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ATLANTA (WDRB) – The world wondered if Louisville basketball coach Rick Pitino was speaking the truth when he said that Tim Henderson would get many of the minutes that Kevin Ware played before he broke his leg.
Would Henderson really play 17 minutes, the way Ware had been playing? He had barely played 17 minutes since the first of the year.
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And Smith was Smith – occasionally out of control but indispensable at winning time. Smith finished with 21 points. Behanan roared to the glass for 10 points and nine rebounds.
"We play (Hancock) with our second unit, but he's not a second-unit guy," Pitino said. "The bench won the game for us tonight. I kept telling the guys this is the Georgetown game. We're going to make a run."
The first half was a sneak preview of what kind of tug-of-war this game would be. This is how the Cardinals started this game: Turnover, turnover, two missed free throws, missed three-point shot, two missed free throws, missed three-point, missed jump shot.
That is a prescription to find yourself behind 8-0 – and that is where the Cardinals were, trailing the Shockers by eight.
They steadied themselves and stopped throwing the basketball to Marietta, pushing to a 13-10 lead. But they kept shooting three-point shots, and except for Russ Smith they kept missing them.
At halftime, Louisville trailed, 26-25. Surprising? Sure. But maybe it should not have been surprising. Remember that Wichita State handled Pittsburgh, knocked off top seed Gonzaga and dominated Ohio State while eliminating the Buckeyes. Wichita State adopted the motivational phrase "Play Angry," but "Play Without Fear."
"The noose is getting tighter," Wichita State coach Gregg Marshall told his players in a halftime motivational pep talk that was televised.
The most puzzling statistic of all was this: Four Louisville starters – Peyton Siva, Gorgui Dieng, Wayne Blackshear and Chane Behanan – combined for two points. As a group, they were averaging 34 points in Louisville's first four NCAA Tournament victories.
Dieng took one shot in the first half. So did Blackshear. So did Behanan. Strange. Very strange.
Here was another strange statistic: Of Louisville's 20 field-goal attempts in the first half, 13 were three-point shots. Rick Pitino has preached the same message since November: His team is not a good three-point shooting team. In fact, the Cardinals are barely an average three-point shooting team.
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And Garmin is bringing a stacked support team, with Ryder Hesjedal, Christian Vande Velde, Peter Stetina and Tom Peterson all ready to chase down attacks. Dave Zabriskie, Danny Summerhill and Dan Lloyd can control things on the flatter sections. Add in that Slipstream, the team's holding company, is based in Boulder, and you get some serious motivation to win. (Video: Tom Danielson's bike.)
Levi Leipheimer (RadioShack): Leipheimer is coming off the win at Utah and has undeniably good form. He missed out for the second year in a row in his attempt to win the Tour of California and add to his three titles there. He'd love another big win stateside, and while the Challenge isn't as mountainous as Utah, it's plenty difficult and suits his strengths.
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Andy Schleck (Leopard-Trek): After missing out (again) on a Tour de France title, I think Andy feels he has some unfinished business this season. After an appearance in Wisconsin for Trek Bicycles, he came to Steamboat Springs to train at altitude for a good 10 days prior to the race.
With just a short prologue and an uphill time trial, Andy's weaknesses won't be much on display here. The second stage, a grueling 130 miles, is tailor-made for him, with a long climb up Independence Pass to whittle down the field, and then the Vail time trial the next day to cement a lead.
Finally, Leopard also brings a strong squad. Andy will of course have Frank with him, but also talented climber Brice Feillu, who is fresh since he didn't ride the Tour de France. Jens Voigt offers senior leadership and stability.
Tejay van Garderen (HTC-Highroad): TVG won the time trial at Utah, a sure sign of good form. And it's a chance for him to try again after California, where he went in as an open race favorite and didn't quite race to his own standards.
With a rumored move to BMC for next season in the works, he'll be hoping for a good result here to end his time on HTC. Van Garderen lives in the off-season in Fort Collins and is coached by USA Cycling's Jim Miller, so he's got local connections too, as well as knowledge, having spent a lot of time training around Aspen.
Potential drawbacks for him include the normally strong HTC team. He's got great teammates here in Peter Velits, Danny Pate and Patrick Gretsch. But there are some questions with others. Caleb Fairly has raced sparingly this year, although he's ridden well at times. And they have Lachlan Norris aboard as a stagiaire. With morale down over the imminent end of the team, HTC may not be its usual powerhouse self. The other way to argue that is that with some riders essentially auditioning for contracts with other teams, they'll ride their hearts out.
Richie Porte (Saxo Bank-Sungard): Never mind.
Riders not listed: Ivan Basso (strong team, but did he go too deep at the Tour?); Robert Gesink (up and down all season, and the course here doesn't quite feature enough climbing); Cadel Evans (his post-Tour program has included as many celebrity appearances as training days; and could you blame him for mentally taking some time off?).
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Oscar Sevilla (Gobernacion Antiquoia): The former T-Mobile racer is grinding out his post-Puerto days on a small Colombian team, but that didn't stop him and teammate Sergio Luis Henao from nearly tearing apart the Tour of Utah.
Don't expect a repeat of the Stage 3 tactics that allowed those two to go free in a select group and gain over two minutes, but Sevilla (and Henao) are great climbers and will do better in the Vail TT than on Utah's flatter motorsports park course. I predict a high finish but they're no longer going to surprise the pack, and they don't have the team depth to defend against sustained attacks from the big guns.
Rory Sutherland (Unitedhealthcare): Sutherland is based in Boulder and knows the terrain and altitude well. At the Tour of California he showed himself one of the best climbers and can time trial pretty decently too.
The downside? At the final stage at Utah he was nowhere among the leaders, so his form is a question mark. He's listed as team leader, but unless his performance at Utah was a deliberate part of building form, how he'll go in Colorado remains to be seen.
Pat McCarty (Spidertech-C10): A former ProTour rider on Phonak, McCarty has been plying more of the domestic scene the past two years. But he's a very solid climber and finished top 10 at Utah.
