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The following circuit will be evaluated in Multisim to determine where a fault lies. Each individual component can be programmed to have a fault and to find the source of the fault the oscilloscopes must first be observed.
Figure 1: Multisim circuit containing fault.
First, check the XSC3 oscilloscope, the following output will appear as shown in Figure 2.
Figure 2: XSC3 oscilloscope output.
The XSC3 oscilloscope output, is the expected values for the signal up to this point. Next, observe the XSC1 oscilloscope, the following output will appear as shown in Figure 3.
Figure 3: XSC1 oscilloscope output.
The XSC1 oscilloscope on channel B indicates a fault. A1, A2, V5 and R3 were all observed and appeared to not have contained a fault. Checking capacitor C1 indicates a faulted condition as shown in Figure 4.
Figure 4: C1 capacitor containing the fault.
Therefore, the C1 capacitor in the Low-Pass Filter at the final stage of the circuit contains the fault of an open circuit. To confirm this answer, change the fault to none (shown below) and re-run the simulation.
Figure 5: Changing C1 capacitor fault to none.
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Figure 6: XSC1 oscilloscope output after removing C1 capacitor fault
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But I was just wondering if any of you purchased what made you happy this year!
I did, and have NO regrets about it!
nothing LOL we use the taxes DH gets back down here to pay taxes in canada whatever is leftover we put on bills. if after paying bills there is leftover money (normally 20$) then we order take out LOL
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It's funding our family vacation this year.
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Yeah 1HappyMom09 ... I would change my exemptions, but that's me, I prefer more money each month than at tax time. And the little we get back , well, its a nice little extra, not sth we are relying on. But maybe people are getting back from credits as well (EIC, student, etc, etc).
We are still waiting on the IRS to finish finalizing revised documents. We were going to use it towards a down payment for rental property; but the way things are going in Washington, we are *planning on paying down debt and saving.
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We should all "worry about overwhelming students, schools with tests" (2/7/12).
As the Sun points out, the new testing will be extremely time-consuming. There is no scientific evidence, however, that increasing the amount of testing done will increase student achievement.
As the Sun points out, the new tests need to be given online, and schools don't have the technology needed to administer the tests. Not to worry, the test publishers and computer companies will be happy to sell it to them, as well as sell them costly new equipment as the old equipment rapidly becomes obsolete.
As the Sun points out, the tests will be used to evaluate teachers. Study after study, however, has shown that this kind of evaluation does not produce reliable results. It also encourages pumping up test scores without real learning.
We all understand the need to assess students and evaluate teachers, but the brave new online tests are not the way to do it.
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. . .a pupil attitude factor, which appears to have a stronger relationship to achievement than do all the "school" factors together, is the extent to which an individual feels that he has some control over his own destiny. James Coleman, 1966
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The college's Studentsâ?? Art Gallery (SAG) opened an anti-bully art exhibit called Sticks and Stones. It features 35 different pieces of art from pictures to videos.
The collegeâ??s communication department wanted to do something to highlight the issue.
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Breanne Kanak, Gallery Director, said, "It's a very powerful exhibit. There aren't a lot of things out there like this right now."
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This abuser of service workers and serial misogynist's laments for a kinder, gentler America ring hollow. But they're not nearly as hollow as his habitual threats to disappear from public life.
Bloviating Baldwin threatened to move to Canada if George W. Bush won a second term, but he never followed through.
He threatened to quit show biz last fall, but he didn't go anywhere.
He's threatened to quit Twitter at least three times, but he always comes back.
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The ID68 sports an Intel Core i5 4200U dual-core processor clocked at 1.6GHz (2.6GHz Turbo) with 3MB of L2 cache and the ID69 features a Core i7 4500U dual-core chip clocked at 1.8GHz (3GHz Turbo) and 4MB of L2 cache. Both boxes come with a single DDR3L SO-DIMM slot, 2.5-inch drive bay, HDMI and DisplayPort output, 7-in-1 memory card reader, GbE LAN, 802.11ac Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 4.0, two USB 2.0 ports, and four USB 3.0 ports.
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I Want to Retire Now!
To quote a former president, I feel your pain. I know what it is like to be more than ready to start a new stage of your life, a stage that promises the possibility of a re-birth and a renewed joy in living. I know what it is like to really, really want a satisfying retirement.
Of course, if you read almost anything related to retirement in your daily paper or on the Internet, you are probably scared...scared that you will never be able to retire. Retirement is a concept that doesn't make sense anymore, according to many. I am in the "not true" camp. Read on.
Did you read the post, How do You Know When to Retire? from a few weeks ago? I summarized some of those triggers that tell you when to seriously consider the move.
So, let's pick up from there. You have answered the questions from that post. You have talked with your spouse or significant other about what you are contemplating. You have read this blog for awhile and feel comfortable in your decision. The final straw was the article in Money Magazine and on CNNMoney.com. You are absolutely convinced if that guy in Arizona could build a satisfying retirement so can you.
