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CREEES Film Series: Vodka Lemon
Wed, September 28, 2011 • 7:00 PM • PAI 4.42
Vodka Lemon is a 2003 film directed by Hiner Saleem. (101 minutes long)
Winner of Best Film at the Venice Film Festival, Vodka Lemon is a bittersweet concoction with a kick. In the snowy badlands of post-Soviet Armenia, village life is nearing subsistence level. As one character says, the only thing the Russians have left for them is the one thing they didn't have before – their freedom.
Forced to sell off possessions while awaiting money from his son, Hamo, a former Red Army officer, can only count on one thing: daily trips to the cemetery to commune with his late wife. There, Nina, a beautiful widow, tends her husband's grave. On the bus back to the village, a tender romance blossoms.
The miracle of Vodka Lemon, the third feature by exiled Iraqi Kurd director Hiner Saleem, is that this portrait of an abandoned community is so magically upbeat. With its stunning, blinding-white vistas, its lovely Armenian score, and its Iosseliani-esque whimsy, the film celebrates its quirky characters and, at its heart, s a Chagall-like vision of love among the ruins
All movies are free and have English subtitles!
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unless you want to leave no room for the rest of your day, make sure to share the sandwich at Banh Mi Saigon in Chinatown. The place is clean, and the portion is huge. I got the chicken. (not a fan of pate). Then head over to chinatown ice cream shop and get the almond cookie ice cream. Don't bother with the green tea, in case you're interested
newbies be prepared for the NY indoor traffic jam that is Katz. Once you get your ticket, try as hard you can to get as close to the glass as possible and slide along into the open space until you can see the neckhairs on the guy ordering ahead of you. It's worth the stress. Ask for the green tomatoes and you're set for a filling lunch. Stick with the pastrami. The reuben was ok.
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|Krispy Kreme Reports Financial Results for the Second Quarter of Fiscal 2013
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Revenge Season 2 Spoiler: The White-Haired Man Has a Name!
Toward the end of Revenge Season 1, we encountered one of the show's most sinister villains yet, commonly referred to as the White-Haired Man. This angered albino murdered David Clarke in jail, and Emily Thorne wasn't about to let him go unpunished.
She got within moments of killing him, but due to the love that David Clarke had instilled in her, Ems couldn't go through with it. That left cotton top free to place some explosives in the cargo hold of Victoria Grayson's plane, thus destroying any evidence that could have implicated Conrad Grayson in David's case.
But that's not the last we've seen of the WHM. According to TV Guide, we will learn something "very interesting" about him early on, and we'll also learn a name!
Like an evil Mr. Big on Sex and the City, we've been desperate to hear this creepy bad guy's real name since we met him.
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Balsamic Lemon-Blueberry Steel Cut Oats
I eat oats for breakfast, in some shape or form, nearly every day. Lately, I have been enjoying steel cut oats. Steel cut oats are less refined than old-fashioned rolled oats, which means they retain more nutrients, but it also takes 40 minutes to cook (unless you snag some quick-cook steel cut oats from Trader Joe's which have been partially steamed beforehand). I make a big batch of steel cut oats on the weekend and reheat portions in the microwave for 60 seconds each morning. Fast and simple.
While I typically make my oats quite plain, I can add different toppings each day to the blank canvas. I went through a phase where I added pomegranate molasses. Then, I tried soy sauce and/or toasted sesame oil for something savoury. My current favourite oatmeal topping is ponzu sauce, a citrus-flavoured soy sauce. The saltiness really enhances the oatmeal.
However, this weekend, I wanted to try something completely different, to highlight blueberries. I figured a lemony oatmeal with a touch of vanilla would complement the blueberries well, and after I topped the oatmeal with the blueberries, I thought of my recent Blueberry Salmon Teriyaki Spinach Salad, so I drizzled some balsamic vinegar overtop as well. It was divine. A cheery, gourmet way to start the day.
I haven't tried yet, but I think dried blueberries could work as well when you can't find fresh blueberries – just add them at the beginning to plump up nicely.
This is being submitted to this month's Breakfast Club, featuring whole grains (hosted by me this month).
How Not to Eat Out in New York City (An Eatalian Meal)
Last weekend, Rob and I took a trip New York City. I thought Family Day was only a made-up holiday in Ontario, but it turned out February 21 was also President's Day. Everyone had a long weekend! :)
I find eating through a cuisine a great way to learn about a new culture, which is what I typically do when I travel overseas. New York City is a foodie-paradise with abundant choices for high-end splurges, plentiful cheap eats, as well as a handful of grocery stores. Our main purpose for heading to New York City was a 9-course menu at Per Se, so I knew I had to save my stomach for the ultimate gastronomical experience.
So what's the trick to eating healthy, plentiful meals while still wanting to experience everything NYC has to offer? I am sure not if we've mastered it just yet, but here are my tips to how NOT to eat out while in NYC.
The first step is to find yourself a kitchen, because that makes a world of difference. In a city where apartments are tiny, hotel rooms are equally as small and ridiculously expensive. We stayed at the Affinia Manhattan, across from Penn Station, with huge rooms and reasonable rates (we paid $139/night + tax). However, the main advantage is that each room has a kitchen, complete with a fridge/freezer, oven/stove, microwave, toaster and utensils/plates/cutlery. If you don't have access to a kitchen, you may need to become more creative, storing food in the minibar, bringing cutlery/plastic containers, etc.
I will admit that we visited more grocery and food stores while we were in NYC than anything else, but that's what we like! Trader Joe's is great for picking up breakfast items. I bought some quick-cook steel cut oats (what an oxymoron, but true to the advertising they cooked up in 7 minutes over the stovetop) and we added some dried blueberries and bananas for a delicious breakfast. We picked up some apples, edamame hummus and baby carrots for snacks. Arugula and artichoke antipasto spread were bought for sandwiches. Other travelling-friendly breakfast options sans-stovetop would be granola overtop yogurt and fruit or overnight oats.
After Trader Joe's, the next stop was Eataly, the upscale Mario Batali Italian superstore. My main purpose was to buy mosto cotto, a condensed balsamic vinegar made with reduced Concord grapes (any clue where to buy this in Toronto?). While the prices are not cheap, Eataly is a good place to pick up high-quality items for sandwiches.
Armed with a loaf of "rustic" fig bread (slightly sweet from the figs), 18-month-aged prosciutto (nicely flavoured), and taleggio (a mild cow's milk creamy, soft cheese), we had the fixins for a super sandwich. With a limited number of ingredients, quality is the defining factor of your sandwich. I found the flavours worked really well, with the slightly sweet bread topped with the silky artichoke dip. Next, we topped it with overflowing arugula, laid a slice or two of prosciutto and lastly added a few pieces of silky, melt-in-your-mouth taleggio cheese. All the ingredients lasted us a few meals with some food left over to bring back to Canada (the artichoke surprisingly did not set off the alarms at the airport, hehe). For a vegetarian option, roasted red peppers could be substituted for the prosciutto and for vegans, the cheese could easily be omitted.
