with a lunch or have with your breakfast as a healthy light snack. I am attempting to eat a more healthy, low-fat diet and the Weight Watchers range is appealing and accessible. I bought a 4-pack of these dessert flavour yoghurts for £1.50 from Tesco, where they are currently on special offer and you can Buy One Get One Free.
The 4-pack offers 4 different yoghurts each created to emulate popular desserts. There are 4 individual flavours: Lemon Cheesecake, Strawberry Tart, Toffee Apple, and Raspberry Tart. They are described as being "thick & creamy dessert yoghurts" and each one is 120g.
Lemon Cheesecake: this was the first one that I tried and it is my favourite of these flavours in dessert form so I was expecting good things. It had a sharp, sour taste with a vibrant burst of citrus flavour. Very few biscuity chunks and they had gone soft and soggy from absorbing the yoghurt. It contains 62 calories and is the equivalent of 1 Weight Watchers point.
Strawberry Tart: this really was tart! It had a very sharp taste and was not overly sweet. It contains small chunks of strawberry and some sad little biscuit chunks that had again gone soggy. This was definitely a case of sacrificing good taste to save a few calories. It contains 56 calories and is the equivalent of 1 Weight Watchers point.
Toffee Apple: the best of a poor bunch. This had a nice flavour, warm with a hint of spices and it did feel like I was eating a pudding rather than a yoghurt. There was a string fruity tang from the apple and the toffee was sweet without being sickly. My favourite of the 4 flavours. It contains 58 calories and is the equivalent of 1 Weight Watchers point.
Raspberry Tart: similar to the Strawberry Tart in that it was very sharp and sour. Not at all satisfying to my sweet tooth. The poor little soggy biscuit bits made an appearance again, it really does not work in the yoghurt as they just go mushy and lost the crunchy texture. There were bits of raspberry in this and they were gritty and stuck in my teeth. It contains 56 calories and is the equivalent of 1 Weight Watchers point.
Overall impressions: the consistency of all of these yoghurts was very thin and runny, not at all thick and creamy as described. There was not much substance to them but I was surprised to find that they were reasonably filling and bridged the gap between meals nicely without leaving me craving more snacks. As soon as you taste it you realise that these are diet products, they are lacking in quality and although they satisfied my hunger I did not find them pleasurable to eat. It is worth giving them a try if you're dieting because they really are low in calories and you don't have to feel guilty for having a sweet treat as part of your daily food intake. Personally I actually prefer the plain flavour Weight Watchers yoghurts over these dessert ones, and I don't think I would buy them again.
Weightwatchers Dessert Recipe Yoghurts
I saw these in Tesco last weekend and as I am constantly trying to lose a bit of weight for the summer I thought I would give these a try as they were new to me and as the flavours sounded very tempting.
These four little 120g size pots of dessert come in small cardboard containers that each have a small picture of what is contained inside. So the lemon cheesecake flavour has a picture of a slice of lemon sitting on a biscuit base, and the toffee apple flavour shows a slice of apple with soft toffee dribbling over it, and so on. The pots are then wrapped inside a cardboard sleeve that contains all the nutritional information and ingredients etc.
Lemon Cheesecake ~
The first one I tried was the lemon cheesecake flavour. When you peel away the lid the aroma of the biscuit and lemon was really nice, it really did smell like a lemon cheesecake. The taste was very good too, a slight taste of tangy lemon, which was not too strong or overpowering and the lovely taste of the cheesecake biscuit which again was just right. The only disappointing thing about this yoghurt was the consistency. It was a little on the weak and watery side and could have done with being a little thicker. The small bits of biscuit in it were also too soft and soggy, though to be fair, I guess you could expect no less really as they were being soaked in yoghurt.
Rating 4/5
Strawberry Tart ~
The next one I tried was the strawberry tart which I found to be much more creamy and thick, in fact the consistency was just as you would expect from a good yoghurt. The taste was really very strong of strawberries and it contained nice sized pieces of strawberry that you could chew on. Again the bits of 'tart' were soggy but still very tasty nonetheless.
Rating 4/5
Toffee Apple ~
This one was a touch disappointing in my opinion. The consistency was very good and it looked extremely appealing with good sized pieces of apple in it showing lots of promise. The taste however was all apple. You could not really distinguish the toffee flavour from the apple, and although I love the flavour of apple I would have expected it to be more the other way around having it being more toffee flavoured. It was still very pleasant however and I did enjoy it.
