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Community and forum dedicated to the books and films of the J.R.R. Tolkien series
1) The Hobbit
2) The Lord of the Rings
3) The Adventures of Tom Bombadil
4) The Road Goes Ever On
That's all I can think of now -- that Tolkien himself published and that deal with Middle-earth anyway. JRRT also helped with the map made by Pauline Baynes, adding a few things that hadn't yet been published in the books at that time.
What am I forgetting? maybe someone's counting Christopher Tolkien's The Silmarillion and The Children of Hurin?
I spent about 10bucks a pop for several books on iTunes.
This is what i found:
The HObbit
The Lord of the Rings
The Silmarillion
Unfinished Tales
The Children of Hurin
Letters from Father Christmas-don't think is part of the same universe
The Book of Lost Tales
The Books of Lost Tales pt2
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Then i found these "Historys of Middle Earth" that are essays by people on amazon, and i am sure they are canons, and are authorized material, but i don't know for sure.
The Peoples of Middle Earth was the 12th book in the history sets, but this one was done by Christopher, so i am sure the 11 before are valid.
Well Sigurd and Gudrun and Father Christmas do not deal with Middle-earth, and what you have here is a mix:
A) Tolkien-published works (the four I mentioned, though you don't have RGEO)
B) Unfinished Tales: a number of posthumously published texts -- edited in various degrees for ease of presentation
C) The Silmarillion and The Children of Hurin are edited works, based on or using the various and complicated unfinished texts Tolkien left at his passing. Christopher Tolkien (with help from Guy Kay) put together The Silmarillion back in the 1970s, after his father's passing. Much more recently he constructed an edited version of The Children of Hurin, which was intended to be the long prose version of one of the tales in The Silmarillion.
D) The Book of Lost Tales is a very early set of tales (written in an 'archaic' style) that were never finished -- generally its framework is much more connected to England and English mythic history than the later Silmarillion would be, but it does contain certain elements or ideas, or characters or events, that 'survived' into the Silmarillion as it evolved over the decades.
For example the long prose story of Turin can be found in The Book of Lost Tales, but when we think of Middle-earth as it came to be imagined, it is essentially an abandoned old story, and not part of the legendarium in that sense; again, even if certain things within it can also be found in the much (much) later story of Turin.
The Book of Lost Tales begins the twelve volume series of The History of Middle-Earth, an external history of the evolution of Tolkien's imagination. Several volumes contain the draft writings for The Lord of the Rings, and in the early volumes of the series you will not really find 'Middle-earth' as Tolkien would later come to think of it.
Briefly describing these twelve volumes is not easy! Tolkien was not against changing his mind as the decades went by, but in my opinion that's not very odd for such a creative mind!
Tales from the Perilous Realms (or whatever it's called) should contain The Adventures of Tom Bombadil along with other works not connected to Middle-earth. The Road Goes Ever On can be hard to get at the moment, but it does contain some interesting history along with linguistic information.
Anyway, you have plenty to start with!
So a lot of the work is stuff Tolkien never finished and his son wrote the rest to finish the books!
Yeah i read that the 12 books/stories of the middle earth history are from JRR, but his son finished.
I found a list that these names in it:
So a lot of the work is stuff Tolkien never finished and his son wrote the rest to finish the books! Yeah i read that the 12 books/stories of the middle earth history are from JRR, but his son finished.
The twelve volume History of Middle-Earth is JRR Tolkien material -- which Christopher Tolkien presents with his own helpful commentary and notes -- but CJRT didn't finish or weave together any of the tales in these volumes, and anything unfinished remains that way.
And although I guess it depends upon what you mean by finish, CJRT didn't finish The Silmarillion or The Children of Hurin either, in the sense of inventing the ends of any tales at least. Rather he constructed one volume, 'reader friendly' versions, out of already existing texts, it's just that the texts were written at various times by JRRT, and were in various states of completion.
There's one chapter in The Silmarillion in which CJRT invented some things which were not based on anything Tolkien wrote, but only because the existing material for this part of the story was from 1930 and CJRT felt (at the time) the problems this presented could be best solved with a little invention -- but later he noted that he could have approached the same problem without so far overstepping the bounds of the editorial function.
It's a bit complicated, but for now I'm just trying to note that Christopher Tolkien had texts to work with, even if not all of the material was written at the same time, or all completely finished, or all updated and in order.
Very many (but not all) of the texts Christopher Tolkien used to construct The Silmarillion and The Children of Hurin can be found in the twelve volume series, plus Unfinished Tales.
I found a list that these names in it: Sir Gawain & The Green Knight Smith of Wootton Major & Farmer Giles of Ham The Tolkien Reader
The Tolkien Reader also contains The Adventures of Tom Bombadil (mine does anyway), along with other stories. And I don't know about Kocher, but Foster has compiled a helpful Guide to Middle-Earth, with entries based on books Tolkien published himself, plus -- for his complete guide published later -- Christopher Tolkien's 1977 Silmarillion.
Sir Gawain, Smith of Wootton Major, and Farmer Giles are not Middle-earth related, if you're only looking for Middle-earth material, as it seems.
Has Chirs Tolkien ever said why he hasn't finished his fathers work??
I know it wouldn't be as good as his dads work like lord of the rings, but it is still JRR's storys.
I read way more since i got my iPad 2, so I just don't ever want to run out of material! lol
I read a lot of star wars, specifically the old republic era, cause i can't wait for the The old republic game, but its amazing to see depth of the universe from different style authors, and i wish LOTR's also had this, cause I think their universe is way more interesting!
Tolkien left plenty of things unfinished or abandoned, though he did publish a lot (including non Middle-earth related works), given that he was a professor and had plenty of other duties. I don't recall CJRT ever speaking directly to why he doesn't take up the task of writing...