I am that guy and I am here to tell you to go for it. As a final review, let's look together at a few of the last minute questions my experience suggest you ask:
1) Can you sleep at night with your financial resources and plan? There is no such thing as a perfect financial plan. There will never be a time when something doesn't throw a wrench into your carefully crafted budget. The last few years have confounded even those who make a living from this stuff. But, you must feel confident that you have anticipated most situations. You have what you need, plus. You have worked the figures under different scenarios and you are still OK. Maybe not flush, but OK.
If that is where you are, you should be good to go. Could a world-wide crash put all of us in deep trouble? Sure. But, if that happens your job would disappear along with everything else so it wouldn't matter if you had retired. If you believe you have done the best you can do to anticipate your future demands on your resources, then you can sleep soundly.
2) Do you have a budget that takes into account inflation and unexpected emergencies? Retirement doesn't end the basic laws of economics. Inflation will continue and emergencies will arise. No one comes home from a day at the park and expects to find 4 inches of water on the floor from a broken pipe. But, it happens. Would such an occurrence render you homeless or could you handle a biggie like that? Do you have enough liquid assets to stay afloat (pun intended)?
At the center of your financial plan must be a budget that allows for change. What can you cut if need be? What would you like to increase if the circumstances presented themselves? Are you forgetting to budget for expensive things like new cars, hearing aids, large medical cost increases, or assessments on that condo in Palm Springs? Believe it or not, I completely forgot to budget for travel and new cars. Adjustments were made and we are fine, but it was quite a shock at the time!
3) Does your partner agree with this move? Your being home more will change the dynamics of your relationship. Roles and responsibilities will change. From the voice of experience, trust me. Work out the "ground rules" and expectations before retiring. I urge you to read two earlier posts about the need to think through how your life might change when one half retires: Who is that Person Sitting Beside Me? and You Owe it to the Person You Love.
If your partner has real problems with your plan to retire my advice is to work it out before making your decision. If his or her resistance is not swayed by your logic and begging, it might be wise to delay your move for awhile. I can't think of anything more fraught with tension than a retired person at home with someone who strongly disagrees with that status. Of course, if you are single, you can skip this worry.
4) Do you have hobbies, passions, and interests outside your job? A lot of us are so wrapped up in what we do for a living, we have no other life to replace that. The first question everyone asks when meeting a new person is, "What do you do?" They mean how do you earn a living. That is how we define who and what we are. When you retire, the possibility exists that you will lose your sense of self. Without a job to define you, what will you do to fill your time and satisfy you?
One of the leading causes of dissatisfaction with what should be a satisfying retirement is boredom. Some folks go back to work for the simple reason they don't know what else to do. Don't let that be your fate. If you already have a hobby or two, interests in all sorts of activities, even a passion for something then you will be fine. If you have nothing to turn to, develop at least a few interests before retiring.
It is absolutely true that you are very likely to find all sorts of opportunities and interests open up to you when you are retired. Your creativity can soar. You will discover sides of yourself you never knew existed. But, during the initial phase of a year or two, you will be much happier if you have stuff to do.
5) Are you prepared to battle the health care mess? Besides the budgeting and planning part that I referred to earlier, there are other things for you to face in this area. Paperwork and red tape can overwhelm you. At times you will conclude that no one is listening and no one cares. That isn't true, but, the medical establishment is so stressed that you are really on your own to get much of the medical help you require. Medicare rules are likely to tighten as Washington accepts that we are broke, putting more burdens on the patient. You will have to develop unending patience and a belief that you are your best advocate.
I hope the above 5 points didn't discourage you. They just happen to be reality that all retired people face at one time or another. To know about them ahead of time is your best preparation. If after reviewing your reaction to these cautions your feeling is still, "Yes, I'm ready and I want it now," then take the leap.
The first ten years of my retirement lifestyle have been amazing. There have been down periods and scares that kept me awake at night. But, there have been the highest highs and the biggest personal growth spurts of my life. I have spent the past decade discovering how to make this journey as smooth and productive as possible. I wish you the same.
If you have questions or reactions to what has been written, please leave a comment or send me an e-mail. I figure I have another 20-30 years of a satisfying retirement ahead. It's never too late to learn!
My satisfying retirement is featured in October's Money Magazine. After you've read that material, I'd be more than happy to talk with you about your situation and how you can achieve your goals. Click the e-mail link above. I'd also very much appreciate your purchase of my e-book. Information is just to the right of this post.
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Well, as you know, I already went for it, a few years before most thought I should. But it was just as you described--all my instincts were pushing me out the door, and yes, I did my homework and answered all those important questions you listed.ReplyDelete
So I'm here to add my voice to yours. You can be that guy in Arizona and I can be that gal in Oregon! If we can do it, others can, too!
Aloha from Maui.
The retirement process is just one logical step after another. Of course, reality will occasionally knock you sideways. But, knowing your desired goal means you will make it. If the two of us could make it work, you, dear reader, will have no problems.
Bob, Just bought your e-book from Amazon. I enjoy what you are doing on your blog site and want to support your efforts. Best of luck.ReplyDelete
Thank you very much. After seeing the prices here on Maui I need every sale I can get!
Seriously, I deeply appreciate your comment, purchase, and support.
