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Global warming - is it really happening?
Not according to a recent statement by one of the leading global warming proponents. James Lovelock(1), the father of the Gaia Theory, recently commented on MSNBC that he and others were "alarmist" in predicting that the earth would heat up causing massive death and destruction. This hasn't happened, and he admits that he made a mistake. He still believes it will happen, "but it's been deferred a bit." He also admitted that "we don't know what the climate is doing."
So is the earth really heating up and, more importantly, is the rise in temperature caused by human activity? The earth has apparently heated up about 1.5 degrees Fahrenheit since the time of available temperature data of 1900. But does this mean that this temperature rise was caused by man's activities?
We are told that carbon dioxide levels are rapidly increasing because of burning fossil fuels like coal, diesel fuel and gasoline. But carbon dioxide only accounts for about 5% of the greenhouse effect. Water is far better at heating things up than carbon dioxide. Also, the earth has built-in mechanisms to handle increases in natural atmospheric gases. For example, the oceans are a tremendous sink for carbon dioxide. The more carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, the more the oceans absorb, the more coral and plant life is formed. This, in turn, supports more sea life. More carbon dioxide also supports more plant life on land. All of this moderates the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. When Lovelock was postulating that the earth was going to dangerously warm up and billions of people would die, these effects were not well understood.
Atmospheric water has a much greater effect on the temperature of the earth, but it, too, has built-in moderating factors. For example, the warmer it gets, the more water goes into the atmosphere. The more water that is in the atmosphere, the more sun rays are block by the water. This, then, has a cooling effect on the earth. The opposite happens the cooler it gets. The cooler it gets, the less water is in the atmosphere, resulting in more rays of sun reaching the earth, causing it to become warmer. It's like these moderating factors were built in from the start by an amazing Creator who knew life needed fairly constant conditions in order to flourish. What an awesome God we serve!
So why do some scientists make these outlandish, alarming predictions based on very limited data and understanding of the systems they are studying? And why are politicians and the media so eager to pick up the banner to cry wolf? Is there another agenda here?
It is very tempting for the scientist who is under pressure to obtain grants working on problems that are politically correct or popular. And who doesn't like publicity and notoriety? Politicians, on the other hand, often have a different agenda. I believe that the case for global warming is motivated by the desire to redistribute wealth worldwide. Nations that are burning the most fossil fuels are the wealthier nations like the United States and the European nations. So if we develop a worldwide tax on the amount of carbon dioxide a nation produces, guess who pays the taxes. I am all for not wasting any of the earth's resources, including energy. But controlling societies by taxation and regulations is rarely productive and, in the long run, lowers the standard of living for us all.
(1) http://worldnews.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/04/23/11144098-gaia-scientist-...
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Jack Midson says he and his AFC Wimbledon team-mates are much better prepared for life in League Two now that the weak links in the squad have been released.
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N.E. OK. Projects?
Well, We're 4 weeks away, so guess it's time to get a projects list started. Let us know what you are thinking.
Have a good day, Art
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Mark will not be able to make it, but I can still bring his hydo unit and parts. If we fix it there we can install it here at KANSAS cubfest.
Glen and I are planning on being there Saturday. If anyone needs parts let me know. I also have some equipment that is for sale
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Art, Gary and I do not have any projects at this time. Plan on being there early Friday afternoon, or right after lunch.
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It just occured to me I don't know how to find your place, will need directions. Thanks
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Jim we will have signs on 75. Mikes address is 12481 N. 3990 RD Dewey, OK 74029. 12 miles S of Kansas border on 75 hwy. Turn east at 1200 Rd. go to 3990 rd turn south go 1/2 mile. Are you coming friday or just saturday.
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Thanks Johnny, I think Ed wants to just be there on Saturday
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Well had some bad luck, my wife fell and broke her ankle, they did surgery on it and it looks like for the next 6 to 8 weeks I will be tied to her care sorry I can't make the fest, as far as I know Ed still plans to go.
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Hated to hear that Jim, family responsibilities come first. Hope she recovers well.
Also hope Ed does come.
Everybody else, we're 2 weeks away!!
Have a good day, Art
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PUPILS at a Worcester school have enjoyed learning from a historian as part of a Holocaust memorial day.
Darius Jackson from London University's department for Education visited Nunnery Wood High School to discuss the Holocaust.
Bee Speechley, a history teacher at the Spetchley Road school, said: "We wanted to acknowledge the day and develop the social, moral and cultural side to the curriculum.
"Assemblies were delivered to all year groups some by the management of the school and some by the students themselves.
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Holocaust Memorial day takes place on January 27 every year and aims to encourage people to reflect on the lessons of history.
As part of the day, pupils were invited to write in a condolence book with their thoughts and reflections on the Holocaust.
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Whether we are going on a long road trip, bringing a lunch into work or packing a sandwich to bring to Croke Park for The All-Ireland Hurling Final replay.
Brenda met up with nutritionist and dietician Dr Mary McCreery, from Blackrock Clinic, who believes it's important to put food in your lunch box that you LIKE as opposed to something you don't really like, but believe to be healthy...
For more information on how to create a healthy and varied lunchbox, this info page and download from SafeFood may be of interest: http://www.safefood.eu/Publications/Consumer-info/Healthy-lunchboxes.aspx.
There are some people that are what you might call devoted to their work, but there are few of any of us who have gone quite to the extremes of BBC journalist and documentary maker Justin Rowlatt...
Firstly, his wife walked to hospital in labour because he had committed to reduce the carbon footprint of his entire family for a year - and then he brought half his family to live in German to try and see how German they could become!
Justin working at the Faber Castell pencil factory in Germany
For one, he found out that he would have to be very focused on his job, and not send texts while working at a pencil factory! Justin joins us from the BBC studios today to tell us what prompted him to up sticks and take his family teutonic...
For more information about the BBC TV programme Make Me A German, visit www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b038669g.
Dublin's Fringe Festival is in full flight all across the capital, with over 100 productions about everything under the sun - from the GAA to Australian Dance troupes in briefs to comedy to dance!
And the woman who has been at the helm of the ship guiding it through the choppy waters of recession is its director Roise Goan, who joins Derek in studio to give us the lowdown on what's on. And we're also joined in studio by young playwright Oisin McKenna, who tells us about his play on finding love on the internet, called GRINDR/ A Love Story.
For more information about Dublin Fringe Festival, visit www.fringefest.com. And for more information about GRINDR/ A Love Story, visit www.fringefest.com/programme/grindr-a-love-story. Please note that the play is not suitable for children.
Hedgerows and the Law
Hedgerows in Ireland form important features in maintaining wildlife diversity and in establishing wildlife "corridors", particularly for birds. The commonest nesting birds found in hedgerows such as wrens, dunnocks, robin and willow warblers depend entirely on insects during the Summer months. In general untrimmed, thorned hedgerows containing species such as blackthorn, whitethorn and holly are favoured by birds as they provide ample food and also serve as a protection against predators.
