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BY Tim Drake
April 3-9, 2005 Issue | Posted 4/3/05 at 9:00 AM
Pope John Paul II's pontificate ended as it had begun, with words directed specifically to young people.
Upon the Pope's election, among the Holy Father's first words to the young were, "You are the hope of the Church."
While on his deathbed, John Paul, upon being informed that masses of young people were holding vigil outside his window, said, "I have looked for you. Now you have come to me. And I thank you."
Sandwiched between these two utterances were the Pope's actions and words to youth, especially his encounter with more than 11 million young people at the World Youth Day events over the past 19 years.
One cannot speak of the Pope without talking about his relationship and conversations with the young — a relationship that was a hallmark of his papacy. Those 30 and under are the JPII Generation. He is the only Pope they have ever known.
John Paul's relationship with youths started long before Karol Wojtyla became Pope. It began with his experiences as a young priest assigned to the rural parish of St. Florian's Catholic Church just outside of Krakow's Old Town. There, Father Wojtyla developed friendships that would impact his entire papacy.
It is natural then to understand the Pope's later response to the young, even amidst the skepticism of some bishops and even those in his own Curia. Impressed by the interest of youths who had gathered during his first pilgrimage to Paris in 1980, John Paul invited them back to Rome for Palm Sunday, 1985. When 250,000 showed up, the decision was made to repeat the invitation in 1986, followed by the first World Youth Day celebration held in Buenos Aires in 1987. After that, the event was continued biennially.
Modeled after the triduum, each pilgrimage attracted increasing numbers of youths ranging from 500,000 in Denver, to 1 million in Rome, and several million in Manila.
As he had done as a young priest, the Holy Father challenged them with the Gospel.
In Denver, he told the throng, "Do not be afraid to go out on the streets and into public places like the first apostles who preached Christ and the good news of salvation in the squares of cities, towns, and villages. This is no time to be ashamed of the Gospel. … It is the time to preach it from the rooftops."
In Toronto, he called upon the crowd to be "salt and light."
The impact of World Youth Days cannot be underestimated. This was made abundantly clear to me during a telephone interview I conducted with Sister John Paul of the Ann-Arbor-based Sisters of Mary, Mother of the Eucharist while writing a story for the Register.
During the course of our conversation, Sister John Paul described to me how World Youth Day, and the Holy Father's words to the crowd in Denver, had been the turning point in discerning her own religious vocation as a nun. After she had patiently answered all of my questions, she told me, "Hold on. There's another sister here whom you need to talk to." That sister told a strikingly similar story of discerning her vocation as a result of the Denver gathering.
However, the phone call didn't end there. That sister proceeded to pass the phone to another, and she passed it on to one more. By the time I was finished interviewing all of them, nearly an hour later, I had spoken to four young religious sisters from a relatively recent religious community. They were all from different states, and each of them felt particularly moved by their experiences in Denver.
In doing research for my book, Young and Catholic: The Face of Tomorrow's Church, and interviewing more than 300 young people, I learned that such experiences were common.
Not only have the Pope's conversations with the young at World Youth Day led to religious vocations, but they have also led to other efforts to strengthen the Church: Young adult groups gather to discuss the Pope's encyclical, Love and Responsibility. Teens have been inspired to embark on mission work to evangelize and aid their peers both at home and abroad.
Such efforts give evidence that the New Springtime, of which the Holy Father frequently spoke and wrote, is at hand. Its seeds have been planted and have taken root. The new growth is just now emerging. That growth is evident through World Youth Day and all of its fruits.
The Holy Spirit continues to work much as he did when he fell upon a young Jewish girl in Nazareth more than 2,000 years ago.
Tim Drake is the author of
"Young and Catholic:
The Face of Tomorrow's Church"
(Sophia Institute Press, 2004).
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Ziggy_SEES_SeeD 5 years ago#1
Anyway, my dilemma is this... I'm wondering if I should just pop in my PS1 copy of the game or play The War of the Lions version. I want your guys opinion as I am torn.
So I guess I have 2 questions:
Is the extra content really worth the trade of playing it on a TV (Coming from someone who would prefer to play something on console)?
If I do get War of The Lions should I go for the PSP version or since I'm going to playing it on a small screen anyway should I just play it on my iPhone 4? I played Song Summoner on the iPhone and absolutely loved it.
"My reality is mine alone. Come what may, I'm ready." - Cloud Strife
"We live to make the impossible possible!" - Lightning Farron
Well I never played the ps1 version so I can't fully answer but I will try. I have been going through the PSP version and it's incredibly good. The big fault to the PSP/iPhone versions is the lag. What happens is you choose the action, and the game takes 2-3 seconds before the animation. I have barely noticed the lag to be honest. Some people call it a game breaker and that the PSP version of the game is not worth playing. Apparently it's worse with some spells and summons. Again, it's more of a patience thing.
As,for the game itself, it's amazing. I have beaten Grimoire of the Rift, 11 of the 13 core Final Fantasies, Reverant Wings, and a few other SRPGs. I can honestly state this game is near the top of the list. The dialog is translated in a way that reminds me a little of 12. They talk in a medieval way. Not sure how to describe. Music is really good. Story is also very good. The job system is a big draw. I got part of the way into the final chapter and started over because I was excited to try out a different build.
Yeah, I highly recommend you play it.
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Sorry I didn't actually answer your questions. I believe it's a matter of preference. The new version has some added scenes that seem worthwhile to me. They are fully voiced. Extra content is always a good thing. The tv vs handheld devise is more a matter of your own personal preference. The new version is available on ps3I think. Maybe it's also available for 360? Not sure what systems you have.
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Cloud_Strife83 5 years ago#4
It's better than the original, IMO.
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terran3999999 5 years ago#5
Are you a patience person? The PSP version is known for its kinda lame lag which can drive some people mad.
And you should know there's a device, sorry can't remember the name, that lets you connect your PSP to a television which is neat.
The new content is pretty hit or miss, you only get two new special characters: one is stupidly broken, the other is a crappy inferior clone of Ramza and two new generic classes that seem more like lame gimmicks. Most of the new equipments are also restricted to the Multiplayer rewards and I'm sure we all just LOVE random drops.
Katawa Shoujo: The visual novel that defies and kicks logic to the curb.
Official contender to fight for Lilly as waifu.
I've played both. The PS1 version is still good, but has some translation issues. It doesn't make the game bad, just a little annoying at times when you relize something just doesn't make sense.