Bob, you make very good points! My husband feels like he wants to retire NOW! We've discussed the issues you listed and we decided he can't do it until he reaches age 62, which is another year.ReplyDelete
I know he hates working and I'm trying to build my internet endeavors to give us an extra cushion when the time comes.
It's difficult for me to know hear him complain about working and wanting to retire all the time when we've already decided when the big day will be. He has followed my suggestion though and take up golf again so he'll have a hobby he can enjoy both now and in retirement.
We plan to get our RV soon too so we can take weekend trips and help give him something immediate to look forward to.
It's difficult when you've considered all the angles and decided you can't retire yet but just need to keep plugging away.
Once your brain (and soul) have decided "enough is enough" continuing to go to work is tough. What is even harder is not allowing those feelings to become public knowledge or you are likely to be fired.
RVs are great because they tend to have constant maintenance issues. That will keep hubby busy! And, since golf is a sport you never completely master, if he goes at it as both relaxation and a way to focus on goals for improvement he should be able to keep his mind distracted.
Aloha from Maui
- Banjo SteveFri Sep 30, 05:55:00 AM MST
With the perspective of almost three years of retirement/redirection, I am still astonished at the toll that my working life made upon me and my family. I still have moments when I flashback to those days and remember the tension and hamster-on-a-wheel feelings that I dealt with.... and that was with a job (teaching) that I actually enjoyed! :0ReplyDelete
Now I love this opportunity to (usually) choose my stressors.
Choosing the type and timing of your stressors...one of the many benefits of retirement.
I spent the last 3 years of my career uncomfortable every day. My family, and I, paid a price that took years to start to build up a credit again.
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5" x 7" sketch card
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Cool, Namor is actually my favorite Marvel character.
amazing !!
Cool! Awesome work!
Only Namor is bad ass enough to ride an orca.
It's amazing that you did all that with Markers. It looks like an oil painting
just joined d.a...honored to be on the same site as u...love this piece..if i was namor i'd be riding killer whales all day long..love your interpretation of the swimmers back..of course namor should look like this..bill everett would be proud..
LOL He's riding a whale. Very original.
Great work
awesome worx...i will do next time a namor pic too
this is amazing. i just love how the water looks.
this is sooooo coooooool!!!
dude. i wont call it a sketch. i call it an artwork.
keep rockin' man. be watching!
keep rockin' man. be watching!
this is a great card drawing, i like how he's kinda surfing on the whale great work
Namor surfing on the back of an orca? I can dig it.
Really cool Namor image. Lovin' it!
you work to marvel
Really nice concept. And well done.
A well earned
A well earned
I love your painted finish on this work. The energy of the water is particularly exciting to me.
the water couldnt be done by markers too! or could it??
the water couldnt be done by markers too! or could it??
All makers with the exception of the very tips of the waves..those were done with a brush...but the rest is markers.
Very unique painting. I loved the story arc where Namor worked at Sea World.
WOW! Very nice job.
he's right, Cat. you ROCK! 2 against one.
DAMNIT! I think I can take you!
Damn...it's almost unbelievable that you were able to do all this at 5x7". Great job.
It rocks!!!


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9/19/2009 11:45pm, #1--
boxing- mayweather vs marquez- spoiler
if i could describe this fight in one word- yawn.
Mayweather- fast, good defense, evasion, accuracy... and played it safe. While I do like watching him fight he really is not very exciting. he might not know how to lose but he knows how to make people not care about a win.
Marquez wasnt in this fight from the bell, outclassed in every way- speed, power, endurance.
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also Marquez was visable slower and Floyd basically didn't even try to make weight coming at his natural weight agaist a lightweight champion.
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JMM looked very small compared to Mayweather. Floyd really needs to start picking on guys his own size.
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Honestly, mayweather outskilled marquez.
It's funny how it's all the hardcore boxing fans who are saying "oh mayweather only beat marquez because of SIZE". Look i'm sorry, but that kind of beating doesn't come from a 10 pound difference.
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I agree that Mayweather outclassed him, but it could also be argued that JMM was his best at Super Featherweight (130lbs) and only fought twice above or at 135lbs. Mayweather came in at 146 and then refused to be weighed again unofficially on fight day and quite frankly looked a lot bigger then JMM.
Was it all about size? No. But to say that it wasn't a factor is wrong. Other factors that pointed in Mayweather's were:
-Fewer wars (maybe as a result of cherry picking his opponents since he went toe to toe with Jose Louis Castillo)
But yeah, he did win by a wide and decisive margin.
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Can he do that to the Pacman...I hope that fight happens!!
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I was really hoping to see Marquez make a comeback and shine in later rounds like he did when he fought pacman to a (disputed) draw. I'm definitely going to pull for pacman if he fights mayweather though. That would be a good match-up, the lightning-fast scrambler vs. the defensive boxer.
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no it wont. manny packs a lot of power when people walk into his punches (like Hatton)
vs mayweather he is too small and his wild style will get picked apart. imo, of course.
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I called it, Mayweather was way too good for Marquez in the first place. Too good, too fast, too strong.
I don't think a Pac-man fight will happen, honestly. It's been said so many times about how Floyd's management is a major obstacle when trying to get fights, I think he'll keep ducking Pac-man until he's ready to retire again. Don't wanna risk that undefeated record, right?