Rating 3/5
Raspberry Tart ~
Last but not least we have the lovely raspberry tart flavour. This was quite a strong pink in colour and seemed full of raspberry seeds. The yoghurt itself was of a very thick and creamy consistency and although it didn't have the same larger chunks like the strawberry one did it still did not disappoint with the flavour. This was not as sweet as the strawberry yoghurt it had much more of a sharpness to it and it didn't appear to have any of the soggy bits if biscuit in it either. A really lovely yoghurt!
Rating 4/5.
Nutritional information ~
The strawberry and raspberry yoghurts per pot contain:-
Energy ~ 56Kcals
Fats ~ 0.2g
Sats ~ 0.1g
Salt ~ 0.2g
Lemon Cheesecake:-
Energy ~ 58kcals
Fats ~ 0.3g
Sats ~ 0.2g
Salt ~ 0.2g
Toffee Apple:-
Energy ~ 62kcals
Fats ~ 0.3g
Sats ~ 0.1g
Salt ~ 0.2g
All these yoghurts contain milk, egg, wheat and gluten for those who need the allergy advice.
All in all these yoghurts are surprisingly tasty considering they are a dieting product. They are all quite thick and creamy with lots of lovely flavour to them and at only 1 WeightWatchers point per pot they are extremely beneficial in helping to keep a trim waistline too. I would deffinatley be buying these again and I can recommend them to anyone to give them a try whether they are dieting or not.
These can be obtained in any good supermarket and they range in price from £1.00 to £1.30 generally.
For more products and information visit: www.weightwatchers.co.uk
This review may also be posted on Ciao.co.uk under the name of vickymason9000.
Thank you for reading my review!
I picked up these Weight Watchers Dessert Recipe Yoghurts for £1 from the supermarket which I thought was good value for 4 low calorie yoghurts. They tempted themselves into my shopping trolley as the flavours sounded just so scrummy that I had to give them a go, and with the added benefit of the 'Weight Watchers' logo, I guessed they'd be good for the old waistline which I'm trying to shrink.
The packaging is fairly standard for yoghurt packaging these days and consists of a cardboard sleeve around the four plastic yoghurt pots that are stuck together ready for 'snapping' apart. The yoghurts are 120g sized pots and in my opinion are a decent sized yoghurt for a snack or pudding.
The four yoghurts are four different flavours and as far as I am aware, are only sold in the combination below:
Raspberry Tart, Strawberry Tart, Lemon Cheesecake and Toffee Apple.
Each pot has a weight watchers points value of 1, so for those following a Weight Watchers' points diet, it is possible to safely eat the yoghurt and count it's points' value or point should I say! The individual yoghurts have around 56 calories per pot and 0.1g of fat.
My first yoghurt of choice was the Toffee Apple flavour. Maybe due to the anticipation of toffee apples in a yoghurt; such a scrumptious flavour, the yoghurt just did not meet my expectations. Granted the toffee flavour was nice, but I'm not sure what apple it was based upon, as it bared no resemblance to any apples that I've tasted. Disappointed I think I would say.
The second yoghurt of choice was the Lemon Cheesecake flavour. Again, I was disappointed. The lemony flavour was nice but not amazing and disappointingly articifical. I loved the biscuit flavour of the cheesecake base, but hated the texture as the yoghurt contained small biscuit peices that were soggy due to them being in yoghurt - not nice.
My third yoghurt of choice, has been the Raspberry Tart. Maybe because my expectations were now low, I've quite enjoyed this one this evening. Similar to the Lemon Cheesecake yoghurt, the soggy biscuit pieces were a disappointment but by now expected, but the raspberry flavour was really rather scrumptious.
Just the Strawberry Tart to go now. I shall be good and wait until tomorrow for that taste sensation!
Overall, I'm not blown away by these yoghurts and will probably not be purchasing them again unless I happen to sign up to the Weight Watchers diet or they are on an amazing offer at the Supermarket. Whilst the flavours are unusual and a welcome change from the standard yoghurt flavours, the flavours weren't quite what I'd hoped for and the yoghurt not quite as luxurious as I would have liked. In a way, I think the flavours are almost an own goal, as you prepare yourself for 'Lemon Cheesecake' or 'Toffee Apples' and what you get is yoghurt.... tasting just a bit like that. It just doesn't quite meet expectation. Maybe a higher calorie version yoghurt would be nicer and creamier and have a better flavour but then that wouldn't be Weight Watchers would it!
