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Thursday, July 9, 2009
Nips: Mocha and Chocolate Parfait
The last two varieties to complete my set of Nips reviews are Chocolate Parfait Nips and Mocha Nips.
In case you haven't been reading along, Nips are a hard caramel, first made by a company called Pearson's which was later bought out by Nestle. They're a great summer candy because they don't melt but have a rich creamy flavor that can satisfy that craving even on the stickiest of days.
Both are variations on previously reviewed Nips, as they're filled & flavored.
The Chocolate Parfait Nips are made up of a Caramel Nip outside and a chocolate flavored inside.
The caramel is a little salty, creamy and with a silky sweet melt on the tongue. Sometimes it softens up a bit for splitting & bending ... or cementing teeth together.
Inside the bliss of the confection loses track for me. The chocolate center is like an oily Tootsie Roll. The chocolate flavor is weak and the texture is worse than that, a sort of waxy, greasy mess.
I've had this box for several months and I've eaten all of four of them so far.
The Mocha Nips are a bit darker looking. The rich hardened caramel is coffee flavored, just like the original Coffee Nips. In this case the mocha element comes from the cocoa paste filling.
The creamy, milky coffee outer portion is just like the classic Nip ... a good rounded coffee flavor. The inside though, like the Chocolate Parfait isn't quite chocolate, it's more like a frosting.
The bold strength of the coffee flavored outside masks the chocolate deficiencies better than the Chocolate Parfait, so I did end up finishing most of the box.
While I appreciate the attempt to create a few other versions, the chocolate just isn't good enough to make me chose these over the classic solid flavors.
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Tuesday, June 30, 2009
Cadbury Dairy Milk Snack
Cadbury is a dominant chocolate brand around the world. (See this article from Business Week that shows it as the #2 chocolate on the planet.)
What's especially fun about Cadbury chocolate is the little variations depending on the country. One of those is the Australian set of candy bars. I picked up this single serve bar of Dairy Milk Snack after seeing it in Sera's photo stream last year (I didn't really want the big size bar).
It's a simple concept - a segmented bar with different flavored fillings in each piece. (Note that the large bar has only five segments.)
The first thing that sets this little bar apart is that each piece is coded with the contents. Though the package didn't say what the fillings are (and please, why?) I did figure out the pineapple one immediately and took a good guess at the strawberry and orange.
The flavors in all are: caramel, pineapple, coconut ice (I have no idea what that is), strawberry, Turkish delight and orange.
My bar was fresh, unmarred and in great condition.
Caramel - I thought it'd be like the Caramello, but it's a little firmer, a little thicker. The chocolate outside is rather strange - it has a good snap, but not a very good melt. It's a bit stiff, a little chalky. The flavor is recognizably Cadbury with a strong powdered milk flavor and a gentle malty cocoa taste.
Pineapple - has a light tangy pineapple scent. The fondant is thick, it has a good sheen to it, but it doesn't flow. The flavor is sweet and has a tangy pineapple bite. It's an odd combination with the musky chocolate, but I enjoyed the change of pace.
Coconut Ice - honestly I don't know what this is. It's pink and it's crumbly and has a slight sweet flavor that I can't quite place. If it's supposed to be coconut, it's missing that completely.
Strawberry - the fondant is smooth, but a little more crumbly than the pineapple. Fragrant and floral, there's not tart component. Rather authentic tasting and pleasant.
Turkish Delight - wow, they went all out for the rose here. The texture is quite soft, more like a jelly than a firm paste. The floral notes are pungent with a slight tangy middle note that dissipates quickly. I rather liked it, but I can tell that this would be quite off-putting for many Americans and other cultures not accustomed to floral flavors.
Orange - I had hoped this would be the winner piece, but I found it rather bland. The fondant was too firm and lacking a distinctive zest.
Just as a little touchstone, I picked up an American Cadbury Dairy Milk bar to compare the flavors, and I do find that I prefer the stickier, fudgier texture of the Hershey-made version, but that may just be what I'm accustomed to.
It's a fun bar and honestly I'd probably enjoy a whole bar of the pineapple or Turkish delight, the rest of the flavors just didn't feel like they were the best that Cadbury could muster. (I know they can do better with the caramel & chocolate combination.) For the money, especially since I'm paying import prices, if I felt like boxed chocolate candy, I'd be better off getting some Russell Stover or finding a See's or I'd probably even choose a Whitman's Sampler of this.
One of the best things I can say about Cadbury right now is that they're making a huge effort to go Fair Trade with their chocolate though it's going to be a long process.
Some other reviews: Jim's Chocolate Mission, Chocolate Reviews, Sera at The Candy Enthusiast.
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Monday, June 22, 2009
Brach's Indulge Almonds: Coconut & Caramel
Besides the regular chocolate covered nuts that Brach's has been making for about a hundred years, Brach's has more recently branched out into more than the old fashioned pick-a-mix items.
the new Indulge gable-box line includes some boxed chocolate items (like Cherry Creme Clusters) as well as the standard bridge mixes and chocolate covered nuts.
I picked out these two from the samples that Farley's & Sathers sent me: Coconut Almond Escape and Caramel Almond escape because they both have almonds at the center but were definitely outside of the normal panned nuts offerings.
Besides the color coding of the boxes, it's hard to tell the candies apart from the pictures on the package ... they've obviously taken some artistic license or are able to produce identical candies in both dark and milk chocolate. (Click to see it a bit bigger on Flickr.)
Coconut Almond Escape is called Rich, creamy, coconut covered almonds coated in luscious dark chocolate.
They make it sound simple but it's really not. There is an almond at the core and there is a "sweet chocolate" coating (which has lactose as the second ingredient after sugar and before chocolate & cocoa butter). But that white stuff in between goes like this:
So that "coconut covering" has very little actual coconut in it ... as far as I can tell the smallest dash of coconut oil and maybe that natural flavoring.
They certainly smell coconutty - like suntan lotion. The pieces are glossy and large. The almonds are crunchy and nicely toasted. The white cream is soft and has a good melt on the tongue ... not quite fondant and rather salty. Sometimes I get a fake butter flavor from it, which turns me off. The whole effect is rather good otherwise and rather different.
I was hoping for the elusive Dark Chocolate Almond Joy experience, but without actual coconut flakes, all the chewy texture is provided by the almonds. It tastes rather fake, but the hit of salt gives them a good munchability. But on the other hand I'm hesitant to recommend a candy that has more coloring (titanium dioxide in this case) than salt. But I don't know what my daily recommend intake of titanium is. Maybe it makes my cell phone reception better. Or makes me impervious to UV radiation.
Caramel Almond Escape is Rich creamy, caramel covered almonds in luscious milk chocolate.
I should have photographed these two candies together to show the difference in size. Most of these are about the size of a Peanut M&M.
These milk chocolate pieces look great otherwise, very nicely panned they're shiny and smooth. I was rather surprised when I opened the package that they smell like maple.
I was hoping for a nice chewy caramel, but probably expecting a Brach's Milk Maid Caramel.
Instead it's more like a maple fudge instead of anything resembling a caramel. And it's an awful like like fake maple.
The nuts are crunchy, but their tiny size leaves the proportions here a bit off as well. I've been eating the, but I have a hard time believing that I'd buy them.
Rating: 4 out of 10
It's nice to see Brach's bringing production back to the United States, but I'd like to see some less convoluted recipes ... or I'll just stick to the Bridge Mix, Candy Corn and Spearmint Leaves that they do so well.
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Tuesday, June 16, 2009
Short & Sweet: Tropical Flavors
As I was on my little candy walkabout late last week I noticed a lot of popular candies have a tropical flavor mix. So I decided to start picking them all up and do a little roundup.