The new jobs are pretty pointless, so that doesn't matter. The new cut-scenes and voice dialog I found a really nice surprise though.
As far as the lag when casting spells and abilities. It's HIGHLY annoying at first, but then you get use to it, so it's not a deal breaker.
Ziggy_SEES_SeeD (Topic Creator)5 years ago#7
Well after reading more through the differences the only thing War of the Lions has that really interests me is Balthier. Is he worth playing as a special character? Are his side quest fun?
The only other special character as you can tell from my user name is Cloud but he's in both so whatever. Do they add any new content for him?
"My reality is mine alone. Come what may, I'm ready." - Cloud Strife
"We live to make the impossible possible!" - Lightning Farron
Arvis_Jaggamar 5 years ago#8
No new content for Cloud.
Honestly, MOST of what make WotL better is just stuff for us long time fans: better translation, animated cutscenes, new secret items and job classes, etc. The only thing that might REALLY interest you, as a newbie to the title, is the multiplayer aspect of WotL.
So: are you interested in multiplayer? Do you have anybody to play with?
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terran3999999 5 years ago#9
Balthier only has storyline in the very battle he shows up but as the 'leading man', he's awesome as usual.
In battle, he's one of the most broken characters you can get thanks to Barrage and his massively powerful equipment options. I find it funny that SE probably thought that by making Barrage not compatible with Dual Wield is somehow not supposed to make it broken.
Cloud is still the same crappy unit, actually even more crappier since they used the original Japanese stats this time around.
Katawa Shoujo: The visual novel that defies and kicks logic to the curb.
Official contender to fight for Lilly as waifu.
terran3999999 posted...
Balthier only has storyline in the very battle he shows up but as the 'leading man', he's awesome as usual.
I actually found Cloud useful. Yea, you need to level him up a lot when you get him, but if you get his Buster Sword, his skills can do some real damage. Once of his skills... cherry blossom or something like that did 999 damage the the final boss.
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Hi there. Looking for some advice on a family of 4 making a road trip from Southwestern Ontario (London area) to P.E.I. Is there one specific route to take (similarly to taking I-75 all the way to Florida)? Looking at making the drive in 2 days. Have 2 children; aged 13 and 11, and they are no strangers to multi-day road trips. I suppose if I had a major route mapped, I could find acceptable overnight accommodations and best sights to see along the way.
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Why rush? There's more that is interesting on the way than there is in PEI, with all due respect to the little island with the potatoes.
London to Buffalo to Syracuse to Albany, all by superhighway, and then into Mass. on Interstate 90. All kinds of interesting little towns just off the I-90, which is alo the famous Mass Turnpike from a James Taylor song about Stockbridge to Boston.
Have the kids look up Norman Rockell. This is his territory.
Go to Boston, or go close to Boston and then curve north-east on I-95 to Mass 128 and go into Gloucester. Have a lobster down by the water, outdoors.
go back to I-95 and head north to Portland, Maine.
Take a harbor tour on the top deck of the municipal boats that act like buses taking people to the islands in Casco Bay.
Take 295 until you can get to Highway 1 to Wiscasset, and then go down to Boothbay Harbor. Then back to highway 1.
Stick on highway 1 to Lincolnville, and eat more lobster out b ehind the big restaurant by the beach.
Stay on Highway 1 to Ellsworth, and then go down to Bar Harbor and Acadia National Park.
Back to Highway 1, up to Lubec on the border, cross to Canada at Campobello Island.
From there take the ferry to Deer Island (still in Canada) and then to the New Brunswick mainland.
Canadian Highway 1 to Saint John, then to Sussexand either down to Fundy National Park or keep going to Moncton.
Moncton to Shediac to Parlee Beach, and on to the bridge to PEI.
Returning, get off PEI and head up the New Brunswick coast on Highway 11 to Mirimichi, then up to Rimouski, Quebec. Turn left, go to Quebec City, go to Montreal, take 401 the rest of the way home.
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How much time do you have total, that is - do you have to make the drive to PEI in 2 days?
We visit the East Coast from Southern Ontario roughly every 3 years on average and usually drive. We once went through the U.S. visiting Acadian National Park and Bar Harbor, Maine, on the way. However we drive through Canada most trips - Superhighway for much of the way. In Canada our highways are Provincial so, unlike the U.S. "Inter"-state system, ours change number at the provincial borders, even though the roadway itself is often continuous. You can take the 401 into the province of Quebec where it becomes Hwy 20. There are a few options for getting through Montreal (check Google Maps) but you will want to cross the St. Lawrence from Montreal ending up again on Hwy 20 until just outside Riviere-du-Loup where you would get off on Hwy 85/185 to New Brunswick (these are all Trans Canada Highway). This becomes Hwy 2 which will take you right to Moncton where you'll branch off to head towards PEI. Google Maps will give you the detailed route.
Going all the way out to the East Coast, it's a shame not to enjoy some of the spectacular scenery in other parts of the Atlantic provinces. For example - the dramatic Fundy Shore and famous Tides of New Brunswick around Alma/Fundy National Park and Hopewell Rocks. And Cape Breton Island which offers one of North America's most scenic drives in the Cabot Trail as well as lots of spectacular coastal scenery and nature walks in Cape Breton Highlands National Park.
On the way there or back - Quebec City's "Old Quebec" (Vieux Quebec) district is unique in North America. It's worth a couple of days, but we have stayed there for an overnight on route.
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Hi, my husband and I drive from Toronto to Charlottetown every summer. We also drive through Canada, basically as described above. We stop overnight; Quebec City is lovely or Levis across the river with ferries to Old Quebec. Levis is less tourist laden and has great bike paths along the river (i.e. flat).
We always dread the drive through Montreal as it's really busy traffic and involves lots of road repair work delays - every time! Now we take the car ferry ($6) from Hudson, Ontario to Oka, Quebec. It's generally less than a half hour wait, a 15 minute crossing and you avoid downtown Montreal entirely. Also nice to get out of the car for a bit, we try to time our packed picnic lunch for the ferry. We take it again on our return.
There are most certainly many towns and cities worth exploring in more depth along the way but for us it's mostly about getting there quickly but enjoyably.
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Hi, PexiDust:
I would just get on the 401 & head East if I had to drive. But I never have to drive.
When are you going to PEI?
Have you considered flying?
If you book in advance, you can get great fares Toronto/ Halifax for the 4 of you. Then rent a car @ the Halifax airport & drive to PEI.