Here, he's likely going for a stage win, and that big day to Aspen is probably circled in red on his calendar. Spidertech also has Lucas Euser for the climbs, but I see them targeting more stages and a consistent high finish for McCarty.
Alexander Efimkin (Team Type 1-Sanofi): Efimkin is the best all-arounder on TT1, with solid finishes in California and Utah to his credit. His big win this year was the Tour of Turkey - a great result, but not the kind of thing that puts you on the radar for the sponsor.
If I had a piece of advice for Efimkin, it would be to roll the dice in Colorado - go for the stage and let the overall do what it will. He's got the ability to pull it off, and the day I'd pick for him would be Steamboat to Breckenridge - long, hilly but not mountainous, and if the GC is set a break could well be successful. Just watch that KOM at Swan Mountain.
Juan Pablo Saurez (EPM-UNE): If Sevilla and Henao are now known quantities, this guy could definitely surprise. He raced sparingly in Europe this year but when he did, he was good - 7th at Asturias, 6th at Castilla y Leon. He was 14th in the Tour of Colombia supporting teammate Giovanni Baez Alvarez to second overall, and he has more recent race days - a win at the Tour of Rio in late July.
The EPM-UNE team is a wild card in the true sense of the term. They haven't raced much against the European teams, and less against the Americans. There's not much account of their style or depth, and they don't know Cottonwood Pass from Bogota. But ignore them at your peril.
Also watch: Ted King and Timmy Duggan (Liquigas-Cannondale); Jeff Louder and Chris Barton (BMC); Danny Pate (HTC); Chris Baldwin (Bissell).
Friday: As a first-year race, what the USA Pro Cycling Challenge may hold is unknown. A look at some factors that could influence the race.


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The Hybrid Cloud: A Major Focus In 2012 A while ago I have written an article about the types of cloud computing an organization has the choice to adopt, About Private or Shared Cloud and Everything in Between. For medium sized and small companies and private individuals, the public cloud is the most obvious choice.
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Overall, NHL 15 is a bittersweet event. It regularly exudes shades of brilliance and heightened moments of action that truly captures the best parts of hockey. But alas, it's soiled by a harsh truth: NHL 15 is missing an awful lot of features.
The gigantic Sony Xperia Z1 and Xperia Z Ultra phablet are now updating to Android 4.3 Jelly Bean.
With its powerful processor, great camera, decent screen and gorgeous, waterproof design, the Sony Xperia Z1 Compact is the best small Android phone around.
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HANNOVER, GERMANY - MARCH 02: The camera of a German Google Street View car looms over the car next to the Google logo at the Google stand at the CeBIT Technology Fair on March 2, 2010 in Hannover, Germany. Google's Street View project has raised cotroversy from people across Europe worried about infringement of their privacy. CeBIT will be open to the public from March 2 through March 6. (Photo by Sean Gallup/Getty Images)
Apparently if you live in a wealthy area, you may be more likely to have your neighborhood included on Google Maps. If you live in a poor area, Google Maps just might ignore the geography, according to a new report.
After noticing that the poor side of Lake Providence, La. wasn't on Google Street View, some say that Google "discriminates against the poor," according to CNN. Google denies any discrimination.
"We try to cover as many streets as possible but occasionally we miss the odd one or two -- for example there may have been road work that day, a street may have been inaccessible or simply because of human error our drivers may have missed a street," a Google spokeswoman said in an e-mail to CNN. "Hopefully we can come back and photograph it at a future date."
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I got an irksome error message using the link from Twitter, but it plays fine for me on Blip's site. An excellent piece.
Here's the Wilde poster.
Might as well follow him into his librarinth.
I wonder what my Fluffettes are up to . . .
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D.C. school officials are investigating whether they spent about $7.7 million to send 118 special-education students to private schools who they were never responsible for to begin with.
Under federal law, the District must pay to send special-education students whose needs aren't served by their neighborhood schools elsewhere, often to private school. Between tuition and transportation — school buses regularly transport students to Baltimore and further — the average cost per student is $65,000 each year.
A report commissioned by the Office of the State Superintendent for Education has found that District school officials couldn't verify the residency of 118, or 7 percent, of these students, and officials are investigating whether families committed residency fraud.
But that's not the full extent of the probe. Although special-education students are the costliest cases, OSSE is also investigating 126 students enrolled in D.C. Public Schools for residency fraud, as well as 32 enrolled in public charter schools.
Non-resident tuition varies by grade level but can reach upward of $12,000 each year. There were 72 students in DCPS or charters that were identified as non-residents at the beginning of the school year and assessed $743,315. Only $156,006 has been collected.
Marc Caposino, a spokesman for OSSE, said simple "lack of payment" was to blame. Some parents withdraw their students when they get the bill, but never pay for the time their child was enrolled in D.C. schools.
Schools are responsible for collecting non-resident tuition, but it ultimately becomes the responsibility of OSSE if parents refuse to pay.
"Education is free, but not without cost," State Superintendent Hosanna Mahaley said, noting that "Maryland and Virginia residents attending public school in the District place an unfair burden on D.C. taxpayers."
Of the students potentially committing residency fraud within the District, most were at the high-school level.
Tenleytown's Woodrow Wilson Senior High School, which is over-capacity and not accepting any students from the out-of-boundary lottery, had 37 students under investigation at the beginning of the school year. As names have been cleared or students have left, 22 cases remain at Wilson.


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The last 18 years have seen something historical take place on a tiny resort island in Northern Florida. The Amelia Island Concours d'Elegance is a unique automotive gathering located on, you guessed it, Amelia Island, Florida – specifically the luxury Ritz-Carlton hotel and resort.
While Pebble Beach owns the title for largest Concours in the world, Amelia Island has created something truly special. Yes, it's hard to imagine a modern Concours taking place on anything but a golf course in a luxury zip code but Amelia brings a unique element to the formula – racecars.
Attracting motorsport legends, both vehicular and human forms, along with some of the most stunning and rare cars from across the world. The mission behind the Amelia Island Concours d'Elegance is to make the automobiles the stars of the show.