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Mayweather v.s Marquez was like WTF!!! Marquez had times where Mayweather was stunned and he stopped hitting, WTF, Marquez looked WAY more juiced and assirtive Fighting Pacquiao


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LEARNING LIGHT Large timber windows played a major role in the refurbishment of St Bede Church of England School in Winchester, Hampshire.
The refurbishment was driven by necessity: the building had suffered extensive damage after floods two years ago, and Hampshire County Architects decided to raise the floors by 0.5m to prevent this happening again.
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It specified windows from Scandinavian Window Systems, as well as doors with a low threshold for wheelchair-friendly access, and some glazed screens. The windows and screens played a vital role in opening up the school. 'We used these windows because we wanted aluminium externally and timber internally, ' says Kevin McArdle from Hampshire County Architects. The combination provides a relatively domestic appearance internally, coupled with a robust exterior finish and a contemporary look.
SAFE FROM HARM It is an uncomfortable fact that in today's security-conscious age, whether as a result of increased risk or simply heightened awareness, personal safety is a matter of growing concern.
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Despite the encouraging expansion of environmental democracy around the world, there are still areas where environmental laws are not being properly or fully implemented. The Environmental Democracy Index reveals four areas where practice is not living up to legal standards.
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Evaluating "environmental democracy" requires looking not just at the existence of laws, but their implementation.
The need is growing for public access to environmental information, public participation in environmental decision-making and enforcement of environmental laws. Without these rights, explain WRI Managing Director Manish Bapna and UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights and the Environment John Knox, people are left marginalized and powerless.
EPA General Counsel Avi Garbow, renowned environmental attorney Rizwana Hasan and others explained at a recent event why citizens' rights to information, public participation and justice are critical for sustainable development.
WRI's new Environmental Democracy Index tracks and scores 70 countries' progress in enacting national laws that promote transparency, accountability and citizen engagement in environmental decision-making.
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Improving environmental democracy initiatives is critical, as decision-makers negotiate the post-2015 sustainable development goals(SDGs) and countries make commitments to the Open Government Partnership (OGP), an international initiative to improve government transparency.
The "resource curse" describes the paradox where countries rich in oil, gas, and minerals remain largely impoverished. Better transparency—both in how governments spend extractive revenues and how natural resource decisions are made—could help tackle this problem. While some new initiatives are making progress on this front, more needs to be done to ensure that drilling and mining doesn't come at the expense of communities and the land, water, and wildlife they rely on.
More than 70 percent of Samarinda's land (the capital of Indonesia's East Kalimantan province) is allocated to mining concessions, and little information is provided to citizens on companies' compliance to safety and environmental health rules.
In the hopes of preventing mining fatalities, the Mining Advocacy Network (JATAM), a group of Indonesian NGOs and community organizations, requested information from the Indonesian government to determine what companies were doing to mitigate mines' environmental and health impacts. This process prompted the STRIPE project, which will focus on building strong civil society coalitions to advocate for corporate disclosure of information.
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International Chocolate Awards – Winning!
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- Published on July 31, 2015
- Written by Heather Haskell
We always think we make the best chocolate you can buy; if you're not proud of your product you probably shouldn't be in business. But that doesn't mean it isn't a delight to have your pride and joy recognized as outstanding by others. Recently, four of our bars received medals in the International Chocolate Awards for the Americas which is one of, if not the most, prestigious awards program in the chocolate world. Strawberry Rhubarb Pie won bronze, Galactic Gelato and TCHunky TCHOtella won silver, and Mokaccino won gold. We'd like to thank the judges and grand jury of the competition for the tremendous honor – it means a lot to us. Our gold and silver winners will continue forward into the World final, which is judged in the fall.
We've won awards at the International Chocolate Awards before, though we had to take last year off because we were moving the factory when the competition was due. But as each year passes, a flood of talented makers falls in love with chocolate as a medium and more and more fine chocolate bars enter the market. We're proud to continue leading in the American chocolate making world, and feel that awards like this validate our commitment to the art and science of chocolate making.
Why does our chocolate win awards? Well, in a word, we're obsessed. Obsessed with quality, taste, flavor, and the experience of eating a chocolate bar that blows your mind. We won't send it out the door until we're convinced it's among the best things you've ever tried. And that notion of "best" isn't only about how it tastes (although that's critical). It's also about hands-on involvement and attention to detail through the entire process from farm to bar. That's obsession you can taste. Go ahead – try our award winners if you haven't already. We think you'll find them as obsessively delicious as we do.
New Location for TCHO Kiosk @ Westfield San Francisco!
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- Published on September 9, 2014
- Written by Laura O'Brien
One more time, this time with feeling: We've moved, again, and this time, we expect to stay a spell! You can find our kiosk on the second floor on the crossover, between the Bloomingdale's and Nordstrom sides, in front of Camper and Auntie Anne's.
We've moved! Again! We're getting pretty good at this… Our latest spot is on the third floor, in front of Steve Madden on the Nordstrom wing. Come on by and say hi!