Check Westjet & Air Canada.
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Hi. Thanks so much for the replies. To further answer a few questions, we are taking approx 2 weeks for the entire vacation. We would like to take 2-3 days to drive there, and the same for the drive home; although I am sure we would like to get home a lot faster than we would to drive there.
We are heading there during the first week of August. I understand the ocean water will be cold, however, I thought by August it should be bearable for us to stick our feet in.
Thank you SO much for advice on highway travel. I will further look into that, and attempt to map out some stops along the way; specifically, some decent stops for overnight.
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Hi, many times the first week of August has some of the warmest ocean temperatures of the summer on Island beaches so you should definitely take your swim suits.
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The water is especially warm on the Northumberland Strait (south shore) of PEI. Many of the beaches there have extensive sand bar systems that heat up in the sun at low tide and then warm up the water when the tide comes in. The north shore (Gulf of St. Lawrence) is a bit colder. But you can definitely swim in the ocean in PEI in August!
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From: "John Trace" <>
Subject: RE: [LAN] 1871 FINNEY census look-up
Date: Tue, 11 Jul 2006 10:13:38 +0100
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Just a thought!
Could his father, mother and family have gone over to the USA. Then when
George was old enough he came back to England, got married and had a family.
Then again you could send for his marriage certificate it would have an
address on it and possibly his mothers name if father was deceased.
Below is a marriage 1893 in Ince from http://www.lancashirebmd.org.uk/
FINNEY George / BICKERSTAFFE Mary Ellen St. Mary,Ince Wigan & Leigh
C20/1/296 it could be them?
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Kath Trace
> Hello
> Could S.K.S. please try to fond George FINNEY b: Mar Qtr
> 1862 ,Prescot 8b 546 in the 1971 census?
> I am trying to see who his parents are. He married a Mary b:
> 1873 in St.Helen,s sometime circa 1893 & have 5 children in
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Deltek employs 1,100 people in the U.S., the United Kingdom, Australia and the Philippines and had revenues of $266 million in 2009. Copenhagen-based Maconomy has 230 employees and has five European offices and a U.S. office. Maconomy posted revenues of DKK 220 million ($41 million) last year.
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Rodgers wants to add a playoff victory to his list of accomplishments
Rodgers will try to change that at Philadelphia on Sunday, where the Green Bay Packers quarterback will be going for his first career playoff win in his third season as a starter.
Rodgers is well aware that his career will ultimately be measured by his success in the postseason, but knows he can�t do it on his own.
�I think it�s important,� Rodgers said. �I think the greatest quarterbacks are remembered for winning big games, but it�s not all about the quarterback. Great teams win games, and then the quarterbacks on those great teams are often remembered as being great quarterbacks. We want to win. Every time we take the field we want to win. It�s important to win. That�s why we play the game. And eventually, if you want to be remembered as a great player, you�ve got to win in the playoffs.�
While Packers coach Mike McCarthy said earlier this week that Rodgers and the offense have been �a little bit up and down at times� this season, he doesn�t want Rodgers to change anything about the way he plays going into the playoffs.
�Aaron Rodgers needs to be himself,� McCarthy said. �He�s established a brand of football at the quarterback position that�s pretty damn good, and I�m glad he�s our quarterback.�
Rodgers threw for 3,922 yards this season with 28 touchdowns and 11 interceptions despite missing a game and a half because of a concussion. In his first three seasons as a starter, he has thrown for 12,394 yards with 86 touchdowns, 31 interceptions and a 64.6 completion percentage.
Rodgers said he has improved every year, but acknowledged he struggled with consistency this season. That was true of the Packers� injury-depleted offense as a whole, a team that could score 45 points one week and 10 the next.
�I guess I was kind of hoping for a slightly bigger jump,� Rodgers said of his play this season. �Obviously I�m very critical of myself in the offseason and during the season as well. With the way I prepared and the way I took care of my body in the offseason, I guess I was looking for just a slightly bigger jump. But my decision-making was better, opportunities to do more things at the line of scrimmage increased because of my preparation, but � just decrease the gaps between inconsistent plays.�
McCarthy calls Rodgers� numbers in the first three years of his career �phenomenal��and if he plays up to the standard he has set for himself, playoff success is sure to follow.
�Playoff wins are more team goals, and I understand the way everybody wants to put those types of things on the quarterback,� McCarthy said. �(With) Aaron staying true to his standard of play, his brand of football, everything else will take care of itself.�
The Packers missed the playoffs in 2008, Rodgers� first season as a starter. They made it in as a wild card last season and Rodgers had a monster game at Arizona, throwing for 423 yards and four touchdowns.
But the Packers lost a heartbreaker when Rodgers fumbled in overtime and Karlos Dansby returned it for a touchdown.
Rodgers also threw an early interception in that game, but he insists that play was the result of miscommunication with his receivers and had �absolutely nothing� to do with nervous play on his part.
Rodgers considers his ability to stay levelheaded under any circumstances one of his strongest assets.
�I would like to think so,� Rodgers said. �This is, to everyone else outside the building, it�s not another game. But to me, I don�t make it bigger than it is. That�s how I think I�m able to control the nerves and the internal pressure I put on myself.�
Rodgers said he is preparing and practicing the same way this week that he has all year, and the idea anybody will panic has become a running joke in the Packers� locker room.
�A lot of times, we joke about it in here, about panic,� Rodgers said. �Like (the line) from the movie Semi-Pro: �Everybody panic!�
�We�re in the playoffs now. That�s not going to happen here. We�re still going to crack jokes at practice, we�re still going to be the same people. And personally, I�m still going to prepare the same way and expect to play well.�
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12 May 2013 – Fernando Alonso delivered a dominant performance during Sunday's Spanish Grand Prix to claim victory on home soil. The Ferrari driver, who pitted four times, jumped from fifth to third on the opening lap and progressed to take the chequered flag ahead of the three-stopping Kimi Räikkönen and team-mate Felipe Massa.
As Hamilton continued to fall down the order, Rosberg did his best to keep the rampant Vettel and Alonso behind. The German succeeded until the first series of pit-stops, but a rapid turnaround from the Ferrari mechanics allowed Alonso to progress to second and apply a massive amount of pressure for the lead.
Räikkönen's opposing three-stop strategy allowed him to move back ahead of Massa in the closing stages, but Alonso was simply untouchable. Behind the top three finishers, Vettel experienced a quiet afternoon and fell away from the leading battle amid increased levels of tyre degradation, while Red Bull team-mate Mark Webber produced a spirited fight back to cross the line fifth after ending a disastrous opening lap back in 11th position.