... but I think part of the reason is that he doesn't consider himself a writer in any case. The 'reader friendly' version of The Silmarillion appears to have been due to Guy Kay's influence, and some think that's why he was chosen to help with the project -- to add a writer's perspective.
Christopher Tolkien rather wanted a more scholarly approach, which turned out to be The History of Middle-Earth in any event.
I think they should do what lucas has done, and letting hand fulls of authors to add to the universe.
Some of the stuff i have read in the extended universe is just as good if not cooler than than the stuff lucas has done in the 6 films or in my favorite his Clone Wars cartoon. Personally I love series more than moives cause they have so much more time to put in everything in it and their not tied down to "hollywoods" expectation like when doing a film.
I would LOVE to see an HBO series of the Lord of the Rings! Like getting the guys who are doing the Game of Thrones to do it, that would be awesome, it would be like 12 hours a season to cover a book or half a book.
A long-version (expensive film-quality mini-series style) is, I think a much better way to transpose a book to a screen - it has the length necessary to cover the material in-depth without lots of cutting; it has the budget to do great costumes and effects and hire good actors; it has the "this story has an arc and a definite beginning, middle, and end" that a regular episodic tv series often lacks...
Regarding other authors playing in Tolkien's Middle-Earth Universe: I believe there is a reference somewhere to Tolkien saying (or writing) that he wanted to create a sort of group of connected stories or "mythology" - some more detailed and some less detailed - that other artists could work off of, use as source material, etc.
Does anyone here remember that quote (or where to find it?)
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In implementing CSRF protection (#510) I needed to add a validator to the validation chain that wasn't tied to a specific field within the manipulator. This isn't currently possible. If implemented, it would also make validation rules that depend on more than one field a lot more elegant. In fact, it would let us ditch the requirement to pass all_data to validation functions.
I think Ian Bicking's FunFormKit takes this approach.
(Personally I'd like to replace Manipulators with a more general purpose idea of Validators - collections of validation rules. At the moment Manipulators are coupled to models, but there are situations where you would want to validate a form that doesn't directly relate to a model. Validation in Rails has exactly the same problem.)
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comment:1 Changed 11 years ago by adrian
Correction: Manipulators are not coupled to models. It so happens that Django automatically generates manipulators *for every model*, but there's nothing about the concept of manipulators that is tied to models. Basically a manipulator is a class that encapsulates validation rules. See the manipulators in http://code.djangoproject.com/browser/django/trunk/django/contrib/comments/views/comments.py for examples.
I agree, though, that there should be a way to add generic validators that aren't tied to a specific field.
comment:2 Changed 11 years ago by Simon Willison
I thoght they were coupled because of the presence of the save() method - maybe it should be renamed to something clearer, such as on_successful_submit().
comment:3 Changed 10 years ago by Michael Radziej <mir@…>
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I think she posts on this bb! Won the Senior Working Hunter at AQHA World show on Sunday.
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I think she posts on this bb! Won the Senior Working Hunter at AQHA World show on Sunday.
Congrats! Would love to see her round.
Here's the link to the winning run. It doesn't show the complete round, but you can see a few fences.
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Lovely mare!
She is a wonderful horse and the whole team behind her does a fantastic job!
Wow look at the loot they win too.
What a great horse! congrats!
Curious, does she only do the AQHA stuff?
Wow she's lovely!! I can usually find something to critique with the AQHA hunters, but she looks like she could walk into Devon or WEF and win! Congrats! :D
And another world championship
An awesome mare.
Meghan bought Lucy as a yearling and did a lot of the early training herself
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Just got back from the World Show. The classes Meghan and her lovely mare won were large and very tough - the top 3 had to have a near perfect round. Congratulations again!
I also got to volunteer for the very successful Huntfield AQHA Hunter Derby Finals. The draw party was glamorous, held in the rotunda of the Colorado History Museum and well attended. The courses were interesting and very lush, About 10 of us volunteers started at 3 am to set fences and a large trailer load of greenery, following course designer and fence provider David Warner's plan. David and Lainie Debour did a spectacular job organizing the finals and entire series. I will post photos on a separate thread when I get organized. Here is the AQHA story:
I would have loved to watch it this morning. I was disappointed that AQHA decided to charge for the feed this year, but ponied up for it because there were a lot of classes that I wanted to see. Imagine my surprise when the derby wasn't on the live feed - apparently, AQHA told Roberts Communications that they were not to film the derby.
Just when I think AQHA is getting its act together, they pull sh!t like this.
I saw the Huntfield Derby in person this morning, as well as the finals for the other hunter classes. The Derby was very well put on, and really encouraged the horses to jump very nicely. I saw much bolder rides from our hunters with many of them that would have fit in very nicely in the USEF ring. Good job to all those involved. (plus it was nice to see the riders trying to one up each other for the handy points - some of them became quite inventive!)
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Kelly Services, Kelly Services treated me like I was stupid! I had to fight for my paycheck! This temporary service is not worth your time, talent, or energy! West Valley City Utah
*Consumer Comment: I agree with you totally,there is NOTHING good about this agency or ANY temp agency!!!
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After a full week of complaint, Kelly finally canceled the check that they claim they sent and expedited a check from their corporate office through UPS. The first check totaled about $275.00. Kelly Services advised me that my not receiving my check is my own fault because I didn't sign up for direct deposit, which I did twice! Kelly has since blamed the post office for me not receiving my mail, to either address!!?? I have contacted the post office and they have advised me that if they were withholding mail from me that they would notify me about it.
The post office advised me that Kelly Services is playing the blame game rather than taking accountability and that lost mail is a rare circumstance. The address on my employee file was not the address that I preferred my checks to be sent. Kelly didn't bother to change this after I submitted the required forms; Nevertheless, the address was still a good mailing address, to my family and they haven't received the physical check at that address to this day. I have since changed the address on file and I haven't received anything to my current address either.
