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Buton's History of Buddhism in India and Its Spread to Tibet
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This fourteenth-century Tibetan classic serves as an excellent introduction to basic Buddhism as practiced throughout India and Tibet and describes the process of entering the Buddhist path through study and reflection.
It begins with setting forth the structure of Buddhist education and the range of its subjects, and we're treated to a rousing litany of the merits of such instruction. We're then introduced to the buddhas of our world and eon—three of whom have already lived, taught, and passed into transcendence—before examining in detail the fourth, our own Buddha Shakyamuni. Butön tells the story of Shakyamuni's past lives and then presents the path the Buddha followed (the same that all buddhas must follow). After the Buddha's story, Butön recounts three compilations of Buddhist scriptures and then quotes from sacred texts that foretell the lives and contributions of great Indian Buddhist masters, which he then relates, concluding with the tale of the eventual demise and disappearance of the Buddhist doctrine. The text ends with an account of the inception and spread of Buddhism in Tibet, focused mainly on the country's kings and early adopters of the foreign faith. An afterword by Ngawang Zangpo, one of the translators, discusses and contextualizes Butön's exemplary life, his turbulent times, and his prolific works.
"In this masterful translation of Buton's acclaimed History of Buddhism in India, one of the greatest of Tibet's historical writings is finally brought to the contemporary reader with clarity, accuracy, and sheer elegance." —Thupten Jinpa, PhD, principal translator to H.H. the Dalai Lama and general editor of The Library of Tibetan Classics
"For more than seventy-five years, students have relied on Eugene Obermiller's pioneer translation of Butön's history of Buddhism, but the antiquated and often obscure language and even the formatting presented a challenge. Butön's text is a treasure trove, both for its information on the historical and mythological framework within which the Tibetans viewed the origins of the Buddhadharma and its treatment of basic terms and models for understanding the structure of the teachings. It is indeed a pleasure to read this modern version, which renders this valuable source so much more accessible. Lisa Stein and Ngawang Zangpo are to be congratulated on collaborating to produce this valuable contribution to the field of Buddhist studies." —Richard Barron (Chökyi Nyima)


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by JIM HARRIS
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It's not quite 'Even Steven' but it's in the ballpark.
It's amazing how often a supposedly meaningless slice of life from my puny little existence somehow relates to an episode of the 1990s NBC hit sitcom, "Seinfeld."
Take the "Even Steven" episode. Jerry starts to realize that he lives an "Even Steven" existence. When something bad happens to him, he slowly comes to realize that very soon something good will happen, thus evening things out. Jerry eventually takes a certain amount of comfort in knowing his life safely tucked away in the happy middle.
After attending the Minnesota Boys State Hockey Tournament at the Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul earlier this month with two buddies, our three teenage sons and one of their friends, and after looking back on the most hilarious, outrageous and memorable moments, I've come to realize that it was a five-day trip that required me to take the bad with the good. In the end, considering the bonding that took place with our sons, the atmosphere we soaked in, and the laughs we had, the good absolutely outweighed the bad. But I can't help but think that there were little snippets during the trip that, while not making me the second coming of Even Steven, made me, well...something more positive. "Mighty Fine Mike," maybe?
• As I rode shotgun in my friend's Avalanche as we drove toward downtown St. Paul on I-94, some snowplows clearing snow from the road seriously bogged down traffic. It was cars inching along as far as our eyes could see, and things looked bleak.
But then, the "Alternative Nation" channel on the XM Satellite radio commenced with a killer run of several songs that we probably couldn't have handpicked better ourselves. It began with "Little Black Submarines" by The Black Keys, and was accompanied by my friend pounding on his steering wheel so hard I didn't know what would break first, his hand or the steering wheel itself.
• We stayed at the Crowne Plaza, not exactly a cheap dive. Strolling into our room for the first time, one of my initial interests involved taking some refreshments and snacks out of my cooler and putting them in the mini-refrigerator. But as I scanned the room, my eyes found no such fridge, and there was no little microwave to be found, either. I recall thinking that was a drag, but then I strolled over to our 16th floor window, opened the curtains, and was greeted by a command view of the Mississippi River.
I decided it would be acceptable to replenish my cooler with ice each day, dispensed by a machine that was located – you guessed it – directly across the hall from our room.
• One of the beauties of the trip, in my mind, was the fact that the tournament ended on Saturday and our plan was to be home by Saturday evening. That would leave me a lazy Sunday to do some catch-up work at the office but, mostly, relax at home and maybe watch Tiger win another golf tournament.
But then, the hotel's valet service lost the keys to the pickup driven by the my buddy with which we were going to carpool home. By the time a locksmith busted into the pickup and discovered a spare set of keys in the console, we'd had a couple cocktails and weren't sure what to do. Then our other buddy with the Avalanche, who'd departed hours earlier because the valet service hadn't misplaced his keys, called us from around Fergus Falls, saying the snowy, slushy and icy roads were a nightmare, and that he was driving 40 miles per hour in one lane of traffic on I-94.
So we stayed another night in St. Paul, on the Crowne Plaza's apologetic dime. The drinks were on them, as was the rare New York strip I didn't even need a knife to cut at Mancini's.
• Our kid brought a bunch of cash he made from refereeing hockey games along on the trip in case he wanted to buy some hockey merchandise at the huge Minnesota Hockey Expo at the Xcel. He spent almost a third of it, but had $215 left that he thought was in another pair of jeans, but when we got home he couldn't find the cash.
His mom called the Crowne Plaza. The guy who answered went to our room, which hadn't yet been cleaned by the housekeeping service, and combed through every square inch in search of the wad of cash. It was nowhere to be found, he said when he called us back a few minutes later. But, he said, he'd alert the maid staff to the missing money.
Our son took it remarkably well, well enough to impress his parents. Maybe after his weekend of fun, he felt a little bit like Even Steven, too. Then, early the next morning before we all ventured off to school and work, the Crowne Plaza guy called. A housekeeper had found the money and turned it in.
After a celebratory high-five, "Doing OK Dad" and "So-So Son" headed out the door to the idling truck in the driveway.


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Though the precious Tiffany stained glass windows at St. Peter"s Chapel withstood the jolt of Sunday morning"s 6.0 earthquake, other buildings on Mare Island weren"t so fortunate.
All eight buildings on Captain"s Row on Walnut Avenue were "red-tagged" by officials after chimneys presumed to be older than 100 years old crumbled to the ground, some taking parts of the roof with them.
The Commander"s home — Quarters A — also had three inches of pouring water from a broke pipe, said Ken Zadwick, executive director of the Mare Island Museum.