This year's honoree was none other than Sam Posey. A legend who's etched his name into the history books of Le Mans, Can Am, INSA, Trans Am, Indy, Formula1 just to name a few. He was accompanied by some of his colleagues of the era, Sir Sterling Moss, Dan Gurney, Brian Redman, David Hobbs and Bob Bondurant just to name a few.
Never mind the enormous amount of wealth associated with such shows, the cars are what attract all walks of attendees. Each looking to get as close to the cars of their dreams, soaking up the smell, embracing every touch and cherishing each sounds as the car's spirits come alive again. Amelia offers a rare chance to meet the drivers that piloted these amazing machines as you pursue the show field. One attendee flew all the way from Brisbane, Australia just to walk the grounds amongst his heroes.
Amelia is a unique place amongst historical automobile shows. Being as such, they not only offer a Best in Show award but two. One for Elegance and one for sport car. Meaning racecars and coachbuilt antiques are both up for the prestigious honor. This year a 1968 Ford GT40 (#6) Le Mans winning chassis was awarded the Best in Show Concours de Sport. While a 1936 Duesenberg SNJ from the Nethercutt collection took home Best in Show d'Elegance. Marking a unique occasion where two American cars took home top honors. Awards that often find themselves on the belt notches of European marques.
Entering the show grounds you get a sense of just how diverse the showcase is. You stroll past vintage Mercedes racecars, a recent million-dollar Ferrari auction racer, various Brass-Era cars and to top it off an aerobatics show put on by local WW2 aircraft. Amelia has it all.
In celebration of several manufactures celebratory anniversaries, the field was sectioned accordingly. Porsche celebrating its 50th anniversary of the 911 and Lamborghini celebrating its 50th year supplying exotic dream cars each marque brought out the very best of their collections. Porsche called upon their loyal fan base producing rare race cars, exclusive skunk works cars and of course Porsche with a pedigree all unto their own like the ????. Lamborghini displayed three icons on the same stage. First their new Aventador Roadster, next to it the one of one Miura Roadster and bridging the gap was none other than Valentino Balboni – enjoying his first Amelia Island Concours this year.
BMW also swung for the historical fences bringing out several rare M1s including a ProCar edition, a McLaren F1 GTR and one we couldn't keep our eyes off of, the 1976 BMW 3.0L CSL Frank Stella Art Car. Which we were told produced 950hp when it famously raced Le Mans. On hand was none other than artist Frank Stella himself, side-by-side with Sam Posey as they discussed how the car came to be and their fond memories of touring the European race circuit together.
There is no doubt that in its short history the Amelia Island Concours d'Elegance has blossomed into something special. No matter what you hear, Amelia is not a copycat show. It is deeply rooted into the souls of every collector, racer and fan as a gathering that showcases machines that excite imagination – past, present and future. For us, the show means much more than idolizing our heroes, car and man, it gives us the opportunity to explore the wide range of automobile expressionism that reaffirms our devotion to the automotive community in the first place.
Stay tuned for our continued Amelia Island Concours recap, as we break down our test drives in a 1967 Porsche 911S, a 1963 Corvette Stingray and a 2013 BMW M3 Coupe Lime Rock Park Edition. As well as our coverage of the RM Auctions, Gooding & Company auctions and an exclusive dinner with Sam Posey and Brian Redman.


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|September 3, 2004
Pregnant Women in Substance Abuse Treatment: 2002
|In Brief
Forty-four States reported the pregnancy status of substance abuse treatment admissions to the Treatment Episode Data Set (TEDS) in 2002.1 Out of the more than 363,000 treatment admissions of women of childbearing age (15 to 44 years old) for which pregnancy status was recorded, 15,300 (4 percent) were pregnant at the time of admission. This number does not include women who became pregnant or became aware of their pregnancies during the course of their treatment episode. This report will examine the pregnant admissions between the ages of 15 and 44 in comparison to the 348,000 nonpregnant female admissions in the same age range in the 44 States which reported pregnancy status.
Substances of Abuse
Compared to nonpregnant admissions, pregnant women aged 15 to 44 entering treatment were more likely to report cocaine/crack (22 vs. 17 percent), amphetamine/methamphetamine2 (21 vs. 13 percent), or marijuana (17 vs. 13 percent) as their primary substance of abuse3 (Figure 1). Alcohol was the primary substance of abuse among almost one-third of women aged 15 to 44 (31 percent) who were not pregnant at the time of admission. In contrast, only 18 percent of pregnant admissions reported alcohol as their primary substance of abuse.
In terms of recency of use, pregnant admissions were more likely than nonpregnant admissions to report not having used their primary (38 vs. 26 percent), secondary (49 vs. 37 percent), or tertiary (72 vs. 55 percent) substance of abuse in the last month (Figure 2). Further, pregnant admissions were less likely to report recent daily use of their primary (33 vs. 41 percent), secondary (20 vs. 26 percent), or tertiary (8 vs. 16 percent) substance of abuse than nonpregnant admissions.
Socioeconomic Characteristics
While pregnant admissions were more likely to have never been married (65 percent) than nonpregnant admissions (56 percent), 15 percent of both pregnant and nonpregnant admissions were married and almost equal proportions were separated (7 vs. 8 percent) at the time of admission. Twelve percent of pregnant admissions and 20 percent of nonpregnant admissions were divorced or widowed.
Among women aged 19 to 444 (pregnant and nonpregnant), more than three-quarters were either unemployed or not in the labor force. However, more nonpregnant admissions reported part- or full-time employment (23 percent) than pregnant admissions (13 percent).
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Hepatitis is the inflammation of the liver. It results in liver cell damage and destruction. Alcoholic hepatitis is a complex problem and can lead to chronic liver disease and cirrhosis. If you develop alcoholic hepatitis and stop drinking, the inflammation is often reversible over time. However, if you already have cirrhosis, the liver disease can progress rapidly to liver failure.