Section 40 of the Wildlife Act, 1976, as amended by Section 46 of the 2000 Act, provides protection for hedgerows by providing that it shall be an offence for a person to cut, grub, burn or otherwise destroy hedgerows on uncultivated land during the nesting season from 1 March to 31 August, subject to certain exceptions. It is important that, where possible, necessary work to hedgerows is carried out outside this period.
It is possible in most cases to schedule and carry out necessary work to hedgerows outside this period. The legislation makes provision for works (other than road or other construction works) to be carried out for reasons of public health and safety under the authority of any Minister or a body established by statute that lead to the destruction of vegetation. There is also a provision to enable the Minister for Environment, Heritage and Local Government to request from the relevant Minister or body details of any such works together with a statement of the public health and safety factors involved.
It shall not be an offence to destroy vegetation in the ordinary course of agriculture or forestry. Also it shall not be illegal to destroy vegetation while preparing or clearing a site for lawful building or construction works.
It is the policy of the Minister to prosecute for offences under section 40 of the Wildlife Acts 1976 and 2000 and successful prosecutions have been taken under this section in recent years. Members of the public are encouraged to contact their local wildlife ranger and report instances where hedgerows are being destroyed during the prohibited period.
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Nike Mag 2011 – Full Auction Recap
September 19th, 2011 by John Kim | 19 comments
Big sneaker releases don't typically last for more than 30 minutes, but for the most publicly marketed 'limited' sneaker release of all time, Nike stretched it out a full ten days. Before we get down to the fun facts and number-crunching of all the bidding and auctions, let's explore for one final time the far-reaching impactful grasp of the Nike Mag 2011. As Michael J. Fox explained to the millions of viewers during his interview with David Letterman, the Nike Mag 2011 auctions would bring out not only the sneakerhead community, but the Back To The Future fanatics as well as those in the Parkinson's community. News of the Nike Mag 2011 was reported not only on sneaker sites, but on tech/gadget, pop-culture, and movie blogs, and were featured on a number of news programs across the nation, and very quickly, the Nike Mag 2011 established itself as one of the most memorably pop-culture virals of the year.
The Nike Mag 2011 auctions started off with a bang when U.K. hip-hop artist Tinie Tempah concluded the first live auction in Hollywood, CA by paying $37,500 for the shoes and the limited edition packaging. As expected the opening night of bids brought on the most bids as well as the most cash flow, with 5,389 bids and $911,927.34 in dollars raised for charity. As the auctions rolled on, the excitement began to settle and those who were serious about acquiring a pair of the Nike Mags employed a bid of auction bidding strategy, waiting for the proper days to maximize their dollar. The sixth day brought on the least amount of bids with a total of 3,117, and the seventh day brought on the least amount of dollars with a total of $488,076.90. The data further shows that the number of bids and dollars rose considerable during final two days of auction, as the panic of 'missing out' began to seep in. Unfortunately, we're all 'outta time' for the auctions, but if you want to see all the data, we've got all of that for you below, courtesy of Mugen on NT. Thanks to RetroKid for the heads up.
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Tuesday, January 22
Development of a Standardized Toolset for the
Mark Adams, Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education, Oak Ridge
New Streamlined Energy Savings Performance Contract Program
ORNL Building Technologies Research and Integration Center Seminar
10:00 AM — 11:00 AM, Building 3147, Conference Room
Contact: Julia Kelley (firstname.lastname@example.com), 865.574.1013
AbstractDevelopment of a Standardized Toolset for New Streamlined Energy Savings Performance Contract Program Department of Energy (DOE) energy savings performance contracts (ESPC) allow Federal agencies to accomplish energy savings projects without up-front capital costs and without special Congressional appropriations. In fiscally difficult times, like now, it is hard for federal facilities to receive appropriations for much needed upgrades. This is especially true for small federal buildings that are less than 200,000 ft2, which make up 99% of the General Service Administration (GSA) federal real property profile (FRPP). These small buildings and many small federal sites are underserved due to various hurdles inherent to the protocols and methodology of the current DOE ESPC program. The new DOE ENABLE ESPC program is designed to overcome these hurdles through a streamlined contract methodology, limiting energy conservation measures (ECM), and required site audit toolset for energy savings calculations. The three ECMs consist of lighting, water conservation, and heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) controls, which are typically the highest value upgrades. By limiting the scope to only these three ECMs the ESPC projects are easier to model and quicker to implement. This simplified scope reduces the overhead costs, making smaller projects more feasible to finance under ESPC. The toolset developed for the ENABLE program is a key part of reducing overhead costs in projects, providing a standardized energy savings calculation methodology and output reporting that only requires the user to input key information about each ECM obtained during the building audit. Validated against an existing ESPC project, the toolset provides acceptable accuracy for energy savings calculations. The toolset has been successfully used in one pilot site project and valuable feedback is being incorporated into future versions of the toolset. There are many new features in the pipeline for future versions of the toolset, such as potential new ECMs, automated task order (TO) schedule generation, redesigned user interface, automated submission of project data to DOE team, data analytics on project to facilitate project review, and more. All of these current and new features help to advance the goal of a more standardized and streamlined approach to ESPC projects, helping to meet presidential and federal goals. Mark Adams graduated from University of Illinois Champaign-Urbana with a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering, Spanish Minor, and International Minor in Engineering: Latin America & Caribbean Studies then went on to get his M.S. in Agricultural and Biological Engineering in the spring of 2008 and summer of 2010 respectively. At UIUC, he participated in Illinois' 2009 entry in the Solar Decathlon competition where they placed 2nd overall. He designed, built, and tested a novel HVAC system for the competition house. During the summer of 2010, he interned at Oak Ridge National Laboratory then after graduation began a post masters research position at ORNL in Residential, Commercial, and Industrial Energy Efficiency group. His research interests include building energy efficiency, energy modeling, and financial analysis. He is an associate member of ASHRAE, a LEED AP BD+C, and Engineering Intern (EI).


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#Tip of the day for journalists: Five ways to use social media curator RebelMouse
November 28th, 2012 | No Comments | Posted by Sarah Marshall in Social media and blogging, Top tips for journalists
RebelMouse launched earlier this year as platform that allows you curate content shared on social media.
Soon after the launch of RebelMouse, Journalism.co.uk wrote about how news outlets, including Reuters, NBC and the Huffington Post, were among some of the first to set up "social front pages".
Jeff Sonderman has this week published a post on Poynter, suggesting five ways RebelMouse can be used by journalists.
He presents his points and notes RebelMouse's "distinguishing capabilities":
- It can bring multiple social networks together in one space.
- It can make all that work you put into social networking accessible to people who don't use those networks.
- It can be as automated as you want or as manually curated.
If you have a tip you would like to submit to us at Journalism.co.uk email us using this link.Tags: journalism tips, rebelmouse
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Firefighters have put out a fire in Chicopee at 103 Arnold St.
There is no word on how serious this fire was or if there were any injuries.
A crew is on the way, and this story will update as soon as more information is available.