Zadwick said he was called by a security guard only minutes after the 3:20 a.m. quake and rushed right down after gathering himself from the quake "that felt like a cannon hit my house."
He immediately shut off the Commander"s water, but not before the damage occurred. Later in the afternoon, "with Squeegies and fans airing it out," Zadwick left after 10 hours on the island.
Fortunately, he said, the museum suffered no visible damage. Still, officials red-tagged it until further scrutiny by an engineer.
"It seems to be totally intact," Zadwick said. "I did find one brick in the building and I don"t know where it came from."
Around $700,000 was spent retrofitting the museum in 2002-2004, Zadwick said.
The museum, built in 1854, only six weeks ago implemented 100 solar powers to reduce electricity costs, Zadwick said, adding that he didn"t believe any of the panels were damaged.
Though the chapel appeared unharmed, pipes from its organ fell out of their holders, Zadwick said.
"We have to have them replaced and put back in proper position," he said. "But that seems to be the only problem. The glass looks to be in perfect shape."
The Forest Service building at 1323 Club Drive on Mare Island, believed to be one of the safest buildings in Vallejo with 18-inch cement walls from its naval base days, had "lots of water damage" to the north side of the building because of a burst water line, said Steve Dunsky, a film producer for the forest service and Vallejoan.
A tee shot away at the Mare Island Golf Course pro shop, "a few things fell down, but nothing major," said an employee.


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MONTGOMERY — Jurors in Alabama's gambling corruption trial will begin their first full day of deliberations Thursday after hearing defense attorneys for casino owner Milton McGregor tell them the case reeks of political and racial motivation by Republicans trying to stop Democrats and one of their traditional campaign contributors.
MONTGOMERY — Jurors in Alabama's gambling corruption trial will begin their first full day of deliberations Thursday after hearing defense attorneys for casino owner Milton McGregor tell them the case reeks of political and racial motivation by Republicans trying to stop Democrats and one of their traditional campaign contributors.
"Not a single soul in this case is guilty," defense attorney Joe Espy told the jury Wednesday.
Lead prosecutor Kendall Day urged jurors to consider the evidence against the six defendants and not be distracted by race or politics. "It's time for you to tell these defendants the government in Alabama is not for sale," he said.
Defense lawyers and prosecutors wrapped up two days of closing arguments Wednesday. The judge sent the case to the sequestered jury at lunch time, but not before telling jurors not to let their verdict be motivated by a desire to change Alabama politics. "That is not the purpose of a trial such as this," U.S. District Judge Myron Thompson told the mostly female and black jury.
Before the jury could begin serious deliberations, a juror went to a previously arranged appointment with the judge's approval. The other jurors couldn't deliberate without the full panel and left for their hotel shortly after 3 p.m. Court officials said the jury will resume work at 8 a.m. Thursday.
McGregor is accused of conspiring with state Sen. Harri Anne Smith, former Sens. Larry Means and Jim Preuitt, casino lobbyist Tom Coker and casino spokesman Jay Walker to buy and sell lawmakers' votes for legislation to protect electronic bingo casinos from a state crackdown. Prosecutors said they did it with the promise of millions in campaign contributions and other support for the 2010 elections.
Espy accused Republican Gov. Bob Riley of creating a gambling task force to shut down McGregor's VictoryLand casino in Shorter in January 2010 because McGregor traditionally contributed to Democratic candidates.
"This case reeks of political motivation," he said.
Espy said the federal government's investigation of vote buying began when two other Republicans, state Sen. Scott Beason and former Rep. Benjamin Lewis, went to the FBI with complaints. He said meetings recorded by Beason at the request of the FBI captured Beason, Lewis and other Republicans talking about how killing the gambling bill would suppress African-American turnout in the 2010 general election and help Republican candidates.
McGregor was pushing a pro-gambling bill that would have been on the general election ballot for voter approval if the Legislature passed it. The bill died in the House after the FBI announced its investigation.
"Beason, Lewis and Riley accomplished what they wanted," Espy said.
"They wanted to raise Republicans to the top and bring the Democrats down and destroy them," defense attorney Walter McGowan said.
In the November 2010 election, Republicans won every statewide race and won a majority in the Legislature for the first time in 136 years.
Country Crossing casino developer Ronnie Gilley; two of his lobbyists, Jennifer Pouncy and Jarrod Massey; and former Democratic Rep. Terry Spicer have pleaded guilty in the case. Gilley and Pouncy testified for the prosecution.
McGregor's defense attorneys reminded jurors that in one of Gilley's recorded phone calls, he laughed at his sister-in-law's use of a racial slur. The defense also noted that one of the meetings recorded by Beason for the FBI caught him referring to blacks as "aborigines" and another Republican legislator talking about black voters riding to the polls on "HUD buses." They said that shows the character of the people behind the grovernment's case.
"They have embraced crooks and racists and political motivators," Espy said.
The prosecutor acknowledged the comments. "I'm sorry, racism exists in Alabama," Day said.
He accused the defense of using the remarks to distract jurors. "They are hoping you will be so offended by these remarks you will ignore the evidence," he said.
He said the evidence was laid out in wiretapped phone calls, tape-recorded meetings and Pouncy's and Gilley's testimony about working with the defendants to buy votes with campaign contributions.
He replayed one tape where McGregor and Gilley met with Beason. McGregor told the senator he needed some new friends as supporters for the 2010 election because he had made some Republicans angry. Then he told Beason, "Ronnie and I have a bad habit of supporting our friends."
The trial is the second in the case. The first trial ended in August with no convictions. Two defendants were acquitted and the jury was unable to decide all charges against the remaining defendants.


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Evan Rachel Wood takes aim at Twitter critics over Miley Cyrus joke
Actress EVAN RACHEL WOOD has defended a joke she made about MILEY CYRUS' sexuality following a backlash from the former child star's fans.
The Hannah Montana sensation shocked fans by chopping her long hair into a short pixie crop last month (Jul12) and Wood, who is bisexual, took to Twitter.com to joke, "I called it! Miley Cyrus is leaning toward gay."
The post sparked a series of criticisms from the star's followers, but Wood fought back on Thursday (23Aug12) by explaining her comment was made in jest.
She writes, "Ok. To be clear. I believe you should be able to joke and have a sense of humour about everything. And I hate explaining, but just to be clear, I don't judge people on how they look. Nor do I associate a hair style with sexuality.
"I myself am bisexual and have always 'joked' about Miley giving me gay vibes. Not a bad thing! Just an observation. So I 'joked' when she cut her hair that it supported my case. But, I am not so close minded or into stereotypes or labeling. It was a joke.
