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Snow Pea & Tofu Pad Thai
As I shared earlier, slowly, Rob and I are exploring different ethnic grocers in Houston. Each weekend, we have been heading to a new place. Last weekend was a bit of a whirlwind, though.
We wanted to go to Little India but everything was closed when we were there early in the morning (yes, we are the early birds). Chinatown was our alternate choice. Since it is more of a big box store Chinatown that necessitates driving between stores, the dilemma was figuring out which grocer to hit up first. I had 3 stores starred. I picked the one that we knew was open early, the one that also happened to be the closest and the one that had great online reviews.
The parking lot was empty but we ventured in. Let's just say it was a sad store. I picked up some snow peas and bean sprouts. We left a bit sad. I always gauge a store by the state of their produce. I was hoping for better quality produce and to be honest, much cheaper prices. Whole Foods was better priced, which doesn't say much.
Uncertain what the rest of Chinatown would hold, we figured we would check out another grocer. The next on the list was Welcome. This time, though, the parking lot was nearly already packed for an early Saturday morning. Definitely a better sign. Their produce section was busy with so many people, snapping up the best produce, clamouring for the cases of mangos or picking the best greens. Good prices and good quality. Now I was a happy camper! Chinatown had been vindicated.
I still had the snow peas and bean sprouts which Rob and I put to good use by making pad thai. I was the sous chef as Rob made pad thai for me, complete with kelp noodles and snow peas. He slipped the fresh pad thai onto my plate. It was so pretty, I had to take a photo.
I don't photograph many dishes twice. Especially if it is a regular in our kitchen and Rob's signature dish, at that. But these photos turned out much better than my first post. We tinkered with the recipe only slightly, mainly by adding more tamarind. However, that's because we had a new brand (Swad) and it doesn't seem as potent as what we were used to (Tamicon or the blue top one). This version turned out so well though, so if you prefer things less tart, try to find this brand of tamarind. Otherwise, 3 tbsp of concentrate may be tamarind overload! :)
And for anyone curious, we found the kelp noodles at H-Mart. Around $3 for a Korean brand, which is even cheaper than Vitacost and Sea Tangle directly.
Do you re-photograph your pretty meals?
Kelp Noodles and Kale with an Avocado-Miso Sauce
There are stereotypical differences of Canadians. You know, publicly-funded health care, colourful paper bills, and yeah, I throw extra u's into my words. I knew about that.
And then, there are things that I had grown to enjoy that I miss. Like the lack of pennies. Honestly, that was a great idea for Canada. Or, our penchant for environmental choices.
Get this: I have garbage removal TWICE a week. However, there is NO recycling pick-up and definitely NO green bins/compost pick-up. (People drop off their recyclables at recycling depots at their leisure, if they do at all).
And then I have this peculiar contraption in my sink. A garburator. I only know it by name, since I have never used one and they are banned in Toronto.
My new co-workers have become accustomed to my Canadian accent but never cease to discover new Canadian-isms… and apparently, the word garburator is a Canadian term. To Americans, they are known simply as garbage disposal units.
Google helped me figure out how to use it. However, it didn't stop me from plugging my drain within a week of moving in. My co-workers confessed they rarely use them since they plug up drains too often. I think I will leave it alone, too. It seems quite wasteful and noisy to get rid of tiny scraps of foods.
I have no problem pulverizing my food into a delicious sauce, though. (I think my Vitamix is more noisy than the garburator, but it is all for a good cause). For this sauce, I combined avocado, cucumber and hemp seeds for a bright luscious sauce flavoured with lime and miso. Twirled it overtop kelp noodles and thinly sliced kale for a quick summer meal.
Do you have a garbage disposal unit? Do you use it?
*PS: Rob reminded me that while Ontario collects a lot of recyclables, they also ship it across the world to China. Not so environmentally friendly…
This is my submission to this month's Pasta Please for cheeseless wonders.
Chiang Mai Curry Noodles with Tempeh (Vegan Khao Soi)
What makes someone "interesting"?
Rob and I were discussing this. He thinks we're interesting. We do a lot of things that are a bit out of the ordinary. Ignoring, of course, the obvious foodie fetishes (whole foods vegan is interesting? hehe).
1. We learn by gardening. Wherever we live, we're the house with (edible) kale and collards in the front yard.
2. We like to cycle. Not only for commuting, but also our crazy long distances of years yonder. At one time, anything within 200km was fair game.
3. We go to the gym. My preferences are spinning, combat, shred and pump. (Not sure that makes me interesting but I can tell you how much I can squat for 5 minutes!)
4. We like to travel. Rob and I have traveled a few places together (Iceland, Colombia and multiple places in the US), but we met each other with passports already filled. Literally, Rob's passport was filled after a year spent backpacking in Asia, New Zealand and Australia. Mine had stamps for a few places.
This is beyond what we do for work… Rob knows all about mobile devices and its software, whereas I am a resident in pathology.
Those are fun things to chat about because I can't tell you much about television shows (except my adoration for Dexter and Drop Dead Diva), movies (I used to watch a lot more movies) or make intelligible conversations about politics. We have no TV, although that does not excuse the latter. Rob usually keeps me abreast of internet meme sensations. People like to talk about renovations and home design, whereas we both are pretty clueless on that front. Case in point: The only furniture we bought after we moved in together two years ago was a new bed… and Rob bought himself a new desk after our second move (because he broke the first one dismantling it for the move, hehe).
Does that make us interesting? It just makes us us.
The people who find us interesting likely have similar interests… otherwise, we'd just be boring to them. ;)
I was recently reading through Rob's (mostly neglected) blog and it brought back great memories. Cycling, travelling, birthdays. This year has been tough for me as I focus more on studying and less on my hobbies. Our last vacation (in Colombia) seems like such a distant memory. Our vacation this year will be our road trip to our new home in Houston. A bit shorter than usual at only a week, but we'll still cover a lot of ground. Probably around 3000 km if we do a few detours. Once in Houston, we plan to capitalize on short trips to South and Central America (I hope!). And, let's not forget our upcoming summer trip for Burning Man. Anyone else going? This will be my first time and Rob's third visit.
A lot of happiness spurs from memories of our experiences. It is true that you forget the bad parts, or at least use the bad parts as fodder for jokes. The highlights stick with you most. The excitement of being in a hot air balloon overtop Turkey's enchanting fairy chimneys in Cappadocia, or jumping into Icelandic hot springs after a frigid hike up a mountain, watching icebergs float to sea, hiking through a Colombian jungle to see The Lost City, waking up at the crack of dawn to go snowshoeing in freshly laid snow in Horseshoe Valley or the tears of joy after cycling to Niagara Falls and being greeted by a rainbow. I can't believe this all happened within the past 3 years. It is amazing what we can do if we set our mind to it.
Getting back to one of our biggest hobbies, though: food!
Intertwined with our travels, food can transport us back to those memories. Rob has recreated some of his favourite meals from his time while backpacking, including Vegetarian Khao Soi. One of his memorable meals from Thailand, it is a brothy coconut curry with boiled egg noodles and tofu, topped with crispy fried egg noodles. His go-to recipe is not Janet-friendly with red curry paste (our store-bought version has shrimp paste in it and is super spicy), fried noodles and fish sauce. Undeterred to share his love of khao soi with me, he decided to make this recipe with a few substitutions along the way.
A bit more involved than his original recipe, this version has you making your own curry paste from fresh turmeric (yes!), ginger, cilantro, garlic and chilies. No shrimp here. It is used to flavour a coconut curry broth that is studded with tempeh, noodles, lime and cilantro. I used kelp noodles for mine whereas Rob prefers the egg noodles. Absolutely delicious.
If you find yourself in Thailand, this dish can be found for a bargain for only $1. Although it may not be vegan-friendly, so why not try to make it at home instead? :)
So, please tell me… what makes you or someone else interesting?
This is my submission to Deb for this week's Souper Sundays. (more…)
Vegan Pad Thai with Tofu and Kelp Noodles
This is another favourite repeater recipe I have been sitting on way too long. Gena's recent post asking for my tamarind suggestions reminded me I hadn't shared it yet.
Pay attention, dudes: the secret to capturing someone's heart lies in their belly. Who wouldn't like a man who knows his way in the kitchen?
One of Rob's cooking specialties has always been pad thai. One of my favourite meals at restaurants has always been pad thai, but only if done right. Not tomatoey, certainly not filled with ketchup, and to be honest, I never understood why pad thai recipes in the raw community were made from nut butters (certainly a delicious coleslaw, though).
