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Jane's Fame: How Jane Austen Conquered the World : The slow growth of Jane Austen's fame, from niche interest in the mid-nineteenth century to a figure who enjoys the sort of popular affection usually reserved for girl-next-door movie stars, makes a fascinating story that adds significantly to our image of the beloved novelist. Beginning with Austen's struggle to break into print, Claire Harman's groundbreaking biography explores the rise of interest in "Divine Jane" fifty years after her death, her adoption as a favorite subject for scholarly scrutiny in the twentieth century, and the eruption of her current global fame, through film and the Internet as much as through her books. How did a young woman who wrote of "three or four families in a Country Village" come to influence statesmen, anarchists, romance writers, critics, readers in dozens of languages, and now enjoy almost continual revival? In Jane's Fame, Claire Harman gives us the complete biography - of both the author and her lasting cultural impact - making this essential reading for anyone interested in Austen's life, works, and remarkably potent fame.
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hdcookbook_discimage compile error
Not having struggled with the hdcookbook for over a year I updated the files. Also updated JAVA SE, ME runtime, NetBeens etc.
Running ant all in hdcookbooka I received a compile error. As near as I can tell it is in hdcookbooka\xlets\hdcookbook_discimage process.
Attached is the log with debug speciied from running ant from that folder.
The line that appears to have or reference the problem is near the bottom:
"signing: com/hdcookbook/bookmenu/monitor/bluray.MonitorXlet.permCaused by: java.io.IOException: ObjectIdentifier mismatch: 126.96.36.199.2.26"
I didn't have this problem when doing that process a year ago with JAVA and runtime of 6.29. Had a lot of others, but not that one. :)
However, as I am very new with all this and have no idea what I am doing or looking at, I could be wrong.
I am also wondering if I am using the wrong version of JAVA et all?
It / they were version 7.10.
I ask because I seem to remember that a specific version of one of the pieces (ME?) had to be at a specific version for BD. ME was version 3.2. Runtime was 7.10.
A help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks for your time.
Paul Masters
Hi Paul,
Here's a guess: Maybe it's got something to do with the public or private key used for code signing? As in, maybe the underlying Java runtime has a compatibility problem around a certificate or something stored in the database where such things are stored.
The ant task does a bunch of stuff automatically. One thing it does is notice if you haven't generated the public-private keypair used for the self-signed certificate it uses to sign JAR files. Maybe your workspace has that keypair already, created with a prior version of the Java runtime. And maybe the new Java runtime has a bug where it can't read the database.
The quick fix would be to run "ant spotless". That deletes the signing database. If that doesn't work, you can make absolutely sure this isn't a problem by deleting the cookbook repository, and bringing over a fresh copy.
Dunno if this'll fix your problem or not, but it's worth a shot!
Hello Bill!
Thanks for the suggestions.
Ran ant spotless against that folder and it deleted some files. Then ran ant against that folder with Java 7 and it failed the same way. Perhaps 'spotless' should have been run against the base folder?
I though as you implied that there was a problem with running Java 7. Either with it or some incompatibility with the cookbook code. Therefore, I deleted Java 7 and ran a registry clean and restarted the PC. Installed Java 6. Did not change ME as it was 3.2 and the prior one was 3.0.5.
Ran ant against the base folder and received a different error:
[jdktools.java] java.lang.UnsupportedClassVersionError: net/java/bd/tools/security/BDCertGenerator : Unsupported major.minor version 51.0
[jdktools.java] at java.lang.ClassLoader.defineClass1(Native Method)
[jdktools.java] at java.lang.ClassLoader.defineClassCond(ClassLoader.java:631)
[jdktools.java] at java.lang.ClassLoader.defineClass(ClassLoader.java:615)
[jdktools.java] at java.security.SecureClassLoader.defineClass(SecureClassLoader.java:141)
[jdktools.java] at java.net.URLClassLoader.defineClass(URLClassLoader.java:283)
[jdktools.java] at java.net.URLClassLoader.access$000(URLClassLoader.java:58)
[jdktools.java] at java.net.URLClassLoader$1.run(URLClassLoader.java:197)
[jdktools.java] at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
[jdktools.java] at java.net.URLClassLoader.findClass(URLClassLoader.java:190)
[jdktools.java] at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:306)
[jdktools.java] at sun.misc.Launcher$AppClassLoader.loadClass(Launcher.java:301)
[jdktools.java] at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:247)
[jdktools.java] Could not find the main class: net.java.bd.tools.security.BDCertGenerator. Program will exit.
[jdktools.java] Exception in thread "main"
[ant] Exiting E:\hdcookbooka\xlets\hdcookbook_discimage\build_bdjo_security.xml.
[ant] Exiting E:\hdcookbooka\xlets\hdcookbook_discimage\build.xml.
[ant] Exiting E:\hdcookbooka\xlets\build.xml.
So, something must be really messed up or or incompatable with going back a version of Java.
(Although, I don't understand why it couldn't find the class.)
Even though the download folder had been updated with SVN a few days ago when all this started and the process was being run from an export copy of that, I took your suggestion.
I renamed the current download folder and downloaded it again with SVN. And made an export copy of that. Then ran ant all -debug to a log file.
It completed OK this time.
I searched the log for 'error' and did not find any. A search found quite a few 'warning' messages. Some were about deprecation.
Perhaps more troubling were a number of warnings about various items being "proprietary API and may be removed in future release". Which appear to be in "hdcookbooka\DiscCreationTools\bdjo\build.xml..."
At: E:\hdcookbooka\DiscCreationTools\security\src\net\java\bd\tools\security\BDCredentialSigner.java:62:
I attached the log file in case it is of any use.
Whether those warnings were in the original run I did over a year ago, I can not say. Having the current problem I did a deeper search this time.
So, apparently, the cookbook code won't work with Java 7. At least the signing part.
Any suggestions on how to correct that? Or perhaps I am doing somethhing wrong - a good possibility. Or may be the certificate file is not in the cookbook folders or it is in one that ant spotless wasn't run from?
I wouldn't be concerned but what happens if, in the future, I get a product that requires a later version of Java? I know I can have multiple versions on the PC, but the order of their files in the Windows Path or Classpath may become critical.
Thanks for all your time and help.
Paul Masters
Hi Paul,
From that, I can't tell if it works with Java 7 or not. The test for that would be to bring over a new copy of the repository, and compile the known-clean copy with Java 7.
I think the "ant spotless" from the base directory of the repository should work, too, but that's less certain.
The class version mismatch you were seeing tells me that there were still compiled class files from a prior build. That might mean that "ant spotless" wasn't run from the right place, or that it doesn't quite clean everything up. Anyway, if you compile something with the Java 7 version of javac, and then try to use that .class file with the Java 6 version of javac, that's the expected error, so when you saw that there was still something remaining from a Java 7-based compile.
The error messages about "proprietary API" do raise a concern, but I'm afraid we're stuck with that. The thing is, Blu-ray JAR signing is almost the same as regular JAR signing, but not quite -- Blu-ray adds a header. The problem is that the public API didn't provide a way to add that header to the JAR signing tool, so we were forced to use a Sun-internal API. It's unlikley that it will go away, but it's not impossible. If it ever does, then as you say, older JDK versions are available.
Hello Bill:
W7 was working with java 6.29 (the last one available I think), I didn't want to delete that and install java 7 figureing I would have to go back to java 6.
I exported the updated hdcookbookdownload to another PC with Vista 32 bit. It has Java 7.2
There was an error like the one mentioned above. Attached is the debug log. I happen to see a 'Signature encoding error' a few lines above the 'Caused by' message. Checking the java 7 log from W7, I do not see that error. Therefore, there must be some slight difference between the java versions. (7.2 and 7.10). FWIW ME is 3.0.5 on Vista and 3.2 on W7.
Paul Masters


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PAWTUCKET — On a Tuesday night when Brandon Snyder crushed two dingers and righthander Rubby De La Rosa assembled a mound masterpiece, the Pawtucket Red Sox's bullpen collapsed.
