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A faux chocolate product that contains some but not all the components necessary to be considered true chocolate. Mockolate is most often missing cocoa butter, which creates a frustrating illusion of chocolate but little of the taste or mouthfeel.
Friday, August 15, 2008
Regal Dynasty European Dark Chocolate
On my continuing quest to try off brands of confections to see if saving a little money means sacrificing taste, I came upon this bar at the Walgreen's, mixed in with the other upscale chocolate bars: Regal Dynasty European Chocolate. This bar was called simply Dark Chocolate. For $1.29 and clocking in at 6.3 ounces, I was more than curious how well it could compare.
The packaging is less than exciting, in fact it looks dated, like some sort packet of cheap stationery from the Office Max circa 1993. The paper is rather flimsy and the foil wrapper inside is similarly thin, though both seem to do their job of protecting the bar well enough. So I can look past that (especially since I've had some very expensive bars that I don't think have very attractive or useful packaging).
The ingredients however are a big old red flag: sugar, cocoa mass, vegetable fat, cocoa butter, soy lecithin, flavor. It states that the cocoa solids are a minimum of 45%. But it never says what those vegetable fats are or if that flavor is natural.
The bar is lovely. It's well molded and has a crisp snap.
It has a sweet and slightly cinnamon & cereal smell to it. It has a difficult melt though, but as it does soften, it is very sweet but at least not chalky or gritty. But it's cool on the tongue, which usually means substitute fats or substitute sugars and always makes me a bit uneasy.
The chocolate notes aren't deep or complex or satisfying. I would probably find this passable in a chocolate croissant, but standing alone as a piece of confection, it tastes watery and empty of nuance.
The simple fact is that it's not chocolate. I'd hazard that since the vegetable fats come before the cocoa butter on the ingredients list that it wouldn't even qualify under the laxer rules in Europe that allow veggie fats up to 5%. No, this is a plain old false label. It's not chocolate. Not even close. But in an odd twist, it doesn't have any dairy fats so can be considered vegan!
Even though I liked it a bit more than the Carlos V Chocolate Style Bar and it was cheaper, I can't get past the fact that its downright false label.
Hopefully it will make passable brownies (which is what happens to many of the bars that I can't bring myself to eat). Oddly enough, I can see myself buying this again though if I need a really nice looking, generic chocolate bar for a photo shoot. But if you're looking for something you can actually eat that doesn't cost too much, wait for a sale on something you know you like or just settle for a smaller package.
UPDATE November 3, 2009: Walgreen's is discontinuing this bar. In it's place you can buy an even more dreadful bar from R.M. Palmer called 2 Buck Choc, which has awful and unappealing graphics on the wrapper and of course doesn't taste nearly as good as this (which I didn't like but at least give it credit).
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Tuesday, August 12, 2008
Carlos V: Dark Knight
Nestle made a big deal earlier this year with their American launch of their popular Mexican chocolate bar, Carlos V. The bar comes in two varieties, Milk Chocolate Style and Dark Chocolate Style.
I tried the Mexican import some years ago, back when it was just a milk chocolate bar and found it interesting, very milky and quite different from American or UK style chocolate.
What I found alarming about the new bars that Nestle's is now selling in the US market is this nuevo dark chocolate style bar. Gotta wonder what the style of dark chocolate is. I've got to tip my hat to Nestle, dark chocolate style sounds much better than mockolate or chocolatey or chocolate flavored.
It reminds me of the Superfriends characters of Zan and Jayna when I was a kid. They'd activate their Wonder Twin Powers (tm), Zan would take the form of something made with water and Jayna would take the shape of an animal. See, they weren't actually changing, Zan wouldn't actually be a huge iceberg, he'd just be the shape of an iceberg with iceberg qualities but remain sentient and with the full power to change back. Same with Jayna, she'd become a sea eagle, but that wouldn't mean that she'd suddenly lose her senses and eat Gleek.
So while I get that this is a bar that walks like a chocolate bar and talks like a chocolate bar, that doesn't make it a chocolate bar.
The Nestle Carlos V Dark Knight is nicely packaged. The new version is full sized, 1.41 ounces instead of the old 3/4 of an ounce version. The bar is nicely domed and segmented.
The color is good though the snap is a bit soft.
As a chocolate style bar, it has a good amount of chocolate in it, the ingredients go like this:
So it's not even vegan friendly (also it is made in a facility that processes peanuts and wheat products).
It smells like cocoa, sweet and kind of empty.
The taste is, well, similarly empty. It's chocolatey, in the sense that it's the flavor, but not much else qualifies it as such. It's not creamy, it doesn't really melt well though it is rather smooth once chewed up. But later there's an aftertaste ... of vitamins. You know, those tasty large horsepills with a high B vitamin content. Oh, the aftertaste, kind of bitter and musty.
It has very little style, chocolate or otherwise, and it's sad. The traditional Carlos V bar has also become milk chocolate style, Candy Snob reviewed the new version recently.
(No, I'm not even going to go into how cheesy I think naming the bar Dark Knight is.)
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Friday, August 8, 2008
Bel Chocolatey Bars
In tough economic times it's tempting to try to save a little money on items like candy. Buying in bulk is usually the most economical way to go, but some of us also recognize that a 5 lb bag of gummi bears will last as long as a 1 lb bag.
So another option is to find a generic or off-brand of a tried and true favorite. The bargain stores like 99 Cent Only are an excellent place to find these lesser known brands. While it's understandable to assume that all the candy at 99 Cent Only or Dollar Tree or the like is past its prime, often these stores have special deals with candy companies to make sizes that can come in at their price point, so much of it is specially sized for value. (Well, either that or just be a reliable deal instead of waiting for the snack packs to come on sale at the grocery store.)
I found this line of snack sized candy bars at 99 Cent Only made by Bel. The package is a veritable Rosetta Stone with ingredients lists in English, Spanish, Portuguese and French with some other Arabic script on the wrapper as well. I found four varieties and bought three: Strawberry Burst, Vanilla Cookies and Toffee Taste. (The other flavor was some sort of Peanut Butter, but I stupidly grabbed two of the Toffee.)
Strawberry Burst is billed as milk chocolate compound coating with strawberry filling.
Before even opening any of the individual packages, this smelled like strawberries. Like some sort of Strawberry Shortcake candle or something, but still, it was a nice floral and fresh scent.
The wrapper is generic and simply says ChocBar. Only in tiny print stamped on the back does it have the expiry and variety ("STRAW").
I knew going in that these are mockolate, but I also know that there are some decent candies out there with fake chocolate in them, so I was keeping an open mind. It's a rather thin coating and around the edges I could see the pink nougat filling underneath. But still, it was a nice looking little plank. Each bar is about 2.5" inches long and .75 inches wide.
The nougat is soft and fluffy. It has the scent of berries, but very little taste besides sweet. The mockolate doesn't add much, but it also doesn't distract. It's not terribly waxy or grainy or flavorful. Basically it just seals up the nougat fluff.
It's, well, just not my kind of candy, even when well done. (Witness the 3 Musketeers Strawberry limited edition from last year.)
Rating: 3 out of 10
Vanilla Cookies is billed as vanilla candy with crispies and cookies coated in chocolate compound
I regarded this one as promising, I thought some Oreo type crunchies in an otherwise bland nougat might be good. (Seriously, why isn't there a 3 Muskteers version of this?)
The format is pretty much the same as the Strawberry Burst, but a little lumpier, as you can imagine the chocolate cookie crunches are irregular.
The crunches are, well, crunchie. But they don't taste like anything. The whole candy tastes like the marshmallows from Lucky Charms. While those are fine as little marbits mixed in with oaty sugar sweetened cereal, this is just fake vanilla sweetness with no chocolate crunch relief.
It's too bad because I thought this was a really good package design for a cheap product.
Rating: 2 out of 10.
Toffee Taste is billed as milk chocolate compound coating with toffee filling.
The wrapper here was identical to the Strawberry Burst. It smelled like sugar cookies, which is a promising thing as far as I'm concerned.
The filling is a fluffed nougat, it looks like peanut butter but actually tastes a bit like sponge candy, but with a definite artificial bite to it. The burnt sugar notes were not authentic and the lack of a good chocolate component to balance it just kind of left this one hanging.
Rating: 3 out of 10.
