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20. USC at Minnesota, Sept. 18
This would be whale of a matchup in 1962. It's Lane Kiffin going home (he went to high school in suburban Minneapolis) and it's the third game in one of the easiest road runs possible. The Trojans play three road games in the first four going to Hawaii and Washington State along with the trip to TCF Bank, and while this might not seem like the best of matchups, it'll mean everything to Minnesota. If by some chance the Gophers pull this off, they'll almost certainly be 5-0 going to Wisconsin. That's a reach, but it would be a huge boost to Tim Brewster while animals will be walking two by two in Los Angeles.
19. Notre Dame at Michigan State, Sept. 18
If you have a great record, you're going to be ranked high. And if you're an average to above-average team, to get ranked high you need an easy schedule. The Spartans have it as easy as possible over the first seven games facing just one 2009 bowl team (Wisconsin), and don't go on the road until a trip to Michigan in game six. A win over Notre Dame would mean an almost certain 4-0 start before hosting the Badgers, while the Irish will be finishing up its Big Ten tour after starting with Purdue and Michigan. It's Brian Kelly's first road game as the Notre Dame head man.
18. Nebraska at Washington, Sept. 18
Nebraska whacked Washington 55-7 in 1998, and now it's payback time. Actually, the Huskies did a good job against the Huskers in the early 1990s in some big-time showdowns, and Dawg fans are hoping this game signals a rebirth for the dormant power. More than anything else, this is the game for the NFL scouts as they want to see if UW QB Jake Locker can produce against a Bo Pelini defense that should be frothing at the mouth.
17. Clemson at Auburn, Sept. 18
This would be a whale of a Chick-fil-A Bowl, like it was in 2007 when the Tigers (the Auburn version) won 23-20. They also met in the 1997 Peach Bowl (before it was named after a sandwich) with Auburn winning another good game 21-17. The ACC needs as many wins over the SEC as possible, while Auburn can't afford to give away any games at home.
16. Miami at Pitt, Sept. 23
In the old days this might be the Big East game of the year, but now it's just a big matchup of two strong teams that could play a rematch in a BCS game if everything breaks right. The Panthers start the season at Utah and has a fun game at Notre Dame a few weeks later, but beating Miami would bring more notoriety to a conference and a program that are constantly fighting for respect. For the Canes, they'll have had two weeks of to prepare after going to Ohio State, and they have to go to Clemson after.
15. Oregon State at Boise State, Sept. 25
The last time Oregon State ventured to the blue turf of Boise State it was an ugly 42-14 loss. Getting BCS teams to come into Boise is always tough, and since no one wants to play them anymore, the Broncos have to take advantage of their opportunities. On the flip side, Oregon State can now make a name for itself with a win since Boise State has that much of a national reputation. Boise State can't just win; it has to win big in its home shot against a name team.
14. West Virginia at LSU, Sept. 25
West Virginia ventured into Auburn last year without much success. While going into Death Valley will be tougher, it's the type of game the Mountaineers could use to make a big splash. If they can come up with the upset, there's a great shot at going 7-0 before going to Connecticut. LSU has a full plate with a rough first half of the season, but at least it gets a three game home stretch before going to Florida. This is a sandwich game between SEC dates against Mississippi State and Tennessee.
13. Oklahoma at Cincinnati, Sept. 23
One went to the BCS last year and the other didn't, and if you were in a coma over the last year, you'd probably guess wrong on the one that missed out. Oklahoma is always flaky when it gets out of its state, and while Cincinnati might not be the Cincinnati of last year, it's a chance for Butch Jones to show the momentum from the Brian Kelly era will continue.
12. Oregon at Tennessee, Sept. 11
Controversy? What controversy? Oregon might be having its share of off-field problems, but Tennessee has concerns all over the board and needs Derek Dooley to come up with a strong start. The Vols get a one game tune-up against UT Martin before hosting the Ducks and Florida in back-to-back weeks. Can the run defense be ready in time for the Oregon ground game? Will the offense be up to snuff against the ultra-athletic Pac 10 champions? It's bragging rights time two BCS conferences, and for both schools.
11. UCLA at Texas, Sept. 25
In 1998 UCLA made a big statement on the way to the Rose Bowl with a 49-31 win over Texas. The Longhorns at least played better than the 66-3 shellacking it suffered at home in 1997. While Texas should be the far better team, Rick Neuheisel and his UCLA staff have to be jumping at the chance to come up with a program-changing victory. But will the team be pumped up after starting out at Kansas State, Stanford, and Houston in a tougher three-game stretch than it looks? On the other side, Texas will be coming off the Big 12 opener at Texas Tech and will almost certainly be looking ahead to Oklahoma the following week.


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"Real recognize real" is a huge rap meme; Jay-Z is talking about favelas and Jamaica and stuff to show
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- (This is where the "real recognize real" comes into play) to say that ghettos all over the world should live in ghetto-harmony
Furthermore, he pronounces the first "real" like "Rio", a huge city in Brazil referring back to the previous line — the currency used in Rio is in fact the Brazilian real!
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Yes, he looks a mess lol. He likes to take his clothes off.
Extended belly?
Yes, he looks a mess lol. He likes to take his clothes off.
My LO has a huge belly, but I think it just looks different because a little more body fat than your LO. If your ped wasn't concerned than I don't think I would be. I remember someone else posting about this not that long ago though.
Yep, my daughter is super skinny, but she has a big belly - looks like someone put a balloon under her skin and blew it up (kinda gross imagery there - sorry). Toddler tummies are pretty common because of the lack of muscles... they'll outgrow it :)
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My DD has the same expanding/contracting belly. I was also told that it is typical "toddler belly" until their stomach muscles strengthen.
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I think it's pretty normal for toddlers to have a belly. Some do, some don't. My little guys has always been a little chubby, but now his arms and legs are thinning out...but he still has the budda belly! He still wears 18 months pants, but he needs 2T shirts because of the belly!


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Fireside Reads by Stephen M. Irwin, Liz Long, and Christopher Moore
Not into spy novels or romances? Looking for a brief literary affair that won't take over your life? I have a few good suggestions for stories to escape into while sipping hot tea or cocoa by the fire (or if lacking a fireplace like me, by your pumpkin pie scented candle). Or if you are one of those winter vacay folks, these are also perfect beach reads!
The Broken Ones by Stephen M. Irwin. The story takes place in Australia three years after a world-wide event known as "Gray Wednesday." That Wednesday brought tragedy that reverberated throughout the world every day after. The earth's poles switched places, satellites and planes fell from the sky, and every person on the planet became suddenly haunted by a personal ghost (usually a family member or friend) visible only to them. All of this has lead to psychological harm, economic depression, and technological failure. The world as we know it has collapsed in this novel.
Detective Oscar Mariani is one of the few investigators left in the failing Nine-Ten Investigation police unit, aka the "barely legals." The Nine-Ten was created after Gray Wednesday to investigate murders where assailants claimed their personal ghosts made them do it. Ostracized by other police departments, the barely legals are under intense scrutiny and Oscar and his young partner Neve are expecting to soon find themselves unemployed. Not helping the fact is Oscar's very sullied record.
After the discovery of a young girl's mangled remains, Oscar's professional and personal luck goes from bad to worse. Who can he trust, how many bodies will pile up, and will he ever move on from his personal Gray Wednesday experience? Oscar's investigation leads him to further danger and encounters with the supernatural. He is one of the few who is haunted by the ghost of a total stranger, a boy. As the story's pace quickens, the boy seems to be helping Oscar from the grave.
The futuristic environment is relatable enough to be believable, but reeks of hopelessness which makes the reader feel more intense about Mariani's lot in his dark world. This book has a bulk of good reviews on Good Reads. There are a few overly fantastic elements to the story that take it out of the real world, but it is grounded enough to feel true. There are also enough twists and turns to keep you guessing.