The result: An emotionally-draining – not to mention truly sad – 7-5 loss to the Rochester Red Wings before a bummed crowd of 3,070 at McCoy Stadium.
De La Rosa had been hurling a gem, yielding only three hits, an earned run and a walk while fanning seven.
PAWTUCKET — On a Tuesday night when Brandon Snyder crushed two dingers and righthander Rubby De La Rosa assembled a mound masterpiece, the Pawtucket Red Sox's bullpen collapsed.
The result: An emotionally-draining – not to mention truly sad – 7-5 loss to the Rochester Red Wings before a bummed crowd of 3,070 at McCoy Stadium.
De La Rosa had been hurling a gem, yielding only three hits, an earned run and a walk while fanning seven.
He seemed destined to push his record to 2-0 after offering 89 pitches, 53 for strikes in his six-inning stint. But the Red Wings exploded for six runs in the top of the seventh while sending 12 to the plate and improved to 10-8 on their International League-North campaign.
Pawtucket fell to 11-9, though remained in first place.
In that fateful frame, manager Kevin Boles chose to replace De La Rosa with fellow righty Dalier Hinojosa, and the Red Wings took little time in creating their surge.
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Wilkin Ramirez stung a triple off the wall in right-center, and Brad Nelson walked before the former raced home on a wild pitch and the latter took second on the same.
Chris Rahl then hammered a double to right to plate Nelson, and Eric Farris reached on Snyder's fielding miscue at first. Delbinson Romero's hit to right scored Rahl, but Shane Victorino's bobble in right allowed both he and Farris to move up.
Lefty Rich Hill took Hinojosa's spot on the rubber, and he issued a freebie to Dan Rohlfing to load the bases, though he whiffed Danny Santana for the initial out. He walked James Beresford to plate Farris to tie it at 5-5, and Chris Parmelee knocked in pinch-runner Doug Bernier with the go-ahead run.
When Rohlfing raced in on Nelson's infield hit, the Wings had erased a 5-1 deficit.
Boles nevertheless didn't dwell on any negatives but one real positive – De La Rosa's improvement.
"He's had some very good outings, and this was right (up) there," Boles stated afterward. "He had a good mix, he pitched down in the zone, held together the running game; he has weapons, and he's throwing more strikes. You could see with the hitters, he was keeping them off-balance.
"To be able to make those adjustments is great," he added. "He mixes in the slider and curve; he was outstanding (Tuesday)."
In what may be rehabbing Shane Victorino's final tilt with the PawSox, he finished 0-for-4 with three strikeouts, a groundout to short and an error during his eight frames in right field.
He did, however, drill a couple of long foul balls.
When asked if he could be called up to the Red Sox soon, Boles explained, "He's going to be evaluated in Boston and see what the decide …Usually timing is the last thing to come, but he was tested out there in right. To see him react the way he did was good. The hitting, he'll figure that out, but he was tested out there. That's a positive."
Boles opted to pull Victorino in the top of the eighth, but that was because the turf had become slick with the late-evening rains.
"We erred on he side of caution," he said.
Hinojosa faced only five batters and yielded three hits, five runs (four earned) and a walk without a whiff; he offered 18 pitches, half for strikes. And Hill gave up two hits, an unearned run and two bases-on-balls while striking out three in one full frame.
Yovan Pino (3-0) earned the win after hurling the final four frames; he gave up three hits, two runs and a walk with nine strikeouts.
Hinojosa (0-1) took the loss, and Hill was issued his lone blown save.
While De La Rosa cruised through his first two frames, courtesy of four straight whiffs while striking out the side in the second, Pawtucket gave him a cushion in the back half.
Snyder led off the frame, crushing a 2-0 fastball just over the fence and onto the left-center field berm to record his third bomb of the season.
Southpaw starter Logan Darnell then fanned Christian Vazquez, but Garin Cecchini singled to center, then stole second before hustling to third on a fielding miscue by second baseman James Beresford.
It was ruled on the play that backstop Rohlfing's throw had caromed off Beresford's left shoulder, and Cecchini trotted in on designated hitter Dan Butler's sacrifice fly to right.
The ensuing batter, Mike McCoy, then walked, and Darnell balked him to second before he got No. 9 hitter Heiker Meneses to flail at strike 3.
The Red Wings immediately sliced the deficit in half in the third when Farris led off with a hard hit up the middle, took second when De La Rosa hit Romero, reached third on Rohlfing's 5-4 fielder's choice and scored on Santana's "seeing-eye" grounder down the left-field line.
It looked as if the Sox would put together a semblance of a rally in the fourth; that's when Vazquez drilled a one-out gapper to left-center, but Farris sprinted to his right and made a spectacular diving catch.
Darnell struck out Cecchini to end the inning.
Rochester threatened again in the fifth when Farris knocked a one-out hit to right, robbed second and took third when catcher Vazquez threw low to the bag, but De La Rosa whiffed both Romero and Rohlfing to avert any further damage.
The PawSox tacked on another in the bottom of the fifth, but it could've been more. Butler drew a leadoff walk, McCoy singled him to second and both moved up on Meneses' sacrifice bunt.
Justin Henry grounded to Darnell for the second out, but that brought rehabbing Shane Victorino (who previously had struck out twice, the first on an iffy call by home plate umpire Brian DeBrauwere) to the plate.
Incredibly, Darnell balked for the second time, plating Butler and pushing McCoy to third. Victorino did produce a solid at-bat with a rope foul ball into the left-field stands and two others, but he ended up grounding to short.
Still, the hosts had grabbed an important insurance run.
Thanks to Snyder's second wallop well onto the right-field porch, one that greeted righty reliever Yohan Pino after he had walked the leadoff Butler, Pawtucket had earned a 5-1 lead.
Then came the disastrous seventh.


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Might slap a couple of rolls of the tape on me for the 5-a-side tonight
Might slap a couple of rolls of the tape on me for the 5-a-side tonight
Number 9 wasn't it?
Did you see the shorts and shirts players of that time used to wear? Did you see the girly haircuts? Who said they didn't roll around on the ground and complain about a million things? Stop talking rubbish.
As for the snoods, gloves and other stuff..it's simple fashions and trends. Fowler used to have that funny thing on his nose that was copied by everyone later. Football has always been the same, man. It's people's memories that changed.
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Pind da Dhaba
Punjabi restaurant with a vibrant Karama setting 2 Reviews
Karama restaurant serves up unique Punjabi eats in a fun and vibrant setting
Pind da Dhaba is part of a unique two-tier restaurant concept from the same owners. Downstairs is the cooling but cosy looking white wash and azure blue of Goan Coastal Curries. Winding up the steps of a giant cotton reel lined banister, you'll find Pind da Dhaba, a restaurant specialising in Punjabi cuisine.
The restaurant aims to replicate the spirit of a humble village (dhaba) street side eatery (pind) and it was utterly charming. It was vibrant, bustling and colourful. It shouted loudly at me, but it wasn't tacky. The walls were painted in dusty ochre shades and between them hung copper artefacts from an Indian kitchen and colourful Indian film posters with a worn and vintage look to them. Doubling as a serving area and cleverly set around a column was a farm-yard wooden cart. Jutting out from the floor boards was a hand water pump. In the corner (just in case you've ever wanted to wizz through India in a rickshaw) there was a rickshaw converted into a dining-table. Granted, it's not exactly authentic, but it was fun and full of the energy and the warmth of India itself. And I wasn't alone in thinking so. When I visited, the other diners were all South Asian and judging by the group posing and taking photos with the rickshaw, they were enjoying it as much as me.
The waiters were attentive and friendly. Although in some cases their English wasn't great, it became clear that even if staff didn't know all the English names for ingredients, they had an excellent understanding of what they were serving.
I enjoyed a complimentary basket of some rather peppery poppadoms to start before moving on to a half portion of tandoori chicken. For me personally, the chicken was too fiery, despite having asked the waiter to tone it down. However, I could still recognise and enjoy it as a well made dish, with tender meat and a lovely smokiness to the flavour.
