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Very Valentine by Adriana Trigiani
The first entry in Trigiani's new trilogy offers an exciting and charming tale of an extended Italian-American family. From Manhattan to the Isle of Capri, it captures the very essence of family life, delicious, mouth-watering recipes, the old craft of shoemaking and most important - romance! Can't wait for the sequel! Phyllis Graziosi, Reference Librarian
Martha Washington: An American Life by Patricia Brady
In this scholarly yet immensely readable biography, Patricia Brady shows us a little known side of our first First Lady - that of a passionate, equal partner in a vibrant, demanding marriage. Brady illustrates how Martha's childhood, her first marriage to Daniel Custis and her experiences as a young widow shaped the woman who became a devoted and influential partner to our first president. Antonia Petrash, Library Director
Derailed by James Siegel. Warner Books, 2003
James Siegel's novel, Derailed, is a page-turning psychological thriller that fans of Russell Andrews and James Patterson and are sure to enjoy. When protagonist Charles Schine takes a later train than usual to his job in New York City, he meets the beautiful Lucinda and their flirtation is taken to the next level. In addition to marital problems and coping with his daughter's illness, Charles' life is turned upside-down after his affair with Lucinda turns into a dark conspiracy that forces Charles to risk losing everything, including his family, his job and his savings. This intriguing thriller that will keep you guessing chapter after chapter is soon to be a motion picture starring Jennifer Anniston as Lucinda and will be opening in theatres on October 21, 2005. Highly recommended for those who enjoy thrillers.
-- Amy Mondello
Detour by James Siegel. Warner Books, 2005
Detour, James Siegel's latest novel, is a fast-paced thriller with just as many unexpected twists and turns as his previous book, Derailed (2003). After years of unsuccessful fertility treatments, Joanna and Paul Breidbart fly to war-torn Columbia to adopt a baby girl. Just when they think that their dreams have come true they realize that their nightmare is just beginning – Joanna and the baby are kidnapped by ruthless drug dealers and Paul is told that if he ever wants to see them again that he must smuggle millions of dollars worth of cocaine into the United States. Paul must risk his life and what he believes in to bring his family home to safety. James Siegel provides readers with an exciting trip that will keep them engrossed from the very first page; recommended for fans of suspenseful fiction.
-- Amy Mondello
The Dogs of Babel, by Carolyn Parkhurst. Little Brown & Co., 2003
Paul Iverson's wife Lexy fell from a tree in their backyard to her death with only one witness – their dog Lorelei. Driven by grief, the young widower decides he will force Lorelei to divulge what she knows about the accident through a series of exercises designed to teach her to speak. This premise is, to be sure, farfetched. But as the narrative progresses the author's storytelling skills go a long way toward convincing us that such an idea not only plausible, but faintly possible, leading the story to its rewarding and very plausible conclusion. Highly recommended.
-- Antonia Petrash
Fires in the Dark, by Louise Doughty. Harper Collins, 2004
Louise Doughty's historical fiction novel, Fires in the Dark (2004), provides a deeply moving portrayal of the Romany people's valiant effort to survive during the Great Depression of the 1930s, the Nazi invasion of Czechoslovakia and in World War II.
The story begins when a son is born to a Gypsy couple in a time of peace and prosperity. To most he is known as Emil – but his real name, known only to his mother, is Yenko. Through Emil, the reader experiences a world that is heartbreaking, yet full of strength, hope and love, emphasizing the importance of family bonds and the persevering will to survive. Louise Dougherty, a writer with Gypsy ancestry, provides a fascinating and seemingly realistic look at Hitler's efforts to exterminate Europe's Gypsies.
-- Amy Mondello
Halfway House, by Katharine Noel. Atlantic Monthly Press, 2006
Katharine Noel's moving debut novel, Halfway House, tells the story of the Vooster family, detailing how their lives are transformed when 17-year-old Angie suffers a breakdown and is diagnosed with manic depression. Set in rural New Hampshire, Halfway House examines family dynamics and how Angie's mental illness affects each member of the family; Pieter, her father, retreats into himself while her mother, Jordana, begins an affair that ends up ruining her marriage. Her protective brother, Luke, finds comfort in his friends while away at college but still manages to be there for his sister when she needs him most. Noel takes readers on a step by step journey through the Angie's agonizing ordeals in this compassionate novel providing readers with an understanding of how mental illness can affect and change an entire family. Highly recommended.
-- Amy Mondello
The Last Days of Dogtown, by Anita Diamant. Scribner, 2005
Anita Diamant's latest novel, The Last Days of Dogtown, is set during the early eighteen-hundreds and introduces readers to some unusually fascinating characters that inhabit the island Cape Ann, in Massachusetts. According to local legend, it is said that only witches, whores and their dogs still remain there and readers come to learn about the lives and secrets of the remaining dregs of this community. The main characters include Judy Rhimes, a woman in mid life who has known much hardship and heartbreak in her life. We meet Black Ruth, an African woman who dresses like a man and earns a living as a stone mason. There's also overbearing Mrs. Stanley, mother and owner of the local brothel, her young son, Sammy Stanley, who grows up with the prostitutes that live in his home, and Cornelius Finson, a freed slave who is secretly Rhimes's lover.
After reading and enjoying Diamant's The Red Tent, I was expecting something else from this author and was a bit disappointed by this novel. I found it rather difficult to get into reading this book and I found myself struggling to finish it, but persisted, thinking the story may get better as it moved along – unfortunately, it didn't. Although the author has a distinct way of capturing the emotions and feelings of varying forms of human relationships, I would not recommend this book.
-- Amy Mondello
The Liberated Bride, by A.B. Yehoshua. Harcourt, 2003
Yehoshua's latest novel explores the issues of loyalty, identity and history. Set in contemporary Israel, it explores a multitude of sectors of Israeli life as told through the voice of an engaging professor, Yochanan Rivlin. Rivlin suffers from two obsessions: the Arab mind and the secret of his son's failed marriage. These two issues lead him through different and entertaining experiences. His personal life becomes intertwined with the political as he searches for truth in both spheres. Yehoshua's detailed description of everyday life, and the plot-driven story captures the reader's universal desire for both adventure and truth.
-- Carol Stern
Life's Missing Instruction Manual: The Guidebook You Should Have Been Given at Birth, by Joseph Vitale. John Wiley & Sons, 2006
If only I had read this book as a teenager! This unique collection of contributions from author Joe Vitale's friends and colleagues is padded with his own contributions and words of wisdom. This clever and often humorous book includes ideas and ways of living that should be applied in our daily lives. The ideas and subjects included in this "instruction manual" range from sex and relationships, food, forgiveness, personal finance, the purpose of life and how to handle death. Its contents are presented in short sections, making it a quick and easy-to-read book. Life's Missing Instruction Manual is recommended for individuals who want to change something about themselves and the way they live their lives.
-- Amy Mondello
The Lost Mother, by Marry McGarry Morris. Viking, 2005
Set in rural Vermont during the great depression, The Lost Mother, by Mary McGarry Morris, portrays the heartbreaking life of the Talcott family, as it is told from the prospective of twelve year of Thomas Talcott.
Henry Talcott, devastated by the recent and unexpected abandonment by his wife, the loss of the family home, and the lack of work, struggles to provide for Thomas and his daughter, Margaret, and to keep his small family together. The children are often left alone to fend for themselves and they become extremely close, relying and depending solely on each other. The small family is faced with numerous overwhelming problems; and when the children finally locate their mother and things do not turn out as they had hoped, things just seem to get even worse.
Morris's characters are unforgettably believable and this compassionate novel has many plot twists and an unpredictable ending. Although this novel may seem grim and depressing, it is a tale full of redemption and love and is highly recommended.