The biggest battle in the closing stages was between Rosberg and Force India's Paul di Resta. The Mercedes driver managed to hold on for sixth at the chequered flag, but was clearly hindered by the high levels of tyre degradation that the team had been so wary of prior to the race start. Jenson Button and Sergio Pérez collected valuable points for McLaren in eighth and ninth, while Daniel Ricciardo rounded out the top ten.
In the championship standings, Vettel still leads on a total of 89 points, but Räikkönen and Alonso have closed in significantly as the Formula 1 circus moves on to Monaco.
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Hopefully the sun in Florida will take away the grey cloud that is hovering over the 2013 New York Yankees. It's bad in the Bronx, from Alex Rodriguez, to the old injured players, to ownership lowering payroll at the worst possible time, to having no proven catcher; what do all these facts add up to? They add up to a long, sad season.
The Yankees are going to be facing a spring unlike any in recent memory. Recently, every story about the Yankees is like a punch in the gut for fans. This team, without a doubt should be wearing grey, they shouldn't be allowed to even put the famous pinstripes on; they should have to play the entire season in the grey away jerseys.
Joe Girardi won manager of the year in 2006 with the Florida Marlins, but he may have to win manager of the decade to get this team over .500; unfortunately Girardi is just an average manager. He did do a great job in 2006 with the Marlins, but since he took over for Joe Torre, he has always had a solid foundation of great players and never really had to do much managing to win. When he did have to make tough decisions, he usually made the wrong ones, so when the walls fall on the Evil Empire, Girardi will be the first casualty. The blame should not fall just on Girardi; Hal Steinbrenner signed off on the long-term contracts that paid too much and handcuffed the Yankees into the situation they are in now.
The Yankees have a list of issues that need to be worked on; for starters, Girardi needs to settle on a starting catcher, they can't go with the three-man rotation, it is a ridiculous idea. The Yankees need Austin Romine to overwhelm everyone and win the job outright; if Romine doesn't, the Yankees will not only be facing catching problems, but also pitching problems.
Pitchers are known to be slightly neurotic, so having to tell your big ace, CC Sabathia, that he will have a different catcher each time he pitches isn't a job anyone would want. The catching position is such a significant part of a team, being the quarterback of baseball, as they control so much of the game. Having two career back-ups and a rookie coming off an injury holding down the position isn't an ideal situation.
If the catching situation blows up in the Yankees' face, Steinbrenner is to blame. He should have gone out and signed a veteran catcher, but he didn't. Hopefully Girardi, being a former Yankee catcher, will be able to groom Romine into the everyday catcher. Romine has the potential, he has the natural ability, but he is raw, young and has never been an everyday catcher in MLB. The catching position is the biggest concern the Yankees can control, but unfortunately for them, their biggest problem they have no control over; it is really two problems in one, age and injuries.
Half the Yankees are coming off injuries and the other half are an injury waiting to happen because of their age. As much as management has tried to squeeze every last at-bat and pitch out of players like Ichiro Suzuki and Andy Pettitte, they are old in baseball years.
Mark Teixeira will only be 33 in April, but he seems to be aging in dog years. He has been falling apart the past few seasons. Teixeira recently admitted that his numbers aren't equal to the numbers on his paycheck, saying that he isn't living up to his huge contract. In 2009, Teixeira's first season in pinstripes, he helped lead the Yankees to a championship, since than he has seen the DL more than the playoffs.
Since the World Series, Teixeira hasn't been the same hitter, he will hit homers but that's about it, as his skills are falling apart; he hasn't hit above .256 since 2009. Teixeira is a great defensive first baseman, but he is getting paid to produce at the plate.
With Derek Jeter, Mariano Rivera, Brett Gardner, Sabathia, Pettitte and Teixeira, in addition to that monster of a mess, Rodriguez, all coming off injuries, the sky is grey in the Bronx and unless Robinson Cano can single handedly carry the team on his back for the season, not even Casey Stengel could lead this team to the playoffs. An even scarier thought is Cano having any long stretches on the DL this season.
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ST. LOUIS, Oct. 17 (UPI) -- U.S. astronomers say they've confirmed a long-held theory that the moon broke off from Earth as a result of a cosmic body the size of Mars smashing into Earth.
Researchers at Washington University in St. Louis say an analysis of moon rocks collected during NASA Apollo missions provided evidence for the conclusion -- a tiny but significant variation in the amount of the element zinc that would have condensed out of the roiling cloud of vaporized rock created by such a catastrophic collision.
The moon rocks, geochemists discovered, while otherwise chemically similar to Earth rocks, were woefully short on so-called volatiles, easily evaporated elements. A giant impact could explain this depletion, whereas alternative theories for the moon's origin do not, the researchers said.
The rocks could be depleted of volatiles because they had been vaporized in a huge impact, they said.
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Eastern Lamb-stuffed Zucchini with Yogurt Sauce
Four 6-ounce straight zucchini, scrubbed
1 tablespoon olive oil
1/2 pound ground lamb
1 teaspoon allspice
1 teaspoon crumbled dried mint
1 cup chopped onion
1 garlic clove, minced
2 tablespoons pine nuts, toasted lightly
1 cup plain yogurt
2 tablespoons cornstarch, dissolved in 2 tablespoons cold
1 tablespoon sesame seeds, toasted lightly
Method of Preparation:
1. Cut off and reserve the stem ends of the zucchini and with a zucchini corer hollow out the zucchini,{} being careful not to pierce the skins and leaving 1/4-inch-thick shells. Chop the zucchini flesh and reserve it.
2. In a heavy skillet heat the oil over moderately high heat until it is hot but not smoking and in it saut the lamb with the allspice, the mint, salt and pepper to taste, stirring, until it is no longer pink.
3. Transfer the lamb with a slotted spoon to a sieve to drain, pour off all but 1 tablespoon of the fat from the skillet, and in the skillet saut the onion, stirring, until it is softened. Stir in the garlic, the reserved zucchini flesh, and salt and pepper to taste and saut the mixture until it is golden.
4. Remove the skillet from the heat, stir in the lamb mixture, the pine nuts, and 2 tablespoons of the yogurt, and let the filling cool. Stuff the zucchini with the filling and put the reserved stem ends back in place over the cut ends, securing them with wooden picks. Arrange the zucchini on a steamer rack set over simmering water, steam them, covered, for 20 to 25 minutes, or until they are tender, and let them cool slightly.