Witch Hearts by Good Girls Gone Geek friend Liz Long. Apologies to Liz for not reviewing this book over the summer, but life got a little crazy. Long's followup to the young adult story Gifted: A Donovan Circus Novel is a grittier, more adult novel as the creepy cover gives testament to. A sinister prelude from the victim's point of view is harrowing and heartbreaking; it describes the horrible deaths awaiting some unlucky witches in the book. And possibly our main character Ruby's fate.
Ruby is a powerful practicing witch. She finds her best friend and fellow witch Courtney has been savagely murdered. Having left her coven because it is led by her ex Michael, Ruby finds herself in their circle again for protection and education. Complicating matters is Courtney's brother Cooper, who has his own dark secret past, arrival into town to find out who murdered his sister.
The killer, who steals witch's hearts, begins to taunt Ruby. Michael and Cooper both say they are trying to keep Ruby safe, who if anyone can she trust? The majority of the magic in this book seems real, and not hokey. There is fun romantic tension, a stubborn and smart heroin, more menace than you could shake a book of shadows at. The book is also balanced by solid emotion. Ruby experiences dream visitations from Courtney that will make your heart ache if you have ever dreamt of a loved one who has passed on from this earth. The Ruby/Courtney moments are believable and add the right amount of weight to the story.
Long is working on a sequel to Gifted and I can't wait to read that next. Simple, fun writing and good storytelling without pretension. I'm also anxiously awaiting Burned, the upcoming sequel to Gifted.
Bite Me: A Love Story by Christopher Moore. If you are familiar with Moore, you already know what to expect. If not, just prepare yourself for an irreverent and hilarious read. How he effortlessly nails the voice of a gothic teen, Abby Normal, is an amazing feat. This third book in the San Francisco Vampire Trilogy is as charming as Moore's other stories. You don't have to have read the preceding books to enjoy this one. His call backs to other stories and character, such as A Dirty Job, makes you feel like you are part of an inside joke.
Bite Me features goth girl wanna be mistress of the dark and narrator Abby,smart science guy and Abby's boy toy and "manga haired love monkey" Foo, wanna be writer and vamp Jody's lover Tommy Flood, whom Abby has a crush on, the Emperor of San Francisco and his two dogs, two detectives, some vicious vamps on a boat, and a litter of vampire cats and doomed vamp rats. Abby and the gang must save the city from the out of control vampire cats amongst other things. It's total but completely controlled chaos.
Almost as many characters as a Martin Millar story, but only two narratives (Abby's and the omniscient author for events taking place outside of her physical location) it is easy to keep up with as it moves at lightning pace. Some may find Abby's slang use tedious (ie if you found Juno's dialogue offputting and unauthentic) but I found it fun and it gave Abby a very original and entertaining voice.
Get thee to the library, a bookstore (physical or e-book) and download some winter and holiday escapism.
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You are so, so amazing to include me!! Thank you so much. I was visiting your site to get the right email to contact you about getting a copy of BURNED, so it's so funny I found this xoxoxo
Bex says:
Awe! I'm anxious to read Burned and will be much more prompt about getting up a review! This summer /fall just got all kinds of crazy. I'll message you my email.
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CLERMONT - Bernheim Arboretum and Research Forest welcomes returning Grandmaster M. O. Serikali, Ph.D., for another 10 week course of Tai Chi Chuan beginning May 27.
This practice is an ancient Chinese art that strengthens both body and spirit with physical movement and mental concentration, and is one of the many opportunities at Bernheim that expands Bernheim's mission of connecting people with nature.
SHEPHERDSVILLE – While Bullitt County awaits finalization of current road improvements, Fiscal Court members caught a glimpse of long-term future projects.
Brian Aldridge, Kentucky Transportation Cabinet (KTC) planning manager, presented plans created in conjunction with Kentucky Regional Planning and Development Agency (KIPDA) research.
Suggestions from two public input meetings and three steering committee meetings were factored into the plans, Aldridge said.
The largest crowd to attend the National Day of Prayer observance gathered Thursday at Shepherdsville City Park.
A variety of local ministers talked to a crowd of over 350 people and led prayers for various groups.
Ashley Bowman read her children's prayer. Pastor Jim Bob Outland of Bullitt Lick Baptist blessed the Bible. Jeanette Allen got the day started with her ram's horn.
The National Day of Prayer takes place each year on May 6.
SHEPHERDSVILLE - Matthew Hatfield found a positive from the recent flooding along the Salt River.
A 68-pound positive.
Hatfield caught a large catfish while fishing at the Shepherdsville City Park Monday evening. The fish was officially weighed at Fischer's Sporting Goods.
"I never would've dreamed something that big would come out of the Salt River," Hatfield said.
HILLVIEW - Corbin Huff loved Tae Kwon Do. He started taking lessons as a child. In 1993 he began teaching Tae Kwon Do to blind students at the University of Louisville and in May of 1993 Master Corbin and his students at U of L were featured in the magazine, Karate Profile.
HILLVIEW - Mary Raidt's homeroom was transfigured into the House of Wax.
The Overdale Elementary teacher had her students become historical and popular figurines in a class project called "The Wax Museum."
Each student selected a character to portray in the museum.
"It was the students' choice," said Raidt. "Either historical figures or current celebrities. I just let them choose someone they were interested in."
Five Bullitt county programs that provide services for children and youths have been selected by the Bullitt County Advisory Board to receive funding from the Metro United Way.
These one-time grants, totaling $41,905, have been made available from funds raised by the 2008-09 Metro United Way Campaign in Bullitt County.
WASHINGTON - The American Red Cross has opened more than two dozen shelters in response to a powerful weather system that generated tornadoes and caused severe flooding across the South.
SHEPHERDSVILLE - The Kentucky Baptist Convention has been improving communities all over the state for nearly 17 years with a program that's shown participants the value and reward of hard work and helping others.
Kentucky Changers assembles people from four states and sends them to areas across the commonwealth to make exterior repairs to the homes of low-income families.
It was the kind of beautiful day a hero deserved. Family and friends gathered at Cedar Grove Cemetery to commemorate the anniversary of the day SSG Gary Lee Woods, Jr., was killed in Iraq.
The Bullitt County native was serving with the Delta Company of the 1st Battalion, 67th Armor Regiment, deployed to Mosul as part of Operation Iraqi Freedom on Apr. 10, 2009.
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If your summer vacation plans have you going to the tropics, remember, hurricane season is officially underway. Then, maybe reconsider the answer you gave about travel insurance.
CNBC's Kelli Grant says travel companies are making it harder for consumers to get refunds in the event things don't go as planned or promised.
"Be it an illness or something else that prevents you from taking that cruise all the way down to suddenly there is an outbreak, rioting somewhere that you don't want to go to anymore," Grant says.
Grant also says the more complicated the trip, the likelier the need for insurance.
"Say you're flying and you're going to get on a cruise from there you want to think about that domino effect if something goes wrong along the way, what if you don't make it to the cruise."
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AS WE DRIVE DOWN the deserted streets of New Market Village, it is as though the present has melted away in the late-June heat. The medieval-style buildings with their half-timbered walls and heavy wooden signs pass by like a movie set or images in a dream. I have little trouble catapulting my imagination back five centuries, until (zounds!) my eyes land on Ye Olde ATM, a reminder that we are in neither a movie nor a dream but a theme park, a massive recreational village designed to transport visitors back to olden times.
A fifty-acre medieval village is a strange sight in the middle of Texas. Located in a slice of the Piney Woods between Plantersville and Magnolia, about 45 miles northwest of Houston, the hamlet belongs to a tall, lanky man named George Coulam. So do the nearby orchards and the closest town, Todd Mission, of which the 62-year-old Coulam is the founder and mayor. Coulam—or King George, as his full-time staff of thirteen respectfully refer to him—is also the founder, owner, and head honcho of the Texas Renaissance Festival, one of the largest festivals of its kind in the country.