If you're looking for candy you can display in your house to demonstrate to people who barely know you that you have excellent self control (let's face it, folks who you know will know the disposition of your self control, you're reading a candy blog!), this is the stuff. The outer wrapper is enticing enough that someone might be impressed that you haven't scarfed down all 12 in the package.
But if you're looking for a great value, this isn't it. You're getting what you paid for, which is twice as much candy, but it's only half as good as you'd like it to be. The previous week I bought some Almond Joy bars - 8 snack sized bars in the package for 4.8 ounces and only 99 cents ... this package has 12 bars but weighed only 5.5 ounces ... so really not that much more candy even. If you can't afford to go upscale, at least get stuff that's tried and true.
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Thursday, August 7, 2008
Kissables (Reformulated)
Alert and distressed readers informed me that Hershey's Kissables have been reformulated and not in a good way.
I was fortunate enough to find both the old variety and the new ones at the 99 Cent Only Store, which is like some sort of time capsule, just dig deep enough into the layers and you can find stuff that goes back to the last century. (Don't worry, both were still within their expiry dates - made only five months apart.)
First, the Original Kissables, as introduced were called Candy Coated Milk Chocolate. (Original review from 2006 here.)
The ingredients: Milk chocolate (sugar, cocoa butter, chocolate, nonfat milk, milk fat, lactose, soy lecithin, PGPR & artificial flavors), sugar, red 40, yellow 5, yellow 6, blue 1 & carnauba wax.
The taste is familiar. The crunch of the shell is crispy and nondescript but gives way to the inimitable Hershey's chocolate flavor that's a little tangy, a bit like yogurt and has a rather interesting rum note to it.
The new version is called Chocolate Candy which is code for chocolate-flavored confection, or candy that contains chocolate but can't be called chocolate because it has other stuff in it that's not permitted by the FDA definitions (like more oil than actual chocolate).
The ingredients: Sugar, vegetable oil (palm, shea, sunflower and/or safflower oil), chocolate, nonfat milk, whey, cocoa butter, milk fat, gum arabic, soy lecithin, artificial colors (red 40, yellow 5, blue 2, blue 1, yellow 6), corn syrup, resinous glaze, salt, carnauba wax, pgpr and vanillin.
They look exactly like their old "pure" counterparts (which really weren't so pure if you ask me). The colors and size are identical. The flavor though, is quite obviously off. The crunch of the shell is familiar, but the flavor of the chocolate lacks any particular pop and feels less fresh. The texture is cooler on the tongue, though has the same fudgy grain that it's always had.
It's not that the new formula is bad, but it certainly lacks a pizazz and familiarity that the old ones had. They old ones were like Kisses. The new ones are like, well, nothing much special. Kind of like chocolate frosting. As a mockolate product, well, they're actually pretty good. These are still far and away better than the Garfield Chocobites or other off-brand/fake chocolate lentils I've had.
The ingredient tweaking had some interesting results as well, which show that it's entirely possible to tell the two apart on taste alone:
..............Original Formula ....................2008 Formula
(This info was taken right from the packages, the Hershey's website lists strangely different nutritional specs for this size package - where the portion is only 1.4 ounces instead of the full 1.5 ounces in the package.)
So the new ones have more salt and sugars, a third of the calcium but no cholesterol. Ten fewer calories, but also made with all sorts of other replacement oils. Oh, and the new ones also have a resinous glaze, which is shellac, which is on most vegetarian's forbidden list.
The copy goes like this (set to a cover of I Melt with You):
Watch the video here or here. While it's for Hershey's Milk Chocolate bar, I take it as a whole branding campaign that Hershey's wants to stress that they make pure chocolate. I'm just not buying it.
More fun with new formulas: Check out what Hershey's has done to the iconic Hershey's Miniatures collection.
UPDATE: Kissables were discontinued in early 2009. They will be replaced by a new line called Pieces which will come in Special Dark, Almond Joy and York Peppermint. (No straight milk chocolate replacement though.) Look for them in December 2009.
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Tuesday, July 29, 2008
Almond Joy
The Almond Joy candy bar was introduced in 1946, just after the World War II, when sugar, tropical coconuts and chocolate became more available. The Peter Paul Manufacturing Co was based in New Haven, Connecticut and was already known for its popular Mounds bar.
Peter Paul, then producing out of their facility in Nagatuck, Connecticut was bought up by Cadbury back in 1978, and in a deal ten years later, Hershey's purchased Cadbury's American operations. Even though the company has gone through a few hands, the bars are still known by their original brand of Peter Paul. The Nagatuck plant that produced Almond Joy's from 1948 forward closed last year and production was consolidated to a Virginia factory.
Mounds and Almond Joy enjoy a bit of a corner on the chocolate covered coconut market here in the United States. For a while Mars tried to push into the arena with their already popular Bounty bars from Europe, but they never quite made it.
The standard single serving package includes two small bars. The moist coconut and fondant center is covered in milk chocolate and studded with two almonds each. They're tucked into a tray to protect them.
The bars smell sweet and a whole lot like coconut. The bite is soft and moist, the mockolate is a bit grainy and fudgy and doesn't really add much flavorwise but does keep things a little creamier (overall I'd say it's not back mockolate and the ingredients to indicate there's real chocolate in there). The almonds, though usually small, are good quality and nicely toasted.
I prefer the Mounds (though I've always wished they'd do a Mounds with Almonds) just for the counterpoint of the bittersweet chocolate and the sweet coconut. But the coconut is always a good texture and chew with a nice tropical flavor and satisfying tropical fat content. But it is sweet, a bit too much for me.
Almond Joy holds a place in many American's hearts because of a very popular advertising campaign in the 80s and their jingle that says, "sometimes you feel like a nut and sometimes you don't" to distinguish between their two coconut bars. Even though that campaign is long gone, the phrase "sometimes you feel like a nut" still knocks around as a cultural reference.
Almond Joy are also available in a few other formats. They have snack pack size, which is slightly smaller than a single from the regular sized. (A two almond one weights approximately .8 ounces while the snack pack size weights about .6 ounces and sports only one almond.)
There is a third size called fun size, which I only see around Halloween, which looks like it's from a box of candy. (See Wikipeda for an example.) That also has only one almond, though probably the highest almond to center & chocolate ratio of the three varieties. Easter also brings a large egg shaped version which also sports a solo almond (reviewed here at Candy Addict).
Out of curiosity (mostly because there was a Consumerist posting yesterday), I picked up the Snack Pack and a regular Almond Joy just to see if there was some sort of shenanigan going on here. Consumerist alleged that there was false advertising because there are two little almonds on the package and the description lists "almonds" instead of almond. I can't really say what the legal situation would be, but I would probably expect that the Snack Pack would simply be the same as a single from regular size.
I can say that this is not a new development. I found this shot from 2005 (back when it was real chocolate too) that shows the single nut on the Snack Pack Almond Joy, so if it were a big deal, I would have expected it to be addressed long before now. While the use of the plural almonds does create a sense of expectation, I'm not sure we also expect a half a coconut's worth of shreds in there too, even though that's also depicted in the artwork.
The Snack Pack, which I picked up at the 99 Cent Only Store, as far as I was concerned, was a very good value. Eight of these smaller bars for only 99 cents. They have 80 calories each. The regular sized ones have 110 calories each. It's pretty obvious that the Snack Pack, even with its decreased almond density is a far better deal than a single bar purchase.
Almond Joy has enjoyed a few alternative varieties through Hershey's limited editions including Key Lime, Passion Fruit, Chocolate Chocolate and Toasted Coconut (my personal favorite over the classic Almond Joy).
UPDATE 9/30/2008: Almond Joy was briefly made with mockolate but after consumer feedback, Hershey's switched back to the original chocolate formula.
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Friday, July 18, 2008
Mini Charleston Chews
After my stellar experience with the Look! bar last month, Christine suggested in the comments that it was like Charleston Chews.
Honestly, I've avoided Charleston Chews, mostly because they have the dreaded mockolate coating. I bought a bar once before and upon opening, it was apparent that it wasn't fresh or maybe that's the way they were supposed to look, so I opted not to review it.
However, at the Walgreen's the other day they were having a sale on theater box candy. I really wanted some Good & Plenty, but the sale was 3 for $3.00 instead of $1.50 each, so I obviously bought three boxes of candy. (The other was Crows.)