For the most part I consider the tropical flavors to be pineapple, mango, papaya, durian (not that I advocate its use), carambola (starfruit), passionfruit, banana, lychee, guava and coconut. Citrus goes in there but things like strawberries and melons are definitely not a tropical fruit (my rule is if it can be grown in Ohio, it's not tropical).
First, I have to say that I've never had Nerds Rope before. It arrived on the scene sometime after my candy experimental days (you know, when you're a kid) but before it was launched as a new product during my Candy Blog phase.
But the concept is simple, a sticky gummi rope is rolled in Nerds. In this case it's a Tropical Nerds Rope.
The candy is kind of odd in that it's rather over-packaged and overpriced (look how long the rope is compared to the wrapper). It's less than an ounce but costs the same as a regular candy bar. But then again, it's a 100 calorie snack! (90 to be precise.)
There are no flavors actually mentioned on the packages, just eensy images of Nerds in swim trunks and flower leis. In this case the gummi cord at the center is a sparkly green. The tangy Nerds are mostly pineapple tasting.
The chewy center and excellent Nerd stickage makes this much less messy than I had anticipated. The combination of textures and flavors is really nice. I enjoy the pineapple quite a bit (maybe some papaya in there) and don't really feel the need to try any other flavor after this. (I could see a build your own rope kit too, a little length of gummi and kids could roll their own.)
Rating: 7 out of 10 (Made in USA by Wonka/Nestle)
Now and Later were off limits to me for a long time, mostly because I thought they were too risky for my teeth. But now that I have a good dentist, I'm not as apt to give into such unfounded fears.
Tropical Now and Later has a flavor assortment that's right up my alley: Mango Melon, Pineapple and Banana. (I've never met a yellow flavor I didn't like.)
Often mango flavored candies taste a lot like peach to me. And peach flavored candies often taste more like over-syruped peach pie than actual peaches. This was pretty much like that. The dominant flavor was of the musky mango with a little cantaloupe thrown in.
It got tangier the more I chewed, which I enjoyed, because that took over the flavor profile for the most part.
These are everything you'd expect from a banana taffy. Bold and artificial tasting with a strange blast of dry cleaning smell in the back of my throat and the old standby - fingernail polish remover.
Still, I love banana taffy.
This is only slightly lighter than the Banana, but luckily they print the name of the flavor on there.
Tangy and fruity but with a strange, warm Play Doh note in the middle.
I found them pretty much irresistible even if they were rather fake.
Rating: 6 out of 10 (Made in Mexico by Farley's & Sathers)
On the back of the box of Mike and Ike Tropical Typhoon is a flavor guide. It includes little images of fruits: banana, kiwi, lime, mango, strawberry and pineapple (also on the front).
The flavors, on the other hand, don't quite match up.
Blue = Caribbean Punch: the initial flavor is a bit green & pine-ish. Then it becomes more punch-like. It's all sweet and no tangy.
Peach = Mango: a little tart at first, then rather floral. Not exactly mango but definitely not peach and the longer I chewed the closer it got to the rosemary notes that mangoes have.
Red = Strawberry-Banana: the initial note here is sweet banana, then a little strawberry bobs by for a little floral note.
Green = Kiwi-Banana: it starts like the strawberry banana but then just stops ... it's not that it's an all banana flavored Mike and Ike, but just half-flavored. Some of them had a slight tangy melon flavor on the shell, but not all of them and it certainly didn't taste like kiwi to me.
Pink = Paradise Punch : just a slight tingle of tangy in there, but it's mostly a sweet punch flavor ... like the Caribbean Punch but without the strange balsam notes.
Overall, too much like the original Mike and Ike - too bland and not enough real punchy flavor in there. I really wanted some pineapple flavor in there, too. I'll stick to Tangy Twister (which has Pineapple) or the Alex's Lemonade Stand mixes.
Rating: 6 out of 10. (Made in USA by Just Born)
I have to say that I've always regarded the Tootsie company as rather traditional and slow to adopt to changing American tastes. But then it's like they have this strange rebellious group known as the Dots Makers. They're fully encouraged to do bizarre flavor assortments from the crazy Ghost Dots at Halloween (to be paired with Bat Dots this year which are Blood Orange flavored - which I would have called Blood Dots) then the Yogurt Dots but the real innovation came in the limited edition line called Elements that came in single flavor packages of Cinnamon, Green Tea, Wintergreen and Pomegranate.
So Tropical Dots are kind of tame in comparison, but they must be popular because they've been around since 2003.
Bright Pink = Tropical Nectar: it tastes like Hawaiian Punch with a strong bitter aftertaste. Sweet, tangy and definitely with that "tropical candy flavor" that I think is papaya.
Orange = Wild Mango: tart and rather citrusy with a pretty good imitation of mango flavor in there. Still tastes like the mango version of Tang.
Turquoise = Paradise Punch: an insane color for a candy, it's rather similar to the Tropical Nectar but with more of a citrus twang to it and less aftertaste.
Yellow = Grapefruit Cooler: why didn't someone tell me there was a grapefruit Dot? These are fabulous and I want to buy them by the box. The first notes are tangy then there's a deep zesty flavor that has a black cherry note to it that dissipates and then it's just a nice grapefruit & citrus flavor.
Green = Carambola Melon: - when my mother came to visit last time we went to a new Korean market in Little Tokyo (that replaced my favorite market, Mitsuwa). They had these little melons called Korean Melons ... they were small, about the size of a papaya or mango. Bright yellow with some mild bumps and distinct ridges. I bought two. I cut them up and was rather unimpressed with the flavor - like weak Musk Melon. The problem was later in the evening I kept smelling something like garbage. I turned out it was the melon. (I really like the idea of a one-serving melon though.)
Anyway, this one is supposed to be starfruit and melon. I don't know starfruit that well. I usually eat it off of garnishes at dessert displays, but I've never actually bought my own from the produce department and tasted it. It had a rather musty taste to it that was also on the violet side of things ... it was just weird, but not in a terrible way, just in a "this is new to me" way.
The box was wrapped in cellophane so the Dots were soft and fresh. This didn't stop them from sticking to my teeth, but still, it's worth it for their smooth texture.
Rating: 7 out of 10. (Made in USA by Tootsie)
The final item on my list is Tropical Razzles.
Like all Razzles, they look terrible out of the package.
Yellow = Pineapple: Nice tangy burst but with a light flavor & texture of a chewable vitamin C tablet. It holds its flavor pretty well, though becomes less tart and more sweet towards the end when it becomes as appealing and chewed paper.
Pink = Strawberry-Banana: nice mix of strawberry & banana notes, almost reminds me of the old Wacky Wafers at first. Chewing too long just disappoints, I vote for spitting out when it become sweet but the grain wanes.
Red = Tropical Punch: definitely like Hawaiian punch. Strong bitter aftertaste & cherry notes towards the end. The gum was much tougher on this one too.
Orange = Tangerine: more orange than tangerine. The tangy notes aren't as forward as some of the others. When the flavor is gone there's a weird metallic aftertaste.
Green = Kiwi-Lime: if there was kiwi in here, I missed it completely. This was lime. Very lime, nicely tangy with a little bitter zest note (or maybe the food coloring).
Overall, I think that Razzles suffer from too much artificial coloring. After chewing the pieces they're extremely dark & vibrant ... that's a lot of food coloring. If I wanted to treat it like candy (which I do), it means a lot of sticky leftover bits in a very short period of time.
Rating: 4 out of 10 (Made in Canada by Concord Brands)
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Friday, May 29, 2009
Nestle Cranberry Raisinets
A couple of years ago Nestle finally expanded the Rasinets line by creating "dark chocolate" covered Raisinets.
Now they've delved into mucking with the inside of the Raisinet ... the raisin.
In the new Cranberry Raisinets they've swapped out the dried grape for dried cranberries.