-- Amy Mondello
Mary: A Flesh-and-Blood Biography of the Virgin Mother, by Lesley Hazleton. Bloomsbury, 2004
In this biography, Lesley Hazleton provides a powerful look at the Virgin Mother and attempts to portray the woman Mary really was as opposed to the idealistic iconic images of her that have evolved over the centuries. Hazleton explores aspects of Middle Eastern archaeology, culture, history, religion and spirituality during Mary's time and attempts to humanize Mary, referring to her throughout the book as Maryam, the name she would have been called in the Aramaic language she spoke. Hazleton allows readers to see Mary for the extraordinary woman she was before she became an icon and how she transformed the grief of losing her son into wisdom she shared with others.
Although some readers may argue that this biography should be classified as a work of fiction, this thought-provoking biography provides an interesting portrait of life during Mary's time and is sure to contain something to challenge and intrigue all who read it. –Recommended for readers interested in history and religion.
-- Amy Mondello
Our Lady of the Forest, by David Guterson. Knopf, 2003
This novel tells the story of Ann Holmes, a teenage runaway who's living in a tent in the woods of Washington State with other homeless people. Ann makes a little money picking and selling psychedelic mushrooms and in the Fall of 1999 while out picking mushrooms, Ann encounters a glowing ball of light in which she sees and hears the Virgin Mary, who returns to her on a few different occasions with various messages. Although she is the only one who can see or hear this visionary, the word spreads quickly and Ann soon has a crowd of followers numbering in the thousands. Ann, accompanied by her self-appointed manager, Carolyn, contacts the local priest, Father Collins, seeking assistance and assurance.
Through his believable characters, David Guterson shows readers how faith is often one of life's most interesting yet questionable experiences.
-- Amy Mondello
Property, by Valerie Martin. Nan A. Talese, 2003
Valerie Martin's latest novel, Property, is set in the antebellum South during the racial unrest of the 1820's. This compelling and disturbing story is unique in its perspective - it is told through the eyes of Manon Gaudet, the unhappy wife of a cruel plantation owner. It depicts the interpersonal relationships between a man, his wife and Sarah, the light-skinned housekeeper that the Gaudets received as a wedding gift, who unwillingly fathers two of her slave-master's illegitimate children. Property examines the similarities between the unhappy lives of white women in a man's world and the harsher cruelties of slavery. This riveting historical fiction novel is highly recommended.
-- Amy Mondello
Retribution, by Jilliane Hoffman. G.P. Putnam's Sons, 2004
In Retribution, a Miami prosecutor is caught in a cat and mouse game with a serial killer who raped her and left her for dead twelve years before. Although haunted by personal demons, it is her duty to prosecute her attacker and bring him to justice. C.J. wrestles with ethical issues as her personal feelings clash with her legal duties and she must decide between justice and retribution. Full of suspense, this well plotted legal thriller is a tense page turner that ends with a surprise twist.
-- Joanna Filippone
Running With Scissors, by Augusten Burroughs. St. Martin's Press, 2002
In this horrifying, yet often hilarious memoir, Running With Scissors, Augusten Burroughs tells of his childhood and the peculiar situations he encountered during the journey into his teenage years. Set in small-town Massachusetts during the late 1970s, Augusten tells what life was like growing up with his alcoholic father, his distant and mentally ill mother, who abandons him by sending him to live in squalor with her abnormal and unorthodox psychiatrist, Dr. Finch, and his strange family. Augusten is forced to struggle with his parents' abandonment, his mother's psychotic episodes, his own sexuality, a relationship with a pedophile and a host of other challenges during the course of this disturbing and often graphic memoir, but the bonds of friendship, his independence and the will to survive help Augusten to overcome his severely troubled childhood.
A motion picture based on this memoir is scheduled to be released in October 2006, and will star Annette Bening, Brian Cox, Gwenyth Paltrow and Joseph Cross, portraying Augusten Burroughs. This strange yet compelling memoir is highly recommended.
-- Amy Mondello
The Silenced Cry: One Woman's Diary of a Journey to Afghanistan, by Ana Tortajada. St. Martin's Press/Thomas Dunne Books, 2004
Spanish journalist, Ana Tortajada, was inspired to travel with two companions to Afghanistan in the Summer of 2000 to learn first-hand about the lives of Afghan women after listening to a lecture in Barcelona presented by a leading member of the Revolutionary Association of the Woman of Afghanistan (RAWA). Tortajada's travelogue takes readers on a three-week journey through Pakistan and Afghanistan and details her visits to clandestine women's health and literacy classes, underground embroidery shops and soccer fields where executions take place. Her account describes what life is like for women under the Taliban's brutally repressive regime and provides readers with a better understanding of those who are persevering in their fight for freedom.
Tortajada will donate all royalties raised from the sale of this book to RAWA. This timely book is highly recommended for those who enjoy reading non-fiction books pertaining to women and Middle-Eastern culture.
-- Amy Mondello
Novels by Keith Ablow
Author and forensic psychologist Keith Ablow keeps readers enthralled with his fast-paced psychological thrillers. His novels include Denial (1997), Projection (1999), Compulsion (2002), Psychopath (2003), MurderSuicide (2004) and The Architect. The latest three of these novels feature protagonist Frank Clevenger, a forensic psychologist who is battling his own demons while trying to fight the evils of others. All of Keith Ablow's novels are highly recommended for those who enjoy reading psychological thrillers.
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Loeb School Presents Free Winter Classes
MANCHESTER - The Nackey S. Loeb School of Communications is accepting registrations for its winter session, including Photoshop Basics and free classes in News Writing, Social Media, Broadcasting and the First Amendment.
The six-week session runs on Wednesday evenings from Jan. 9 to Feb. 13. Students of all ages -- middle schoolers to retirees -- are welcome.
News writing is taught by veteran Concord Monitor reporter and editor Meg Heckman. She explores covering and writing news stories, from hatching an idea to planning and conducting interviews to putting it all on paper or a website -- on deadline! Class time: 7-8:30 p.m.
In Advanced Social Media, instructor Judi Window of 311 Management Services covers understanding and incorporating Social Media in business. The class is designed for students planning to use or currently using Social Media to enhance their business, non-profit or personal brand. Students must have a firm grasp on Facebook, Twitter, and other basic Social Media formats. Class time: 5:30-7 p.m.
Also returning for the winter session is the popular class on Photoshop, the photo and graphics editing program. In Photoshop Elements 6: The Basics, instructor Debi Rapson covers basic techniques, ethics and the logic behind the program menu. Class time: 5:30-7 p.m. Fee: $50. ($25 for 18 years old and under)
Broadcasting is taught by WMUR Reporter Andy Hershberger, Executive Producer David Hurlburt and Director of News Operations Jim Breen. Students learn how broadcast news fits in the changing media world, the technical magic behind getting news on the air and the nuts and bolts of covering stories. With a dose of ethics and the First Amendment, students come away with a well-rounded introduction to broadcast news. Class time: 7-8:30 p.m.
No classes at the Nackey S. Loeb School would mean much without the First Amendment. Attorney Gregory Sullivan presents an easy-to-understand course on the protections and freedoms offered by the First Amendment. The course prompts lively debates on how far the media and individuals can, and should, go in reporting the news and expressing opinions. Class time: 5:30-7 p.m.
Apply at www.loebschool.org or by calling 627-0005.
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Have you ever wondered what the big deal is about turning water into alkaline water, why you should do it if it's so expensive and if there is an easier way to get it done? Water ionizers are expensive but they are healthier than regular drinking water. You can build your homemade ionizer water system and get all of the benefits with less cost out of pocket for you. The best part is you can buy a book to learn how to build an ionizer for very little money.