Charleston Chews are named after the dance craze of the 20s. Introduced in 1922 by the Fox-Cross Candy Company they've changed hands a few times, manufactured by Warner-Lambert and then Nabisco before being picked up by the Tootsie company in the 90s. Tootsie understands a good taffy chew. The design of the box is classic, as are many Tootsie items. It conveys what to expect, some sort of small white bar of chew covered in a delicious chocolatey coating.
Though the box tells me that these are Vanilla, I know that the long bars come in other flavors including Chocolate and Strawberry. I've never seen those in the mini chew size. (Which is too bad, because I think it'd be fun to be able to buy a mixed box.)
This box was so much better than the first bar I had, so things were encouraging. First, it has a cellophane overwrap. Second, the Walgreen's where I usually shop has pretty good control over their temperature. I've never been in there and found it to be sweltering (and there are plenty of other drug stores in Southern California that have that problem and I won't buy chocolate candy there ... or even chocolatey candy.)
The mockolate coating is kind of chalky looking but I figured that was because of the friction of rattling around in the box. The coating is thin, but enough to usually contain the fluffed chew in the center.
They smell sweet, like vanilla candles. It's soft enough to bite in half or simply chew up. It's a smooth chew to the very end (not like Starbursts or Sugar Babies which both disintegrate into a grainy mess).
The flavor is pleasant, the fake chocolate contributes next to nothing here, not even a little cocoa pop. But the chew is enjoyable enough that I ate most of the box (but didn't have access to much other candy as I'm traveling). As a movie treat, they're easy to eat mindlessly.
However, having had the Look! bar, which is a chew covered in real chocolate, this is a silly waste of my time. But I still think I'll try the Strawberry & Chocolate varieties at some point.
Rosa at ZOMG Candy also wasn't thrilled with them.
These contain egg whites (and oodles of milk products) so are not suitable for vegans. Kosher.
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Wednesday, June 4, 2008
The Oh Henry!s
The Oh Henry! bar is one of oldest extant candy bars in North America. There are two stories of the origin of the bar. The first is that the bar was invented by Tom Henry in 1919, who ran the Peerless Candy Company (known for their hard candies) where the bar was known as the Tom Henry Bar. He sold the recipe for the bar to Williamson Candy Store in Chicago.
The other story is that it was actually invented by the Williamson Candy Store and named for a helpful customer whom the female clerks would often ask favors of, by saying "Oh, Henry, could you move that heavy box."
It was often billed as "the ten cent piece of dollar candy" and became popular in Chicago eventually expanding as a national candy bar through the tenacious efforts of John Glossinger (whom Glosettes are named after). Williamson Candy, at some point, sold out to Ward-Johnson which was swallowed up by Nabisco in 1981 (which was also holding the Curtiss bars - Baby Ruth & Butterfinger included- at that time). Finally in 1990 Nestle bought the Curtiss bars, SnoCaps, Goobers & Raisinets from Nabisco. (Some of this is a bit murky and I traced it mostly through trademark registrations, and probably matters very little in the end.)
The bar is simple enough, a vanilla fudge center with caramel & peanuts then covered in chocolate. It's gone through some changes over the years besides ownership. This is where things get interesting from an evolutionary standpoint. In 1987 Hershey Canada got the rights to produce the bar (through Nabisco which owned Canadian confectioner Lowney). The Hershey's Oh Henry! is more than a little different from the American bar, as we'll see.
Though the American bar used to be a single, it has now morphed into a double bar (a la Mounds) while the Canadian version remains pretty much the same as it was 30 years ago.
The package on the Nestle version says: 2 peanutty * caramel * fudge bars in milk chocolate. It weighs 1.8 ounces (51 grams). It comes sealed in a simple yellow plasticized wrapper.
The package on the Hershey version says: crunchy peanuts, chewy fudge, creamy caramel, covered in a chocolaty coating. It weighs 2.2 ounces (62.5 grams). It comes in a mylar wrapper with a small folded paperboard tray.
The innards of the two Oh Henrys! tell more about them. The American Oh Henry! is rather organized and stratified.
The Nestle one has a caramel base then a fudge mixed with peanuts. It's all covered in what they call real milk chocolate. It has a nice roasted peanut flavor, but the difference between the caramel and the fudge is minimal. The fudge is a bit saltier, but caramel is short and grainy instead of being chewy and creamy. At first I thought it was just a not-so-fresh bar, so I bought another. And another. This is the third I've bought and second I've photographed for this review.
The two pieces are nicely sized and the flavor balance overall is good. I would prefer some really good creamy chocolate to pull it together, but that's just not Nestle's style.
The Hershey one reminds me a bit of a narrow Payday Chocolatey Avalanche. The fudge is at the center here and much lighter in color (reminding me quite a bit of a nougat except there are no eggs in it). On top of the fudge is a thin layer of caramel which holds the peanuts. The whole thing is covered in a chocolatey coating (which actually contains real chocolate with cocoa butter, but it also has modified palm oil in it, which takes it out of the real chocolate column).
The nuts play a much bigger role here, probably because they mingle with both the (mock)chocolate and the caramel. For fake chocolate, it does a much better job of being creamy and tasty than Nestle's real stuff. The caramel has a kind of fake butter flavor to it, but this is only noticeable if you take the bar apart and try to eat the elements separately (now why would you wanna do that?).
While Nestle just lets the Oh Henry! bar do its thing here in the States, up in the Great White North it's another story entirely. Hershey goes to down with the bar. First, it's one of the largest single-serve bars in Canada, so it's known as a good value. Hershey also does limited editions and other versions of the bar. I got a hold of a few.
Oh Henry! Dark is exactly what you'd think: the same Oh Henry! bar but with real dark chocolate.
It's not quite as sweet as the regular Oh Henry! and really quite a nice bar. The dark chocolate gives it a bigger chocolate pop instead of all that dairy-tasting milk chocolate. I could use a dash of salt, but, that's just me, eh.
All of the variation bars are slightly smaller, at only 60 grams (2.12 ounces).
The Peanut Butter Oh Henry! (with Reese (r) Peanut Butter) swaps out the fudge with a peanut butter mass in the center.
It's a bit flatter than the other bars. It's also a bit greasy. This one also has a mockolate coating which isn't as creamy and just a bit bloomed.
It's really peanutty. It's also pleasantly salty ... or unpleasantly so if you think that 115 mg is a little much for a candy bar (the standard Hershey Oh Henry! has 50 mg).
The peanut center also made the caramel more noticeable, probably because it isn't as dense and chewy as the fudge. (This one is not a limited edition but appears to be a permanent variation.)
The final limited edition item is the Oh Henry! Oh Canada. It first appeared last year for Canada Day (July 1st) so mine is a bit past its prime (the expiration says January 2008).
The bar is described on the wrapper: Crunchy peanuts, red chewy fudge, white creamy caramel, covered in a chocolatey coating. This combo results in red and white in every bite!.
Yes, that fudge center there is actually red. And maple flavored.
Even if it is expired, it was still pretty tasty. I liked the intense maple flavor that permeated the bar. It was like toasted, caramelized pecans.
Overally, I much prefer the Canadian Oh Henry! from Hershey, even if it does have mockolate on it. The Dark Oh Henry! is superior to all the others, but since it was a Limited Edition, the original (which by the way, better reflects the American original anyway) will do in a pinch. But given a choice, I'd probably opt for the whole thing sans (mock)chocolate and get a Payday.
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Thursday, May 15, 2008
Bubu Lubu
I picked this bar up at Target. They're not available at all Target stores, in fact, the only one I see them at is the Target in Harbor City here in the Los Angeles area. I think it's cool that Target has regionally relevant offerings and while this isn't exactly a local product, I'm sure the folks who requested it and buy it are happy to have a taste of home.
Bubu Lubu is a Mexican candy from Ricolino. It's described on the package (in English and Spanish) as strawberry flavored jelly and marshmallow with chocolate flavored coating. I know, I know, why am I buying a mockolate product? How could I not! Look at that metallic blue wrapper, the white marshmallow character with the spiky Lisa Simpson hair and strawberry-flavored scarf & gloves! And the name, people, just say that name out loud a few times.