"I could (not) care less what gender she was attracted to. But don't hate me for supporting her in whatever she chooses. It's all fine by me."
Cyrus was obviously not offended by the remark - she reached out to Wood to become friends on the social networking site.
Wood added, "Now Miley Cyrus and I are friends. Let this be a lesson to all of you."


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Sunday, May 2, 2010
Top down, tunes up & be carefree!!!!!
13 comments:
- Julie@beingRUBY said...
Hi Alicia
Would love that car... then perhaps a bit of sunshine and I'd be off...
Hope you are well.. xx Julie
- May 3, 2010 at 12:52 AM
- Gypsy Purple said...
....I`m with you....
- May 3, 2010 at 3:33 AM
- Catherine Frinier said...
I join you in surrending to the splendor of the season! Thanks for sharing all of this. De-lovely! ;0)
- May 3, 2010 at 12:27 PM
- Kristin said...
I am amazed how you translate your blog into something SO beautiful every time! Love it!! Have a lovely tuesday!
Kristin XXXX
- May 4, 2010 at 10:37 AM
- Pink Martini said...
There is nary a free feeling quite like it. :) xoxo
- May 4, 2010 at 8:29 PM
- The Antiques Diva™ said...
I was just reading a blog post and clicked to leave a comment when I saw your smiling face! You'd left a comment just before me and I thought "Oh my goodness, it's been ages since I've popped over! Delighted to be back afer too long away.... Your blog is looking gorgeous as always!
- May 5, 2010 at 12:15 AM
- sophiedahydesigns said...
You have just started my day out on a HUGE happy note!
- May 5, 2010 at 6:22 AM
- Sarah Jane said...
such great thoughts:) i would love a convertible to drive away in!
- May 5, 2010 at 9:37 PM
- Sanity Fair said...
I'm coming! And in that car - what a wonderful color. I'm sure it has butter-leather seats too. I know it does. A few throw pillows in the back perhaps? :)
- May 5, 2010 at 10:06 PM
- Jacqueline said...
You have just described ME,Alicia, in the Spring/Summer, in my car. I sing all the way on my journey and probably look a bit daft but...WHO CARES !! It really makes you feel good. XXXX
- May 6, 2010 at 1:39 AM
- SPLENDEROSA said...
girl, put your records on...I'm groovin' cookie-bell.
- May 6, 2010 at 5:58 PM
- Dustjacket Attic said...
Oh I love that car, top down for sure!
Have a beautiful weekend too honey,
- May 6, 2010 at 10:57 PM
- A Whimsical Girl Named Debbie said...
I'm feeling you on this one, girl! You're talking my language when you mention listening to Jill, Indie & Angie! Ahhhh, I can feel the wind in my hair, now! Have you listened to Erykah Badu? She has a stone cold groove goin' on, too! Have a whimsical weekend & Happy Mother's Day to you , sweetie! Miss your visits to GirlWhimsy!
- May 8, 2010 at 1:11 PM


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Orioles hold off Angels
Baltimore, MD – Adam Jones hit a two-run home run to lead the Baltimore Orioles in a 4-3 win over the LA Angels of Anaheim to open a three- game set.
Jones drove in three while Nate McLouth, Manny Machado and Nick Markakis each scored a run for the Orioles, who have won their past two. Freddy Garcia (3-3) gave up just two runs on six hits over six innings to get the win.
Josh Hamilton hit a solo home run and drove in two while Mike Trout also hit a solo homer for the Angels, who have lost eight of their last 10. Jered Weaver (1-2) gave up four runs on six hits over 5 2/3 innings to take the loss.
The game stayed scoreless until the third when Trout turned on a pitch with one out and drove it over the wall in right for a 1-0 lead.
In the fourth, the Orioles surged ahead as Markakis walked with one out and Jones followed by ripping an 0-1 pitch over the wall in left for his 13th home run and a 2-1 lead.
"He was way out in front of the first changeup I threw him and I tried to throw another one there down and away and it just kind of popped out of my hand and stayed middle in," Weaver said of Jones' homer. "With a hitter like that you can't make too many mistakes."
Hamilton led off the sixth with his ninth home run on the season, a blast into the right field stands.
With the rain coming down steadily, the Orioles went ahead in the bottom of the sixth. McLouth laid down a bunt single to start the frame and quickly stole second. Machado then punched a single to right field that saw Hamilton misplay the ball, allowing McLouth to score. Markakis followed with a single to put runners on the corners and Jones made it a 4-2 game with a sacrifice fly.
"He was really good tonight," Jones said of Weaver. "For us to fight and get two runs off of Weaver in that situation is very important, especially with what happened with the rain."
After Chris Davis hit into a fielder's choice that saw Markakis forced out at second, the game went into a rain delay that lasted for a little over two hours.
Matt Wieters singled to keep the inning alive, but J.J. Hardy hit into a fielder's choice to end the frame.
The Angels loaded the bases with one out in the seventh and Hamilton hit a grounder to first. Davis went to second with the ball, but Trout beat the throw and everyone was safe, with Chris Iannetta scoring to make it a 4-3 game. Tommy Hunter, though, kept the lead by striking out Albert Pujols and getting Mark Trumbo to groundout and end the frame.
Darren O'Day worked around a two-out single in the eighth and Jim Johnson threw a 1-2-3 ninth to pick up his 22nd save of the season.
Game Notes
Garcia improved to 17-3 in 30 starts against the Angels ... Before the game, the Angels reinstated outfielder Peter Bourjos from the 15-day disabled list and designated infielder Chris Nelson for assignment ... Baltimore has won four of the five games against the Angels this season ... The Angels went 0- for-6 with runners in scoring position and left eight men on base ... Weaver fell to 6-4 in 10 career starts against the Orioles.


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Mortal Kombat 9 Arrives
Apr 18
Martial Arts martial arts, mortal kombat, motioncapture, wushu 2 Comments
I've been waiting for this game for a while. Critics are calling this the best Mortal Kombat game ever. Gamers appreciate the move back to 2d gameplay.
Many of my friends have been involved in the production of this game and I am glad to see it finally come to fruition.
The official cinematic intro is also out and for your viewing pleasure.
Note: My friends Don, Taylor, Yusuf, and I were involved in the motion capture of this trailer. I saw it for the first time yesterday and I have to say it's pretty cool.
I want to thank Ed Boon, Carlos Pesina, Rick O'meara, John Vogel and the rest of the MK team for including me in this wild ride.
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Monday, April 12, 2010
"I said YES. This was my mistake, I agree."