Thanks for reading my review and I hope you liked it :-)
Good luck with dieting too if you are on that highway!
Having recently decided to try and eat healthier snacks at lunchtime (rather than the usual calorie laden chocolate bar) I have been on the look-out for new low fat yoghurts to try.
On my last shopping trip to Morrisons I came across the Weight Watchers Dessert Recipe Yoghurts. I'm not usually a big fan of Weight Watchers yoghurts but thought these looked to be particularly nice and tasty.
These yoghurts come in packs of 4 and are currently half price at Morrions, hence the reason for buying them, at 69p for a pack of 4 I thought this was really good value.
Each pack contains 4 different flavoured yoghurts, Strawberry Tart, Raspberry Tart, Lemon Cheesecake and Toffee Apple.
So far I have only tried the Lemon Cheesecake as I thought this sounded delicious and would try this first.
To be honest I was quite disappointed. The picture on the tub shows a slice of mouth watering lemon on a crumbly biscuit base......if only the product could live up to the picture.
On opening I thought the yoghurt looked appealing, it has a nice pale lemon colour and a sweet lemon aroma.
However on tasting I found the yoghurt to be quite sweet but with a bitter aftertaste. There are no juicy bits but only what I could describe as pieces of lemon rind floating around the yoghurt.
The consistency is quite thin and runny not as thick and creamy as I would have liked even considering that it is a low fat product.
On the plus side though each 120g pot only contains 58 calories and 0.3g of fat (of which 0.2g are saturated) so it does make for a healthy snack.
Personally don't think it's anywhere near as tasty or filling as Muller Light or Activia Fat Free yoghurts.
Weight Watchers have a large number of yogurts in their range. This review is for the Black Cherry flavoured yogurt which can be found in their Summer Fruits pack along with Peach, Raspberry and Strawberry.
8 pots ~ 2 of each of the flavours mentioned above ~ are held together by a paper outer "sleeve" which contains the ingredients and nutritional information for each of the four flavours along with the contact information for Yoplait who have made these for the Weight Watchers brand. The pot itself has a picture of some cherries on the front against a slightly out of focus pink background. Perhaps this is meant to represent the yogurt? There's also a little blue banner telling us that the pot contains 0.1g of saturated fat and that the yogurt is 58 calories.
Ingredients Yogurt, Black Cherry (10.2%), Fructose-Glucose Syrup, Gelatine, Concentrated Apple Juice, Modified Maize Starch, Acidity Regulator: Citric Acid, Stabilisers: Pectin / Guar Gum, Flavourings, Sweeteners: Aspartame / Acesulfame K.
Nutritional Information per 120g pot {per 100g in brackets}
Energy kJ: 244kJ {204kJ}
kcal: 58kcal {48kcal}
Protein: 5.0g {4.2g}
Carbohydrate: 9.0g {7.5g}
of which sugars: 8.8g {7.3g}
Fat: 0.1g {0.1g}
(of which saturates): 0.1g {0.1g}
Fibre: 0.1g {0.1g}
Sodium: 0.07g {0.06g}
Salt equivalent: 0.2g {0.2g}
Allergy information: contains milk
For those of you on the Weight watchers diet each of the 4 flavours in the Summer Fruits selection has a value of 1 point per pot.
The Yogurt:
On opening the pot you can see that the yogurt is a nice shade of pink. I wasn't sure whether there would be any cherry pieces in this yogurt, perhaps because at 2" in diameter the pop is narrower than the Muller Light or Muller Amore yogurts which means you have less surface area to look at and therefore less chance to spot any pieces of fruit that might be lurking within the yogurt.
I paid a 99p for one pack (8 yogurts) of these at my local corner shop.
Taste and Opinion:
Perhaps I've been spoilt by my recent experiences with Muller Amore but I wasn't impressed with these at all. The yogurt wasn't thick or creamy and even though there were a few cherry pieces here they seemed to be quite small and rather scarce.
I can't describe the taste as rich at all and even though it tasted like you'd expect a cherry yogurt to taste like there was still that slight artificial sweetener taste which just means that the product fails completely when compared to something more natural like Muller Amore.
Casting my eye across the ingredients I can see the regular suspects are all present and correct on the sweetener front: aspartame and acesulfame K. Yoplait have also added in some gelatine for us too. I also spotted "Fructose-Glucose Syrup" listed as well. This was something I'd spotted in a number of other products and had never really taken much notice of before thinking that it was some sort of natural sugar based compound.