They don't say so on the package, but many folks enjoy Bubu Lubu frozen. (I don't happen to care for cold candy, but that's just me, so I ate mine room temperature.)
Even the shape of the bar is fun, with its little curves.
Inside, it's pretty obvious how it lives up to the description. A white marshmallow base with a stripe of fruity red jelly and then covered in a crackly mockolate coating.
The strawberry jelly is tart and smooth but overwhelms any delicate vanilla flavors the marshmallow may have. The marshmallow is bouncing and lightly foamy, kind of like a meringue. The jelly creates a bit of a grainy coating, especially when it comes into contact with the mockolate, so it's yet another texture. The mockolate, well, it's kind of waxy and only vaguely cocoa flavored. I consider it the edible container for the jelly & marshmallow, not a full participant in this confection.
The bar is rather light, even though it looks pretty big it only weighs in at 1.23 ounces (35 grams).
Since there's really nothing else like this in the American candy bar world, I think it's great that this is finding its way onto American shelves. Not really a bar for me, the strawberry isn't authentically jammy enough. But hey, it was 50 cents, so it's not like I can expect something extraordinary. If you're watching your calories, the fact that there's no chocolate in there and all that marshmallow & jelly means that it rings in at a modest 126 calories.
This actually isn't the first time I've bought Bubu Lubu, but this was the best looking bar I've had so far. I'm not sure if I'm not getting them fresh, or this is just the way that they always look. I'm not sure I'd ever find this combination, even factory-fresh with top notch ingredients excellent, but I'm sure that there are many fans of the bar.
Other views of Bubu Lubu: a review atMexico or Bust, this photo shows what the full character looks like, Candy Addict review and some Bubu Lubu love & nostalgia.
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Article: Hemodynamic and pathophysiological characteristics of intradialytic blood pressure elevation in patients with end-stage renal disease[Show abstract] [Hide abstract]
ABSTRACT: An increase in systolic blood pressure (SBP) after hemodialysis (intradialytic-HTN) is associated with adverse outcomes in patients on regular hemodialysis. However, the hemodynamic and Doppler echocardiographic characteristics of intradialytic-HTN and its impact on clinical outcomes are unclear. A retrospective analysis of 84 patients (45 men, 70±9 years) stratified into three groups on the basis of SBP response from pre- to post-hemodialysis: GHTN (intradialytic-HTN, SBP increase 10 mm Hg), GDROP<15 mm Hg (SBP drop <15 mm Hg), and GDROP15 mm Hg (SBP drop 15 mm Hg). Hemodynamic and echocardiographic assessments were performed pre- and post-hemodialysis, and patients were followed for 41±17 months. GHTN had higher blood glucose and lower baseline SBP, serum potassium and total cholesterol. Cardiothoracic ratio was smaller, and peak early diastolic mitral annular velocity (E') was lower in GHTN. During hemodialysis, SBP and diastolic blood pressure increased only in GHTN. After hemodialysis, left ventricular (LV) filling pressure (E/E' ratio) decreased only in GDROP15 mm Hg, resulting in a higher E/E' ratio in GHTN than GDROP15 mm Hg. Multivariate logistic regression analysis revealed a positive correlation between blood glucose and intradialytic-HTN, whereas cardiothoracic ratio, pre-hemodialysis SBP and the change in E/E' ratio with hemodialysis were negatively related to intradialytic-HTN. During follow-up, GHTN had more cardiovascular deaths than GDROP15 mm Hg (P=0.03). Multivariate Cox regression analysis showed that lower serum potassium and previous coronary artery disease, but not intradialytic-HTN, were associated with cardiovascular deaths. A higher LV afterload and elevated filling pressures after hemodialysis, indicative of increased cardiovascular stiffening and impaired diastolic filling, may contribute in part to an increased cardiovascular burden in patients with intradialytic-HTN.
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ABSTRACT: No consensus exists on the amount of bed rest required after renal biopsy. Moreover, forced prolonged bed rest can be uncomfortable in patients undergoing renal biopsy. To evaluate whether the length of strict bed rest affects the incidence of pain and other complications after renal biopsy. STUDY DESIGN, FACILITY, AND PATIENTS: This single-center retrospective observational study was conducted in 94 consecutive patients undergoing biopsy of a native kidney between November 2005 and December 2006 at Mie University Hospital. The control group was composed of 317 patients who underwent biopsy of a native kidney between January 2001 and October 2005. The incidence of biopsy-related complications was compared between two periods of strict bed rest: 2 h of strict bed rest with no abdominal bandage (November 2005 to December 2006) and 7 h of strict bed rest with an abdominal bandage (January 2001 to October 2005). The primary outcome was the incidence of back pain requiring analgesics. The secondary outcomes were: need for transfusion or hemostatic intervention, decrease of >/=10% in hemoglobin (Hb) after biopsy, macroscopic hematuria, infection possibly related to biopsy, need for single or indwelling bladder catheterization, and other biopsy-related complications. The incidence of back pain requiring analgesics decreased with a shorter period of strict bed rest [7.5% versus 21.1%, odds ratio (OR) 0.30, 95% confidence interval (95% CI) 0.12-0.64, p = 0.004]. Even after adjustment for age, sex, perinephric hematoma size, and number of biopsy punctures, the incidence of back pain decreased significantly (OR 0.34, 95% CI 0.14-0.73, p = 0.01). With a shorter period of strict bed rest, there were no significant differences in bleeding complications (need for transfusion or other hemostatic intervention), decrease of >or=10% in Hb or macroscopic hematuria. However, the need for indwelling bladder catheterization decreased significantly (36.2% versus 50.5%, OR 0.55, 95% CI 0.34-0.88, p = 0.013). Shortening the period of strict bed rest after renal biopsy from 7 h to 2 h decreased the incidence of back pain, but there was no increase in bleeding or other biopsy-related complications. Our findings suggest that a shorter period of strict bed rest can safely reduce discomfort in renal biopsy patients.
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ABSTRACT: Renal biopsy is essential for the diagnosis of kidney diseases, but complications, particularly bleeding incidents, remain problematic. To evaluate the frequency of renal biopsy complications, and to reveal clinical and laboratory factors associated with overt bleeding complications, focusing on those available at hospital ward, we conducted a retrospective observational study for the period between 2001 and 2005 at Mie University Hospital in patients who underwent percutaneous renal biopsy of a native kidney. Of a total of 323 patients, 317 met the inclusion criteria. Only one patient (0.3%) required blood transfusion or intervention to stop bleeding. The mean decrease in hemoglobin (Hb) after biopsy was 0.43 +/- 0.7 g/dL. Hb decreased > or =1.0 g/dL in 66 patients (20.8%) and > or =10% in 32 patients (10.1%). On ultrasonography, perirenal hematoma was detected immediately after biopsy in 273 patients (86.1%), and 41 patients (12.9%) showed hematoma > or =2 cm in width. Analgesics were required for back pain in 67 patients (21.1%). Vasovagal response developed in 31 patients (9.8%). Macrohematuria occurred in 12 patients (3.8%). Urinary catheter was used in 161 patients (50.8%). For Hb decrease > or =10% after biopsy, multivariate analysis revealed perirenal hematoma (> or =2 cm) as a significant factor. Other significant factors were prolonged international normalized ratio of prothrombin time, elevated blood pressure on hospital admission, older age, increased serum creatinine level, and steroid use. Perirenal hematoma > or =2 cm on ultrasonography immediately after biopsy might well represent a predictive factor for bleeding complications.
Article: Unusual glomerulopathy with aggregated subepithelial microspheric particles resembling membranous nephropathy: A variant of glomerulopathy associated with podocytic infolding?[Show abstract] [Hide abstract]
ABSTRACT: A 69-year-old woman presented with unusual electron microscopic findings. The patient was admitted to ascertain the cause of her persistent proteinuria, and kidney biopsy was performed. While light microscopic findings and immunofluorescence study suggested membranous nephropathy, electron microscopic study showed microspheric particles aggregated in the subepithelial space where electron-dense deposits should have existed. While the microspheric particles could have been unusual and rough deposits, detailed study suggested that the particles could be parts of glomerular podocytes, for example foot processes. This unusual finding was considered as being in a unique clinical course of membranous nephropathy, but a variant of glomerulopathy associated with podocytic infolding, proposed by Joh et al. (J Nephrol 49:61-67, 2007), could not be excluded.