In addition to our regular kiosk, we've opened a pop-up holiday spot in the Artisan Market at Westfield. This temporary storefront features a small collection of local makers with great gifts for the holidays we know you'll enjoy. The Artisan Market @ Westfield is on the first floor, Bloomingdales wing, next door to Tory Burch. There's even an entrance on Market Street!
They moved us again!! Now, you can find us on the second floor on the Bloomingdales wing in front of JCrew and H&M Man.
A Taste of TCHO Kiosk Life
Closing the TCHO Factory Store on Pier 17 was a hard decision for everyone involved. In the interim your friendly neighborhood TCHOstorriors have relocated to a convenient downtown SF location. Our TCHO kiosk in the Westfield mall features many of the same products that you were able to purchase at the old factory store. Maybe some of you have been following our Brownie Throwdown, all of these supplies can be bought at the TCHO kiosk in our baking supplies section. If you already have been by our Westfield TCHO Kiosk, you might note that we've relocated – our kiosk is now on the first floor right outside of Kiehl's and next door to Sunglass Hut.
Out and About San Francisco with the Kiosk Team.
In our free time the TCHOstorriors have begun a quest to find the most delicious TCHO about town. In honor of Sunday, we thought, why not enjoy a TCHO chocolate sundae? The team took a field trip to local favorite, Bi-Rite Creamery.
The famous San Francisco Bi-Rite Creamery is located just across from Dolores Park in the SF Mission. Bi-Rite is a local foodies paradise and perfect for #TCHOspotting! They even have vegan options, like Strawberry Coconut and for the adventurous, Basil!
Come meet the TCHO kiosk Team! As summer vacation comes to an end and the people of San Francisco get ready to head back to school, we're still here for that little pick me up after a long day. Whether you're on a tour or just want to stop by for a treat we're waiting to greet you on the 1st floor near Nordstrom at Westfield Center SF. Check out #TCHOkiosk on Instagram or Twitter to see what's happening with us.
Chocolate Brownie Recipe Throwdown:
The Results
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- Published on August 14, 2014
- Written by Heather Haskell
Chocolate brownies are an iconic piece of Americana. The first written evidence of them refers to the Palmer House Hotel in Chicago where the proprietress, Mrs. Bertha Palmer, asked her chefs to prepare a special ladies' dessert for their guests' boxed lunches at the 1893 Columbian Exposition. That dessert is a super-rich fudgy bar topped with an apricot glaze which is still served today at the hotel.
It took some time for brownies to be codified into recipe form. Various not-chocolate-oriented cookie bars evolved at last into the first written chocolate brownie recipe in 1904 with the introduction of the "Bangor Brownie" in both the Service Club of Chicago's cookbook, and Home Cookery, by Elinor Quimby, published in Laconia, NH. Brownies really began to hit their stride in the mid-1920′s as chocolate became more affordable and available in the US. America's love affair with the brownie has continued unabated ever since.
So what happens when the "old American" brownie meets TCHO "New American" chocolate? We had an amazing experience trying to answer just that very question. We took a whole bunch of submissions from our fans on Facebook and ended up choosing six chocolate brownie recipes to test with TCHO. Some used cocoa powder, some chocolate chunks; all used butter, one also used oil(!). There was a very mysterious specification for cold eggs in a couple (to cool the chocolate, supposedly; the TCHO Baking Team was skeptical, but kept the faith). In the end, we found one that set the bar very high and left us confident that the most TCHO-riffic recipe had been found. It scored the highest on our taste test in each measured category like flavor, texture, and "it" factor, and it's pretty darn simple to make, too.
Without further ado:
Alice Medrich's Best Cocoa Brownies
(adapted from Bittersweet by Genius Recipes for Food 52)
10 tablespoons (1 1/4 sticks) unsalted butter
1-1/4 cup sugar
3/4 cups plus 2 tablespoons TCHO Natural Fair Trade Organic Cocoa Powder (ok, we edited that part)
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
2 cold large eggs
1/2 cup all-purpose flour (unsifted, measured by stirring briefly, spooning into the measuring cup until it's heaped above the rim, then leveling it with a straight-edged knife or spatula — it should weigh nearly 2.5 ounces)
2/3 cups walnut or pecan pieces (optional)
Position a rack in the lower third of the oven and preheat the oven to 325°F. Line the bottom and sides of an 8-inch square baking pan with parchment paper or foil, leaving an overhang on two opposite sides.
Combine the butter, sugar, cocoa, and salt in a medium heatproof bowl and set the bowl in a wide skillet of barely simmering water. Stir from time to time until the butter is melted and the mixture is smooth and hot enough that you want to remove your finger fairly quickly after dipping it in to test. Remove the bowl from the skillet and set aside briefly until the mixture is only warm, not hot.
Stir in the vanilla with a wooden spoon. Add the eggs one at a time, stirring vigorously after each one. When the batter looks thick, shiny, and well blended, add the flour and stir until you cannot see it any longer, then beat vigorously for 40 strokes with the wooden spoon or a rubber spatula. Stir in the nuts, if using. Spread evenly in the lined pan.
Bake until a toothpick plunged into the center emerges slightly moist with batter, 20 to 25 minutes. Let cool completely on a rack.