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text: Robert Pattinson Facts 28 Facts That Will Change the Way You Think About Robert Pattinson by Maria Mercedes Lara 5/13/14 697 Reactions 853 Shares Print 28 416 400 8 1 Robert Pattinson turns 28 on Tuesday, and we can think of no better way to celebrate his life than with a look at 28 interesting, funny, and little-known facts about his life. From Rob's first kiss to his relationship with Kristen Stewart to his troubles at school — the actor has already lived an interesting life. Keep reading to find out more about Rob! Source: FameFlynet, Getty 1 He Considers Himself a Good Gift-Giver What's Your Reaction? 0 0 0 0 0 0 If you ever got a gift from Rob, chances are you would really like it — at least according to the man himself. Rob said in an interview that he loves "grand gestures" and likes to give presents. "I like to give people presents and I think of myself as the best gift giver," he said, adding, "But only because I get stuff for myself and then make it work for the other person." Source: Getty / Alberto E. Rodriguez 1 / 28 2 Rob Learned How to Scuba Dive For Harry Potter What's Your Reaction? 0 0 0 0 0 0 He told Scholastic magazine that he learned how to scuba dive for his role in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. Source: Getty / Dave Hogan 2 / 28 3 He Was Expelled From School What's Your Reaction? 0 0 0 0 0 0 Robert admitted in a 2008 interview with Extra that he was expelled from Tower House School, a private school in England, when he was 12, but he refused to explain why he was kicked out. Source: Getty / Miquel Benitez 3 / 28 4 He's to Blame For One Kristen Stewart Rumor What's Your Reaction? 0 0 0 0 0 0 Rob admitted to GQ in April 2009 that he's to blame for an early rumor that he had proposed to Kristen Stewart. He said, "I said that in some interview as a joke — 'Oh, I proposed to her multiple times.' And then it gets printed, 'On the set, he proposed multiple times.'" Source: Getty / Albert L. Ortega 4 / 28 5 He Wasn't Always a Fan Favorite What's Your Reaction? 0 0 0 0 0 0 According to TV Guide, 75,000 fans reportedly petitioned against Robert when it was first announced that he was picked for the role of Edward Cullen. Source: Getty / Stephen Shugerman 6 / 28 6 Rob Is Friends With Katy Perry What's Your Reaction? 0 0 0 0 0 0 Robert is good friends of Katy Perry and she helped him out through his breakup with Kristen Stewart. Source: Getty / Kevin Mazur/TCA 2010 6 / 28 7 He Has Shot a Gun What's Your Reaction? 0 0 0 0 0 0 Robert revealed in a 2012 interview with MTV that he had recently gotten into shooting, saying that he likes to visit an LAPD shooting range to fire off rounds. Source: Getty / Andreas Rentz 7 / 28 8 He Isn't Big on Spending a Lot of Money What's Your Reaction? 0 0 0 0 0 0 Rob told Harper's Bazaar in 2009 that, despite earning millions for The Twilight Saga, he doesn't like to splash out on lavish purchases. He said, "I don't spend any money. The only thing I've really bought is my car, which cost $1,500 and keeps exploding." Source: FameFlynet 8 / 28 9 Robert Isn't a Great Driver What's Your Reaction? 0 0 0 0 0 0 Despite growing up with a father who was a car dealer, Robert admitted to Harper's Bazaar in 2009 that he is actually not that used to driving. He said, "My dad's a car dealer, but I grew up in London, so I always say, 'I don't drive — I get driven.'" Source: Getty / David Ramos 9 / 28 10 He Likes to Google Himself What's Your Reaction? 0 0 0 0 0 0 Kristen told Harper's Bazaar in November 2008 that Rob Googles himself more than she does. However, he countered that he actually is Googling his "competition," and that she's the one that searches for herself more online. Source: Getty / Ian Gavan 11 / 28 11 Rob Had His First Kiss at Age 12 What's Your Reaction? 0 0 0 0 0 0 Robert told Seventeen magazine that he had his first kiss at the tender age of 12. Source: Getty / Michael Buckner 11 / 28 12 He Hates the Nickname "R-Patz" What's Your Reaction? 0 0 0 0 0 0 Robert 's fans may like to call him R-Patz, but they better not say it to his face. He told The Guardian in June 2012 that he isn't fond of the moniker, saying, "I don't understand who invented that thing, 'R-Patz' — I want to strangle them." Source: Getty / Sean Gallup 12 / 28 13 He's Peed in a Jar Before What's Your Reaction? 0 0 0 0 0 0 The actor said in an interview with MTV back in 2012 that he has peed in a jar while in a car. He added, "Many times as well." Source: Getty / Andreas Rentz 13 / 28 14 He Has Two Dogs What's Your Reaction? 0 0 0 0 0 0 Robert Pattinson has two dogs, Bear and Bernie, whom he adopted with then-girlfriend Kristen Stewart. Both are mutts that they rescued from dog pounds. Source: Getty / Kevin Winter 14 / 28 15 He Got Suspended For Saving Snails What's Your Reaction? 0 0 0 0 0 0 Rob said on The Ellen DeGeneres Show back in April 2011 that he got suspended from school when he was "6 or 7" for saving snails and carrying them around in a carton. He said that he was saving them so his schoolmates would stop killing them when they went outside. Source: Getty / Ian Gavan 15 / 28 16 Rob's Self-Conscious About His Body What's Your Reaction? 0 0 0 0 0 0 Robert said in an interview with Moviefone in January 2009 that he thinks he has "wide hips" and is self-conscious about taking off his clothes in public. In fact, he said that when he goes to the pool, he keeps all of his clothes on to avoid feeling embarrassed. Source: Getty / Andrew H. Walker 16 / 28 17 He Loves Silly TV Shows What's Your Reaction? 0 0 0 0 0 0 Robert Pattinson told MTV back in 2011 that his favorite TV shows are Minute to Win It and America's Dumbest Criminals. Source: Getty / Frazer Harrison 17 / 28 18 He Is Friends With Eddie Redmayne What's Your Reaction? 0 0 0 0 0 0 Eddie Redmayne told us back in December that he's good friends with Robert Pattinson. He said, "Robert, I've known for a long time. There's a whole load of us [British actors] who were trying to make ends meet in London, and it's been lovely watching everyone have a moment to do interesting work." Source: Getty / Jon Kopaloff 18 / 28 19 Rob's Favorite Soccer Team Is Arsenal What's Your Reaction? 0 0 0 0 0 0 The actor told UK's Metro newspaper that Arsenal is one of his favorite soccer teams. Source: Getty / Michael Buckner 19 / 28 20 Rob Was a Teen Model What's Your Reaction? 0 0 0 0 0 0 Before he became an actor, Robert was a model. Check out photos of Robert Pattinson modeling underwear during his teen years. Source: Getty / Jamie McCarthy 20 / 28 21 He Has Double-Jointed Fingers What's Your Reaction? 0 0 0 0 0 0 Robert told Yahoo! Movies UK & Ireland that he has bendy, double-jointed fingers. He also noted that he broke his nose three times while playing goalie in soccer because his fingers would bend back and the ball would hit him in the face. Source: Getty / Alo Ceballos 21 / 28 22 Rob Isn't Very Athletic What's Your Reaction? 0 0 0 0 0 0 Kristen Stewart told Harper's Bazaar in 2009 that she is far more athletic than Robert. She said, "Rob can barely jump rope. I call him Flippy because when he does his stunt rehearsals, he flips around. And, God, when he tries to run." Source: Getty / Ben Gabbe 22 / 28 23 He Can Speak French, Sort Of What's Your Reaction? 0 0 0 0 0 0 Rob told Vanity Fair in 2008 that he can speak French but only at a "3-year-old's standard." Source: Getty / Don Arnold 23 / 28 24 Rob's a Private School Boy What's Your Reaction? 0 0 0 0 0 0 The actor grew up attending different private schools in England. He attended the Tower House School until he was 12 years old and then transferred to The Harrodian School. Source: Getty / Christopher Polk 24 / 28 25 He Never Dated Nikki Reed What's Your Reaction? 