When we first were dating, I brought Rob to a restaurant, raving about their "authentic" pad thai. Only after I sat down and both of us received our orders of pad thai, did I worry Rob would find it below his high expectations. Thank goodness, he loved it, his recipe is a dead knock-off AND he loves making it!
Robbie-style cooking is usually a lot more low-key than mine, especially after he has made the dish a few times. Reading his original recipe leaves a bit to the imagination, but we have also modified it throughout the years. For me, he now omits the egg and swaps Bragg's for the soy sauce/fish sauce. For the longest time, I tried to find a substitute for the rice noodles. I've tried quinoa and zucchini noodles, both with ok results. However, my preferred version is with kelp noodles which hold up well to the tangy sauce.
What doesn't change is the strong emphasis on tamarind. I've talked about tamarind before, but it is worth highlighting again. It truly makes pad thai sing. For those who love sweet-sour as much as I do, tamarind also falls into the love category. Rob likes to remind me that fresh tamarind pods look like poo, but you can't tell by looking at the pulp or concentrate. There are a few ways to buy tamarind. The blocks of tamarind pulp are cheap ($1) but you need to soak and strain it before you use it. Rob and I have converted to using tamarind concentrate ($2-3), though, since it is easier to use and more consistent in its taste.
Rob learned how to make pad thai in a cooking class while travelling in Thailand and his second tip for glorious pad thai, after using tamarind of course, is to make sure you cook each meal to order. It works well for customization of spice levels, but the flavours are spot-on, too. The problem is how to do this for a big group. We will prep all the ingredients at the same time, customizing each meal as we go. If the group is big, we don't usually eat at the same time, but it is perfect for 2.
Do you have a signature dish for special occasions? Any favourite recipes for tamarind? We also really like tamarind lentils.
This is my submission to this month's Pasta Please for chilies.
Roasted Orange Veggie Noodle Bowl
Did you catch this post yet? Why Four Workouts a Week May Be Better Than Six.
It struck a chord with me, as I stopped cycling for the winter. More is not always better.
I found it to be a well-designed study. While it investigated older aged exercise-naive women, I found it fascinating that the women doing 6 work-outs a week spent less energy overall throughout the day because they were tired and stressed form their work-outs. Instead of being invigorated by exercise, too much exercise caused them to feel like they were short on time, and became more sedentary during the day. Interestingly enough, this was shared shortly after another article talked about how models slim down for their work. Lots of intense exercise but nothing that gives them muscle definition. Egad. My advice: if you are doing a lot of exercise, eat. Fuel your work-outs properly.
In any case, let me know if you enjoy these interesting news and tidbits, even if non-food related.
For those that are here for the food: I tried something new. Roasted oranges. I often roast vegetables but not fruit (I've tried roasted strawberries which were very good, though). I was intrigued. I tried them but prefer juicy oranges au naturel. They had a deeper more caramelized flavour but I missed the juiciness. Try it and let me know what you think.
I paired them with roasted Brussels sprouts (which I adore) as well as red bell peppers. A creamy orange ginger dressing, a bit heavy on the vinegar, worked well with the kelp noodles (the vinegar tenderizes them nicely). Feel free to use your favourite noodle. Or try it more like my Crunchy Cabbage Salad with a similar tahini-orange dressing, my orange teriyaki vegetable quinoa bowl or a brown rice salad with roasted beets and oranges with an orange-sesame vinaigrette.
This is my submission this month for Pasta, Please for peppers and to this month's Simple and in Season. (more…)
Chinese Five Spice Vegetable and Noodle Stir Fry, Take 2
I don't know about you, but sometimes I reflect on where I have been and I wonder how I managed to pull through. How did I manage to survive 4 years of medical school? Nearly 5 years of residency? Cycle between Ottawa and Kingston and back again? In the thick of it: I don't think, I just perform.
During medical school, for the first two years, I routinely had lectures from 8am to 5pm every day, interspersed with small group sessions, anatomy labs and clinical skills workshops. Even when I go to conferences, I don't subject myself to 9 hours of lectures in a day. It is just nuts. However, this weekend I sat through 3 days of intense review-type lectures. Rapid fast compressed learning, except it was more of a reminder of things I already knew. However, after 10 hours of lectures on Saturday, and a lengthy 3 hour drive home (thank you Toronto traffic), I was positively pooped. The next day, too. The last thing I wanted to do was to cook… it was that bad. I ended up sleeping at 8pm. ;)
Meals stashed in the freezer are a definite boon these days. However, I find cooking therapeutic. A way to destress as I chop and julienne vegetables, stirring patiently as I saute onions or peacefully munch through the leftovers.
When I finally made it back into the kitchen, instead of reinventing the wheel, I revamped an old favourite. This is a variation of my Chinese Five Spice Vegetable and Noodle Stir Fry. Same flavours, mostly different vegetables. Turns out the original recipe called for winter vegetables like Brussels sprouts. My first incarnation included parsnips, carrots, green beans, oyster mushrooms and Swiss chard; basically the odds and ends in my fridge. This time, I included thinly sliced Brussels sprouts, enoki mushrooms, carrots and parsnips: the current odds and ends in my fridge. The hardest part is chopping all the vegetables, but a quick saute in the wok yields a flavourful meal from the Chinese five spice. I use kelp noodles, which I like in Asian stir fries, but feel free to use your favourite noodle. Gena recently wrote a great post all about kelp noodles if you have yet to try them. I am already imagining my next incarnation, likely including edamame. :)
This is my submission to this week's Weekend Herb Blogging, hosted by Marta.
Herby, Peanutty Noodly Salad
What better way to sneak back into sweetened life than by eating through Doug McNish's cooking class. I've done a few cooking classes before, but this one was definitely one of my favourites. While I am still no master of the knives, I felt that this class was awesome despite not being hands on. Instead, we chatted and watched as Doug created this fabulous menu in under 3 hours.
- Painted Fruit
- Raw Berry Jam
- Fermented Lemon Vanilla Cashew Yogurt
- Avocado Fries with Sundried Tomato Ketchup
- Carrot and Kelp Noodle Pad Thai, Sweet and Spicy Almond Crumble
- Kelp Noodle "Stir Fry" Pear Ginger Miso Sauce, Wilted Spinach and Hemp
- Sweet Potato and Carrot Mac N Cheese
- Mushroom Walnut Stroganoff, Moroccan Spiced Dandelion Greens
- Thick Cut Zucchini Bread, Avocado, Eggplant Bacon, Hemp Mayo
- Chocolate Avocado Torte, Almond Flax Crust
- Banana Crepes, Chocolate Sauce, Walnut Crumble, Raspberry Coulis, Caramelized Peach
Yes, that is over 20 recipes. We munched on a few of the dishes as they were made, but for the most part, the eight of us split the food to take home and eat as leftovers. Batch cooking for the win! :)
This is where the class shined: The recipes were great. Doug has worked in and with many restaurants and knows his stuff. His recipes are restaurant quality. He highlighted the importance of plating and presentation. He didn't hide his secrets.Those banana crepes we made? Sound familiar? He made them this summer when he had a special brunch menu at Raw Aura. Some of the recipes are from his current book, some from his upcoming book and others were modifications of published recipes. He does not measure as he cooks. He tastes as he goes and modifies based on the freshness of the ingredients (something I really should learn how to do more naturally).
Doug has previously shared many of his recipes, especially in his cookbook, including his infamous sour cream and onion kale chips. However, I have yet to try any of his recipes. I have been daunted by his zealous use of oils, nut butters and agave. I know his food tastes good, although a bit heavy for me. After making Peacefood Cafe's Raw Key Lime Pie earlier this summer, I know that restaurant quality really translates to fat and sugar, namely oil and agave!
Trust me, though, I licked my takeaway containers with the delicious food, though. I hope to reintroduce these foods into my kitchen a little bit more Janet-friendly… but most importantly, my spark has been rekindled for raw foods. It also helps that we still have not hit real winter weather yet. Until then, light salads such as this seems to fit the bill.
Herby, peanutty noodly salad. I couldn't even make up a name as fun as this (Rob probably could but he didn't). Pick your favourite herbs and toss them in this lime-spiked dressing. Coat noodles of your choice and add in some green vegetables like snow peas, snap peas or even broccoli. Toss with some (toasted) peanuts for some crunch and fats. Not as decadent as the meals this weekend, but I am ok with that.
PS. For those in the GTA, my newest health food store find is Foods For Life which had kelp noodles (16 oz) for $2.49 earlier this week. A quick sale since they expire in January. However, a great price to try these noodles! They also have kamut!
This is my submission to Deb for this week's Souper Sundays, to this month's River Cottage Rocks, and to this week's Raw Food Thursdays.