While the classic Raisinet is pretty simple & pure (just raisins in the center covered with some mediocre milk chocolate then coated with a sealing confectioners glaze), the new Cranberry version is a bit more complicated with a complicated package to match.
First, they've gone to a 100 calorie package which is priced the same as a standard serving package. Regular Raisinets currently come in a package with 1.58 ounces in there. The new 100 Calorie Cranberry Raisinets are .81 ounces. (If a package is 75 cents, that's over $14 per pound.)
The front of the package says: 100% chocolate covered cranberries. I don't know if that means that each cranberry is completely covered (which isn't quite true, since some of mine had little bald spots) or that there are no raisins hiding in there ... but what's really certain here is that there's more than cranberries in the center.
The centers are "sweetened cranberries" with their ingredients listed as cranberries, sugar and sunflower oil. The little factoid box on the back of the package says: Good to Know: Dried cranberries are one of nature's best sources of fruit ANTIOXIDANTS. Yes, that's a nice thought, but there's less than a half an ounce of cranberries here (I'm being generous with that estimate based on how much of the product is chocolate), so little that there's no measurable amount of Vitamin C listed in the dietary specs.
All that prefacing aside, I love dried cranberries. I buy them often and eat them quite a bit (I love them mixed in with raw almonds). I've only been able to find the sweetened cranberries, no unsweetened ones seem readily available.
The Cranberry Raisinets are big and plump, usually flat and some of them were conjoined.
The chocolate is sweet, milky and flaky. The flavor is bland with a slight musty & cocoa note to it. The cranberry centers are chewy and tangy but also sweet. The overall effect is, well, sweetness without enough texture variation.
I've had quite a few different brands of chocolate covered dried & sweetened cranberries and think they're just too sweet for the flavor profiles of the chocolate & cranberries to come through strongly.
I don't see any reason to pay the same amount of money for basically half as much candy, even if it is some sort of portion control. 100 calories of something really tasty might be worth it, but this is simply not worthy of my limited calorie allotments for confections.
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Monday, April 20, 2009
Good & Fiery
I have been waiting nearly a year to find these! I first read about them last year on Candy Addict's list of new products coming out from Hershey's. The release date of December 2008 came and went and I kept my eyes open but still didn't see them in the stores ... not even on the internet. I thought maybe Hershey's decided not to put them out.
Then last week I wandered down to the 99 Cent Only Store about a mile from my office to see what was new. I found a box. One box. Just sitting there, mixed in with the Sugar Babies and Care Bears Gummi Bears. I would have bought more, but this was all they had (and this one was a little dinged).
The biggest question I had about these was which side of the confectionery line would they fall ... are they a licorice product like Good & Plenty or are they a jelly-bean-like Good & Fruity.
The front of the package was no help. It describes these only as Sweet and Spicy chewy candy. The side of the package pushed me in the direction of Good & Fruity when I looked at the ingredients. The first three are dextrose, sugar & corn syrup. Good & Plenty has wheat flour as part of the licorice.
So now I knew that I was expecting: Lemon, Orange, Apple & Cinnamon jelly rods.
All that confusion aside ... the box design is fabulous. I love the bold colors & graphic style (which is why there are so many photos in this review).
Good & Fiery are like their brethren Good & Fruity - little jelly bean rods. Long (about 2/3 of an inch) & tapered at both ends, they're smaller than Mike and Ike and a bit shinier, too.
Lemon (Yellow) - bright and translucent, I was more than curious what the combination of lemon and cinnamon would hold. The candy shells on these is rather thin & crunchy. Now, the flavor ... at first it's a little bitter. The shell is sweet, but the little sweet veneer wears off and I got a slight bitter hit, an organic type of woodsy bitter. I got lemon zest too ... and then cinnamon. At the very end there was a little twang of tartness.
It's downright bizarre. It's like eating a candle. Not in a bad way.
Orange (orange) - also starts with a slight bitterness but that moved into a very strong sweetness quickly. The cinnamon here is like an actual cinnamon stick - woodsy with notes of cedar and pine and then a strong snap of tartness then some more bitter at the end. There's a warm feeling from the cinnamon but not a strong lingering one.
Apple (red) - I had trouble telling the reds apart when I didn't have another to compare it to (though usually the cinnamon ones were a bit fatter). This apple is sweet and tangy and has that nice combination of apple juice flavor mixed with that made-in-the-lab note of "green apple flavoring". The cinnamon is a bit of a background here but makes it taste a bit like a McDonald's Hot Apple Pie. (Without the "caution filling is hot" label.)
Cinnamon (dark red) - I was expecting the plain cinnamon to be like a Hot Tamale or Sizzling Cinnamon Jelly Belly. Instead this one went in a wholly different direction. The shell on these seemed crispier. The cinnamon flavor on the outside was soft. Then at the edge of the shell and the jelly center there was a burst of flavor - like an all cinnamon chai - it had a burning warmth and some really authentic notes of real cinnamon, not just the cinnamon oils.
This has to be one of the strangest ventures I've seen Hersheys' take in quite a while. It's like they subcontracted the folks who developed the Dots: Elements (Earth, Wind, Fire & Water) to come up with a brand extension for Good & Fruity. I'm completely puzzled by these though, because I think Hershey's created a great new product with their Cinnamon Twizzlers Fire. Why couldn't they have taken those and made a version of that like the true Good & Plenty?
Those who are disappointed by the soulless rebirth of Good & Fruity aren't going to find any comfort here. Those who enjoy cinnamon with all the variations of the flavor might find some solace.
Joann from Sugar Hi reviewed them a few months ago, at least helping to disambiguate their candy category but didn't dissuade me from trying them.
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Thursday, April 9, 2009
House Brand Creme Eggs
While some folks find the Cadbury Creme Egg to be the ultimate achievement in Easter confectionery, be warned that there are some pretenders to that throne. At the stores this year I found two such "knock offs."
I found Walgreen's and CVS had their own eggs this year. The CVS brand is called Absolutely Divine and comes in gold foil with a purple and black logo ... which made me wonder if they were a dark chocolate product. The Walgreen's version is in primary/secondary colors and comes in both the Creme Egg and Caramel Egg.
What could a store brand have to offer? Well, the first thing I noticed about these CCE simulations is that they're bigger. In fact the shelf box for the Walgreen's said that they're 14% larger. These eggs are like the once powerful Cadbury Creme Eggs in their original 1.38 ounce size (CCE are now 1.2 ounces).
Walgreen's had these generic looking Creme Eggs on sale this past weekend for 40 cents each, which is not much less than an actual Cadbury Creme Egg. What I found so surprising is that I've been to that Walgreen's at least twice before during this Easter season and these weren't out on the shelves.
It was tough to read the wrapper. What I did get was that these are made in Canada and the chocolate shell is made of real chocolate.
The shell has a little line design on it, not the same as the Cadbury Creme Egg, so at least they're using different molds.
Biting into the egg was a bit tough. It's a thick shell and I was greeted with a creme that resembled a cordial more than the fondant than I was used to.
The difference between the egg white and egg yolk wasn't quite apparent, though the best I could tell was there were two different colors of fondant in there. The center was sticky and inconsistent. Sweet, flavorless with little patches of clotted graininess.
Rating: 3 out of 10.
The Walgreen's Caramel Egg comes in a purple wrapper. It was pretty easy to unwrap, but it felt quite heavy.
Biting it was similarly difficult to the Creme version - the shell is thick and almost solid on either end with only a minor void for the caramel at the center.
The caramel isn't chewy or flowing. Instead it's more of a pudding-like goo. As far a flavor though, it's like a good caramel pudding, it's very smooth and has some toasted sugar flavors. The chocolate shell is a bit hard, a little grainy and very milky tasting.