A seven-week extravaganza that takes place on Saturdays and Sundays through November 14, the festival turns 25 this year. Though its name would seem to indicate that it celebrates the period in Europe extending roughly from the fourteenth century to the seventeenth, the festival plays fast and loose with history, incorporating just about anything with an old-world patina.
Renaissance festivals are known for being havens where nerdy escapists—unregenerate anglophiles, people who wear capes and cloaks and quote endlessly from Monty Python and the Holy Grail in strident English accents or who played too much Dungeons and Dragons as kids (and haven't stopped)—munch on turkey legs and guzzle wassail while browsing acres of silver jewelry and watching swordfights between guys in tights. And though the festival is a magnet for those types , you'll also find plenty of people in street clothes strolling around and taking in the spectacle. The festival has been known to attract as many as 37,000 people a day—ordinary tourists as well as peasants, wenches, knights, and various other figures from the past eight centuries or so—who pay an admission fee of $17.95 at the gate.
A man of few words, Coulam is content to let his creations speak for him. As a rule, they are monuments to his idiosyncratic tastes. His pick-your-own orchard, down the road from the festival grounds, produces figs, peaches, blueberries, and strawberries as well as several fruits (like apples) that the experts told him wouldn't grow in this part of Texas. It is as flawlessly laid out as the gardens at Versailles and equipped with state-of-the-art fertilization equipment. Across the street, his vast estate, Stargate Manor, includes a sprawling sculpture garden, and a forty-acre lake complete with a waterfall and a jogging track is planned; both the lake and the garden will ultimately be open to the public—"when I die," says Coulam. His house, which he designed in the bizarre, dripping style of the Spanish Modernist Antonio Gaudí, boasts stained-glass windows that he made himself. The floors, furniture, and even dining table are covered with spotted cowhides. A separate, circular art studio he built—where he makes everything from wood sculptures to wrought-iron gates for his estate—features brass-plated doors and porthole windows. His 28-year-old wife, Susie, who is from Thailand, often works side by side with him on her own art projects.
And then there's the festival itself. Almost every year since its humble beginnings in 1974, when today's crowded village was little more than the gravel pit Coulam bought that year, he has added a new attraction. The past few years have seen a series of elaborate gardens: a rose garden, a water garden, and this year, formal English gardens. Next year's addition is going to be a $300,000 Greek amphitheater.
The objects and landscapes Coulam has crafted appear to be his major engagement with the world. As we rumble around his kingdom in his mammoth four-door pickup, he seems rather remote, entirely preoccupied with the environment he has created. He deflects questions about himself, instead pointing out projects he is especially proud of, such as the water gardens and the tree-lined parking lot.
But Coulam is more than an eccentric artist. He is a serious businessman, and he's also a monomaniacal tyrant who will let nothing stand in the way of his idea of perfection. He has the reputation of being as quick to hire someone with no experience because of an intuition as to fire someone with a stellar résumé who doesn't fit in. And despite his consuming interest in flowers and art, his language is unapologetically in the gutter. "People whine that he can be rough," says chef Charles Prince, who is the largest food vendor at the festival, providing everything from alligator-on-a-stick to six-course meals served in the Feast Hall. "He's got a reputation for being harsh. He's driven by an obsession for quality, and anything he sees that's not quality, you'll get the message. But I think that his keeping the pressure up is what makes it good and makes it work."
Not surprisingly, Coulam identifies with another purveyor of fantasy. "Everything I got I copied from Walt Disney. I got it right from that book," he says, referring to The Story of Walt Disney: Maker of Magical Worlds, by Bernice Selden. One of the biggest mistakes Disney made, Coulam thinks, was not foreseeing the suburban growth that would one day hem in Disneyland. Coulam has guarded against that eventuality by buying up as much of the land surrounding the festival grounds as possible and even taking the step of establishing the town of Todd Mission (taking the name from a mission that once existed in the area), where many festival employees live year-round—all in all, some 1,200 acres.
King George was born in Salt Lake City, the third of six children in a Mormon family. "I was a bad dog," he says


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Yesterday, the city celebrated the 10th anniversary of the smoke-free air act — a landmark legislation passed by New York City that is reported to have saved an estimated 10,000 premature smoking-related deaths among residents. Mayor Michael Bloomberg was joined by Deputy Mayor Linda I. Gibbs and Health Commissioner Thomas Farley to celebrate the legislation in its 10th year by releasing a report highlighting the legislation's local, national and global impact.
More than 500 U.S. municipalities and 35 states have adopted smoke-free air laws. According to the report, the effects of the law has in turn protected more than 250 million Americans and 1.2 billion globally from the dangers of secondhand smoke in public establishments. In New York City, the smoking rate among adults decreased from 21.5 in 2002 to 14.8 percent in 2011 and from 17.5 to 8.5 percent among youth. Life expectancy has also been positively impacted and over the same time period has reached an all-time high of 80.9 years and employment in the city's bars and restaurants has increased by 48 percent.
Mayor Bloomberg made the announcement at the Old Town Bar — an establishment owned by Gerard Meagher who originally opposed the Smoke-Free Air Act ten years ago. Since 2011, the city has expanded the act to ban smoking at parks and beaches, boardwalks, golf courses and sports stadiums. Bloomberg is currently pushing another citywide regulation that would require store owners to hide cigarettes behind counters.
"Ten years ago when New York City prohibited smoking in restaurants and bars, many predicted the end of the hospitality, restaurant and tourism industries," said Mayor Bloomberg. "Yet ten years later, fewer New Yorkers are smoking, we are living longer, our industries are thriving and nobody longs for a return to smoke-filled bars and restaurants. New York City's public health innovations have been, and will continue to be, a model for the rest of the world."
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- 1 pound red potatoes, quartered (if using new potatoes cut in half)
- 2 tablespoons diced onion
- 3 tablespoons butter, melted
- 3 tablespoon honey
- 1 teaspoon dry mustard
- 2 teaspoons of salt
- 1 pinch ground black pepper
- 1.Preheat oven to 375 degrees F . Lightly coat an 11x7 inch baking dish with nonstick cooking spray.
- 2.Place potatoes in a single layer in prepared dish, and top with onion. In a small bowl, combine melted butter, honey, mustard, salt and pepper; drizzle over potatoes and onion.
- 3. Bake in the preheated 375 degrees F (190 degrees C) oven for 45 minutes or until tender, stirring halfway through the cooking time.
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By Doveed Linder - Former super middleweight and light heavyweight champion Joe Calzaghe (46-0) is now retired, undefeated, and a shoe-in for the Boxing Hall of Fame. He's proved himself as one of the top fighters of his generation with convincing wins over Mikkel Kessler, Bernard Hopkins, and Roy Jones, Jr. But one can make the argument that his career, while impressive, leaves question marks and uncertainties as to how he ranks among the all-time greats.
The fight that really put Joe on the map was his bout against Jeff Lacy. At the time, many felt that Joe was the underdog. Jeff was an undefeated Olympian with devastating power, while Joe was a relatively unknown European fighter who some considered "protected." This was a fight that really introduced Joe to the American public and he came out and put on an absolute clinic..
Joe's next fight of significance came against Mikkel Kessler. Like Joe, Kessler was a relatively unknown European fighter with an undefeated record, who had beaten good but not great fighters. Joe won the fight hands down and it turned out to be a nice little feather in his cap.
Joe's biggest test up to this point and probably the most significant fight of his career came against Bernard Hopkins. Bernard had already established himself as an all-time great and was on a hot streak going into this fight with wins over Antonio Tarver and Winky Wright. In this fight, Joe did what he always does and threw a high volume of punches and wore his opponent out.
The fight that sealed Joe's legacy came against Roy Jones, Jr. Roy was a former pound-for-pound king who seemed to have some momentum going into this fight with previous wins over Anthony Hanshaw and Felix Trinidad. But Joe camed out and did his thing, winning 11 out of 12 rounds, cutting Roy over the eye which nobody had ever done before.
