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Wednesday, September 5, 2012
Tuesday, September 4, 2012
Chocolate the food of gods : Postnoon
The food of the gods. The drink of kings. Chunks of mahogany goodness that bring cheer to a child and melt the heart of a woman. A food so universally loved that we even dedicated a day to it! Curl up with a hot cup of cocoa, savour the pleasure of dark chocolate or even unwrap some candy. Go Mexican and have a plate of mole pablano, a chicken dish with a rich, chocolate-tinged sauce. ?Whatever the form, man simply can?t live without it. On World Chocolate Day, we take a moment to dream a little, lick our lips and celebrate our inner chocoholic.
Spoilt for choice
The composition of chocolate completely changes depending on the amount of cocao solids, chocolate liquor and milk solids it has. Here?s a list of different types of chocolate which you must try
Dark Chocolate
Dark Chocolate consists of at least 35% chocolate liquor and it is generally produced by adding fat and sugar to cocoa. Dark chocolate with higher amount of cocoa solids is also used in cooking.
Milk Chocolate
Milk Chocolate has at least 10% chocolate liquor; however, it?s produced from milk in the form of either milk powder or condensed milk. Swiss Confectioner Daniel Peter had first introduced this chocolate in 1870s. Hershey?s Milk Chocolate, which was introduced in 1900, is a popular variant.
Raw Chocolate
Considered to be the purest form of chocolate, this variety has at least 75% cocoa and it is sold mostly in the cocoa rich countries like Ivory Coast, Ghana, Indonesia and Brazil.
White Chocolate
White Chocolate is made by mixing sugar, milk solids and cocoa butter. Unlike most other forms of chocolate, it doesn?t contain cocoa solids.
Sweet Chocolate
Sweet Chocolate is formed with a mixture of at least 15% chocolate liquor, cocoa butter and sugar in varying amounts. It is mostly sold in US and Canada.
A matter of taste
So you?ve eaten a lot of chocolate. But can you judge how good it is? Here are some things you need to look out for if you want that perfect square of chocolate.
Look
The bar of chocolate should be flawless, with no bubbles, cracks or whitish sugar bloom. The colour should be an even shade of shiny deep mah?ogany. A very dark chocolate bar is not necessarily good, as the beans may have been over-roasted.
Feel
Good chocolate should be silky, not sticky. It should start to melt at your touch at room temperature, as good chocolate contains higher amounts of cocoa butter which melts just below human body temperature.
Snap
When you break a piece of chocolate, it should break cleanly with an audible snap. If it is crumbly or splinters, it isn?t good chocolate.
Taste
Good chocolate will melt almost immediately in your mouth, dissolving into a creamy liquid. It shouldn?t taste grainy or waxy. The more smooth the chocolate is, the better it is. If it has a buttery aftertaste and leaves a residue, the cocoa butter has been replaced by vegetable oil, meaning that the chocolate is not very good. The flavour should be intense, without being too sugary.
Read the label
Sook for fair trade and organic label on chocolate bars. Even though it will be more expensive, you?re more likely to get good quality. Any time you buy chocolate, look for the amount of cocoa solids in the bar. High quality dark chocolate should have at least 70% cocoa solids or mass. Good milk chocolate generally contains between 30% and 45% cocoa solids, while high-end white chocolate is usually only made up of around 30% cocoa butter with very little or no cocoa solids.
Process-
Picking the pod
Fully ripe cacao pods are harvested using a machete. The beans, with their surrounding pulp, are removed from the pods, placed in bins and covered with banana leaves and branches to allow microorganisms to begin the fermentation of the material. The process, which takes up to seven days, produces flavour precursors, which result in the familiar chocolate taste.
Drying time
The fermented beans are dried quickly to prevent mold formation. The beans are spread out on mats to dry in the sun for 5-6 days.
At the end of the drying, the beans will have turned browner and the aroma become more pronounced. The dried beans are then transported to chocolate manufacturing factories.
Ruling the roast
The beans are cleaned and roasted at the factory. There are two ways they can be roasted: at high heat for a short time, which produces a strong chocolate flavour but eliminates subtle notes, or at low heat for a long time, which allows more delicate flavours to shine through. The roasted beans are put through a winnowing machine to remove husks, and the roasted beans are now called nibs.