I have gone through your blog and I really appreciate the work you have done. It has relieved me in many ways. This is an attempt to share my experience with you like others.
Recently, I was tortured, troubled and forced to go to AOL course by one of my close friend. The thing is, I was going thru bad patch of life, some emotional failures, job hurdles etc. I shared this with my (so called) friend. She started coming to my house, sending SMS, emails, early morning phone calls etc to "convince" me to go to course. This continued for 4 weeks. Already I was suffering emotional failures, so just to get rid of it, I said YES. This was my mistake, I agree.
Later on the course day, just to check whether I am really going or not, she came to my house to drop me to course location. To verify whether I am doing full time course, she kept watch during course end timings every day. I struggled to do course as I was noticing that this is FAKE. They asked to do stupid things, such as abuse person sitting in front of you and let him abuse you. Whatever he says, just smile!! This was so called as knowledge point, 'accept people as it is'. I am against compromising when I haven't done any mistakes. Then they played stupid games, asked to dance and SK. At the end Ravi Shankar chanted some mantra. I asked teacher that what is this mantra, she said "Guruji went into 10 days silence and Lord Brahma appeared in him and gave him that mantra." I was surprised. I realized that I wasted my Rs. 1250/- Then they asked to purchase gifts from gift counter and share them with course-mates. I realized that this was marketing strategy. I wasted few bucks there.
My friend came to my home saying that I can give you guruji's blessing. Asked me to close my eyes and kept hands on my head. Later she said that guruji has come via me and they are relieving you from pain. Later she started coming to my office and started asking me to get more people from office to relieve them. I was going mad. Didn't know how to get out of this nexus.
Course ended. I thought I was out of it. But I realized I made a mistake by leaving my address details and phone numbers with them. After 2-3 days, teacher along with there colleagues came to my apartment. They asked me to gather set of people so that they can 'spread' the word. I strongly opposed them. They asked why? I told them I don't have faith in them. They asked - in whom you have faith? I told as I am Buddhist, I have faith in Lord Buddha. I am not die-hard follower but I have some faith in him. I was shocked with there reaction. They said this: "Lord Buddha is dead. Our Guruji is alive and god resides in him. Why are you following a god who is dead? Follow Guruji, the Living God. As he is alive, he can sense your feelings. Forget Buddha, Follow Guruji" I was shocked, how can they play with such feelings? I strongly insisted them to go out of my apartment and not to call me again. They replied: "Foolish people learn from own experience, wise people learn from others experience." They left and I was relieved a bit. I thought its over, but was unaware of there nexus.
Next morning, I stared getting SMSs about following kriya from my friend. I was tired of this. I thought as she is a Doctor, well educated and from well established family, I had to quit this friendship.
Atlast I am out of this AOL nexus and living a happy life. Suggesting people to read your blog. I have already sent your blog link to her to realize the truth.
Thanks for doing this graceful work. Keep it up!!
24 comments:
I am curious whether AOL keeps track of who brought whom in for a course.
How is this tracking done? Do they ask people during registration who referred them to this course?
If they don't track it, how/why are the aol people so motivated to aggressively recruit more people. They may not be so aggressive if they don't get credit for bringing in new recruits.
- April 12, 2010 at 7:49 PM
AOL is not as bad as you make out to be. It only gets bad when you get into organization, and licking guru's feet. Until then, it's quite ok, I would even recommend it, were it not for She She Shenanigans.
Of course it's not everyone's cup of tea - and that's quite ok.
- April 12, 2010 at 8:18 PM
I have requested people to do the course just because I had benefits and due to leading a better life myself no other motivation. Large group of people are of this nature. Offcourse the brainwashed teachers sometimes can get on to your nerves! Personally I will suggest the course even now for most people but don't get in to the feverish marketing like some people do. Advance course is a vacation as well, but just acknowledge the simple fact that SSRS is another human so enjoy the nice things out of it and STOP right there. DSN&TTC is for hardcore followers only!
- April 12, 2010 at 11:27 PM
Anon @ 8:18,
While its true that one can probably stay on the fringes of the organization and have a pretty good/okay experience, simply by taking the courses and giving the org money, one is endorsing its serious flaws.
- April 13, 2010 at 12:22 AM
Hey Anon, its quite ok, i would 4even recommend it . Pl go thro the other posts and watch out for posts which talk about SK affecting brain and causing memory loss and panic attacks. How can you recommend this to others ?
- April 13, 2010 at 3:04 AM
About AOL Keeping track:
I observed 2 things:
a. They ask you to fill a form - address & telephone number with email ID and person who referred you
b. during the course they ask to send one SMS to one number to get AOL Alerts.
I was smart enough to not to send SMS on that number. But later somehow with the records, they started sending junk SMS - stating latest score schedules, Gurudev Sayings on mobile number.
-- Josh
- April 13, 2010 at 6:52 AM
Anon writes " I have requested people to do the course just because I had benefits..".
It is not that inocuous as you & other followers of RS make it out to be. He has become so influential a lot of schools & colleges make it compulsory for all students to take to SKriya & with it RS worshipping , jaigurudev screamings.
Whatever stress free or trancelike state it allegedly induces can be accessed in safer , cheaper ways.
A lot of people accessed happiness before Ravishankar was born. So he does not hold some hitherto undiscovered magical panacea.
He did come up with a lot of concocted stories like post grad degrees in advanced physics etc . Recanted when some people pointed out they were all made up.
Such an alleged messiah lacking basic honesty ?
- April 13, 2010 at 10:33 AM
Did kriya regularly for 5 years. I never had a problem. I found it quite useful actually.
I don't do it now because I don't need it. Meditation comes naturally.
My experience was on the whole positive with kriya. I don't deny that some people may not have same experience as me...and that's fine.
- April 13, 2010 at 1:53 PM
You have to separate AOL from SSRS. Yes, there is a relationship. of course, but there are teachers out there for AOL that are just crappy and obnoxious. Why are you so weak? If you don't want to take a course just say no and stick to it. Get a set of balls, friend!
- April 13, 2010 at 4:17 PM
- KLIM and CO. said...
That is exactly what I used to tell my own students when they doubted. That is exactly what I told myself to justify all the incoherences I experienced. And that is exactly the mistake we all make. Teachers, devotees and HIM cannot and should not be separated. In fact, he is behind all the "crappy and obnoxious". He supports it, encourages it and applauds it. As he LOUDLY said to me once: AoL cannot be separated from SSRS, and AoL IS RS. Thus, teachers=crappy and obnoxious, RS=teachers, therefore RS=crappy and obnoxious. The teachers become what they are because of him, and because he selects them and he trains them to be that way! Some already were faulty when they got there, some became faulty with the indoctrinization, techniques, brain-washing, fanaticism.