Getting regular water with alkaline can cost you big money; sometimes as much as $5,000.00 for a basic water system. When you build your own, you won't have the big expense just to get it started. This will make it much easier for you to commit to helping your family to improve their overall health. You also won't have to worry so much about what happens when it breaks down and doesn't do the job it is supposed to right.
There are many videos and books that supposedly tell you how to create your own homemade water ionizers. Most are confusing, hard to understand or incomplete instructions. They don't tell you all you need to know to make it the right way. With this book, you won't be left wondering what step you should do next. It's detailed about all the reasons you should turn your own water into alkaline water and how to go about it once started on it.
Most people are aware of the fact that drinking water every day can decrease your chances of developing cancer and now you can do just that while drinking water that tastes good. However, your benefits will go beyond taste. You will be improving your body's overall health if you start drinking alkaline water. This is due to the fact that drinking unprocessed sea salt, especially "Tri-Salts" brand, will give you magnesium, potassium and calcium which we are all aware can be good for us.
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Security, Networking and Virtualization Experts Launch NetCitadel to Address Security and Compliance Challenges Across Dynamic Networks by Enabling Accurate, Context-Aware Security Infrastructure
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. — Jan. 29, 2013 — NetCitadel, Inc., a pioneer in Security Orchestration and the first company to centralize network security intelligence across a variety of networking environments and vendors' equipment, today formally launched to give customers the ability to consistently and accurately adapt network security policies to the constant changes inherent in cloud and virtualization environments, resulting in a dramatic improvement in network protection.
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ASSARIA, Kan. (AP) -- A Kansas sheriff says an illegal synthetic drug apparently contributed to the suicide attempt of a 53-year-old man.
The Salina Journal (http://bit.ly/O2tRA3 ) reports deputies went to the man's home in Assaria on Wednesday and found he had shot himself in the head.
Saline County Sheriff Glen Kochanowski says the man was conscious and fighting as he refused help. Six deputies held the man down while an emergency medical technician gave him sedatives.
The sheriff says the man was flown to a Wichita hospital, where he was in critical condition Thursday.
Kochanowski blamed the man's irrational behavior on so-called herbal potpourri he was thought to have been mixing with tobacco and smoking over the previous couple of days.


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Sebastopol Senior Center is making a field trip to Mare Island at Vallejo on Wednesday (5/23). The bus leaves from St. Olive Church at 460 Murphy Ave. in Sebastopol. The seniors will tour the officers' mansions and gardens at California's oldest Navy base, then go to Benecia for lunch on their own at the waterfront before leaving for home. They get back to Sebastopol at 3 p.m. Cost is $53. Call 829-2440 to reserve your space.
Soldiers throughout history will be remembered and honored at a special performance at 8 p.m. Friday (5/25). Just in time for Memorial Day, Nell Robinson and Jim Nunally with Soldier Stories Band will perform their combination of new and traditional music at Occidental Center for the Arts. Their performance also includes letters from soldiers to their loved ones from the Revolutionary War to the present. They have just returned from a standing room only crowd at the Kennedy Center in Washington DC. PBS is going to be filming their performance for television. The band hopes to raise awareness of veterans' needs and the human cost of war. Tickets are $15, although no one will be turned away. The center is at 4008 Bohemian Hwy. in Occidental, at Harmony Village (former Harmony School). Call 874-9392 for reservations.
Gypsy jazz makes it way to Sebastopol Community Cultural Center at 7:30 p.m. Saturday (5/26) when the internationally acclaimed Gonzalo Bergara Quartet performs in the Annex Main Room. Tickets are $22 in advance and $25 at the door. For information and reservations call 824-1858. To hear a sample of the music go to www.seb.org. The center Annex is at 425 Morris St., Sebastopol.
The Sebastopol Center for the Arts and Whole Foods Market will host May's Business After 5! for the Sebastopol Chamber of Commerce members and their guests from 5:30 to 7 p.m. on Thursday (5/24). The center is at 6780 Depot St. in Sebastopol.
Get your fresh veggies! The Bodega Bay Farmers Market opens its 2021 season Sunday (5/27) from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Bodega Bay Community Center on Highway 1 at Bay Hill Rd. in Bodega Bay.The entire community is holding a yard sale at tyhe same time next to the farmers market.


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City Guide Adds Send-to-Phone Feature
Last week, the City Guide added a new feature to its location profile pages. Users are now able to send City Guide location information to their cell phones.
If you're heading out to dinner, for example, you can click Send to Phone from a restaurant review page and send yourself a text message with details about the restaurant: its name, address, phone and the nearest Metro if available. This way, if you know you are going to a particular neighborhood, you can send information about the area's restaurants, stores, galleries and bars to your phone to access later.
Like the City Guide to Go tool, our downloadable listings of top bars and restaurants, it's another way to have City Guide information at hand when you're going out.
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Excellent idea!
I wish there was an option to send comments to Deborah Howell's cell phone since she's so obviously ignoring the comments posted on the blog.
Posted by: Philip | March 21, 2006 01:07 PM
You want to get the comments shut down again?! Ixnay on the ovey-lay owell-hay references.
Now, if you want to post smack about DC Mayoral candidates sexual preferences, race, etc...head on over to DC Wire.
Brady only really applies posting ethics when it comes to insulting Post staffers.
Oh, and don't you dare ask what Wing-nut Ben is supposed to be "balancing" in the new "Red America" blog. Nor should you ask why he gets to not have published comments. Nor should anyone dare note that Froomkin gets a large warning label saying "OPINION:" in front of his well researched and factually supported articles, but Ben the pure bloviator apparently doesn't need a warning label.
Ah, the Post, even if you do get it, you still won't get it.
Posted by: Hey Now! | March 21, 2006 01:28 PM
I think it's great that washingtonpost.com has hired a right-wing blogger. When should we expect the liberal blogger to start?
Posted by: Beau | March 21, 2006 01:37 PM
I want to hear more from the Post on what the point of "Red America" is. I swear to God, for just a moment, my reaction was -- I can't believe there's a blog for communists at the Washington Post. Is there going to be a "Blue America"? What about an "Apolitical America", or a "Nonpartisan America"? How about an "Indifferent America", or a "Why Is All News Now Calibrated to Fit Our Political Ideology America"?
I'm only bringing it up here because we can't leave comments there. Is there a reason for that?
Posted by: Nate | March 21, 2006 01:41 PM
Where is it you can't leave comments? I don't even see this kipplehead's supposed WashyPosty blog on the site. Is it here?
Posted by: taniwha | March 21, 2006 01:57 PM
Posted by: Nate | March 21, 2006 02:01 PM
Well then. There's no point in the Post even having that hatemongering up as a blog, if there's not comments allowed.
Disallowing comments shows fear of criticism. That's a kind of cowardice.
Posted by: Taniwha | March 21, 2006 02:13 PM
Also, I notice that RedMurrkuh's blog says:
"Red America's citizens are the political majority. They're here to stay. It's time to start paying attention to what they believe and why."
Yet, a minority of American population voted for the RedMurrkuh's dear leader.
Only by jerryrigging votecount did his Dear Leader even get in.
The post's allowing that tripe on their blogline is a disgrace.
Go figure, the claims that they're just mouthpieces for the extremist right were true after all.
Posted by: Taniwha | March 21, 2006 02:16 PM
Every day I tell myself, "Despite its problems, the Washington Post is one of the few remaining outstanding journalistic enterprises with many professional and dogged reporters." And every day, something like "Red America" happens to make it harder to say this to myself.