As a main course, I tried the sarson ka sarg, which the menu described as unique to the Punjab. Made with mustard leaves, this vegetarian curry was thick and extremely buttery and made for a unique and interesting experience. I particularly appreciated the manager's suggestion that I try this with a makki da roti. Another speciality of the Punjab, these rotis, made with corn flour, had the great sweet and chewy quality of corn dough, and it was a pleasure to try something veering so differently from the average menu. I also tried the stuffed paratha, amrisa kulcha. Stuffed with thin slices of deliciously buttery potatoes, it was very spicy, aniseedy and enjoyable.
The bill (for one)
1x half tandoori murgh Dhs28
1x sarson ka sarg Dhs24
1x amrisari kulcha Dhs10
1x makki da roti Dhs5
1x lassi Dhs12
1x large water Dhs5
Total (excluding service) Dhs84
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Fairtrade Fortnight
Fairtrade Fortnight is an annual event that highlights Fairtrade Foundation's mission to support fair and ethical trading practices for marginalised producers in developing countries. Its main objective is to raise public awareness and to promote Fairtrade products.
The first Fairtrade Fortnight in the UK was held in 1997 in Scotland. The campaign successfully encouraged all grocery stores across Scotland to stock Fairtrade goods, and the campaign spread to the rest of the UK in the following year.
Faitrade Fortnight 2013
This year's activities will take place between 25 February and 8 March and it is planned to host One Step Closer themed sessions including:
Fruit Salads
Wine and Chocolate Tastings
African Drumming
Fairtrade Fashion Show
Neal's Yard Stall
Blind Taste Test Challenge
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Cooking classes and Provider Visit
Fairtrade Fortnight 2012
Last year's Fairtrade Fortnight was held between 27 February and 9 March. One of the most successful campaigns yet saw a vast array of activities, including:
Fairtrade Exhibition
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African Drummers
Cook Off using Fairtrade ingredients
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Fairtrade Fortnight 2011
Fairtrade Fortnight 2011 ran from 28 February to 11 March. University staff and students took part in exciting events which included:
- Fairtrade Stall and free Chocolate Tasting
- Staff Cookery Lesson
- Unfair Funfair and Sports
- Fairtrade Debate


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Does really the Real Time Social Information Search make sense?
Last days, there's a bouncing topic on Real Time Searches, since twitter launched their search engine, with the ability of getting results on real time. Traditional search enterprises, specially Google, are discussing about getting the Real Time search on their services.
Google is working on a partnership with Twitter as Google's CIO states in this way, Larry Page admitted Google had so far "done a relatively poor job of creating things that work on a per second basis".
What is going on? Let's analize it a little comming from the precedent search engines.
We will use the trend "American Idol" to compare and decide over the results.
1. Google
We've ever had the possibility of making a restricted search for a site e.g. :site:twitter.com "american idol"
If we analyze the 10 first results we get:
- 1st result is a twitter user mobile's page: American Idol (idolatry) containing the keywords on URL and title
- 3 top results are from mobile user pages, not Statuses
- 1st statuses result is from Mashable user on 4th position, 1 day and 8hrs ago from the posting
2. Google Custom Search Engine
Steve Rubel created on May 10, 2006 a Google Custom Search Engine scanning Twitter, based on the Google's Crawler, PageRank and results service.
The results are worst to direct search on Google:
- 7 top results are from user names or tittles
- 1st status result is the same as before, Mashable on 8th position
3. TweetMeme and other Twitter search engines
TweetMeme is a search engine for Twitter. This kind of search engine was the first on getting real statuses and order not provided by the PageRank or similar ranking algorism.
The results are quite good in content information but 1st result is from 59 minutes ago… that shouldn't be considered real time…
4. Google + Greasemonkey
Installing the Greasemonkey script amd the Twitter Search Script for Greasemonkey
The best real time results before Twitter Search.
- First result is about 5 minutes ago
Nowadays, with Twitter Search the results are really Real Time.
Kinds of information
Now is time to think if the Real Time Search makes sense, specially for searching Social Network status. So we are going to separate the Social Information from the Real Time Requied Information
1. Real Time Required Information
Let's think about what relevant information would be required on Real Time:
- Disaster coverage
- Currency exchange / Trade market
- Transport information: Traffic, flights, trains…
- Live Events Coverage
So anybody can ask… where are the News?
News are not real time… when a new occurs, someone has to arrive there, write or record the notice, send it to the Media and publish…so the delay make them not Real Time. In spite of this, news should be available for searching within 10 seconds after the publication.
One common point of all this kind of information is the continuous status changing and the need to discover the Real Time status anytime we should need this.
All this information is nowadays unavailable for searching on search engines, meaning in Real Time, and we need to go to the original sources to get the most closest to Real Time information.
2. Real Time Social Information
With the Twitter explosion, people are requiring the search for the social information, especially for the information covering some of the real time required information described before.
But as usual there is a lot of noise on the information: irrelevant information and spam are the common noise generators, as we can note on Twitter Search. And crawl all this information really doesn't make sense!!!
So the Social Valuable Information have to be filtered in order to get the real value of its, and this is the problem in my opinion Google can have.
A good way of filtering the information is crawling the social trend, this is hot information, and use strong recognition algorisms to find spam on this (same as made on blogs comments)
In spite of filtering algorism some info would be not considered as spam when it is, and some moderation is required, but aren't we talking about Social?
Why not let the Social Users who can mark Real Time Search Results as spam and delete them!


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"Leather craft is more than a source of income — through leather, I also meet many new friends around the world."
"When I was in high school, I had an elder friend who just finished studying at the art school in Bangkok. He came back to open a shop and sell handmade leather crafts, like shoes, bags, and such. I'd visit him at the shop when I had free time because I needed his advice on taking the college examination and studying. Poh-Chang College, where he went, is the art student's dream school. There were many fields of arts to specialize in.
"I learned his craft through visiting. I studied each step to produce items in leather. When he had too many orders to handle, I would be his assistant. Most of the tasks I helped him with were very simple, such as finishing the details of a piece, painting, tinting, and drawing.
"I had practiced my drawing until I could pass the college exam. Then I could apply to study arts, as I had imagined. I selected the faculty of National Fine Arts, which focuses on the Thai Arts — for example, making khon masks. These are traditional Thai masks which are used for important ceremonies. In the past, these were used only by his majesty the King and the royal family. It's very hard to find the khon show at present. It represents the arts of Thailand in many ages.
"After that, I started to do airbrush paintings on bicycles. It was very famous at that time.
"Then, I open a small leather shop in Khonkaen province. Unfortunately, it wasn't as successful as it should have been because I loved to give my work to my friends as souvenirs. So the income wasn't enough to continue the business. Therefore, I decided to pack the materials in box and move to Chiang Mai.
"I had worked in interior design for hotels and resorts. Since Chiang Mai has become a tourist city with many attractions, I decided to go back to Khon Kaen and bring all my leftover craft supplies to start working in handmade leather again in Chiang Mai. I not only create leather bags and belts to sell, but also repair these things.
"Working with leather is never boring and I've never felt like giving up. The most important material is cowhide. It is very resistant and can be used long-term. I must plan very well how to cut the leather to minimize waste. Then, the cut leather is put together by hand. Each process — cutting, sewing and dyeing — all are done by hand.
"I always love to learn about new handmade leather products in order to develop new designs of my own. Leather craft is more than a source of income — through leather, I also meet many new friends around the world. Some of them are tourists who bring me leather goods to repair or come to buy a new leather belt.
"My wife sews the bags. We are very happy to work together. We also provide opinions and support to each other, always. Many times, my wife inspired new designs, so they are now more diverse. I've sold more to women shoppers, as well. My wife keeps the waste leather to cut into many different shapes to decorate fabric bags or create the small key chains we give to our customers as gifts.
"When someone asks about the process of leather craft or wants to learn, I am willing to teach them gladly.