As far as this brand goes, I rather liked this Caramel Egg ... not enough to buy it again, but as a simulation of the venerable original, it at least meets expectations.
Rating: 4 out of 10.
The CVS Absolutely Divine Creme Egg didn't look like much in the store. There was no explanation on the display box, and actually finding the "creme egg" part on the wrapper was pretty tough sleuthing that involved carefully flattening the foil after unwrapping.
I fully expected these to be made in Canada like the Walgreen's counterpart ... that they just came spilling off the line to be randomly divided into different groups for different foil wrappers. This was more shocking when I read that they have identical ingredients and molding. But origins aside, the important part is how much they cost and how they taste.
I paid 50 cents each for these.
The egg was similarly thick-shelled.
The creme center was also similarly inconsistent, though not quite as flowing as the Walgreen's version.
The chocolate shell was disgusting. It tasted like roasted cardboard. Musty, grainy and overly sweetened, perhaps steamed cardboard.
The sweet filling was completely overpowered by this too-much-bad-shell. And the name, well, they're absolutely not divine.
Rating: 2 out of 10.
I have one other piece of not-so-shocking info. These are all sticky. Not something to be eaten while using a keyboard.
What I came away with is this: if you love Cadbury Creme Eggs, buy Cadbury Creme Eggs. If you don't like Cadbury Creme Eggs, these aren't going to persuade you that they're a great candy. Spend the extra eight cents or whatever the price difference is and get the real stuff.
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Friday, April 3, 2009
Beechies Force Chewy Candy
For some reason people want Energy. I'm not quite sure why they're looking for products specifically labeled that way, as my understanding is that all food contains energy. Calories are available energy from food. If it doesn't have calories, as far as I'm concerned, it's not food.
But consumers, I believe, have been duped into thinking that stimulants are actually energy. They're not, they're just, well, stimulants. Stimulants make you feel like doing stuff, as the general state of humans (if you believe advertising and general laws of physics) is to be inert and bored. Stimulants, though, don't cure boredom or actually get anything done.
Caffeine is the most common stimulant and is naturally found in a product that masks the bitter and unpleasant taste of it very well: coffee. Caffeine also works as an additive in other products in smaller quantities, usually products with natural alkaloids, like chocolate or perhaps strong fruit flavors.
There are some other compounds which are also grouped into energy products: Taurine and B vitamins (Niacin, B6 and B12). These have their own distinct flavors, often known collectively as the "vitamin burp" taste. (You can read about these at Energy Fiend)
All of this writing, however, is just vamping. After trying my first Beechies Force Chewy Candy, I didn't want to continue.
Lemon - it looks pretty good and the first crunch of the candy shell was a bright & promising sweet lemon flavor. But chewing it, well, I should probably start posting photos of my facial expressions. The first was something akin to "Wha? Is this really happening? Does this really taste like this?" kind of quizzical look. Then a bitterness set in, which caused me to furrow my brow. Then came a general distasteful look that someone might mistake for "May I spit this out in your hand please? Please! Right now!"
And then I waited for a couple of weeks. I reviewed a bunch of other stuff, even avoided reviewing yesterday by posting a new products announcement list. I carried the bags around with me in my "to review" package. The wrapper does say recharge - refresh - renew so I thought I'd try again.
Green Apple went a little better. The candy shell is tangy and has that comforting artificial apple flavor. Then ... well, it took a turn for the worse. The soft chew of the center, which is rather like a Mentos, had a bit of a bitter tingle. The flavor was that midrange bitterness that reminds me of dirty gym socks. But it was mercifully short
Strawberry was a beautiful red. Much prettier than any Mentos. The shell flavor was soft and sweet. The inner chew was musty and tasted like generic chewable vitamins.
A serving (14 pieces) of Beechies Force Chews contain:
935 mg of Taurine
This combination of chemicals does not give me energy, it gives me angry.
I emailed the company, Richardson Brands, to see if they actually still make these. They never responded. Their website doesn't list them on a product page but includes them in the ingredients/nutritional section. I found record of them being offered at All Candy Expo in 2006, but under different flavors. The only place I've ever seen these for sale is at the 99 Cent Only Store, but I have seen them at multiple stores and the packages appear fresh and current.
The next flavor was Java which made more sense as a masking flavor for caffeine.
The chew itself was odd looking, it's olive green. Really nicely done olive green, but just not a color I associate with rich, roasted coffee. (But I do associate with unroasted coffee.)
The outer shell is sweet and has a mellow coffee flavor. The inner chew is rather promising. It's sweet and has a latte taste - both creamy and with some good brewed coffee flavors. The bitterness is there, but rather believable because of the coffee flavor.
I still had the aftertaste of bitter B vitamins, but it didn't feel as strange because there was no tangy fruit flavor component. I wouldn't call these great, but compared to the fruit ones, they're actually edible. They reminded me of the Chewy Coffee Rio.
The other trick I found is to actually chew it all up. When I ate my second Java, I left the candy shell dissolve. Bad idea, because that's where the extra sugar was. The center chew is not as sweet, but if you let it dissolve like a hard candy, it's not a bad either. They do end with coffee breath though, so have some real mint Mentos on hand for that (as a side note, there is a caffeinated version of Mentos available in Europe).
An 8 ounce cup of brewed coffee (yes, I actually drink just an 8 ounce cup) contains about 100 mg of caffeine but no calories. Each bag contains two servings (140 calories)... and for only a buck, it's a pretty good price for an easily metered amount of caffeine. I suppose you can swallow them whole.
I can see these having their place. For travelers, especially those who don't want to take in a lot of liquids, it's a nice alternative to coffee or energy drinks. They're extremely portable (although 14 of them do take up a bit of space).
The package says a serving is 14 pieces, but it holds on 25 ... so it's just shy of two actual servings. They're made in
Colombia, which knows a lot about coffee. I'm keeping the Java (4 out of 10) ones on hand for medicinal purposes but I'm throwing out the fruit ones (1 out of 10).
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Retour sur une campagne géociblée avec PassBook (cinéma Gaumont) | Telecom trends & Digital wonders. Update. How ______ are you? EDHEC Business School :: Croix, Nord-Pas-de-Calais. Foursquare moves to keep location reporting honest. On Wednesday, foursquare made a clarification to one of the rules for their API that aims to make sure users are honestly reporting their locations.
It's a move that will make it easier to shut down services that enable "jumpers" to dishonestly report their locations in order to earn badges or mayorships. In a note on foursquare's developer site, foursquare Platform Evangelist Akshay Patil wrote: Internet firms grow on concept of copy and conquer | Local. Foursquare Now Lets Business Owners Oust Cheating Mayors. Cheaters never prosper.
Except in the realm of Foursquare, perhaps, where false checkins can sometimes garner mayorships. Well, those days are over, according to the geolocation service, which is announcing this week that business owners now have the ability to oust mayors who have come by their positions wrongly. Several months ago, Foursquare aimed to put the kibosh on cheating by using your mobile phone's GPS location to verify your whereabouts, thereby rewarding only those that happen near the actual place in question.
That way "armchair mayors" would be foiled, and only the worthy would reap the benefits of mayordom. Foursquare se déploie sur les campus. Votre position : Home » Actualité » Foursquare se déploie sur les campus L'an passé Foursquare a montré son intérêt pour le monde universitaire en proposant des badges pour les étudiants .
Réservés dans un premier temps pour une petite sélection de campus Américains, le programme va être étendu à toutes les universités dans le monde. Je vous propose de découvrir les dessous de cette intégration très attendue au sein des milieux de l'éducation. SXSW '11 : Foursquare prépare la vie après le check-in. J'ai appris hier soir que le service de géolocalisation Gowalla était une start-up originaire d'Austin.