I will also give due credit to the most wondrous milk we bought at Eataly – Soloriso basmati rice milk. With a delicate smooth flavour, I never knew rice milk could taste so good. With a side of edamame hummus and carrots, this is how a foodie does not eat out in NYC.
Where we ate elsewhere in NYC:
Ess-A-Bagel – There are Montreal-style bagels and New York-style bagels. When in NYC, you should try New York-style bagels. Ess-A-Bagel is well-known for its huge, fluffy bagels (12 different varieties including whole wheat everything), and also serves up vegan-friendly tofu-spread in lieu of cream cheese (the traditional cream cheeses are there too, including the delectable lox cream cheese). The bagels are packed with filling, and 1 bagel could easily serve 2.
Alan's Falafel – Battle of the street cart food falafel in NYC creates the most lusciously moist falafel with minimal grease. Get it in a wrap, a salad or combo spread with lettuce, tomato, hummus and a sesame dipping sauce. Can't say I've compared it to Sam's, but Alan's was mighty tasty.
Candle Cafe – A long-time favourite vegan resto with a focus on local, organic foods. The collard rolls are a must-try! :)
Other worthwhile food-related places to visit in NYC:
Kalustyan's – For all your kitchen desires, spices, vinegars, beans.. let's just say I was stopped by the bean section, and didn't really make it to any other floor (I think there are 3 levels). (Thanks for the tip, Joanne!)
Essex Street Market – For down-to-earth fresh produce and condiments
Chelsea Market – A bit too upscale for me (can you say not affordable?) but a cute, artsy renovated warehouse housing upscale gourmet food vendors, with the Food Network located upstairs
This is my submission for this month's My Kitchen, My World, featuring Italian cuisine, and to Deb for this week's Souper Sundays.
Apricot Oatmeal Breakfast Clafoutis
I eat apricots a lot. Apricots are a funny fruit, though, because I don't tend to eat them raw. In the summer, I have a habit of buying fresh apricots, but eating them fresh tends to be lackluster.
Instead, I find dried apricots more flavourful and have incorporated them into many salads, granola and energy bars. I have even added them to savoury dishes. When I do find myself with fresh apricots, baking is the best way to fully bring out its sweetness (remember those Moroccan Apricot Parcels? yum!)
As you know, I have a habit of trying out interesting, healthy breakfast ideas. I spotted an oatmeal breakfast clafoutis at Chocolate & Zucchini, and knew that I wanted to try it. The fruit, nuts and other add-ins are completely up to you, but incorporating freshly baked apricots is a royal treat.
But what the heck is an oatmeal breakfast clafoutis? To me, a clafoutis has always meant a custard-like cake speckled with fruit. Here, it means a creamy baked oatmeal filled with fruit.
I have made baked oatmeal before (with rhubarb and apple/banana) but this one was definitely the creamiest of them all. But the great thing is that they kept their shape well, so for anyone who likes to munch on the go, this is perfect for you. According to Clotilde they freeze easily, so you could stack your freezer with individual portions, reheat them and grab them to run.
This is my submission to this month's Breakfast Club featuring Breakfasts To Go!
Avocado Overnight Oats
Hi! It's Rob again for one last item in my short series of posts here on the taste space.
After crafting the delicious avocado chutney last week, I was left with a couple of leftover avocados. I was perplexed. What should I do with them? I didn't want to make guacamole. I wasn't prepared to produce a salad with them. In Australia I learned how amazing avocado is in sandwiches or hamburgers, but that wasn't the direction I wanted to go either.
I KNOW! I would devise a new variation of everyone's beloved overnight oats! I was very excited. Overnight oats are great, but wouldn't they be better if they were filled with tropical fruits?
I'll be honest with you. I hold tropical fruits in very high regard. As such, I pine to travel to the tropical regions where these fruits are cheap, fresh, and plentiful. I've been to a few of these places, but my yearning to go to more is unceasing…
I still think fondly of the Cook Islands where I enjoyed the best papaya I ever had, topped with grated coconut and lime juice.
I still remember the glee I felt when I arrived in Fiji at the height of mango season. They were so ripe that they fell from the trees and landed at my feet, begging to be devoured.
I still recall the wonder I felt while roaming the streets of Bangkok and marvelling at the carts of the street vendors showcasing pineapples, artfully cut and ready to take away with little packets of salt and chili.
At this time, however, I had no papaya, mango, or pineapple. Instead, I used an avocado, coconut flakes, and a banana. It all came together very well. What a fantastic breakfast!
This is being submitted to this week's Weekend Herb Blogging, hosted by Graziana from Erbe in Cucina (Cooking with Herbs). (more…)
Healthy Cinnamon Granola with Almonds, Cranberries and Dates
Everyone has a favourite granola recipe. Personally, I have tried many recipes, and love to try new ones for variety. Adapted from The Stop's cookbook Good Food For All, I was drawn to Joshna Maharaj's healthy granola recipe because it was filled with my favourite fixins – almonds, coconut, cranberries and date with less oil. It also used a lot of wheat germ and All Bran buds.
A few years ago, I used to eat All Bran buds all the time with yogurt. It was a quick satisfying snack or dessert. I once chatted with a surgeon who was a strong proponent of All Bran buds and psyllium (the main fiber source on All Bran buds). He was a colorectal surgeon and saw people with constipation and colorectal cancer. He was adamant that we could add All-Bran buds to ANYTHING – even pizza! While I am willing to try many thing, I am not THAT adventurous. However, adding All Bran buds to granola just makes sense for a healthy, filling breakfast.
A note about this granola: it is not incredibly sweet. It does not clump well. But it is tasty and best combined with some fresh fruit and yogurt as a lovely breakfast parfait.
This is my submission to this month's Breakfast Club, featuring breakfasts with yogurt and to this week's BSI with yogurt.
Oatmeal Pancakes
Pancakes are what I consider a splurge or luxury breakfast. Most of my breakfasts are quick to reheat in the morning, or don't require that much attention on the stovetop allowing me to multitask in the kitchen.
Pancakes are easy to make, but who wants to slave over the frypan so early in the morning? Add another insult to the injury because most recipes make a ton of pancakes, and pancakes tend to be infinitely better when fresh.
But for those special occasions, break out this pancake recipe. Or when you feel like eating an all-day pancake special, because that is what I ended up doing.
Adapted from Smitten Kitchen, who in turn adapted them from Good to the Grain, these pancakes are worthy of its high praise (308+ comments later!). Not your typical white, tasteless pancake, these are filled with oat flour (rolled oats that I ran through my food processor until fine) and oatmeal. White flour still makes an appearance though which is probably why they taste so great. They are moist, substantial pancakes and actually a bit sweet. The recipe calls for both sugar and honey and I would decrease the sugar next time, but otherwise these are perfect. A great way to increase your repertoire of whole grain-based recipes and will please even the pickiest eater.