With "Red America", you are paying someone to consistenly present a particular political point of view. Whether I agree with that view or not, whether I think the presentation is good or bad or indifferent, whether I think what he says is true or spin, you are paying someone explicitly for their political views. You have crossed the line. I'm sorry.
I follow news. Passionately. In grad school (yes, did you know, some people in the "blogosphere" have degrees and can dress themselves!), every Sunday morning was newspaper day. I can name a half-dozen reporters at your paper and the New York Times who have never been called before a grand jury. And you are losing readers like me.
Posted by: Andrew Foland | March 21, 2006 03:11 PM
When Froomkin, who heavily sources his work and doesn't go into full bloviator mode is hired, Lovey Howell and the staff have a cow. The publish whiny screeds.
So what do they do?
Hire a full bore bloviator who can't back up his work with facts, and give him day long main page links.
Gotta love the Post. Though I do think we get it...you just don't give damn.
Posted by: Yep, good point | March 21, 2006 03:41 PM
yes, the new redamerica blog is lame. you know what else is lame? the city guide. particularly its inflexibility. Let's say I wanted the address or phone number for a restaurant in DC. Do you think I can simply type the restaurant's name in the city guide's keyword box and hit enter? Nope. I also have to fill out not only the city, state, zip but also the desired proximity. Or I could just google it. The Post... why bother?
Posted by: tegwar | March 22, 2006 09:22 AM
tegwar, I just tried entering in "benjarong" in the City Guide search box without specifying a neighborhood or proximity, and it brought up the listing for my favorite Thai restaurant in Rockville. Are you getting an error when you do the same? If so, please send it along to email@example.com, because that shouldn't be happening.
Posted by: erik | March 22, 2006 08:43 PM
Will I be able to download the reviews of the favorite bars and restaurant of noted bigot and plagiarist Ben Domenech?
Posted by: laughing | March 23, 2006 06:49 PM
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NATIONAL NEWS (NBC) — The Food and Drug Administration is investigating reports of deaths associated with Monster Energy drinks.
The mother of a 14-year-old girl from Maryland has filed a lawsuit against Monster Beverages. She says her daughter died of a cardiac arrhythmia due to caffeine toxicity last year. She had consumed two 24-ounce cans of Monster Energy before slipping into a coma and dying.
Each can contains 240 milligrams of caffeine. The Monster company denies that drinking two cans of its energy drinks can cause death from caffeine toxicity, and will vigorously defend its products.
The FDA says it's looking closely at the deaths of at least 5 people who apparently consumed Monster Energy drinks before they died.
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The right to live one's life until its termination from natural causes is a basic human right. For most of us, that means we expect to live into our seventies of eighties. When a life is cut short unnaturally, because of another person or entity's wrong-doing, whether it is a reckless, careless, or otherwise negligent act or omission or a deliberately harmful act, it is termed a wrongful death and in many cases entitles certain surviving family members of the deceased person, as set forth in California's Wrongful Death Statute, to recover financial compensation by filing a civil lawsuit with the help of a El Cajon wrongful death attorney.
Common causes of wrongful death include:
- Motor vehicle accidents
- Slip and fall, fires, and other premises accidents
- Negligent security, or negligent supervision
- Work-related accidents
- Medical malpractice
- Acts of violence
- Medical malpractice
Unintentional Injury and Wrongful Death Statistics
According to the CDC, unintentional injury led to nearly 121,000 deaths in the United Stats in 2010, of which:
- 26,009 were from unintentional falls
- 33,687 were from motor vehicle accidents
- 33,041 were unintentional poisoning deaths
No one believes that there is any amount of money that can sufficiently compensate a grieving family for the life of a loved one taken from them too soon. But making a claim against the person responsible for your loss is important for several reasons:
- It can help relieve the financial burden of a family trying to cope with the loss of their primary breadwinner.
- It can pay for the deceased's final medical expenses and funeral expenses.
- It can help the healing process by holding the person whose wrongdoing caused the accountable for the loss, for the family's financial losses as well the loss of companionship, guidance, and services.
- Knowing they will be held to account may possibly prevent the person who caused the death and others from exhibiting the type of wrongful behavior in the future, thereby saving lives, for example if the death was caused by drunk driving, speeding, or other avoidable type of accident.
Recoverable Wrongful Death Damages
Under California law, there are two distinct causes of action: a wrongful death action deals with the losses of the individual survivors, while and associated survival action is an action brought by a personal representative on behalf of the estate of the deceased, claiming recovery for damages that would have been recoverable if the victim had survived, and also incorporates any punitive damages. The recovery in a survival action is distributed among heirs as a part of the estate and may include medical expenses or funeral expenses, associated with the death. Oddly, the pain and suffering experienced by the deceased prior to death are not allowed.
Compensatory damages are an amount of money intended to compensate surviving family members for the loss of the income and support that the deceased provided for each survivor along with non-economic losses, such as loss of love, companionship, protection and guidance, loss of marital consortium, and others.
Punitive damages, payable to the estate in the survival action, serve the purpose of punishing the responsible party for the negligent act, to discourage repetition. Punitive damages are more likely to be awarded when the defendant is a corporation that was aware of a dangerous situation and chose to ignore it.
The Importance of Top-notch Legal Representation
A detailed investigation will be necessary to verify the facts surrounding the cause of death in order to determine who the liable parties are and to place a monetary value on the claim; for this and other reasons, you will vastly improve the likelihood of success in a wrongful death action when you obtain the services of an attorney who regularly handles wrongful death actions, preferably one who limits the scope of his or her practice to personal injury and wrongful death matters.
There are many steps that must be taken care of in a limited amount of time, because California law places strict time limits filing wrongful death actions. As a newly bereaved person, you may not feel ready to take on the many tasks involved in pursuing a recovery on your own. In addition to the investigation, a personal representative must be appointed to bring the action on behalf of the survivors, damages must be proven, and the insurance company must be handled.
You will need to provide evidence of the deceased person's earnings and total income. Your attorney will compute a projected income value to determine how much the deceased would earn for the remained of his or her natural life, compensation for medical bills and funeral expenses, and any claim being made for loss of consortium. This requires an experienced professional if you are to achieve a fair outcome.
Why You Need to Avoid Interacting with Insurance Company Representatives
When you've lost a family member in an accident, your family can usually expect to receive a call from a representative of the insurance company of the party alleged to have committed the negligence. In no circumstances should the survivors enter into any agreement or sign any papers without contacting an experienced wrongful death attorney.
The insurance companies are very familiar with the monetary value of a wrongful death claim, which the family of the decease is probably not, and they will often offer a low settlement in exchange for a signed release, hoping to avoid paying what the case is worth.
The Right Lawyer for Your Family's Wrongful Death Action
When deciding on an attorney to represent you, ask about the lawyer's experience in wrongful death and survival actions. Ask about recoveries the lawyer has obtained for clients in similar cases. Ask how often the attorney settles cases out of court and how often the cases go to trial. Insurance companies are very aware of the attorneys who are willing to try a case when necessary, and will often offer a more appropriate out-of-court settlement, rather than taking on the expense and uncertainty of a jury trial.
Skilled and Experienced San Diego Wrongful Death Attorneys
For compassionate, skilled, and experienced legal assistance in your family's wrongful death case, contact the law offices of attorney Howard Kitay in both El Cajon and La Mesa. With more than twenty years assisting Californians who have been injured and bereaved because of someone's negligence and a long and verifiable record of substantial recoveries, the La Mesa and El Cajon wrongful death attorneys at the Kitay Law Firm will provide you with unsurpassed legal representation. The initial case analysis is always free, and you will owe no legal fees or expenses until you receive an award. Legal time restrictions apply, so we invite you to call us today.