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ABSTRACT: Alport syndrome is a hereditary nephropathy that results in irreversible, progressive renal failure. Recent reports suggested that bone marrow transplantation (BMT) has a beneficial, short-term effect on renal injury in Alport (Col4a3(-/-)) mice, but its long-term effects, especially with regard to survival, are unknown. In this study, Alport mice received a transplant of either wild-type or Col4a3(-/-) bone marrow cells. Surprising, laboratory evaluations and renal histology demonstrated similar findings in both transplanted groups. Transplanted cells accounted for >10% of glomerular cells at 8 wk, but type IV collagen alpha3 chains were not detected in glomerular basement membranes of either group by immunofluorescence or Western blot analysis, although Col4a3 mRNA in the kidney could be amplified by reverse transcription-PCR in knockout mice that received a transplant of wild-type bone marrow. Both transplanted groups, however, survived approximately 1.5 times longer than untreated knockout mice (log rank P < 0.05). These data suggested that irradiation, which preceded BMT, may have conferred a survival benefit; therefore, the survival time of knockout mice was assessed after sublethal irradiation (3, 6, and 7 Gy) without subsequent BMT. A strong positive correlation between irradiation dosage and survival time was identified (P < 0.0001). In conclusion, the improved survival observed in Alport mice that received a transplant of wild-type bone marrow might be primarily attributed to as-yet-unidentified effects of irradiation.
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Published: Thursday, May 31, 2012 at 6:30 a.m.
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For those who may have missed it, big John Travolta news broke last week: The actor and wife Kelly Preston will host gala and movie screening to benefit several local charities.
Set for June 30, the event will revolve around Oliver Stone's new thriller "Savages," in which Travolta plays a fast-talking DEA agent. The film is slated to open nationally on July 6, thus local party guests will get to see the film a week before the rest of the country.
The $150-per-guest reception — with Travolta and Preston — will be at the Ewers Century Center at the College of Central Florida. The movie will be screened for guests later that night at Regal's Hollywood 16.
The event will benefit the Boys & Girls Clubs of Ocala, the College of Central Florida Foundation-Jett Travolta Scholarship, the Munroe Regional Medical Center Foundation, Never Say Never and the Ocala Police Department. The Travoltas have helped raise tens of thousands of dollars for many of these benefactors already during similar movie galas in Ocala since 2007's "Wild Hogs" event.
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The "new age", more specifically Kendrick, must've forgotten what people like Lupe has done. This is all said with a yawn-ish type of tone, as if he's bored with what Kendrick (or other rappers). Lupe has taken many subliminal shots at rappers often times calling them out by name (essentially what Kendrick did with Control); telling them to improve their craft, instead of recycling lyrically sub-par tracks and only as hot as their last beat.
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Velti's own research has revealed that up to 55 per cent of UK consumers would be willing to opt-in to mobile communications from trusted brands. That said it's worth noting that they will only accept mobile messaging from a limited number of companies, typically from between one and three, this means the window of opportunity for brands is already closing. Couple this with the knowledge that smartphones and tablet devices are continuously opening up even more ways for brands to connect with customers, then traditional barriers to establishing your brand presence on mobile seem less and less relevant. In addition, innovations such as mobile payments, location-based services and in-app advertising all present opportunities to build greater engagement between the customer and the brand.
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This was a reply from AdSense support when I enquired about using AdSense whilst testing sites so it's a safe procedure.
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Well, it was a reply from AdSense support. Unfortunately, I can't quote you their email but my question was about having AdSense on a site that was under construction but already accessible to quite a number of people. I wanted the ads to show but didn't want them to be counted.
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text: Alexey Dejneka <adejneka@...> writes: > Hello, Hi! Good to know you're still around. :-) > Christophe Rhodes <csr21@...> writes: > >> I don't think I understand this either. Consider >> >> (ldb (byte 28 0) (+ (+ a b) (+ c d))) >> >> where a, b, c and d are declare as being of type (unsigned-byte 28). >> If there is no modular substitution of the + operators, then the outer >> + will return an (unsigned-byte 30) [ which on a 32-bit platform is a >> bignum ], so needless testing and bignum consing will occur. Instead, >> I believe a more sensible evaluation should be >> >> (ldb (byte 28 0) (+/mod29 (+/mod29 a b) (+/mod29 c d))) > > Signedness of _intermediate_ results is completely unimportant. > +/mod29 (for (unsigned-byte 29)) requires one extra instruction to > clear the sign bit; a better implementation is +/smod30 (for > (signed-byte 30)). OK, I think I understand this -- each +/mod29 must clear the top bit, whereas +/smod30 need not; this is because for +/smod30 the entire 30-bit effective register is always valid (the two tag bits need to be cleared always, of course, though they remain clear automatically for +) while +/mod29 needs special treatment of the top bit, because the return value from that function must be non-negative. I think, though, that the overall point remains: that refusing to do modular arithmetic on (ldb (byte 28 0) (+ (+ a b) (+ c d))) because 28 does not match one of the "good" modular widths exactly leads to suboptimal code. No? Cheers, Christophe


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Sent a couple of weeks ago, referenced TechDirt, but no response as of yet from Burr's office.
Hillary is pretty good, unfortunately, at slick rhetoric that allows her to be on "both" sides of an issue. She did the same with encryption, but she was clearly outside of her element and fumbled at finding the appropriate language.
Once the politicians realize that the NSA meta-data program will be essentially useless; they will come up with a new scheme. Cell phone registration.
Everyone buying a cell phone will have to prove who they are with some sort of government ID. Similar to auto registration, periodically (once a year maybe) you will have to renew your "registration" and re-prove who you are. Just think a whole new security role for the idle TSA employees!!! Those failing to renew would have their cell phones disabled immediately.
PS: Each time you renew, all the phone calls will be downloaded into a friendly NSA computer.
Too far fetched?
The NSA meta-data program will be nearly as useless as the supposed "Golden Key" in combating terrorism.
1. The "bad" people can change phones and/or number on a periodic basis.
2. The "bad" people can use fake names. Old phones linked to a name can be tossed. A new phone with a new number and new name can be bought.
3. Before, during, or after an incident the entire set of cell phones used for that incident can be replaced during each phase. (that would imply using 3 cell phones per person)
Off course the NSA data-collection effort could work if the "bad" people are stupid; such as keeping the same phone for several years.
Good example. If I recall correctly Sony even went so far as to claim that the software could not be modified by the user.
Also there have been several music servers, where the companies pulled the plug. I don't know, however, if the users of those music servers lost their investment of if they were given other opportunities to save what they paid for.
Fox News has been brazingly pushing for the reinstitution of data collection effort in the name of making it easier for law enforcement and for security. Unfortunately, they are not interviewing those who believe that the data collection efforts would be futile and un-Constitutional.
1. The terrorists could cycle to new phone numbers on a periodic basis and/or after a major event. Essentially that would make the collection of phone numbers almost useless.
2. The stupid "back door" solution to "break" encryption keeps surfacing and surfacing. Well, the terrorists can develop their own encryption making a "back door" useless. Also these "back door" pundits don't seem to realize that a lot of our activities, such as financial transactions, requires strong encryption.
It bothers me, that companies demand honesty out of you but they themselves are not willing to be honest in return. As one example, a few years ago I bought a game, it had the usual EULA. I read it and declined. Guess what, there were no instructions on how to return the game for a refund. I contacted the company and they refused to provide a refund.
PS: My credit card company did give me a credit. Good for them at least.
Financial institutions require unbreakable encryption. Funny thing, the positives of encryption never seem to be mentioned by those advocating for a "backdoor".
A so-called "backdoor" will never work. Obvious, yet the mindless repetitive chants calling for it never seem to cease. Unbelievable.
This morning, Fox News trotted out a police chief who blamed encryption for frustrating the ability of law enforcement to monitor potential terrorists. Missing from the discussion is that the ability to "break" encryption means that there is no security, even for legitimate uses.
The Federal government as well as all State and local governments can save taxpayer dollars by using open source software, such as Linux and LibreOffice.
Most of the office work done by staff is based on word-processing and spreadsheets. LibreOffice is just as good as MS Office, and is a lot cheaper - as in free.