5. In the top of a double-boiler set over simmering water whisk together the remaining yogurt and the cornstarch mixture, stirred, cook the sauce, stirring, for 5 minutes, or until it is thickened, and let it cool slightly.
6. Cut the zucchini crosswise into 1-inch rounds, arrange the rounds on a platter, and spoon a dollop of the sauce onto each round. Sprinkle the zucchini rounds with the sesame seeds and serve them at room temperature.


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Indonesian bank chief faces corruption charge
Indonesia's central bank governor Sjahril Sabirin is to be charged with corruption in connection with a banking scandal.
"We have found preliminary evidence that he was involved in crimes of corruption, " said attorney-general Marzuki Darusman.
He was detained on Wednesday for 20 days after being named as a suspect in a major banking scandal.
Governor Sabirin has denied any wrongdoing and refused to resign.
The scandal erupted last year over the illegal transfer of funds last year from insolvent Bank Bali to a company closely linked to the then ruling Golkar Party.
Many believed the money was meant to fund the re-election campaign of then President BJ Habibie, whose chances of re-election were scuppered by its discovery.
The scandal triggered a suspension of a loan from the International Monetary Fund, which has since been lifted.
Last week President Wahid said he had "obtained a handful of data about bad things that have been going on for a long time."
He said that once a governor of the Bank of Indonesia was named as a suspect in a case that would proceed to the court, he should resign.
Governor Sabirin was close to former President Suharto who appointed him in February 1998, replacing Soedradjad Djiwandono who was officially removed from the post.
Currency suffers
The uncertainty surrounding the country's central bank has hit shares and the led to a fall in the Indonesian curreny, the rupiah.
President Wahid was elected promising democratic and economic reforms in October.
Since then, he has put pressure on some government officials to resign.
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Marilyn Heltzer: Your vehicle says a lot about you, so remember you are what you drive
My next car is going to be bright yellow.
I'll be able to spot it in the parking lot at the grocery store and according to a Dutch study (there's always a study), yellow cars are stolen less often than cars of any other color. The police can spot them as soon as the theft report comes in. A yellow car is also more difficult to sell. Now, I'm not in the car stealing biz so I don't know how that works, but I understand that offloading a yellow car is more difficult than getting rid of one in a standard color.
Just take a look around the parking lot the next time you find a space and park. Yes, the standard colors are obvious: Black. White, Gray. Brown. We are a solemn people. Or we can blame it all on Henry Ford who wrote in his autobiography that he told his management team in 1909 that in the future "Any customer can have a car painted any color that he wants so long as it is black." We've come a long ways since 1909: Black as well as white, gray, and brown.
Occasionally you will spot a red car. If it's a convertible – and we're coming into the season – it probably belongs to a young guy. Or an older one. A red convertible is definitely a chick magnet.
I used to drive a bright blue Honda CRV. Some people called it purple. I loved that car. I bought it in 2000 and parted with it a couple of years ago for a 2011 model. I have total lack of recall on any repairs on that car. It's what happens when you have been caught up in adoration.
Don't ask me about mileage, on the car I parted with, or with the one I have now. "How many miles to the gallon do you get with that car?" It's a guy question. Increasingly women know about mileage, too. Not I. But I can tell you about the price of gas, which has soared and is predicted to go higher as the summer comes on us.
I now plot my trips around town with care so I don't have to fill up as often as I did 10 years ago. Okay, here's your quick quiz for the day: What did we pay for gas in 2001? Answer: $1.45 a gallon. Gone are the days.
Of course, I remember the really old days when gas was 39 cents a gallon, back in the mid 1950's and the guy (always a guy) came out of the station and pumped the gas and washed the windows as well. Yes, I'm dating myself. But you remember the old days, too. Don't you?
The car I drive now falls into the standard color category. It's a gray. And it's one of 500 gray Honda CRV's in this town. Okay, that may be a bit of exaggeration. But I've had the experience of spotting a car like mine and walking up to it, punching the lock-opener, trying to open the car, and saying a bad word in exasperation when it didn't open. It happened just last week. I peered into the car window and discovered to my chagrin that the car was equipped with a baby seat. And what's that? A diaper bag. Oops. Not my car. I slunk away, found my own gray Honda CRV, and hoped that nobody noticed.
I hope this car goes to 200,000-plus miles, like my previous car. And maybe by the time I'm ready for a new one, I'll have to special order a yellow four-wheel drive automobile.
Then again, maybe my kids will convince me that it's not a good idea to drive at the advanced age I'll be at by then. Maybe I'll have to fall in love with this gray car. But it's not likely. Not at all.


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jucares wrote:Rodrigo7015 wrote:I have exactly the same problem with Galaxy Y (Young S5360). The street names are displayed, in the smartphone, "agg ggg iig" etc... With Galaxy Mini, the street names are displayed ok.
I think is a issue with some font, or config.
I'll try to post a screenshot tonight. The version 2 doesn't have this problem. Sorry for my english, i'm brazillian and i'll try to do my best.
Same here I'am using the same model Samsung S5360 and the streets names are unreadable , I installed in my sony ericsson Xperia X8 and works ok so what is the problem maybe the resolution of the device QVGA vs HVGA???
Well could be, however, using Google Maps... it works ok... and the streets and all place names looks fine... i dont know whats going on...


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We know that the moon can represent the emotions and the feminine side of things, and the sun with its more masculine symbolism can represent work and a sense of satisfaction which comes from work. Any insights beyond that?
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Stern Grove Gala raises $270,000
Published 6:00 am, Sunday, June 12, 2011
Awaiting his star turn last week at the Stern Grove Gala dinner-dance, musician Aaron Neville wondered how long his set should last.
"Just about 45 minutes," said Doug Goldman, board chairman of the Stern Grove Festival.
The vaunted R&B musician thought for a moment, then asked with a laugh: "OK, but when I play here this summer, there's no curfew, right?"
Neville returns to the Grove on Aug. 7, in the midst of the festival's 10-concert, admission-free shows that begin next Sunday starring Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings.
The gala (co-chaired by Eliza Cash, Sako Fisher, Patricia Lurie and Jane Wolf, with honorary chairwoman Lisa Goldman), kicked off the 74th season of this beloved summer music series, under the direction of Steven Haines.