Pour une raison que j'ignore, c'est pourtant son concurrent, Foursquare qui tient le haut de l'affiche ici à SXSW, avec des émissaires dans diverses tables rondes et conférences. Celle qui suit est toutefois immanquable : Dennis Crowley, pdg et cofondateur de Foursquare, est soumis à la question par Pete Cashmore, fondateur et pdg de Mashable. Au programme : quelles nouvelles expériences avec les check-in ? Pete Cashmore à Dennis Crowley, que l'on vient de coiffer d'une couronne : "tu ressembles à Burger King. " Q&A with Foursquare's Evan Cohen on Social, Local & Mobile - Search Engine Watch (SEW) Last month we explored Foursquare's evolution into a local discovery engine -- representing a trend in mobile local search apps.
Since then, I had the chance to interview Foursquare GM Evan Cohen on stage at BIA/Kelsey's ILM East conference. We talked about Foursquare's evolution, directions, monetization, and the collision of mobile and daily deals. According to Cohen, all of these can be seen in its recently released v 3.0 iPhone App. Below is an excerpt of the interview. New swarm badges let you commemorate all the biggest events you attend. UPDATE: Sadly, it looks like multiple swarm badges weren't meant to be.
Foursquare PR Manager Erin Gleason lets us know that it was an internal-only test that was accidentally made public temporarily. It has already been rolled back. LocaModa begins first national rollout of "venue safe" foursquare app. When a business starts showing foursquare tips on a screen for every customer to see, the last thing they want is a tip to pop up saying "Stay away from the cheeseburgers, they're terrible!"
To help alleviate those fears, LocaModa has devised a "venue safe" foursquare app that is seeing its first national rollout this week courtesy of Reach Media Group. LocaModa's foursquare app shows checkin information, tips, specials and the current mayor. To make it "venue safe," they've added filters that prevent any inappropriate, negative or spammy tips from appearing on the screens. "In re-thinking location-based services as a platform for venues as well as consumers, LocaModa is solving a significant challenge that has been overlooked until now," said Garry McGuire, CEO of Reach Media Group. "A venue's signage is a critical part of its marketing mix and with LocaModa Foursquare, it can now help venues move the customer along the path to purchase.†Foursquare expands their NFC checkin trial to Google I/O. When the Google I/O conference opens tomorrow, some foursquare users will have a new way to check in — using the NFC chip in their smartphones.
Foursquare announced tonight that they've partnered with Google to launch a larger-scale test of NFC checkins that will allow users to simply tap their phones on foursquare posters around the conference to check in. And to encourage people to start tapping, they're launching a Google I/O badge for the event. NFC (or near-field communications) chips are still relatively scarce in the mobile phone market, but newer Android phones — especially the Nexus S — tend to have them.

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If you've been watching the rapid turnover of style trends, you'll know that there is some very '90s fashion happening. It's true. Last year the 1980s were all back in, and bam, just like that we're in the '90s. Of course for some of us that wasn't that long ago and maybe we still have some of our clothes purchased in the 1990s in our closets.
Okay, not maybe -- totally. I still have more than one clothing item that I rocked in the 1990s, and I'm putting it on again because I think it still works. Completely ignoring that sage advice I heard on Oprah once (something about, never wear a trend twice in your lifetime), I dusted off some duds and am here -- for you - modeling them and taking feedback.
So what do you think, are the '90s back? Or should they stay put for another decade or two?
The Grunge Shirt
Gone are the bright colors, all hail neutrals that look like you've rolled in clay, or just finished your shift at the mine. Also, how sad that your one shirt got the sleeves ripped off so you have to wear a close-fitting (maybe even long underwear) underneath it! This shirt I bought @1997 is still grunge-i-rific, and I love it. I say this gets a pass. (Note -- black military-esque belt, also from the '90s.)
The Vintage Dress
While I used to rock this 1950s-60s vintage dress with opaque black tights by Hue, and of course, my combat boots -- today I would do something different. My tights would still be dark, but I would ditch the boots. Who am I kidding? This constitutes bringing back not one, but two decades of trends and I am just not able to pull that off. You know who can? My daughter in about 12 years. I'm keeping it.
The Boots
I recently dusted these off and I'm oh-so-glad I did. My knee-high Fleuvogs with the thick metal zipper got me through some amazing totally '90s nights. I remember someone saying to me, "You look like you're going to kick me, then you're going to f*** me." I like that look, and I'm keeping them.
Are you wearing '90s clothes in 2012?
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I'm sorry but I hated the 90's the first time and I'm not going to love them this time either. I love your boots though. I would rock those!
Why would anyone keep underwear that long? I think my oldest pair are about 6 months old. I throw those things out regularly....they're cheap enough you should be able to afford to.
more importantly, kuddos to you for still being able to wear something you bought in the 90's. i'd do almost anything to get my 90's waistline back.
I was 5-15 in the 90s. So, no. I don't think I'd ever rock the scrunchie/denim overalls that were so popular back then.
I wear thermal/long john shirts under tshirts all winter, not as bulky as sweaters and to me it's just comfortable. Never thought of it as a trend lol, lord knows I've never been trendy or at all stylish haha.


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What's on the Slab?
Check here for Ghoul Friday news. From show announcements to new how-to projects, this is where I list what's not to be missed.
|Updates! Updates! Updates!
Get thee to the Art Ghoullery where you will find:
I still have a number of Plague Doctors to add to the site. Hope to have that completed soon.
Besides that, I am working feverishly to prepare for fall shows and hoping to add one more for the summer. I will keep you posted.
|Winter Blues & Puppy News
Inspiration has been hard to come by (as it usually is for me in January and February). Now that March is almost here, I expect to get the gears going once more on new figures. As well, the house has been completely turned upside down to accommodate a new furry addition to the family. So forgive me if the blog turns into puppy central for a few posts. In between, I'll be revving up to create items for Festival of Fear 2012 in August, part of FanExpo in Toronto.
|Pumpkin Latte and Brittle!
Just because Halloween is technically over, you can still treat yourself to pumpkin-flavoured treats.
If you can get your hands on pumpkin seeds, you can make this easy pumkpin seed brittle (but don't burn it like I did).
Or, much easier, is the pumpkin spiced latte.
|Halloween Pics & Recipes
If you haven't seen it already, the pictures for this year's Halloween theme - My Dark Love - are up in the Art Ghoullery.
I've also added three new recipes to the Eerie Edibles page (in the Party Planning area). They include jack o'lantern chili cups, stuffed tomato eyeballs, and Halloween shaped puff pastry.
|Bird Perch & Corpsing How-to
Newest content on the site can all be found in the How-To Projects section.
You can make a very simple bird perch for your feathered fiends.
Or you can turn a skeleton into a rotting corpse.
And look for images from this year's theme For My Dark Love this weekend!
|Retro Halloween Pictures Starring Ghoul Friday
On the About page, at the very bottom, I've added a little collage of pictures of me as a little ghoul at Halloween.
The banner leads to a full story of my favourite Halloween memory (a guest post I'd written for another blog in 2010).
AND there's now a link to the image of the fabled spray painted tombstone on the wall (on the About page too), with the first prop I ever made.
|Candles & Mirrors: New in the How-To Section
Just in case you missed it, I've added some new posts to the How-To Projects page.
Most recently, there's a post on how to dress up a plastic mirror with paint, fabric, and lighting.
And of course the skull and books LED candle holder.
|Bazaar of the Bizarre - Oct 23
Going to be in Toronto on Sunday Oct 23, 2011?
Looking for some Halloween fun?
Come to the The Bazaar of the Bizarre from 11am to 7pm ( Free admission. Child friendly.)