Liquid goodness
The nibs are ground into a thick liquid called chocolate liqueur, which is cocoa solids suspended in cocoa butter. The cocoa liqueur is blended with cocoa butter in varying quantities to make different types of chocolate. Depending on the product, sugar, milk, vanilla and emulsifying agents are added to the mixture.
Smooth as silk
After being mixed, all kinds of chocolate are treated the same way. The mixture is put through a series of heavy rollers which press it till it is refined to dry flakes. Additional cocoa butter and emulsifying agents are added to the flakes and then mixed to make a smooth paste ready for conching.
Kneading time
Conching develops the flavour further by putting the chocolate mixture through a kneading process. The machines have heavy rollers that knead the mixture back and forth for anywhere between a few hours and seven days.
Mind the temper
The mixture is then tempered ? put through a heating, cooling and reheating process. This allows chocolate to be solidified in a way that keeps it glossy and makes for an audible snap when broken.It also ensures that the chocolate will melt smoothly in your mouth.
The tempered mixture is poured into moulds and allowed to cool.Once the chocolate is demoulded, it is packaged and ready to be sold.
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NFL champion Giants kick off season vs. Cowboys
FILE - In this Aug. 24, 2012, file photo, New York Giants quarterback Eli Manning (10) hands the ball to running back David Wilson (34) during the first half of an NFL preseason football game against the Chicago Bears in East Rutherford, N.J. The running game, which was the worst in the NFL in 2011, has a chance to run over people if first-round draft choice Wilson lives up to the hype. The Giants are scheduled to begin their season on Sept. 5 at home against the Dallas Cowboys. (AP Photo/Bill Kostroun, File)
FILE - In this Aug. 24, 2012, file photo, New York Giants quarterback Eli Manning (10) hands the ball to running back David Wilson (34) during the first half of an NFL preseason football game against the Chicago Bears in East Rutherford, N.J. The running game, which was the worst in the NFL in 2011, has a chance to run over people if first-round draft choice Wilson lives up to the hype. The Giants are scheduled to begin their season on Sept. 5 at home against the Dallas Cowboys. (AP Photo/Bill Kostroun, File)
New England Patriots linebacker Jermaine Cunningham (96) sacks New York Giants quarterback Eli Manning (10) during the first half of a preseason NFL football game, Wednesday, Aug. 29, 2012, in East Rutherford, N.J. (AP Photo/Bill Kostroun)
Dallas Cowboys quarterback Tony Romo (9) warms up before a preseason NFL football game against the Miami Dolphins, Wednesday, Aug. 29, 2012, in Arlington, Texas (AP Photo/Sharon Ellman)
Dallas Cowboys quarterback Tony Romo (9) leaves the field following a preseason NFL football game against the St. Louis Rams, Saturday, Aug. 25, 2012 in Arlington, Texas. (AP Photo/Brandon Wade)
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) ? A good start is what is on the line this time when the New York Giants host the Dallas Cowboys in the NFL season opener.
The stakes were much greater the last time the NFC East foes faced off to close the last regular season. New York won to claim the division title en route to the Super Bowl title. Dallas was left out of the postseason.
On Wednesday night at MetLife Stadium, the winner will take the early upper hand in the divisional race.
For Eli Manning and the Super Bowl champion Giants, this will be a chance to silence the critics and detractors who have sounded off repeatedly after they beat the New England Patriots in February to claim their second title in five seasons.
The Giants heard it all. They were lucky to get into the playoffs with a 9-7 record. They really didn't beat the Packers or 49ers, they were just handed the games. There is a lot more, but that is the gist.
That is now over.
The goal for Tom Coughlin's players is to show they have constructed that bridge the 65-year-old coach urged them to build to link their late-season 6-0 run to the title to the 2012 campaign.
"The leadership we have on this football team, that's going to be the spine of the bridge, if you will," defensive captain Justin Tuck said. "I think we're in a good place as far as where we want to be coming into the game."
The Giants are confident, and they don't care what outsiders are saying about them.