According to their records they have mailed 3 check and none of which have physically made it to me, or returned back to them. This has made me curious as to where these checks have ended up! Were they actually sent? I was laid off on September 23rd. Two days later, I advised Kelly what has been advised to me; that they were supposed to issue what was owed to me within 24 hours due to Utah Law! They sent my last check of $175.00 UPS and advised that they did their part and that they are no longer in violation of the law. Kelly Services still owes me two checks in the amounts of $371.24 and $451.94.
Today is October 2, 2008. I have not been paid what is owed to me. I have since filed a wage claim. Among my many complaints to American Express about their choice of Contractor, I was informed that Kelly has a track record for not paying their employees on time. Don't work for Kelly Services if you expect to be paid for your hard work and dedication! If you do, or have worked for Kelly Services, don't let them underestimate you. Contact your local Labor Commission!
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The Serbian, who lost the top spot to Federer in July, will be the first player to top the men's singles rankings at the end of consecutive seasons since the Swiss did it four times from 2004 to 2007.
Djokovic has won five tournaments this year - including the Australian Open and Masters series titles in Miami, Canada and Shanghai - and pocketed more than $8 million in prize money.
The 25-year-old, who is scheduled to compete at the Paris Masters this week, will be presented with a trophy to recognise his feat at next week's season-ending championships in London, the ATP said.
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Educational Funding Company I had unathorized payments taken out of my account for 6 months to this company whom of which I have never heard of. I disputed it with my bank and they gave me the number to the company. When I calle Fraud! Educational Funding Company. Stealing identity Chubby Chase , Maryland
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Arizona State Sun Devils
Let's face it, Tempe is better than Pittsburgh
Todd Graham was torched by the national media for his one-year tenure in Pittsburgh. Isn't it time for those same people to turn their attention to Pittsburgh and wonder if they're the problem?
Arizona State University is in a major metropolitan area with four professional franchises. The University of Pittsburgh is in a major metropolitan area with three professional franchises. Arizona State University's football team has had flash points of success on a national level but nothing sustained. The University of Pittsburgh's football team has had periods of sustained success, but those are so long ago you wouldn't know it without Wikipedia. Arizona State University has a terrible attendance problem. The University of Pittsburgh has a terrible attendance problem.
It begs the question, why couldn't the same man do in Pittsburgh what he's done in Tempe? Obviously, there was some talent here for Coach Graham, but don't say the uneducated line, "He won with Erickson's guys."
First off, Coach Erickson didn't win with Erickson's guys. Secondly, D.J. Foster, Marion Grice, Jaxon Hood and Jalaen Strong are not Erickson's guys. Lastly on this point, there is no way Taylor Kelly was seen as the answer or would have developed into the player he has under the former coaching staff. This is the work of Todd Graham.
Todd Graham lost a division championship in his first year on a late field goal. Todd Graham won a division championship at ASU in only his second year. Todd Graham is one win away from bringing a championship game to the Tempe economy in his second year.
The national media won't rise up in a massive recantation. They'll just move on to the next story somewhere else. The truth of the matter is that the University of Pittsburgh will look at the success and scream in frustration. They'll claim that should have been them. That's not reality. The reason why the University of Pittsburgh didn't have the same success under Todd Graham is the fault of Pitt's administration. They ran to the national media to save them from people that jump from their "commitments," but they didn't want to be judged for jumping conferences.
Todd Graham has brought a winner to Tempe for two reasons. Todd Graham is a winner, and Arizona State University is not the University of Pittsburgh. The national media won't re-examine their positions on Todd Graham for a few more years. ASU won't care what the national media does. ASU will just happily invite the national media to town for the Pac-12 Championship Game with Todd Graham as its host.
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"When those guys are on top of their game they play bluegrass that I find very satisfying. Last night it was sometimes downright inspiring. The Puddles are a dandy live band, they have an authentic sound that is pretty unique around here. I close my eyes at their concerts and try to listen objectively. What I hear is really good traditional bluegrass and old-style acoustic country music that often gives me goosebumps. Whether intentional or not, Puddletown is tapping into that beautiful older aesthetic. They don't come across as self-concsious revivalists, but play and sing the old way in a pleasing, unaffected natural style. I likes it!"
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Does a brand new five-year-old Prius sound appealing? Well, then head south for Miami-Dade County where they've been keeping municipal cars as time capsules.
The south Florida metro county had around 300 vehicles purchased between 2006 and 2007 that went unused. Many of there were Toyota Priuses.
A local Spanish-language television station discovered the 293 "abandoned" vehicles gathering rust in a county garage back in October. Once officials in Miami-Dade County discovered the station's investigation, they rushed to put as many vehicles as possible into the active fleet. Since the end of last year, between 123 and 135 Priuses have entered county service. Toyota introduced the third-generation of the Prius in 2009, so by the time these second-gen cars were hitting the Miami streets, even Toyota had moved on.
The Director of Corporate Services in Miami-Dade, Lester Sola, told El Nuevo Herald that the vehicles going into service are still under warranty. That's probably not a complete figure at least with the forgotten Priuses. They all have sat out their entire factory-backed 3 year/36,000 mile basic warranty, and the 2006-2007 cars are coming to the end of their 5 year/60,000 mile drivetrain warranty.
It is likely that five years of zero use and south Florida heat has had some negative effects on the hybrid battery drivetrain. Lucky for Miami-Dade, Toyota covers the hybrid components for 8 years/80,000 miles.
Today there are still some unwrapped 2007 Priuses at a Miami-Dade storage garage, as well as multiple other vehicles from this cache that have waited over half a decade to go into municipal service. The reason why this happened is still unclear. Carlos Alvarez was the mayor of Miami-Dade County during the period the vehicles were purchased. He was removed from office in a March 2011 recall election because voters felt, among other reasons, that he had been behind multiple acts of misappropriation of funds.