0 0 0 0 0 0 Sorry, folks, Robert Pattinson never dated Nikki Reed before he linked up with Kristen Stewart. Nikki told Seventeen magazine in 2009 that rumors about her being "bitter" over a breakup with Rob make her angry. She said, "Rob and I were never together." Source: Getty / Jason Merritt 25 / 28 26 Rob's First Real Role Was a Made-For-TV Film What's Your Reaction? 0 0 0 0 0 0 While he never made it onto screen in Vanity Fair, Robert did manage to get some real screen time in his first real role in Curse of the Ring, a British TV movie. Source: FameFlynet, Getty / Steve Granitz 26 / 28 27 He Lied to Matt Lauer What's Your Reaction? 0 0 0 0 0 0 While promoting Water For Elephants on Today, Robert told Matt Lauer that he saw a clown die at a circus when he was a little kid. However, he later admitted at the German premiere of Water For Elephants that he made the whole story up because he couldn't think of anything interesting for the interview. He said, "I made the whole thing up. . . . I don't know why I said it!" Source: Getty / Kevin Winter 27 / 28 28 He Played Reese Witherspoon's Son What's Your Reaction? 0 0 0 0 0 0 Robert's first major acting gig was playing Reese Witherspoon's son in Vanity Fair, but his scene with her eventually got cut out of the movie. It was an odd casting choice to begin with considering that Reese is only 10 years older than Rob. Later, he went on to play her lover in Water For Elephants, but fans have saved Rob's deleted Vanity Fair scene on YouTube. 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In less than a year, a new hotel should be standing on the banks of the Chattahoochee River.
"It is with great excitement for me to announce to you today that Ram hotels have received all of the necessary approvals for a four story, 99 room, Courtyard Marriott hotel located directly by the foot of the 14th Street bridge here in Phenix City," said Shaun Culligan, Economic Development Specialist.
This development coincides with several new projects in the area along with an emerging white water rafting attraction. The hotel has direct access to the riverwalk and a pedestrian bridge to Columbus that is nearly ready to open.
The president of Ram Hotels outlined features that will make guests feel like they never left home.
"A lot of living space, a lot of public area, you know you have a reading library, you have home theater, you have an outside grilling area, an outside patio, you know, you have Bistro Bar," said Rinkesh Patel.
In addition to the permanent service jobs this new business will bring to the area, between 75 and 120 construction workers will also be employed from ground break to grand opening.
Ram Hotels sees a future in the Phenix City –Columbus area, and that's why they are adding their tenth hotel in the region.
"We thought that the next demand generators are going to be in this area, and what better way to address that than to put hotel rooms here, and hence, you have a Courtyard on the Riverfront."
City leaders are hoping that other businesses follow suit and join the growing economic momentum that is making this area a major destination.
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At least five acres of land in Gilmer are burned after giant flames took over a wooded area. Meanwhile, another fire smoldered in Upshur county, has residents worried the dry conditions could lead to a repeat of the summer of 2011.
Around 1pm Saturday, fire crews rushed to a 5-acre blaze off highway 155 south of Gilmer that shut the highway down. Just days ago, over 100-acres torched off Flamingo road, giving area residents an uneasy feeling.
"I was worried because its so dry and with it being so hot and dry it can spread fast," says area resident Tandy McDonald.
Gilmer and other fire crews have been closely watching the burn areas to be on scene immediately if there are any re-kindles. Forest service bulldozers are regularly being called in to cut wide breaks to take dry fuel away from fires.
"Every time I see smoke I panic," says Carol Elia.
The scorched earth reminds firefighters and homeowners of the summer of 2011, something they don't want to see repeated. Many remember how their homes came within a few feet of being claimed by the fires.
"The whole state was on fire, and we were just watching to see which way it was going next and it actually got within a quarter mile of us," Elia says.
After an hour of fighting, crews contained the 155 fire at 5-acres. Residents hope they aren't talking about new fire memories after this summer.
"There was fires all around us, roads were closed down , we couldn't get certain places it was really bad," McDonald says.
The cause of the fire off of highway 155 near Gilmer is still under investigation.
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Family Tides on the Beach in Galveston
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Dear Guests: Due to Voume of Bookings Calendar is Not Updated.
You will pat yourself on the back for landing this one! Family Tides On the Beach is professionally decorated to celebrate your beach vacation in luxury. Families will love the spacious floor plan, Moms will love the immaculate condition and Dads will love the close access to the beach club. Everyone will love the Great Views!
Family Tides On the Beach is THE crown jewel of Pointe West resort - Beachfront 3 Bedroom/3 Full Baths right by the Beach Club. The master suite is private and has its own access to balcony beach views, the queen suite has its own bathroom - ideal for families traveling together.
We are with you every step of the way, first and foremost working with you to make sure it is a match for your vacation dreams. We then develop a customized and flexible plan to ensure you spend your time enjoying the island not figuring things out. When you arrive it will be like visiting a familiar place ('there's Seven Seas the convenience store they told us about' not 'where can I get milk?
Pointe West is a world-class resort that offers family a unique opportunity to make vacation memories that will last a lifetime. It offers a beach club that make the worries of the day melt away as you just take it all in. Welcoming staff available for pool-side service and a family-friendly experience where everyone is there for the same reason - having good fun!
Beach Balls & Buckets isn't a property management company it is a vacation management company. Founded by a mom with a passion for vacations and Pointe West, we work hard to understand exactly what you are looking for in this vacation and move mountains (or dunes) to make it happen. You will be treated like a friend coming to visit not a booking.
Vacation time is so limited and the memories so precious. We respect this and you! We hope to have the opportunity to work with you on this vacation and many others!
condo rental amenities
Amenities include fully-furnished kitchen, washer/dryer in unit, 4 TVs, and reserved parking. Everything you need to make the most of your vacation!
Pointe West Resort features include infinity-edge pool overlooking the ocean, childrens' pool, fitness center, hot tubs, lazy river, game room, restaurant, ocean-view roof-top bar! As a guest said, 'Now I know what Heaven will be like!Pointe West Resort features include infinity-edge pool overlooking the ocean, children's pool, fitness center, hot tubs, lazy river, game room, restaurant, ocean-view roof-top bar! As a guest said, 'Now I know what Heaven will be like!
activities and attractions in Galveston Texas
Galveston and Pointe West offer the best of both worlds! A fantastic beach vacation- shelling, beach fun and strolls, relaxing by the pool, soaking in the hot tub or frolicking in the lazy river. Plus with the fully-furnished kitchen- you never have to leave the resort!