Tess' Ultimate Peanut Sauce
I've told you my weekly menus now revolve around a new dressing.
Now that veggies may not necessarily be at their peak, a good dressing is key to eating raw salads.
Or, once you make this dressing, you may just decide to drink it instead. Forgetting the veggies altogether.
It took me a long, long while to finally make Tess' peanut sauce. Her recipe was daunting with the coconut milk, peanut butter and heavy use of agave. Tess' last coconut-based sauce (the creamy Thai cilantro ginger sauce) was heavenly so I knew I should try it out. Eventually.
However, I was guarding the last of our molasses for the recipe. With my pantry purge and gusto of tackling old bookmarked recipes from October, I finally took the plunge. With less sweetener, less sodium AND using coconut beverage, we have a winner. A drinkable winner. The twist from the other peanut dressings comes from the bite from molasses and umami from the fermented black bean sauce. Use it to coat anything. Veggies, grains, beans, you name it. Here, I paired it with sliced carrots, thinly sliced sugar snap peas, julienned baby bok choy, kelp noodles and pea shoots.
I suppose this is a good time to let you all in on a challenge I started this month. A sweetener-free challenge. For 8 weeks along with Gabby and Megan. Leanne is also doing a 2-week sugar-free cleanse which is a bit too extreme for me. While I have already cut out refined sugars, I am going to limit my intake of other sweeteners, including dried fruit, maple syrup, agave and stevia. I decided to keep eating fruit that isn't sweet (cranberries, green papaya, tamarind, etc) since they are more sour than sweet. As I work through some of my recent recipe successes, a few may still contain sweeteners which is good for those of you still using them. :)
This is my submission to this week's Presto Pasta Nights, hosted by Ruth (the last one!) and to Deb for this week's Souper Sundays.
Mango and Snap Pea Noodle Salad with a Tangy Peanut Dressing
This week I have been addicted to peanut butter.
I made this peanut butter banana smoothie until we ran out of ingredients. First I ran out of frozen bananas, and found out that ice + fresh bananas are truly sub-par substitutes. Next, I ran out of peanut butter, too. I considered making my own homemade peanut butter, but gosh, I am out of peanuts, too. That's when my addiction stopped. I had to stop cold turkey. It was probably for the better of us both.
Thankfully, I made this salad earlier in the week and have been enjoying it ever since.
Sweet mangoes and sugar snap peas are paired with a tangy, acidic (in a good way) peanut dressing, spiced with green onions and tossed overtop peppery Asian baby greens (bring on the mizuna!). I also added kelp noodles, to add a bit more bulk. They are great additions to salads since they don't slurp up the extra dressing. I liked that the vinegar in the dressing made this quite a light peanut dressing. I normally pair coconut milk with my peanut dressings, so this was a nice change. Light and refreshing, yet still substantial. Perfect to eat during this hot summer.
This is my submission to Presto Pasta Nights hosted by Ruth, to this week's Healthy Vegan Fridays, and and to Deb for this week's Souper Sundays.
Creamy Thai Cilantro Ginger Sauce (for Thai Shiitake-Basil Spring Rolls and Sexy Saucy Noodles)
Cilantro, you either love it or hate it.
As you may have figured out, I am in the cilantro-loving camp.
On the theme of delicious sauces, this one is definitely a keeper. I shouldn't have doubted it for a second, as it comes courtesy of Tess in The Two Week Wellness Solution.
Originally, I made a half recipe. Trust me, I was kicking myself. I slurped up nearly a quarter of the sauce just "sampling it" with some crackers, it was that good. I had to make it again, it was that awesome!
Cilantro is the major flavour in the sauce, with hits from the ginger, garlic, basil and fresh lime juice. The peanut butter and light coconut milk make this a creamy sauce which balances the bold flavours nicely.
So, what to do with it once you've licked your fingers clean a few hundred times? Textured crackers work well, too, although this is more of a sauce than a dip. The sauce would work well overtop vegetables with your favourite grain, too.
To get a bit more fancy, Tess had 2 recipes in her book using this sauce.
The first recipe was for Thai shiitake-basil spring rolls using this as the dip. I ended up making collard wraps with the same filling substituting kelp noodles, drizzling the sauce inside and around the wraps. The fresh herbs and veggies, along with the sauteed shiitakes worked well. The star was definitely the dipping sauce.
The next recipe I loved was the "Sexy Saucy Noodles". Broccoli, mushrooms and edamame are sauteed in toasted sesame oil and soy sauce. Throw in your noodles of choice (I used kelp noodles but soba would work well here) and douse heavily with the sauce. Stir to combine. Garnish with carrots, sprouts, fresh herbs, etc. Delicious. The sauce isn't as strong, but the flavours are great.
For maximum dip enjoyment: Lick your fingers. :)
This is my submission to Presto Pasta Nights hosted by Ruth, to this week's Healthy Vegan Fridays, to this week's Raw Thursday, and to this week's Weekend Wellness.
Creamy Green on Green Pasta (aka Raw Kelp Noodles and Broccoli with a Creamy Lemon-Basil Whipped Avocado Sauce)
I am really enjoying my simplistic meals these days.
First decide on a sauce or dressing. Pick your favourite veggies. Decide on a base – bean or grain.
Here, I went raw for Raw Thursdays. I picked a lusciously creamy lemon and basil dressing. How does it become so creamy? Hidden inside is a whipped avocado. Adding warm water also adds a lightness without added fats.
My veggie of choice: chopped broccoli.
My base: kelp noodles.
Rob tasted this after I had cleaned up the kitchen. I was surprised he picked up on the avocado right away since I found the lemon, basil and garlic more pronounced while the avocado was there to deliver the lusciousness. I quizzed him- How was he so smart? He noticed the sauce was green and assumed it was from the avocados in the fridge. I protested and blamed the green on the pureed basil. In any case, he was right. He must be more in tune with his avocado sensors than me. ;)
Regardless, while I usually shun creamy dressings, this was both creamy and light at the same time. Perfect in every way. Just be careful not to eat the entire dish in one sitting! Leftover (chilled) dressing was also great in…. wait for it…. a wrap!! (also filled with carrot, cabbage, cucumber and sprouts!)
I can't wait to try out more avocado dressings. Do you have a favourite?
This is my submission to Presto Pasta Nights, hosted by Girlichef, to this week's Raw Food Thursdays, and Ruth and to this week's Weekend Wellness.
Thai Kelp Noodle Salad with Mango and Lima Beans
I used to want a mango tree in my backyard. Scrap that.
Now I want a mamey tree.
I ate a lot while I was in Colombia. A lot of fruit, I mean frutas. Fruit au naturel and lots of fruit as juice. Not bottled juice. Jugos naturales: fruit + water in blender and strained. Pure bliss.
I had a few foodie missions while in Colombia. I definitely succeeded in exploring the different fruits. I even tried familiar fruits in case they tasted different, fresh from the South.
I think I lost track of everything I tried.
From the more obscure, I tried: curuba, feijoa, lulo, guanabana (soursop), anon (sugar apple), pitaya (dragon fruit), zapote, mamey and mamoncillo. Passion fruit: maracuja, as well as the purple gulupa and the smaller sweet granadilla. Oh, and açai, too, in a smoothie. Apparently we missed cherimoya (custard apple) and pomarrosa. We obviously need to go back (although I think I spotted both of them at my nearby grocer for $5/lb).
Then there are ones I already knew… and was won over by the sweetness of fresh fruit. Papaya has never been so lovely. Tons of bananas. Smaller bananas, too, bananitas (or banana bocadillo). Mangoes (mainly Tommy Atkins but they had smaller ones, too). Pineapple (did you know there are red pineapples? They had pits! Yes, pineapples have pits!!). Avocados. Starfruit. Young green coconut opened for us with a machete. Strawberries, blackberries (mora), watermelons, oranges and even apples.
I remember ordering a drink at a restaurant with a new-to-me fruit: sandia. The waiter described it as a fruit with a green skin, a pink inside with black seeds. I was excited to try something new! Only to find out it was in fact… watermelon. But still, it was a tasty watermelon and the watermelon jugos naturales really hit the spot.
My favourite? Well, it is a toss up between guanabana, anon, mamey and zapote. And lulo… and granadilla. OK, I can't pick only one. Each one different than any fruit I'd had before. I'd love to plant a tree of each one in my backyard. Sadly, I don't live in Colombia. Who thinks I can find a mamey tree in Texas for next year? I'd rent the place in a heart beat! ;)
In any case, as much as I'd like to think it was back to normal upon my return, I really had to wean myself off the fruits. While I mostly ate them plain and in juice form in Colombia, here I've opted for a more filling main course salad courtesy of Ottolenghi.