Oddly enough I'd stumbled across an article on the internet earlier on in the week:-
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-1253002/ Why-HobNobs-moreish-plays-havoc-diet.html
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which discussed the effects of Fructose-Glucose Syrup and its use in a wide range of foods.
In light of that, the artificial sweeteners, the gelatine and the fact that the taste here isn't all that great I think I'd rather eat fruit if I was on a diet rather than spoon my way through too many pots of Weight Watchers Yogurt. Not recommended by me. Go and treat yourself to some Muller Amore or, if you're on a diet stick to fruit.
Weight Watchers Dessert Recipe Yoghurts
Description: Manufacturer: Weight Watchers / Thick & Creamy Yoghurt.
Like so many of us, I ate and drank far too much over the festive season, which means that I am now looking for ways to eat healthily and hopefully lose a few pounds. I work shifts which means that I have less time to cook meals from scratch than I would like. Also, as anyone who works shifts will testify too, it is often easier to snack on junk, or eat the wrong kinds of foods at the wrong time of day. This does make it harder to be good, but I have been trying to ensure that I swap sweet treats for these Weight Watchers yogurts and have been pleasantly surprised by how tasty they actually are.
These yogurts come in packs of four, each one weighing 120g. They usually retail for around the £1.50 mark but I picked these up on special offer at a local supermarket and paid just £1 for them.
The flavours are a little different to the bog standard yogurt flavours, and you will get Strawberry Tart, Raspberry Tart, Lemon Cheesecake and Toffee Apple in a pack.
The strawberry tart and raspberry tart varieties contain only oneWeight Watchers point and are 56 calories each.
Lemon Cheesecake and Toffee Apple are one Weight Watchers point and are 62 and 58 calories each.
These yogurts are really creamy and certainly don't taste like they are from the Weight Watchers range which is fab as they feel a little like a treat. The lemon cheesecake one is my favourite as it is a little sharp and tangy but they are all pretty good.
If you are like me and are looking for ways to eat more healthily without compromising on flavour then you should certainly pick these up. They are a fab alternative to unhealthy sweet treats and can help you to lose weight as part of a calorie controlled diet - what more could you ask for!
I bought theses yogurts from asda as I have just joined weight watchers and they were on special offer at £1.00 per pack of 4, each one contains 120g, they are normally around £1.40.
***The Packaging***
There are 4 square plastic pots with a glossy paper lid. The pots are all stuck together in a square and have to be snapped apart. This can be done with ease and so far I have not had any injuries caused by sharp edges, but they have the potential to be quite sharp so look out. There is an outer sleeve made of a fairly pliable cardboard. The sleeve does serve a purpose though, it has almost all of the nutritional information on it. as well as the bar code.
***The Product***
There are 4 different flavours, they are; Strawberry Tart, Raspberry Tart, Lemon Cheesecake and Toffee Apple. In my opinion each flavour is captured and tastes just like the real thing. Each pot has a weight watchers points value of 1 point. (that's the same as 1 rich tea, who can eat just 1 though!).
*Strawberry Tart - this one is very thick and creamy, it is a lovely creamy pink colour, it has a good amount of strawberry pieces and pieces of flan, the flan pieces are obviously soft. The taste is of rich creamy strawberry, the yogurt is smooth and is very nice.
*Raspberry Tart - this one is very similar to the strawberry one, but tastes of raspberries and is darker in colour.
*Lemon Cheesecake - This one is very lemony and will draw your cheeks in. It is also smooth, creamy and a very pale lemon colour, it has tiny pieces of lemon and soft biscuit through it. Although this one is nice it was not my favourite.
*Toffee Apple - It is again very thick and creamy. The yogurt is smooth and toffee flavoured with small chunks of juicy stewed apples. Very nice.
***The Facts***
Each pot contains 120g
Toffee Apple values are
9.9g sugars
0.3g fat
0.1g saturates
0.3g fibre
I'm not much of a lover of yogurts, but from looking at the picture on the sleeve it looked thick and creamy, this combined with the fact that each pot has a maximum of 62 calories and the delicious flavours, I just could not resist giving them a try and I'm glad I did. They are all very tasty, they are full of flavour and texture, not like a lot of bland yogurts out there. I have found each one to be reasonably filling and an adequate stop gap snack to get me through to lunch time or a delicious dessert. I will definitely buy these again,in fact have went back yesterday for another 2 packs before they go back up to full price. They have around a 3 week shelf life on them.