If you want to, there is more than enough to keep you entertained in Galveston. From its historic district to Schlitterbahn and Moody Gardens, Galveston has something for every age and interest! Shopping at the local shops and art galleries, eating at a wide range of restaurants, a variety of museums and more!
vacation rental rates
rate does not include $165 cleaning fee, tax and $400 damage deposit. Rates subject to change without notice. Holiday rates apply.


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Friday, February 24, 2012
Jolly Rancher Crunch n Chew
When Jolly Ranchers hard candies were introduced in 1949 their original name was Famous for Flavor; that certainly describes what has set Jolly Ranchers apart from other candies for all these years.
Jolly Ranchers probably single-highhandedly made hard candies cool for kids. The flavors are bold and fresh and more intense than most others available back in the seventies when they went national and really still to this day. The brand has obviously branched out with chews, gummies and jelly beans. But their core product remains their individually wrapped hard candies in flavors like green apple, cherry, blue raspberry and watermelon. (One of my favorites has always been the Fire Sticks, though they're not made any longer.)
The candies come packaged in a variety of formats. They should be available as little packages in vending and convenience stores as well as this peg bag that holds 6.5 ounces. Each piece is individually wrapped. Instead of the twist clear wrappers, these have sealed ends. The new logo design is bold and appealing, but the color difference between the watermelon pink and the cherry pink is quite faint. (Though the names are also printed on there.)
They're about 7/8ths of an inch. The construction is interesting, it reminds me of the Jolly Rancher chewy center lollipops. There's a chewy center, kind of like a Starburst and a hard candy shell. The shell is different from the texture of a regular Jolly Rancher. It's not transparent, it's milky and doesn't have that same smooth melt and light pliability.
Cherry (Dark Pink) is the flavor I wanted to get out of the way, as it's usually my least favorite but a good time to concentrate on the qualities of the candy. The candy rod is pretty thick, though it's called crunch and chew, I don't recommend biting into it right away, I suggest dissolving it a bit. The cherry flavor is strong with both tartness and a sweet woodsy but artificial flavor. Crunching brings an interesting set of textures. The chew in the middle was quite sour but worked well with the crunchy bits of hard candy. I suppose you could be patient and let the hard candy dissolve completely ... but the product is called Crunch 'n Chew.
Green Apple (Green) is the flavor that I most associate with Jolly Rancher. It's good, it's nicely rounded with both that artificial green apple plus a helping of apple juice and a little bit of dried apple. The center is chewy and much more mild, almost milky.
Watermelon (Pink) is quite artificial and reminds me of scented lip gloss. It's tangy with a good dose of that fake watermelon. The chew inside is also tart and has a weird sort of plastic flavor to it, kind of like Play Doh smells.
Blue Raspberry (Blue) is rather berry flavor. It's not quite as intense as the standard Jolly Rancher clear hard candy, but has a well rounded flavor that pulls in flavors of seeds and boiled jam all with a tangy backdrop.
They're just not my style. The part I like most about Jolly Ranchers is their incredibly smooth dissolve, no voids and with a sort of syrupy thickness to the flavor. This was just another hard candy with a weird plasticy chew at the center. If I were 11 and someone gave this to me, I might like it. But as a grown up, I think I'll probably just stick with the Cinnamon Fire or Wild Berry flavors.
Contains gelatin, so not suitable for vegetarians. Made in Brazil, no statement about gluten or peanuts/tree nuts but does contain corn starch, sulfur dioxide and soy.
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POSTED BY Cybele AT 2:16 pm Candy • Review • Hershey's • Chews • Hard Candy & Lollipops • 6-Tempting • Brazil • Comments (10)
Monday, October 18, 2010
Kraft & Ferrara Pan Caramels
Kraft Caramels are one of those products that transcends the definition of candy. Like chocolate chips, they're also an ingredient in countless recipes. I'm more likely to see these bags in the baking aisle of the grocery store than the candy section.
Kraft Caramels were introduced in 1933, the same year Kraft brought Miracle Whip into people's lives. In a strange twist, Kraft decided to sell their industry-standard caramels and spun them off with a few other brands to a new company called Favorite Brands. They made the caramels with the Kraft name for two years under the agreement, but after that they rolled them into their other candy brand, Farley's and called them Farley's Original Chewy Caramels. Well, I don't know if you remember those years of not being able to find Kraft Caramels ... I'm not sure how brand aware I was at that time, but I think I considered myself confused and ended up buying Brach's Caramels. Kraft got their caramels back in 2000 and I think they learned their lesson. (You can read more here.)
The caramels are packaged simply and perfectly. Each cube is wrapped in clear cellophane, like little gifts with the surprise spoiled with the transparent packaging.
The color is beautiful and mine were fresh, slightly soft and glossy. They smells sweet, like vanilla pudding. The bite is soft and easy, but not a stringy chew. It's also not quite a fudge texture. This style of caramel is called a short caramel, the sugar and milk is completely emulsified so there are no sugar crystals. The sugar is caramelize, so it has a light toffee note to it along with the mellow dairy flavors of the milk.
The chew is interesting and flavorful, but lacks a bit of the stickiness that I desire in a caramel. I like a complex flavor and silkier texture. They're sweet but at least have a salty note to balance that out. They stick in my teeth a bit, but don't bind my molars together like some stale Sugar Babies can do.
The ingredients are decent enough for cheap candy: corn syrup, sugar, skim milk, palm oil, whey, salt, artificial flavor and soy lecithin.
I understand that one of the benefits to this style though is its versatility for recipes. They can be melted and added to other ingredients like swirled into brownies, drizzled on popcorn and of course their most popular use - caramel dipped apples.
There are 32 calories in each caramel cube and they're still made in the U.S.A. Kosher.
Finally, an early TV commercial for Kraft Caramels:
While looking for Kraft Caramels these past few weeks, I stumbled on these smaller bags of Ferrara Pan Traditional Caramels. This little 6.75 ounce bag also included sticks for making the classic caramel covered apples.
Ferrara Pan is known for their panned candies (hence the company name) like Lemonheads, Boston Baked Bean and Atomic Fireballs. A boiled sweet like caramels is kind of out of place, but then again Ferrara recently branched out into chocolate, so why not caramel?
Turning over the bag to compare the ingredients I found something more substantially informative. Ferrara Pan doesn't make these. They're made by Embare in Brazil. Embare is a premiere candy maker in South America, known for their dairy-based confections like caramels and pudding mixes. Caramel has a fine tradition in South America, so why not go there for some great ones?
They look just like the Kraft version. They're the same size, and have roughly the same variations. (Some are bigger than others and have little ridges on them from manufacturing.)
The cellophane seems a little heavier and is actually sealed at the ends. They're soft enough to pinch. They don't smell like much out of the wrapper.