The following are the most common symptoms of alcoholic hepatitis. However, each person may experience symptoms differently. Symptoms may include:
Abdominal tenderness or pain
Vomiting blood or material that looks like coffee grounds
Spider-like blood vessels in the skin
Ascites--fluid build-up in the abdominal cavity
Poor appetite
Jaundice--yellowing of the skin and eyes
Dry mouth and feeling very thirsty
Weight loss
Feeling ill
The symptoms of alcoholic hepatitis may look like other medical conditions or problems. Always consult your doctor for a diagnosis.
In addition to complete medical history and physical exam, diagnostic procedures for alcoholic hepatitis may include the following:
Specific lab blood tests, such as the following:
Liver function studies
Blood cell counts
Bleeding times
Electrolyte tests
Tests for other chemicals in the body
Computed tomography scan (CT or CAT scan). This imaging procedure combines X-rays and computer technology to produce horizontal, or axial, images (often called slices) of the body. A CT scan shows detailed images of any part of the body, including the bones, muscles, fat, and organs. CT scans are more detailed than general X-rays.
Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). MRI is a diagnostic procedure that combines large magnets, radio frequencies, and a computer to produce detailed images of organs and structures within the body. The person lies on a bed that moves into the cylindrical MRI machine. The machine takes a series of pictures of the inside of the body using a magnetic field and radio waves. The computer enhances the pictures produced. The test is painless, and does not involve exposure to radiation. Because the MRI machine is like a tunnel, some people are claustrophobic or unable to hold still during the test, and may be given a sedative to help them relax. Metal objects can't be present in the MRI room, so people with pacemakers or metal clips or rods inside the body can't have this test. All jewelry must be removed before the procedure.
Liver biopsy. A procedure in which tissue samples from the liver are removed (with a needle or during surgery) from the body for examination under a microscope.
Specific treatment for alcoholic hepatitis will be determined by your doctor based on:
Your age, overall health, and medical history
Extent of the disease
Your tolerance for specific medications, procedures, or therapies
Expectations for the course of the disease
Your opinion or preference
You may be admitted to the hospital or treated on an outpatient basis. Abstinence from alcohol is essential for reversing the hepatitis. This is a complex problem that may require an alcohol treatment program. There is no medication to cure alcoholic hepatitis. Treatment involves reducing the symptoms and halting the progression of the disease.
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Bilingual Storytime
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Families, come join us for songs, rhymes and more in Spanish and English!
Books, songs, rhymes, and fun for children of all ages unless noted.
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The Arden Ladies Cashspiel was held the weekend of Feb. 22-23, 2014.
Curling began Saturday morning with a few rinks curling back-to-back games. Supper was prepared by Terry Buechler and her helpers - of course it was delicious as usual.
Thanks to Sharla Magwood and Elizabeth Paramor for using their imaginations in preparing fun and games to make everyone feel like a princess. It was a princess' dream come true evening.
On Sunday, the spectators enjoyed the final draws of curling.
The final results were as follows:
First Event winners were the Kayla Hunter team over the Cheryl Hammond foursome. The Second Event winner was Audrey Paramor team with a little help from their young curler Leyla over the Kerry Funk team.
The Third Event was won by the three-generation team of Marg Goodwill over the Pat Paramor team.
A great big bouquet of "Thank you's" to all who donated their time in the kitchen, and with the bonspiel.
We would like to encourage community members who were not involved to come and join us in our Mixed Bonspiel April 4-6, 2014.
It's the people in the community working together that make things happen to have a successful bonspiel.


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Monday, July 14, 2014
Ghirardelli Minis - Sweet Dark Chocolate and Cookie Bits
Ghirardelli has a very large and varied line of chocolate bars and individually wrapped squares. This year they also introduced a new line of Ghirardelli minis in five varieties: Milk & Caramel, Milk Chocolate Sea Salt Almond, Milk Chocolate Toffee Crisp, Dark Chocolate minis and Sweet Dark Chocolate Cookie Bits minis.
The package explains that "minis are the sweet way to share your love of chocolate ... anytime, anywhere." The bag is rather slight at only 4.1 ounces but is priced comparably (per ounce) to the bars. I chose the Sweet Dark Chocolate Cookie Bits because it was a flavor I'd never seen in the bars or the standard squares before. Unfortunately the package doesn't detail the cacao percentage.
The packaging is a beautiful matte, medium blue that I found very appealing. The wrappers are also easy to open, which I appreciate when spending a little more on my candy.
I have to say that I don't understand the point of these. They squares are 7 grams each, while the regular Ghirardelli Squares are 10.75 - so they're about 2/3 the size of the original version. They're a little thicker, but not unwrapped like so many Bites and Minis are these days. (Not that I think they would fare well jumbled in a bag, they'd probably break and get scuffed up instead looking incredibly charming.
The little squares are about one inch on each side. The smell is odd for a chocolate product, it reminds me of frosting in a can, overly sweet with more of a cocoa and vanilla extract scent than the complex smell of chocolate.
The bite is easy, and the thickness of the chocolate means that the little cookie bits have space to stack up and provide some texture. The cookie pieces are crunchy and less than sweet overall, which is a welcome change from the chocolate itself. The chocolate is smooth, but like the smell, tastes a bit on the fake side. I know it's not, that it's probably the cookies giving off that smell, but it just turned me off from the experience. I was hoping for some sort of deluxe version of the Limited Edition Hershey's that come out from time to time, but here I found it no better.
I'm still keen to try some of the other flavors, this minis line seems to be a bit more on the comfort candy side of flavor combinations than the regular line, which I think is fun. This one just didn't work for me.
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POSTED BY Cybele AT 1:52 pm Candy • Review • Ghirardelli • Chocolate • Cookie • Kosher • 6-Tempting • United States • Target • Comments (0)
Friday, January 17, 2014
Ghirardelli Dark and Mint
Ghirardelli Dark & Mint is part of a new line of small, single serve bars introduced by the California-based chocolate maker.
I found the bars at Walgreen's on a dedicated display for Ghirardelli just before Christmas. They also come in Milk & Caramel, but that day I had a craving for something sophisticated and not-too-sweet.