"I've been doing this in Chiang Mai since 1986. It's been a happy time and I've enjoined my work a lot. I have a small, warm family. My daughter is going to graduate in nursing and she is also a special violin teacher. My wife, our daughter and I enjoy music every evening. My wife plays the cello, I play guitar, and our daughter plays the violin. That's it — my happy family.
"I really hope that you will be very happy with my designs and I look forward to your feedback. Thank you."
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A recap of the activities of Virginia Mason Athletic Center for Sept. 16, when the players reviewed Sunday night's 29-3 victory over the San Francisco 49ers on "Tell The Truth Monday".
A recap of the activities of Virginia Mason Athletic Center for Sept. 16, when the players reviewed Sunday night's 29-3 victory over the San Francisco 49ers on "Tell The Truth Monday":
As in the one on Pro Bowl left tackle Russell Okung's left foot that he injured against the 49ers.
Asked during his day-after Q&A session with the media whether Okung would play in Sunday's game against the Jacksonville Jaguars at CenturyLink Field, coach Pete Carroll said, "I don't think that's possible, we'll see what happens. I don't think he can make that."
But Carroll stopped short of offering any more details, adding that the club still is waiting to get all the information before making any additional comment.
"There are some options that we'll deal with as we try to figure it out," Carroll said. "There's a little bit of a spectrum here that could come to us with options. We need to wait and see.
After Okung went out in the second quarter, left guard Paul McQuistan moved to tackle and was replaced at guard by James Carpenter. Despite the loss of Okung, the Seahawks rushed for 172 yards against the 49ers.
But Carroll declined to predict what might happen this week if Okung indeed cannot play.
"We don't know yet," he said. "We'll figure it out."
via Monday in Hawkville: Russell Okung might not play against Jaguars.
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i am tired of okungs toe or his finger or what ever lil thing can keep this big man down it seems he didnt start the rookie season because his lil toe hurt him COME ON OKUNG COWBOY UP YOU DONT NEED THE FRIGGIN TOE!!


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Western governments have helped prepare a blueprint for a post-Gaddafi Libya that would retain much of the regime's security infrastructure to avoid an Iraq-style collapse into anarchy.
The 70-page plan, obtained by London's The Times, charts the first months after the fall of the Gaddafi regime. The document was drawn up by the National Transition Council in Benghazi with Western help.
Officials say the blueprint draws on lessons from the disastrous regime change in Iraq in 2003 and the rebel takeover in eastern Libya in March.
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As many of you know, the iPhone 3Gs will be available soon. This looks like a promising new tool for the photography industry in many ways. I'm not going to go in to too much detail about the specs of the phone, but there are a few that are pretty cool!
The iPhone 3Gs has a new and improved camera, which Scott Bourne over at Photofocus praises highly. Now, I'm not as excited about the new camera, but it is a pretty slick device, and I can see why Mr. Bourne has a lot to say about it. It has autofocus, auto white balance, and auto exposure (well, the last one had that too), but the tap autofocus is an addition, and I'm sure avid iPhone camera users like Chase Jarvis will appreciate that. The video is another nice addition, shooting 30fps, 640X480 VGA. These are all pretty neat features, but it seems to me that they are just that for the industry. Now, I'm not saying their not useful. I take reference photographs all the time with my iPhone, and often come back to shoot them with my "big rig." What I am saying is that they are really cool features, but I'll be honest, I'm never going to use a 3-megapixel image to a submission to a magazine. I'll put it on my Flickr (which needs updating in a bad way) and I'll text it to friends, editors (for reference), but never as a serious submission. I'm not implying that that's what Scott Bourne is saying, because he's not, but there is quite a bit of hype going around online about the new features from some very big photogs, and I just don't want folks to think that this is all they need. Make it a tool that you use to compliment your work, assist your work, push your work, and showcase your work.
I just think there are way more useful features of the phone for photogs out there, such as the tethered Internet surfing capabilities you can achieve with the iPhone 3Gs hooked up via bluetooth or USB to your computer. I know people have been talking about this for a long time, and I believe there to be some kind of hack out there to do this already (I'm not much in to "hacking" my equipment that I pay for with hard-earned money), but this is a great asset to the photography industry, and pretty much anyone in general. I can't tell you how many times I have been going down the road needing to send some information that was on my computer, not my phone, via e-mail to an editor or client. Or, when I am somewhere where there is no Internet, and I don't feel like browsing on a 3.5-inch screen.
Another great feature would be the copy/paste function, as well as the MMS support for photos and video. It seems to me that I am on a more mobile relationship with my editors and clients than I used to be, and it would be great to just text an editor a reference photograph from the iPhone and get some feedback. The copy/paste function has just been a long time coming, period. The compass is ideal in certain situations, and the extra storage is much needed. I never really thought I would fill up the 8GB given prior, but I did, and now I'm surprised that I even thought that in the first place.
What a great tool we do indeed have at our fingertips. Apple has done nothing but support this industry, and for those of you that know me, I praise Apple like crazy. I'm not as technical as others are, so I accept any bing in specs, any missing information for this software that will be updated in two days because of all the ranting and raving about why Apple did not put this in for me and the 22 other people that need it. I just know that it works for me, and I'll keep on using it.
On another note, Joe McNally has a new Web site and blog, so go check it out and soak up his knowledge of being a photog for several decades for some of the top names in the communications industry!


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Loving the Olympics. NBC... not so much
I'll admit, they got me. When I read about the plans for more live coverage, and how they were going to make use of all the other NBC/Universal properties, I thought this would be the year, the Olympic nirvana that always could have been. It's really not panning out that way. More than anything else, the word that keeps coming to mind for the NBC coverage is annoying. After the jump, some notes for NBC.
Animation Update: Cartoon Network's Upfronts - VIDEO
Clone Wars, Secret Saturdays, a teenager with a super watch, and yet another Batman cartoon. These are just some of the items that were announced at the Cartoon Network upfronts this past week. A presentation, mind you, that was attended by one George Lucas.
Lucas was there to promote the CN's pickup of the animated Star Wars: The Clone Wars, which many are expecting big things of. This series, which we told you about way back in May of last year, will continue the adventures of Obi-Wan, Anakin, and many others during the Clone Wars. According to Stuart Snyder, President and COO of Turner Animation, Clone Wars will be a game changer for the network and will be event viewing for kids as well as entire families. "Star Wars: The Clone Wars will be appointment television for everyone in the family", said Snyder
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- Will you watch Star Wars, the TV Show? How about if it doesn't have any of your favorite characters in it?
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The Simpsons meet Star Wars
Those crazy kids over at CollegeHumor.com have posted a great mash-up of The Simpsons and Star Wars.
I realize that Simpson/Star Wars parodies have been done to death, but this latest one goes into such detail that it stands head and shoulders above the rest.
Pay special attention to how each Simpson plays a specific Star Wars character and the depiction of specific scenes from different films. I am particulalry fond of Ned Solo and Barney "Chewie" Gumble.
Get your fill of Robot Chicken on Sunday night
Boy, howdy! If you don't have the TiVo or DVR (or, for the non-believers, VCR) cleared out by Sunday night you are going to miss a ton of Robot Chicken. In addition to the show's tribute to everything Star Wars premiering on Father's Day evening, the entire Adult Swim schedule will be dedicated to everything Robot Chicken from the beginning of their broadcast schedule till the break of dawn.
It will begin with the 30-minute Star Wars special at 10 pm. The special will then air at the top of each hour until Adult Swim's broadcast day ends at 6 a.m. Monday morning to make room for parent Cartoon Network. At the bottom of each hour Robot Chicken creators Seth Green and Matt Senreich will air their favorite episodes.
USA Today has a nice article about Green, Senreich, and the special they created. In it they talk about what they had to go through to get Star Wars creator George Lucas' blessing to create such a special, and to get Lucas to provide his voice in one of the scenes. I wonder if that blessing also extended to another show that Seth is involved with -- Family Guy. I'm sure it's no coincidence that the FOX animated comedy is doing it's own spoof of Star Wars for next season.
Robot Chicken Star Wars page updated - VIDEO
Or is that "Star Wars Robot Chicken?"