Cocktails were served on the verdant grounds of Sigmund Stern Grove, followed by a McCall Associates supper in a clear tent framing blessedly clear skies. The 300 guests, who raised $270K in support of the festival, were nonetheless grateful for the piped-in heat.
Stewardship of the festival, founded in 1931 by Rosalie Meyer Stern, has remained in the family, passing from her daughter, Elise Stern Haas, to a granddaughter, the late Rhoda Haas Goldman, and to her great-grandson, Doug Goldman, who likes to joke that he's "the only male member of his family who broke through the glass ceiling."
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"Sometimes I feel that this is the greatest free music festival that no one knows about," Goldman said. "One year Carlos Santana joined our advertised headliner, but we couldn't mention him because the meadow would be overrun. Another Sunday, we were at 12,000 capacity for a San Francisco Opera performance of 'The Magic Flute.'
"Because we don't sell tickets, it's hard to measure. We're definitely more arts than sciences."
Folks, it's pretty simple: Dress in layers and head to the Stern Grove entrance at 19th Avenue and Sloat Boulevard. Big stars, a musical gamut, vast green expanses and sometimes mercurial atmospherics await you.
Vino veritas: Vintner Gordon Getty and his son Billy Getty recently raised high their glasses to fellow vintner Dr. Laura Catena with an Argentine-themed fiesta and blind tastings in Pere Getty's home.
Founded in Mendoza, Argentina, this fourth-generation winemaking family is renowned for its Zapata Malbec. And Catena serves as managing director. That is, when she's not attending to patients at UCSF, where she is an emergency physician. Or writing books, such as her recent "Vino Argentino: An Insider's Guide to the Wines and Wine Country of Argentina" (Chronicle Books).
Among the connoisseurs: Ann Getty and her daughter-in-law Vanessa Getty; Nicolas and Elena Catena; sommeliers including A16 owner) Shelley Lindgren, Jardinière's Eugenio Jardim and Michael Mina's Matt Turner; vintners Clarke and Elizabeth Swanson; and winemaker Owsley Brown.
"Laura Catena," said Billy Getty, "has written the definitive book on Argentina's wine culture."
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REGINA -- Saskatchewan Roughrider Scott Schultz has a simple message for Edmonton Eskimo receivers: "Keep your head on a swivel."
Schultz is warning the Eskimos about Rider safety Scott Gordon, who is gaining a reputation for being a punishing hitter.
Gordon is cleaning clocks, ringing bells and making receivers see stars.
He hit D.J. Flick so hard in Week 2 in Hamilton that the 2004 CFL all-star was on the ground for nearly 15 minutes before being carted away on a stretcher.
In Week 7, he knocked Ben Cahoon - Montreal's top receiver - out of the game and out of the lineup for six weeks with a fractured wrist and elbow.
"I caught him coming across the middle," said Gordon, a 28-year-old Ottawa native. "I read his break and came downhill on it. Unfortunately he got hurt, but it does feel good to give a receiver a nice licking."
The punishments continued last week in Winnipeg when he hit Keith Stokes.
"I didn't think he was going to get up," recalled Gordon. "I looked down and he was kind of kicking around, but thankfully he got up."
A four-year veteran in Regina, this is Gordon's first year as starting safety, replacing Darnell Edwards.
"Once he got on the field this year, he made everybody his enemy," said Rider defensive back Omarr Morgan.
"I don't care if you are on the same team. If you are around when he's coming, you better get out of the way because he'll hit you, too."
Rider defensive halfback Eddie Davis learned that the hard way last week.
"I'll tell you how hard he hits," said Davis. "It was the third play of the game last week against Winnipeg, and I was coming to hit (Milt) Stegall myself; Scott missed him and hit me and about knocked me silly for the whole first half."
"He's a killer out there.
"Any time you come across his zone, you better keep your head up because Scott is headhunting out there."
The Eskimos have the top two receivers in the league with Jason Tucker and Derrell Mitchell - but neither seems too concerned.
Tucker was polite but rather blunt when questioned about Gordon yesterday after arriving in Regina.
"This is the first I have heard of Scott Gordon," said Tucker.
Gordon is hoping to introduce himself today in the middle of a pass route.


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A leading elephant welfare charity has launched a campaign with the help of New York artist Asher Jay aimed at targeting Chinese consumers who are thought to be fuelling the illegal and bloody trade in ivory.
"Last year's unofficial figure was 149 dead of which 139 were illegally killed, and there are many more uncounted." Dr Joyce Poole, the co-founder of ElephantVoices told Sky News in an email from her field research in the Maasai Mara game reserve in Kenya.
"In the last few days I have had word of five dead from one area of the Mara. This could all be stopped if we can get the word out in Asia. Surely people need to understand that tusks have to be hacked out with an axe."
The charity is basing its campaign on two works of art commissioned from artist Asher Jay. The two posters display slogans written in Chinese.
The slogans read 'Every Tusk Costs A Life; Don't Buy Ivory' and 'Every Tusk Costs A Life; Stop The Trade' and the Chinese characters are designed to resemble elephants.
"ElephantVoices is doing something unique by making the graphic art available online in several versions, so they can be shared on social networks and be used for T-shirts, bumper-stickers, posters and banners", executive director Petter Granli said.
Sky News has decided to make a Chinese translation of this article available online in an attempt to broaden awareness of the campaign. The article will be posted on the Chinese version of Twitter - Weibo.
With an ever increasing foothold and influence in Africa, China is widely believed to be behind a concerning increase in ivory poaching which is illegal worldwide. The ivory is smuggled by ship and also in commercial flights from east Africa to China and other Asian countries.
There it is manufactured into high-end decorative goods which are increasingly popular with China's growing middle class. ElephantVoices and other charities are concerned that those who buy the ivory have no idea of the impact it is having.
"Tusks are not shed like antlers, they do not drop out and they just cannot be removed from living elephants. To obtain them you must hack them out with an axe." ElephantVoices explained in their campaign.
"The tusks of male elephants are much larger than those of females. Poachers target elephants with the largest tusks, killing the mature, breeding males first. When they are dead and gone, poachers set their sights on younger males."
But it is the legendary intelligence of the elephant which focuses attention on their plight that much more. Experts explain that in many cases, when an elephant is slaughtered, it cries out.
Other elephants then hear that crying and in keeping with their social nature, they follow the noise. They too are then drawn into the poachers trap.