This is my submission to this round of Blog Bites 9, holiday buffet, potluck-style!
Gingerbread Pumpkin Vegan Overnight Oats
Let me let you in on a secret. I actually haven't done any holiday baking yet. I made the Key Lime Meltaways last year for Christmas. It took me nearly a year to post all my cookies from my holiday baking escapades, and one vegan cookie that wasn't worthy of being posted (no one liked it!).
While I am still plotting my attack of Middle Eastern-inspired cookies for this year (feel free to recommend your favourites!), my current decadence has been over breakfast. But this decadence is guilt-free.
Adapted from Oh She Glows, this is a version of overnight oats that I have been eating for breakfast some time now. The premise of overnight oats is that you mix rolled oats with milk overnight to create a creamy pudding of sorts. I also add in chia seeds, which are tasteless but feel like small tapioca pearls after they have absorbed the milk. Chia seeds are great because they are relatively low calorie while providing a good source of omega-3s, fiber, protein and other vitamins. After a few hours, the chia seeds plump up nicely and add body to these overnight oats.
In this version, the pudding is fortified with pumpkin puree, savoury spices (cinnamon, nutmeg and ginger) and the gingerbread taste comes from blackstrap molasses. Not to be confused with typical molasses (which is what typically goes into gingerbread cookies), blackstrap molasses are more bitter, as it is derived after the third extraction of sucrose. Therefore it is less sugary and more nutritious. It is a good source of calcium, iron, magnesium and potassium. Rolled oats, chia seeds, pumpkin, blackstrap molasses… all excellent foods and great together for a healthy breakfast treat.
This is my submission to this month's Breakfast Club, featuring healthy breakfasts. (more…)
Baked Pumpkin Cranberry Oatmeal Breakfast Pudding
There's something great about eating seasonal. And then there's something about food blogging seasonally.
I have more than a few posts in my drafts folder, as I figure out what to write, take the photos off my camera, go on vacation to Morocco.. You know, the typical delays.
I made this delicious breakfast oatmeal pudding last month, when pumpkin and fresh cranberries were both abundant. Now that Christmas cookie, mint and chocolate season is knocking at the door, I figured I should whip this baby out before it was too late! :)
Adapted from Cara's Cravings, this is a variation on the Baked Blueberry Oatmeal Breakfast Pudding I posted in September (based on Ricki's original recipe). Back then, it was my pre-cycling breakfast of choice. This time, though, my pudding was a bit thicker, a bit lumpier, so I wonder whether I had to pulse my almonds longer. However, I enjoyed this variation, too, as it had a different mix of flavours. The pumpkin puree replaced the applesauce, the fresh cranberries substituted for the blueberries and the mix of savoury spices (cinnamon, ginger, cloves) worked perfectly. Not too sweet, and definitely not bland, this was a perfect start to the day. Likewise, it could work as a nice dessert as well.
This is my submission to this round of Blog Bites 9, holiday buffet, potluck-style!
Baked Apple Banana Oatmeal
I love bananas, but sometimes they go brown a bit faster than I'd like. That's ok, though, because bananas are great for baking. My first instinct, is to make the gorgeous apple banana cake (the bananas entirely replace the butter and oil) or the delicious banana oatmeal chocolate cookies (no butter, no eggs, no flour and no added sugar). I have also used ripe bananas to make a super fluffy and creamy stovetop oatmeal, and I thought it would be great to turn my baking escapades towards breakfast: let's make baked oatmeal even healthier.
Baked oatmeal is a way to get that creamy goodness of oatmeal for multiple servings. Whether you want to serve a small army or in my case, feed me all week.
You can be equally creative with baked oatmeal, adding in your own favourite fixins and flavours.
For this version (adapted from a few places), I used the bananas more as a base for the oatmeal, so that it did not need any additional fat. It made it nice and creamy with a hint of sweetness. I added in chunks of apple, and because I used Pink Lady apples, they kept their shape well. Very well. They kind of separated the creamy oatmeal. This meant my oatmeal was a bit disjointed, but I liked it! Apple butter was used for a touch of sweetness and cinnamon and nutmeg provided a savoury background. Beautiful comforting fall flavours, great as a virtual hug in the morning. Bake this once and you have breakfast for the week. :)
Because I am trying the vegan route this month, I wanted to highlight chia seeds as an egg replacer. Here, I mixed 1 tbsp of chia seeds with 3 tbsp of warm water, and set it aside to soak for 10 minutes. You get a goopy mess, but it works well. I didn't need to crush my seeds, either.
This is my submission to this week's Weekend Herb Blogging hosted by Anh from Food Lover's Journey and to this month's Breakfast Club for baking.
Apple Pie Oatmeal
Oftentimes, my breakfast and dessert could be the same dish. I never really thought I had sweet breakfasts, but I definitely prefer more wholesome desserts. Muffins, scones, and granola all work double duty.
When I saw this Apple Pie Oatmeal in Bob's Red Mill Cookbook (also posted here), I knew I wanted to ring in my fall breakfasts with a cinnamon and apple-flavoured oatmeal. I just wasn't prepared for how similar it would taste like apple pie. The flavours were all there, cinnamon and nutmeg, juicy sauteed apple pieces, with the warmth from the cooked oatmeal.
Light and sweet, this was delicious and the key was using apple juice to cook the oatmeal. I made a few modifications to the recipe, such as decreasing the amount of oats and liquid to increase the apple ratio and have less leftovers. I also found the original recipe a bit sweet when eaten fresh (it mellows as leftovers, though), so I decreased the sugar. I also decreased the oil because I didn't find it was necessary with the juicy apple. While I wouldn't eat oatmeal for dessert, this oatmeal has the same flavours as apple pie. Thus, dessert for wholesome breakfast. Add some apples and spice to your morning routine. You won't regret it. :)
This is my submission to Ricki and Kim's vegan SOS challenge featuring apples.
Peach Blueberry Raspberry Crumbles
I am fighting it.
I know it is now mid-September. The kids have gone back to school. My century ride last weekend was called "Summer's End Century Tour" and yes, I have started to wear a jacket while cycling to work. I will have to abandon my cycling shorts, too, because it is pretty frigid with the wind in the mornings and evenings. I even close my balcony door at night, which has been on perma-open since May.
I think fall is here.
But that doesn't mean I am jumping for the butternut squashes just yet (in due time!*). I am still lingering in summer's bounty of fresh local fruit and vegetables, including fruit for these tasty crumbles: local peaches, blueberries and raspberries.**
*Bestwin has butternut squash on sale for 17 cents/lb this week. I may be stocking up afterall!
**Frozen fruit would work well if baking this out of season.
I know everyone already has a favourite crumble, crisp or cobbler recipe – usually the one that Mom made. But when I spotted this on Joy the Baker, I was intrigued by the combination of fruit and spice. Peaches and blueberries work well together, but how would it work with raspberries? (And why would I even consider baking with fresh, juicy, light raspberries?? I must be mad!) But Joy paired them with cinnamon, nutmeg and maple syrup, which was a match in heaven. The raspberries were a nice sweet/tart addition to the fruit trio and I enjoyed how they all worked well with the nutmeg and maple.