Well, whatever, the main site for the upcoming Robot Chicken tribute to all things Star Wars has been updated with a bunch of kick ass new production stills (including images from the upcoming special as well as older images from past Robot Chicken parodies), a brand new trailer, and a hilarious therapist session featuring the man himself, George Lucas. He even talks about that dreaded Star Wars Holiday Special. Talk about opening up old wounds.
Robot Chicken special to feature Lucas, Hamill
I'm really looking forward to this episode. Green and Senreich have pretty much been obsessed with Star Wars and it has appeared in Robot Chicken many times. But- to be able to recreate the entire series with the blessing of The Godfather? Awesome!
By the way, this will be Mark Hamill's second visit to Robot Chicken. He voiced three characters, one of them was himself, in a 2005 episode. Other celebrity voices in the Star Wars special include Conan O'Brien, James van der Beek, Hulk Hogan, Abraham Benrubi, Breckin Meyer, Joey Fatone, and regular Seth MacFarlane.
Young Indiana Jones Chronicles coming to DVD
This rumor has been around for months and months, that the Young Indiana Jones Chronicles series would be released on DVD at the same time that the fourth Indiana Jones movie would be in theaters. Now it looks like the show will indeed be released on DVD, and that news comes from George Lucas.
IGN spoke to Lucas at the Museum of Television and Radio, during the Paley Television Festival. Lucas says the episodes will be remastered and re-edited from their videotape versions, and also said that one of the reasons why the DVDs were delayed (besides his legendary obsession with perfection) is the fact that Paramount never really thought the show would be a big seller on DVD. The series starred Sean Patrick Flanery and ran on ABC for 44 episodes in the early 90s.
The new Indiana Jones movie will be released on May 22, 2008, almost 20 years after the last one. Harrison Ford will be 87 years old.
George Lucas named Jedi Master of Rose Parade
The term is actually "Grand Marshall" but whatever, let's not split Wookiee hairs. George Lucas, the man behind Star Wars, one of the most profitable and popular movie franchises of all time, will be joined by select members of the 501st Legion, a total of 200 Star Wars costume enthusiasts who will be wearing costumes (enthusiastically). There will also be two floats dedicated to Star Wars, which celebrates its 30th anniversary in 2007: one done up like the forest moon of Endor from Return of the Jedi, and another designed to represent the planet Naboo from the prequels. I would have also created a Dagobah float, but alas, nobody asked my opinion. Also, giant helium balloons of some of the characters would be pretty sweet.
Stephen Colbert's green screen challenge has a winner! -- VIDEO
Yes. Yes. George freakin' Lucas made an appearance on the show to present his green screen entry. The man whipped out the big guns from LucasFilm and created a hilarious clip... complete with Jar Jar Binks interaction! I can safely say that's the first time I've ever laughed at Jar Jar.
Star Wars TV show casting rumor
Like this rumor, many of the details of the Star Wars series are full of ifs, buts, and maybes. At this point, what we believe is that the show is gearing for a 2008 premiere and will take place in the 19 year span between Revenge of the Sith and A New Hope. The focus will shift away from the characters that were prominent in the movies to follow the stories of minor characters from the greater Star Wars universe. Although, George Lucas has said that there may be some main characters from the movies making cameo appearances.
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Star Wars Episodes 7 through 107 on TV?
I'm sure Lucas can write his own ticket and generate more Star Wars content in any format he wants. I did love The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles, anyway -- though maybe I'm the only one.
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How am I going to educate my children? Some call it Hebraic education. I don't know what to call it yet. It's still mostly theory. My children are still a bit young to put a lot of this into practice but they're growing so fast. Here are some things I have read and will re-read to prepare myself for teaching them.
- The Case Against Western Civilization (James Jordan)
Why Ben and I are not going for so-called "Christian classical" education.
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Starting Position: 29
Finishing Position: 21
The big and fast Michigan International Speedway saw David Gilliland earn his third straight top-25 finish in the Love's Travel Stop Ford. The No. 38 team felt good about its car from the first few practice laps on Friday, and was eager to get racing on Sunday.
Gilliland started 29th and moved up into the top 25 within eight laps, saying his car was handling well and had good speed. He also had good reflexes, escaping several near-misses after a nine-car accident unfolded in front of him on Lap 25.
A pit sequence different from the leaders allowed the No. 38 team to climb as high as seventh during the first half of the race, as Gilliland solidly staked a position within or near the top 20 for most of the event's 200 laps.
If not for a couple long green-flag runs that spread out the field — plus an episode of coasting into the pits after running out of gas — Gilliland might have had his third top-20 finish of the season. Nonetheless, his Love's Ford carried him to a 21st-place finish, a result that significantly tightened the gap between the No. 38 and the team one spot ahead in both owner and driver points (in 30th).
The team has a chance to overtake the 30th position next weekend at Bristol Motor Speedway, where Front Row Motorsports and Gilliland have a historically strong track record.
Comments from Love's Travel Stops team driver David Gilliland after the Michigan race:
"Our Love's Travel Stops Ford was pretty fast today. We had some things go against us, but even with those things, to get a finish just outside the top 20, that's not a bad day at all. It was a good day for us in points, and we know we can carry that right into Bristol, which is one of my favorite tracks and a place where we know we can run well."
David Ragan, No. 34 CSX "Play It Safe" Ford
Starting Position: 34
Finishing Position: 24
David Ragan drove the CSX "Play It Safe" Ford to a top-25 finish at NASCAR's fastest track on Sunday. The No. 34 team started 34th at Michigan International Speedway, the two-mile oval known for its 200-mile-per-hour-plus speeds.
The first run of the No. 34 Ford after the green flag dropped had Ragan asking for help with a loose race car. But the CSX crew made improvements with each pit stop in the first half of the race, giving the driver a better car to work with as the laps progressed. Multiple early cautions resulted in varying pit sequences throughout the field, with Ragan climbing as high as seventh on the leaderboard as the cars cycled through their stops.
Ragan's strong day got tripped up by a pit road speeding penalty after a Lap 75 green-flag stop. And while the No. 34 Ford was turning solid laps the rest of the day, it was challenging to make up the lost ground.
The driver picked off spots, though, one at a time. After rejoining the field in 30th after the pass-through penalty, Ragan gradually pushed his way to the top 25 with 50 laps to go. The team weighed yellow-flag pit opportunities with chances to gain or maintain track position several times in the final 100 miles, taking advantage of both to climb one more spot in the final laps to cross the finish line in 24th.
Comments from CSX team driver David Ragan after the Michigan race:
"That was a solid day for our CSX 'Play It Safe' team. I think our car was actually better than where we finished. We had a speeding penalty on a green-flag stop that hurt us. But overall it was a pretty good day on a really fast track. Now we'll change gears and go short-track racing at Bristol."


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Wayne Newton's newest plastic surgery is boobs, apparently.
She is looking more like Arnold Schwarzenegger everyday
I think she's currently giving birth in this photo…
You know, I would normally never defend Octomom…but isn't having a fake tan kinda a prerequisite for porn stars?
Well, I guess someone out there has a thing for this praying mantis. You all know what happened to the babies' father…. Bitch ate him!
She looks like she needs to be sprayed with Raid not a tan!
whats between her legs….?!
sarlac pit?
"We are reporting live, from the cavernous vagina of Octomom!!"
is that a diaper in the crotch region? or just one of her kids?
Take that John Ham!!!
It looks like another one is trying to fall out under that dress.
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Pork and Chive Dumplings
Become a wrap star with these classic dumplings
These simple pork dumplings can be made in advance and frozen on a sheet tray before being transferred to a large resealable Ziploc bag.
Take a few out of the bag for a quick snack or cook the whole batch for your next party.
Note: If you can't find dumpling wrappers, gyoza wrappers also work.