The bite is much softer and chewier. They're not quite a stringy caramel, but halfway between. They're not as sweet as the Kraft variety, quite smooth and have a strong real vanilla flavor profile. The caramel notes are also great - a little toasty with just a hint or rum or molasses.
Each cube has 27 calories. I don't actually mind that they're made in Brazil and I appreciate Ferrara Pan saying exactly who is making the product.
On the left are the Ferrara Pan and on the right are the Kraft. They really do look the same.
The ingredient list on the Ferrara Pan version is longer: Sugar, corn syrup, skim milk, hydrogenated vegetable oil (soybean, cottonseed and/or palm kernel), whey, milk, cream, salt, soy lecithin, mono- & di-glycerides, artificial vanilla flavor.
I can't say which is better for recipes, but I preferred the texture and flavor profile of the Ferrara Pan. But I can't say that I really loved either, if I really wanted a bite sized caramel, I'd probably go for Sugar Babies, pay a premium for See's ... or make my own.
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POSTED BY Cybele AT 1:41 pm Candy • Review • Halloween • Ferrara Pan • Kraft • Caramel • Kosher • 6-Tempting • Brazil • United States • Rite Aid • Target • Comments (7)
Wednesday, October 15, 2008
Nestle Milk Chocolate
As the whole thing about Hershey's and the swap of chocolate for mockolate came up on other blogs and news sites, I noticed quite a few people expressing a preference for Nestle.
I thought, "What am I missing here?" Well, first of all, plain old Nestle Milk Chocolate bars aren't that easy to find. But with a bit of persistence I did find this fresh 5 ounce "great to share" size bar.
First, I looked at the wrapper pretty carefully. Though Nestle is a Swiss company, this bar was made in Brazil. The ingredients don't make it sound great, but I try to keep an open mind: sugar, chocolate, cocoa butter, nonfat milk, lactose, soy lecithin, PGPR & vanillin.
So in this case the milk was much lower on the list than other milk chocolates (M&Ms and Hershey's Milk Chocolate), so maybe it's a darker tasting milk chocolate.
The Nestle website reveals this little tidbit about the Nestle Milk Chocolate bar's past:
Okay, at least I'm not crazy, because I don't remember plain Nestle chocolate bars being around when I was a kid. There was another strange line on both Nestle's corporate page and their chocolate classics website, NESTL? Milk Chocolate tastes the way you expect great chocolate should taste, offering a milk chocolate alternative that the entire family can enjoy any time. So what the blazes is a milk chocolate alternative? Or is it the any time part I should be clued into, is that some sort of code that means that this is a morning chocolate bar?
It does look a bit darker than many mass-marketed milk chocolate bars. It was even and glossy and has a pleasant powdered milk and chocolate scent.
The bar has a rather soft snap but look well tempered. The melt on the tongue is fudgy, not slick or silky smooth, it's still pleasant. I got a slight aftertaste, kind of like that from powdered milk.
The taste isn't very chocolatey. It's not overly sweet and has a lot of milk taste to it, but really lacks much else. It would go well with inclusions like crisped rice or nuts but as a bar where this is all I had to go on, it really didn't satisfy at all.
I'm not one to be disrespectful towards other people's preferences (ya like whatcha like!) and this bar was certainly inexpensive, but I wouldn't rank it higher in quality than Hershey's Milk Chocolate or M&Ms Milk Chocolate. In fact, I think I throw it a notch below Hershey's, just because I didn't enjoy the flavor. (That doesn't make it a bad bar, before you go thinking I'm a hater, I just didn't like it.)
Now, just so you know, Nestle does make other true Swiss chocolate and I have tried that and found it quite tasty, just not American (North or South, as the case may be) and also costs four times as much.
Thank goodness the wrapper tells me it's great to share, otherwise I wouldn't know what to do with it.
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Monday, August 20, 2007
When I was a kid I didn't like Chunky bars. There was just something about raisins and chocolate that reminded me of those carob covered raisins that were foisted upon me as an alternative to candy (which makes it sound like there was a choice). As I got older I think I appreciated them more, mostly because the texture of such a "thickerer" slab of chocolate offers a different taste experience.
Back when they were first introduced in the 1930s they were larger (of course) and featured Brazil nuts, cashews and raisins. Today they're made with raisins and peanuts ... I've always thought of them as what would happen if you dumped your Goobers and Raisinets into a dish and let them melt & reform into a bar.
The bars were originally made by Philip Silvershein and through a gentleman's agreement with Wrigley, delivered and marketed along with their gums. Later the company was sold to the Ward-Johnson Division of the Terson Company, which oddly enough also bought up the Blumenthal candy group which made Goobers & Raisinets. Nestle bought the Chunky bar and friends in 1984. They changed it from a single chunk to four segmented chunks, I'm guessing in an effort to promote sharing.
The bar is beefy looking. Even though it's thick, the sections are truly easy to snap apart (I don't know how easy it'd be to break up otherwise). It smells rather sweet and more of rum and peanuts than chocolate. The chocolate is okay, it seems creamier than the stuff in Crunch bars. The bar reminds me of a cheap version of the Ritter Sport Rum Trauben Nuss. Since it's a fraction of the price (at 33 cents) I can't really complain of it not living up to a bar that's usually three times the price.
For your enjoyment I dug up some old commercials.
This jingle from the early eighties says "you've gotta open wide to get a Chunky inside. Open wide for a chunkier bite." The commercial also reminds me that they were actually one big piece back then instead of the four segmented block.
This one also references that same tagline, open wide.
This commercial is from the mid or late eighties ... and I'm guessing by the content that it's from around the time that Nestle bought the candy bar. Note that the varieties available is down to two at the end tag. This one also shows the four segments for the first time. See how YouTube has become and candy archaeologist's best resource?
Links: Retroland, Patti at CandyYumYum has an actual wrapper to prove that there was a Pecan version & JCruelty's reviews of a variety of enduring candies (strong language)
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Friday, July 20, 2007
Bazooka Bubble Gum Filled Pops
Bazooka's Bubble Gum Filled Pops have a lot going for them. They're a nice compact size, kind of like Blow Pops, but perfectly spherical. They have a plastic stick, which is great if you're a moist person. The flavor varieties are pretty normal and bound to please: Grape, Orange, Green Apple and Cherry.
But I hate to say it, they just don't live up to this promising conceptual start.
First, the hard candy isn't that flavorful. While it's nicely dense and doesn't have too many sharp holes, it just doesn't taste like much. The orange, which was by far my favorite, was rather like weak orange-ade. Cherry in this case was also weak and a lot more pleasant. I kind of liked the Grape in it's mild form here, even though it in no way rivaled the Blow Pops.
Second, the stick was very close to the top of the candy sphere. With these hollow plastic stick it means that once you dissolve a top layer, the hollow stick makes it hard to "suck" on the sucker without taking in air through the stick.
The gum itself is okay once it warms up and softens. It seems like a smaller portion than a Blow Pop. It's very sugary, which I rather like, but once the sugar is gone it's too stiff and such a small piece that blowing bubbles isn't easy.