The bar is square, which echos the little pieces, but a little thicker than their usual filled confections. It's 1.3 ounces, so it's right there as a single serving (it's 170 calories) and I picked it up on sale for $1.00.
They're about 2.75 inches square, and sectioned into four pieces. Each piece is well segmented, meaning that you can snap it apart easily and the reservoir of minty fondant is completely contained.
The bar has a rich cocoa smell, it's a bit woodsy and herbal with a nice hint of fresh peppermint.
The fondant is creamy and flowing, but quite liquid. It's very sweet but has a well rounded peppermint flavor that's more like peppermint tea than straight peppermint oil. The dark chocolate isn't too intense but has a bittersweet quality that keeps the whole thing from getting too throat-searing sticky. The wrapper doesn't say what the cacao content is, but I'd put it at about 60%.
It's not a revolutionary bar, but the convenience of a single serving for just a buck is nice. I like the big 3.5 ounce bars, but I don't like the monotony of eating a whole one and it's often hard to get enough consensus in this "too many choices" world for everyone to want that chocolate bar at that moment with me. I'd like to see this line expanded. I like the Ghirardelli style much better than Dove or Hershey's at this price point, but sometimes I want a milk chocolate and crisped rice bar.
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POSTED BY Cybele AT 3:37 pm Candy • Review • Ghirardelli • Chocolate • Fondant • Kosher • Mints • 8-Tasty • United States • Walgreen's • Comments (0)
Monday, March 18, 2013
Short and Sweet: Easter Bites
Here are a few Easter candies I bought but I'm not going to get around to doing a full review.
Ghirardelli Milk & Coconut Chocolate Eggs come in a little 3.5 ounce bag and like the other two versions available for Easter, they're a bit on the pricey side. I paid $3.99 for this little bag.
I was actually out at CVS looking for the Cadbury Hollow Bunny that I noted in my roundup of products for 2013. (I was hoping it was on sale, because the first time I saw them, they were $4.79 for a 3.5 ounce bunny and I didn't really want to fork that over for Cadbury chocolate.) While looking though I spotted this bag, which reader Kate mentioned was available last year.
They're pretty and feature good quality milk chocolate. These were a little softer in texture and had a silky melt. The coconut mixed into the chocolate is crispy, though it does become chewy after a while. It's a nice combination of textures and flavors. I found the coconut a little too, I don't know, difficult to get out of my teeth. Still, I manged to finish the bag within 24 hours, so I must have liked them. I'll still go for the Milk Crisp version over this.
Rating: 7 out of 10
I found Ferrero Tic Tac Bunny Burst at Target with all the other little Easter Basket stuffers. I didn't see a press release on this, so I didn't know it was coming out. Further, there's no listing on the package or anywhere I can find on the internet that says what flavors are actually in the Bunny Burst.
The green is pretty easy to figure out. It was green apple. They're sweet and tangy, with a very sweet, odd aftertaste. I didn't care much for it and was hoping for better in the lilac colored ones.
The soft purple is a bit of a mystery flavor. The ingredients list dried apple, dried grape, dried acerola (West Indian Cherry) and dried lychee. So I'm going to call this one tropical. It has a light green grape note, I also tasted violets along with a floral melon and vague medicinal cherry note. At one point did think about lychees, as well. It's interesting and unique. Not really what I'd call good or refreshing, but I didn't notice the weird sweet and metallic aftertaste with this one.
They're made in Canada and contain carmine, so they're not suitable for vegetarians.
Rating: 6 out of 10
I bought this pair of Cemoi Classic Creamy Egg (Milk Chocolate) at Cost Plus World Market. I was actually hoping to find a dark chocolate version, perhaps more upscale, of the classic Cadbury Creme Egg.
This is not that. I can't give it a full review because I didn't actually eat it. Both were sticky and oozy under the foil wrap, though I made my choices from the box at the store very carefully. I opened both and found overly sweet, grainy fondant. The chocolate was marginal, it was all just very sweet and unappealing. So into the trash they went.
Rating: 3 out of 10
I reviewed the Snickers Peanut Butter Squared before when they came out. The Snickers Peanut Butter Egg is the same construction, only in hemispherical ovoid shape. It's a little different because it's molded instead of being enrobed. Of course the domed shape also means different bites have different ratios. But overall I noticed more caramel in it. The chocolate and caramel and peanut with peanut butter is a nice combination. The salty peanut butter keeps it from being too sweet. I enjoyed it more than the Square thing. I also reviewed the Santa version of this which also has different proportions because of the shape of the mold.
Rating: 7 out of 10
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Wednesday, February 27, 2013
Ghirardelli Milk & Crisp Chocolate Eggs
Easter is the season for foil wrapped chocolate eggs. They can be solid, they can be filled with things. They can be the size of a peanut or a football. The fun part is when they're actually made with good chocolate.
I was excited to see Ghirardelli Milk & Crisp Chocolate Eggs at Target. Ghirardelli makes very good chocolate for the price, right here in California. I've been searching for the ideal crisped rice and milk chocolate combination, so this was the perfect item for me to pick up.
The yellow bag contains about 15 gold foil wrapped eggs. They're a rich milk chocolate with crisped rice. They also come in a blue foil version that's solid milk chocolate.
The bag is on the expensive side. The 3.5 ounces is about the same price as a chocolate bar from Ghirardelli, $3.49 ... one dollar an ounce. It's a bit steep for chocolate that's not marked as ethically sourced or organic but it is all natural. (The facility also processes tree nuts, peanuts, wheat and eggs. Contains milk and soy.)
The eggs smell dark and smoky, less sweet than many milk chocolates but still with a dairy note to it. The melt is soft and has that same sort of smoky note to it with a strong malt flavor from the crisped rice. There's a hint of bitterness to it, but not much. Overall, it's far less sweet than something like a Nestle Crunch chocolate and thought thick, not quite as sticky as Cadbury.
Overall, it was a bit more grown up than a Nestle Crunch NestEgg, but should probably be reserved for adults since the price is so much steeper. I would buy these again, and of course I'd prefer a half pound bag so I could put them out in a dish.