At first, I enjoyed this warm from the oven as dessert, but throughout the week, the leftovers made their way into breakfast. The crumble topping was reminiscent of granola and with the baked fruit, it was great with yogurt. A perfectly healthy dessert and breakfast. Got to love the transition! :)
This recipe, coupled with Whipped Banana Oatmeal with Cranberries, is my entry to Blog Bites 7, Iron Chef-style, where we use one ingredient two ways! My ingredient: oats!
Whipped Banana Oatmeal with Cranberries
Rolled oats are no stranger to the breakfast table and oatmeal is a regular standby in my morning routine. After the Nutrition Action Health Letter (aka the Consumer Reports of healthy foods), deemed Bob's Red Mill Country Style Muesli their favourite, it became my new breakfast.
Oatmeal is cheap, healthy and relatively quick. It is great since it is a whole grain, fiber-rich, and lowers cholesterol. When you cook traditional oats, you also have no added sugar or salt (can't say the same for the instant, flavoured varieties). But let's be honest: when you cook rolled oats with water and a dash of salt, they aren't that tasty. You can make oatmeal more flavourful by adding in your own sweeteners, fruit (dried or fresh), nuts, seeds, peanut butter, etc. The possibilities are endless.
This recipe for whipped banana oatmeal is a great way to make a creamy bowl of oats without any cream at all. The magic comes from a ripe banana that melts seamlessly into the oats, imparting both sweetness and creaminess. It is a bit more involved than your standard bowl of oats, as you need to whip everything together, but it is worth it. I liked the addition of dried cranberries, but feel free to add in your favourite fixins. I spotted and then adapted the recipe from Macheesmo, who adapted it from Kath Eats' Tribute to Oatmeal.
This is my submission to this month's Breakfast Club, featuring British breakfasts (the Brits call this porridge). This recipe, coupled with Peach Blueberry Raspberry Crumbles, is my entry to Blog Bites 7, Iron Chef-style, where we use one ingredient two ways! My ingredient: oats!
Baked Blueberry Oatmeal Breakfast Pudding
I don't like late brunches because I have to eat something right away in the morning. Something about hypoglycemia if I wait too long.
But there are a few times when breakfast doesn't sit well with me.
And that's when I am nervous.
Nervous about writing an exam that morning, or tripping on my bridesmaid dress while I help my (now) sister-in-law walk around the altar 3 times, or you know, the butterflies before cycling to/from Woodstock (a possible 300km round-trip, but we ended up taking the go-train for a portion of the trip once the total downpour started so our total was 250km). Those butterflies don't let much sit well in my stomach even if I know this is the most important time to be eating.
But I think I have found my favourite pre-jitters breakfast: Baked Blueberry Oatmeal Breakfast Pudding.
Adapted from Diet, Dessert n Dogs, this is a healthy breakfast creamy pudding (sans creme) with oats and nuts, speckled with juicy, succulent blueberries. And it glides down so easily. A small portion is surprisingly filling and the fresh blueberries really make this a knock-out morning treat. Who says lunch and dinner should have all the fun? Bake this once and have a delicious breakfast all week. Personally, I preferred it cold, but it is also good warmed up.
Here are other variations that have sparked my interest:
Baked Apple Puddings by Have Cake, Will Travel
Baked Cherry Pie Breakfast Pudding by Oh She Glows
This is my submission to this week's BSI featuring milk.
Blueberry-Oat Bars
I almost didn't take photos of this dish.
But not because the bars weren't photogenic.
They just didn't have the substance to back up their looks.
To be honest, I was a bit disappointed with the first few bars I tried. The bars weren't really sweet at all and the filling had that cornstarch feel to it. I didn't think it was fit for dessert. Adapted from Fat Free Vegan, these blueberry oat bars boasted no refined flour, no white sugar, no added fat, no soy, and no gluten. Another healthy recipe that fools you, I thought. The decreased sweetness was partly my fault, though, as I substituted brown sugar for agave nectar in a 1:1 ratio without modifying the liquid content, which is a no-no. Who knew agave nectar was 1/3 more sweet than brown sugar? I digress…
Then I wrapped one up and brought it with me on my long bicycle rides. And this is where the bar shined. It travelled well, in spite of the gooey centre, and its lack of sweetness was perfect. I am figuring out what I like to eat pre-, post- and during exercise, and I am definitely shunning sweet, dry and heavy dishes. These bars were perfect specifically because they were not that sweet, they were very moist and they were filled with carbs (only 1g of fat per serving).
I had already eaten 2/3rds of the bars before I decided to snap some photos. Thank goodness I still had some left! :D
This is my submission to this month's Tea Time Treats and this week's Weekend Herb Blogging hosted by Astrid from Paulchen's Foodblog.
Thick, Chewy Cranberry Granola Bars
With a few long-distance cycling trips already under my belt this summer, I oftentimes feel like I am eating to bike. I routinely make my own sports drink and have made different portable snacks for my rides: peanutty energy bars, cocoa mint nibbles and almond chocolate larabars. Next up in my arsenal of snacks: homemade granola bars.
I have been making my own granola for some time, but had yet to venture into making granola bars. The thick and chewy granola bars posted by Smitten Kitchen (who, in turn, found and adapted it from King Arthur Flour) called out to me since she posted them in February. I bought oat flour immediately (back when I didn't have a food processor) but it took me almost 6 months to finally buckle down and make them. What happened? Well, life (in a good way), and I was shunning desserts for a while. Thank goodness I bike now so I can enjoy these guilt-free. ;)
These were subtly addictive. Chewy yet firm, oaty and wholesome, sweet from cranberries and with a strong peanut flavour. You munch on a chewy bar and think to yourself, 'Is this what granola bars taste like?' It is miles away from what you get in a store. Deb leaves the recipe completely flexible, with substitutions for the nuts, fruit and nut butter, and I have included my own interpretation below. I was surprised at the strong presence of the peanut butter flavour, so I may decrease it next time or switch it to almond butter which I think would work better with the cranberries. Otherwise, I went with my granola staples of dried cranberries, coconut and almonds. I found coconut chips at Bestwin which are like large coconut flakes. I liked the burst of coconut flavour but found they didn't integrate with the bars as well; they left the bars more apt to crumble mid-bite. Next time, I'll stick with my flaked coconut for the granola bars and use the coconut flakes for my crumbly granola.
This is my second submission to this week's BSI, featuring flour (this time with oat flour), and to Blog Bites #6, potluck-style, hosted by One Hot Stove.