Thai-inspired, the star of this dish is the creamy coconut-based dressing infused with lemongrass, Keffir lime leaves, ginger and shallots, balanced with a touch of tamarind, fresh lime juice, toasted sesame oil and soy sauce. All of the flavours are enhanced through the reduction of the coconut milk. It is probably one of the more elaborate and lengthy dressings to make, but easy none-the-less, and can be made in advance. The original recipe calls for canned coconut milk, but I opted for the coconut milk beverage (great idea from my spicy coconut-braised collards) instead which still produced a lighter dressing after the reduction.
Here, the dressing is used to bathe a kelp noodle salad with chopped mango, cucumber, lima beans (I used smaller Jackson Wonder lima beans) along with mint, cilantro and cashews. Add the dressing just prior to serving. The flavourful dressing worked well with the contrasting sweet mango, creamy beans and crunchy cucumber. Enjoy!
This is my submission to this month's No Croutons Required featuring leafless salads, to this week's Healthy Vegan Friday, to this week's Potluck Party, to Ricki's Weekend Wellness, this week's Presto Pasta Nights, hosted by Simona, to this week's Summer Salad Sundays and to Deb for this week's Souper Sundays.
Chinese Five Spice Vegetable and Noodle Stir Fry
A new home; a new 5 keys.
Trust me, I am not complaining about now having a garage. Although 5 keys is certainly overwhelming. First front door, second front door, rear door, garage door and garage.
While we are still unpacking boxes, and likely will for many weeks, the kitchen is functional. The bedroom is almost unpacked (minus my clothes) and we have no idea what to with ourselves now that we have 3 bathrooms.
In any case, while Rob and I have moved many, many times before, this is the first time we hired movers. So completely worth it. Our friends and family must think so, as well. ;) Our movers were work horses: incredibly strong, super fast while still being very gentle. One of the movers relished telling me a new joke every time he saw me. If anyone needs cheap, efficient movers in the GTA, shoot me an email and I'll give you their contact info.
While there are many great things about our new place, we are kind of sad we don't have a basement. You can really scurry things out of sight and mind, so our move forced Rob and I to go through another round of purging and incidentally, discover new things, as well. Rob had some pretty bowls (and pretty chopsticks!) hidden in the basement that I unearthed! I also didn't know that I had so many packages of kelp noodles. I knew I had bought a case (or two) when they went on sale, but looks like a lot more noodles once I take them out of the case. ;)
For one of my first meals in the new home, I decided to break in the kitchen with a quick and easy stir fry. I also inadvertently christened the kitchen by setting off the smoke alarm. I swear, there was nothing burning! I will have to be careful to not wake up my neighbors. I adapted Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall's Winter Stir Fry with Chinese Five Spice to what I had left in my vegetable crisper. Winter root vegetables are fabulous for keeping so long, but it felt nice to use up the remainder of my root veggies, along with some spring veggies. Goodbye winter, hello spring.
The heart of this stir fry is the Chinese Five Spice powder, which stems from the heart of Szechuan cooking. It is aromatic and savoury, composed of star anise, fennel seeds, cinnamon, cloves and Szechuan peppercorns. A seven spice blend may also include ginger and black peppercorns. A complex spice blend, a little goes a long way and really shines here.
Throw in your own favourite vegetables with some noodles and then toss with a sake, tamari and Chinese five spice dressing. The drizzle of lime at the ends adds the perfect acidic balance to the veggie-centric meal. Feel like more protein? Add some tofu or tempeh. Me? My pantry is all cleaned out of tofu!
While I had been working through my pantry prior to this move, I plan on eating through the remainder over the next year before our BIG move to the US. Expect to see more recipes with kelp noodles! What are your favourite ways of eating them?
Here are a few other recipes with Chinese Five Spice:
Five Spice Roasted Delicata Squash from Appetite for Reduction
Fluffy Sesame Baked Tofu from Sprint 2 the Table
Broccoli Slaw Salad with Five-Spice Tofu from Vegetarian Times
Chinese Five-Spice Noodles with Broccoli from Serious Eats
Smoky Pomegranate Tofu with Coconut Rice from Vegan with a Vengeance
Acorn Squash, Pear and Adzuki Soup with Sautéed Shiitakes from Post Punk Kitchen
Chinese Five Spice Miso Soup with Shitakes and Edamame from Florida Coastal Cooking
Star Anise-Glazed Tempeh with Stir-Fried Peppers from Joanne Eats Well With Others
This is my submission to this week's Presto Pasta Nights, hosted by Ruth, to this month's pasta bloghop, to this week's Weekend Wellness, Virtual Vegan Potluck and to Cookbooks Sundays.
High-Protein Creamy Roasted Cauliflower Alfredo Pasta
A new month, a new hospital.
Yesterday I was (slightly) complaining about my upcoming commute from our new home. After today, a 10-12 km one-way commute seems like peanuts.
A last minute change in scheduling has me rotating at a hospital outside the downtown core for April. My total commute yesterday was 37 km. Almost 2 hours on the bike. The day's schedule was a bit more erratic than normal, but basically my cycling looked like this:
8 km from home to downtown gym (0700 spinning class!)
10 km from downtown gym to uptown hospital (UPHILL!)
10 km from uptown hospital to downtown hospital
8 km from downtown hospital to home
Thank goodness it was broken up over the course of the day, but it was likely the spinning class that had me sore by lunch.
Considering I just started cycling to work last week, this is quite the lengthy commute. While I have been going to the gym ~5x week throughout the winter, I always find new muscles when I hop back on my bike in the spring. I made sure to wear my padded cycling shorts. ;)
I decided to make Sunday my rest day from the gym to give me a fresh start on Monday. While Rob went to a spinning class, I was in the kitchen making this high-protein alfredo sauce with white beans, soy milk and roasted cauliflower. I bookmarked the original recipe from Jess but finally made it after Johanna also had success. My changes were roasting the cauliflower, onion and garlic with some hazelnut oil and combining that with the beans and soy milk. The lemon juice, miso, nutritional yeast and smoked paprika added extra flavour that worked well with the simple additions of baby spinach and sun-dried tomatoes to the sauce. This is a nice, comforting creamy dish. Creamy in the non-oily, non-heavy, guiltless sense, though. Perfecto! I tossed this with kelp noodles, but feel free to use your favourite pasta.
Why do I call this high-protein? Assuming you use the entire batch of sauce for 4 people (it makes a ton of sauce!), each serving has: 245 calories, 33g carbs (11g fiber), 14g protein and 8g fat. Gotta love the 2:1 carb:protein ratio! Perfect following all this cycling. :)
Two years ago, I never would have thought I would be doing commutes like this. When I started biking to work, my (one-way) commute was 4 km. Because I was essentially sedentary, I thought that was far. When I switched to a downtown hospital, my commute was 7 km, at most. When I moved out East with Rob, my commute was 8 km. When I move out West, it will be 10-12 km depending on the hospital. Having the gradual increase in distance has made this become second nature, instead of daunting. It is definitely my preferred way of traversing the city – a fun way to exercise, a great way to de-stress, faster than transit, and better for the environment. Jen recently shared this fun pic about commuting with me, which definitely reinforces why I don't drive a car to work.
With all this cycling, I imagine I will be ready for our cycle to Niagara Falls in no time, although I am trying to figure out a better way to combine my time at the gym and commuting to work so I am not on my bike 2 hours every day!
This is my submission to this week's Presto Pasta Nights, hosted by Ruth, to this week's Weekend Wellness, to this week's Potluck Party with high-protein vegan meals, and to this month's Bookmarked Recipes.
Rasta Pasta
It is no secret that Rob and I may choose our next vacation destination based on its cuisine. Obviously, Iceland wasn't picked based on its cuisine, although the food I had was top-notch (although not Icelandic).
One country that is creeping up in our list of places to visit is Jamaica. I don't know how widespread the Rastafari movement is, but with its mostly-vegan cuisine (called ital), vegan options free of chemical and artificial additives should be available throughout Jamaica. According to wikipedia, they prefer more natural vegetables and fruits such as coconut and mango. Rob would be in heaven.
There are Rasta communities around the world, including Toronto where I've been to One Love, which serves ital and other Caribbean vegan meals. However, my introduction to Rastafarian cuisine was in Japan of all places. Around the time I was heading to Japan, Heidi gushed over Tokyo's only ital noodle shop. Sure enough, a lover of food but not even vegetarian at the time, we scoped out this teeny tiny restaurant completely off the tourist track. We enjoyed our noodles and other veggie dishes. While this was Heidi's best meal of her trip, I will admit that my fresh sashimi was unbeatable at the Tsukiji Market. If I were vegan at the time, I would have really appreciated the vegan soba noodles. In Japan, fresh soba noodles are richer because they are typically made with Japanese fish broth, dashi.