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POSTED BY Cybele AT 3:34 pm All Natural • Candy • Review • Easter • Ghirardelli • Chocolate • Cookie • 8-Tasty • United States • Target • Comments (1)
Monday, August 6, 2012
Ghirardelli Squares Milk & Hazelnut Crisp
I was browsing for new candy at Target and noticed these Ghirardelli Squares Milk & Hazelnut Crisp.
The stand up bag has a little banner across the top that says "now more chocolate in every bag." I did a little research and it appears that the regular bags used to have 5.25 ounces and now they have 5.58 ounces. Not exactly noteworthy, especially when they don't spell out the exact amount.
Milk Chocolate with Hazelnut Crisp Filling sounds pretty delicious to me. I wasn't sure what a hazelnut crisp would actualy be, though the front of the package shows a little bowl of crisped rice and a few hazelnuts. So in my head it was going to be a mix of some sort of hazelnut paste and the crunchies inside the milk chocolate squares.
The mylar sealed squares are actually aqua, one of those colors that doesn't photograph well and turns out more like light blue. Even with the heat in Southern California, these were still looking fantastic right out of the package. The chocolate squares are glossy and perfectly molded with the Ghiradelli eagle on top.
The ingredients aren't great. It's not a simple hazelnut paste center, instead there are lots of extra ingredients I don't much care for like palm and palm kernel oil, distilled monoglycerides (well, I 'm not sure how I feel about those), partially hudrogenated vegetable oils (cottonseed & soybean) plus TBHQ, a preservative. There's no mention of gluten, other tree nuts or peanuts as possible allergens.
The squares smell very buttery, less sweet than I expected with a light hint of hazelnuts. The bite is soft, but it's summer and the chocolates were still tempered well enough that they hadn't bloomed. The milk chocolate is sweet and sticky but has a good milk and toffee flavor to it. The creamy center is also sweet with more of a milky and malty flavor to it and only a hint of the promised toasted hazelnuts. The crisped rice is in the form of little ball, like bbs. It's a nice texture, the whole this in very satisfying though doesn't have quite enough of an intense or defined punch for me. Overall, I liked them, but not enough that I feel like finishing the bag. (I've eaten five though, just to be sure.) Something in a darker chocolate might be better suited to me, but if you're into a sweet that has a bit of texture, this might be your thing.
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POSTED BY Cybele AT 12:54 pm Candy • Review • Ghirardelli • Chocolate • Cookie • Kosher • Nuts • 7-Worth It • United States • Target • Comments (0)
Monday, June 18, 2012
Dove Cookies and Creme + Ghirardelli Cookies Jubilee
I'm a huge fan of Oreos. I love them. For my 16th birthday my little brother gave me a package of Oreos, and though some people would think, "What a cheap gift!" It was in reality just what I wanted. My love of the cookies is all about the cookie part, not the cream filling. It's salty and barely sweet, slightly sandy in its crunch and has a deep, dark chocolate flavor that borders on charcoal.
Now Kraft has their own Oreo candy bars, of course not in the United States, spawning ground of Oreos. Instead the best Oreo Bars came from Japan. So Americans have to eat Cookies and Cream candy (which is based on the awesome Cookies and Cream Ice Cream). It's a white chocolate base with crushed chocolate. The thing about Oreos is that there is no substitute. People who like other brands of chocolate cream cookies (such as Hydrox) prefer them. I happen to prefer Oreos and find anything that's like an Oreo but not an Oreo slightly disappointing. (But still usually delicious.)
While Hershey's has a 22 year head start in the Cookies and Cream arms race, Dove has an advantage when it comes to ingredients and texture.
The new Dove Silky Smooth Promises Cookies & Creme are the newest in Dove's recent entry into white chocolate products. For a while everyone was going extra dark and all of sudden white chocolate is legitimate decadence. (Personally, I think we can have it both ways, they're not mutually exclusive.)
I got a handful of these as a sample from Mars last month. I didn't think it was the final packaging because of the rather generic looking black and white foil. (This wouldn't be the first time I got samples from Mars in temporary packaging.) Well, when I opened the bag after picking them up at Target last weekend, it was clear that this was what the wrapper was supposed to look like.
I really wanted to love these, but as I mentioned before at the top, I love the cookie part of cream sandwich cookies. So I want a lot of cookie. The white chocolate Dove uses is very creamy, very smooth but also has a bit of a cocoa flavor of its own. It may not be deodorized cocoa (where the cocoa butter is filtered completely to remove any traces of cocoa solids or anything that makes it smell like chocolate). It's not as sweet as some other white chocolates, especially those at this price point. But it's still sweet and lacks that moderation that a larger proportion of cookie bits would bring.
The cookie bits themselves are okay, they're crunchy, but missing a really dark and lightly salty note to them.
They're okay eaten one at a time and with something else in between. I don't find myself wanting more after I finish one.
I was on the lookout for the Dove Cookies & Creme but had no idea that Ghirardelli had their own new version. The Ghirardelli Sublime White Cookies Jubilee was far more expensive per ounce, at $2.79 for the 3.17 ounce bar.
The box is nicely made and protects the bar well, at paperboard sleeve over a foil wrapped bar. The price per ounce is 88 cents per ounce while the Dove is half that at 44 cents per ounce. So it should be twice as good. It should be all natural. It should be fair trade. It should complement my skin tone and make my eyes sparkle. (Candy doesn't work that way, or so I've been told.)
What Ghirardelli does with there bar is actually different and sounds really good. They describe it on the front of the box as rich layers of chocolate with crunchy cookie bits..
The ingredients are weird and the photo on the package (and physical examination of the opened bar) looks like there's a milk chocolate base then a white chocolate layer filled with cookie bits.
But what it smells like is chocolate cupcakes. Not good chocolate cupcakes but those cupcakes that people buy at the grocery store bakery, that smell of automation and mixes. The ingredients list cocoa butter as the second ingredient, so that's not a problem, the chocolate content seems all good. The cookie though seems to be made from rice flour, tapioca starch and corn starch. There's no wheat flour in there, not that I need it to be made with wheat flour, but this isn't a gluten free product. (Or is it?)