When posting on forums or creating documents (especially academic and scientific papers), hyper-links serve a critical purposes. They document the source of your information.
Robocalls are not "... good faith communications from businesses to their customers. ...". Virtually every call "hides" who the true caller is. That dishonesty in itself demonstrates that they are not calling in "good faith".
Furthermore, an overlooked issue, I am not paying the phone company to receive these calls. The phone companies and the FCC should be more proactive in stopping unsolicited phone calls.
The telemarketers who are cold-calling you are committing a tort on you. They are disrupting your life and are imposing a financial obligation (your phone bill) on you.
I have moved on to Linux, so I seldom access Windows games. One of my daughters visited, so we decided to play a game (Civ 4) and it would not load. After much searching we found out that it was do to an M$ update. (Seems that a pop-up could have been provided upon loading the game to let the user know.)
I just received a response from 2K Support. Essentially, they will offer to move you to Steam. An unacceptable solution. They either need to develop a patch in cooperation with M$ or provide a patch that removes the DRM requirement. Civ 4 is a very old game now.
Anyway, this incident continues to confirm that M$ and its associated partners will pull the plug on you without notice. A major reason for switching to Linux.
Now that Obama has been mentioned. The presence of a so-called "Golden Key" opens the door to using it for blatant political gain.
For the progressive left, the purpose of law is to further their political objectives. Not in agreement with their mantra? You are then designated an "enemy of the state". Consequently, using a "Golden Key" is the perfect tool to find out what "enemies of the State" (terrorists) are doing. The NSA may soon be charged with monitoring internet/cell phone conversations to locate all outstanding Confederate flags.
Those who mistakenly believe that a supposed "Golden Key" will solve law enforcement concerns, seem to neglect the obvious counter solution. The "bad" guys can simply implement their own encryption, thereby making any supposed "Golden Key" useless.
When a user declines the TOS, they should be entitled to a refund as the game will be DOA. When a user declines the TOS, the next screen should display the information for getting a refund.
In a moment of weakness, I bought Civ5. During the install, it had the usual TOS that took away all your rights. I declined to accept. No screen popped-up for getting a refund. Of course my complaints were denied.
If those who impose DRM are not going to refund your money if you decline their TOS, why should you have any sympathy for them? The whole purpose of DRM is to prevent piracy, yet it is the game manufacturer who is being the pirate by declining to refund your money if you don't accept their TOS.
The credit card company did give me a courtesy refund. Good for them.
Sony simply made the mistake of taking on someone (North Korea) who had the capability to fight back. One piece of collateral damage was the release of some of Sony's private documents. One might have sympathy for Sony if they had respect for the privacy and property rights of their customers. Sony doesn't. What goes around comes around. It came to Sony.
Regretfully, this impractical solution by the Post is only the tip of the iceberg, that just happened to be tech related.
But the world is bigger than tech. Recently, Biden made (truthful) remarks critical of Turkey. Now Biden has been forced to apologize for his supposed "gaffe". We are living in the world of Orwell's NewSpeak.


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Sandworms of Dune
- Written by Brian Herbert
===About the Book=== The final chapter in the epic Dune series. The no-ship has recently escaped from the hands of the enemy and remains on the run. Meanwhile the enemy has started invading known space, destroying one planet at a time. The New Sisterhood plans the defense, but are faced with greedy 'allies' who seek profit instead of survival. The guild navigators are faced with great peril, as they are cut off from their spice and are starting to die off, yet their beloved oracle does nothing to save them.
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- Genre: Sci-Fi
- Theme(s): Sci-Fi (Futuristic)
- Author: Brian Herbert
- Publisher: Tor Books
Hardcover Release North America Aug 10, 2007 Europe Aug 10, 2007
Papercover Release North America Aug 10, 2007 Europe Aug 10, 2007


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Ok so I have a fairly awful chair seat. I am not sure if it is the saddle or me, I am just using a lesson saddle and I am not sure if it fits me correctly or not. I try to put my legs farther back when I am riding and it just kind of throws me off. I do have fairly long thighs so I don't know if that plays a part in anything or not. Any suggestions on how to help correct it? I don't have any pics I will try to get some on wedensday at my lesson.
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Sony Cyber-shot DSC-U20 review
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I first saw that U20 in a shop and I wasn't even thinking of buying any still camera(I'm a fan of DV-cameras...). I went back home and checked some user's comments and price level and then back to the shop.
After a few hundred of pictures I think that I got just the camera I wanted - easy to use and carry and enough quality!
Greetings from Finland and the price was 199 euros!
No real problems. Recharger is quite slow, but 2 sets of batts help. Should have audio with video...
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Miguel Cabrera ready for Tigers' run, Triple Crown encore
LAKELAND, Fla. -- Even Triple Crown winners get the blues.
Here is Miguel Cabrera, freshly back into the Tigers' camp following a detour to the World Baseball Classic.
Here he is after a winter of being the toast of Venezuela. First Triple Crown winner since Carl Yastrzemski in 1967, American League Most Valuable Player, all-around sledgehammer slugger.
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"They feel the love and the passion," Cabrera said, speaking of his King-Is-Home visit to his native country for 10 days over Christmas and New Year's. "They have so much love for this game.
"They feel so proud."
He beamed. What a reception. What memories.
Then, with the precision timing of a world-class comedian, Cabrera grinned and continued: "They don't feel too proud now because we lost in the World Baseball Classic.
"That's baseball. You win some, you lose some."
While headlines in Venezuela blared screamers like "Worst Thing in the World", Cabrera skedaddled back to Detroit's camp to resume preparation for one of the most anticipated encore seasons in recent years.
Here's the thing: People around Detroit believe, and with good reason, that we still may not have seen the best from this growing, growling Tiger.
His AL-leading batting average last season (.330) was 14 points down from where it was in 2011 (.344). His on-base percentage (.393) was down 55 points (.448).
Expectations are outsized for the big man who crushed 44 homers and knocked in 139 runs -- both career highs -- for the AL champions.
Because of his intimidating size and wrecking-ball swing, there are a few things you may not know about him.
Because of a couple of ugly, well-publicized incidents with alcohol earlier in his career, there are a few wrong impressions you may have of him.
He's playful. He's funny. He's a team player. He is popular with his teammates (and not just because of his production).
Despite what you may have heard, his defense at third base is even a few ticks above acceptable.
"He's a better third baseman than I thought," new Tigers outfielder Torii Hunter said. "He's a good third baseman."
Owner of nine Gold Gloves, Hunter knows a few things about defense.
"He plays the game," Hunter said. "If anything, I see a better defensive player than I saw wheI played against him.
"He's a better defensive player than people think."
Cabrera also is an exceptionally hard worker, and not just in the batting cage. Though most of the heavy lifting was done for his move to third last spring, he is not slacking off this spring. He continues to take extra ground balls and work on his footing.
"I need to," he said. "I'm doing the same work as last year, trying to get better."
Then he rapidly moved his feet several times, as if dancing.
"Get quicker," he said, grinning.
Though he's more athletic than you would ever guess for such a big man, he'll never be confused with a speedster. But he does have terrific hands -- soft hands in scouts' parlance -- which allow him to handle things at third and, of course, with the bat.
He spent much of the winter at home in the Miami area, shepherding his 7-year-old daughter to school. There was the trip home to Venezuela for the holidays. A trip to New York in January for the Baseball Writers' Association of America's big awards dinner. A couple of appearances in Detroit at an autograph show and TigerFest.
"The winter was kind of busy," Cabrera said. "A lot of interviews, especially back home in Venezuela.
"But it was good. It was great."
Last year still has not completely sunk in.
"I never think in my life that I'd ever do that," he said.
It probably will not sink in anytime soon, either.
Because since he started preparing for '13, he says, he has not allowed himself even a few moments here or there to sit back and think about what he accomplished in '12.
"I don't want to," said Cabrera, who turns 30 on April 18. "I want to stay quiet and do my work."
Looks like it's working. Big surprise.
In Cabrera's first 42 at-bats this spring -- Grapefruit League games, WBC games, a Tigers' exhibition against Florida Southern University -- he blasted eight homers.
Even at that, he does not feel like he's quite ready for the season. Though he did get 12 at-bats in three WBC games, he would have liked more swings away from the games.