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I did 2 x 80 miles with company, and then 4 x 100 miles on my own.
I did 2 x 100 rides and an 80 miler.
I rode mosty on my own and kept a close rack on average mph.
One of the 100 milers was a hilly one, it was hell and took me forever but in hindsight it did me the world of good.
Not enough this time around, with no century rides and just a few over 80. Did lots of 60 mile days at above IM pace and have some biking history so confident I could get round. Also a lot of my riding is in the Yorkshire Dales which is hilly so I expected the Outlaw to be relatively easier and faster (and it was).
As with all things what is needed depends upon your goals (I could have done better if l hadn't been lazy) and your history.
for my first IM I rode the full course beforehand (long course weekend) and did another couple of century rides.
2 x 80, 1 x 100 for my first one - job done
It was
TJ the tour of the national forest is very hilly 100 miler and the hope for cancer super tour of leicestershire would be good outings to practice for the Outlaw.
Looking at my logs for me it's usually around 6 x 70 miles done at bit faster than IM pace at least 1 x 100 sportive, 5 to 6 0f my killer hills 40 miler loop, and 2 to 3 x 40 mile commutes per week included in those is the odd fast 20 mile blast into work with an easier recovery 20 miler home
i did 7 or 8 century rides this time.for my first i did 3....
i think its a bit like the 20 milers in marathon training.you need to do a couple.but i think if you can do 5 then it will serve you better
I probably did more than I needed to...
10 rides of between 90 and 114 miles.
All were hilly.
All were solo too.
Average speed was pitiful - 13.5 mph
But on the day I found the distance no problem and averaged just under 18 mph and only started to feel a little tired in the last few miles...
wtf !!! thats cheating seren, thats almost as bad as swimming practice. ive never even done 7 century rides in my life!
One thing everyone is failing to ask and maybe you should ask of yourself is, did you go out too fast. My guess is yes and you need to address pacing as well as long rides.
Have to echo K9, I did a lot of rides solo and could never manage more than 13.5 to 14mph but have still averaged nearer 19 for IM bike legs. I have noticed lots of people say they do average speeds of 17,18 + miles on training rides but notice they fail to go faster on race day. Don't get hung up on speed, time in the saddle is far more important, as is doing nice long long runs after the bike.
It not how many century rides alone, it time in the saddle. I cycle every day a work and then 3/4 times a week, all over 1 hr. One cycle is an interval session and the others are all tempo. I avoided slow cycles sessions as I want to maintain a good speed. I get mad with myself if I drop below 20mph, but that me and my expectations
So what do you average on an IM bike?
There are different ways to get fit with varying mixes of volume and intensity. I know people who have donevwell at Ironman off relatively low volume high intensity - on the bike 2 hard chaingangs (1hour) or short time trials and a 3-4 hour ride moderately hard at the weekend supplemented by the occasional longer open time trial to get used to the bike and onlya couple of longer rIdes.
Yo Pops, now Armstrong has been outed are you going to start on Froome and Wiggins?
Steady on AndrewSmith. They are British, and the British don't cheat, as a rule. (20 second penalties excepted).
I read from the majority of this thread that 80 milers and 100 milers are like 18 and 20 mile runs. Fairy Nuff. So with 8 weeks to go, and no bike commuting possible, I have 1 or 2 days a week available. Arse into gear and out of the door? It sounds like it.
Cycling is the most energy efficient form of transport devised by man. That's the frigging problem.
Blisters, with your fitness levels and 'mental attitude' you'll be fine! I think your only limiting factors are the expectations you place on yourself! In that I mean, the time frame you want to complete Henly in!
Like David Millar, eh Blisters?
Too be honest it really depends on how much you actually enjoy cycling... I really enjoy the bike and do centuries almost year round, but you would need really 3-5 really long rides 5-7 hours and the rest at maybe 4-4:30 + a medium ish ride during the week etc maybe 30-50 miles where feasible, the bike in ironman is few here the most gains and losses can be made, and don't get too hung on average like said before! Good luck


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Longview — Entering his 10th season in the professional ranks, Josh Scobee has established himself on the field as the kicker for the Jacksonville Jaguars.
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A big congratulations to all those who helped put on the 2012 NCAA Division II Soccer National Championships at Blanchard Woods Park.
It's a blanket pat on the back as the event was about a year and a half in the planning and involved many different agencies and individuals.
Kudos as well to Peach Belt commissioner David Brunk and his staff and volunteers who had a key role from start to finish.
With early deadlines and other scheduling challenges, I didn't get to congratulate Augusta Christian's football team for winning the SCISA Class AAA state title.
It's nice to see nice guys finish first.
After going 8-4 the previous season, head coach Keith Walton and his staff, from the beginning of summer practice, told the team to get better every day and go from there. It's hard to argue with 13 wins in 13 tries.
Of course it doesn't hurt when you have talented players in all phases of the game.
Pick any sport and you'll hear people complain that professional athletes make too much money for playing a "kids game."
Hopefully those athletes are taking the game as seriously as kids these days seemingly are supposed to.
In the past month I've attended a few youth football games involving 7-year-olds. I hope they're having fun, win or lose, because the adult spectators seem a bit too involved with the competition.
I understand the concept of playing to win, but sometimes parents and coaches, are carrying things a bit too far.
For the first time in school history, Augusta Christian is perfect.
In a game that quarterback Tyler Roberson would call surreal afterward, the Lions won their first state championship since 2005, beating six-time defending champion Hammond 21-14 in the South Carolina Independent School Class AAA state championship.
"It's an indescribable feeling," said Lions coach Keith Walton, whose squad went 13-0. "I'm so thankful for the senior class and the selflessness of the entire team."
Thanksgiving is my favorite holiday.
It isn't because of Black Friday, which unfortunately has morphed into Black Thursday. I'm a guy. We have until Dec. 24 to buy Christmas gifts.
No, it's the perfect storm of family, food – lots of it – and professional football.
Being a Redskins fan, it all starts with a game against the Cowboys. This used to be a regular occurrence until one of the teams slipped into mediocrity. That's my way of saying the Redskins have been bad for some time now.
As high school fall sports come to an end, so do the season's collegiate athletics.
I thought this would be a good time to catch up with what this year's crop of freshmen from the county have been doing with their colleges and universities.
As I researched online with the occasional assist from a school's sports information department, there was always the possibility I missed someone. I gladly accept input from family, friends or players themselves so we can all keep up with their exploits far, and not so far, from home.
Volleyball and softball season have come to an end in Columbia County.
In volleyball, the Georgia Indpendent School Association championship held at Augusta Prep was won for the second year in a row by Trinity Christian after the hosting Lady Cavaliers fell in the semifinals to runner-up Calvary Christian.
Greenbrier was 38-1 heading into its GHSA Class AAAAA State Volleyball Tournament Elite 8 home match with Lakeside DeKalb, but lost in a tough five games.
A few weeks back when the Harlem girls softball team won the Region 3-AA championship, I trumpeted that as the team's first-ever region crown. Turns out I was wrong.
The Lady Bulldogs won the Region 3-AAA title in 2001 and 2002. In 2001, they won it under coach Krista Meadows. When she moved on, the Lady Bulldogs repeated under first-year head coach Melissa Chase.
Thanks to Joan Braswell for pointing out my mistake. By no means did I mean to diminish the accomplishments of those young ladies by omission.
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Time sure flies when you're having fun.
Colleges have their basketball Midnight Madness, and according to the Georgia High School Association master calendar, the first day of high school winter sports is Monday. That's when swimmers can take to the pool, while basketball and wrestling practice begins Oct. 29.
I guess the fall is coming to a close. I had to don a sweatshirt one night earlier this week.