- April 13, 2010 at 4:30 PM
Anon 4:17 PM:
I don't know RS or the inside of AoL well but from what I know of cults and what I've seen of AoL, RS IS the problem with AoL. Manipulative leaders such as him create a following and brainwash people into doing all sorts of things (even killing people). In fact, I assume he carefully chooses those close to him who he believes will carry out and agree with his ideas. That is what you see as AoL. All those crappy or obnoxious teachers are mini Ravi Shankars. Make no mistake of how influential charismatic leaders are within their organizations. There may be small issues in AoL which have nothing to do with him, but overall my guess is that the organization is a reflection of his vision. Perhaps if he left, AoL would be a much nicer foundation.
- April 13, 2010 at 6:49 PM
Klim and Co said,"Teachers, devotees and HIM cannot and should not be separated. In fact, he is behind all the "crappy and obnoxious". He supports it, encourages it and applauds it."
That is prima facia absurd, and you know it. Everybody has a different personality. I know dozen's of AOL teachers and some are humble and quiet, some are loud and obnoxious. Some are quite intellectual, some are more felly-touchy. There's a whole range there. You over-simplify the entire situation by making the ridiculous comment that all AOL teachers are the same.
The problem with you, Klim and Co is that you have decided, apriori, that nothing SSRS or AOL does can be good. You were as unthinking as an AOL teacher just excepting everything with no discrimination as you are now. You have learned nothing. Once SSRS and AOL were all good and perfect and now they are all bad and terrible. Both positions are ridiculous and indicative of an immature spirituality. You will do the exact same thing again with another guru until you learn to discriminate. Grow up!!
- April 13, 2010 at 9:51 PM
Jivani said,"RS IS the problem with AoL."
You admit to knowing nothing regarding AOL or SSRS, yet you make statements like this? How can anyone take what you post seriously if you have no experience with what you talk about? Here, I know nothing about nuclear physics, but let me post my completely uninformed opinion about it and I want you all to take it seriously. Do you see the little problem with that? Hmmm?
- April 13, 2010 at 9:56 PM
All followers of RS advocating kriyas , please recheck & know this is art of living FREE blog.
You folks should not stray from art of living forums/blogs. There are plenty of those for you to graze & gorge nonstop.
- April 14, 2010 at 3:43 AM
A very well written story.
- April 14, 2010 at 6:34 AM
Anon @9:51 PM snarls " grow up" to Klim instead of "have a nice day".
Based on comments in this comments section alone ?
Had you folks read the entire blog from the day it started in tandem with yunus's balanced views, blogs exposing nithyananda cult & several such overhyped godmen , cogitating over what is written with an uncluttered mind would not lunge forward so hastily defending your gurus.
I repeat we are NOT DEBATING here. We are not in doubt. As we have seen through.
Please do hold your Ravishankar's feet or beard tight & stay put there. Your very attempt to redeem your master's faltering credibility is downright irksome.
- April 14, 2010 at 7:33 AM
- KLIM and CO. said...
All this "immature immature immature, grow up, grow up, grow up" ... is that all you can say? And they still think we are looking for another guru? Gee! Are they that clueless? Holding on to gurus for everything ... I wonder who needs to grow up. "40 years in TM and 20 in the AoL"? Maybe it means, 40 years practicing TM and 20 in AoL, because the other is impossible, unless you have been living a double life (AoLers are banned from TM), and even so, 40 and 20 years of all of that, too much 20-40-40 and you still think you have critical thinking left over in your brain? Grabbing on to TM and AoL labels as if they were some degree: "I have a BA from Yale, an MBA from Colombia and a PhD from Stanford." No, it does not compare and it does not work out that way. TM and AoL are yet not ivy leagues! Pathetic. Talk about needing to grow up! Anyway, that tone of anger, arrogance, all-knowingness, preaching, sense of superiority and spirituality, aggression, fanaticism, shallowness and narrow-mindedness is just a little bit of the same stuff ... but in this case, it reminds us of a senior advanced trainer president of the AoL ... talk about someone needing to grow up! People: AoL police is back and just to remind us of their kind of "spirituality" and that, of course, they are the best, we are fools! Isn't that nice? Hey, but we all belong to each other and we all should accept each other as they are and we should not see intentions, blablablablabla. Anyone objects to not publishing comments from that person in the future unless he grows up? :)
- April 14, 2010 at 8:14 AM
Anon 9;56 PM:
Point taken. However, I have seen quite a lot of AoL and consider myself to be very informed about cults and I am sure AoL is a cult (not in the good sense). Even though I said I don't know RS well, I believe I know enough to comment, otherwise I would not. Notice my wording "my guess is he..." It's quite okay to make a comment like that when I nearly got sucked into AoL and all the brainwashing. That's a scary thought and that's why I'm here. I've seen enough to know what's going on!
I have experienced a lot of AoL actually, some through rude and angry posts here like yours, and it's enough for me to make judgments and comment here. Klim never said you can't be here and comment if you haven't been an insider of AoL for 20 years. We're all here with different levels of experience but actually, I think I'm more informed and able to comment than most AoLers who can't see behind all the lies of AoL and RS and their own denial. I'm lucky to have figured it out quickly.
I'd be willing to bet a lot of money that I'm correct about what I said about RS being the problem with AoL.
- April 14, 2010 at 8:46 AM
- Prairie Princess said...
Dear Klim..I love this blog. Gurudom is so last millennium. To those who feel the need to have a Guru..open your eyes..All experience is a teacher. Take a lesson there and leave the opium (and opinion) of AoL behind. If the nasty anonymous is indeed that senior trainer president fellow, out him on this blog and publish his silly pr attempts under him correct name. Met him and had some brief interactions with him..such a sad person lacking the ability to love. If he is an example of the benefits of AoL, the organization is sicker than I thought.
- April 14, 2010 at 9:17 AM
Prima facia absurd, Ridiculous, immature spirituality and grow up. That is big words coming from somebody hiding behind an anonymous profile. Klim and Co. is very justifiable scared of harassment from the enabler and henchmen of the psychopath ravi shankar. What is your excuse?
- April 14, 2010 at 9:56 AM
These AoL "volunteers" so enamoured by SSRS don't get it when I say "get me off your phone and email lists". Even now after 9 years of quitting I keep getting mails and messages on my phone. This is the best way of completely putting you off AoL for good. Great going, idiots.