The current Miami-Dade County mayor, Carlos Gimenez said that he would have more answers after his investigation into these brand-new-abandons concludes on Monday. Until then, those who long for the days of mega real estate markets and when Amy Winehouse was more triumph than tragedy, then Miami-Dade may be able to put you in yesterday's ride, today.
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How to change your network and Arches (formerly WebAdvisor) password when logging into a campus computer (only works on PCs – Macs should use the next technique)
Note: You may want to write down the following instructions because you won't be able to see them when you are in the process.
Press ctrl + alt + delete on your keybord (at the same time)
Press Change a password…
Fill out the form and press enter on your keyboard
On a Mac or off campus?
To change your network, Arches (formerly WebAdvisor), and Moodle password click the Change Your Password link near the top right corner of the Arches main page or the Change Your Password link in the Moodle navigation pane.


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The list below includes all pages in the category "Agnus Dei". This includes independent settings of the religious text. See also Antiphons, Communions, Credo, Dies irae, Gloria, Kyrie, Sanctus, Sequences, Stabat Mater, Masses, Religious works.
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Monday, July 19, 2010
Goody Good Stuff Sour Mix & Match
It's not hard to find candy that's colorful and flavorful, but what makes it harder is when you want it to be all natural, free of the major allergens (wheat, soy, dairy, nuts) and vegan. So Goody Good Stuff is here to fill that hole in your life.
I picked up this sample of their Sour Mix & Match at some trade show and have been hanging onto it until it hit the stores.
Now here's the thing, their marketing says that these are vegan gummis. Instead of gelatin, which is made from pigs, cows or fish, Goody Good Stuff is using a new gelling agent called gellan. (I first noticed the ingredient in Halal Mentos.) Gellan is made from bacteria, not vertebrates. It sounds like a great idea, however in practice gellan is closer to agar (that jelly stuff in petri dishes) that's made from seaweed than gelatin. Gelatin is a protein; gellan is polysaccharide. They're simply different, they do different things and behave in different ways.
At first glance jelly candies and gummis look very similar, but they don't behave the same way. Gummis tear sharply - you can pull a gummi apart and it will make flat edges where it breaks. Pull apart a jelly and it just, well, pulls. It doesn't bounce, though sometimes it might jiggle nicely. The great thing is that both carry fruit flavors really well, they create a smooth texture and often a glass-like appearance.
So with all that chemistry aside, I've got a handful of candy to taste. There are quite a few different pieces in this mix and match, but I could only review three versions because I needed at least three tries to taste the flavors. They're like little bulbous, rounded planks - about an inch and a half long.
Without any clue as to what the flavors are supposed to be, and that these are British (which is always a little different in the fruity flavors), I can only describe what I've got.
Green & Peach - it tastes like peach. Both ends taste the same as far as I'm concerned, but there's a weird "ketchup" note to it that I find a little disturbing. The peach is tangy and light with a good sour bite at the start. The jelly center is smooth and doesn't stick too much.
Red & Yellow - tastes like strawberry lemonade. The lemon is strong, sour and zesty with a slight floral note I attribute to strawberry.
Orange & Blue - is shocking. The blue is amazing for a natural product. It's zesty and well rounded and tastes mostly like grapefruit but maybe with some pineapple thrown in.
For those who were curious, here's what's inside:
These look and taste like there is no compromise. The colors are intense and I'd say kind of unnatural looking. The shape is fun and easy to grasp. They're not messy at all, the sugar crust stays on so well there were scarcely ten grains in the bottom of the bag of these I had. They're sour, but not that searing kind that's likely to create blisters on the tongue after a serving.
I feel like kids or grown ups who have had true gummis before may be disappointed with the texture based on my expectations.
They also make a few other products that I'm quite eager to try: Strawberry and Cream, Cola Breeze, Sour Fruit Salad, Tropical Fruit, Koala Gummy Bears while the ones that I found less interesting were Summer Peaches and Cheery Cherries. These should be available in Stop & Shop on the East Coast and Booths and ASDA in the UK.
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POSTED BY Cybele AT 8:31 am All Natural • Candy • Goody Good Stuff • Jelly Candy • Kosher • Sour • 7-Worth It • United Kingdom • Comments (2)
Tuesday, June 22, 2010
Sour Punch Bits - Tangerine-Lemonade
Sour Punch Straws are a sour sanded fruity licorice made by the American Licorice Co.. They're fun and certainly pack a lot of flavor, but they're messy to eat and share. So the Sour Punch folks came up with Sour Punch Bits which are little nibs of fruity chewy with a similar sweet & sour sand. The fun part for me was that they came up with some new flavors. I got a hold of their new Sour Punch Bits Tangerine-Lemonade.
It comes in a theater box (but I think they also have peg bags), so it's easy to dispense and share. And of course they're meant for taking to the movies, so you can get that sour fix without a lap full of tart dust.
The pieces are small: about 3/4 of an inch long and 1/4 of an inch around. They're not as "sanded" with the sour sugar powder as the Sour Punch Straws I've had before, but that's okay with me. The only issue I had was that these were a little stickier. There are two flavors in each piece supposedly: lemon (yellow) and tangerine (orange) though actually separating them was nearly impossible.
They don't smell like anything at all. Maybe a faint whiff of Play Doh or erasers.
They're quite sour on the tongue right away, but also extremely flavorful. There's an intense wave of citrus that hit me when I first bit into them - an almost bitter orange and lemon zest note. Even though there's no real orange or lemon oil in there, it tasted like there was. The tart chew is firm, hearty and almost creamy because it has a starchy wheat base to it, instead of a taffy chew like Starburst. Still, there is some sticking to the teeth. They're not really sour, just sour enough to make my mouth water, but not quite enough to get my neck tingling.