Now that I am vegan, I was stoked to try Rasta Pasta that I found in Big Vegan. A bowl full of vegetables (green beans! mushrooms! collards!, tomato!), with some noodles, too, in a coconut-curry-tomato sauce. It had a lot of the similar ingredients as my favourite Kelp Noodles, Baby Bok Choy, Broccoli and Red Pepper with a Coconut-Peanut Sauce but it was so different. The recipe called for 1 tbsp of curry powder. I've made other Caribbean dishes that were unpalatable by their heat (ok for Rob, just not me), so I went tame. I didn't even use curry powder. I substituted 1 tsp of garam masala instead.
It was a quick noodle stir-fry. With the garam masala, it was savoury. It lacked the sweetness from coconut-peanut sauce, and originally I thought it was rather pungent but truthfully, as I ate the leftovers, that was exactly why I liked it. Nothing too crazy and creamy, just a savoury veggie and noodle dish. However, now that the Madras curry powder has been given the green light in my kitchen, I'd love to try this again with curry powder. If you try it, let me know how you like it!
As a vegan, where would you prefer to travel?
This is my submission to this week's Presto Pasta Nights, hosted by Ruth, to this week's Wellness Weekend and to My Kitchen, My World for Jamaica.


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I know some states don't give prescription writing authority to NPs, but in the states that do, I was wondering if NPs can write their own prescriptions and order their own blood tests? I don't mean for controlled substances,... Read More
- 0Dec 2, '09 by kanzi monkeyQuote from SandBetweenMyToesThis seems to be a very good argument for curbing this practice. There's nothing objective in this type of encounter. Asking a friend, colleague, or family member for medical treatment is walking a very fine line. Treating someone because you believe you are being "professionally courteous"--and not because you have addressed the actual symptoms or pt history--seems like throwing your prescription pad around as if it had no more value than a square of post-it notes., "No, I disagree. You don't need those tests or that strength of drug"...it seems to be a professional courtesy.
I'm not saying it is 100% bad. If this is done extremely rarely, is acknowledged by those involved as being exceptional, and the illness being treated is not complex or chronic, I can see it maybe working out. But treating a chronic illness without being the PCP for the patient, and without acknowledging that you're assuming the role of the provider, seems reckless and irresponsible. I would not, for example, want to be put in a position where I was asked to write a prescription for a thyroid medication for a colleague that doesn't recognize the value of a TSH. I also wouldn't want to face the burden of having to sort through my own disease process without a PCP to bounce ideas off of.
That being said, I'm sure that if you tell your primary care provider what it is you want, s/he will give it to you--once your history is completely known, an assessment is completed, and studies reviewed.
- 0Dec 14, '09 by Dixiecupour medical director at the SNF I work no longer has a practice,but stll has a script pad! Since he does have to write a prescription once in a while for a resident.
But he also writes scripts for all the employees in the building. From URI's, to UTI's to scabies to inhalers. whatever they want, he just writes it or tells one of us to call it in usuallly. I keep telling him he's going to get into trouble but he still keeps doing it.
- 0Dec 14, '09 by traumaRUs, MSN, APRN, CNS AdminI'm about keeping my license safe - you are right - he could certainly be in trouble.
- 0Dec 15, '09 by BmoreCRNPQuote from core0I was going to say the same thing you said. I always go by the TSH. I am in LTC, so my situation is unique in that many of my patients can't tell me when they "feel" hyper/hypothyroid. Even if they could, I doubt I would adjust the dosage based on symptoms alone. That would be kind of risky in my opinion.Symptoms are the part that is bunk. If I had a dollar for every patient who came in and told me I'm tired/gained weight etc. my thyroid is off, I would be very rich. The way to regulate thyroid is by normalizing the TSH.
As far as prescribing for yourself there is an old saying in law. Someone who serves as their own lawyer has a fool for a client.
David Carpenter, PA-C
- 0Jun 15, '12 by danceluverwhat about self prescribing birth control? Is this a problem say if you need it, know it, are an NP (of any specialization, including pediatric NP). Is this a problem? Will a pharmacist be skeptical? Or all you mainly talking about other types of medications? Curious.
- 0Jun 15, '12 by traumaRUs, MSN, APRN, CNS AdminANY PRESCRIPTION that you write for yourself, family/friends has the potential to cause disciplinary action to be taken!
You must have an established provider/pt relationship - with appropriate documentation in order to provide scripts.
You are playing with fire (and at least in IL you will get burned big time) if you follow the practice of providing ANY scripts to yourself and/or family.
Yes, that includes BCPs.

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Plus Zoe Saldana, Elizabeth Banks, Jon Hamm, and more highlights from the week's biggest parties.
Plus an appearance from a very dapper-looking Justin Theroux.
Its title evokes larceny.
To kick off your Independence Day weekend.
Crop tops abound.
Highlights from this week's party circuit.
Kate Bosworth is still looking for a "deal."
Including bright purple.
Plus a Hamburglar sighting.
"It was an immediate acknowledgment of knowing this person all my life, versions of him, immediately."
And dressed in Proenza Schouler (of course).
Treat, style, protect, basta.
She even busted out the sixties-style boots.
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A new at-home tool that makes your skin crazy-soft.
Welcome to Golden Globes week.
A perfect hybrid of tough, sweet, and super-styled.
Examining the blonde, laid-back Californian turned high-fashion maven through the years.
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herbicides. Non-selective herbicides kill all vegetation they
may come in contact with. Apply this kind of herbicides before
crop emergence or immediately after planting or spraying between
planted furrows.
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post-emergence herbicides when both the crop and weeds have already
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planting, side dress with bags of ammonium sulfate or 2 bags
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attain an optimum plant population density of 50,000-60,000,
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in corn production depends on proper care and maintenance of
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or excessive soil moisture is a limiting factor in corn production.
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planting, weeds should be removed. After this period, weeds may
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can be effectively controlled by a combination of two or more
practices. It depends on weeds species present, availability
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cultivation or Hand weeding (or line weeding is recommended if
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under wide condition
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separate & only thin portion sticks to the finger but no
ball is formed. Harrow twice with 2-3 passing to break the clods.
a disc plow is used, plow under corn stubbles at a depth of 18-20
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As a captain, the difficult question in a medical situation is whether or not to divert. Every captain has had to make this tough decision. Since the availability of communication with the aeromedicine doctors, this decision has become a bit easier, but it's always challenging. One example from my career was a flight from San Juan to Philadelphia where we had a medical issue while passing abeam of Bermuda. While Bermuda was the closest airport, if we diverted there it would take several hours to sort out. We discussed the situation with the medical professionals onboard who had volunteered to look at the passenger and with the aero-medical doctors via radio. The conclusion was that we would continue to Philadelphia, have the paramedics meet us, while carefully monitoring the passenger. It was a good decision; by the time we landed the passenger was feeling better.
If you feel that there is a need for the EEMK, just ask a flight attendant and he or she can retrieve it for you. Please consider the need of the captain to know the status of the passenger as soon as possible. Diversions take time to coordinate. It is not a decision to make lightly; your input can be a significant part of the decision.
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Since graduating from the Hogeschool voor de Kunsten in Arnhem (NL) in 1991 and the Royal College of Art in London in 1995, Ineke Hans' work has evolved in many ways, acquiring the identity most clearly of a designer, with the impulses of a sculptor, and the industrial experience needed to define products with a commercial life.
Her work investigates the psychological roots of products, perceiving and playing with the interaction between people and objects. It centers around the pictogram and archetype; old and brand new production methods are used in unconventional ways.
Some of her work also suggests the timeless familiarity and direct methods of Dutch vernacular or folkloristic traditions expressed through color and form.
Things that interest her include typologies, trends and codes, word-play, colors and self-evident furniture of the kind you can find in open-air museums, non-design, instinctive intelligence, childish constructions, new materials and old techniques, anthropology, folklore, new interventions in industrial production processes, the intelligent use of materials and decoration.
The 2002 self-initiated Black projects are not as straightforward as they might look. The childrens' collection Black Beauties plays another game with the typology of objects, redefining the color code for children. More importantly, the Black Beauties show that children do not only react to colors, but very often they respond to shapes, opportunities and ways of playing with things.
In 2005, she won a red-dot-award for a surprising garlic crusher for Royal VKB. Her work is purchased by international design collections. Ineke Hans belongs to the top ten of Dutch designers.