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Maryland Game Analysis
MSN radio sideline reporter Jed Drenning is providing periodic commentary on the Mountaineer football program for WVUsports.com. You can read more about Mountaineer football at Jed's website http://thesignalcaller.com. You can also follow Jed on Twitter: @TheSignalCaller
Everyone reading this has a story about the first West Virginia game they ever attended.
Mine was on September 18th, 1982. Our entire little league football team packed into a cluster of vehicles, including 4-deep in my dad's '79 Chevy Blazer, for a group event that we had all been eagerly looking forward to ever since the tickets had been secured that summer. We made the early morning trip across the mountain to Morgantown giddy with anticipation but not knowing entirely what to expect.
It was the Saturday following West Virginia's storied upset of the 9th ranked Oklahoma Sooners and the buzz surrounding Don Nehlen's program was at a fever pitch. With the visiting Terrapins in town, we were treated to a Jeff Hostetler versus Boomer Esiason showdown – and the game didn't disappoint.
Mountaineer Field was a different place in 1982, as evidenced by the fact that our entire travel party – twenty or so strong – was perched on the turf for the duration of the game just feet behind the goal post of the stadium's south endzone. When Hoss connected with a diving Rich Hollins from 35 yards out to put West Virginia ahead early in the 4th quarter, Hollins was close enough to make it feel as if a few beads of sweat might have bounced off his brow onto my shoe. But not quite.
Later in the final quarter, Maryland responded in the opposite direction with a 16-play odyssey that spanned 75 yards. With just over a minute to play the Terps crashed into the endzone to cut the WVU lead to a single point. At ground level from the opposite end of the field all we could do was hope for the best as Maryland first year Coach Bobby Ross tossed the dice across the table with an attempted two-point conversion for the win. Under pressure from Darryl Talley and company, Esiason's errant throw sent the Mountaineers to their third 2-0 start under Don Nehlen in as many years.
Fast forward three decades as Dana Holgorsen's Mountaineers prepare to square off against Randy Edsall's Terrapins on Saturday and we see that a lot of things have changed. But some similarities remain. Much like that 1982 contest, West Virginia heads into this game with a national ranking attached to its brand and is once again led by a strong-armed quarterback with an NFL future.
The biggest difference between now and then? Thirty years ago this was a hotly competitive series with bragging rights changing hands almost annually. That hasn't been the case as of late, with West Virginia claiming the last six contests – the longest such streak in the history of the series - and eclipsing the 30-point barrier the last five times out. The Terps haven't beaten the Mountaineers since the 2004 Gator Bowl, though it did take a late turnover to seal last year's 37-31 WVU win at Byrd Stadium.
All things considered, it's perhaps little wonder that WVU has reeled off half a dozen consecutive wins in the series. To put it simply: the Mountaineers have by and large been the better football team during that stretch. In point of fact, since Maryland trounced West Virginia in Jacksonville on Jan. 1, 2004 to claim their most recent victory in this border rivalry, WVU has ripped off an overall record of 80-24 while the Terps have stumbled to a mark of 48-53.
This year the odds makers have pegged the Mountaineers as 27-point favorites. That spread no doubt is in part because of the high velocity with which the West Virginia offense has operated through two games, and in part because Maryland has had the look of a team with the parking brake jammed on despite its 2-1 start.
Pop quiz. What do the names Ortiz, Coyer and Whitmer mean to you? No, it's not a law firm in College Park. Those are the three quarterbacks the Terps have faced this season. William & Mary's Raphael Ortiz, a sophomore whom against Maryland made his first career start, connected on just 44% of his throws for 100 yards in a 7-6; Temple's Chris Coyer, a part-time starter on the 116th ranked passing offense in the country a year ago, completed just 39% of his attempts for 178 yards in the Owls' 36-27 loss to the Terrapins; and UConn's Chandler Whitmer, who threw five picks in his first two career starts this year before facing Maryland in start number three, managed a pedestrian 68 yards in the Huskies 24-21 win over the Terps last weekend.
In short, don't read too much into Maryland's gaudy defensive numbers. I've always maintained that statistics in the wrong hands are a very dangerous thing, and if you're wondering how the Terps are ranked 6th in the nation against the pass this year – the preceding paragraph should provide you with an answer. Maryland will hustle and Maryland will hit you but their personnel doesn't warrant consideration among the nation's elite. If the West Virginia passing game is misfiring on Saturday, that will likely have more to do with internal miscues than with any external problems the Terrapins hope to present.
Terps' first-year Defensive Coordinator Brian Stewart does serve as an interesting caveat. Stewart, a long-time NFL assistant, spent a pair of seasons (2010-11) running the defense on Kevin Sumlin's staff at the University of Houston. Why is that of note? Because Sumlin famously maintained the offense that Dana Holgorsen had installed during his two years in Houston (2008-09) after Holgorsen departed for Oklahoma State in 2010. Translation? Stewart had an opportunity to face that offense every day in practice for two seasons. Might he have a potential trick or two up his sleeve as a result? Maybe, but only if he has managed to replicate the offense's speed and tempo in a practice setting with a scout team executing plays off a cue card. That's a tall order.
The Maryland offense, meanwhile, has suffered through its own set of early season tribulations. Through three games with true freshman Perry Hills at the helm, the Terps are 119th in the country in yards per contest. But that's just the beginning of their offensive woes. The Terrapins have had 42 possessions this season, and 23 of those (55%) have resulted in either a three-and-out or a turnover. In fact, Maryland is tied with Arkansas and Houston for the most turnovers lost (10), while only 8 FBS teams have allowed more sacks per game than the Terps and only 7 teams have yielded more tackles for loss. For a West Virginia defense that hopes to earn a reputation in the Big 12 as a disruptive, ball hawking unit this opportunity against Maryland's offense – ostensibly vulnerable in the perfect areas - could be nothing short of made to order.
Through two games the Mountaineers rank 4th in the nation and first in the Big 12 in Tackles for Loss – a key indicator of success in the highway robbery brand of defense the WVU staff hopes to see. Sacks and TFLs ultimately lead to takeaways. Pressure is, after all, the seed of all turnovers. This early in the year however, with such a small sample size to draw from, statistics like that are about as meaningful as Elvis Presley's black belt.
The West Virginia defense has shown flashes of promise in previous weeks. Case in point, the ten TFLs and the Isaiah Bruce touchdown against Marshall; the four sacks and the two goal line stands against JMU. WVU now needs to build on those moments and assert itself as a defense consistently capable of making those game changing plays. To that end, the Mountaineers will blitz the Terps' freshman signal caller early and often to prevent him from settling into a rhythm. Terrapins Offensive Coordinator Mike Locksley of course realizes as much. Maryland will counter with a game plan that figures to be top heavy with quick, single read throws coupled with an all out effort to establish a consistent enough running game to keep West Virginia guessing.