By the time winter sports start, the only fall sport that will have decided its state champions is softball.
Columbia County high school softball aficionados not affiliated with Greenbrier or Harlem will have a tough decision to make Wednesday.
With GHSA state playoff games scheduled the same day across the board, those wanting to see a terrific team in action will have to choose between the two. Either is a good choice. The Lady Wolfpack will be at home for the second round of the Class AAAAA playoffs facing Ola and the Lady Bulldogs will play host to Bleckley County in the second round of the Class AA state playoffs.
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In July, the RV Southern Surveyor will embark on the first of two four-week ocean expeditions off the West Australian coast to deliver up the secrets of its unknown deep underwater region. This 'Voyage of Discovery' is a major Wealth from Oceans Flagship initiative that aims to characterise seabed (benthic) ecosystems on the continental shelf and slope at water depths of 100 to 1500 metres. The outcomes of the Voyage will increase our understanding of the evolution and biogeography of Australia's deep benthic fauna and support implementation of the SW Regional Marine Plan and development of Commonwealth Marine Protected Areas by the Department of Environment and Heritage. Below the surface Several reference sites will be mapped and surveyed off the south western coast of Western Australia between Perth and Albany, together with some comparative sites between Perth and Dampier. Acoustic (multibeam sonar) and video-based methods will be used to map and film seabed habitats, and a variety of sleds and grabs used to collect animals. Seabed habitats in this region have not been mapped previously and their benthic invertebrate fauna (including the crustaceans, corals, echinoderms, sponges and molluscs) is largely unknown.
Research applications These surveys will provide the first large-scale and systematic collections of deep benthic invertebrates from the South West region and enable comparison to existing faunal collections at regional and international scales. The surveys will be an opportunity to test and refine CSIRO's methods for mapping deep water benthic ecosystems, enhancing their application to natural resource management at a national scale. The project team includes scientists from CSIRO Marine Research, Geoscience Australia and several of Australia's museums, and will have input from international taxonomic experts. Stay tuned for further developments about the 'Voyage of Discovery' which will be highlighted in this newsletter later in the year. |
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Single OriginWednesday, February 9, 2011
Chuao Venezuelan Origin ChocolateChuao is a small village in Venezuela, but to chocolate aficionados is the name for criollo cocoa beans from the area. Casey at The Chocolate Note has some wonderful coverage and photos. For many years Amadei (Italy) had an exclusive deal for the beans from the region, so the only chocolate made from them was Amadei's Chuao bars. The bars were hard to find and of course quite expensive (though bars from Chocolat Bonnat existed, that's kind of another story). And of course there was just the one company's concept of what was best about the beans (from the fermentation to the roasting & conching). Amadei is no longer the only purveyor of the coveted beans. I picked up three different bars from three different countries to see how they created a chocolate bar from the esteemed cacao: Chocolat Bonnat (France), Amano (USA) and Coppeneur (Germany). The Chocolat Bonnat Chuao bar is the largest of the group, a generous 100 gram bar (3.5 ounces). It's 75% cacao and Kosher. There are only three ingredients in the bar: cacao, cocoa butter and sugar. No emulsifiers like soy lecithin and no vanilla. The packaging is simple and the same as all the other Bonnat bars I've had. It's a large bar with petite but thick rectangular segments. It's wrapped in a simple paper-backed foil which is then covered in a simple glossy, embossed paper sleeve. The bar has a beautiful sheen, a light touch of red to the brown color and though the photo makes it look a creamy color, it's really quite dark. The scent is rather earthy with a few green notes like olives. The melt is exquisite, smooth and thick without being chalky or dry. The chocolate is flavorful, angled mostly towards the deep flavors like smoke, coffee, dried cherries and molasses. There are some slight mineral notes, like iron. While it sounds like this would be heavy and rich, it still comes off a little lighter than that, mostly because of the texture and a lighter acidity. There's a trace of bitterness towards the end but nothing distracting, more like a finish of a citrus marmalade. I'm already quite fond of Coppeneur. From the packaging, which is this smart little matte black "wallet" that's sealed with a dot of wax to the beautiful design of the bar's mold. I've bought several of their Ocumare bars in the past (straight dark chocolate and Mit Chili & Cacao-Nibs) but never wrote about them. They're difficult to find in the United States, I've been buying my bars at Fog City News in San Francisco. Like the Bonnat bar, the Coppeneur Chuao Dunkle Schokolade is made only with cacao mass and sugar. There is no added soy lecithin or vanilla. This bar is 70% and comes in a 50 gram tablet (about 1.76 ounces). The bar has a similar red hue. The format of the bar is different from both the Bonnat and Amano, so I photographed them together. It's quite thin but has an excellent snap to it. The initial melt is quick and smooth but the thing I noticed first was the raisin flavors and light tangy notes. Though it's only 70% instead of the 75% of the Bonnat, it's not sweeter though perhaps a little more acidic and has a dry finish. Though most of the flavor notes were overwhelmingly fruity, like prunes and raisins and dried cherries there were some light roasted notes of pecans. Towards the end, the flavors got deeper with notes of toffee, leather and tobacco. There were a couple of little gritty bits, this bar is a 70 hour conch. I have another set of bars from Coppeneur that I got in Germany that are paired: a 70 hour conch and a 100 hour conch. I'll be trying those soon. The third bar in my roundup is the American Amano Chuao bar. I'm fond of Amano's other Venezuelan single origin bar, the Ocumare, so I was excited to taste the Chuao. This bar comes in the same package style as the other Amanos, a slim and glossy box. The bars are 2 ounces (56 grams) and wrapped in a sturdy gold foil. This bar differs from the other two in the ingredients: cocoa beans, sugar, cocoa butter and vanilla beans. So I was curious what the vanilla beans would contribute to the profile of the Chuao cacao. The cacao content is 70% and is Kosher (note that it's also made in a facility with nuts, peanuts, dairy & soy present). I find the size and format of the bar to be ideal for the way that I like to each dark chocolate. The bar is thick, but not so thick that a lot of chewing is necessary. The segments are a great size for a single taste and the foil is of good quality for rewrapping and saving for later. The first flavors I got were woodsy and green with a little citrus peel twang in there of grapefruit. The melt is smooth but a little more gritty and sugary than the previous two bars ... and when I say gritty, that's just a comparison. Taken by itself I don't know if many folks would notice. The vanilla is noticeable in the flavor profile, I definitely got some oak cask and cognac flavors in there and the finish has that vanilla note and the freshness of white tea. There are more floral notes, like orange blossom and jasmine. But there's also a kind of volatile quality, a sort of burn like orange oil can give after a while. I've been nibbling and formulating my tasting notes for these bars for about two months. I traveled with the bars, taking them all the way to Europe and back. The Venezuelan Chuao beans are extraordinary and very expensive. They create a wonderful chocolate, apparently every chocolate maker is able to do something extraordinary and unique with the beans. The price is prohibitive though and in some ways it makes me question spending that much on a bar ... the Chuao bars are usually priced 20-25% more than the other bars in that company's line - so my Coppeneur bar was $8, where a regular single origin bar from them would be $6 and these are only 50 grams to begin with. My final conclusion is that everyone makes a wonderful chocolate bar from these beans. But I've also been very impressed with each of these company's chocolate bars made with other less expensive beans, they're simply good chocolate makers. I'm not convinced that the chocolate bars are worth the premium for these beans in particular, but fans of chocolate in general should try at least one of the bars made from Chuao beans as a point of reference. Personally, I'm not afraid to go back to blended bean bars, which offer a good balance of consistency of flavor over they years and affordability. But with some folks, once you go Chuao you never go back. Related Candies