After the fight with Roy Jones, Joe decided to call it a day and announce his retirement. And this is not to be criticized. He had already defeated two legends and two good undefeated fighhters. He had a great career and deserves to enjoy his retirement with no regrets. He certainly made his mark in this era of boxing, but to say that he's an all-time great may be a bit of an overstatement.
The wins over Jeff Lacy and Mikkel Kessler are admirable, but they don't define his greatness. To be a great fighter, you have to beat a great fighter. And up to this point, Jeff Lacy and Mikkel Kessler haven't proven themselves as great fighters.
Many will agree that Joe's victory over Bernard Hopkins was his greatest accomplishment in the ring. Bernard, after all, is one of the most dominant fighters of this era. But the Bernard who fought Joe was not in his prime by any means. One can make the argument that Bernard went on to dominate Kelly Pavlik and look better than ever, but Bernard is at a stage in his career where some nights he's on and some nights he's off. Against Jermain Taylor, Bernard was inactive and he couldn't seem to find his rhythm. Against Antonio Tarver, he was strong and fresh. In recent years, Bernard has looked somewhere between the Bernard of old and a Bernard who is just plain old. The Bernard who fought Joe appeared to be tired and sluggish.
When Joe fought former pound-for-pound king Roy Jones, Jr., he wasn't in there with an A-level fighter. Roy had already been knocked out by Antonio Tarver and Glen Johnson and didn't possess the physical gifts that helped him define his career as one of the most dominant fighters of his time. Even though he had previously won a couple of fights and seemed to rejuvinate himself, Roy didn't have the tools to compete with a legitimate champion who was in his prime.
With everything said and done, Joe has had a great career. He's beaten every man who was put in front of him and he never ducked anyone. He's a force to reckon with in the ring and he's certainly no protected European fighter (the idea of a protected European fighter is starting to sound ridiculous; many of the top fighters in the game today are European). But the fact is that Joe never had a nemesis. He never fought a young tiger with great skills who pushed him and made him go to the well and show what he's really made of.
But perhaps being an all-time great isn't important to Joe. Perhaps he has made enough maney and done enough in the ring that he can walk away with no regrets. He certainly deserves to. But when boxing historians engage in debate and the topic of Joe's all-time greatness comes up, one can make the argument that he fought the right opposition at precisely the right time, leaving a lot of questions about him unanswered.
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Thursday, February 27, 2014
Dilly Dally Pickle Candy and Barrels of Yum
The dill pickle is a favorite flavor in the United States. It goes beyond the brined cucumber and has made its way into potato chips, vodka, peanuts, and even toothpaste. It's a small wonder we haven't seen more pickled candies.
The folks at Barrels of Yum have created a unique array of hard candies shaped like barrels, but I thought I'd start with their Dilly Dally Candy since it's their unique offering.
Their barrel shaped dill pickle pieces bring the flavors of dill, vinegar, salt, garlic and tarragon to hard candy.
They're bright green, like that weird paste I get from the Indian restaurant that I can't eat because it's so green. I'm not a pickle adverse person, as a kid I was a huge fan both of the store bought versions and the kind my grandmother made with the gherkins she grew in her own yard.
The first flavor is sweetness, like a sweet pickle, which I actually don't care for. But after there's a strong and pleasant herbal dill note along with a weird sort of garlic flavor. The tartness that emulates vinegar comes in slowly. Overall, it's a good likeness of a pickle in dissolvable form. I would have liked a little less sweet, which I understand is hard to do with candy, but perhaps a dash of salt. Mostly, it lacks the texture, that crunch, the coldness from the fridge that are elements I enjoy in my pickle. My mouth never quite watered during the experience like it does with some good, refrigerator-cold, fresh pickles.
As a novelty, especially if you're theming a party, these are definitely unique, but not something I'd eat every day.
The other more sedate collection from Barrels of Yum is their Classic Collection of old fashioned gourmet candy creations.
It really is time that hard candy got some upgrades, the new variety was created with David Klein, the fellow of brought us the idea of really great tasting jelly beans with the Jelly Belly.
The variety contains eight different flavors, though oddly enough, not the classic barrel candy root beer. They include: blueberry crumble, peach cobbler, apple pie, chai tea, sour watermelon, hot cinnamon, orange cream, and granny smith green apple.
They're kosher and made in the USA, unlike a lot of hard candies these days. They're for sale on Amazon, but at $5.99 they're a little steep. They're made with a combination of natural and artificial flavors. The colors are bright, though it's a little hard to tell some of the apart at first glance, as the peach and orange are similar as are the two browns.
Apple Pie is the light brown color. It's very apple, with a lot of tartness to it and a good flavor balance that has some cinnamon and something like graham or that emulates crust very well. The apple flavor is good enough that it almost taste like they didn't peel the apples.
Granny Smith Green Apple is just a little darker in color than the Dilly Dally, not that they're included in the same package. It starts out rather sedate but then develops. It's not Jolly Rancher apple, this is a lot more full bodied with more of the apple juice flavors than that artificial note that many American apple candies have. If you gave this to me without saying where it came from, I would guess it was Japanese, as they have a much better approximation of true apple flavor in candy than we do.
Blueberry Crumble is over-blued ... it made my tongue blue and as an adult, it's not really a feeling I care for. The flavor is good, a well rounded sweetness with a light tart bite of boiled berries with a sort of vanilla top note. It didn't quite differentiate itself as actual blueberry, more of a generic berry flavor.
Orange Cream is the lightest orange didn't really make any sense to me conceptually but it was well executed. Two of my favorite qualities of citrus are the acidic bite and the zesty balsamic note. Neither of those show up in this piece, as it's all about the soft orange flavor without the zing of the peel or the juice. So what's left? It's like a creamsicle, sweet and mild with a very good creamy mouthfeel, though there's absolutely no dairy in it.
Peach Cobbler is a medium orange color and rather weak. It was tangy but didn't have that dough element like the crumble did. It was just odd, not peachy. I thought this was a miss.
Sour Watermelon was hot pink and definitely reminded me of Jolly Rancher. The flavor was very sweet at first, like a ripe but uninteresting watermelon, but then the sour pops up as you get further in. It's not puckery, but has a believable quality to it.
Chai Tea is warm with immediate cinnamon notes. The other spices are quite mild and comforting, perhaps a little nutmeg and ginger. It's not as strong as I could have liked, but the flavor is continuous instead of getting weak as the candy dissolves.
Hot Cinnamon was saved for last, in case it burned me out. It starts out with a good mix of the powdery woody flavor but then goes right into the searing heat of the cinnamon oil. It reminded me of Atomic Fireballs, except there's no layering to grant relief after a few minutes. I had a little metallic hit from the artificial colors, I would have preferred colorings on these that didn't interfere with the intense flavors.
Overall, the barrels fill a niche for interesting flavors in hard candy. I found the pieces just slightly large for my preference. Though the barrel shape is fun, I do prefer a disk as I think that fits better in the mouth. This particular flavor assortment didn't fit my tastes perfectly, only about half are flavors I'd pick out of the mix. I am looking forward to what they do with Root Beer, as I would love to find a really intense, spicy root beer hard candy.
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POSTED BY Cybele AT 1:42 pm Candy • Review • Cinnamon • Hard Candy & Lollipops • Kosher • 6-Tempting • 7-Worth It • United States • Comments (4)
Tuesday, February 25, 2014
Mega Peanut M&Ms
Last week I showed off the new Milk Chocolate Mega M&Ms, this week I have the Mega Peanut M&Ms. I picked both bags up at CVS on sale at two bags for $5.00. Since the bag is 11.4 ounces, that's a pretty good deal.
The bag makes use of the familiar yellow of the Peanut M&Ms franchise and a blue Mega logo similar to the one on the Milk Chocolate M&Ms bag (which has a brown background).