If you're going to come late to the "gum filled lollipop" genre, you'd better get in with a top notch product that offers something either better or significantly different. This just doesn't do it for me. They're attractively packaged and come in a smaller "mini" version that I had similar issues with. I think I'll stick to what I think Bazooka does best ... bubble gum.
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Friday, March 2, 2007
Peruvian Candies
My next door neighbors went to Peru for three weeks and brought back a huge cache of Peruvian (and South American) consumer candies. (They also brought some cookies, but I'll try to keep this focused.) I find it quite fun to sample the consumer candies of all countries and regions and Peru was no different. So here are nine candies from Peru:
Name: Lentejas
These little guys probably look familiar. They're chocolate lentils ala Nestle Smarties. Only they're not quite Smartie-like ... they're the same size as M&Ms (Smarties are just slightly flatter and larger than M&Ms). The shell on these is very thick and crunchy. The colors are unbelievably bright.
The chocolate itself is only so so - grainy, too sweet and completely lacking in chocolate taste.
Rating: 4 out of 10.
Name: Prime Peruvian Milk Chocolate
This bar had a lovely photo of the cloud-wrapped city of Machu Picchu on the box. Inside the box the large chocolate tablet was inside a plastic wrapper that looked exactly the same.
The bar was attractive: a dark looking milk chocolate.
The snap was not as sharp as some dark chocolates can be and it had a rather soft bite as many milk chocolates do. The flavor is rather milky, in a goat-cheese sort of way, with a little tangy note. The flavor of the chocolate was also strongly raisiny. It was very pleasant though completely different than most other milk chocolate bars I've had.
Rating: 7 out of 10.
Name: Cua Cua
This is one of those bars that looks huge. The package is about the size a set of Twix bars, yet it only weighs 18 grams. This featherweight bar is all wafers with some light mockolate coating. Between the wafers is a little cocoa cream.
The bar, called Cua Cua, I'm guessing is a play on the sound a duck makes.
The bar smells sweet and a bit of chocolate. It's also a little smoky smelling, though I couldn't quite figure that out from the ingredients.
The smoky notes gave it a little bacon flavor that I wasn't really happy with. The wafers were crunchy and foamy - providing more light texture than taste in this party in my mouth.
The mockolate was of course waxy and unappealing. It often flaked off the bar when I bit into it. I'm a big fan of wafer with cream (I can't imagine how many pounds of Nabisco Wafers I've eaten over the years) but this one just wasn't quite as ducky as I'd hoped.
Rating: 3 out of 10.
Name: Ca?onazo
This bar calls itself "barrita ba?ada rellena con crema de chocolate" which I'm guessing means chocolate filling with crisp wafers bathed in chocolate.
The crisp log of wafer was interesting, kind of like a sweet Cheeto. The chocolate filling was like a frosting, with a good chocolate taste and slightly grain. Like the Cua Cua, this was a light bar. Though it's big it only weighs 26 grams (and is the size of a Snickers ... which are 58 grams). Unfortunately the coating on the outside isn't chocolate and it's rather waxy and uninteresting.
Rating: 4 out of 10.
Name: Gomas Eucalypto
These are crazy! Crazy, I tell you.
They're little gummis covered with granulated sugar. About the size and shape of an incense cone. Nice and soft but with a good gelatin bounce. They look like they could be green apple or lime or maybe even spearmint. But they're not. They're mentholated eucaplytus flavored. Just like Hall's Cough Drops.
They're sweet and aromatic and tingly.
It's rather refreshing to get a cough drop that's not all crunchy and hard, instead it's soothing and invigorating all at once.
Definitely a winner in my book.
Rating: 7 out of 10.
Name: Nikolo
The packaging here is pretty, it's a white thick plastic wrap with a bold brown logo for the name of the bar and pretty little pictures of the nuts in the bar.
The label says, "tableta con sabor a chocolate rellena con mani almendra y cereal crocante" which means "peanut, almond and crispy cereal filled chocolatey bar."
The chunky look of the bar reminded me of Legos and was just about as tasty.
The nuts were fresh and crunchy and gave the bar a promising aroma, but the mockolate in this bar was waxy, chalky and just so bad. Look at it in the photo ... does that look like something you're supposed to eat or something I molded out of dung?
Rating: 2 out of 10.
Name: Golpe
If it weren't for the Arcor brand on this, I'd be looking forward to this bar. The label says "Oblea rellena cubierta con caramelo y cereal crocante, con cobertura sabor chocolate" ... which translates to (courtesy of the wrapper, thankyouverymuch) "Filled wafer, toffee, crispies, all covered with chocolate flavor."
Oh Arcor, again with the chocolate flavor? Is that why your company motto is "Le damos sabor al mundo" (translation: We flavor the world)?
It's a nice looking wrapper and it made me think of soccer.
The bar looks promising as well, with it's crunchy studded mockolate. Inside are wafers with creme filling and then a scant covering of glistening caramel (I'm guessing that's the toffee). The wafers are nice, and the toffee adds some nice flavor to the whole thing, but the bar had a rather chemical taste, like licking fresh dry cleaning. I don't know if that's the taste of Carbox/Methylcellulose (the last ingredient on the list), but it made my tongue buzz.
After this series of Arcor products they are now on my list as the Worst Candymakers in the World. (Granted, I haven't tried everything made by everyone yet.)
This candy bar was made in Chile.
Rating: 2 out of 10.
Name: Sublime
This is a cute little bar. The wrapper says, "Chocolate Blanco de leche con Mani" which is "white milk chocolate with peanuts." Doesn't sound too bad.
And it is pretty cute to look at.
The chocolate is rather sweet, but also has a salty bite to it, which helped the peanut flavors stand out. I'm wondering if this was not de-odorized cocoa butter (most white chocolate is deodorized, so it has no chocolate flavor to it). It just may have been that the milk flavors with the peanuts were strong.
It was actually pretty good white chocolate bar. A little grainy but not the least bit waxy.
This bar was made in Bolivia.
Rating: 5 out of 10.
Name: Princesa
This is a cute little bar and of course has a upscale appeal of a regal name like Princesa. The ingredients are promising too, real chocolate in there.
The bar says that it's "chocolate relleno con crema de mani" which means "chocolate stuffed with peanut butter." Yum!
The chocolate here is dark (though there's some milk listed in the ingredients, it's way down the list). It's a creamy though sweet bar. The peanut butter is very smooth and creamy as well and is completely overshadowed by the chocolate.
There's a little spicy taste in the background, kind of like cinnamon.
This is a nice bar, not as peanutty as I expected, but as sedate and reserved as you'd expect from royalty.
Rating: 6 out of 10.
POSTED BY Cybele AT 6:14 am Candy • Review • Arcor • Kraft • Nestle • Caramel • Chocolate • Cookie • Gummi Candy • Mockolate • Nuts • Peanuts • White Chocolate • 2-Appalling • 3-Unappealing • 4-Benign • 5-Pleasant • 6-Tempting • 7-Worth It • Brazil • Peru • Comments (78)
Thursday, June 1, 2006
Head to Head: Mentos Sours & SweeTarts Shockers
When I came up with the idea to do this head to head comparison, it was because of the most obvious similarities between SweeTarts Shockers and Mentos Sours. They're both rolls, they're both sour and they're both chewy pastilles. But they have completely different flavor mixes (the only flavor in common is green apple), different shapes and rather different takes on what a sour chew should be.