POSTED BY Cybele AT 4:50 pm All Natural • Candy • Review • Amano • Chocolate • Kosher • Limited Edition • Single Origin • 8-Tasty • 9-Yummy • France • Germany • United States • Mel and Rose • Wednesday, October 13, 2010
Equal Exchange Dark Chocolate: 65%, 71% & 80%The first experience I had with fair trade chocolate as Equal Exchange exactly five years ago. I was in love with their ethics and their product. Fair Trade as a concept means that everyone in the chain to create a product for sale gets a fair payment. It also means that working conditions are safe and that child labor or slaves are not engaged. The bars are now much easier to find and the breadth of the program and the product line has expanded over the years. I was sent this assortment of their darkest bars: Ecuador 65%, Very Dark 71% and Panama 80%. First of all, they've redesigned their packaging to great effect. The wrappers are simple and compelling and distinctive in the now cluttered world of chocolate bars. The focus is on the product and the producers, the inside of the wrapper details Equal Exchange's programs. Each bar is 3.5 ounces and is certified organic and Kosher. Unlike some Fair Trade bars, all of the ingredients in Equal Exchange's dark bars are Fair Trade content. The Organic & fairly traded Dark chocolate from Ecuador (the bar on the top of the pile) is 65% cacao content. The bar looks crisp and perfect, right down to the snap when I broke it in half. Each bar is sealed inside an opaque plastic sleeve to keep it fresh. This bar did have a crunch to it, the tempering was crisper than the other two bars. It smelled of toffee and stewed fruits. It was sweet on the tongue at first but had a lot of flavors going on immediately, a light tangy note of apricots and then some more fudgy flavors like the tasting notes predicted. It was sweet and didn't have the puddly melt like the others but still had a very fine texture. The Organic & fairly traded Very Dark chocolate is 71% cacao content but doesn't list the origin beyond "Latin America." The bar was nicely molded, shiny and with no voids or bubbles. It had a slight red cast to it. 71% has a great blend of flavor characteristics. It has a rich scent, very woodsy with coffee and cherry notes. On the tongue I was getting more green notes, like olives and asparagus plus a little hint of charcoal. It's bitter but also has a silky melt that's also a little sticky. The Organic & fairly traded Extra Dark chocolate from Panama is 80% cacao content. This bar was more of a smoky brown and had less of the red color that the other two had. This bar smells distinctly like raisins, tangy and fruity with a little wine note to it. The flavor is the same: a strong tannin base but with berry and cherry notes. It's a little tangy but with a great soft melt on the tongue and a light dry bite. For a very dark bar this is incredibly munchable, smooth and not too bitter or chalky. I found myself drawn to both the 80% and the 65% for wildly different reasons, they were all distinct but those two fit my desire for rich chocolate at the moment. I liked the wrappers and the plastic sleeve that held its own (I was able to put the uneaten portions back in there without making a crumbly mess or melting it by handling too much). Equal Exchange has also made some more "candy" version of their bars such as Organic Chocolate Caramel Crunch with Sea Salt and Orange Dark Chocolate. I'll have reviews of those soon. All of their chocolate is a pretty good value, retail for these bars is around $4.00 which is less than some of the more upscale bars but more than your standard Lindt or Ghirardelli. They're vegan, soy free and gluten free. They may contain traces of tree nuts, milk and peanuts. Related Candies
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Rain Republic 70% Cacao from GuatemalaRain Republic makes small batch chocolate with locally sourced ingredients right in Guatemala. Naturally this means that the cocoa beans are Guatemalan, specifically they're from Suchitepequez. In addition the other two major ingredients are also Guatemalan, the sugar (evaporated cane juice) is from Retalhuleu and the vanilla beans are from Coban. The only thing that's not local is the soy lecithin. I first discovered them at the Fancy Food Show in January 2010, but was intrigued when I saw their first American offering was via wine.woot.com in April. The idea of single origin is nothing new, but the notion that the product is actually produced in the country of origin is quite appealing. (In many cases cacao farmers in very isolated areas never taste the products made from their beans.) This triple single origin is packaged quite cleverly. The bar is sealed in a light mylar sleeve. That's tucked into a paperboard box made of recycled content. the construction of the box makes it easy to put the uneaten chocolate back in and tuck in the tabs to protect the bar. The graphic design is bold and original, focusing on the story of the bar as well as the ingredients - a little line drawing of each item is the main focus and provide the only color. The bar is 2 ounces and what I've found with a lot of these single origin bar is that's plenty for me. Though most candy portions are about 2 ounces, 1 ounce of very dark chocolate is plenty satisfying for me. That's probably good because one bar contains 360 calories and 76% of my saturated fat for the day. That fat is what attracts me to the bar. While it's 70% cacao, it's obvious that much of that cacao content isn't the solids, it's the silky cocoa butter. The bar smells smoky and dusty. There are woodsy notes, but mostly it's like cocoa instead of chocolate. The rather dark and chalky looking exterior fooled me. I was concerned that it would be dry. It has a distinct snap and great tempering. There's a quick melt on the tongue and it was apparent to me right away that this was smooth stuff. It's quite silky and rather light on the sugar. There are dark burnt sugar notes (evaporated cane juice often contributes those flavors as it has more molasses in it). It's woodsy and slightly acidic, so there's a dry and bitter middle portion in the tasting. The silky cocoa butter covers that very well. A little hint of coffee, licorice and rosemary. But a good, robust flavor profile. The big question now is where to get more of this! If you're curious keep an eye on their facebook page. They also have some great photos there of the farmers and cacao trees. The price was $3 per bar on Woot, but I don't know what the retail will be. $5 would be reasonable. (More on the product design from the designers.) Related Candies
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Pierre Herme Chocolat Noir Sao TomeThis bright yellow box holds a bar of Pierre Herme Chocolat Noir Pure Origine Sao Tome a la Fleur de Sel. I got it from my friend Ernessa, who was traveling in France and never forgets to pick me up something special. This is a special bar. The bar is slightly smaller than the usual 100 gram (3.5 ounce) tablet. It's 80 grams and 2.82 ounces, which in my book is two perfectly proportioned servings. Inside the box the bar is presented in a simple cellophane sleeve that's a little oversized so putting the bar back in it is easy. The chocolate ingredients are simple. It's a 75% cacao bar made from single origin beans, sugar, cocoa butter, hand-harvested French sea salt, non-genetically modified soy lecithin and natural vanilla extract. The beans of Sao Tome are known for their bold and rich taste, which has echoes of charcoal, roasted nuts and coffee. The bar has a good bit of cocoa butter in it so it has a nice melt on the tongue. The flavor is intense and just barely sweet, even before the little bits of sea salt come out to play. The flavor is deep and woodsy with a light coffee note and scent of baked brownies. The salt give it a little pop and actually makes it seem sweeter at times. The buttery texture is a little bouncy but keeps the dry finish from going bitter. I've tried a few other Sao Tome bars before and found them rather intense but lacking nuance and buttery texture. This bar is nothing like that - it's soft and approachable and incredibly munchable for a 75% bar. If I'm ever in Paris or Tokyo, I'll definitely sample more of the Pierre Herme chocolates (and of course the macarons they're known for). Related Candies