The Milk Chocolate Mega M&Ms boasted 3 times more chocolate, but the Peanut Mega M&Ms only say that there's more chocolate and bigger peanuts.
While the Mega Milk Chocolate M&Ms were obviously bigger, I didn't see much of a difference when I dumped a handful of these out. So, that meant that I had to go back out and pick up some regular Peanut M&Ms for comparison. The Mega are on the left and the regular are on the right. Some are identically sized, but many of the Mega are obviously bigger than the standard.
Oddly enough I didn't find the Megas were different for me, they tasted and behaved like the Peanut M&Ms I might want to eat. That said, I feel like Peanut M&Ms have gotten smaller over the years and these may just be what I used to find ordinary. The chocolate ratio is good, there's plenty of chocolate there's a good crunch from the shell and a good crunch from the peanuts. I just don't see that big of a difference to warrant another slot on the store shelves for this when they could make room for Coffee M&Ms or Crispy M&Ms.
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POSTED BY Cybele AT 3:58 pm Candy • Review • Mars • Chocolate • Kosher • M&Ms • Peanuts • 7-Worth It • United States • Sav-On/CVS • Comments (2)
Monday, February 24, 2014
Cadbury White Mini Eggs
One of the favorite Easter candies is the Cadbury Milk Chocolate Mini Eggs. They're unlike any other candy on the market, they're not quite M&Ms, as the candy coating is soft and has a flavor of its own. A Dark Chocolate version came out a few years ago and though hard to find, returned again this year.
The big news is the new Target Exclusive version of Cadbury White Mini Eggs. Notice that they're just called white, not white chocolate, just white. Though there is cocoa butter in the ingredients list (which is in real white chocolate), there are also other vegetable fats. I picked up a 9 ounce bag, which was helpfully on sale.
The eggs were not the shape I expected. The standard Cadbury Mini Egg is egg shaped, truly egg shaped, with a wider bottom and almost pointy top. The White Eggs are not, they're symmetrical ovals. What occurred to me when I saw them was that they were actually a resurrection of last year's Hershey's White Chocolate Flavored Eggs.
So, I looked up the ingredients:
The difference, as far as I can tell is in the very last ingredients, that make up the shell. The white confection center is made of the same stuff. I didn't care that much for the Hershey's version, as I found them to be a bit too sweet and not creamy enough. Especially when compared to the pre-existing real white chocolate M&Ms.
I picked up a back of the M&Ms since I was already at Target for comparison. (And here's the ingredients, as long as I'm transcribing.)
Ultimately, the coating on these really gives them a different dimension. The soft and matte shell that the Cadbury Milk Chocolate Mini Eggs and the Cadbury White Mini Eggs share is unique and holds a special place in the textural world of Easter. I like the soft scent and interesting slick dissolve on the tongue. The vanilla pudding flavor is also pleasant and goes well with the lightly salty white center.
The one thing that was missing was that sticky, fudgy melt that the Cadbury Milk Chocolate Mini Eggs have.
I liked them better than the Hershey's version, which is weird, because I do actually like the shell a lot on the Hershey's Milk Chocolate Eggs. However, they're extremely sweet and I found that after five or six I had a raging headache ... so enjoy in moderation.
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Friday, February 21, 2014
Milk Chocolate Mega M&Ms
Late last year Mars announced some new products coming including Mega M&Ms.
At first I thought these were just the return of the Mega M&Ms circa 2005, but instead Mars has instead imported the specs for their Galaxy Minstrels and Americanized them with bright colors.
They're sold in familiar packaging, the large laydown bags and the individual serving size. I lucked into a sale at CVS and got two bags for $5, which I think is a fair price for fair quality chocolate.
I scrounged up all the M&Ms I had, and you can see them here from small to large, from left to right: Milk Chocolate Mini, Milk Chocolate Classic, Birthday Cake, and Milk Chocolate Mega. The individual Megas are about .75 inches across. (About the same diameter as an American nickel.) What I also noticed is that they're extremely similar to the Mars Galaxy Minstrels. I've been trying to find a package of those but have had no luck. However, I'll be in London next month and will try to pick up a package for later comparison.
The original Mega M&Ms were fat, more rounded. They're basically the same as the current special flavor M&Ms, such as the Birthday Cake or Coconut. I'm a little unclear why they even used the same name, when it's been only about 8 years since they were last on the shelves.
The Mega M&Ms boast three times the chocolate of a regular M&M. The Mega M&Ms weigh about 2.73 grams each while a regular M&M is about .85 grams. The color assortment is identical to the 21st century Milk Chocolate M&Ms: red, green, yellow, brown, orange and blue.
The flatness makes them easy to pick up and bite. The shell has a very satisfying crunch and there's a large density of chocolate at the center that's easy to distinguish. The chocolate itself isn't extraordinary. It's sweet and milky, though not entirely smooth in its melt. I found it a bit chalky overall, a bit on the sweet side. That said, they were wonderfully munchable and I did find myself reaching for them while they sat on my desk. I'd like to say that M&Ms would be better with better chocolate, but they tried that with Premium M&Ms and it didn't spark with the public. Candy companies make the candy we buy. I can wish all I want, but I'm probably not M&Ms ultimate target market.
UPDATE: One of the first things I picked up when I went to London earlier this month was a package of Mars Galaxy Minstrels.
Since they're also made by Mars, it was a natural item to compare to the new Milk Chocolate Mega M&Ms.
Unlike M&Ms, Minstrels come in only one color, dark brown.
It's pretty easy to see why I was interested in comparing them, they're extremely similar in size and shape.
What I did notice, though, is that the brown is much darker and more consistent. The M&Ms version is a little less deep.
In essence, the Brown Mega M&Ms and Galaxy Minstrels look the same, but the similarities end with the shell. The chocolate inside of the Minstrels is smooth, creamy, slightly malty and quite good. There's a definite European flavor to it, a sort of dairy note that American chocolate rarely has. The M&Ms have a grainy, fudgy quality that is still absolutely tasty, but has more of a candy quality than a chocolate one.
Of the two, I was much more interested in eating the Galaxy Minstrels, and ended up eating my small bag before finishing the handful of Mega M&Ms I saved for this purpose.
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POSTED BY Cybele AT 2:27 pm Candy • Review • Mars • Chocolate • Kosher • M&Ms • 7-Worth It • United States • Sav-On/CVS • Comments (4)
Wednesday, February 19, 2014
Milky Way Simply Caramel Bites
Mars has been morselizing its candy bar line over the past couple of years. The new Milky Way Simply Caramel Unwrapped Bites are in the latest in the introduction cycle. They're just little unwrapped cube versions of the Milky Way Simply Caramel bar, served up in a bag for easy dispensing.
I picked mine up at 7-11, which had a sale on their Mars Bites, the Sharing Size were 2 packages for $3.00. (I bought a Powerball for the Wednesday $400M drawing as well, bringing my tally to an exact $5. Yes, I'm aware that my odds are 1 in 175,223,510 of winning.)
The bag holds 15 little cubes. That's two servings, as this is a Sharing Size. So each serving is 7 or 8 cubes which comes to 190 calories. If you're trying to moderate yourself, four would be 100 calories but trip up and eat the whole bag by accident, you're looking at 380.
Mars has always made beautiful candy bars. (See this photo for evidence.) The new bites line, though, suffers from the packaging style. The little candies are not sealed like panned candies so they get scuffed and dented in the bag together.
The pieces are well formed, they're cubes but most have little "feet" where the chocolate pooled. They're rather milky smelling, it's a sort of cereal and milk note. The chew is soft, the caramel is very smooth though it doesn't have the taffy-like toughness that I enjoy in my caramel, it does have good toffee and toasted sugar notes. The chocolate is passable, it's sweet and has a lot of dairy flavors, but it's not exceptionally chocolatey. (A dark version of these someday might be nice, but if I want that, I'll probably just have some Marich.)