Everybody thinks Weight Watchers foods are just for people who diet but they can do some really tasty stuff like their yogurts range for example...
The one I am reviewing today is 'Dessert Recipe Yogurts' which are described as thick and fruity and come in four different flavours - strawberry tart, raspberry tart, lemon cheesecake and toffee apple.
These come with an outer cardboard wrapper and four square pots with one flavour in each.
Each pot weighs 120g and the contents are made with sugar and sweeteners.
The calories are brilliant at 62 calories per pot or less depending on the flavour, and cost £1.38 on BOGOF at Morrisons recently.
There is usually a few weeks use by date on the product so that's good for having a quick dessert or snack straight from the fridge.
Yoplait make these in France and the points per dessert are pointed on the back of the wrapper:
Strawberry tart and raspberry tart are only one point each and are 56 calories each.
Lemon Cheesecake and Toffee Apple are one point each and are 58 and 62 calories each.
The fat content is about 0.1g and the sugars are 8.8g at the highest point; the allergy advice is that there is milk in them and they are gluten free.
These desserts are really low in fat of course but are very tasty too, very surprisingly fruity and rich each variety!
All have pieces of fruit in them and are lovely colours and thick in texture too and really moreish.
The lemon cheesecake has lumps of cheesecake type pieces in it so tastes really authentic and citrusy too. The toffee apple is really yummy and has little chucks of apple and really does taste like toffee.
Five stars even though I'm not on a diet, lol, I think these are great!
Weight Watchers Dessert Recipe Yoghurt's........
Since trying to loose weight (and succeeding with eating less and exercising more) I have tried out a few different low fat/low calorie food items. These Weight Watchers yoghurt's are by far the most tastiest thing to eat I have found. Not only are they the best yoghurt but I would say I would prefer to eat one of these instead of a low fat biscuit.
At the moment a four pack of these yoghurt's are on a special buy one get one free offer in Morrison's so for 8 yoghurt's you pay only a small price of £1.38pence! What a bargain.
There are four different flavours to choose from and these are Strawberry tart, Raspberry tart, Lemon Cheesecake and Toffee Apple. My favourite of the four is most definitely the Strawberry tart as this tastes like real strawberry and has small biscuit type pieces in. The strawberry and raspberry ones are practically the same other than they are made with different berries. The lemon cheesecake does actually taste just like lemon cheesecake though this is probably my least favourite of the pack purely because it is rather sour, as you would expect, but when needing a sweet hit this for me doesn't really hit the spot. The toffee apple flavoured yoghurt has chunks of apple inside and tastes just like the smell of a soap from Lush called "honey I washed the Kids" and to me this is another very tasty yoghurt.
They are all very creamy and delicious however and far superior to any other low fat/low calorie yoghurt that is on the market. It is hard to believe that each yoghurt only has around 62 calories and 0.2grams of saturated fat. The yoghurt's are not as large as the Muller light yoghurt's as they are 120 grams but the fact that they are a little smaller does affect the fact that they are ten times creamier and far more tasty.
Overall I would rate these yoghurt's very highly and I have stocked my fridge up with this special offer that is on at the moment. These special offers do however seem to be on rather a lot but even at the usual price without any offer I am happy to pay the price for these delicious desserts.
I think a 5 star rating and a very high recommendation is only right for such a great product. What more could you want than a low fat, low calorie snack that tastes as delicious as these do!
Many thanks for taking the time to read.
I do hope this has been of some help/interest to you.
After recently not really being to careful with what I have been eating, I decided it is time to have to watch what I eat for the next couple of weeks. So while out shopping in Morrisons I noticed that they where doing these Weightwatchers Dessert Recipe Yogurts. Now I did have this some months back and they where really lovely and they certainly didn't taste like you are eating something thats not very high in calories.
These come in a cardboard sleeve with a picture on the front of strawberries, raspberries, slices of lemon sitting on a tiny digestive biscuit, with slices of apple with toffee drizzled over the top! (So nice I could eat the box!!). There are 4 plastic tubs attached together that you will have to separate by bending them in half.You can choose from 4 different flavours, now this is where the trouble starts as if I remember rightly I love all 4 so which one do I have first.