6 Noble Street (Queen st. West of Dufferin) Toronto.
I'll have a table along with dozens of other ghoulish artists and vendors.
|New Season, New Look
When you have to migrate a site as big as this one (there are more than 600 blog posts alone to move from one site to another), something's gotta give. For me, it was all the wonderful comments from people over the last 4 years. I was able to move the pictures and the content for the blogs, but not the comments. I actually moved all the comments on my "About" page one by one, just so I would have something from the old days.
And yes, I had to move all the other bits and pieces one at time for the other areas. Every image, pdf, and line of content. And then in the middle of it, I decided to edit some of it. And fix images that have bothered me. And clean up the tutorials.
So at the end of the day, the sacrifice of the comments for the blogs seems kinda small (though it makes me a bit sad).
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24.The person that gave you your favorite memory
PS. the next time I see Dexter, I'll tell her you've matured so much. LOL.
A meme taken to its logical conclusion, by Smile Indias.
Gotta love Pinoy humor.
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20.The one that broke your heart the hardest
There is a very good reason why I didn't finish writing this.
Okay, I have to admit: this made me smile. In my world, he checks on me once in a while (so I guess I am NOT easy to forget, LOL). In reality, he is just doing his job. Note to self: 1. Public profiles are meant to be viewed. 2. LinkedIN is NOT a social networking site. 3. Never EVER date a recruiter. LOL.
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Polk County is strategically located in the center of the Florida peninsula, about equal distance from the east and west coast and half way between the Georgia-Florida border and the Southern tip of the peninsula. Polk lies on the Interstate-4 corridor, 25 miles east of Tampa and 35 miles southwest of Orlando. As the geographic center of Florida, it is estimated that more than 7.5 million people reside within a 100 mile radius of Polk County. This is one of the largest concentrations of population in the southeast.
"Imperial" Polk County was the nickname given to the county by a newspaper editor to recognize the county's prominence in agriculture, phosphate and cattle with the timber, turpentine and naval stores operations making strong contributions. In 1914, the county issued a $1.5 million bond to pave a number of roads. That bond issue was considerable for those days, and allowed for 9-foot-wide roads to start from Bartow to Mulberry, Lake Wales, Fort Meade, Winter Haven, Lakeland and Auburndale. According to historical reports, then-county commission clerk W.S. Wev had the idea of erecting an arch over every paved road at its entrance to Polk County, proclaiming that the motorist was about to enter "Imperial Polk County." The name has since remained.
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A: A street lighting district is created when a person or group petitions the County to form a street lighting district. An ordinance is written as a result of the petition that is passed by the Board of County Commissioners, which creates the district in accordance with the Polk County government process.
For more information please review the Street Lighting Policies and Procedures.
A: The street lighting district's area is determined by the petitioner. Normal boundaries are property lines around the perimeter of subdivisions or blocks. The street lighting district must be defined by finite boundaries.
A: Members of the group petitioning to form a street lighting district choose the type of light to be installed. The electric company will assist with appropriate choices.
A: The electric company will recommend appropriate lighting for the street lighting district. The recommendation can be modified as the lighting district chooses.
A: Call the electric company. Polk County does not maintain street lighting.
A: Street lights in a street lighting district are paid for by the property owners included in the street lighting district on the yearly property tax bill. The number of parcels included in the street lighting district is used to determine the cost per parcel.
A: No. The petitioning process requires approval through several County departments, as well as the preparation of an ordinance by the County Attorney's office. The ordinance is acted on by the Board of County Commissioners at their regularly scheduled meeting. The cost of the lighting on the property tax bill is collected prior to the billing by the electric company. The notice to proceed issued from the County to the electric companies for the installation of street lighting is issued once a year in July/August. At that point the electric companies schedule installations.
A: Any individual or group can contract with the electric company.
For more details, please contact Polk County Transportation Division at (863) 535-2200 or review the Street Lighting Policies and Procedures.


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LOUISVILLE, Ky,. (WHAS11)—There's a local connection to the Daytona 500 winner.
Dale Earnhardt Jr. captured his second win at the historic race, just like Jimmie Johnson the year previous. This snapped a 55 race winless streak for Earnhardt Jr.
A pit crew member, Bryan Horseman, is from Louisville. He grew up in Valley Station and is a graduate from Butler Traditional High School in Shively.
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Spicy Chocolate-Chili Truffles
Yield: About 40 truffles (serving size: 1 truffle)
Cost per Serving: $.40
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Amount per serving
- Calories: 83
- Fat: 7g
- Saturated fat: 4g
- Protein: 1g
- Carbohydrate: 7g
- Fiber: 2g
- Cholesterol: 8mg
- Sodium: 33mg
- 1 pound good quality bittersweet chocolate, finely chopped
- 1 cup heavy cream
- 1 dried chipotle chile, halved, seeds removed
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/8 teaspoon cayenne
- 1 cup unsweetened cocoa
- 2 teaspoons chili powder
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1. Place chocolate in a medium bowl. In a small pan, combine cream and chile. Bring just to a boil over medium-low heat. Remove from heat. Stir in vanilla, salt and cayenne. Pour through a fine-mesh strainer over chopped chocolate. Discard chile. Let chocolate and cream stand for 5 minutes. Stir until mixture is smooth.
- 2. Pour mixture into a 13-by-9-inch baking pan. Refrigerate uncovered until just set, at least 1 hour.
- 3. Line a baking sheet with parchment. Sift cocoa, chili powder and cinnamon into a small bowl. To form each truffle, scoop up a tablespoon of filling. Roll it into a ball with your hands. Roll ball in cocoa mixture to coat evenly. Place truffles on prepared baking sheet. Serve immediately, or store in an airtight container in the refrigerator for up to a week. Bring to room temperature before serving.
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Zimmerman called 'wannabe cop' whose errors got Martin killed
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SANFORD, Florida (Reuters) - "Wannabe cop" George Zimmerman wrongly profiled Trayvon Martin as a criminal, followed him with a gun and provoked him into a fight that resulted in the shooting death of the unarmed black teenager, a prosecutor said on Thursday.
"A teenager is dead," Florida state prosecutor Bernie de la Rionda told the jury in closing arguments of Zimmerman's second-degree murder trial. "He is dead through no fault of his own. He is dead because another man made assumptions. Because his assumptions were wrong, Trayvon Benjamin Martin will no longer walk on this Earth."
Sounding indignant, de la Rionda portrayed Zimmerman as a predator, not the good citizen who, as portrayed by the defense, was attacked by a 17-year-old whose actions led to his own death.
Defense lawyers were due to present their closing arguments on Friday, followed by a final prosecution rebuttal, after which the jury would begin deliberating a case that inspired renewed national debate on race, profiling, gun rights and self-defense.
Time and again, de la Rionda accused Zimmerman of lying about what happened on the rainy night of February 26, 2012, when he spotted Martin inside a gated community in the central Florida town of Sanford.
Zimmerman called police, saying he believed Martin was suspicious and noted that there had been break-ins in the neighborhood.
But Martin was a guest in the home of his father's fiancée, who lived inside the gated community, and was returning from a nearby convenience store with a snack in preparation for watching the NBA All-Star game.
De la Rionda tried to undermine Zimmerman's assertion that he was not following Martin but looking for a street address to relay to police. The prosecutor sought to reveal inconsistencies in Zimmerman's statements and repeatedly quoted him speaking in police jargon.
The prosecutor asked rhetorically why Zimmerman left his car and followed Martin. "Because he's got a gun," de la Rionda said. "He's got the equalizer. He's a wannabe cop. My God, it's his community and he's gonna take care of it."
Earlier on Thursday, Seminole County Judge Debra Nelson gave jurors the option of convicting Zimmerman of the lesser charge of manslaughter. Prosecutors wanted the sequestered, all-female jury to have the option of choosing a lesser offense that still carried a potentially lengthy sentence.