"We are asking people to help us reach out to potential buyers of ivory who don't realise that elephants are dying in record-high numbers for trinkets and decorations. The only way to stop this wanton slaughter of elephants is to choke demand for ivory and stop the trade," Dr Poole said.
ElephantVoices describes elephant societies at the moment as resembling human communities after a prolonged war: most of the adult males - with their big tusks - have been killed.
"There are no role models for the elephant sons. As the number of adult males available to kill declines, poachers turn to the older females - the leaders of elephant society." ElephantVoices explained.
"They kill the family elders first, taking out the matriarchs, one by one. As the price of ivory increases with rising demand, the poachers slaughter the elephant mothers and daughters, causing the disintegration of entire families.
"An elephant's child, like a human child, cannot survive without the loving care of its mother. Africa's elephant orphans are succumbing in droves to starvation, grief and death."
ElephantVoices says it believes the Chinese government and the people of China have a special responsibility to end the killings. They claim that 90% of the ivory available in China is from slaughtered elephants.
"Chinese buyers deserve to know that tens of thousands of elephants are being killed to supply them with ivory. Every tusk costs a life. China has the ability to raise public awareness and to enforce their strict laws to quickly strangle the trading, buying and poaching," Ms Poole said.
"China can stop her countrymen causing the destruction of Africa's heritage and biodiversity, while concurrently protecting her enormous investments on the African continent. We urge China to take action now to end any trade in ivory - we cannot afford to lose Africa's keystone species." she said.
A Chinese translation of this Sky News article is available and will be posted on the Chinese version of Twitter - Weibo - in an effort to broaden the awareness of the issue.


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J.J. Killeen did nothing spectacular on the golf course Saturday and he didn't do anything breathtaking.
Killeen, however, did manage to accomplish the one thing the 64 other golfers in the Open Division of the 2001 City Championship would like to have done: take the lead going into the final day of the tournament.
Killeen carded a second-round best 5-under-par 65 on the Creek course of Meadowbrook Golf Complex, moving into a five stroke lead with a two-day total of 7-under 135. He managed the feat without breaking much of a sweat, playing steady, consistent golf to slowly pull away from the pack.
"I was just consistent out there I didn't do anything really super spectacular," Killeen said. "I was playing steady."
Killeen's, scorecard backed up his statement. He shot a 3-under 32 on the front nine, birdieing holes two, three and four. His back nine was nearly identical, with birdies on 11, 12 and 13. His only misstep of the day was a bogey on 14.
Cody King nearly equaled Killeen's round, although he scored his 66 in a bit more exciting style. King followed up his 74 on Friday with a even-par front nine Saturday. On the final nine holes, however, King notched five birdies and a bogey to move into contention with a two-day total of 74-66140.
I just started making some putts," King said. "I hit the ball as well as I did (Friday), but I didn't make any putts then. I hit well again (Saturday), but was able to make some putts and that was the difference.
Trey Womack kept himself in contention with a 1-under 69 on Saturday to follow his 70 on Friday. His two-day total of 140 leaves him in a tie for second with King and five strokes off Killeen's pace.
Sam Hansard and Brian Smith, who shared the lead with Killeen after the first round, struggled a bit in the second round. Smith, a teammate of Killeen's on Coronado High School's 2000 Class 5A state championship team, carded a 3-over 73 to leave him eight strokes behind Killeen. Hansard, meanwhile, remained in shouting distance with a 1-over 71, placing him six strokes behind the leader.
"I'm not going to even think about (today's final round)," Killeen said, when asked what his strategy was going into today's third and final round. "I'm just going to go out there and play."
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" Brand: Heinz / Type: Soups "
I was really craving soup one day so i took a walk down to my local co op, i was only going to get a small tin of soup but then i noticed Heinz beef stew and dumplings soup and i thought nice one. I love stew and dumplings, its my favorite meal especially when the weather is nasty and cold.
The Heinz stew and dumplings comes in a green plastic tub which was about the size of a pot noodle but not as tall.
The label on the front showed a very tasty picture of different vegetables and dumplings.
This Heinz stew and dumplings only takes 2 minutes in the microwave which i also thought would be perfect for work as well.
When i took the first mouth full of this beef stew i was not impressed at all. The gravy that's in this pot is a very strong beef flavor and it overpowered all of the veg in the stew, it was very strong and left a bitter taste in my mouth. I only had one chunk of beef in the stew which i thought was a bit disappointing because if i brought beef stew i actually expect there to be some beef in it.
There were 3 dumplings about the size of a power ball, i couldn't taste them at all, the gravy just destroyed the taste and the texture of the dumplings.
I was quite disheartened with this because they cost £1.38 each and i expected to taste each different ingredient.
I will not be buying this soup anymore. i am gonna stick to mums home made stew and dumplings.
The only good thing about this is that you can re use the tub as it microwaveable.
Oh Boy! The weather has gone awfully cold again (just when we all thought the summer was next on the agenda), the heating is back on full pelt, and its time to dust out a quick soup to 'warm the cockles'.
I purhased this Heinz Beef stew and dumplings soup (from Heinz taste of home range), from my local morrisons store a few months back for 1 pound 39p, thinking it would be ideal for a situation just like this.
The product is basically a plastic pot, containing 430 grams of Beef Stew and dumplings soup, which is prepared for consuming, by heating for a few minutes in the microwave.
** How to cook - and most importantly 'taste' ** To cook the soup, remove the lid, peel off the plastic film, replace the lid, and microwave on full power for 1 minute 30 seconds. Remove lid, and stir thoroughly, and then place back in the micorwave and heat on full power for a further 1 minute, leave to stand for 1 minute, and 'hey presto'! (Based on microwave cat E - 850 W)
I realised after I pulled out the container to stir it midway through heating, that this was going to be tasty, and contained some decent size chunks of beef, and that proved to be the case.
Having tried numerous packet soups, tinned soups etc over the years this really stands out as being a chunky, and wholesome filling soup.
Care is needed on removing the container from the microwave after heating is complete, as the container and contents are piping hot, and the pot is filled very full.
The first thing that I noticed was the huge dumplings floating at the surface. They looked, and tasted big, and soft, and everything that a dumpling should be. The surrounding soup is lovely and thick, and all the vegetable's colours shine through the dark red sauce, and taste nice and juicy, and well cooked ( not like some of the almost raw carrot pieces I have experienced from other similar soups), with tasty whole button mushrooms, which are surrounded by decent chunky, tasty, tender, pieces of beef.
In the past I almost always add copious amounts of black pepper to these sort of soups to add some flavour, but that is not required with this product.