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NEW YORK—The 2013 Inc. 5,000 list has been released and, again this year many security companies made the list, which ranks businesses based on self-reported growth data.
HANGZOU, China and RESTON, Va.—Video surveillance provider Hikvision announced March 3 that it has signed a worldwide patent licensing agreement with video analytics provider ObjectVideo.
ROSH HA'AYIN, Israel and RESTON, Va.—ObjectVideo and Agent Vi have signed a patent license agreement, the companies announced recently.
RESTON, Va.—ObjectVideo, a provider of intelligent video software, has signed a global, portfolio-wide patent license agreement with Aimetis, a video management systems provider based in Waterloo, Ontario according to a company statement.
Make it eight deals with high-profile video providers for ObjectVideo. The video analytics provider on Jan. 9 announced it had signed a global patent licensing program with Panasonic.
Panasonic approached OV last year, Raul Fernadez, chairman of Object Video, told me. OV is in discussions with six other manufacturers, he said.
With many of the biggest names in video surveillance now signed on with licensing agreements, will OV turn its attention away from its licensing program?
Yes and no, Fernandez said. OV is involved with other revenue-generating divisions, notably some R&D work with federal government clients, but licensing will continue to be an important business. There are new player in the video world all the time, Fernandez noted. And if OV lets up on its enforcement of patent infringement and licensing policies, current licensees would potentially be put at a disadvantage, he said.
However, Fernandez anticipates there will be less litigation involved in future licensing deals with video providers.
Aside from the licensing stuff, Fernandez wanted to talk about some software and services work OV is doing with "DOD and intelligence community sponsors … working on next-generation challenges for indexing, searching and retrieving images."
It's the kind of government-sponsored R&D work that OV did more than a decade ago that led to today's mainstream analytic technologies (object tracking, object class, tripwire), Fernandez said.
The work OV is doing today with the government involves "a lot of indexing, image segmentation … taking images and crossmatching with large databases to geolocate images."
Fernandez said it this research will propel "next generation innovations" for its government client, OV and the security industry.
RESTON, Va.—Saying it's a "pivotal time" for video analytics in the security industry and for ObjectVideo in particular, Warren Brown on July 30 assumed the newly created role of president at the video analytics provider.
ObjectVideo issued a statement at 7:30 this morning announcing that it has dropped patent infringement charges against Samsung. The statement came two hours before an International Trade Commission trial began at 9:30 this morning.
I called ObjectVideo, but they're not saying anything beyond what's in the press release. I also have a call into Samsung.
The release says that ObjectVideo filed an unopposed motion to terminate the International Trade Commission investigation against Samsung. "Both parties agreed this was the appropriate next step as part of our continued efforts to resolve the dispute between the companies," Raul Fernandez, CEO of ObjectVideo, is quoted as saying in the press release.
"The public trial against Bosch at the USITC, resulting from an investigation pertaining to products from Robert Bosch GmbH and Bosch Security Systems, Inc., continues as planned," the release said.
"With Samsung out of the ITC action, we can focus on Bosch, whose products implement numerous infringing video analytic technologies, including metadata, tripwire, and slip-and-fall technology," added Fernandez.
OV first filed a court complaint in April of 2011. It moved the complaint to the ITC in July of 2011.
The trial began this morning at the USITC in Washington.
HOUSTON—A new patent and a just-closed $2 million deal with the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency is proof that BRS Labs is doing something "truly unique" that the marketplace will value, John Frazzini, president of BRS Labs, told Security Systems News.
RESTON, Va.—ObjectVideo made progress in February with its licensing efforts. The video analytics provider announced that it has settled a lawsuit against Sony and signed licensing agreements with both Sony and Tyco's American Dynamics.
RESTON, Va.—ObjectVideo, which in April filed a lawsuit against Sony, Samsung and Bosch for alleged patent infringement on some of its analytics, on June 29 filed a complaint against the same companies with the International Trade Commission.
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Achieving Customer Satisfaction
Manage Service Quality at Every Level of Your Organization
Some time has passed since we discussed the value of customer service and support�more specifically, the impact a customer-centric company has on the bottom line. From a supplier perspective, we recently discussed this topic with a new partner starting up in the print arena. The partner chose to standardize their new business based on excellent customer service, not technology or price.
At a recent SGIA SPIRE Meeting, we had the opportunity to listen to Eric Fraterman of Customer Focus Consulting of Toronto, Canada. Fraterman�s motto is "customer focus for a sharper competitive edge."
Fraterman believes every action should be shaped by a relentless commitment to meeting and exceeding customer expectations regarding product and service quality. We agree! However, the whole organization must be aligned toward customer satisfaction or this approach can never work. It requires an upside down view of business�viewing the organization through the eyes of the customer, rather than through the eyes of an investor. Interestingly enough, the investor�s goals are not lost in this process. Increasing customer satisfaction markedly increases market value and profitability.
As a contrast to this customer-centric approach that enhances investor equity, we recall a classic illustration of the reverse�company centric. A major plate manufacturer faced declining revenues and sales volume due largely to new digital technology but also from increased competition. At a national meeting, the sales force was sternly told to pump up volume. The assembled salespeople were informed that their primary job was to feed the factory. They were told if production levels dipped, costs would increase dramatically. Consequently, profits would fall.
The salespeople muttered amongst themselves that they thought their primary job was to serve their customers, not the factory. Many built their careers around customer service. When they succeeded at that, factory production followed.
Now, they were told to focus on the factory, not the customer. Many felt the message was wrong-headed. Some understood the feed-the-factory philosophy as a signal to change companies or even careers.
Fraterman�s belief is similar to those employed at the factory. He wants to determine how to make it easier to do business with customers in an organization. Take for example something as simple as having a customer ask valid questions about an invoice. It slows down the organization and creates concerns in the eyes of the customer. How many times does your organization get questions that could have been solved before it became an issue?
A Lot at StakeA one-point increase in customer satisfaction translates into a three percent increase in market value. With that statistic, the question is, "Why would any company want to have less than great customer satisfaction?" Besides in-creased market value, some other benefits are included in the following points.
Reducing customer defection by five percent can increase profitability by 25 to 80 percent. This varies with the cost of acquisition of a new customer.
High customer satisfaction allows a company to increase market share an average of six percent whereby low rated businesses lose two percent market share each year.
A company with loyal customers has a price-to-earnings ratio that is 11 percent higher than those in the average category of customer satisfaction.
Part of this profitability is achieved due to price support. High rated businesses can generally charge nine percent more for their goods than low rated businesses.
None of the above has anything to do with the added possibilities of a superior product�instead these companies benefit when they maintain the business relationship with the customer base.
To achieve high levels of customer satisfaction the process needs to be initiated from the top. Many times you�ve heard the phrase, "the company takes on the personality of the CEO." Here, more than anywhere else, this is abundantly true. If the CEO glosses over customer satisfaction by not giving an organization the tools necessary to achieve it, failure is assured.
How does a company achieve customer satisfaction? Doing it right the first time�every time�must be the goal. This is called the Outside-In game plan. There are three parts to this plan�organizational alignment, increased employee commitment, and a customer focused operating environment and culture.
It is abundantly clear that for an organization to succeed, intensely managing service quality at every level of the organization is essential. It is only through such commitment that the organization becomes focused toward a single, shared vision of customer focus and customer value. A vision that energizes people and the organization to accomplish extraordinary things is key. With this in place, be assured that current and future customers feel comfortable�and invited�to navigate through your organization.
You Need to Change If � You continually manage rather than oversee, develop, and implement a service brand strategy. If this is the case, business must move from reactive customer service management to creating enduring customer loyalty.
When there is an insufficient alignment between customer service improvement goals and the strategy, people, processes, and rewards implementing it, you also have a problem. In this instance you must instead provide the organization with documented, sequential steps, measurements, and accountability�exhibiting your sincerity about the need for customer alignment.
Another concern is when employees are unable to see the connection between your current customer improvement initiatives and programs and the normal mode of operation. They have a hard time shifting between the two. Through daily performance, the management must emphasize and embrace the business goal of customer commitment very clearly.
Generating ResultsThe numbers speak for themselves. Ignoring the concept of customer alignment has obvious and harmful consequences for any company or organization that wants to succeed. Too many organizations realized this only through costly omissions or ignorance. Ignoring your greatest asset, the customer, has a lasting negative result. You make a conscious decision to link the customer and your results through empowering your organization.
Linking the customer to business results leads to observable, measurable improvement of what matters to the customer�their own satisfaction. Results are managed with relevant methods and metrics.