The flavor balance is weird, it's like fake buttered popcorn. The little cookie bits have a nice crunch, but little dark toasted cocoa goodness of their own. The chocolate layers are smooth, far smoother than the Dove. It was weirdly greasy at the end and melted too quickly to become thin and watery. It's just weird and I found it really unpleasant. (For the record, I have liked a lot of Ghirardelli's other white chocolate products.)
In order to completely review a Cookie and Creme candy, I had to revisit the one that pretty much dominates the market, the Hershey's Cookies 'n' Creme.
I love the idea of the Hershey's and there's so many things that are right with this bar, but the primary reason I can't or don't eat it is because of the ingredients. Instead of real cocoa butter the Hershey's version uses, well, it's hard to tell, because the ingredients list is vague. The second ingredient, after sugar, is vegetable oil. It says then, parenthetically, that it may include cocoa butter, palm, shea, sunflower and/or safflower. So there's really no telling which or any of those are in there.
It's extremely sweet and slightly grainy and I think not quite milky enough for a white chocolate style product. But then I get to the cookies. There are so many of them, they're so consistently crunchy and salty and sandy and really exquisite. They balance out the sickeningly sweet white confection exceptionally well.
This purchase was the King Size bar, which was well priced, but far too much of this for me to eat and really, really smelly. The Drops version introduced more recently is a better portioning, though doesn't have quite the same cookie density and satisfaction.
I have to say, after all these years, I still haven't found a Cookies and Cream candy I actually like enough to keep eating. Dove is pretty close, it needs more cookies, it needs better cookies. Or Hershey's could go back to a real white chocolate with cocoa butter and a little less sugar. Instead I'll probably just keep eating Oreos.
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Thursday, December 22, 2011
Christmas Bars: Hershey's, Niederegger, Ghirardelli & Hachez
Here's a small selection of what I'd call Christmas chocolate bars. I've got to eat them up before the holidays - it may be too late for you to get them by Christmas, but there are some special ones that are worth picking up at the after-Christmas sales.
Hershey's introduced their Golden Almond Bar in 1977. It's a thick bar and clocks in at 2.8 ounces. The bar design and packaging has changed little over the past thirty five years. It's still wrapped in gold foil with a gold sleeve. Bars are sold either singly or in gold gift boxes of five bars (see a 1984 ad here). They're not that easy to find, I usually see them at the official Hershey's stores at Chocolate World or the Times Square shop.
The bar is simple, it's just milk chocolate with lots of whole roasted almonds in it. It differs from the Hershey's Milk Chocolate with Almonds bar as it's supposed to be better quality chocolate. The ingredients do not differ from the Hershey's standard milk chocolate which includes PGPR but is at least made in the United States and not Mexico as the other supposedly upscale Pot of Gold line is.
The bar is wonderful looking, it's thick and has a great snap. It's about 1.7 inches wide, 4.75 inches long and a beefy half inch high. There are some almonds in there though not as many as I feel are promised but they look like they're fresh and of good quality. The chocolate looks a little darker than the standard Hershey's but smells like I'd expect. It's sweet with a slight yogurty tang to it.
The texture is smooth and fudgy, with a sticky melt and a light caramel and woodsy chocolate flavor. It's not complex and it's not extraordinary. But if you like Hershey's chocolate and enjoy the decadence of a thicker piece, this is a good bar to choose. I liked the nostalgia of an actual foil wrapped bar, which is so rare these days. If there's someone on your list that loves Hershey's, this is a little bit more elegant way to give them what they desire.
Size: 2.8 ounces
I'll have more about my German adventures, including a tour of the Niederegger Factory in Lubeck in the coming weeks.
I found this seasonal bar called Niederegger Marzipan Weihnachtsschokolade at the Niederegger cafe at Marktplatz in Lubeck. The front of the package says Saftiges gewurz marzipan mit vollmilch-schokolade. So it's a spiced marzipan in milk chocolate. The image shows almonds, cinnamon sticks and star anise. The ingredients don't specifically list anise, just "spices" though cinnamon is a separate item.
Inside the paper wrapper there's a stiff card (advertising the company and their website) and the foil wrapped bar.
The packaging did a great job of protecting the bar. It was glossy and unscuffed.
The milk chocolate is very light in color (33% cocoa solids and 14% milk solids). The bar smells like milky chai, a little spicy and very sweet. The marzipan is moist and a bit like eating Snickerdoodle cookie dough. The chocolate is smooth, but doesn't contribute much in the way of cocoa to this, it just nicely encases the marzipan. The texture of the marzipan is a little more rustic than the French style fondant type that's used for creating figures and shapes. Niederegger is meant for eating and enjoying.
The ratios on the 100 gram bars from Niederegger favor the chocolate more than the enrobed little classic loaves. (I'll get into that more in my master post.) If you're looking for a starter marzipan that's more about the texture and celebrates almonds as the source ingredient, Niederegger really can't be beat. It's not too sweet and doesn't have any fake amaretto flavors to it.
I would prefer a version of this with dark chocolate, but I can't argue with the traditional recipe they have. It's a great balance of subtle spice, sweetness, milk and almonds.
Size: 3.5 ounces
I'm no stranger to the Ghirardelli Peppermint Bark. They've been making it for years and it comes in a clever little square that's perfect for some afternoon tea or coffee.
I found this set of bars at Target last month on sale for $2 each. They're heralded as limited edition and come in milk chocolate and dark chocolate.
I'm not actually a fan of barks. I like my inclusions fully immersed in the chocolate. So the bar version of Peppermint Bark is perfect for my strange fondness for things being hidden in the chocolate.
Unlike most Peppermint Barks, which combine white chocolate with crushed peppermint candies (like candy canes or starlight mints), the Ghiradelli version uses minty, artificially colored corn flakes. I haven't the foggiest why they did it that way, but honestly, they created something unique enough to be a new genre.