I'll start with the Lemon Cheesecake. This is extremely lemony with tiny little bits of biscuit mixed into it yogurt, sometimes you get little tiny clusters of biscuit that are lovely to find in the pot. This yogurt is just 58 calories with 0.2g of saturated fat in this 120g pot and is 1 weightWatchers Point in value. Very Moreish!!
The Strawberry and Raspberry Tart yogurts are very similar, except for the taste of the different fruits. Both of them have the same thick texture with little bits of pastry that tastes and resembles a crumble mixture stirred in.
Again both of these are very moriesh as the other two are. With the Strawberry and Raspberry one's having exactly the same 56 calories with 0.1g of saturated fat in their 120g pots and with still only 1 point each.
Now lastly the Toffee Apple, this did not appeal to me when I first saw this as I thought it would be very sickly, but it is really nice. With the taste and smell of apples and the slight hint of toffee this is lovely as you crunch on the little pieces of apple in this yogurt. This is the highest calorie one in the pack at 62 calories and 0.1g of saturated fat. You get plenty in one of these pots to feel like you have had a nice fruity snack that hasn't pushed your calories or WeightWatchers Points over the top!!
So if I should get a sweet-tooth moment then I shall grab one of these and even if I don't I shall still grab one of these as they are really nice and it has been hard not to eat all four of these pots while I have been writing this review ( well I have eaten 1 and half as I couldn't remember what the Toffee Apple tasted like from before and I had already eaten the Lemon Cheesecake earlier!!!)Thank goodness they are only low in calories!!!
I got mine on Saturday in Morrisons when they where buy one get one free, I can't remember exactly how much I paid, but I think it was around the £1.40 mark, so not bad for 70p a pack. The use by date is long too 01 Oct. So I will be stocking up in these little beauties and now I am getting back to finishing my Toffee Apple yogurt as I don't want to waste it!!! Well thats my excuse!!!
I'll give these yogurts 5 stars as they are great if you want something sweet, but not to high in calories.
As a middle aged woman, i know the importance of eating healthily and ensuring that i eat low fat foods. Finding foods that are both enjoyable and satisfy the hunger are hard to find.
Weight Watchers Dessert Recipe Yoghurts are a taste sensation and come in a pack of 4x120g pots. All 4 pots are a different flavour and contain only 0.2g of Saturated fat, with an average of 58 calories per pot. If on a Weight Watchers diet, they equate to only 1 point per pot.
The Desserts are certainly thick and creamy and bursting with taste. They include Strawberry Tart, Raspberry Tart, Lemon Meringue and a Toffee Apple yogurt. All 4 are packed with flavour and do not taste like a diet yogurt. One pot is ample to satisfy anyones need for a dessert and i find they stop you snacking in between meals as well.
My favourite is the toffe apple as it contains small chunks of apple and the combination with the toffee is pure heaven in a pot. I recently picked up a pack of 4 for just £1 and bought 3 packs to keep me going for a few weeks. These yogurts are well worth the money and i will continue to buy them. Go get yourself a pack, you won't regret it.
Yoghurts are an essential item in my fridge, both Mr Lools and I are big fans. For about the last year the main variety I have been purchasing are Weight Watchers due to the low fat and calorie content. The two varieties I have favoured are Citrus and Toffee and Vanilla but I did fancy a change so opted for the Dessert variety, and wow these will be definitely be on the shopping list next week.
Each of the flavours have an image on the pot of the particular dessert inside. The Weight Watchers branding is also visable on the pot along with the Weight Watchers points value (1 point).
There are 4 pots of yoghurt which are attached to each other. To remove you snap off the yoghurt pot. Be careful as you do this, the pots are quite flimsy and the lids can rip off by accident, meaning you open the yoghurt before you want to. If you plan on putting these yoghurts in a bag as a packed lunch beware the flimsy lids can often tear or break open. Many a time have I opened my packed lunch only to find a yoghurt explosion!
A our pack of Weight Watchers yoghurts cost £1.38 from Asda which for four small pots does seem quite expensive. Asda do have a special offer on the Weight Watchers range for 2 packs of four for £2.50. This is not just on the Dessert variety but on all varieties in the Weight Watchers yoghurt range.
***The Yoghurts***
The Weight Watchers Dessert variety has four flavours-
**Lemon Cheesecake**
This is probably my least favourite of the four flavours but it is still pleasant. The yoghurt is a light cream colour with very small pieces of lemon and biscuit pieces in the yoghurt. There is a definite lemon taste but this is very subtle and not at all sour. The initial taste is of lemon but then the buttery biscuit taste is apparent and can be tasted after you have swallowed.