Leadership is the Core of Success �Empowering an organization leads to a customer-centric practice. It takes a sustainable commitment that is both personal and financial.
Consistently reinforce the big picture. Demonstrate the why, what, how, and who of each project. Ensure that there is a full understanding of where the initiatives fit into the big picture.
Actions speak louder than words. Customer relationship management is a business process and bad processes hinder good business practices. Create new processes that leverage what customers want. Customers characterize providers based on perceptions of behavior� perception is reality. Also, changing each employee�s job to an understanding of how their actions limit�or enhance�the company�s reputation in the eyes of the customer is critical. When focused on the customer aspect of business, the bottom line becomes promising.


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Kawerak's organizational goal is to assist Alaska Native people and their governing bodies to take control of their future. With programs ranging from education to transportation, and natural resource management to economic development.
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Fred Meyer is donating $2.5 million per year to non-profits in Alaska, Idaho, Oregon and Washington, based on where their customers tell them to give. Here's how the program works:
For 40 years Kawerak, Inc. has been a bridge connecting residents, communities and tribes with resources to improve their lives and safeguard our environment, culture and tradition. As we reflect on the past 40 years, we are grateful to past and current leaders for their determination and to our elders who provide sound wisdom and guidance. We are also appreciative of our dedicated staff who provide the service.
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BioLite's headed to Winter Outdoor Retailer with a few of our goodies in tow, not the least of which is a mammoth version of the BioLite CampStove
While we're inside Salt Palace representing BioLite, the FirePit will be crackling away outside for all to enjoy starting 1/22 through 1/24 from 4:00pm-6:30pm daily. Like the CampStove, our FirePit uses our patented thermoelectric technology to convert biomass into usable electricity.
We'll be out on the South Plaza entrance, so the general public is welcome as well. Fellow OR attendees, if you need to get away from the trade show craziness, step outside and gather 'round the fire.
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As one of the speakers at the inaugural meeting, we were privileged to have Bruce Kent, the veteran human rights campaigner and former general secretary of CND. To quote him:
"Each of us is our brother's keeper by engaging in the struggle for human rights wherever they are under attack, you in Ely, will join the long list of heroes in the past, often little known, who have done the same. The name Amnesty today means hope to many worldwide who thought themselves abandoned."
So we are preparing ourselves to be heroes! There is still plenty of room for new people with energy, enthusiasm and innovative ideas to be involved. All are welcome! We meet at 7.00 p.m. on the third Thursday of the month at St Peter's House, Broad Street, Ely, CB7 4 AH. We welcome people of faith and no faith, and of any nationality.
If you care about human rights, and would like to campaign with like-minded people around Ely, then just turn up on any meeting night – you will be made very welcome. Even if you are not ready to join our group, you can be added to our 'interested parties' list to receive details of our activities by e-mail.
We're all busy people, with many calls on our time and energy resources. However we would like to feel we can show a practical concern for human rights abuses and violations. We would like to make a difference. Do join us whatever you feel your commitment may be.
For further information please email Barbara and Sally at firstname.lastname@example.com
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Release Date: 1964 |
Album Rating: 4.0Tried to avoid a track-by-track but it kinda came naturally since this album is all over the place. One of their most underrated albums imo
Digging: Todd Terje - It's Album Time
Good review regardless, have a pos
Album Rating: 3.0BEATLES FOR SALE OR RENT
Album Rating: 4.0Thanks alt
Album Rating: 3.5Great review pos.
Not a bad album
not the most consistent beatles album but definitely contains some of their all time best songs
Album Rating: 2.5lame as shit but till there was you omg
Digging: Slowblow - Slowblow
Album Rating: 4.0Wrong album
Album Rating: 3.0Great review and I completely agree with you I just don't like this era of their music as much as you
do. I really start digging them at Help!.
Edit: POS
Album Rating: 2.5oh wait is till there was you on the second album? idk whatever apart from like 4 or 5 gems the first few beatles records are lame as hell, and in Please Me's case, terrible
Album Rating: 2.5i try to forget these records exist their cute but really annoying
Album Rating: 4.0Thanks, and fair enough, their classic period didnt begin until Rubber Soul imo
really good album
help bro
Album Rating: 4.0Help rules too
Album Rating: 2.5exactly
help and a hard days night are solid imo, but the debut, beatles for sale and with the beatles pretty much suck. it was just run of the mill boy band 60s pop until Help! and Rubber Soul where they really became special
Enjoyable album. But I prefer their later works.
Album Rating: 2.5what a great effort and solidly written review, I Pos'd
Album Rating: 4.0Thanks capt!
Proggy what do you find average about this aside from a couple duds? Just curious
Album Rating: 2.5'but not necessarily something you want to hear on a Beatles record.'
*minor fix: 'you' should be you'd. These minor things can usually/easily be resolved by reading your review out loud or in an
undertone. That way, your natural style of speech should picked up these things in a more receptive manner. Again, though,
great job!
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Big Bear is home to Southern California's winter playground! It's just a short drive away to play in the snow. The mountain resort is loaded with winter activities. more »
Big Bear Lake serves the ideal setting for a
romantic winter getaway with two top-notch ski resorts, candlelight dining,
comfy lodging with wood-burning fireplaces, and a variety of
"sweetheart" specials to romance that special someone. Big Bear's
temperatures might be in the 20's or 30's on this special occasion, but the
mountain resort sizzles with red-hot passion.
This Valentine's Day book a sweetheart massage package for a romantic day. Spend the day skiing or snowboarding, then relax with a couples' massage in your cabin or lodge. It's a great way to romance that special person. Call 800-424-4232 to reserve your massage and lodging package.
Altitudes Massage located in Wolf Total Fitness, next to Stater Bros., is offering a free gift with a massage. Appointments must be booked and paid for
in advance. More info: Altitudes Massage
Create relationship magic with an amazing massage experience for two. Enjoy personalized massages by a crackling fireplace as you relax side-by-side. As candles flicker all around, you'll slip into a state of romantic bliss, together! We provide heated massage tables, a variety of aromatherapy oils to choose from, relaxing music, and comfy fresh linens. Trust "Mountain Mobile Massage & Spa", we are the original and best mobile massage for Big Bear with 12 year experience helping our clients enjoy their vacations to the fullest.
Package price: $190. For more info visit Mountain Mobile Massage.
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Couples who opt to go skiing or
snowboarding for the Valentine's Day holiday might consider Goldsmith's Boardshop for "Couples Rentals." Rent
one rental set, and get the second rental set free of equal or lesser value. They will also be offering 20% off jacket and pant rentals. "Couples Rentals" are valid February 10-14,
2014. For more details contact Goldsmith's Boardshop at 909-866-2728.
Helicopter Big Bear offers a treat for love birds
who want to fly together. Enjoy a 35-minute or longer
sightseeing flight from the vantage point of a helicopter cockpit to witness
beautiful scenic aerial views. The intimate flight includes a linen-lined
picnic basket complete with champagne or Perrier sparkling water, a box of fine
chocolate, a stuffed teddy bear, and a candle.
It's a Valentine's Day treat that will be remembered for a lifetime. Helicopter Big Bear's Valentine's
Day special offer is valid for the entire month of February.
Reservations are required. To book the "Helicopter Sightseeing Flight for Love
Birds" call 909-585-1200.
Take your sweetie on an Amazing Scavenger Hunt Adventure! Use promo code LUVBB to receive 20% off. Go to www.UrbanAdventureQuest.com
to sign up.
You and a guest are invited to attend the "Celebrate Your Love of Nature: Benefit for the Big Bear Discovery Center" on February 8, 2014. No-Host Cocktail Reception and Silent Auction starts 6:30 pm, Buffet Dinner at 7:30 pm, and Program with Live Entertainment at 8:30 pm. Tickets: $50 per person; $100 per couple seating limited. Purchase tickets at MountainsFoundation.org or call Kathy Clapsaddle 805-750-2506.
Join us for dinner on Valentine's Day.
Book now for Friday, February 14th.
We will also be open February 15 and 16th.
Sharing the Love of good food all weekend.
Reservations Required & Accepted - 5:30 to 7:30 PM
Phone 909-878-9190 or 800-388-4179 or visit the website for more info.
Valentine's Day, Sweet Basil Bistro will be offering their regular dinner menu plus some special "specials." Reservations are recommended if dining between 5 p.m.- 9 p.m. Call
909-866-9212 or visit Sweet Basil Bistro.