I liked them more than I thought I would initially. When I talked to some folks at American Licorice about them last year, they were positioning these as a sour treat for adults, instead of kids. I think they succeeded there. They're a little chewier though and the bitterness got to me after a while, it certainly kept me from eating the whole package (which is technically two servings).
They also come in Lemon-Lime and Strawberry-Watermelon.
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POSTED BY Cybele AT 3:26 pm Candy • Morselization • American Licorice • Chews • Sour • 5-Pleasant • United States • Comments (0)
Monday, May 17, 2010
Flix Sour Gummy Pop Corn
The world of gummis is filled with candy that looks like other things: soda bottles, centipedes, spiders, body parts (brains, whole hands, eyeballs, lips), dinosaurs, rabbits, birds, flowers, butterflies, toads, frogs, sharks, fast food, fruits, vegetables, cracked eggs, and of course bears.
Sour Gummy Pop Corn from Flix Candy looks like popcorn. But they go one further, instead of making it popcorn flavored, or some other yellow themed flavor they've made them apple, strawberry, popcorn & watermelon. You don't know until you eat them.
The package is cute, it looks like the tall box of popcorn that they used to sell at the fair and probably at the movies before people starting consuming it by the bucketful.
Here's the first thing: a caramel corn flavored gummi sounds fabulous to me. It wouldn't have a year ago, but after the caramel gummis I reviewed last week I truly believe you could make a great Cracker Jack flavored gummi with real molasses, caramelized sugar and milk.
This isn't that ... so I'll have to adjust my expectations.
I thought maybe I could tell the difference between them by smelling them, but they all smelled like Bed, Bath and Beyond (a mixture of watermelon, strawberry and carpeting).
Watermelon (yellow) was tart and fresh, though more sour than I actually like my watermelon to be. The bounce of the gummi was satisfying and fresh.
Strawberry (yellow) was sweeter at first and had a good berry flavor but then descended into sour.
Apple (yellow) if that's what I tasted, this one was the most sizzling of the, it was an odd sort of burnt note along with that chemical green apple flavor of Jolly Ranchers.
The Pop Corn gummi was either elusive or so similarly flavored that I couldn't tell. After finding the first three flavors in about 8 tries, I ended up just biting the rest of the pieces in the package. Something smelled vaguely like artificial butter flavor, but nothing tasted like it (but who wants sour buttered pop corn?).
These weren't that good for me, but I get that when watching a movie the look of the candy isn't that important since I can't see it anyway. But the flavor mix with apple and watermelon wasn't high on my list either.
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POSTED BY Cybele AT 2:31 pm Candy • Flix • Gummi Candy • Sour • 5-Pleasant • United States • Comments (3)
Wednesday, April 28, 2010
Tootsie Sour Dots
A new addition to the Tootsie line of Dots is Sour Dots.
As with many sour iterations of popular products the package went for yellow and green, the seemingly universal colors of tartness.
The package design is cute. In this case the blue Dots logo dominates to give cohesion with the other boxes on the shelf (currently I've been seeing classic Dots, Yogurt Dots and Tropical). The little Dots themselves are depicted in each of the five colors with puckery faces. They're called The Dot that bites back!
The flavor assortment is middle of the road, though not just a sour dusted version of the regular fruit Dots (which come in Strawberry, Cherry, Lemon, Lime & Orange), these are Grape, Orange, Lemon, Green Apple and Cherry
The Dots are a traditional smooth jelly center with a sour coating that includes citric acid and malic acid. Dots boxes are wrapped in cellophane so they're soft and fresh.
The sour coating is definitely tart, the kind of sour that makes the back of my jaw tingle.
Grape - very sour and quite artificial but ultimately a chewy gum drop version of Pixy Stix.
Orange - so sour it's almost salty at first, but the zesty notes of the gum drop give this a flavor depth that few other sour citrus candies have.
Lemon - really more like lemon peel than lemon juice, it's fresh, bitter and tangy all at once. It really gave the feeling of those shaken lemonades from the fair.
Green Apple - not quite a Jolly Rancher, it's far too tart. It's more than just the chemical green apple, there is a hint of apple juice in there.
Cherry - this one was simply caustic. The cherry flavors were artificial and buried beneath the sourness, it was like fruity/woodsy toilet cleaner. I do admit that the cherry notes, once the sour is gone are rather deep, but still not my thing.
The smooth gum drop centers set these apart from other sour dusted jelly candies like Sour Patch Kids. They're chewy, but kind of a slick smoothness that the others don't have, there's no graininess after the sour sanding dissipates. They don't even stick to the teeth in the quite the same way as regular Dots. They're a great value for only a dollar and some nice deep flavors. I found myself avoiding the cherry and green apple, but I'm sure that I could find friends (or husbands) to share those with.
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POSTED BY Cybele AT 10:05 am Candy • Review • Tootsie • Jelly Candy • Kosher • Sour • 7-Worth It • United States • Rite Aid • Comments (18)
Friday, April 2, 2010
An Easter Dash - Reviews in Short
Easter Dots come in one of the happiest looking boxes I've seen in a long time.
They're also crazy cheap, most of the time a theater box like this that holds 7 ounces is just a buck. When I looked at the flavors on this box I was a little confused about what made these an Easter version besides the box (Mike and Ike come in holiday boxes that are the exact same candy). The flavors are Blueberry, Lemon, Lime, Cherry and Orange. The flavors of the classic Dots box are Strawberry, Lemon, Lime, Cherry and Orange. So in this version the Strawberry has been swapped for Blueberry.
These were very fresh. Tootsie does a good job of sealing up the boxes well and Dots have a clear cellophane overwrap.
Once I opened the box I found out the big difference, it's the color. Easter Dots are bright and opaque little nubbins.
