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Bleached or Unbleached Flour? – In Dianes Kitchen

  1. Chemicals: Bleached flour has chemicals added to it; unbleached flour is chemical-free.

2. Production time: Bleached flour is faster to produce than unbleached flour.

3. Aging Process: Bleached flour is chemically aged; unbleached flour is aged naturally, by exposure to the air.

4. Grain size: Bleached flour has a very tiny grain; unbleached flour’s grain is slightly larger.

5. Volume and Texture: Bleached flour has a fluffier volume and a lighter, finer texture; unbleached flour has less volume and is more dense.

6. Color: Bleached flour is whiter and brighter in color; unbleached flour is more of an off-white or even very pale yellow color.

7. Price: Bleached flour is less expensive than unbleached flour, because it takes less time to produce.

Source: Bleached or Unbleached Flour? 

In Dianes Kitchen

Conditions for genuine happiness – Silent Songs of Sonsnow

“Even more important than the warmth and affection we receive, is the warmth and affection we give. It is by giving warmth and affection, by having a genuine sense of concern for others, in other words through compassion, that we gain the conditions for genuine happiness.”

His Holiness the great 14th Dalai Lama

Source: Conditions for genuine happiness – Silent Songs of Sonsnow

They were Israel’s eyes on the border – but their Hamas warnings went unheard

For years, units of young female conscripts had one job here. It was to sit in surveillance bases for hours, looking for signs of anything suspicious.

In the months leading up to the 7 October attacks by Hamas, they did begin to see things: practice raids, mock hostage-taking, and farmers behaving strangely on the other side of the fence.

Noa, not her real name, says they would pass information about what they were seeing to intelligence and higher-ranking officers, but were powerless to do more. “We were just the eyes,” she says.

It was clear to some of these women that Hamas was planning something big – that there was, in Noa’s words, a “balloon that was going to burst”…

The observers have different opinions about why their reports didn’t get a bigger response, but Avigail shares the view of several we spoke to: “It’s because we are the lowest soldier in the system… so our word is considered less professional.”

“Everyone saw us only as eyes, they don’t see a soldier,” says Roni.

Three months after the attacks, the surviving tatzpitaniyot and grieving families of those killed are struggling to come to terms with what happened as they wait for an investigation…

Source: They were Israel’s eyes on the border – but their Hamas warnings went unheard