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Pork and Chive Dumplings
Yield: 30 dumplings
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30 minutes
Cook Time: 15 minutes
Total Time: 45 minutes
For the Sauce:
½ cup soy sauce
½ cup black vinegar
1 tablespoon sesame oil
2 teaspoons toasted white sesame seeds
For the Pork Dumplings:
1 pound ground pork
1 cup finely chopped garlic chives
2 teaspoon minced garlic
1¼ teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon cornstarch
1 teaspoon grated ginger
1 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
Thirty 3½-inch round dumpling wrappers (see note above)
Canola oil, for frying
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Thursday, November 20, 2014
Trolli Gummi Santa and Elves Mustaches
It's November and all over the world men are growing mustaches in support of men's health issues and research. This annual holiday is known as Movember and can be tricky for children to participate in, since they're usually facially hairless.
Enter a Christmas treat that's available a little early ... the Trolli Santa & Elves Mustaches.
The package says: Wear it on your lip, then wiggle it into your mouth. Different mustache shapes and flavors twisted together for awesome gummi good times.
The flavors are Cherry, Cherry & Lime and Strawberry & Cherry.
For the record, I rarely like cherry flavored candies ... and I don't actually like mustaches.
The Green and White is Cherry & Lime: the texture is soft and chewy, very nicely molded and quite easy to bite. The tartness of the lime is apparent, though the cherry is still the dominant flavor. The color is strange but actually looks pretty good on the face.
The Red and White is Cherry & Strawberry: this is a little more mild than the lime one, the strawberry notes give it a floral berry note, but still has enough of a tangy kick to keep me interested. The cherry is balanced, definitely a partner and not overwhelming. I could tell the flavors apart, easily, even without looking at the colors.
The White is Cherry: I was actually hopeful that the lack of red food coloring would allow me to really taste the cherry flavor. The black cherry notes are woodsy and deep, with some excellent jam flavors in there. I thought this was an excellent cherry gummi. Nothing I'd want to keep beneath my nose for any length of time, but quite appealing.
These are genuinely fun, a unique version of a candy with an interactive element that both girls and boys can enjoy. (I can see them featured in lots of Christmas photos.) I didn't care for the cherry ubiquity, but maybe there will be an Easter version in all citrus flavors.
Gummis are made with gelatin, so not appropriate for vegetarians. This version contains coconut oil and is made in a facility where milk, tree nuts, peanuts and soy are present. There was no statement about gluten. Trolli also makes a version called Swirly Mustaches in vibrant colors.
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POSTED BY Cybele AT 2:41 pm Candy • Review • Christmas • Ferrara Pan • Gummi Candy • 6-Tempting • United States • Comments (2)
Monday, November 17, 2014
Simply Gum: Fennel Licorice
I feel like there is a perfect gum out there for me, I just haven't found it yet. So when I saw Simply Gum at the checkout at Lolli & Pops one afternoon, I bought it on impulse just because of the name of the flavor: Fennel Licorice.
Upon further reading I saw that there was more going on here than just the unusual flavor and enticing package. Simply Gum is made with real chicle instead of synthetic gum base along with organic sugar and glycerine.
The packaging is spare and thoughtful. Inside the flip top, there's a little sleeve that holds "post chew wraps", so even thought the pieces don't come in little papers, there are papers to responsibly dispose of your gum when you're through.
Though the box is square and the nuggets inside fill the package, after I dumped them out for photographing, I found that there was a spacer bit at the bottom. As if they'd either originally specified more gum in the box but later decided for less but didn't want to change the package, or it's just intended to mislead the consumer. The box only says 12 pieces (there were actually 18 in my box but they're not consistently sized), but never says how big each piece is, the weight I came up with in the stats box is from weighing the pieces.
The nuggets are just that, a rope of the brown-sugar hued gum is snipped into pieces. They're a little smaller than a regular portion of gum, but not by half. When I chewed it, I wanted maybe 1.5 times as much.
The pieces don't stick together, they have a little rice powder on them (kind of like a corn starch). They smell like fennel, just like sticking your nose in a bottle of fennel seed. The chew releases the sweetness quickly, and instead of becoming more firm, like most gums do, this became thinner. It was too thin really. It's like riding a bike in the wrong gear, my jaw is going too fast for this gum. I'm just spinning and the gum is squishing around.
Aside from the texture, I love the flavor. It was earthy and substantial. The licorice flavors weren't overly sweet or metallic. The mineral notes weren't rusty. Instead it tasted rather of beets. I felt like it freshened my mouth, yet still went well with coffee or tea. The flavor lasted quite long and though the sugar was gone, fennel and licorice have a natural sweetness that lingers. But the gum base was just too squishy.
So, if you've been looking for an all natural gum that chews better with a glass of iced tea than hot tea ... well, this is your gum. I might try another flavor, like Maple, just in case the particular batch I got was anomalous. However, it's pretty expensive, at $3.50 a box.
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POSTED BY Cybele AT 9:57 am All Natural • Candy • Review • Gum • Licorice Candy • Organic • 6-Tempting • United States • Comments (1)
Wednesday, November 12, 2014
Crispy M&Ms (Returning 2015)
Mars made an exciting announcement earlier this fall that they're bringing M&Ms Crispy back to American stores starting January 2015.
Some folks at Mars were good enough to send me some samples (though not in the final packaging, so I included the press release version of the package design for reference).
You can read more on Crispy M&Ms in this write up I did a few years ago when I reviewed the European version. Basically, the American version of Crispy M&Ms came out in 1998 and were discontinued in 2005. They had their fans, and current social media allowed them to speak directly with Mars to voice their enthusiasm for the return of the candy.
The Crispy M&M, if you've never heard of them, are described as feature a unique, crispy center covered in creamy milk chocolate, enclosed in a colorful candy shell. The center is like a little cereal puff.
The new package will hold only 1.35 ounces, which is more than the Pretzel M&Ms which are only 1.14 ounces but less than the standard Milk Chocolate M&Ms which is 1.69 ounces.
The new version comes in the same color array as regular M&Ms: red, orange, yellow, blue, green and brown.
The pieces are much smaller than I expected, since I've had the European versions, which are closer to the size of a Peanut M&M. These are a similar diameter to a Milk Chocolate M&M, but puffy. But they're also quite irregular. They're lumpy and sometimes close to spherical, while others are long or pointy in spots.
They're easy to bite and crunch, and extremely light. The center crunch is kind of like the flavor of a corn flake ... very mild with only a hint of salt and malt. But for the most part they're neutral. The chocolate is sweet, but otherwise generic. The crunchy shell provides a different sweetness compared to the chocolate and a different more brittle crunchy compared to the centers.
Overall, it's a pleasant snack that I have no trouble scooping by the handful. But it made me wish for something else ... I wanted a Malted Milk M&M. This is not so hard for Mars to manage, they'd just take the Maltesers they make in the UK and give them a colorful candy shell.
The earlier versions of Crispy M&Ms used a blue wrapper, but that has since been usurped by the Pretzel M&Ms, so the 2015 version will be in lime green packages. I can't say for certain that these are better or similar to the originals, as it's been a long time since I've had them. They definitely fit into a niche that's not well served in the chocolate market right now, which is the crossover with snacks. Here's what the Crispy M&Ms announcement said about it:
M&Ms briefly had Mint Crispy M&Ms as a limited edition.
The European Crispy M&Ms featured mostly natural colors for the shells, which meant a slightly muted palette. Natural colors can sometimes bring their own flavors, though, so some folks can tell the difference between the colors (I can usually pick out the yellows and oranges by taste). It would have been interesting, though, for Mars to make this revival of Crispy M&Ms with the European colors, just to see if that would catch in the US.
I'm curious to see how Crispy M&Ms do this time around. The survival rate for revived candies isn't great, but the success rates for completely new candies aren't any better. I have no stats for that, just personal experience paging through the blog at home many candies I've reviewed over the past 9 years that don't exist any longer. Maybe read about M&Ms Premiums or compare the early Mega M&Ms that were discontinued, and the new version.
UPDATE December 19, 2014: Yesterday I was in CVS and found the Crispy M&Ms at the checkout stand.