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Amano Dos Rios 70% ChocolateBack in October the Chocolate Salon came to town, it's a one day show devoted solely to chocolate and open to the public. It was quite small compared to some chocolate shows held around the world, but one of the best parts was visiting with Art Pollard, his team and Amano Chocolate. They make superb bars with specially selected beans. I've been fond of all of their bars, with the Ocumare still topping my list for plain dark chocolate. I bought some of the other new bars that I haven't been able to find in stores (Montanya & Jembrana Milk Chocolate) but I also got a preview at the time of the not-yet-released Amano Dos Rios 70%. The beans are from the Dominican Republic and you can read far more about the origin of this bar at Seventy Percent in this article by Martin Christy. What I've found over the years with Amano chocolate and many other small batch brands is that the chocolate changes as it ages, just like cheese and wine. So I ate half of my bar pretty much right away, then wrapped it up tight and put it back in the wine fridge for a couple of months to see what would happen. It is quite startling to see what a difference that makes, but happily both tastings were very nice. Initial Tasting: Woodsy scent, moss, green sticks and olives. Strong Earl Grey tea flavors, not just the bergamot but also the black tea leaves. Quite acidic and dry yet a smooth and creamy melt overall. Lingering notes of bergamot and a return of the olives and some peppery floral whiffs of carnations. Later Tasting: The scent is of green olives and lilacs, a little soapy. Strange and compelling - very green, fresh and grassy with a strong astringent quality. As it melts the flavors continue to release including more olives and some black tea/mushroom/cherry notes and mid-tone burnt note like coffee left on the burner a little too long. The aftertaste though is quite unusual as the bergamot emerges and kind of morphs into a fresh orange blossom note towards the end. The texture was just a little bit chalkier than I'd prefer (but on the scale of chalky things, this was much less so than most other bars that I'd use that word to describe), however I'm used to the super-smooth quality of their Ocumare. But this bar is just too fascinating to not keep eating. If you've ever thought that all chocolate was the same, this is a bar to try, because it's the best demonstration I've ever tasted of how varied the flavors within cocoa beans can be. Remember, these aren't flavors added to the beans, it's just the inherent flavors within this particular variety, how they were fermented and the way that the Amano team roasted & conched them. It might be an interesting gift idea for a food-fascinated person in your life - a variety of Amano bars (and maybe a nice bottle of wine or whiskey). Related Candies
Thursday, July 2, 2009
Amano Milk Chocolate OcumareThe trend for small batch chocolate with single origin beans is well established now. The newest twist is the creation of milk chocolate. While I've found myself particularly attracted to Ocumare sourced beans no matter who makes the bar, I was curious how it would rank once Amano made their Ocumare Handcrafted Milk Chocolate. Dark chocolate has fewer ingredients which means it's more about the beans, but with milk chocolate there that whole milk factor to take into account - is it fatty, is it tangy, is it malty? The ingredients here show that the Ocumare Milk is 30% minimum cacao content. The list goes like this: cocoa beans, pure cane sugar, cocoa butter, whole milk powder and whole vanilla beans. The milk is pretty low on the list and looking at the bar it's pretty easy to see that, it's a rather dark bar, darker looking than some actual dark chocolates. The scent is woodsy, a bit tangy with a whiff of malt and grasses. The snap is bright and distinct, but the bite is soft. The chocolate melts quickly into a slick & creamy puddle on my tongue. There's a cooling texture to it, it's sweet but not sticky or cloying like many milk chocolates can be. There's a dark note to it and that same sort of cashew nuttiness that I've noticed in other Ocumare chocolate bars. It's a very satisfying milk chocolate, so smooth and silky that I ate this much quicker than I'm able to do with regular dark bars. It's an expensive proposition, the bars are only 2 ounces and I picked this one up at Mel & Rose's for $6.50 ... a bit more than I'm willing to pay for a regular snack. (Allergen notes: though there's no soy lecithin in the chocolate, it was made on equipment that process soy, peanuts and tree nuts.) Related Candies
Wednesday, March 11, 2009
Amano JembranaAmano introduced one of their most exotic single origin bars early this year with their Jembrana 70%. It's made only from beans from the Jembrana regency of the island of Bali, Indonesia and surrounding areas. I've tried Amano's other bars: Madagascar, Ocumare and Cuyagua. I loved the Ocumare (in fact, I love just about every Ocumare bar I come across, the flavor profile of the beans just suits me) and really love the style of the bars & overall quality. The ingredients are simple: Cocoa Beans, Pure Cane Sugar, Cocoa Butter and Whole Vanilla Beans. I was sampling lot number 3/4/97 with a best by date of October 2010. No lecithin is listed (though those with soy, peanut & tree nut allergies are notified that this is a share equipment environment). The bars are always packaged nicely. Amano just changed the boxes slightly, they're a glossy coated paperboard & feature new artwork. (I preferred the matte stuff, but I understand the need to differentiate on the shelves.) Inside the bar is wrapped in a heavy gold-colored foil. This is great compared to the tissue-thin foil many high-end bar makers use that makes it impossible to re-close. I found with Amano before that I liked the bars after they've aged for a little while. I picked this one up in January at Food Fete (a press event for food writers) but put it away for a month after photographing it. The bar is wonderfully glossy and well-tempered. It has a slight reddish cast to it and smells of coffee, olive oil, beeswax and wood shavings. I like the thickness of the bar, it means that the little pieces are thick enough to bite, but not so thick that I worry about hurting myself. I found it melted quite easily once I popped a piece in my mouth. The immediate flavors were grassy, more notes of green olives and matcha. Then it turned darker, to roasted pecans, toffee, anise and cedar but on the tangy side with some hibiscus in there. There was a definite dry finish to it that brought things back around to the greenness of the flavors. Overall it's an intriguing bar. Though it's dark and complex, it's not hard to just munch - though the lingering dryness kind of begs for a glass of water or some crackers. This bar certainly keeps me engaged with Amano and I'll keep trying whatever they put out. Amano is now Kosher. Related Candies
Tuesday, November 25, 2008
TCHO FruityTCHO just announced that they've opened a store in San Francisco. They've also expanded their "flavor" offerings to include Nutty, Fruity and Citrus along with the initial Chocolatey. I got a hold of a later Beta of their Ghana (Chocolatey) as well as the Fruity through a friend who ordered it but didn't like it. The Peru 0.11 M scent isn't fruity. I expected berry notes or perhaps apples or pears. Instead it smells strongly of coffee and wood shavings. (Kind of like the break room at a sawmill!) I have to say that I was impressed when I placed a square in my mouth this time. The melt is silky and creamy. The grain size is much smaller and a lot more consistent than the previous version I tried which was more like a variety ground on a stone wheel. This is immediately tangy. The acidic notes are bright but very high pitched and puckery. I don't get any real fruit flavors to go with it, just a tingly burst of the sourness and then the creamy background with some powdery green stick flavors. The balance of flavors was all off, like the whole thing was leaning to the left, about ready to tip over. So while I appreciate the step forward in texture, the flavor was definitely a step back for me. It took several weeks for me to eat half a bar. The C Ghana D.99D is the Chocolatey variety that I tasted months ago in an earlier version. Now marked with the cacao percentage, this one is 70%. As I'd hoped from the Fruity beta, this was much creamier and had a much more pleasing mouthfeel than the previous one I tried. The immediate flavors I got though were absolutely different from the "Chocolatey" Ghana before. This was an overwhelming flavor of honey, cedar and a light tinge of herby balsam like rosemary or lavender. The notes were confined to a very narrow spectrum. While the Fruity was high pitched with a couple of low resonant notes in the scent, Chocolatey was pure middle notes, like walking down a narrow hallway with the same pictures displayed over and over again on the walls. It felt repetitive and monotonous and had no finish to it ... it just abruptly came to a halt. (Though I admit I loved the initial honey flavor a lot.) So while both have a much more pleasing texture than the previous test batch, and I can appreciate the differences in the beans without even looking at the labels ... I didn't like either of these bars. I understand that they're still in beta mode, I have to say that I'm glad that I didn't pay for these samples. Related Candies
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