Mentos has always been known for intense chewy mints, so it seems only natural that they'd develop Mentos Sours. The package is a little odd because it says "The Chewy Mint" above the Mentos logo ... but these are not mint flavored. I guess "mint" has become a kind of candy, not a flavor.
Mentos Sours come in three flavors: Watermelon, Green Apple and Lemon. The colors are beautiful, and if they weren't candy you'd want to string them into a chunky beaded bracelet. The finish on them is matte and not quite a continuous color. They don't smell like much.
They're soft and chewy, the shell is a tad bit waxy only lightly sweet. Upon biting into them the flavor erupts.
Green Apple: typical fresh sour flavor. Not too tart.
Watermelon: at first it's sweet, like a cotton candy flavor with some floral overtones, then it kicks into sour gear. This is a really nice flavor, not too chemical tasting.
Lemon: immediately it has a good zesty essence to it and then the sour follows quickly behind to combine into the protype of lemony goodness.
Basically, they're nice without being radically toxic feeling on the tongue. There's a strange waxy thing that develops at the end of the chew though. I'm not sure if it's the remnants of the "glazing agents" on the shell, but it's an odd, undissolveable substance on my teeth that tastes only vaguely like the chew.
Mentos Sour are made in Brazil. (Note: the packaging I have may not be the way you see it in the stores - the website shows them in little reclosable boxes.)
Green Apple: intense and chemically flavored, it dissolves away into a sweet grit pretty quickly.
Orange: oh, this is the best! There's an immediate blast of blisteringly sour tangerine on the tongue. Not as long lasting in the chew department as the Mentos.
Grape: it's like a Purple Pixy Stix made chewy. It makes my mouth water just thinking about it. (TMI Alert - for some reason the grape ones make me burp.)
Cherry: the sour outside tastes like a very cherry candy, much like the SweeTarts, but with a stronger flavor instead of just more sour.
Blue Raspberry: an immediate sour hit is followed by some fragrant notes that remind me of cotton candy and violets.
All of the Shockers are intensely sour on the tongue from the moment you place them in your mouth but then mellow out to have a pleasant cooling sensation towards the end, but the chew doesn't last long before they descend into sugary grit.
As all round chews, the Mentos Sours are middle of the road - they're exceptionally pleasant and can be shared with adults who might ordinarily be afraid of something called "sour". The SweeTarts Shockers, on the other hand, are a blast but you can't keep eating them if you'd like to preserve the tasting functions of your tongue.
The packages hold slight different masses - SweeTarts Shockers clock in at 1.65 ounces (which the label says is three servings) and Mentos Sours are 1.32 ounces (which the label says is 14 servings ... one Mentos is a serving). Both contain hydrogenated oils, but not enough to warrant any fat content on the nutrition label.
Personally, I love the Shockers, if only for the intense orange ones. But the Mentos Sours have a much longer, consistent chew, especially the full flavor of the lemon ones, and I would probably pick them up in a pinch.
POSTED BY Cybele AT 6:30 am
Thursday, December 29, 2005
Wonka Donutz
Name: Donutz
It took me a long time to figure out what a chocolate donut has to do with Wonka (the books or movies), but after mulling it a bit it came to me that there's a line in Veruca Salt's song "I Want It Now" in the 1972 version of the movie:
Yeah, that's a stretch, but there you have it, the donut Veruca was insisting on.
It's okay, the Wonka Donutz has as little to do with the bakery donuts as they do the movie. They're donut shaped. There's no bready, fried dough in there at all. It's chocolate, through and through except for the fun little colored nonpareils. But whew, these are chocolatey.
The Donutz is a plump, milk chocolate hoop with a firm, creamy chocolate truffle-like center. The outside chocolate is mild and sweet, like that found in a Nestle Crunch bar. A little on the grainy side, but pleasant. The inside of the candy is a sweet and melty filling of chocolate with a slight rum aroma to it. The sprinkles (half of which are guaranteed to not make it into your mouth) provide a fun little crunch.
I wasn't really that interseted in this candy until Alexander, a reader, sent me his own review. Overall I was expecting something fudgier and sweeter (which would have been a bad thing). Instead it was just very mildly chocolatey and mildly sweet with some textures to mix it up a bit. I would probably eat it if you put it in front of me, but I don't see myself buying them unless I'm going for a Wonka theme thing. This candy bar was made in Brazil.
Rating - 6 out of 10
POSTED BY Cybele AT 9:45 am Candy • Review • Nestle • Chocolate • Discontinued • 6-Tempting • Brazil • United States •
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Always building something is a good way to describe the Launstein family. While farming is their first love, construction might be a close second.
Throughout the years, Dale Launstein, his brother, John, and their father, Ray, have tackled projects small and large, from remodeling Dale's 1916 farmhouse to constructing the buildings for their new 10,000-head wean-to-finish hog operation. Now, the family is laying the foundation for corn yields they expect will eventually average 300 bu. per acre across their 3,000-acre farm near the small burg of Holland in northeast Iowa.
Though it's a reach, the Launsteins believe the goal is within their grasp. "We've already hit 300 bu. an acre in various fields; we just need to do it on more acres more consistently," Dale explains.
Headed higher. This year, the Launsteins averaged 199 bu. of dryland corn in a continuous corn rotation. That was a measurable notch above 2011, despite the drought and high temperatures this year's crop endured. "It was about 8 bu. or so better than we saw across the farm in 2011," Dale reports.
He attributes the family's high corn yields to micromanaging the crop during the growing season, particularly its nitrogen availability. Management zones set up in 2½-acre increments help the Launsteins analyze and refine their fertility program.
"We keep the plant's lunchbox full at all times so it never goes hungry," adds Nick Griffieon, the Launsteins' agronomist. "That helps us push those yields."
High yields don't just happen, according to Fred Below, a University of Illinois professor of crop physiology. "You must plan for them," he says.
Below crisscrosses the country each year, talking with farmers about how to manage corn for high yields. There is a sense of urgency in Below's presentations, and for good reason.
In the next 37 years, by 2050, the world will increase from its current population of 7 billion to 9 billion. That's nearly four times the 2.6 billion people who lived on the planet in 1950. To meet the increased demand for food, Below says, farmers will need to produce 70% more than they do now. That means, on average, that each U.S. corn grower will need to grow 300 bu. of corn per acre, double the current national yield average.
A number of agribusiness firms are committing resources to help farmers achieve that objective. One, the Mosaic Company, launched an endeavor this year called Pursuit of 300: The Road to Higher Yields. The program connects farmers, retailers, agronomists and university researchers, who share best management practices for obtaining higher yields, notes Kevin Kimm, senior director of marketing for Mosaic. The company's strategy is to help each farmer-participant intensely manage 100 acres, boosting corn yields that can be transferred to full-farm practices. Launstein is one of six farmer participants in this introductory year.
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