Lift up the ends of the parchment or foil liner, and transfer the brownies to a cutting board. Cut into 16 or 25 squares.
We aim to make this recipe testing business a regular thing… So what should we test next? Head on over to our Facebook page or ping us on Twitter or Instagram and let us know what other definitive chocolate recipes you'd like to see us evaluate. Slog away over chocolate in a hot kitchen? Oh yes, we'd do that for you. Of course we would.
Thanks for the history lesson to: The Nibble, US History Scene, and New England Recipes.
The Chocolate Brownie Recipe Throw-down
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- Published on July 24, 2014
- Written by Heather Haskell
All hail the brownie throw-down! We've put ourselves onto a big project here at TCHO – to try and figure out which of the world's favorite chocolate brownie recipes is not only the best, but the best with TCHO chocolate. This is going to take some serious testing. Oh, the sweet suffering!
We settled on six (six!!) different chocolate brownie recipes to run through their paces. There are famous chefs, food technicians, and at-home tinkerers all represented in the group – no names too big or too small for us to explore. Also, we purposefully explored chocolate brownie recipes with cocoa powder, chocolate pieces, both milk and dark chocolate and everything in between. We also decided to bake them essentially blind: our bakers won't know which recipe is whose.
Finally, when the big unveiling happens, the delicious brownie cornucopia will be unlabeled: our tasting panel (lucky, lucky office mates) will not know what is in each recipe, who baked it, or which recipe author they are tasting. It's for science, people! It may take all day to get through them, but when the comment cards are revealed we're going to have some pretty definitive proof of what the "best" brownies might be like. But we all know the best ones are #TCHOMade!
Stay tuned – results next week. We hope that the photos will come somewhat close to doing the finished products justice.
TCHO Factory Move Update
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- Published on June 7, 2014
- Written by Heather Haskell
It's no small task to move a factory, and we'd like to think that moving the TCHO factory has been a particularly delicate task. Our conching, tempering and depositing components are large, heavy, and fragile: like huge chocolate-wrangling Fabergé eggs. Those machines have seen the sweet inner molecules of literally thousands of tons of chocolate, and they've traveled more than some people do in a lifetime. Now, they've made their landing in Berkeley.
We're pleased to report that our chief engineer, Matt, mechanic Bob, operations director Jim, and our quality assurance manager Monika are all still sane with most of their hair attached (except Jim, but he was missing the hair before we started). That team, along with our usual suspects on the Bean Team, has been tasked with getting this whole thing back in working order with all of our Kosher, Organic, Food Safety, and Fair Trade certifications intact, not to mention permits to operate, business licenses, etc. They've answered the call with stoic determination and skill, and as a result of their efforts we're starting production in Berkeley this month!
Getting the factory moved, installed, and operational has been our number one goal – without that there's nothing to see on the tour, or any chocolate to eat, for that matter. Once that part of the project is complete and our insanely delicious chocolate is rushing down pipes and conveyor belts again, we can finally put the finishing touches on the factory store and tour. Bear with us, as this part is taking a bit longer than we'd hoped it would. When we can pin down a date you'll be the first to know; right before we start shouting from the virtual rooftops, that is…
A New Cocoa Flavor Lab in Ecuador
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- Published on April 29, 2014
- Written by Heather Haskell
The TCHOSource team just returned from a productive visit to Ecuador. One of the key efforts on the trip was the installation of a cocoa flavor lab at a farmer's association that didn't previously have access to this technology. This is the ninth flavor lab TCHO has installed world-wide, and each time we install one we're reminded of how necessary and valuable it is for the farmers with whom we work.
The flavor lab helps farmers assess the outcome of their harvesting, fermenting and drying efforts, and tune their processes toward specific flavor profiles. How does the flavor lab do this? By making chocolate! We've said it before, but it bears repeating: most cacao farmers have never tasted any chocolate, much less chocolate made from their own crops. Once they learn to taste what we're tasting, they are well on their way to improving everything about the work that they do. And they can't do it until they have a facility at hand to make chocolate themselves.
Of course, we're with them every step of the way as suppliers first learn to use the lab, and then, more importantly, learn to taste cocoa the way chocolate makers do. Once they can match their processes with the outcomes, they are truly a partner for TCHO as we work together to make obsessively good chocolate.
TCHO Is… Moving!
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- Published on March 25, 2014
- Written by Heather Haskell
Pier 17 has been our colorful home since the beginning of TCHO, and practically since the first day we've been pushing at its walls and edges trying to make room: room for growth, room for our mad-scientist experimentation, and room for our friends and fans to enjoy the fruit of our labors with us.
It was quite a process outfitting the pier with our East German/Scottish/American-made chocolate-making system – we had to pour a brand new floor, build a bunch of new "rooms" within the pier's walls, and basically turn an ancient warehouse into a food production facility worthy of food safety top grades. Anyone who's been on our tour has been a witness to our success in that endeavor.
We learned a lot in that process – and that learning is really going to come in handy as we approach the next chapter in TCHO's story. We are relocating to Berkeley, to a much larger building that will help us build upon the work we've only just begun – obsessively creating the world's best chocolate that celebrates the inherent flavor notes in cacao and brings real economic benefit to the farmers who grow it.