Maryland's rushing attack was instrumental in making last year's West Virginia win in College Park a close call, but the primary culprits in that game (Davin Meggett: 113 yards and a TD; D.J. Adams: 64 yards & 2 TDs) are both gone and the Terps have struggled to find adequate replacements. To give themselves – and Perry Hills – any kind of chance on Saturday, the Terrapins will have to do much better than the 2.7 yards per carry they've averaged so far this season. The return from injury of running back Brandon Ross could give Maryland's ground-game-by-committee a much needed shot in the arm, but will that be enough?
My guess is "no."
This has all the hallmarks of one team bringing a pocket knife to a sabre fight. It's a rivalry game with heavy consequences for both sides – and it's exactly the type of match-up Randy Edsall knows he needs a solid showing in to help liberate him from the hot seat. I'm not convinced Maryland will bow out as gently as some pundits suggest, but I'm also not convinced the Terps are equipped to keep pace – at least not without a lot of help from the Mountaineers themselves. With a strong core of veteran leadership at key positions and a hot-handed Heisman candidate pulling the trigger, West Virginia certainly doesn't appear to have the disposition of a team inclined to offer such help.
See you at the fifty.
Jed Drenning, West Virginia University Mountaineers, WVU, Maryland Terrapins
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Sneak Preview: "The Choice 2012"(9:48) How Mitt Romney and Barack Obama learned from their early public defeats.
Sneak Preview: The First 10 Minutes of "The Choice 2012″
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A sputum Gram stain is a laboratory test used to detect bacteria in a sputum sample. Sputum is the material that comes up from your air passages when you cough very deeply.
The Gram stain method is one of the most commonly used methods to rapidly detect a bacterial infection, including pneumonia.
Gram stain of sputum
A sputum sample is needed. You will be asked to cough deeply and spit any material that comes up from your lung into a special container.
The sample is sent to a lab. The lab team member places a very thin layer of the sample onto a glass slide. This is called a smear. Stains are placed on the sample. The lab team member looks at the stained slide under a microscope, checking for bacteria and white blood cells. The color, size, and shape of the cells help identify the bacteria.
No preparation is usually needed, unless a bronchoscopy is necessary.
How the test will feel depends on the method used to produce the sample. More discomfort is associated with a bronchoscopy.
Your doctor may order this test if you have a persistent or prolonged cough, or if you are coughing up material that has a foul odor or unusual color. The test may also be done if you have other signs and symptoms of respiratory disease or infection.
A normal result means that few to no white blood cells and no bacteria were seen in the sample. The sputum is clear, thin, and odorless.
Note: Normal value ranges may vary slightly among different laboratories. Talk to your doctor about the meaning of your specific test results.
An abnormal result means that bacteria is seen in the test sample. You may have a bacterial infection. A culture is needed to confirm the diagnosis.
There are no risks associated with coughing up a sample. See the article on bronchoscopy for information regarding risks related to that procedure.
The test may need to be repeated if the sample contains only saliva from the mouth.
Limper AH. Overview of pneumonia. In: Goldman L, Schafer AI, eds. Goldman's Cecil Medicine. 24th ed. Philadelphia, PA: Elsevier Saunders; 2011:chap 280.
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By Christina Elmore
Fourth-generation shrimper Rocky Magwood's troubles showed in the lines of his face as he peered at his family's shrimp boat at Shem Creek Wednesday afternoon.
It's been a horrible season. Sparse profits at times forced Magwood, 37, to barter shrimp for fuel just to keep his family's business above water.
He questioned how he would manage to survive the latest blow that came overnight Wednesday when his 70-foot vessel the "Lady Eva" took on water and sank in Shem Creek.
"This has been my family's livelihood and it could be a complete loss," Magwood said from the pier at Wando Shrimp Co., where the boat was docked.
A crew member was living on the boat when it began taking on water, Magwood said. According to American Red Cross spokeswoman Lisa Quick, the organization will provide that man with financial assistance, a three-night stay at a hotel, food, clothing and other necessities.
Authorities offered no theories Wednesday about what caused the boat to sink. Members of the Coast Guard remained at Shem Creek through the afternoon investigating the situation.
Petty Officer Patrick Schwab said the Coast Guard was first notified about the sinking vessel around 2:20 a.m.
"Our initial concern was search and rescue at that point," Schwab said.
Their worry diminished when investigators learned that the shrimp boat was tied to a nearby pier and no one was trapped or in need of saving, Schwab said.
Magwood said it was too early to tell whether the vessel could be restored. "Lady Eva" is one of two shrimp boats that Magwood owns. His family purchased the boat in 1971.
Magwood said his family owned nine vessels as recently as 15 years ago. But demand decreased over the years as the community began importing seafood in greater quantities, he said.
Profits were further stricken recently because of the year's rainy spring. Magwood theorized that the excess in water washed the area's shrimp larvae farther out to sea.
In a good year, "Lady Eva" could bring in as much as $50,000.
"We probably didn't even make $15,000 this year. ... How am I going to come back from this," Magwood lamented. "How am I going to fix that boat so I can get back out and fish next year?"
The likelihood of salvaging "Lady Eva" diminished the longer she remained underwater, he said.
Crews planned to pump water from the boat around 2 p.m. when the tide was expected to be at its lowest.
Magwood and his girlfriend, 32-year-old Mary Farmer, expressed frustration that the water wasn't pumped when Coast Guard officials first arrived at the scene.
To Farmer, officials were more concerned about fuel leaking into the creek than they were about saving the vessel.
"No one was stuck in the boat, so (Coast Guard officials) just stood there and watched it sink deeper into the water," Farmer said. "When the Fire Department goes to a house fire they don't say, 'Hey, no one's in it. Just let it burn.'"
Petty Officer 3rd Class Anthony Soto declined to comment on Magwood's frustrations, but said Coast Guard officials were initially advised that the vessel was already sinking, if not sunk.
"Our objective was to determine if there were any lives in danger and if there was any pollution," Soto said. Resources and salvaging businesses are available to help restore the vessel if need be, Soto said.
In a news release, Coast Guard officials said pollution responders were dispatched at the creek to determine if hazardous materials were seeping from the boat.
Crews learned that the vessel contained little to no fuel, the release said.
Officials surrounded the boat with padding to capture any residual pollution.
Reach Christina Elmore at 937-5908 or at Twitter.com/celmorePC.
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BioPharma conference examines health care issues
Lehigh's BioPharma Business Conference Series, created to provide an interdisciplinary forum where business leaders can exchange insights and learn new strategies, will present "Health Care Policy, a Changing Market, and Prospects for Biotech" at Rauch Business Center on April 15.
Hosted by the Martindale Center in the College of Business and Economics, this conference will run from 1:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. and address key challenges of doing business in the rapidly changing marketplace.
The 2004 conference will focus on specific issues related to domestic and international health care policy and how they affect future U.S. markets for pharmaceutical and biotech products and innovation in medical science and technology.
Robert J. Rubin, clinical professor of medicine at Georgetown University and former president of the Lewin Group, is the first keynote speaker. He will address the state of the domestic marketplace. Jeffrey Sturchio, vice president - External Affairs, Human Health - Europe, Middle East, and Africa, for Merck and Co., Inc., will deliver the second keynote presentation on the international dimensions of current biopharmaceutical market issues.