** Ingredients and nutritional values **
Each 430g pot provides;
335 calories
40.2g carbohydrates (5.9g sugars)
13.4g fat (5.1g saturates)
3.3g fibre
3.6g salt equivalent
There are no artifical colous, flavours or preservatives in the casserole.
** Overall Opinion **
This is a great tasting and reasonably healthy, very warming snack, especially in the cold winter months.
It is easy to cook, and would be ideal for lunch or evening time snacks for children and adults of all ages.
There are also numerous other flavours and types of casseroles and soups, available in the Heinz 'Taste of Home' range as follows:
Peppered Steak Casserole Soup
Chicken and vegetable casserole
Lancashire Hotpot
Roast Chicken and herb Dumplings
As well as limited edition flavours, of which the current offering is Steak and Guiness Casserole.
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Heinz Taste Of Home Beef Stew and Dumplings Soup
Description: Manufacturer: Heinz / Type: Soups
A 435g tub of this soup cost me £1.50 from my local Tesco. I popped down to get some lunch and saw these, it is the first time that I have noticed them and they sounded delicious, soup with beef stew and dumplings, what's not to like!
These come in plastic pots so you don't even need to use a bowl to cook them, just pop them into the microwave (instructions on the back) and then serve.
The first thing I noticed was how great this smells. It really does smell appetising and I couldn't wait to start eating it. I was getting envious glances from colleagues because this smell was making their mouths water too!
It is a rich brown colour with loads of meat and vegetables and little fluffy dumplings (I was actually surprised by how fluffy these were!). It tasted pretty good too, don't get me wrong, it wasn't nearly as nice as a fresh stew, but for a frozen option, was more than acceptable.
Each 430g pot provides the following;
335 calories
40.2g carbohydrates (5.9g sugars)
13.4g fat (5.1g saturates)
3.3g fibre
3.6g salt equivalent
The main ingredients are as follows;
water, potatoes, dumplings, beef, mushrooms, carrots, onions, corn flour, vegetable oil. Flavouring, wheat flour, salt, modified corn flour, colour (plain caramel), yeast extract, garlic, black pepper.
I will definitely buy these again for a quick and relatively healthy lunch. They were hot and tasty and extremely filling. I had it with a chunk of crusty bread and struggled to finish it all. The meat was not as tender as it could have been, but the vegetables were well cooked and the little dumplings were delicious. In summary, for what it cost and how convenient it was, this was a definite bargain!
I am genuinely surprised that there are positive reviews for this product on this site!
My first experience with these soups was about a month ago: I had been doing the weekly shop in anticipation of what I knew was going to be a very busy week - we had just returned from vacation, so there was nothing in the house, and I had a lot of catching up to do at work. As an alternative to preparing a new meal every night, as a one-week solution, I filled my cart up with ready-made soups and nice bread (I had also gained some weight whilst away and wasn't keen on having a big spread every night!). Tescos was having a deal on these Taste of Home soups so I grabbed four, two beef stew and two chicken dumplings, as I had always enjoyed Heinz products in the past.
That night, I tried the beef stew, and was quite unhappy with the taste. The smell was pretty atrocious, like poor-quality wine and dog food, to be honest, and the taste wasn't much better. The beef was tough, the mushrooms indistinguishable from the meat, and the dumplings took up most of the pot, soaked as they were in the sauce and having the consistency and taste of a cheap hamburger bun that's been left in water.
Now, I am in NO way a food snob - like I said, I was more than happy to reach for this and other ready-made soups and found the Tescos Finest and Baxters soups that I pulled from the shelves that night absolutely delicious. But the taste was wretched. The other three pots are currently wasting away on my shelves, as I refuse to even give them to charity!
I can never make this out, so far I have failed miserably in trying to train the Other Half to feed himself when I decide to have a day out. Oh, he will `feed` himself on toast, cake or anything that is easy to grab hold of but that is about as good as it gets!
So I find myself in the middle of the supermarket looking for something that is quick and easy and maybe just needs slipping into the microwave for a few minutes.
I noticed this pot of Heinz beef stew soup and came to the conclusion that it fitted the bill perfectly. No saucepans, culinary skills, or great forethought needed.
£1.48p for a 430g tub, normally I would normally baulk a little at the price but anything for a quiet life!
So, I figured that if I left the tub in a prominent position along with a small loaf of crusty bread then there would be no problemo.
Supper time came along that evening and whereas supper usually consists of a slice of buttered toast and a cuppa, it seemed that the Other Half had far grander ideas. He had stuck his spectacles on the end of his nose and was carrying out an in depth study on the contents of the Heinz tub of beef stew soup.
So it seemed that the tub of soup was going to do a disappearing act and there was little or nothing that I could do to change the situation!
I have to say that the plastic tub is made to look inviting, the picture on the pale golden coloured plastic tub puts the contents in a very good light.
For a start the plastic lid and the inner plastic film have to be removed. Then put the tub into the microwave, heat on full power for two minutes then take it out and stir it thoroughly. By this time I could see spectacles twitching in anticipation but I said `Down Rover!` it has to go back into the microwave for another minute.
As the plastic tub was removed the actual tub was boiling hot and it had to cool for a few seconds before it could be touched again.
The thick soup looked and smelled good. The gravy was rich and thick, a slight smell of garlic mingled with an almost `marmitey` smell. The gravy had shown no signs of separation as it had been heated through. In the thick gravy there were diced potato, sliced mushrooms, pieces of carrot and slithers of onion. The gravy tasted rich and good but the garlic and marmite flavours remained in the background.
I have to say they hadn't gone overboard with the beef but what was there was pleasant, a slight chew to it but it was tasty. The small dumplings made the whole tub look perfectly authentic, as we all know dumplings are at their best when they are eaten as soon as they are cooked. These dumplings had been pre-cooked so they were not as soft and fluffy as freshly cooked ones. Never the less they held up well.
Soups, stews and casseroles are a firm favourite in our house and this tub of Heinz beef stew soup went down a treat. If we were both having it as a snack meal then we would certainly need a tub each but at £1.48 a tub that may well work out an expensive snack.
One tub contains 335 calories, it is fairly high in fat but it also has a good amount of protein too.
There are no artificial flavours or colourings but the soup does contain wheat and gluten.
A good and tasty if not slightly expensive product that I am sure I will be buying again. As for the Other Half's tomorrows lunchtime snack? It could be anyone's guess!!