**Strawberry Tart**
This is a bright pink colour with lots of quite large pieces of strawberry and biscuit pieces. The consistency of this flavour is very thick and lumpy, if you do not like yoghurt with pieces in then you will not like this flavour. The strawberry taste is apparent throughout and it is difficult to taste the biscuit pieces in the yoghurt.
**Raspberry Tart**
This is a bright pink colour similar to the Strawberry Tart only slightly deeper in colour. There are still pieces of raspberry in the yoghurt and biscuit pieces but these are much smaller and the yoghurt is much smoother. The raspberry taste is very subtle and the yoghurt tastes very fruity. The biscuit pieces can be tasted which have a subtle buttery taste.
**Toffee Apple**
This is a light beige colour with lots of little speckles in the yoghurt. There is an immediate toffee taste which has a hint of cinnamon. The apple taste is then apparent. This is a very sweet yoghurt and probably the sweetest out of all four flavours.
***Nutritional Information***
Per 120g pot of yoghurt-
Lemon Cheesecake- 58cal, 0.3g fat
Strawberry Tart- 56cal, 0.2g fat
Raspberry Tart- 56cal, 0.2g fat
Toffee Apple- 62cal, 0.3g fat
Will I be purchasing these again, definitely! The yoghurts are slightly more expensive being from the Weight Watchers brand but I think its worth spending more as there are no supermarket own brand yoghurts to rival the Weight Watchers range, both nutritionally and also taste wise. The pack of four yoghurts were gone within two days , Mr Lools didn't even get a look in, they were really that good!


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It wasn't very long ago that we sat around complaining about the Europeans, wondering why they couldn't get a deal done so we could move on. It makes me wonder if they're complaining about us in the U.S., wondering why we can't seem to get a deal done. My grandmother probably would have said that's the pot calling the kettle black.
Turning to the market, let me note that the performance of the KBW Bank Index (BKX), especially relative to the S&P 500, has become quite disconcerting as that ratio makes lower lows. Some of these names have given back almost the entire rally off the lows. Of course, since this is my third day of complaining about the banks, they will probably rally Wednesday, just to get me to hush up.
On the other side of the fence there is the Russell 2000, which I reviewed Tuesday, noting that a calm pullback to the downtrend line was better than a gap down. The latter move hasn't happened thus far, so that's the good news. Another positive development is that the S&P may have closed in the red, but the Russell closed near the high of the day. So far, then the Russell is working off the overbought reading in a mild fashion.
You might recall that I began to look at the charts of the European markets Tuesday, beginning with the German Dax. Today we'll look at the Cac 40 from France. We can see the index has resistance at 3600. If it can break out from there, it will measure to 3750. I am not so convinced it can do so, but that's because we have often seen markets get to the old highs and struggle. This is the third time up here for the Cac this year.
I do want to note that this index looks different to me than the Dax does, because you can see the Cac bounced off the uptrend line, whereas the Dax -- as noted in Tuesday's column -- seemed to have enjoyed a throwback rally. For now all I see is a market toying with the highs.
This brings me to the chart of the euro-dollar currency pair. Up until a few weeks ago, I had been a dollar bull, but I got lucky when I decided the buck had gone too far. Of course I should have turned bearish on it, not just neutral, but I did not.
We see the euro-dollar cross has a similar pattern to the Dax: It has rallied to resistance and appears to be enjoying a throwback rally of sorts. I don't particularly want to short it yet, because I suspect it will pull back and rally again. For now I'll just say this is the resistance area to which we should see a pullback.
As I've noted in Columnist Conversation, there is some support on gold as we approach this trendline. I would expect an oversold bounce from there, but for now I am still rather neutral on gold, as I have been for months. If the yellow metal cannot rally to $1,725 per ounce and stops at the $1,710 area before turning back down again, I would expect a break of this line the next time down, so I would turn negative on it. But, for now, that looks like some decent support for a bounce.
P.S. It is not my style to make big projections for the year to come, but I did contribute to RealMoney's 2013 outlook, published Wednesday. Please click on the link if you would like to see what pattern I have my eyes on.