"The cost of drugs as a percentage of total health care spending has doubled in the last two decades. In order to reduce the cost of prescription drug plans, government and private health care insurers are beginning to implement programs that will control reimbursement levels," says Arthur King, professor of economics and director of the Martindale Center's BioPharma Business Conference Series.
The conference will bring together industry leaders and health care policy experts to focus on market and policy changes in the United States and abroad. Panelists include Barry R. Edwards,CEO, Impax Laboratories, Inc., William A. Fletcher, president and CEO, Teva North America, Elaine V. Jones, general partner, EuclidSR Partners, and Daniel R. Omstead, president and CEO, Hambrecht & Quist Capital Management, Inc.
They will present their perspectives on biotech investment prospects and the effects of new drug reimbursement polices on strategic company positioning. The program design will engage program participants in dialog about their own viewpoints and concerns as well.
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Benson Henderson retains title with dominant decision over Diaz
Nate Diaz Vs. Ben "Smooth" Henderson
Fight was scheduled for 5 rounds (5x5x5x5x5) - Fight was for the Lightweight Title
Ben Henderson defeated Nate Diaz by Unanimous Decision (50-43, 50-45, 50-45)
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12/9/12 4:21 PM by StrikeforceSupporter
The Diaz bros are my favorite fighters, but damn, Benson gets my respect - That dude can fight, he is a beast. @ the end of the 5 rounder, Benson just looked at Diaz like as if he were to say, "have you had enough? I can give you more if you want." That was pretty bad-ass.
12/9/12 4:15 PM by AndyMain
I'm a fan of both guys. I've trained with Benson breifly. I expected him to be able to grind out Diaz but i did not think anyone at 155 would be able to do that. Benson is showing the ability to adapt quickly and effectively to different styles. Not sure who could threaten that belt right now.
12/9/12 12:56 PM by JustAnotherMMAFan
That was a one-sided beatdown. I could have scored two or three of those rounds 10-8 easily...
12/9/12 10:10 AM by whoabro
federal way in the motherfuckin house
12/9/12 8:40 AM by mclay
12/9/12 7:04 AM by MMA6053
Embarrassed just reading your post mate.What next name calling ?
12/9/12 6:42 AM by stonepony
Because nut-huggers get sore little vaginas buddy... True or false, this is the first decision either brother has ever lost? Luckily is a landslide otherwise we'd have to listen to you bitch about it forever.
12/9/12 6:40 AM by stonepony
You must not have ever seen a Diaz fight that went to a decision. They are always robberies. Pay attention much?
12/9/12 6:38 AM by stonepony
Nope. They would lose cardio which is their biggest advantage. What they need is footwork. Their high-volume accurate punches are a big trade-off. They sacrifice kicks and footwork for it. They plod, flat-footed. All the muscle in the world wouldn't have saved Nate, it would have made him slower and his leg would still be sitting there waiting to get smashed a million times. Benson was reaching down and punching him in the leg over and over... Ridiculous.
12/9/12 5:57 AM by nick diaz nut hugger
dude, he's got 128 votes down for a reason lol


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(ABC 6 News) - The Olmsted County Sheriff's Department is calling several recent BB gun shootings in Dover and Eyota a "crime spree".
Authorities say there were at least four BB gun shootings between the 13th and the 14th. They involved car windows and/or home windows that had been shot out.
They believe a BB gun was used in all the shootings based on the type of damage, which is estimated to be worth more than $2,000.
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Spanish Subscribers: Manuel Luna and Other Concerts
Here is another pin request from my Spanish correspondent Alicia Baltasar. There is a huge explosion of folk music in Spain right now. Folks if you are panning to go, there are venues you might want to check out -including the artists! Próximos conciertos: Café Irlandés Miércoles 25 de julio, a las 22h. … Continue reading
From Hervas, Cáceres Spain…They play Bluegrass, Blues, Folk and World. Members: Javier Colmenar Osuna Pedro Jose Rivas Baltasar Juan Carlos Centeno Carlos Guillen Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Guino Continue reading
Kepa Junkera
Kepa Junkera : Definitive music of the Basque country. I love the music of Kepa Junkera and how it drives your senses into a wild abandon. The music has a primal but beautiful appeal. I can't describe the feeling I have when I first heard the song Bok Espok. But I think the closest thing … Continue reading
Azarbe-Taking the Spanish Folk Scene by Storm!
I am blogging using other people's computer. Don't ask me how this happened but I am on the run right now. However I could not pass an opportunity to present this interesting band. Azarbe are a folk group from Spain that are going to take the cultural music of Spain by storm. The music is nostalgic and caped with … Continue reading
Aulaga Folk, A Menos Cuarto(Album review)
I received the album inside a parcel. I was surprised to find that it is a box containing 3 discs. One is the album, the second a collection of rarities and the third, a DVD.The motiff is black and white with a clock . Inserted is a liner note of the band's music including lyrics and pictures. I must say … Continue reading
Getting To Know Aulaga Folk from Spain(Interview)
Juan Carlos from Extremadura Spain talks about his band and a beautiful wildflower where the name of the band was taken from. Band website(in Spanish) http://www.aulagafolk.es/ Music is an emotional persuasion. Anyone who deals with it whither directly as a composer or passively as a listener will know what it takes to really appreciate it. It is a feeling … Continue reading
The Celtic Music of Asturias
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Berrogüetto from Galicia
Last year's Festival Interceltique introduced Berrogüetto to the world. I know you Galician music lovers will delight in this band which has been around since 1995. You can check their other videos in Youtube. The music combines tight musicianship teetering from the wall of sound to intimate acoustic stuff like this one titled: "Maneo de … Continue reading
Spanish Celtic Music
There is power in letting go, the power in forgiveness… and in accepting that all beautiful things come to an end. There are times when I trust my pain more than my happiness. I think the first time I read the poems of St John of the Cross I was shaking. The intensity of his writings shocked me. … Continue reading
The Spanish relationship to Celtic Music
As I have always thought and felt that Celtic music is universal. There is an interesting article here.It talks about :THE "NEW" SPANISH FOLK MUSIC: THE CELTIC MUSIC BOOM.I encourage you to read , to know more about the range of Celtic music. It will also inspire whatever Celtic movement you have going on, be … Continue reading
Why Irish?