Our new location is in the Marchant Building at the Berkeley/Emeryville border (we'll be on the Folger Street side). Within a few blocks' radius are myriad up-and-coming gourmet food producers, breweries, coffee roasters, and other foodie destinations, as well as a host of great galleries and shopping opportunities (Berkeley Bowl West!!).
Our tour and factory store are on a short hiatus while we dismantle the production facility and rebuild it, but if you're in the City and hankering for a chocolate fix – we've got you covered: we're opening a kiosk at Westfield San Francisco Centre on the second floor in front of the Bebe store!
We'll be posting regular updates on our progress both on our Tour page, and in our social media channels to keep everyone in the loop – we're targeting mid-April to open across the bay. In the meantime, we thank you all for your continued support and chocolate love and we're looking forward to writing more great chocolate history and joining the West Berkeley food community!
An America's Cup Blog
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- Published on October 8, 2013
- Written by John Kehoe
It was a dream come true — the America's Cup held on San Francisco Bay! Having raced sailboats competitively in high school, college, and later, internationally, it has been incredible to see up-close and personal, the transformation the America's Cup has taken. And it doesn't hurt being able to catch some of the racing just down the Embarcadero from TCHO!
My love of sailing and the America's Cup goes back almost 40 years. I grew up racing sailboats in Marblehead, Massachusetts. And, I toured the yacht, Courageous, in the summer of 1974 when it triumphantly returned to Marblehead after local sail maker and hero, Ted Hood, won the America's Cup in Newport, Rhode Island.
A few years later, I watched from a friend's roof as Courageous and Intrepid, another potential defender, would practice off of the coast of Marblehead. Courageous went on to win the America's Cup for an unprecedented (and unrepeated) second time in 1977, skippered by CNN's Ted Turner. Years ago, my father gave me a print of Courageous winning in 1974, signed by Ted Hood and yacht designer, Olin Stephens.
Last fall, TCHO was invited to tour the Pier 80 compound of this year's America's Cup defender, Oracle Team USA. Russell Coutts, a three-time America's Cup winner, and team CEO, and Jimmy Spithill, also an America's Cup winner and this boat's skipper, signed a copy of my print.
Once a gentleman's offshore yacht race, Larry Ellison, Russell Coutts and Oracle Team USA have launched the America's Cup into the 21st century with ultra-modern, high-speed, carbon fiber, winged-sail catamarans which hydro foil across the water at speeds reaching 50 mph.
Watching these high-tech behemoths battling it out at high speeds on San Francisco bay was an incredible spectacle that amazed everyone, including my wife and one-year-old daughter when we would watch from a bluff over the Golden Gate Bridge in Sausalito. Sailors where naturally drawn to the event, but these incredible machines, flying across the water drew the attention of many more to this new era of sailing and sport.
While much of the action was visible from all over the San Francisco waterfront, NBC Sports and Live-line brought TV viewers out on to the Bay with helicopter and onboard cameras. Live-line is lead by Sam Honey, a long-time sailor. The company invented the on-screen first down line for football and the blue puck in hockey. Their work won an Emmy Award last fall for the creative new ways to show TV viewers what was happening on the water in sailing. On-screen grids, boundaries and visual effects all added to the interest and excitement of the event.
If all that was not enough, Sam Honey and friends invented an app, Virtual Eye. This app tracks the boats on the course in real time through GPS, with more on-screen telemetry data – speed, direction, and angles.
Then, of course, there was the racing and the drama. Emirates Team New Zealand won the right to challenge for the cup through an uneventful, one-sided challenger series. At the start of the first race of the America's Cup, Oracle Team USA and Emirates Team New Zealand proved to be closely matched and provided exciting racing in their flying machines. Emirates Team New Zealand was initially faster, maneuvered better, and sailed smarter, bringing the regatta to a precipice. They were at match point with a score of 8 races to 1. Oracle Team USA orchestrated one of the best sailing and sports comebacks of all time by making major changes to their boat and bringing aboard a new tactician. The team refocused and came roaring back from the precipice to even out the regatta 8 – 8. That was an exciting week of racing!
In a last, winner-take-all, race, Oracle Team USA was the faster boat and dominated the last race. The determination and never-give-up attitude of Oracle Team USA was, and remains, inspirational. The shore team was instrumental in this comeback using reams data that Oracle Team USA deployed to analyze the thousands of data points from the boat and film each night. This allowed them to find new speed every day.
Emirates Team New Zealand almost took the America's Cup Down Under with their fast boat and solid teamwork by a group of talented sailors. But, it is formidable to compete in a technological battle with the U.S. team who has almost unlimited resources and an equally talented and dedicated group of sailors.
TCHO celebrates this extraordinary America's Cup and Oracle Team USA's win with our Sail SF artist series commemorating the innovation, speed and design of this amazing America's Cup.
John Kehoe is TCHO's VP of Sourcing and Development. He leads our TCHOSource farmer programs and our Bean Team that helps make great chocolate while helping make a better world.
TCHOSource Photo Blog: Peru
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- Published on October 4, 2013
- Written by Katie Gilmer
The TCHOSource Team visited Noarandino in northern Peru. Here we are with reps from the co-op, at one of their cacao drying patios. It's empty because the harvest had already finished for the year.