Well, maybe there was another difference. These seem to be just as smooth but have a "shorter" chew to them, so they didn't stick to my teeth like Dots usually do. I liked the freshness of the flavors, though it's a little bland it's also soothing. The blueberry was pretty convincing though I wish that one replaced the cherry instead of the strawberry.
Rating: 6 out of 10
I've been searching all over for these for the past month and finally found them at Whole Foods yesterday ... not with the candy but at the end of the cereal aisle.
Divine Milk Chocolate Speckled Eggs are all natural and fair trade milk chocolate eggs with a candy shell.
They're freakishly expensive at $4.99 for 3.5 ounces, far more than I'd be willing to pay on a regular basis. I really only bought them because I'd been searching so hard for them it seemed weird to find them and then get decide they were too expensive. The chocolate is made from beans from the Kuapa Kokoo cocoa cooperative in Ghana. Seems like Easter is one of those holidays where folks may want to pay more attention to the social responsibility behind the treats.
The stand up box is charming. Inside is a little clear cellophane bag with a little more than a handful of eggs.
They're very similar to Cadbury Mini Eggs. The shape is more football than pear. They beautiful muted colors and a matte finish.
The shell is smooth and softly decorated. The shell is quite thick and crunchy. The chocolate inside has a silky melt, a little sticky with a good caramelized dairy note. I liked them a lot and will probably buy them again next year. Hopefully they can be found in larger packages for better value. (Also, Whole Foods could do a better job of putting them where people can find them. I went to three different stores and it wasn't until the fourth circuit of the one at 3rd & Fairfax that I found them - even after asking a stockperson.)
Rating: 7 out of 10
The Sour Patch Bunnies are like many other Easter versions of regular candies. As you can imagine these are little bunny shaped candies instead of being shaped like spiky haired children.
I liked the box a lot, it was easy to tell apart from the regular Sour Patch offerings. The only quibble is really the packaging. Like many theater box candies, inside the box the candy is inside a plain cellophane bag. As I mentioned above, the Dots are just tumbling around in the box and there's a cellophane seal on the outside. For this version I have to open the box top completely to get the bag out, dump the candy into the box and then I'm faced with an opening that is really too large for dispensing.
They're a little lighter in color compared to the Sour Patch Kids. Honestly, I prefer this. They're colored enough that I can tell them apart and guess the flavor and that's really all I need. Other than that, the shape was so vague, unless you told me these were bunnies I wouldn't have known. Pink is the classic Swedish Fish flavor with a tangy coating. Green is lime, yellow is lemon and orange is orange. A biting sour coating, a chewy sweet jelly candy in the center ... they're great.
Rating: 7 out of 10
I bought this Russell Stover Peanut Butter Pastelle Rabbit online from Russell Stover. I just couldn't find it in the stores and thought it was a unique product.
The rabbit is similar to the white chocolate one I tried last year (and didn't like that much, so I wonder why I was curious about this one). It's a peanut butter coating (like peanut butter baking chips) with a peanut butter filling.
The three ounce flat rabbit is nicely molded. The butterscotch color is also really appealing. It smells like vanilla pudding and peanut butter. The coating though is a bit waxy and stiff, it melts but not in a dreamy way that good white chocolate does. But it's not too sweet, which is a relief as well. The filling is a crumbly peanut butter with a salty note and a dry grainy crunch. I kind of got into it. I'd prefer it in a smaller format though, maybe one of the smaller eggs they do.
Rating: 6 out of 10.
Brach's Classic Jelly Bird Eggs are cheap jelly beans. I don't know what classic is, the package gives no indication what the flavors are.
They're only 99 cents for a generous 9 ounce bag. Even at that bargain price, they're not much of a deal. They're pretty enough to look at and probably decorate with, but they're inconsistent in flavor and execution. I also resent not knowing what's inside. It's not like the bag is tiny and has no room for information like the flavor array.
White is pineapple. It's sweet and floral but bland. Green is lime and rather strong but lacking zest. Purple is grape and is utterly stupid ... seriously, it tastes like sweet stupidity. Black is licorice. All of the black ones seemed to be smaller than the other jelly beans. Still, they were tasty and well done. Pink is bitter and just dreadful. Perhaps it's strawberry. Red is not as bitter but still dreadful. Orange is sweet and empty. Finally there's yellow, which is actually pretty good, it's like a sugared lemon peel.
Rating: 4 out of 10
So as annoying as I found the Classic beans, you'd think I would be happy with the Brach's Spiced Jelly Bird Eggs which are quite clear on the front that they feature spice flavors.
I was hoping for rich flavors, but of course I know Brach's well enough that I really won't be getting much more than a decent looking product. The bag doesn't promise much more than a good value, so I should probably adjust my expectations.
Red is a mild cinnamon, not as good as Hot Tamales and kind of tinged with some of the mint notes, but still pleasant like a cup of spiced chai. White is peppermint. I have to say that a peppermint jelly bean is a little odd especially since it's so grainy but still fresh tasting. Pink is wintergreen which I really love except when there's too much food dye like this one that has a weird bitter clove & plastic aftertaste - but at moments it's kind of like root beer. Purple is clove and is actually mild enough for me to enjoy though true clove lovers will probably be disappointed. Orange is sweet and again lacking in any pizazz. Black is again licorice and pretty good (though it makes my tongue dark green).
I think the problem is that I've already had some pretty good spice jelly beans from Hot Tamales (Just Born) and there's really no need to switch brands, the price is comparable, availability is the only issue.
Rating: 5 out of 10
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Thursday, March 18, 2010
Wonka SweeTarts Jelly Beans 2010
Wonka introduced a line of jelly beans back in 2006 (original review). They were matte, opaque pastel jelly beans with a strange grainy shell but familiar SweeTart flavors.