Ooh La La Bistro in the Village is offering a special Valentine's Day Prix-Fix Menu for only $49.50 per person (tax and gratuity not included). Your choice of:
The Peppercorn Grille, located in the Big Bear Village, is one of Big Bear's premier romantic dining spots and will be offering a limited Valentine's Day menu with 10 different entrée options and about six different appetizer options. Reservations are highly recommended as Valentines falls on a Friday, and they are always booked on Friday nights. Dinner starts at 4 p.m. and closes at 10 p.m.
Please join Captain's Anchorage on Valentine's Day for a wonderful
Lobster Dinner $50.00 per person. There will be red carnations for the
ladies while they last. Reservations are recommended 909-866-3997. Hours
4:30 to 10:00 pm.
Dine at Stillwells Restaurant, located in Northwoods Resort hotel, this Valentine's Day and enjoy one of the dining specials. Or, stay the night and take advantage of their romance package that includes: Room with roses, candles, chocolate covered strawberries and champagne starting at
$329. View Stillwells Restaurant Valentine's Day Menu.
Valentine's Day Pine Know Guest Ranch is offering a complimentary bottle of
champagne, chocolates, and aromatic bath salts. Enjoy cozy cabins with
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So apparently miracles do happen. I moved on Saturday and D* came yesterday to install my new dish and MRV.
When I connected my OTA device the results were predicably poor. However, as last ditch effort I laid my antenna accross the top of my TV and to my surprise every OTA channel comes in at 95% or greater. I was able to attach the antenna and it actually looks pretty damn good. Much better than when it was attached to the wall.
So for the time being, I am all set to go with OTA and am very pleased.
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Problem Statement
Sediment deposition at the mouth of the Rifle River is interfering with navigation.
Sedimentation has increased turbidity and clogged gravel beds, reducing fish
reproduction habitat and invertebrate populations. Sources include streambank
erosion caused by ice, water and foot traffic, agriculture erosion, road crossings,
and off-road vehicles.
The Rifle River watershed is located in Ogemaw and Arenac counties, draining
an area of approximately 246,000 acres that outlets into Saginaw Bay. The
river itself stretches over 600 miles and its tributaries cover almost 140
miles. There are 29 inland lakes covering 2,564 acres. Much of the watershed
has a clay pan which results in rapid runoff. There are many high, exposed
sand banks, particularly in the lower portion of the river. The Rifle River
watershed is a popular recreation destination and hosts over 1,200 private
camp sites and numerous canoe liveries.
The purpose of this project is to demonstrate streambank erosion
control and promote the Rifle River Restoration Committee efforts. The Rifle
River Restoration Committee selected 10 to 12 sites to be targeted for this
project from the 354 erosion sites identified through the Rifle River Streambank
Erosion Inventory. Various erosion control techniques were applied including
rock rip-rap, tree revetments, bank shaping and seeding, and vegetative planting.
Under this project, six sites were identified for streambank stabilization:
Stoddard, River Bend Campground, Turtle Park, River View Campground, White's
Canoe & Campground, and Moffat Bridge Canoe Launch. Engineering plans and
designs were prepared and stabilization work was completed. A total of 1,750
tons of soil per year were saved as a result of this project.
Stoddard: Two hundred feet of streambank on state owned land were stabilized
with rock rip-rap and vegetation. A stairway to be used as a canoe launch was
installed and a natural groundwater seep outlet was stabilized. A total of 200
tons of soil per year were saved.
River Bend Campground: Three hundred feet of streambank
was stabilized with rock rip-rap, saving a total of 300 tons of soil per year.
Turtle Park: One hundred feet of channel was stabilized with rock
rip-rap and land shaping, saving a total of 50 tons of soil per year.
River View Campground: Eight hundred feet of streambank was stabilized
with rock rip-rap and vegetation, saving a total of 800 tons of soil per year.
Moffat Bridge: Completed stabilization of a canoe launch site and
diverted runoff from the driveway and road. One hundred and fifty feet of
channel and 200 feet of streambank were stabilized, saving a total of 250
tons of soil per year.
Whites Campground: One hundred and twenty feet of streambank stabilized
with rock rip-rap, saving a total of 120 tons of soil per year.
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Dual WieldingTalk26
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- For Online, see Dual Wield.
Dual wielding refers to wielding a One-handed weapon, spell, or staff in both hands. While dual wielding, the equipped items do not have to match.
In the case of weapons, the Dragonborn may attack with both weapons at once by activating both the right and left hands at the same time, executing a slash with both weapons. The overall damage will be the combined values of both weapons. The speed of the attack is determined by the speed of the weapon equipped in the left hand. Because of this, it is better to place the faster weapon in the left hand. For example, if a dagger is in the left hand and a mace in the right hand, the attack speed will overall be at the dagger's speed.
A spinning power attack with both weapons can be performed by activating and holding both the right and left hands. The same mechanics apply, with the left hand weapon determining the speed of the attack. The amount of stamina used is derived from the right hand weapon.
Dual wielding prevents parrying. An effective way to overcome that is to run (sprint) straight to the enemy and deflect to one side at the last moment. Normally the opponent will attack, but miss if the sprint is fast enough, as the Dragonborn should be past them and have time to carry out another attack.
Dual wielding Destruction spells follows the usual rules regarding a spell equipped in just one hand. The overall damage and Magicka cost is equal to both spells' relevant values. This will vary, however, if dual casting the same spell with the relevant perk. Dual casting apprentice level destruction spells raises the spells' damage by 10% and their cost by 40% while dual casting adept level destruction spells raises their Magicka cost by 60%. Other schools of magic can be dual cast as well, and if the dual casting perk for the respective school is attained, the cast spell's effects will be strengthened.
Other characters can dual wield, but the conditions under which they will do so are very particular. Some, such as Jenassa, will dual wield any two weapons when in range of an enemy. Most others will only equip certain weapons in their left hand, specifically a pickaxe, or Forsworn sword or axe.
- When dual wielding, the weapon in the left hand does not have a sheath, nor is there an animation for taking the weapon out, or putting the weapon away. Installing Immersive Animations fixes this.
- Unlike all other weapon attacks, the standard dual wielding attack (pressing both LT and RT briefly on the Xbox) causes the Dragonborn to stop moving completely. It is therefore important to observe proper spacing when using dual wielding attacks.
- There is a noticeable recovery period after a dual wielding attack.
- Because dual wielding does not allow for blocking, melee combat becomes much more challenging with a dual wielding character. Typically, the Dragonborn will have most success by physically dodging attacks.
- If a dagger is wielded in one hand, it can also be useful to use the dagger's very fast power attack to disrupt an opponent's attack animation. This takes practice and excellent reactions, but is rewarding and effective.
- The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim is the first game in the Elder Scrolls series to include dual-wielding. The Elder Scrolls II: Daggerfall allowed the player to hold a weapon in each hand, but only one weapon could be employed at a time, with the option of quick-swapping between the two with a single key press.
- When wearing Leather Armor and dual wielding a dagger in the left hand and a sword in the right, there is a sheath visible for the dagger as well as the sword equipped.
- The enchantment on the Deathbrand Gauntlets is only pliable when dual-wielding.
- The Dual Flurry perk may cause a glitch which causes attacks to go at a slow speed. This can be fixed by removing one or both ranks of the perk. It is unknown if the perk can be safely added again after it is removed.
- Occasionally with enchanted weapons, a weapon in the left hand will not impart its effect on strike nor will it lose any charge. Instead, it may impart the enchantment of the weapon in the right hand. The issue can usually be resolved by fast travel or transition to another area.
- Sometimes when dual wielding identical weapons and using the Elemental Fury Shout, even after the effect has worn off, the right hand weapon will still swing at enhanced speed.


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OG Transformer already has a rooted ICS ROM
The Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich update for the Asus Eee Pad Transformer just started rolling out yesterday, but the mod community doesn't need a lot of time these days, which means that there is already a rooted stock ICS ROM for the tablet. Yesterday, Asus began the rollout for Taiwan versions of the Transformer, and today started the rollout for the worldwide and US versions.
So, essentially the rollout began, and MrNago at xda got his work done lickety split. The amazing thing is that this ROM can be flashed very easily, just like any other custom ROM. Usually, OTA updates like this don't allow that, but MrNago has got this working all around.
Just one warning: if you have a model TF101G, do not install this as there are a lot of issues with random reboots and bugs. The only known bug so far with the ROM on other TF101 versions is that USB to PC may not work, so you may have issues with ADB.
source: XDA developers
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2. SPcamert (Posts: 56; Member since: 06 Feb 2010)
Just got the ICS update last night for my transformer. Works well and among all the "known" updates also seems to have increased the sensitivity on the onscreen keyboard to boot.
OG Transformer already has a rooted ICS ROM