Overall, I was very pleased with these. They're easily poppable, satisfying in the sense that the textures and flavors were better than I expected. I didn't want to eat the whole bag in one sitting, but I did finish it in three days. I can imagine that the packaging won't do well in the summer months, and forget it if these get smashed a bit, because you'd be in for a huge mess inside the bag. They'd be easy to mix in with other things (like a Chex Mix for a really sweet & salty combo) or as an ice cream topper.
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Thursday, February 13, 2014
Trader Joe's Crispy Rice Milk Chocolate
One of my favorite candy combinations is milk chocolate and cereal. You'd think it would be great to live in the United States, then, which has two nationally branded crisped rice bars: Nestle Crunch and Hershey's Krackel. But they are both pale versions of what a crisped rice and chocolate bar could be.
So, I've been hunting for a great crisped rice bar and at the moment my go-to is oddly the Ritter Sport Cornflakes Bar because the chocolate is actually good and the cereal flakes provide that salty, malty crunch component that keeps it all from getting too sweet.
Trader Joe's has finally come to the rescue with their Trader Joe's Crispy Rice Milk Chocolate part of their line of stacks of small Belgian made bars sold near the check out counter (review of the dark chocolate here).
The bars are well priced, you get three 1.4 ounce bars for $1.79. The whole stack is wrapped in cellophane and each bar is also individually wrapped and sealed for freshness. The bars are made in Belgium with high quality chocolate (for candy bars) which means 31% cacao content and 18% milk content. (And oodles of sugar, too.) Unlike the US counterparts, this is real milk chocolate (Krackel contains vegetable oil fillers while both also use artificial vanilla and lactose, a sugar filler).
The size of the portion is ideal, at 1.4 ounces it's 220 calories - more than enough for a snack but no risk of eating more (unless you really can't control yourself and open one of the other bars). It smells milky and malty with a little toffee note. The melt of the chocolate is silky, it's buttery slick and though sweet, the crunchy rice moderates it well. The crisped rice is the manufactured kind - you know, the perfect little spheres, not the rustic kernels from a breakfast bowl. This means that they're very evenly distributed and very even overall, but I miss that variation in the crunch.
This really meets nearly all of my requirements for the perfect crisped rice bar ... there just aren't enough Trader Joe's.
The bar contains milk, wheat and soy and is made in a facility that also processed tree nuts and eggs. (No notation about peanuts.)
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Tuesday, February 11, 2014
Birthday Cake M&Ms
Birthday Cake Milk Chocolate M&Ms are out on shelves even though Mars announced that they would be released in May 2014. The new cake flavor comes right on the heels of the Walmart-exclusive Red Velvet M&Ms that also came out this year.
The description is rather vague: Delicious milk chocolate infused with birthday cake flavor creates an exciting new treat worth celebrating. Part of my confusion comes from an actual non-standardization of birthday cake as a singular flavor. Is it yellow cake with vanilla icing? Is it devil's food with chocolate frosting? Is it an ice cream cake with candle wax? I'm going to go with chocolate cake and white (vanilla) icing, since that's what the red M is holding on the package.
It's unclear if this is a new permanent addition to the M&Ms varieties, which currently include: Milk Chocolate, Peanut, Dark Chocolate, Dark Peanut, Peanut Butter, Almond, Dark Mint, Raspberry, and Pretzel plus other seasonal varieties. They currently come in two package sizes, the stand up bag holding 8 ounces shown here and the single serve version.
The candy coated chocolates are quite big and very bright in primary red, yellow and blue. I noticed that they had the same cracking and dusting problem I experienced with my Red Velvet M&Ms earlier this year. I don't know if it's because they're bigger or that the specialty versions just get treated more roughly than regular versions. I polished them individually for their photo shoot. (Really.)
They do smell sweeter, with a little more of a vanilla note than regular M&Ms. They're not that different from regular Milk Chocolate M&Ms, except that they're bigger. They're not that good though, the novelty of the flavor wears off after about five of them. They just seemed sweeter ... the chocolate certainly isn't great. I've noticed that the quality of the chocolate is one item that Mars has not been focusing on over the years, instead it's been the added flavors, colors or special printing you can get on the shell.
I did try them compared to the Red Velvet M&Ms, since they're both based on cakes. What I noticed is that the Red Velvet tasted more like buttered popcorn but also had a bit more of a tangy note. The Birthday Cake, on the other hand, has an Angel Food Cake note of baked sugar and vanilla.
I'll stick to the Almond M&Ms, just in case anyone was wondering which M&Ms to have at my birthday party.
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POSTED BY Cybele AT 9:50 am Candy • Review • Mars • Chocolate • Kosher • M&Ms • 5-Pleasant • United States • Sav-On/CVS • Comments (7)
Friday, February 7, 2014
Oak Leaf Hearts Candy
I'm a sucker for the look of candy, especially in bulk. I couldn't help but pick up a five pound bag of these compressed dextrose hearts.
The weblisting for the product says that they're pastel, but they're much brighter than that. It's hot pink, magenta/purple, turquoise blue and light yellow. The heart shapes are small, rather pillowy in form and about the size of a nickel.
I wasn't really interested in how they tasted, at this price, it was more about having a pretty candy jar filled with little hearts before Valentine's Day to share with co-workers. That was about two weeks ago and the jar is empty. (I didn't eat them. But they were popular.)
These are not tart candies. I don't think there are any acid flavorings at all in here. They might be flavored, but it's so mild it's hard to say for sure.
Purple is a lightly floral grape. Red has some strawberry notes. Blue is a kind of bitter raspberry, really the only flavor in the bunch I didn't care for. Yellow is lightly lemony, quite fresh.
They're pretty. They make a nice decoration, but not really very good candy. There's nothing to offend anyone, no weird flavors because there's barely any flavor at all. But I'm not saying that they're not compelling, they're gorgeous to look at and easy to munch. I've had other much more flavorful Oak Leaf candies before, so this must be from a much more subtle line of candy than I like.
Ultimately the review around the office was that they were too pretty to pass up. But no one wants me to buy them again. Kind of a weird relationship to have with candy. Personally, I'd prefer the Wonka Heartbreakers, so that's what I've been eating while others have emptied the jar.
The SweetWorks website lists these as gluten free and nut free, though take care if you get them from a bulk bin (if you have concerns about cross contamination, it's always best to get it in a factory sealed package).
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POSTED BY Cybele AT 3:34 pm Candy • Review • Valentines • SweetWorks, Inc • Compressed Dextrose • Kosher • 4-Benign • Canada • Comments (1)
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Plaza coming to downtown Escondido
Block will be remade into pedestrian area; work to begin in February
"My concern is we have a huge need for maintenance in the city," Councilwoman Marie Waldron said, adding that she prefer the city stay within the grant to spruce up the block.
Carol Rea, president of the Old Escondido Historic District, asked officials to "simplify" the project and redistribute the money to add lighting and repair sidewalks and alleys in Old Escondido, the historic neighborhood near downtown.
Assistant City Manager Charles Grimm told the council that studies have indicated that projects similar to the Maple Street plaza are "good business" for a city. One New York study showed that outdoor seating areas increase foot traffic by 20 percent, retail sales by 10 percent and property values by 7 percent, Grimm said.
"I think (plazas are) an important component of any high-quality community," he said.
Mayor Sam Abed last week called the plaza "an ideal project with the appropriate funding."
"We're not taking the money away from other projects," Abed said. "It's a lot of money, but I think the value to the community is very significant."
He said that creating a gathering space in the historic downtown also contributes to city goals for economic development, outreach and embracing cultural diversity.
The Escondido Downtown Business Association supports the project, but considered the amount of money being spent on one block too much.
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Keep warm this winter with great books to read. Whether you're curled up beside the fireplace or the space heater, you can magically travel to places and entertain new ideas without the stress of packing or struggling to catch airline flights.