The insides of a fresh cacao bean. Look how different two beans from the same pod can be! About 99.99% of the world's cacao beans are purple in color when fresh from their pod, however the white bean is apart of a rare variety found only in northern Peru and holds a complex and unique flavor.
Mototaxi, the preferred method of transport in Northern Peru.
Fermented beans at a fermenting center in northern Peru. The color variation is due to different varieties of cacao.
Aldo goes in for a close up! He is the technical coordinator for our USAID grant which works in partnership with Equal Exchange, to improve cacao and coffee cooperatives in Peru, Ecuador and the Dominican Republic.
Close up of cacao beans in the fermentation process – crazy to think that stuff will become delicious chocolate, right?
TCHOPairings — The Next Wave of New American Chocolate
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- Written by TCHOsen
"TCHOPairings are all about taking classic, delicious chocolate combinations, and making people do a double take. Mint, hazelnuts, and strawberries are timeless partners with chocolate. With TCHOPairings, we really wanted to push these classics way out of their comfort zones by using completely new, unique ingredients (like freeze-dried mint gelato or custom baked pie crust), combined with TCHO's award-winning Organic and Fair Trade chocolate." - Brad Kintzer, Chief Chocolate Maker
TCHO's next wave of tree-to-bean-to-bar New American Chocolate includes three mind-blowing TCHOPairings – TCHunky TCHOtella; Galactic Gelato; and Strawberry Rhubarb Pie.
TCHUnky TCHOtella
New American Chocolate takes inspiration from our favorite flavors world-wide. We're all about taking classic flavors and adding a New American twist. So we took an Italian classic since 1800 called gianduja (pronounced "john-do-ya") and made the flavors all our own. Gianduja is traditionally made by combining hazelnut paste and milk chocolate, or some variation thereof. (A somewhat similar flavor known outside of Italy by the familiar jar of brown spread, Nutella — although, we hasten to add, that Nutella doesn't have any chocolate in it.)
We innovated this classic flavor profile by adding hazelnut chunks to heighten the hazelnut flavor. And, of course, by tossing in a dash of sea salt – to heighten all flavors. The organic hazelnuts are sourced from Piedmont, Italy, be- cause they simply taste the best, and the chocolate is our award-winning SeriousMilk™.
The result? A New American Gianduja, with an utterly spectacular, decadent rich mouth feel. Incredibly sophisticated, insanely addictive. This is TCHunky TCHOtella.
Galactic Gelato
Galactic Gelato came from the idea of taking one of our favorite desserts – mint ice cream with chocolate chips – and turning it inside out: chocolate with mint ice cream chips.
But how could we turn this classic ice cream flavor inside out? We had to channel our inner child. We loved astronaut ice cream as kids! We would go to a science museum and save up the few dollars our parents had given us to get a souvenir. Some kids sprang for the sea monkeys; some for the Venus fly traps. We knew what was really worth our much-deserved room-cleaning money most: Astronaut Ice Cream. With just one bite (and a little imagination), we were "3, 2, 1 … Blast Off!" in a rocket ship, hurling hundreds of miles an hour, leaving the world behind. We were, literally, out of this world! Years later, we wanted to bring that euphoric blast-off feeling back again. Galactic Gelato does just that. So sit down, close your eyes, and prepare for blast off.
Strawberry Rhubarb Pie
Q: What's a more New American dessert than pie?
A: Nothing. Our grand country is known for its fondness of, and creativity in, pie making. Pie is classic American dessert; a staple at every holiday meal. From Autumn apple to Thanksgiving pumpkin, Southern pecan, winter Sweet Potato, Boston Cream, lemon meringue, Banana Cream, Cherry, Coconut Custard, the American innovation in pie-making is astounding. We even have Pi DAY!
So how to blend New American chocolate with a classic American staple?
Step 1: Find the pie flavors that taste best with chocolate. We decided on strawberry rhubarb! The distinctive fruit sweetness of organic strawberries and the tang of a touch of rhubarb is absolutely divine.
Step 2: Work with one of our favorite bakeries – Starter Bakery, in Oakland – to craft the perfect piecrust. Ours is salty-sweet, and perfectly flaky, with a dash of cinnamon.
Step 3: Fresh whipped cream just wasn't an option. So we mimicked the flavor by drenching the deconstructed pie parts in our delectable SeriousMilkTM chocolate. With warm, creamy, caramel notes, SeriousMilkTM is the perfect chocolate!
Step 4: Nosh on this insanely fun, all-around New American bar, Strawberry Rhubarb Pie.
"New American Chocolate, indeed!"
All this mouth magic is wrapped in striking, design-forward packaging developed by Wired's former creative director John Plunkett — perfecting an experience that delights like no other chocolate available today.
Kintzer sums up this chocolate milestone perfectly: "Welcome to TCHOPairings – part flavor nostalgia, part craft chocolate, part San Francisco psychedelic; 100% New American Chocolate." CEO and Chief Creative Louis Rossetto adds: "These new bars will wow your taste buds, stun your optic nerve. New American Chocolate indeed!"


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