They are far more consistent (less bumpy) than the samples I used for this review. Though they weren't any smaller than the smallest from my sample, they were all small pieces. This could just be the way that they were packaged, that the weight difference means that the like sized pieces end up on the bagging platform together. I would need to buy more bags to be sure, but it's something I'll keep my eye out for in other reviews. I did eat a whole bag and though it's not very much at 1.35 ounces, it was filling enough.
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Tuesday, November 11, 2014
Ghirardelli Milk Chocolate Spiced Almond
I've reviewed a couple of the new Ghirardelli panned chocolate items, but up until now they've been pretty standard items. I was intrigued enough with the description of the new Ghirardelli Milk Chocolate Spiced Almond to pick them up.
The perfect snack to satisfy your craving for crunchy nuts and smooth chocolate ... with a little spice.
I liked the package. It's very easy to understand, the images on the front and back are appealing, clear and not too fussy. But mostly I appreciated that the nutrition label and ingredients are easy to read. The ingredients list the allergens in bold, as well as noting them at the end of the list and it was all in a typeface that was large enough for me to read without glasses.
The ingredients are pretty clean with no artificial flavors or colors. They even helpfully list out what the spices are: cinnamon, allspice and cayenne. Instead of just mixing the spices into the chocolate to create something slightly gritty, Ghirirdelli instead made a spiced toffee glaze for the almonds before panning them in chocolate.
These remind me of the Lindt Holiday Almonds that come out seasonally, but are also coated with powdered sugar.
The almonds are big and glossy. They don't smell of spice, just a light sweet dairy note. They have a great crunch if you bite them. The glaze is crispy and the almond are tougher and have a substantial crunch. The chocolate is soft and combines readily with the elements. It's all a bit sweet, even with the neutral almonds to balance it out. The glaze has a generous touch of the spices, with quite a bit of cayenne that builds up slowly until there's a light burn after about five or six.
I didn't care for the how sweet they were, maybe I just wanted a smidge of salt in them or a darker milk chocolate. But they are less sweet than the Lindt sister confection, so I'll take that as progress. I have to say that if this trend of mixing the textures of a glazed nut with chocolate takes off, there are a lot of variations that could be quite delectable. The best that I'd tried to date would be the Sconza 70% Toffee Almonds.
Ghirardelli is owned by Lindt & Sprungli. They don't have a lot on their website about the sourcing of their cacao except for a statement that they're in compliance with the California transparency act and then point you to the Lindt policies. Now that Lindt owns Russell Stover, they're the third largest chocolate company in the United States, and will probably have a lot more clout when it comes to insisting on transparency and certification within their supply chain for all ingredients.
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POSTED BY Cybele AT 2:15 pm All Natural • Candy • Review • Ghirardelli • Brittle • Chocolate • Cinnamon • Nuts • 8-Tasty • United States • Target • Comments (0)
Friday, November 7, 2014
Good and DeLISH Sea Salt and Turbinado Sugar Dark Chocolate Almonds
House brands are often cheap knock-offs of well known brands. But every once in a while a house brand has some sort of wizard-visionary behind the scenes ... I think Walgreen's found one and put them to work on their Good & deLISH line of candies and snacks.
Many of these new candies are on trend with flavors like Red Velvet and Caramel Apple but also do a better job than some of the major brands like Russell Stover and Ghirardelli at creating well-priced candies you'd prefer to not share.
One of the items I found on the shelves kind of hidden in with the nuts were these new snack containers of candy or chocolate covered nuts and fruits. This one is Good and deLISH Sea Salt and Turbinado Sugar Dark Chocolate Almonds, a name so long it's a wonder they fit it on the little wrapper.
Those of you've been reading for a while or have a Trader Joe's in your area may recognize these, they're similar to the Trader Joe's Dark Chocolate Almonds. They're an almond, covered in dark chocolate that's also studded with small sea salt and raw sugar nuggets.
The package is a squat plastic jar that holds 5 ounces. The wide black cap is to be used as a snack cup, perhaps in the car. The jar is wide mouthed, so you can get your fingers in there, if you're not using the lid as a dish. The overall look of the packaging is utilitarian but not at all appetizing. It looks like something I'd be more likely to find in use to store bolts and fasteners than candy.
They're kind of homely little nuggets. It's a crunchy roasted almond covered in semi-sweet chocolate (I'd guess about 50% cacao) with a little dash of salt or sugar sometimes ... then there's a slight dusting of cocoa on the outside. The chocolate is sweet, not exceptionally smooth and boosted a little bit by some extra butterfat (not a vegan product, sorry). The nuts are crunchy and well roasted, with skins on. This leads to a lingering fiber to the chew. The chocolate has a light bitter note towards the end as well, but the beginning and middle is quite sweet for a dark chocolate item.
The thing is, I didn't love these the first time I had them at Trader Joe's, I don't love them now, though on paper they seem to have all the right qualities. I want to know more about the chocolate in them and I want a little more consistency with the sugar and salt on top. While I found the Trader Joe's batch I had too salty, these were merely too sweet ... even before the sugar crystals kicked in. I'll see what else this line has to offer when they're on sale ... I do like the concept of the package and would probably find this great for car or plane trips. The Walgreen's site also shows this in an 11 ounce size, which is likely to be a better value.
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POSTED BY Cybele AT 2:43 pm All Natural • Candy • Designer Impostor • Review • Chocolate • Nuts • 6-Tempting • United States • Walgreen's • Comments (0)
Monday, November 3, 2014
See's Bridge Mix
I picked up the Bridge Mix from See's Candies over the weekend, mostly because the comments from readers were so adamant that it was worth having a try.
At $18 a pound it's about 2.5 times more expensive than the Brach's Bridge Mix. It also has all natural chocolate and at least lists a sample of what is probably in the mix: Bite-sized pieces of raisins, coconut, caramel, brittles, almonds, pecans, nougats and more covered in milk and dark chocolate.
The kind folks at See's actually gave me a little cup of the mix to sample before I made my purchase ... because it just comes in this one pound box. The box has four little sections, which keep the mix from wandering too much. I don't know if I would necessarily serve it from the box, but the nice thing about Bridge Mix it's a panned candy, which means that it has a little glaze on each piece to keep it from sticking together and you can put it out in a bowl without worrying that it'll all melt into a lump.
One of the first things I should mention is that I'm allergic to walnuts. Not deathly allergic, as I'm still alive, but for the most part my reactions to walnut traces lately has been a swollen throat and flushed skin. The See's Bridge Mix does contain walnuts. One of the items is chocolate covered nougat, which has walnuts in it. It's hard to tell, in Bridge mix, which pieces are which, so it's a little difficult for me review these in the normal manner. For any piece that is the right shape to be a nougat, I have to split open first to see what's in it.
The good part is that most of the pieces are easy to just chomp. The little items that look like raisins or almonds are raisins and almonds. The pillow things that look like molasses chips are molasses chips. The lumpy things that look like pecans are pecans. It was the little cubes I had the trouble with ... which leads to the general complaint with Bridge Mix.
Dark Chocolate covered Caramel Rectangles had a more stringy, chewy caramel than the little cube ones I found a few times. These were quite nice, but maybe a little heavy on the chocolate.
Dark Chocolate Lump is Rum Raisin Nougat This is the piece that has walnuts in it.
Milk Chocolate Cube is Caramel The picture makes this one look like it might be a chocolate caramel, but it tasted rather rich but caramelly overall.
Milk Chocolate Rounded Cube is Butterscotch The See's Butterscotch is one of my favorite pieces. This version is a little drier and has a different set of ratios for the chocolate and center. I prefer the enrobed piece (not the bar), but the creamy melt of the chocolate and sort of buttery brown sugar fudge do work well, especially with the nuts. This and the caramel looked the same to me, and most of the milk cubes were Butterscotch.
Dark Chocolate Cube is Toasted Coconut These are wholly unexpected for this type of mix. You can see from the cross section, these are packed with coconut, so they're not too sweet and it is nicely toasted to bring out the tropical flavor.