The Walla Walla Public Library presents it's annual "Booked for Winter" series, helping to inspire area residents to get busy and keep reading. Books have been selected around this year's theme: "Expression of Love," chosen because it's uplifting and cheerful. Booked For Winter consists of reading several suggested books and attending a program presented about each book.
The cheerful subject matter is important, according to Alexis Rodegerdts, public services specialist, coordinator of the program. "Winter can be such a dreary time, a sluggish time of year when you don't have much energy. We want people to come out and enjoy the library and enjoy each other's company. We will have four presentations, one a month from January through April."
These events will feature a discussion of a book in the series with time for questions and answers. Refreshments will be served, a fun night of sharing new ideas and meeting other people who love to read.
The first presentation is set for Jan. 21, featuring Brad LaFran from Walla Walla Community College discussing "About Love and Other Stories," a collection of short stories by Anton Chekhov.
The next Booked For Winter event is Feb. 11; Greg Schnorr from Walla Walla Community College will present "Aphrodite: A Memoir of the Senses," by Isabel Allende.
On March 25 the program will be presented by Matt Reynolds from Whitman College. He will discuss "Still Life With Oysters and Lemon," by Mark Doty.
Then on April 22, will be "A Zen Wave: Basho's, Haiku and Zen," by Robert Aitken presented by Jesse Burgess of Walla Walla Community College.
The program has been very popular in past years, so they are anticipating an enthusiastic response, with plenty of people reading and enjoying the presentations at the library. Rodegerdts said, "We're ordering multiple copies ahead of time and encouraging the community to read. The programs will have plenty of time for questions and discussion. The Friends of the Library are providing refreshments."
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The Rider Raiders are making history next week — which should be fun — but not the kind of history they have their sights set on.
Rider will compete in the 2012 State 7-on-7 Tournament in College Station on July 20-21. It's the first time the Raiders have qualified for the event. Wichita Falls High School went a year ago.
But the summer work for the Raiders is with an eye on being the first team at Rider to advance past the regional finals and, they hope, all the way to state.
Even though head coach Jim Garfield and his coaches have to remain in the stands as very interested bystanders during 7-on-7, they like what they've seen. And the number of students they've had participating in summer strength and conditioning.
"I like how we've competed, and 7-on-7 is difficult," Garfield said with defense on his mind. "We're not a 4-3 cover-2 team, and when you take one of those linebackers out you have to modify and adjust. Seven-on-seven is an offensive game. But the footwork and understanding routes, you can't get enough of that."
Rider has a lot of experience at receiver with John Hatch, Brandon Williams and Bryland McCoy. Junior Davon Allison has also come on. Others Garfield mentioned are Josh Price, Carlos Fleeks, D.J. Arnold and Dominic Thrasher.
Of course one of the headline acts is quarterback J.T. Barrett, who helped Rider qualify but will understandably miss this because he's headed to the Elite 11 national quarterback showcase in Redondo Beach, Calif..
Junior Chase London will step in and call the signals and throw the passes. Arnold has been the quarterback of the defense.
"They start to understand down and distance things, they are the ones making the calls and they have to pick what they think is most effective for offense and defense," Garfield said.
Garfield is usually upbeat, and the upcoming fall season is no exception.
"I like how we came together as a team (this spring), and our offense is firing right now," Garfield said. "The defense has some holes to fill, but our kids have picked it up. There's a lot of enthusiasm."
August and the beginning of practice isn't far away when Garfield will get to see something other than flag football. But he's glad his kids are getting this chance.
"It's a fun thing, we compete and it's a neat deal for the kids," Garfield said. "I'm excited for the opportunity for us to go out and play some football, or touch football, at College Station."
Rider is in Pool P of the Division I bracket and will open with Arlington Lamar at 2 p.m. Friday, July 20. That will be followed by games against Sugarland Dulles at 4 p.m. and A&M Consolidated at 6 p.m. The top two teams from each pool advance and will compete for the state title Saturday. The other two teams will compete in the consolation bracket.
The Raiders qualified on June 15 by taking second at a state qualifier in Abilene.
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Date Reviewed: August 1, 2008
Strengths: The price, Its competitors cant touch it price or what you get. If your a Trail rider its great for xc Although I dont see the front fork taking on huge drops and massive abuse but if your riding this hard you need to invest in a high end bike. Its probably one of the best Entry level bikes availabale, Rapid fire shifter not that handle twist grip crap (specialized had this on their entry level model NO good) This bike is very upgradeable, and the frame is ready for a disc break conversion VERY NICE! For what the bike is its a light bike! You people that go complain about the bike being to heavy give me a break than why did you buy the bike in the first place That should be one of the first things you notice!!
Weaknesses: None to current! except The original $400.00 price tag which I would have never payed, Maybe with upgarded components etc... But that is not the case.
Bottom Line:
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Duration Product Used: Less than 1 month
Price Paid: $220.00
Purchased At: Sports Authority
Similar Products Used: N/A just lots of reading bike reviews on mtbr.com!
Bike Setup: 100% stock With a little bit of my love putting it together for our new rider!
Date Reviewed: June 20, 2008
Strengths: Value and dependability
Weaknesses: Shifters. Rough tires on road surface but makes up for it on the trail. Shifters need some fine tuning.
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Duration Product Used: Less than 1 month
Price Paid: $260.00
Purchased At: Performance Bicycle
Similar Products Used: Specialized Patrol Bike
Bike Setup: N'Litened Silver Label Custom Drawn and Trail Tuned aluminum Epicenter seatstays & disc mount.
SR/Suntour alloy suspension fork with dual pre-load adjustment
24-speed SRAM SX-4 drivetrain with wide-range cassette & trigger shifters.
Trial Tuned Lock-on Grips and two tone saddle.
Date Reviewed: April 7, 2008
Strengths: Durable frame
Weaknesses: All of the components on this bike suck. One real day of riding was sufficient to destroy most of them. This version didn't come with Hayes disc brakes.
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Price Paid: $220.00
Date Reviewed: June 1, 2007
Strengths: Great frame- it's light, stiff and ready for upgrades, SX-5 rear derailluer
Weaknesses: J1 front fork is a bit soft and mine needed replaced already(blown seals from day one), Front SX4 shifter is junk, I don't think these are common problems though
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Price Paid: $400.00
Purchased At: Steve's Bikes
Similar Products Used: GT Backwoods, Trek 8000(well, not so similar)
Bike Setup: Upgarded to an LX front derailluer, Kore Lite handle bar and stem, Shimano M-525 clipless pedals, Fuji saddle, BB-7 Avid 203mm disc brakes, Mavic 223/Deore XT disc wheel set, and a Cateye/Velo computer
Date Reviewed: October 23, 2006
Strengths: I got the cheapest version of the Mesa. The frame is freaking awesome. It is very light and strong. The gears shift almost instantly, with rapid fire shifting. The fork is decent enough given the price with fairly nice shocks. The wheels are good, pretty durable and lightweight. The pedals are toothed steel (I think) with a plastic center. They are toe clip adaptable.
Weaknesses: The fourth gear on the cassette is a bit clicky on the downshift. I don't if this is just on mine, or all Mesas. The seat is heavy and not suitable for long distance rides, I'd get a lighter one, especially for racing.
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Duration Product Used: 3 months
Purchased At: 389
Similar Products Used: Diamondback Hardtail, Schwinn Frontier Sport X, Trel 4300
Bike Setup: Normal Hardtail MTB
Date Reviewed: October 7, 2006
Strengths: Great product, after looking at all the options for a new reasonably priced bike I would highly recommend the Mesa GS. Absolutely Brillent bike for the money and I cannot not fqault a single part of the bike excellent for a first bike, Light, strong and a great spec. BUY IT!!!!
Weaknesses: None
Bottom Line:
Both myself and my girlfirend have this bike in 19" and 17" frame size. Both have no issues, it just great to ride this bike.
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Price Paid: $250.00
Purchased At: Les Cycles Canvey Is.