- April 14, 2010 at 1:08 PM
many female followers and teachers in AOL are suffering from Histrionic personality disorder.Psychiatrists treating them at some stage can verify the fact.While they get treated in AOL environment they are useless as teachers. can do more harm than benefit,
- April 14, 2010 at 1:45 PM
Organize any event which you think will help more than 10 people other than you and your family members. Like spending 5-6 hrs time with sick person, helping somebody to study etc etc. Take help of minimum 3-4 friends. You will have idea how difficult job is to organize anything. Then you will appreciate and wonder how Art of Living does so much work and appreciate your friends effort. Unless you know art its difficult to appreciate artist.
- April 17, 2010 at 1:26 PM
@Anon April 17, 2010 1:26 PM
Come on - you are not talking to neophytes here.
People here, have organized many events, big and small for Art of Living for many many years.
Any organization based on lies, manipulations, and half-truths is not real - especially true in case of spiritual organizations.
The one who belittles volunteers is RS - claiming credit for things done well, and blaming them, when things don't. In fact he (they) shamelessly manipulates sincere and earnest seekers to serve his ends - not all of which are noble.
The money raised for "service projects" get diverted to his personal kitty - all we see is token work. They don't even live the human values they speak of - at least not when it is inconvenient.
AOL is a business - they take more and give less. And as far as hinduism goes - the way AOL is run goes against the basic tenets of hinduism. In sanatana dharma, teacher never asks for money - although people donate without being asked.
- April 19, 2010 at 6:46 PM


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Bank of America is considering a plan to introduce a checking account that wouldn't permit customers to overdraw their balances at an automated teller machine or when making an automatic bill payment. Robin Sidel joins MoneyBeat. Photo: AP.
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SAN FRANCISCO -- Media, rivals and player agents convinced that the Dodgers will trade an outfielder have been wrong for nearly two years, and they will probably be wrong again as another non-waiver Trade Deadline looms on Thursday at 1 p.m. PT.
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SAN FRANCISCO -- Media, rivals and player agents convinced that the Dodgers will trade an outfielder have been wrong for nearly two years, and they will probably be wrong again as another non-waiver Trade Deadline looms on Thursday at 1 p.m. PT.
Management doesn't view that surplus as a bad thing.
The priority area of concern for general manager Ned Colletti isn't trading an outfielder but acquiring a starter and reliever, and no deal is imminent. Of course, no deal was imminent three days before the non-waiver Trade Deadline in 2008. So if Manny Ramirez can fall into your lap and turn around a season, anything is possible.
But supply and demand indicates that the Dodgers might do nothing more in the next few days than add to their bench depth. They started on Monday with a trade with the Cubs for backup infielder Darwin Barney.
"We may not do anything," Colletti said on Saturday. "I think we have the players here that can win."
That would explain why manager Don Mattingly, earlier in the week, seemed to lower the bar on expectations when asked about the need for an acquisition.
"For me, I'll take my club right now," Mattingly said. "Sometimes you make a move to show you're trying to win. We know we're trying to win. I can't sit here and say I have to have anything."
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"Based on what I know of who can be acquired, I don't see us doing anything that's going to tear apart our farm system," Colletti said.
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Colletti said Pederson is "in a good place," meaning still learning with Triple-A Albuquerque, where he works on hitting against lefties and cutting down his strikeouts. Last year, the Dodgers called up Yasiel Puig from Double-A Chattanooga with no experience, but that was an act of desperation. The team was in last place, while Kemp and Crawford were on the disabled list. Puig was a godsend, but the club's standing a year later is nowhere near desperate.
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Major weekend flooding left a wide path of destruction in and around Beijing, with nearby villages among the hardest hit. Some say the death toll is higher than the official government estimate of 37. WSJ's Josh Chin reports from Fangshan district
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Wednesday, September 25, 2013
Werther's Original Soft Creme Caramel
I picked up Werther's Original Soft Creme Caramels on sale at Rite Aid, suspicious that I've had these before even though it says new on the package.
Werther's does an excellent hard caramel (or toffee) and the parent company, Storck of Germany, makes one of my favorite mass-produced caramels, the Storck Chocolate Riesen. But I was a little confused how these were different from the other caramels that Werther's already sells.
The pieces are small, narrow and wrapped in waxed paper with a foil label around the center. They were easy to twist open and didn't stick to the wrappers.
So, I also purchased the Werther's Original Chewy Caramel for comparison. The bag looks nearly the same, and inside, the candies are wrapped identically. Opening them, though, it's clear what the difference is.
The Chewy Caramel (on the right) is stringy and chewy, smooth and pleasant with a balanced milk and caramelized sugar flavor. The Caramel Creme (on the left) is what I would call a "short caramel", a caramel where the sugar has been caramelized, but allowed to create a bit of a crystallized matrix instead of a silky but stiff chew. It's sort of like penuche, or like the Krowki Cream Fudge from Poland.
The flavor is fresh, not like some fake buttery flavored toffees. The texture is chewy but still a little gummy. It dissolves well and though there's a detectable grain, it's not crystallized or gritty.
It's pleasant, and I enjoyed eating them, but I preferred the Chewy Caramel version, especially since the bag I purchased for this comparison was especially fresh and chewy. I do prefer this to the flavor profile of Kraft Caramels, though I can't attest to how they would perform in recipes.
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Monday, September 10, 2012
Werther's Original Hard Candies
Werther's Original Hard Candies are truly a classic around the world, a kind of standard for hard candy butterscotch. They're made by August Storck and named for the town where the candy company was formed, Werther in the Westphalia region of Germany. The company was founded in 1903 and may have come up with a version of the Original Hard Candy around 1909 through the efforts of one of the company's confectioners, Gustav Nebel.
The first branded name of the candy emerged in 1969 when they began selling them as Werthers Echte in Germany, and then in the 1980s they became a world-wide brand under the English name of Werther's Original.
The ingredients are simple: sugar, glucose syrup (from wheat or corn), cream, butter, whey, salt, soy lecithin and vanillin. There are no partially hydrogenated oils in there, no filler oils. For the most part it's sugars and dairy ingredients with a splash of salt (about 15 mg per piece). The calorie count is higher than other hard candies, because of the fat content that's usually absent from pure sugar candy. So these have about a half a gram of fat per candy and less than 25 calories each.
Each is wrapped in a mylar and clear cellophane wrapper. The gold sparkle is hard to miss in a candy dish. For a hard candy, they do a good job of straddling the world of durability and decadence.
The pieces are about 1.2 inches long and .8 inches wide. They're smooth and nicely domed with a small depression in the top. They fit the mouth nicely and dissolve smoothly and slowly. The flavor is very well rounded, a hint of salt, a creamy burn sugar note and little hint of vanilla. The texture is exceptionally smooth and dense, there are no voids at all. But in addition to the creamy melt, they are quite crunchy if you're a chewer. (And I am.)