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Long before Kevin Jennings began advocating to end anti-LGBT bias in schools, he was a victim of it. In Mama's Boy, Preacher's Son, Jennings traces the roots of his activism to his elementary school days in the conservative South, where "faggot" became more familiar to him than his own name. Mama's Boy, Preacher's Son is that rare memoir that is both a riveting personal story and an inside account of a critical chapter in our recent history. Creating safe schools for all youth is now a central part of the progressive agenda in American education - and Kevin Jennings is at the forefront of that fight.
Mama's Boy, Preacher's Son earned an A- in Entertainment Weekly, was featured in Salon and The Advocate, and was called "a great read" by People.
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"Young Kevin Jennings Needed "It Gets Better""
Kevin Jennings needed an "It Gets Better" video when he was growing up, but there was no such thing in the 1960s. It was a serious matter to appear "manly" and "Christian" in his home town. Baseball and touch football were expected, and no crying allowed, ever.
Even when his father died at his 8th birthday party, Jennings knew he couldn't show tears.
The teasing and awkwardness of Jennings' childhood will make you cringe, but it's a triumphant feeling when he leaves his trailer park home in North Carolina and heads off to Harvard. But even more surprising is when Kevin decides to go back home and teach, after coming out of the closet. He ends up rocking the whole town and has nail-biting standoffs with the townies.
Jennings's story as a Lone Star gay activist in the south didn't end in his hometown, though. Today, he's best known as the founder of the Gay Lesbian Straight Education Network (GLSEN), which works in schools nationwide to make sure that things do get better for LGBT youth.
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Airbrushing prosthetic limbs brings splash of color -- and empowerment
On a cold fall morning in West Chester, John O'Brien shouldered a heavy gym bag and schlepped to the field at Henderson High School.
O'Brien says it's the only school in the area where the public is allowed to use the track. His bag is filled with legs.
He has a walking leg, a running blade, and a swimming leg. He even has a running arm, a prosthetic with a uniquely designed elbow that can be fixed into position, "so it doesn't inadvertently unlock on me when I'm running or working out. The arm will just fall down," said O'Brien.
O'Brien, who had served in the Marines as a fighter pilot, lost his left arm and most of his left leg when his Harrier AV-8B jet crashed almost 20 years ago in North Carolina.
After decades of prosthetic limbs, he recently decided he would like his leg to look less like a leg, and more like a motorcycle.
"It came as a result of wearing the cosmetic covering -- 'the fake look,'" said O'Brien. "They would take a piece of foam and shape it to the dimensions of your remaining limb. They would paint a skin covering on it -- they can even put hair on it, and make it look as real as you want it to.
"But the truth is, it's still cosmetic," he said. "Every time I wore shorts, people knew."
O'Brien had never wanted a tattoo on his skin, but he likes this leg.
"When I wear shorts I get cool compliments from the kids," beamed O'Brien. "And even the parents: 'wow, that's better than tattoo art.'"
The design on those prosthetic limbs -- a thin blue electric arc snaking around the eagle of the Marines crest, the same for the arm, but in flaming orange -- was created by South Philadelphia airbrush artist Fred Sicoli, whose graffiti-inspired work normally graces motorcycles and skateboards.
Catering to soldiers, hunters ... and kids
Sicoli works closely with Prosthetic Innovations, a Philadelphia-based manufacturer of limbs. Prosthetics have become an increasingly large part of his business as he caters mostly to returning soldiers (guns, skulls, flames) and hunters (bears, eagles, mountainscapes).
"Sometimes I get kids, which sucks. You hate to see that," said Sicoli. "When you see a child, and they have to put that on, it's very industrial looking. You see the metal and carbon fiber, they look at that and go, 'Oh, it's kind of ugly.'
"But when you paint it for them -- with their favorite characters, pink for girls -- they feel better about themselves," he says.
It's not just the kids who feel better.
When John O'Brien served in the Marines, he hated running.
"Running was a requirement. I really didn't like doing it. But you had to do it," he says.
After recovering from his injuries, O'Brien put on a lot of weight. His strength declined, along with his health. In 2009, equipped with a running blade, he rediscovered running. Now he loves it.
"When I was 28, I was a fighter pilot, a jet jock, flying a $30 million jet. It was like being Top Gun. I loved it. It was the time of my life," said O'Brien. "And then all of that was taken away in a heartbeat. In a crash. In a fiery crash.
"Having some identity again with that -- looking fast and going fast with something I can relate to -- it's fun," he says. "It makes me happy."
With his carbon-fiber blade, O'Brien has run two marathons. But he says he doesn't plan on any more races that long. He still likes running -- he just doesn't have to prove it anymore.