The milk and dark vary a little bit in their coloring. The milk version is sweet and has a lot of dairy notes to it from both the milk chocolate base and the white chocolate top (made with real cocoa butter). The mint is clean and bright, the little cereal bits are crunchy and a little salty and keep it all from being too cloying.
The dark version has two kinds of bits, the red bits and some little dark brown bits, which I think are little chocolate cookie pieces. The dark chocolate has a little smoky note to it which overshadowed the minty layer a bit, which I enjoyed. There's a definite difference between the Ghirardelli Peppermint Bark and the Dove Peppermint Bark, which can also be found for comparable prices at similar stores. Personally, I prefer the Dove version, because it's a bit butterier. This one is about the crunch, a grown up sort of crunch.
Size: 3 ounces
The last item I have is not quite a full review. The Hachez Weihnachts Knusper Bar (Christmas Crunchy Bar) is a darling looking bar. The soft white paper wrapper has a classically illustrated scene of a child ice skating on a pond.
Feine Vollmilch-Chocolade mit Zimt, Mandeln und Nussen
My German was getting pretty good, even though I'd only been listening to German podcasts for a week and was only there for a day. The front of the package said Fine milk chocolate with cinnamon, almonds and nuts. The little image also showed all of the above -cinnamon sticks, milk chocolate blocks, almonds and a hazelnut in its shell.
So I was very excited when I got it home and put at the top of my list to photograph and review before Christmas. I took it out of the wrapper, snapped it in half ... it looked and smelled so good:
The bar was glossy and showed no ill effects from the long journey (about 750 more miles on a bus at that point then the 5,700 mile plane ride).
I broke off a little piece of it to try after the photo, I was greeted by wonderfully smooth and milky chocolate and amazingly fresh, crunchy and crushed nuts and a hint of cinnamon. I could taste the hazelnuts and something else ... it wasn't pecans, it was walnuts. What I didn't realize was that while Nussen might be a generic word for nuts, it usually meant walnuts. (Walnusse is the more specific word.) So technically, I didn't eat any of the bar. I had to spit it out and rinse out my mouth (I still ended up itchy and with a sore throat all evening - my allergy has not developed beyond this irritation stage). But I'm going to go out on a limb after eating many of the other Hachez products in the past week (which I'll have reviews for) and say that this really is a good bar.
Size: 3.5 ounces
Do you have a favorite winter flavor combination? Anything regional or something from long ago that they don't make any longer?
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Tuesday, September 13, 2011
Ghirardelli Intense Dark Sea Salt Soiree
Ghirardelli Chocolate is America's second oldest chocolate company, making cacao products in the Bay Area of California since 1852.
The Ghirardelli family owned and ran the company until the 1960s when the company was sold to the Golden Grain Macaroni Company (makers of Rice-A-Roni, the San Francisco treat), then in the 1980s Golden Grain was swallowed up by Quaker Oats (the Pennsylvania treat). About 6 years later Quaker sold Ghiradelli off and it was once again an independent entity, if only for about six years when in 1998 it was bought up by Lindt and Sprüngli of Switzerland (which was making chocolate only seven years longer than Ghiradelli).
I mention all of this because there was something vaguely familiar about this bar called Ghirardelli Intense Dark Sea Salt Soiree when I picked it up and it took me a while to figure it out. A couple of years ago I reviewed Lindt Excellence Dark with a Touch of Sea Salt. While I found Lindt's a good bar, it's either the quality of the Ghirardelli chocolate or the addition of almonds that really make Ghirardelli's bar special.
The bar's mold is nicely designed. Each of the eight sections include the Ghirardelli eagle logo. The molding is overall good, though there are some voids and bubbles on the front of the bar, I didn't notice anything else amiss when I snapped the bar in half or inspected the bottom of the bar.
I didn't think it smelled particularly special, like brownies, which in itself is a tantalizing scent, but really didn't do the rest of the bar justice.
The bar is called Intense Dark but I can't find anything that says what the percentage of cacao is for the bar. The appearance is dark like coffee with a light reddish hue to it. The bar has a liberal sprinkling of crushed almonds in it and of course large flakes of sea salt.
The flavors of the chocolate are very mild, but a good blend of hot cocoa, coffee and woodsy tobacco. The almonds give a fresh crunch and the light sprinkling of salt doesn't overwhelm any of the other elements.
It's an extremely munchable bar, not too dark for a snack but still more sophisticated than a standard Dove or plain Ghirardelli bar. I didn't expect to like the bar so much since it's such a simple idea and construction, especially since I had the nut-less Lindt version before. The freshness of the elements and well executed format just come together so well here. I wish that Ghirardelli didn't feel the need to use dairy (milk fat) in their dark chocolate though, it would make this a much more accessible bar. (It's also made in a facility that processes peanuts as well.)
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TC Electronic M350 Reverb and Effects ProcessorThe TC Electronic M350 combines 15 brand-new TC-quality reverbs with 15 multi-purpose effects including delay, modulation, and compression. Included AU/VST compatible software editor allows for seamless control and editing integration with DAW systems. Through the included software editor, parameters and preset recalls may be fully automated or real-time controlled. High-density 24-bit processing and A/D/A conversion delivers the full transparency of TC reverbs and effects. Choice Selection of EffectsThe M350's reverbs include: classic TC hall, cathedral, ambience, room as well as plates and springs, and the comprehensive effects section includes a number of essential compression, modulation, and delay variations.Optimized PresetsThe 256 factory presets cover a wide range of applications and audio sources, and enable you to use the M350 right out of the box. With 99 additional user presets, the total number of presets amounts to 355.Easy Front Panel AccessM350 was designed with the utmost user-friendliness in mind. All reverb and effect types and parameters are accessible directly from the front panel, ensuring maximum flexibility in any given situation. Perfect for Computer RecordingThrough the included software, the user can control and edit the M350's parameters stand-alone and in any AU/VST environment. Comprehensive I/O The auto-sensing digital input at 24 bit S/PDIF ensures bullet-proof input connection in any setup. Furthermore, the M350 comes with an easy-to-read preset display, and provides MIDI in/out, MIDI clock tempo sync, pedal control of tap tempo, and global bypass.
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