They're easy to savor, and provide a little more substance than a straight sugar item like a Butterscotch Disk, which is really only flavored like scorched sugar. There are other candies like the Werther's and companies like Life Savers and Hershey's have tried to enter the same market. But there's really no need to try others. The Werther's are superb. They're easy to find at drug stores and discounters. The ingredients are decent enough and the price is pretty reasonable. The only issue I have with them is that they can get sticky in humid or hot environments. It doesn't ruin the taste, but does mar the lovely appearance of the pieces when unwrapped.
It would be nice if they'd make them gluten free, though. Contains milk, soy and wheat.
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Wednesday, August 22, 2012
Mamba Duo Chews
Storck Mamba were introduced in 1953 in Germany well before Starburst came around. According to Storck's website, they were sold in little packs of 6 pieces at changemaker prices (probably the equivalent of two or three cents at the time).
The new variety of Mamba are the Limited Edition Mamba Duo Chews that come in a long package that holds three of those little packs of 6 pieces. There are four flavors in the new Duo Chews, which feature a combination of two flavors in each piece, but each package only holds three packets. So you never know what variety you'll get. (I've never gotten a package that doesn't have three different flavors in it.)
The new flavors are Raspberry-Peach, Cherry-Banana and Watermelon-Apple. The final flavor, Redcurrant-Lime didn't make an appearance in my pack. It's a lot of wrapping, but it's that think flow wrap on the outer wrap and for the flavor packs. Each individual piece is in a waxed paper.
In the day glow yellow and red wrapper is Watermelon-Apple, which is definitely distinctive. The watermelon flavor is a little artificial but is balanced nicely by the subtle and kind of natural tasting apple. The flavor is not as intense as a Starburst or HiCHEW, but still has enough zap to get your salivary glands going.
The Cherry Banana comes in a more subtly soft yellow wrapper with red printing. The banana is immediately creamy and the cherry is tart and though slightly medicinal, has an actual natural note to it.
Raspberry-Peach comes in a mango-orange wrapper. The peach is the forward flavor, a bit dusty and tart with a sort of pine and melon note to it. It wasn't quite peachy. The raspberry portion was also tangy and had a sort of jammy note to it, but lacked a floral berry flavor that I was hoping would be there.
I prefer the more traditional flavors of the classic Mamba Chews. These combos are just slightly off from my taste preferences. Still, the candy is a good value, a Starburst package holds 2.07 ounces and Mamba are the same price but have 2.65 ounces in them. They're also vegan (no gelatin like Starburst or HiCHEW) and contain no artificial colors (but do use artificial flavors and alpha-tocopherol as a preservative).
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POSTED BY Cybele AT 12:26 pm Candy • Review • Storck • Chews • Limited Edition • 6-Tempting • Germany •
Wednesday, August 8, 2012
Werther's Original Caramel Apple Filled
I wrote that Storck was introducing a new flavor of Werther's Original caramels back in May, and finally found some in stores.
They're called Werther's Original Caramel Apple Filled Hard Candies and are a bit of a curiosity to me. They're a green apple filling covered with a hard shell of the famous Werther's butter toffee candy.
The objective is to emulate a caramel coated green apple.
The ingredient list for this strange candy creation is, well, long. Here's another example of a European candy (like the downscale version of Panda Licorice) that uses glucose-fructose syrup, which is the same as High Fructose Corn Syrup, except it's made from something other than corn. There are other fun things in there like artificial colors though it does use actual concentrated apple juice.
As much as I was turned off by the idea of the candy, and the idea that they cheaped out and used glucose-fructose syrup instead of just sugar I actually enjoyed them.
They look like a nice candy from the outside. They were in good shape, no crushed or sticky pieces. They're hard and glossy and smell buttery-sweet. The candy shell is exactly what I'd expect a Wether's candy to taste like. It's silky smooth and sweet with a hint of salt. The shell is thin and the center is soft. It's easy to just chew up the candy, which I ended up doing most of the time. The center is a soft goo with an apple flavoring, kind of like apple juice instead of a Jolly Rancher candy. It's sweet and flavorful but without an artificial sourness to it.
Overall, it's an interesting take on the apple and caramel combination. Sweet, salty and a little fruity. I ate the whole bag (which wasn't hard considering that the fact that for a buck there were only 12 pieces in it. I don't think I'd buy them again, but I do think they're better than I gave them credit for in the concept stage.
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POSTED BY Cybele AT 3:07 pm Candy • Review • Storck • Toffee • 6-Tempting • Germany • 99 Cent Only Store •
Thursday, March 22, 2012
Werther's Original Caramel Chocolates
Werther's Original is known best for its smooth hard caramel candies but they've recently ventured into the world of chocolate. Werther's is made by Storck, a Germany candy brand that also makes Toffifay, Merci Chocolate, Mamba chews and Riesen caramels. It always seemed odd to me that their chocolate brand was under the Werther's label instead of the Merci one, but perhaps they went with the one with the best brand recognition.
Werther's Original Caramel Milk Chocolates feature the familiar amber yellow and brown branding of the Werther's caramels. The bars come in a familiar style of upright, flat bar package. They're 3.5 ounces and I found them at the 99 Cent Only store for a buck a piece. What was even better though was the the package once I opened it up. There were four little individually wrapped bars inside the easily re-closeable sleeve.
The little bars are about 25 grams each (.88 ounces) and the nutrition facts suggest that two are a serving, but I found one sufficient.
There were three varieties on sale at the store, so I bought all of them. Though the smart little bars are color coded, they're not actually marked with the name of the variety on them. I found the purple and magenta confusing when not placed side by side.
I tried Werther's Original CaraMelts before a few years ago, which is some sort of caramel flavored white confection and found it was not suited to my tastes, a little too fatty without much flavor. I was hoping this would have a little more depth.
The little bar is a ripple of that cream confection and a milk chocolate.
The melt is quite nice, extremely smooth and though sweet, it's not sticky or too thick. The milk and dairy notes are clean, like fresh butter not powdered milk. The cocoa notes are rather faint overall, kind of a malty and toffee note to it, but not much more than that.
The Werther's Original Dark Cream Caramel Chocolates in bar form are similar to another version that were introduced a couple of years ago called Werther's Original Dark Cream Chocolates which were sold in bags and individually wrapped and shaped like the Werther's Original hard caramels.
The difference between the two products, as far as I can tell, is shape and price.