Flat Milk Chocolate Square is Toffee (not pictured) I like the See's Toffee, it's crisp and buttery and easy to bite. The toffee notes are good, but for some reason it's never had that smooth burnt sugar dissolve that I often crave. It's a personal preference issue.
Milk Chocolate Pillow is Molasses Crisp. These might have more chocolate on the regular version available by themselves. They're crisp and crunchy, with just enough aeration to the honey-molasses candy to make them easy to bite. The lingering honey notes of the center goes well with just about everything else in this mix.
Milk Chocolate Pecans & Almonds - the pecans are fantastic. They're roasted perfectly, they have a great woodsy maple flavor, so you get a sweet crunch combined with the chocolate. The almonds are very small, if I didn't know any better, I would have assumed that they were peanuts. They're well toasted and decent, a good crunch and probably a different variety than the nonpareil almonds I've been eating, because they're less fibery.
Dark Chocolate Covered Raisins are quite niece. The raisins are big, though the chocolate isn't particularly dark, it is generous.
The mix is very strong, it doesn't have any items that feel like they're cheap filler. I did find that the almonds were left at the end, I was picking out the big bits. But I think once I figured out the code, it was easier to mix and match without worrying that I was going to get a "bad piece." I do not recommend playing roulette if you have a food sensitives when it comes to this sort of thing.
I would prefer an actual guide on the package, or at least a real listing the items that are in i. I'd also like to just make my own mix… but that's not the way mixes work. I would definitely buy this again. But I play Canasta, not Bridge.
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Friday, October 31, 2014
Brach's Bridge Mix
You might wonder why my Halloween review is of Bridge Mix. It's because it's actually the scariest candy on the market today. Every maker has a different set of what they include in their mix, and because everything is coated in chocolate, it's a game of Russian Roulette if you're a picky eater.
If I were to rank candies according to age demographics, most results would land where I expected. Super sour candies are targeted to tweens, dark chocolate to adult women and sweet and savory candies to men who love sports. And the sales data pretty much bears that out. Then there's Bridge Mix. First of all, Bridge Mix doesn't seem to have any sort of marketing campaign associated with it. But if you were to find out how old the average buyer is, I'm going to guess somewhere around 73.
I picked up the Brach's Bridge Mix because the package made it look appealing and compared to some of the other chocolate bag offerings lately, it seemed like a good value. The package is vague, but it mentions that it's a mix of all natural milk and dark chocolate. However, there was no listing on the back of the package as to what the actual items inside would be. The front just showed the coated pieces ... the ingredients were so long, all I could say for sure is that I could expect raisins, peanuts, sugar and Brazil nuts inside the chocolate.
My first impression upon opening the bag was good. It's a resealable bag that holds a 8.7 ounces which makes for a full cereal bowl of candy. The pieces look good, they're shiny and for the most part distinctive. I thought I could tell which were peanuts and raisins, though the larger spheres were a mystery.
The ingredients listed Brazil nuts and the picture on the front shows a piece that really looks like a chocolate covered Brazil nut. No such item appears in the bag. Maybe my mix was missing the Brazil nuts ... it was certainly not sufficiently randomized for my tastes.
Though it's all natural chocolate, there are a lot of not-so-natural items in there, too. There's also gelatin, which was hard to find on the list if you're vegetarian.
Cherry Jelly Ball covered in Dark Chocolate were one of two that I could reliably pick out of the mix. It's a big, very strongly cherry flavored jelly ball covered in dark chocolate. I was hoping there would be other flavors, but this was it. The jelly center is nice, dense and very floral. However, there's a grainy sugar layer in there that messed with the texture and sweetness level. I don't like cherry candies, but I thought this was a refreshing item to have in a mix ... and it was easy for me to avoid.
White Sugar Cream covered in Dark Chocolate - if you've ever wanted a York Peppermint Pattie without the mint flavor, this might be your candy. But the fondant in the center is hard and grainy ... so it's not really a good texture combination at all. The dark chocolate outside is in a much larger ratio than most other mint candies, which is fine because that's the only flavor you're going to get out of this thing. I felt like about 1/4 of my bag was filled with these. I would bite them in half to see if it was a large peanut or something else and then toss the other half when I found it was the fondant ball.
Milk Chocolate Malted Milk Ball - I'd like to have a long and wonderful commentary here, but that photo of the one bitten in half is the only one I got in this bag. I've been searching for Brach's Milk Chocolate Milk Balls for a couple of years, and found that this Bridge Mix is the only place I can find them ... and I got one lousy one. I didn't savor it enough to be able to review it.
Dark Chocolate Covered Peanut - excellent. The peanuts have skins on them, which I enjoy. It highlighted the bitterness of the chocolate. The peanut had a light touch of salt, and though not large, they were crunchy and deeply roasted.
Milk Chocolate Covered Peanut - not as good as the dark one, the milk chocolate hides the peanut notes somehow, but after stumbling across so many of those fondant balls, I was happy to have these.
Milk Chocolate Brown Sugar Ball - I have no idea what this is. The center was not grainy, not smooth, not flavorful, not appealing. It tasted sweet, but also dusty. I just have no idea what the point was, except to fool me into thinking that I was going to get a Malted Milk Ball.
Milk Chocolate Covered Raisins - pretty good. The raisins were soft and chewy, not tough or tacky. The raisins dominated, the chocolate was sweeter than the actual dried fruit but didn't contribute more than texture to the experience.
The one item that was easy to pick out were the little flattened bullets that came in both milk and dark chocolate.
Milk Chocolate Covered Nut Brittle - the chocolate coating isn't as thick as the other candies, but that didn't matter. The center of this little morsel is a nicely made, crispy nut brittle. There may be Brazil nuts in there, but definitely peanuts. It's salty, it's barely sweet and I'd like to just buy a bag of these.
Dark Chocolate Covered Nut Brittle - the dark chocolate version was even better, as it enhanced the roasted nut flavors.
I've come away with an appreciation for people who simply throw caution to the wind and pop a handful of candy pieces in their mouth. I'm not a Bridge Mix person. In fact, this bag of candy made me angry. There were good things in it, but too many horrible things. There's no listing anywhere that I can find that says what kind of candy is even in the bag ... it's as if Brach's is evasive and doesn't want to commit to what they might put in there on any given day. I ended up with a pile of half bitten candies on my desk after I determined what I did and didn't like ... I spit out the other halves in the trash. It was, in the end, a bad value for me, since I ate so little of it, though, technically, I finished the bag.
I really just wanted some Malted Milk Balls.
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Wednesday, October 29, 2014
Dove Dark Chocolate Cranberries
Dove Chocolate, a Mars brand, often skirts a line in their marketing and products between being a healthy indulgence and pure decadence. The new line of chocolate covered fruit goes for the former but still accomplishes the latter.
Mars sent me some of their new products, including this amazingly large bag of Dove Whole Dried Cranberries in Dark Chocolate. It's 26 ounces of chocolate covered sugared dried cranberries.
The package makes it look like these are plump cranberries, but they're the ordinary dried variety. There's a little bit of sugar added, which is fine, because I've had unsweetened cranberries before and they were too puckery,even with a chocolate coating.
The pieces are quite large, and cutting them in half reveals why. They aren't strangely large cranberries. Instead they're covered with a lot of chocolate. Often chocolate covered cranberries are flat, but these are very appealing looking. These a plump and a little chew reveals that they're pretty moist, not leathery. They're tangy and have a sort of bitterness to them that cranberries are known for, but it's offset well by the chocolate.
I often find Dove's chocolate a little bland, but dark chocolate here has a lot of flavor. It's a rich chocolate pudding vibe, a little woodsy. It's creamy without being too slick, though Dove does use dairy fats in their dark chocolate, so this is not vegan. (There's 5 mg of cholesterol in here, which serves as an indication of the level of dairy fats.)
They're expensive. But there aren't that many higher quality choices at grocery stores for chocolate covered cranberries. I did find Ghirardelli's new Dark Chocolate Cranberries are just as good as these but are likely to be harder to find. Steer clear of the Nestle version in their Raisinets line as they're just terrible.
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