This year the product seems to have been reformulated, though there's no mention of it on the package which is also redesigned. Readers alerted me that they were different this year.
The 2010 version of SweeTart Jelly Beans are more vibrant and come in the current SweeTart flavors of Cherry, Lemon, Grape, Blue Punch, Green Apple and Orange.
I noticed the color difference before I even took the bag home. They're more opaque and shinier with consistent colors. They're at once familiar and a little different.
The version I've had before had a grainy and cool-to-the-tongue shell. When I saw these and remembered the comments, I was wondering if Wonka was just using the Spree Jelly Beans which have a harder shell.
The shell is more crisp than the previous version and the flavors seem a little more distinct and intense. They also seem to be more faithful to the flavors of the chalky original SweeTarts disks. But what's missing is probably the tangy hit that the real SweeTarts have.
As you'll notice, I found quite a few abnormal ones in my bag. These were a few that had distinctive shapes, quite a few were just larger than what I'd call normal or smaller than what I would have thought should be the target. They all tasted fine - the narrow ones obviously had more shell to them proportionally.
They're still nice - the grape is much better as it is tangier now. I enjoyed the citrus flavors even though they weren't particularly sour. Green apple is okay, though bland and I usually pick out the cherry and blue punch ones but if I ate them it's not the end of the world.
In the end, the update is definitely different but I wouldn't call it an improvement. I think it brings them more in line with what I'd expect from a product extension but still not as good as actual SweeTarts. Now if they could only do the SweeTarts Chicks, Ducks & Bunnies with all the flavors of SweeTarts we'd have something to talk about.
The versions I've tried before (2007 & 2008) were made in Canada. This bag was made in Mexico. There are no allergen statements on the bag, so they may be nut free/gluten free and contain no animal-derived products.
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Wednesday, February 24, 2010
Lemonhead & Friends Jelly Beans
The new Lemonhead & Friends Jelly Beans stand out on the shelves among all the other Easter candies. The bright primary colors - mostly yellow and red are definitely spring-ish but not the usual pastels.
The small bag is jam packed with candy. It's 14 ounces of little jelly beans made with real fruit juice. Most other bags on the same shelf were about 9 ounces.
This new version of the popular Lemonhead candy is rather similar to the new Chewy Lemonheads. They're a jelly center covered with the tart and grainy shell that Lemonhead fans have come to know and love. (My mouth just waters at the thought of it.)
The beans are small, not quite as small as Jelly Belly, but pretty close. If you can't tell already, they're also vivid - strikingly, saturatedly vivid. They're probably the most deeply colored jelly beans I've seen. I'm not that fond of too much food coloring for two reasons. The first is that it often leaves an aftertaste. The second is that it often colors my tongue and I don't like people to know how much candy I've been eating. Other folks are not fond of artificial colors as they've been linked to hyperactivity in children.
The ingredients list an array of acids that I'm accustomed to seeing in candies: fumaric acid (fermented apples & grains), malic acid (found in grapes and green apples) and citric acid (found in citrus) but another that I hadn't noticed before called adipic which Wikipedia tells me is used mainly as a precursor for the production of nylon. (That sounds alarming but doesn't mean that it also isn't food.)
The five flavors are: Lemon, Orange, Grape, Green Apple and Cherry.
The bag definitely smells fruity, mostly citrusy.
Lemon is intense and sour. There are both tangy juice notes and a good dose of almost-bitter zest. It's convincing. Kind of mind blowing.
The levels of acid in these is quite high, so I wouldn't recommend eating more than a small handful at a time. I found after more than a dozen of them it gave me a literal sour stomach. But for a little pick me up while driving or mixed with some other candies they're definitely not your grandmother's jelly beans.
I found them a little pricey for sugar candy compared to the cheap jelly beans usually around this time of year, but then again, they're quite concentrated so it only takes a little. I liked that the bag was actually full. So many candies these days come in half empty bags, these feel sumptuous and indulgent.
There are no statements about the gluten free status on the package, they're not vegan (confectioners glaze). Made in a facility where peanuts, tree nuts, milk, and soy is used. There was also a choking hazard warning (on all the Ferrara Pan products as far as I can tell). This was an extremely fresh package - the expiration date is 12/22/2011.
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Wednesday, July 1, 2009
Wonka Puckerooms
I'm really digging Wonka's new look and commercials. They take advantage of candy's inventiveness and imaginative ways that kids (and adults) look at it.
One of their new candies is Puckerooms Sour Gummy Candy. They're sour gummies (unlike the Sluggles, which are sweet gummies) in mushroom shapes and three different flavors.
The new Wonka's Edible Garden are made with natural ingredients, including fruit juice and no artificial colorings or flavorings. (But of course they're gummis and are not vegetarian since they use gelatin ... and in this case cochineal color, too.)
There are three flavors and three different shapes (though the shapes are applied to all the flavors):
Cherry - as you can see from the photo, I found a grape & cherry combo, but for the most part the cherry ones were single flavored. It's a tart cherry with a black cherry darkness beneath but a lingering sour. It got my glands a'tinglin'.
Grape - it's just so fun for me to have grape gummis, I have a hard time focusing on these for the review. The grape flavor is much like concord grape jam with Pixy Stix poured over it. (Come on, if you'd thought of it as a kid, you would have loved it!)
Lemon/Orange - I loved the look of these, the orange was always on the top, making the stem lemon. The flavors were a good blend of citrus zest and of course a sour punch that lasted beyond the grainy coating and permeated the soft gummi. The lemon and orange were distinct but blended well.
The sourness isn't blisteringly strong, in fact, I found them barely more tart than the Sluggles, just more consistently tangy from start to finish.
I like the option of really potent gummis made without artificial flavors & colors, so these are real winners. I saw them at Target over the weekend for $1.59 for a 6.5 ounce bag, so it's not like parents need to compromise here - the kids get a mainstream treat without going to a special store. (Of course that doesn't mean adults can't enjoy them.)