When they named it Dark Cream, they really meant the cream part. The fat content on this particular bar is through the roof, at 164 calories per ounce with 79 of those fat calories. The second ingredient on the list after milk chocolate (I know, what makes it dark chocolate cream if it's made with milk chocolate?) is cream powder then whole milk powder. You'd better like dairy.
The Dark Dream looked odd, the color was not quite appetizing. I can only describe it as a faded or dead looking brown, instead of a lively and rich red-brown like many chocolate bars are.
Even though I complained that there was a lot of milk chocolate in this bar, and a lot of milk, it still had a deeper cocoa flavor to it and was certainly less sweet than the Milk Cream version. The melt is very smooth and has a good flavor balance between the actual cream flavors and the toasty, woodsy cocoa notes.
Werther's Original Toffee Crisp Caramel Chocolates is the final bar and perhaps the most ordinary and probably the most successful because it plays on Werther's strength.
The back of the package says Enjoy four individually wrapped bars of European Milk chocolate with pieces of crispy Werther's Original Toffee.
The ingredients are much simpler as well, just real milk chocolate with lots of extra dairy fats and some toffee chips made with real butter.
The bar has the same faintly off color for the milk chocolate. I can only assume that the reason for that is because it's diluted by all that extra milk and dairy in it.
The toffee chips are well distributed and at a good ratio to provide a lot of texture and flavor. The milk chocolate is smooth and buttery though again, not very chocolatey. The toffee chips have a good balance of crisp texture, easy crunch, salt and burnt sugar notes.
Overall the price was good for this set of bars, and I enjoyed the portion control that's usually lacking in these large tablet bars. But the chocolate is weird, it's too much dairy fat and not enough cocoa butter. I can see the appeal for some folks, especially those who like the mouthfeel of super-slick chocolate like Dove. But I want more chocolate punch in my chocolate.
The allergen list on these was long, pretty much the only thing it doesn't contain and isn't co-processed with is shellfish.
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POSTED BY Cybele AT 2:56 pm Candy • Review • Storck • Chocolate • Toffee • 5-Pleasant • 6-Tempting •
Wednesday, January 4, 2012
Storck Mamba Sour Gummies
I've been stopping by convenience stores more often lately, waiting for some new candies to come out on the shelves, so I noticed these Mamba gummis. I've already tried the regular packages, but these were Sour, so says the big green splat on the front.
The Mamba Sour Gummies end up being expensive at the 7-11, which is almost as bad as going to a concession stand at the movies. 1.5 ounces is $1.19. The package says that they're made with real fruit juice (5%) and the calorie count per ounce (100) is actually pretty low for candy, with only 150 calories for the entire package.
The package says the flavors are: orange, banana, raspberry, pineapple and cherry.
The pieces are about one inch across and feature a sweet and sour sanding on them. They're soft and pliable, like gummis.
The idea of Sour Banana isn't exactly appealing. I don't care for unripe bananas, though they're not really sour, just not quite sweet yet and too firm. In this case the sour banana doesn't taste like either a ripe or unripe banana. More like a lime soaked banana.
Pineapple was dreamy. It was floral and tingly and unlike the banana that started out sour, this started out sweet and got quite sour towards the end, all the way to the jaw tingling finish.
Watermelon was quite mild and really only about the sour. It had a good and reasonably authentic watermelon flavor, which means not much of a flavor at all.
Raspberry is a sour jam without much floral or much in the way of that seed flavor. It's okay, not really one of the better raspberry gummies I've had, but it is at lease naturally flavored.
I didn't get any orange in my package, nor it appears any cherry.
The gummi market is crowed, though there aren't that many in sour available in little packets at the convenience stores, so I have to give credit to Mamba for being in that space. I think the biggest competition for these would be the Life Savers gummis. With the natural ingredients and 5% juice content in this version, I'd say a parent is much better off with these than Life Savers. The packaging and shapes don't make it feel like it's a compromise.
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POSTED BY Cybele AT 11:26 am All Natural • Candy • Review • Storck • Gummi Candy • Sour • 7-Worth It • Germany • 7-11 •
Thursday, August 18, 2011
Storck Mamba Gummies
Storck is a German candy company that makes some fantastically chewy stuff, such as Reisen Chocolate Caramels, Toffifay, Werther Caramels and Mamba fruit chews. While Germany is the homeland of gummis, it's strange to see such a large, established candy company suddenly get into the crowded gummi market.
I found a fun new, and unlikely place to shop for candy. It's a gas station convenience store simply called Food Mart near my mother's house in Glendale, CA. I'd filled up with gas there many times before (because it was one of the least expensive places in the area, clean, well maintained and had soapy windshield cleaner). One day when I actually went into the store I was shocked to see a huge selection of international candies. They carry German products including the most popular items in the Kinder line, Ritter Sport bars (including the seasonal varieties), British bars (Mars, Cadbury, Maltesers) and a really wide selection of American candies.
So I picked up this little package of Storck Mamba Gummies which are called funny fruity gummies and feature banana, orange, raspberry, pineapple, watermelon and cherry flavors. They feature real fruit juice in the ingredients and no artificial colors.
What I thought was interesting about this flavor assortment was the fact that it included banana, not a common gummi flavor. After I got the little package home (it's only 1.5 ounces) I noticed that I didn't have the full assortment of flavors. Above is everything inside the packet, four different flavors.
The texture is soft and pliable, they don't stick together though they do have a little touch of oil on them. The shapes are tropical, little palm trees, snakes, a chameleon, sharks and something that's either a raspberry or a puffer fish.
Banana (yellow) is tangy but with that creamy banana flavor. It was less artificial tasting than some other banana candies that have more of a caustic flavor. This was pleasant and soothing.
Pineapple (clear) is tangy, floral and jammy all at once. It's an excellent rendition of pineapple.
Raspberry (deep red) was by far the most common flavor in my package, which is just fine with me because these are well done. The flavor is a mix of the boiled sweetness of raspberry puree with a light touch of the woodsy seeds and a note of iced tea in there. It wasn't overly tart like some "blue raspberry" versions of the fruit.
Watermelon (pink) was quite authentic, at least as far as watermelon candies I've had this summer. It had a sort of rind taste to it, not just the sweetness of the flesh. Watermelon really isn't much of a flavor as an actual melon, it's more of a texture.
So, I missed out on Orange and Cherry in my package. I think I scored overall, as these were all nicely done. The fact that it's a small package (only 130 calories) with no artificial colors makes it a pretty light treat for kids.
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POSTED BY Cybele AT 12:56 pm Candy • Review • Storck • Gummi Candy • 7-Worth It • Germany •
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