If convicted, Zimmerman could be sentenced to life in prison for second-degree murder and up to 30 years for manslaughter.
The defense preferred an all-or-nothing choice of second-degree murder, confident it had shown Zimmerman acted in self-defense and concerned the jury might opt for what lead defense lawyer Mark O'Mara described as a "compromise verdict."
In his closing statement, de la Rionda avoided mentioning race but said Zimmerman "profiled" Martin, suggesting he assumed Martin was a criminal because he was black.
The prosecutor also paraphrased civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. in defending witness Rachael Jeantel, a young woman of Haitian and Dominican origin who was on the phone with Martin when the teenager encountered Zimmerman.
Jeantel had used what de la Rionda called "colorful language," such as when she quoted Martin as referring to Zimmerman, who is white and Hispanic, as a "creepy ass cracker." She also testified that Martin told Zimmerman to "get off," suggesting Zimmerman initiated the confrontation.
"I had a dream that a witness was judged not by the color of her personality but by the content of her testimony," de la Rionda said.
In his final comments, de la Rionda spoke of the life cut short by Zimmerman, who briefly shook his head 'no' as he sat in the courtroom.
"They can't take any more photos," the prosecutor said, referring to pictures of Martin taken by his relatives in happier times. "That's true because of the actions of one person, the man before you, the defendant George Zimmerman, the man who is guilty of second-degree murder."
Considering that legal analysts have generally portrayed the prosecution case as weak, de la Rionda received positive reviews.
"He has to work within the confines of what he's got, and he was animated," said Alison Triessl, a California-based defense lawyer who has followed the trial closely. "I loved the question about who was the one who was really scared here."
Attorney David Weinstein of Clarke Silverglate in Miami saw the prosecutor as effective, such as when he showed the last picture taken of Martin - an autopsy photo.
"He walked the jury through the evidence and pointed out the inconsistencies with the defense's arguments," he said. "He was confident in the job that his team has done and he ended with a sympathetic tug on the jurors hearts. He was not overly dramatic."
(Additional reporting by Tom Brown and Kevin Gray; Writing by Daniel Trotta; Editing by Steve Orlofsky and Peter Cooney)
I'm not convinced that Trayvon did anything wrong, but even if he did decide to confront Zimmerman at some point, it doesn't change the fact that he was stalked by Zimmerman who was carrying a loaded weapon. No one can say that Martin didn't feel like his life was in peril. In fact, who wouldn't feel threatened under the same circumstances? It wasn't fair for Zimmerman to put Martin in that position when all Martin was doing was walking home from the store. Martin shouldn't have had to decide whether to run or to stand his ground.
Zimmerman showed bad judgment by ignoring the directive from the dispatcher and pursuing Martin, knowing that, with a loaded gun, Zimmerman's pursuit of Martin could end in disaster. And it did. People make an issue about the dispatcher not being more assertive about telling Zimmerman not to pursue Martin. But the dispatcher didn't realize he needed to. Zimmerman said, "Okay." Furthermore, the dispatcher didn't know that Zimmerman was pursuing Martin with a fully loaded semi-automatic weapon. I guarantee that dispatcher would have been much more vehement about telling Zimmerman not to follow the boy. He also would have contacted the police to tell them that Zimmerman had a fully loaded semi-automatic weapon on him. By Zimmerman's own admission he was bound and determined not to let the "*sshole," "f*cking punk," "suspect" get away. But he doesn't have the right to make that call. He's not a cop. He had made up his mind that Martin was up to criminal activity. He played cop, judge, jury, and executioner. That's not the American way. His poor judgement and reckless actions cost a 17 year old his life and Zimmerman should pay a price for that.
And we also know that Zimmerman lies. I think he used his knowledge of the Stand Your Ground law and his studies in criminal law to fabricate his alibi to look innocent. There's too much that doesn't add up, like his excuse for why he was in the location where the confrontation took place, saying he was looking for a street sign. That absurd. He's lived there for almost 4 years. The street he claimed to be walking toward is the same street he lives on. He knew the name of the street. Explaining why he was in that location was the one part of his alibi he couldn't lie away. But he tried.
Zimmerman overstep his bounds and infringed on Trayvon Martin's rights. To say Zimmerman had done nothing wrong at all is denial. I sure hope I never see some strange guy with a loaded gun running me down. Frankly, I'm not sure what I'd do, but if I'm packing there might be a shootout. I hate seeing our society depend so much on guns rather than our brains. But that's the direction we're going in. We tried it before during the 19th Century and it didn't work out so well. Only a fool would think that somehow this round will be different. Americans never seem to learn.
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That basically leaves Laurel Touby's (pictured) Mediabistro as the foundation of WebMediaBrands, plus "Graphics.com and related job boards, online education offerings and tradeshows," according to a press release.
"Since our parent co. just sold off everything but @mediabistro, I guess that makes mb a public company," Touby quipped on Twitter. "I'm buying stock!!"
That also gives Meckler a wad of cash, which he can spend on whatever he wants -- perhaps blogs and Web sites in the media and education industries, as he told paidContent. "The signing of our deal to sell Internet.com is but one step in the evolution of WebMediabrands," he said on Twitter. "Stay tuned!"
Perhaps we'll learn more tomorrow, when WebMediaBrands reports Q2 results.


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Black Sabbath's 'War Pigs' Featured in Trailer for '300: Rise of an Empire' [Video]
The upcoming movie '300: Rise of an Empire' and heard a familiar song features Black Sabbath's classic tune 'War Pigs.'
'300: Rise of an Empire' is a follow-up to the 2007 movie '300,' which starred Gerard Butler and had a worldwide gross of more than $456 million.
According to the movie's official site, "this new chapter of the epic saga takes the action to a fresh battlefield – on the sea – as Greek general Themistokles attempts to unite all of Greece by leading the charge that will change the course of the war. '300: Rise of an Empire' pits Themistokles against the massive invading Persian forces led by mortal-turned-god Xerxes, and Artemisia, vengeful commander of the Persian navy."
Based on Frank Miller's graphic novel, the film stars Rodrigo Santoro returning as Xerxes, Sullivan Stapleton as Themistokles, Jack O'Connell as Calisto, Lena Headey as Queen Gorgo, David Wenham as Dilios, and Eva Green as Artemisia. It's directed by Noam Murro, and scheduled to be released March 7.
And if hearing 'War Pigs' whets your appetite for more Black Sabbath, there's good news. A bunch of their classic albums like 'Paranoid,' which includes the song 'War Pigs,' are now available on iTunes for the first time.


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Mayes County jailer Aaron Peters was arrested Monday by the Pryor Police Department after he allegedly raped an inmate.
Peters is booked on a complaint of rape by instrumentation. The assistant district attorney asked to set the bond at one million but the bond was set at $50,000. The state has until Friday to formally file charges.
The sexual misconduct reportedly occurred at the Mayes County Medical Center. Mayes County brought in the Pryor Police Department to help with objectivity, according to Captain Rod Howell of the Mayes County Sheriff's office.
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…is my new website.
I'll will update this blog from time to time but the majority of my activity will be conducted through this new address.
Bandcamp releases, surround sound field recordings and a some black and white photography are just a few things you will find there.
And it will be updated every couple of days!
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1) Featurecast - Hands In The Air Intro
2) Second Hand Audio feat Dizzy Dustin - I Got It Like That (Featurecast Remix)
3) Jackson Sisters - I Believe In Miracles (Featurecast Remix)
4) McMash Clan - Swing Break
5) Featurecast - Finger Lickin
6) Opiuo - Fizzle Tickler (Featurecast Edit)
7) The Correspondents - Well Measured Vise (Featurecast Remix)
8) Featurecast - Funkadelic
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10) Pyramyth - Rubber Kangaroo (Featurecast Edit)
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I instantly gravitated toward Nick Huggins on the day of Art Not Apart as he too had a sonic exhibition for the festival, his more on performance based than my installation piece Phonosphere.