Similar Products Used: Specialize bikes and Giant. They did not come close to the Mesa GS. I would go for the GS over the basic Mesa the spec. is significantly better.
Bike Setup: Standard set-up slightly softer front than factory set-up
Date Reviewed: July 14, 2006
Strengths: Good frame, and it comes with a great stock setup. Works for anything; trail, downhill, dirtjumping.
Weaknesses: The seat is big and in the way. This was the first thing i had switched. The pedals are small and fall apart. If you buy this bike, this is the things you should change.
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Price Paid: $400.00
Similar Products Used: Diamant Extreme 0G and G-force Hake(both where crap.)
Bike Setup: Rockshox J1 front fork and SRAM SX5 rear derailleur(comes stock with the bike), Tektro front disc brake and Promax rear disc brake.(was added from previous bikes)
Date Reviewed: April 21, 2006
Strengths: Great geometry, light, great truvative crankset, low price (50% managers special)great shimano shifters, v brake, alivio set wonderful overall ride and build quality
Weaknesses: bouncy manitou 6 forks, no disc brakes but thats just nitpicking...
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Duration Product Used: 3 months
Price Paid: $275.00
Purchased At: Rebel Sport
Similar Products Used: none,..my first MTB was a crappy Dunlop bought at Target WTF?!!? broke down in two freaking months, got a refund though
Bike Setup: Stock Mesa GS
Date Reviewed: January 18, 2006
Strengths: I have the new 06 model and it is mad. i do downhill trails and it works awesome. mad truativ crankset, wtb seat,its the all time great package
Weaknesses: none
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Similar Products Used: Giant Rincon & Boulder
Date Reviewed: November 14, 2005
Strengths: this frame is strong, light and brilliantly machined. the crank is super sweet and the gears change so smoothly. its good for racing, downhill or trails.
Weaknesses: hasn't got disc mountable hubs!!!!!
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Duration Product Used: Less than 1 month
Price Paid: $300.00
Purchased At: local bike shop
Similar Products Used: Raliegh but that was ful suspension, it was twice the price and still doesnt have as good components as the mesa GS does!!!!!
Date Reviewed: September 8, 2005
Strengths: Great overall product, excellent brakes, derailleur, seat and seat post, chain, frame and so-so pedals
Weaknesses: The sun tour fork is lower quality than the rest of the bike and the tires don't do well on tarmac at high speeds
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I use this bike for camping trips with my family or boy scouting mountain biking trips. It handles well under both circumstances. (Although, the tires don't like tarmac much at high speeds)
Anyway this bike has made mea much more experienced rider and I'm sure it could do that for a lot more people then me!
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Duration Product Used: 3 months
Price Paid: $330.00
Purchased At: Dick's Sporting Goods
Similar Products Used: Giant Yukon ($500)
Date Reviewed: July 24, 2005
Strengths: Great frame geometry. Great price.
Weaknesses: Brake pads. Bottom bracket. Grips.
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Date Reviewed: July 3, 2004
Strengths: A lot of bang for the buck, especially at 330$ brand new, Frame is really well made, components are not the greatest but everything work well, i changed the tires as soon as i got it but the Mythos seem great for light cross-country
Excellent wheels except for the cheap Formula hubs.
Good Suntour Mech disk brake, 7front 6rear
Weaknesses: Fork sucks, mine leak oil since it's new, passed around 2 inches of the 3.5 inches of travel the seal let go some oil, not much but not good. I've got the XL version so finding a fork with 11 inches at least of steer tube is not easy, i think i will forced to have it custom made.
Pedal are caged styled, i got a Wellgo pair, way better this way, but the caged are nice when i go out for a 2-3 hours ride in easy trails.
Front acera derailleur suck, when taking a good drop the chain usually fall on first gear whatever what it was on before, i'm gonna changed that soon.
Bottom Line:
If you use it for anything big, change Tires/Pedals/Hubs/Fork.
Great bike for someone who don't have a lot of money right now but want a really great bike that can be easily upgraded, except the XL with it's really long steer tube.
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Price Paid: $330.00
Purchased At: Ebay
Similar Products Used: 2004 Hucker, El Cheapo Canadian tire, some others
Bike Setup: Pretty stock except for pedals, tires and hubs
Date Reviewed: July 2, 2004
Strengths: Execelent frame very light and strong hayes disc brakes on stock setup suntour suspension is reasonable
Weaknesses: none
Bottom Line:
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Bike Setup: stock which is excelent for cross country.
Date Reviewed: June 25, 2004
Strengths: really good frame,strong, the shifter all right, good accesories, I like the tires too
Weaknesses: can have beter suspention and pedals
Bottom Line:
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Duration Product Used: 3 months
Price Paid: $260.00
Purchased At: ebay
Similar Products Used: No idea, is my first bike
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Blocked tubes and still got pregnant
My situation sounds very similiar to yours. In Feb 2012 I had an ectopic pregnancy and ended up having surgery and they took out my left tube. (I also had a mc 6/11 and EP 9/11.) They checked my right tube and said it was completely blocked. We were told our only option was IVF. So we have spent the last two monthes getting our finances in order. And then on April 21st I was completely shocked when I found out I was pregnant. I had hcg done at 4w 5d and it was 357 then again at 5w1d and it was 838. Really hoping this works out.
Hope everything works out great for you as well.
Congrats! DH and I tried conceiving for over a year before we decided to see a doctor to see if something was wrong. We were told that I have one tube blocked from a cyst and the other is damaged(don't know why.) They told us that it would be diffucult to get pregnant, but that we could try clomid and IUI before we have to look into IVF. We did one unsuccessful cycle of clomid with IUI in Feb of this year and then decided to stop trying because I was going back to school and we were having some marital problems. We barely BD at all in March and bam!, we ended up pregnant. Didn't expect it at all! In fact, we talked about getting a divorce the night before we found out. I woke up early on Easter morning with sharp pains in my boobs and realized I was supposed to start af the day before so decided to take a pregnancy test... I was in shock when I saw the BFP. Took 5 tests total that day lol. Funny how things work out... Makes me have more faith in a higher power.
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A release from General Secretary of Coimbatore District Jama-ath, Haji M.I. Mohammed Ali said that as per the decision, no marriage would be legally valid, if it had not been registered. The Jama-ath had already represented to the Secretary to Government for Registration seeking the existing practice of registering marriages based on the copies of the registration done in the Jama-ath register.
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KOCHI: The Ernakulam District Panchayat, in association with the Thiruvananthapuram-based Biotech, is implementing a decentralised waste treatment project with the objective of avoiding environmental pollution in waste management.
The project assumes added significance at a time when many areas of the district, especially the city, are suffering from garbage, which continues to pile up owing to the absence of appropriate treatment facilities and waste management strategies.
As part of the project, the district panchayat is setting up plants for treating biodegradable waste at panchayat levels. These plants have been designed to generate electricity, thus making the project doubly beneficial.
Besides, a project for treating household waste has been operating with the financial assistance of the district panchayat and the respective grama panchayats, for the last three years. So far 2,500 households in the district have been covered under the project.
The district panchayat will be setting up treatment plants in six panchayats in the first phase. While the plants at Amballoor and Piravom have already been commissioned, the construction work of the ones at Kalady and Nedumbassery panchayats were launched recently. Rayamangalam and Thrikkakkara are the other panchayats included in the first phase. The district panchayat has included the project in the current fiscal and has set aside Rs.60 lakh for the first phase.
The district panchayat will contribute Rs.5.80 lakh for setting up the treatment plant while the beneficiary panchayat will have to put in Rs.3 lakh. The Central subsidy of Rs.1.20 lakh will be routed through Biotech, which has already implemented 21 similar projects in various panchayats across the State.
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The plant will have the capacity to treat 250kg of waste and 250 litres of polluted water each day. A recycling unit capable of utilising the already treated water coming out of the plant will also be set up alongside.
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