UPDATE 11/2/2010: It appears that many folks shared their phallic views with Nestle and they updated both the package and the shapes of the actual candy.
The package is mostly green instead of purple. The Wonka name is minimized and the name of the candy is more focused on Sour Puckerooms Gummies where it was originally just called Puckerooms with a descriptive logline of sour gummy candy below that. I do like the typography on the word Puckerooms better on the new version.
The new shapes are such a compromise from the earlier, well defined mushrooms that they're mere shadows of the shapes they once were. There are really only two shapes, the pointier one is now gone. There are two slightly different rounded ones with wide round caps and wide bases and then the narrower stemmed one with a wide cap. On the package they look distinctive. In real life they're
So, there you go. Wonka is receptive to your ideas.
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How would you like to be able to have the perfect pizza shop flavor in your own home?
Well, thanks to the All-Clad 3-pc. Stainless Gourmet Pizza Stone Set you can. This stone gives you the secret recipe to that perfectly crisp crust.
The key to cooking the perfect pizza is cooking it on a stone that radiates the heat intensely and evenly throughout the dough. That is exactly what this will do, as the stone slab will touch all parts of the pizza surface. In comparison to other pizza stones that are available, this one has been designed for portability. Instead of just being a stone, this stone has a metal edge with two handles to make it easy and convenient to get the pizza in and out of the oven and on to the table.
While you may think this will make it harder for the stone to thoroughly cook, but that is not the case. The frame to carry the stone literally hugs the edge of the stone, not the middle, so the stone is free to heat up and cook.
This also makes this piece available for double duty. When you are not cooking pizzas, it still makes an attractive stone tray for serving hors d'oeuvres.
Additionally, this pizza set comes with an ergonomically designed pizza cutter so you can be serving up pizza after pizza for the entire family without ever getting tired.
- Made from durable natural soapstone with a stainless steel rim.
- This set makes a wonderfully crisp crust on your pizza
- It can go right from the oven to the table as a cutting and serving surface.
- It comes as a set, which means you have the stone and a cutter and all you need is a pizza to get cooking.
- There are double handles on the platter to make it easier to carry.
Things to consider:
- It is quite a heavy stone. After all it is stone. If you are not a fan of heavy, you may want to avoid this.
- You have to wash this carefully. The stone does not like soap so it is recommended that you only use water on it.
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Are you looking for a cookware set that not only has stylish good looks but is durable and gives great cooking results then check out our review on the All Clad Stainless Steel 9 piece Cookware Set


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Here is a recap of the Rick Ross hosted Reebok Classics private party at the Kingpin Suite at the Palms in Las Vegas. It features guest appearances by French Montana, Trae Tha Truth, DJ Franzen and more. Directed by DRE Films.
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Skies have seen just a few high clouds with us through our afternoon hours, and we will only see some high clouds through the overnight. Clouds will increase a bit more for our Tuesday, but we will still see ample sunshine. Temperatures will remain close to 70 for tomorrow as well thanks to some cooler air still in place.
We start to change things on Wednesday as a cold front will approach from the west. Ahead of the front, winds will be from the south pumping in warmer and more humid air as well as additional cloud cover. Rain looks to hold off until after sunset Wednesday, with the potential rain holds off completely until Thursday.
The front will pass through and should exit by around noon on Thursday. Little rainfall accumulation is expected as the front will be falling apart as it enters the area. Behind it, cooler air makes its way in for a day as Friday will be a chilly one before temperatures return to the lower 70s for the weekend with just a few clouds from time to time.


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Isolated afternoon thunderstorms could develop again Tuesday over the central and western mountains ... and from Pikes Peak east along the Palmer Divide to extreme eastern Colorado. Otherwise ... warm and dry air will cover the rest of southeast Colorado. Skies will be mostly sunny the first half of the day ... then an approaching low pressure system is expected to spread increasing clouds in to the state in the afternoon. Fire danger remains high across the region ... and Red Flag Warnings have been issued over the eastern mountains ... southern El Paso county and Baca and eastern Las Animas counties in the afternoon. Look for temperatures to reach the 80s and 90s on the eastern plains ... and the 60s and 70s elsewhere. Fire danger remains high across the Sangre De Cristo Mountains, the Wet Mountains and the Wet Mountain Valley ... along with Baca and eastern Las Animas Counties ... and a Red Flag Warning remains in effect until 9 PM MDT. (Please visit http://! weather.gov/pub for more information.)
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Gubernatorial candidate in #NH responds to 350 Action about #climatechange saying it is "nonsense." https://t.co/lShw8fqCTC
China delivers first commercially available plug-in hybrid
The Chinese firm BYD (Build Your Dream) has leapt dramatically into the electric car market with the introduction of the F3DM, a commercially available plug-in hybrid that can travel for 60 miles without using its gasoline engine.
The car retails for about $22,000 in China, well below the projected price of the Chevy Volt, which it closely resembles. Of course, the F3DM isn't available yet outside China yet, and both Toyota and Chevrolet may beat the company to market in the U.S. Nevertheless, Warren Buffett owns 10% of the company, and it's a good bet that it has its eyes on world markets. The car made a big splash at the Detroit auto show this year (in part thanks to an illegal, pranksterish test drive).
Perhaps the most surprising aspect of this story is that BYD isn't an car maker by pedigree. The company makes batteries — a lot of them: "65 percent of the world's market for nickel-cadmium batteries and 30 percent of the lithium-ion cell phone batteries."
Electrification of cars is coming. No one yet knows whether the route will be via a car-as-a-service scheme like Better Place, or whether battery prices will drop so quickly that people will just buy the vehicles themselves. In either case, the next decade will likely be the most interesting one in the long history of automobiles.
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