"We've already showed people who we are," safety Antrel Rolle said. "We can care less about that. We leave that up to spectators. We're just going out there and playing ball. And that is what it is all about. We can care less about what kind of recognition we are getting or who is crowning us and who is not crowning us. None of that matters coming into the 2012 season."
Jerry Jones' Cowboys face a much different task after an 8-8 campaign that ended with an embarrassing 31-14 loss to the Giants on New Year's Day.
The outspoken owner, who boasted to fans that his team would kick the Giants' posteriors in Dallas when the clubs meet a second time this season on Oct. 28, knows the window for the aging Cowboys to return to the franchise's glory years is fading fast.
"It's a great opportunity for us is how I look at it," Jones said of the season opener. "So very meaningful. Everybody has all the appreciation in the world for what we're up against here, the quality of the team, so to have success up there would be very meaningful.
"As in any game in the NFL, it's certainly not how you ultimately will wind up one way or the other, but it is a big game in front of really the entire world of sports, high visible game against the world champions."
Romo will again be under the spotlight. He has yet to lead the 'Boys to a title, and many wonder whether he will after a late-season meltdown in which Dallas lost four of its final five games, including two to the Giants.
"I think they always stick with you," Romo said of the last game. "That's what fuels you in the offseason and makes you ... you want to remember those moments so you can improve from them. As a football team, we've taken an approach that we need to get better. I think we've done that with the personnel and our approach and the way the guys have been committed. It's been great to see. Now it's time to take it to the field."
There are a couple of key matchups to watch.
Manning and receivers Victor Cruz and Hakeem Nicks combined for 14 receptions for 237 yards in New York's 37-34 win in Dallas on Dec. 11, and they had 11 more catches for 254 yards and two touchdowns in the division-deciding game.
In the offseason, the Cowboys signed former Chiefs cornerback Brandon Carr as a free agent and moved up eight spots in the first round of the draft to take another cornerback, Morris Claiborne of LSU.
The key to the Giants' success in the postseason was the ability of the defensive line to pressure quarterbacks. The assault will again be led by All Pro Jason Pierre-Paul, Tuck and fellow two-time Pro Bowler Osi Umenyiora.
Dallas has revamped its offensive line, signing veteran guards Mackenzy Bernadeau and Nate Livings, and having tackles Tyron Smith and Doug Free switch sides. Center Phil Costa returns in the middle.
Both running games should improve this season. The Cowboys' DeMarco Murray is healthy after hurting his ankle in the first Giants' game. New York, which finished last in the league in rushing, should be better with speedy first-round draft pick David Wilson backing up Ahmad Bradshaw.
The Giants have some weaknesses the Cowboys can exploit.
Michael Coe is the surprise starter for New York at cornerback after injuries ended Terrell Thomas' season and have Prince Amukamara out the opener. Rookie Jayron Hosley, the third-round draft pick, is battling a pain issue with turf toe.
The other area of concern for the Giants is tight end. Jake Ballard and Travis Beckum both sustained major knee injuries in the Super Bowl. Ballard is no longer with the team, and Beckum will start the season on the physically-unable-to-perform list.
Former Cowboy Martellus Bennett, who signed with the Giants as a free agent, will be Manning's main target at tight end.
"I'm excited about the opportunity for this game, playing at home as the defending Super Bowl champs," veteran offensive tackle David Diehl said. "This is a huge game. This is a game the minute that schedule came out we had circled as a team, but also we know the minute that we beat them in the division to take over last season, this was a game they had circled right from the get-go."
Diehl believes this will be a heavyweight fight in which both teams won't be thinking about last year.
"When you play in the NFL, this is a short-memory league," he said. "People do think about that, but what people are talking about now is: 'Who is going to win it this year?'"
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Windows 8: A Product Launch for the History Books
The Windows 8 launch in October promises to be like no other launch. I think it will drive home several points that many of us don't seem to understand, like the fact that we both whine there isn't enough innovation and run for the hills when someone innovates in a mature market. I think Microsoft will change a lot after this launch, and the PC ecosystem will be dramatically different.