"It was hard" to get work in, he said, noting the lack of time in the batting cages because of multiple WBC teams descending on one facility in each of the pools.
"If you play early, you've got to get out of there quick because another team is coming in," he said. "Things happen quick."
One thing Hunter immediately noticed is Cabrera's penchant for working, and working smart. He stays inside the ball during batting practice. Stays disciplined in his routine. Takes what he does in batting practice into the games.
In that sense, he reminds Hunter of Albert Pujols, with whom Hunter played last season in Anaheim.
"Albert is really good with his power to right-center," Hunter said. "Miguel can hit it anywhere with power. He's amazing."
By the time spring ends, Cabrera figures, he will have taken all those extra swings that will have him ready for the grind of 162 games.
He will work on making his native Venezuela proud again, maybe help ease the sting of that lightning-quick WBC departure.
And he will leave 2012 to the historians as he chases a World Series ring for the city of Detroit.
"To be honest, a lot of people tell me that last year is over," Cabrera said. "Move forward, focus on what you can do this year.
"My mind is only concentrating on playing hard. Playing hard every single day.
"Stay healthy, be good, and see what happens."


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Next Generation Jazz Festival
Congratulations to the
2016 Next Generation Jazz Festival finalists!
Competition Schedule (Subject to change)
There's no greater place to learn than on the bandstand. That's why each spring we invite over 1300 of the nation's top student musicians to play their hearts out at the Next Generation Jazz Festival (NGJF). One of the most inclusive festivals in the United States, the festival welcomes performances by middle, high school and collegiate groups of every kind: big bands, combos, vocal ensembles, as well as conglomerate bands. Over 130 groups apply each year, and from these the very best duke it out for the glory of performing at the Monterey Jazz Festival in September.
Over the course of three days, students will:
- Hear and play with some the best student performers in the country
- Learn tips and techniques in workshops led by the pros
- Get their minds blown by our star-studded judges band
- Receive detailed and thoughtful critique from our experienced adjudicators and the 2016 Monterey Jazz Festival Artist-In-Residence, Terri Lyne Carrington
- Jam for each other and the locals all over downtown Monterey
- Share their music with jazz fans from around the world via Web stream
- Audition for the prestigious Next Generation Jazz Orchestra
The Next Generation Jazz Festival is open to performing groups in the following categories:
- Middle School Big Band
- High School Big Band, Combo, Vocal Jazz Ensemble and Big Band Composer
- Conglomerate High School Big Band and Combo
- College Big Band, Combo or Vocal Jazz Ensemble
- Find out about the 2016 Finalists
- Where to stay and what to see in Monterey
- Discover more about the Next Generation Jazz Orchestra
- Read about the 2016 Artist-In-Residence, Terri Lyne Carrington
- Read about the 2016 Adjudicators
The Next Generation Jazz Festival takes place at the Monterey Conference Center, located at 1 Portola Plaza, Monterey, CA 93940.
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You can see hundreds of pictures from past Next Generation Jazz Festivals by going to the Monterey Jazz Festival's Facebook page.
Listen to an interview previewing the 2014 Next Generation Jazz Festival with Paul Contos on KUSP 88.9FM. Originally broadcast March 24, 2014.


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Located along the Mississippi River, the Longfellow community is home to miles of walking paths and some of the best scenery in Minneapolis. Housing prices and styles differ widely from multi-million dollar Riverfront properties to economical post-war Bungalows and everything in between. The Bungalows are the most prevalent homes in the area, as this neighborhood is mostly known for this architectural type.
Lake Street travels through the neighborhood to the Mississippi; this highly trafficked area provides a number of shops and businesses, from restaurants to cafes to other necessary neighborhood amenities.
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Hiawatha - The neighborhood includes a mixed bag of commercial and residential area along Minnehaha Avenue and offers all the necessary amenities for shopping and entertainment.
Howe - These days, Howe is an attractive residential community where the median income and home values are on a par or slightly above the median incomes and home values for Minneapolis.
Cooper - In general, Cooper home values run slightly below the Minneapolis median home values, but mostly follow the same trends.
Longfellow - The real estate market isn't huge in this neighborhood, with less than 2% of the homes being on the market, but you can find some real gems in you're willing to look.
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Fri., May 30, 2014 9:42am
Zombies, Implants and Road Rage Make It Into Georgia's Yearbook
What do zombie apocalypse, road rage and butt implants have in common? They are all related to Georgia. Since the school year is coming to an end and yearbooks are being made, GPB's "On The Story" wondered what a yearbook for our state would look like. You know, things "most likely to" for Georgia. So we compiled the list, as unflattering as it may be.
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Woman Stalks 'Walking Dead' Actor In Ga.
Authorities say a Mississippi woman and her three children ended up in west Georgia while on a road trip to find an actor from "The Walking Dead" television show.
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Few comic artists—few artists, period—warrant the label visionary. Jean Giraud, a.k.a. Moebius, was one. He died last week, at the fairly young age of 73, and that's a damn shame.
Moebius had a genius for graphic world-building that few artists have equaled. His imaginary worlds boast a genuine otherworldliness, an organic wholeness, and a beauty at once sensual and ethereal. Few cartoonists have ever come close to this visionary quality: the sense of peering into another world and yet giving it palpable reality, or surreality, in this one. The worldscapes he conjured invite comparison to those of McCay, Foster, Miyazaki, a very few others—and, outside of comics, the fantastical worlds of Bosch and Escher. Moebius' work is ravishing and challenging in equal measure: a gift to the eyes, but also an affront to human self-importance and meanness, as well as a cognitive sparkplug.
Giraud came by his world-conjuring ability honestly, via long years of work in the French-language bande dessinée industry, including a de facto apprenticeship with the great Belgian cartoonist Jijé (Joseph Gillain), whose strip Jerry Spring is one of the great Westerns in European comics. In 1963 the Jijé connection helped Giraud land the job of working with renowned writer Jean-Michel Charlier on a new series, Blueberry, which became one of the other great, perhaps the greatest, Western in comics.
Launched in the legendary Pilote magazine, Blueberry became an institution in its own right. Charlier and Giraud went on to produce twenty-three albums' worth of Blueberry between 1963 and 1990 (the last one finished by Giraud after Charlier's death in 1989). Giraud then wrote and drew another five on his own, to 2005. He also helped Charlier launch the long-running spinoff series La Jeunesse de Blueberry (Young Blueberry) c. 1975-1985, and wrote another spinoff, Marshal Blueberry, 1991-2000. Throughout much of his career, Blueberry served Giraud as an anchor to the Franco-Belgian mainstream—and he kept it lively by dint of sheer craft, and his willingness to try new things.
However, Giraud adopted another name, even another identity, starting in the 1960s: that of Moebius, worldmaker, author of surreal, dreamlike, and fantastical comics, and conceptual artist. Giraud had recourse to this identity more and more after the late sixties, and indeed he was better known in the U.S. as Moebius than as Giraud (so much so that the few American reprints of his non-Moebius comics tend to be credited to Moebius rather than Giraud).
Moebius sometimes worked alone, as in his original Arzach series (c. 1974-75) or Le Garage Hermétique (The Airtight Garage, c. 1974-80), and sometimes collaborated, as in his many joint projects with writer Alejandro Jodorowsky, among them The Eyes of the Cat and The Incal (1981-88). Besides his comics, Moebius helped create institutions: in 1974 he co-founded, with Jean-Pierre Dionnet, Philippe Druillet and Bernard Farkas, the publishing company Les Humanoïdes Associés and the seminal comics magazine Métal Hurlant, an artist-driven experiment that shaped fantasy and SF comics from then on. Métal later (1977) gave birth to the likewise influential American adaptation Heavy Metal, whose present pitiful condition should not blind us to the fact that it was once an important and inspiring magazine. Moebius also worked as a conceptual artist for various SF and fantasy films, among them Alien, Tron, The Abyss, and The Fifth Element. In fact his influence was everywhere.