We had a chat about our respective projects and it became clear we both had a passion for listening, recording and all things sound related. Nick explained the unrecognizable part of his setup which was both and conceptualized and produced by himself which I found inspiring and thought provoking.
It was the six knobs on top of the mixer that caught my eye. They control the pitch of six cassette players that are feeding 6 passive and discrete speakers on the steps in the photo. He had a handful of cassettes with different sounds and loops on them, all being feed to the discrete speakers, all with a pitch control you could speed up or slow down. Fantastic. Did I mention their power was daisy chained?
Here's a little info about Nick from two bright lakes which is the record label that released his two albums. Enjoy.
Nick Huggins is a guy who mucks around with sound for very many hours of the day and night, even when sleeping. He's produced records for Mick Turner, Khancoban, Oscar + Martin, Seagull, Hazel Brown, Hello Satellites, Otouto, Psuche, Whitley and Kid Sam among others. He is 1/3 of Touch Typist, fond of chocolate and has just released his sophomore album Five Lights.
Nick has created a dedicated website to showcase music, video and words from the Five Lights project, you can visit it here.
Can't. Stop. Listening.
Got a question? They've probably answered it.
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It's not how Lorenea Touchton and her daughter wanted to start-off 2014: by finding a bullet hole in their bathroom.
"I'm scared. My knees are still shaking," Touchton said.
A .45 caliber round made that hole. Deputies think it was fired off by someone as part of the New Year's celebration.
Touchton heard loud bangs around 11 p.m. Some were fireworks; others, she says were firearms.
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"It is very dangerous. They never know where they're going to land. That's the problem," said Kimberly Tamez, Touchton's daughter.
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(WHAS11) - WHAS11's Monty Webb is the official meteorologist for the U.S. Bank Derby Great Balloonfest. Here is his forecast for the events:
Scattered showers/storms Friday with a warm front pushing into the area. Showers and a few storms Friday morning-afternoon, then the front pushes north of us by the evening... So right now it appears we my get a little break for the Balloon Glow. Saturday looks wet and windy with the low getting closer. Some of the storms Saturday afternoon could be strong with heavy rain (1-2" by Sunday AM). The Balloon Race could have some weather issues.
April 21, 2010. Louisville, KY. – The Kentucky Derby Festival's five hot-air balloon events, collectively known as the U.S. Bank Great BalloonFest, will kick off this Thursday, April 22, and run through Saturday, April 24. The balloon event schedule has grown in recent years and now includes: the U.S. Bank Great Balloon Tour at 6 p.m. on Thursday, April 22, at Charlie Vettiner Park; the U.S. Bank Great Balloon Glimmer at 8:30 p.m. on April 22 at Kroger's Fest-a-Ville on the Waterfront; the U.S. Bank Rush-Hour Race at 7 a.m. on Friday, April 23, at the Kentucky Exposition Center; the U.S. Bank Great Balloon Glow at 9 p.m. on April 23 at KEC; and the U.S. Bank Great Balloon Race at 7 a.m. on Saturday, April 24, also at KEC.
The latest addition to the BalloonFest lineup, the U.S. Bank Derby Festival Great Balloon Tour, allows those outside of the downtown area a chance to see the balloons closer to home. The Tour takes the balloons to Charlie Vettiner Park this year, where pilots will perform a fly-in task. The Glimmer at Fest-a-Ville will be preceded by live music from Olivia Henken. The Rush-Hour race on Friday, April 23, will offer a beautiful view to those fighting traffic on their way to work. On Saturday morning, April 24, the field of 29 balloons will take flight in the oldest portion of the balloon events, the U.S. Bank Great Balloon Race.
Since the first Great Balloon Race was held in 1973, the Derby Festival's balloon events have been considered among the best in the country by pilots from all around the world. BalloonFest attractions are annually among the most popular family-friendly events on the Derby Festival schedule. There are four flight opportunities to get both races off the ground – Friday morning, Saturday morning and afternoon, and Sunday morning. If the event is not held by Sunday morning, it is considered cancelled. In the event's 36-year history, this has occurred five times.
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Summer Sober is approaching on Saturday June 21st. Joan Swenson---Tallgrass Recovery and Julie Schoolmeester--Face it Together Sioux Falls talk recovery, addiction, and helping one and almost all on our 9-10 Tuesday show.
The Summer Sober is a reunion and rally of sorts all day on the 21st. On Friday June 20th -- It's YOUR Business will go on location promoting the event -- and getting help where it is most needed.
Important for you to know that on the 2nd and 4th Tuesday each month we provide support for addiction with stories of recovery. One in ten is in need for recovery from addiction -- perhaps more.
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The 2014 Summer Sober has a whole day of fun planned for the recovery celebration. All are welcome -- alumni, families, people in and out of recovery. Bring your lawn chairs and enjoy a day of celebrating recovery. All money raised from the Summer Sober will go directly into the Tallgrass Scholarship Fund.
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Educating Women About Heart Risk
The new information about pregnancy complications and heart risk is "a big deal," says guideline author Ileana L. Piña, MD, a professor of medicine and epidemiology and biostatistics at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland.
"Your blood pressure may return to normal after pregnancy and your blood sugar may return to normal too, but don't ignore these symptoms," she says.
Some of the onus about getting the word out about pregnancy complications and heart risks falls on ob-gyns, says Mary Rosser, MD, PhD, an assistant professor in the department of obstetrics and gynecology and women's health at Montefiore Medical Center in the Bronx, N.Y.
"We are seeing younger women and providing their primary care [and] we can make an impact," she says.
"When I see patients with gestational diabetes, I say even though you are thin, you are still at risk for developing diabetes later on in life so you need to stay on top of this," she says.
Other inflammatory diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and lupus also place a woman at risk for heart disease, according to the updated guidelines.
Diseases like RA and lupus are more common in women and sometimes have heart disease manifestations.
Dietary Recommendations for Women
While the new guidelines cast a wider net to catch women at risk for heart disease, they also call for aggressive steps to control known risk factors such as high blood pressure and obesity.
For example, the guidelines call for less than 1,500 milligrams of salt per day for all women. Sugar is limited to five or fewer servings per week.
"We have a lot more data that the sodium content of food in America is too high and the prevalence of hypertension in this country is also high," Piña says. "We believe that lowering sodium content can markedly lower blood pressure, particularly among African-American women whose hypertension is salt-sensitive."
As for sugar, "the high content of sugar in foods is more fodder for the current obesity epidemic and obesity is highly correlated with the onset of diabetes and metabolic syndrome," she says. Metabolic syndrome is a cluster of risk factors linked to development of heart disease. "Cutting down on sugar will aid in weight loss, lower blood sugar, and your cholesterol will also go down," she says.
"It is a bit radical, especially the sodium intake," says Suzanne Steinbaum, MD, director of women and heart disease at Lenox Hill Hospital in New York City. Steinbaum reviewed the guidelines for WebMD but did not serve on the writing committee.
"The sugar issue is in response to the obesity epidemic and is a way to get women to pay attention to the effects of sugars on the metabolic syndrome and weight gain," she says.
The updated guidelines also state that folic acid and antioxidant vitamins such as vitamin E, C, and beta-carotene should not be used to prevent cardiovascular disease in women. What's more, hormone replacement therapy should not be used to prevent heart attacks or strokes.
"If you eat a healthy diet, you don't need supplements," Steinbaum says. "Folic acid may reduce levels of homocysteine, but it does not seem to translate to a lower risk for heart disease." Homocysteine is an amino acid in blood that had been linked to heart risk.
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