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Monday, September 3, 2012
Buying Mexico Real Estate Safely ? 2 Excellent Online Resources
Buying real estate in a different country and a different culture can be a daunting task.? The good news is that, in the case of Mexico real estate, there are excellent resources available online to help you start your real estate search off on the right foot, buy safely and with confidence.? The trick is knowing where to look.? For this reason, here at Top Mexico Real Estate we?ve put together two easy-to-use online resource packages that will offer buyers the basics to get started.
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Buying real estate, made easy!
1. Tools for Online Searching
Good listings, videos, articles, price reductions, excellent deals, e-mail notifications and property bookmarks ? all of these will make your search process much easier.? However, going through the internet to find each one of these services (and the best one of each!) is time consuming and can be confusing for someone who hasn?t done it before.? For this reason, we have set up Mexico real estate user accounts which allow buyers to have access to the best of each of these from a personal account, making it easy to keep track of properties they like and pick up their search the same place they left off every time.
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2. Information for Buying Safely
What?s a fideicomiso?? Is that the local seafood soup you haven?t tried yet, or was it something important that has to do with the property you want to purchase?? While the searching and buying processes in Mexico are similar to those in the U.S. or Canada in certain ways, there are also distinct parts of the process that you will need to know about and keep track of.? Your agent will be your best resource to guide you through this, yet it?s always a good idea to have an easy-to-use reference guide on hand outlining the steps, the processes, contracts, professionals involved and main tips for safety.? For this reason, Top Mexico has created the Top Mexico Real Estate Guide: Buying Safely, which combines information and advice from 10 of Mexico?s leading experts.
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(By the way, a ?fideicomiso? is a Bank Trust used as a vehicle for ownership; the Top Mexico Real Estate Guide explains it fully.)
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Buyers using these tools will have an advantage and will be starting off on the right foot!
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TOPMexicoRealEstate.com; Mexico?s Leading Network of Specialists for Finding and Purchasing Mexican Properties Safely
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T-Mobile's Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 Gets Ice Cream Sandwich Update
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama enters an important campaign week tied with Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney, a Reuters/Ipsos poll found on Sunday, leaving the incumbent an opportunity to edge ahead of his opponent at the Democratic National Convention. With the Democrats set to nominate Obama for a second term this week in Charlotte, North Carolina, the race to the presidential election on November 6 is tight with 45 percent for Obama and 45 percent for Romney among likely voters, the survey found. ...
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How Interior and Exterior House Painting Compares - Painters Atlanta
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Painting can dramatically improve the appearance of your home and can create the look and feel you desire. Different types of paint are better suited to specific applications, however. There are even different kinds of paint specifically formulated for indoor and outdoor use. Your painting contractor will also have different prep work and clean up, depending on the type of painting being done. Read on to learn more about the differences between interior and exterior house painting.
Latex or Oil Paint
The low odors and fumes emitted by latex paint make it a good choice for indoor painting. Oil paint, on the other hand, has characteristics that make it more durable for outdoor applications. Since oil paint emits more fumes than latex paint, it is not typically used indoors. Your painting contractor will explain the difference between latex and oil paint in greater detail before the job begins.
Interior vs. Exterior Paint
Both interior and exterior paints are formulated specifically for their intended use. Interior paint is formulated to stand up to cleaning and contact, whereas exterior paint is made to resist mildew and the fading effects of the sun?s UV rays.
Prep Work
Interior painting requires more detailed prep work than outdoor painting. Your painting contractor will need to cover furniture, place drop cloths, and fix imperfections in the wall before painting inside. Outside prep work consists more of scraping and sanding to prepare the surface to prevent peeling and flaking in the future.
Clean Up
Oil paint requires the use of mineral spirits to clean brushes and rollers, whereas latex paint can be cleaned up with warm, soapy water. Inside, painters will have to remove drop cloths and reposition furniture. Outdoors, painters will have to remove ladders and any other equipment used while painting.
Superior Pro Home Improvement is your premium Atlanta painting provider. We use the very best painting products and techniques to ensure your satisfaction. Our experienced painting contractors provide interior and exterior painting services. Call (678) 951-8770 for your free consultation.
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