With a phenomenal delicacy and lightness of touch, but also a robust, fearless imagination and a complete lack of inhibition, Moebius/Giraud overleapt national and cultural boundaries and spread his influence globally. His work is an argument for the transporting effects of facility joined to personal vision: the craft he gained through Blueberry became second nature to him, so that he could leave behind the labored surfaces of conventional comics and go soaring off into the empyrean. Granted, some have dismissed Moebius' comics as trippy New Age mind-candy of the most self-indulgent kind—and it's true that he had a yen for spiritual questing (and graphic improvising) that threw caution, and sometimes narrative logic, to the wind. But I say any artist that generative and distinctive is a miracle.
Truly the overlapping worlds of comics, cartooning, and illustration have lost one of their spirit guides. RIP Moebius.
For overviews of Giraud/Moebius' career, I recommend Kim Thompson's tribute at The Comics Journal, Tom Spurgeon's at The Comics Reporter, and Andy Khouri's at Comics Alliance. For responses to his death, see Spurgeon's Collective Memory post and Robot 6's memorial. The Cartier Foundation for Contemporary Art ran what looks to have been a stunning Moebius exhibition from October 2010 to March 2011, and you can see some of it at the design blog designboom.


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:( Now I have to wait 3 and a half weeks to go back for the anatomy scan and hopefully find out. This time the umbilical cord was in between the legs so we couldn't see anything. Hopefully next time we will :) Anybody else not able to find out?
17 and a half weeks and couldn't see what the baby is
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For the first 15 minutes, my little one would not cooperate. The legs were crossed and his arms were folded in front of his face. Finally after LOTS of coughs and moving around, he decided to give us a peek. Here's to hoping your next three and a half weeks FLY by!!!
I am sorry :( I am so worried this will happen on Monday when my 18 week appointment is. Dr. promised me to check gender this time if possible. It sucks to wait we need to know for easier bonding and shopping :( I totally feel you! ((hugs))
Shannon, married to a Combat Engineer 12/30/06
Mommy to Alexsis Lyn born 1/10/11
and Nathan Jack born 3/6/13 (my ICP baby)
I'm sorry. With my son I had to wait until almost 22 weeks. It took an hour to finally get the shot, he covered his face the whole time. I hope we can find it at my elective ultrasound because they don't do refunds if we can't find the sex. I cannot wait 6 weeks lol.
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Okay I want to use my @me.com account in place of my @gmail.com but it wont let me remove my gmail account from my itunes account. Why? I don't want to use any other email service, I'll just use icloud's as my primary but it seems iTunes requires an alternative email which is really fcking stupid. Help?
I'm so confused and really getting ******. I don't want to sign in my itunes with a fcking gmail account, just the @me account..
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| November 13, 2009
New Regional Account Manager for ALLIEDFLEX® Technologies
ALLIEDFLEX® Technologies, Inc. announces that Michael Meyer has joined their Sales & Marketing team as Regional Account Manager responsible for the Midwest Region.
Meyer brings years of relevant packaging machinery sales experience to his new position, having held previous sales positions with KHS Beverage Division and KHS Bartelt. His background in high speed packaging machinery includes: horizontal form/fill/seal & fill/seal pouch packaging machinery, modified atmosphere packaging (MAP) and the sales of fully integrated turn-key pouch packaging systems, continuous liquid mixing and blending, de-palletizing and palletizing, and more.
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Clarksville TN Online is the voice of the people of Clarksville Tennessee.Clarksville Online takes you beyond the ordinary in local news and gives the Extras: political coverage, opinion pieces and editorial work, local and regional arts and theater, municipal and county news and events, and more.
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Clarksville, TN – District Two patrol units were dispatched to a reported shooting in the Summit Heights neighborhood at 3:34pm today, May 22nd, 2015. Officers discovered a man with multiple gunshot wounds and a white SUV with bullet damage at the Summit Heights exit onto Paradise Hill Road.
The man was taken by ambulance to a landing zone at Barksdale Elementary School and loaded onto a Life-Flight helicopter for transport to a Nashville hospital. The victim is still alive at this time.
Life-Flight helicopter taking victim to Nashville.
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Clarksville, TN – The Clarksville Parks and Recreation Department announces its sponsorship of the 2015 Summer Food Service Program (SFSP) which is administered in Tennessee by the Department of Human Services under an agreement with the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA).
Clarksville, TN – The weekly Clarksville Parks and Recreation Department Recreation Report provides Clarksvillians with a glimpse at the activities and events that are available from the Parks and Recreation Department for them to enjoy together as a family.
This weeks highlights include: Queen City Road Race, Liberty Live Summer Concert Series, Fun with Fido, 150th Homecoming of the Tennessee 14th Infantry and Summer Youth Program.
Clarksville, TN – Barksdale Elementary School is kicking off the school year right with the help of Partner in Education, First Advantage Bank. New Apple iPads and an Apple charging station have been donated to the school.
Barksdale Elementary class with iPads donated by First Advantage Bank.
Clarksville, TN – The Clarksville-Montgomery County School System (CMCSS) announced Thursday, May 22nd, appointments for Army Instruction Director and Two New Elementary Principals.
Top: (L to R) Angela Lovelace, Margaret Hausauer and Michael J. Taliento, Jr.
Clarksville, TN – The City of Clarksville Parks and Recreation Department Summer Youth Program will begin June 2nd with the opening of program sites and will end July 11th. This year's theme is "Pumping up with Summer Fun!"
Summer Youth Program
Clarksville, TN – The City of Clarksville is holding the 12th annual Rivers and Spires Festival in Historic Downtown Clarksville Tennessee this weekend. Running Thursday, April 24th through Saturday, April 26th. The Festival promises to be bigger and better than ever!
With the arrival of spring each year Clarksvillians began to look forward to this three-day long musical extravaganza. The Festival will be headlined on Saturday night by ACM and CMA award-nominated country musician Randy Houser. He will perform some of his biggest hits, including "Goodnight Kiss", "How Country Feels", "Boots On" and "Runnin' Outta Moonlight," this will make for a concert you do not want to miss.
Downtown Clarksville during the Annual Rivers and Spires Festival
Clarksville, TN – Students at Barksdale Elementary School prepared for this week's Social Studies test, but aside from hitting the books, they were taught by several officials in local government.
Captain Jesse Reynolds of the MCSO introduced Clarksville City Mayor Kim McMillan, Montgomery County Director of Administration Phil Harpel, Circuit Judge Ross Hicks, Assistant District Attorney Daniel Stephenson, Attorney Michael Pugh, K-9 Deputy Kelley Potter along with K-9 Mali and Deputy Tim Harp of the bomb squad.
Deputy Tim Harp introduces Barksdale students to the bomb robot.
Clarksville, TN – Since having a successful inaugural event in 2010, the Mickey Fisher Memorial Golf Tournament has returned every summer to raise money for scholarships – and will do so again next month.
The Mickey Fisher Memorial Golf Tournament will be held Friday, July 12th and Saturday, July 13th at Cole Park at Fort Campbell, KY. The entry fee of $400.00 includes dinner, auction and scholarship presentation at 6:00pm, Friday, July 12th at the Bud Barn off Exit 19 on Interstate 24 and lunch at noon both days at Cole Park.
Mary Fisher (left), widow of Mickey Fisher, taught Alexis Eldridge, the recipient of the 2012-13 Mickey Fisher Memorial Scholarship. (Photo by Beth Liggett, APSU photographer)
VA to Expedite Claims Decisions for Veterans Who Have Waited a Year or More
Nashville , TN – Tennessee General Assembly adjourned Friday.
"The House of Representatives and the State Senate adjourned on Friday, April 19th," said Tennessee State Representative Joe Pitts (D-Clarksville). "Over the next several days, we will send an analysis of the bills, budget items and other items of interest from the first session of the 108th General Assembly." «Read the rest of this article»


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We had three bottles of this. The first was excellent as it showed vibrantly with lime, tonic water, saline, citrus, light apple and some earthy minerals. The second bottle was corked and the third seemed a little fatter, with more baked apple and less mineral. Less vibrant and not as enjoyable.
Very pretty, round and flavorful with plenty of acidity.
This wine is crisp, bright, refreshing and well-balanced. The scent is citrus and fresh ocean. Lemon, green apple, mineral and a hint of sea salt are the flavors.
Tasted quite tart.
Similar notes as with previous bottles except maybe a little more oak. Salty minerals, lemon, green apple and popcorn. This one also seemed a little more salty, which I like. Good QPR.


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