Notice:This discussion site will give more knowledge about the Irish language:http://www.phrasebase.com/archive/irish-gaelic/index.html *** Yesterday I wrote a review about Traditional Irish music's rising star Jenny Mulvey. Well, I got a response in my liveireland.com account and I could say I am tickled pink. At 11:20am on 29 May 2009, Jenny Mulvey said… Thank you so much. … Continue reading


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NEW YORK (AVAFIN) -- Trading of Market Vectors Gold Miners ETF options resulted in establishing a new 90-day call volume record, where 50,035 call
contracts exchanged hands between the buyers and the sellers. A total of 15,195 put and 50,035
call contracts was traded raising a 0.30 put/call ratio on shares of GDX
Put/Call ratio is often used to measure investor sentiment, the ratio serves as a predictor of
investor behavior. A high put/call ratio suggests that the investor sentiment is bearish and
that investors expect the underlying stock to decrease in value. In contrast, a low put/call
ratio suggests that the investor sentiment is bullish and that the underlying stock is expected
to increase in value. Unusual volume provides reliable clues that the stock is expected to
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Editor's Note: The oldest dog shelter in Merida was created by one of the first expats to arrive in Merida, Georgia Charuhas. She acquired the land (near the Cholul exit of the Periferico) and started the organization. After a few years of dedicated service, she handed it over to local women who continued to run it as the only shelter at the time (other than the city-run perrera). In the last few years, thankfully, other shelters have sprung up in the Merida area and along the beach, most notably Evolución, which because of the participation of a number of dedicated expats, gets a lot of press in the English-speaking milieu. AFAD has continued to work, often behind the scenes, to benefit the companion animals of Merida. The current director, Lidia Saleh, works with the other shelter directors, as well as the city and state, always furthering the cause of the companion animals who are so often mistreated in this area.
Recently, we were sent a few emails about an upcoming AFAD event and a recent meeting between some interested expats and the AFAD director at the beach. We felt it was important to share this with all our readers, so that you too could understand what a huge contribution AFAD has been making to Merida, the beach communities and the Yucatan. The following was written by Cindy Wagner (with some editing by us), with information added from various other emails we received from various other people, and sent to us by Debbie Moore of YAPA. YAPA is an organization dedicated to providing English-speaking expat resources to all the organizations in Yucatan that help companion animals… if you don't speak Spanish but want to help with these issues, contact YAPA! We hope you will enjoy reading about the contribution of AFAD and will donate your time or resources to assist them in the coming years.
AFAD is in Merida and Progreso
AFAD Merida and AFAD Progreso have been helping the animals all along the beach coast and in Merida for over 15 years!! They do all their promotions in Spanish so many of us English speakers have no idea what they are doing for us and the animals every day. AFAD runs the only animal shelter near the beach communities, and as many of us are aware by experience, it often operates at capacity. One of the reasons they need to be so strict about this is that they currently receive funding from the Pedigree Shelter Grant program, which requires an operational proposal be submitted and adhered to each year in order to receive funds. Not every shelter who applies for these grants is accepted, by far, which indicates that AFAD must be doing their homework.
Each year, in early November, AFAD puts on a fundraiser that attracts about 200-250 Meridanos. It is a great event, and on the agenda for the evening is a year-end review of their statistics and accomplishments. Everything they do is out in the open… they practice totally transparency! Last year, for $200 pesos, attendees at the event enjoyed plenty of food, entertainment, wine and soft drinks. At last year's event, only nine people from the expat community attended, meaning that we were very under-represented!!
This Year Could Be Better
This year, a group of expats all along the coast have decided to help them bring their message out to the expat community. Everyone appreciate the changes that they have worked so hard to make for the quality of life, and for the quality of the lives of the dogs and cats in this area. These expats have offered to help in three ways.
1. Sell tickets for the event to be held on Saturday, November 10th from 7 pm to 11 pm. Tickets purchased before the event cost only $180 pesos per person and include food, drink & entertainment
2. Help to get donations of bottles of wine and/or food or both
3. Ask others to help sell tickets and/or get wine & food donated
But why should you donate your time or resources without knowing who they are and what they do?
Here, briefly, is who they are and what they have done over the last few years.
What Does AFAD Do?
Many expats participate in the Spay & Neuter Clinics which are coming up on their fourth year in operation in this area. Many of us who volunteer and donate items for the spay/neuter clinics, have noticed all the orange shirts the past few years. These are all AFAD volunteers. AFAD is the organization that paid for the large spay and neuter clinics in Progreso in 2010 and 2011 (the government provided zero dollars). AFAD found a sponsor to pay at the 11th hour, which paid for all of the materials. AFAD also got the location donated for the event, as well as the volunteers and the food.
AFAD approached the City of Progeso to pay for the clinic in January of 2012 but it was eventually paid for personally by the outgoing mayor, thanks to AFAD. The events over these three years meant that 500, 650 and 750 animals respectively were spayed or neutered in Progreso alone.
AFAD pays for and provides medication to the City of Progreso to humanely care for sick and dying animals that are picked up by the city, as well as the drugs needed to provide humane euthanasia when needed. The City of Progreso previously used other means (we don't want to talk about those…) before AFAD stepped in. AFAD Progreso now provides the properly trained personnel to provide humane and proper care for these animals free of charge.
AFAD recently worked with Evolución and Planned Pethood to change the laws about the treatment of the horses in the State of Yucatan and the City of Merida. Veterinarians are now checking the horses that haul around the tourists and the bags of dirt. They must be healthy, fed, watered and properly cared for, as well as given shade and/or coverage during severe weather conditions. AFAD has also worked to create the current laws that make prolonged restrictive chaining, neglect, forced fighting, and outright abuse illegal for domestic animals. It is a very important first step to have this law on the books, in order for enforcement to follow along. AFAD works with law enforcement as well.
AFAD also worked, along with Evolución and Planned Pethood, to improve conditions in the state-run dog pound (la perrera). The director, Lidia, along with others, met personally with the Secretary of Health and invited him to come view the conditions of the perrera. As a result of their efforts, the workers who had been abusing and neglecting animals were let go, and a veteranarian (graduated from the local UADY vet school) is now directing all activities at the facility. There is still work to be done to assure beneficial adoptions, etc. and AFAD continues to be involved.
AFAD is the only shelter in the Progreso area and in North Merida where you can take an animal to get it adopted. After they pay to have it tested for distemper and Parvo, they work to place the animal in adoption. They refuse no animal and only ask for a donation to help pay for the food. There are lots of cats at AFAD too, and of course their main focus is in finding homes and they are very good at it. Last year they re-homed 240 animals.
AFAD pays to spay/neuter every single animal that is adopted out. Three home visits and an identity tag are given to each adoptee, ensuring that they will be well cared for in their new home. The President of AFAD puts her personal phone number on each tag should the animal escape, as well as a stamp that says "esterilizado", which reduces the chance of a pet being stolen for breeding purposes.
AFAD also has an onsite surgery facility. This facility is open to every visiting Veterinarian that would like to come and help. Three vets from London, Ontario spend their vacations doing surgeries for a few days each year that I know of personally.
Working Gringos would like to add that they have brought five or six animals to AFAD over the years for adoption, and have always been pleased with the care and love that the animals receive. We have worked closely with Lidia, who runs the shelter, and have been gratified at her judgement and kindness to all the animals under her care. We are also aware that AFAD was involved in creating and placing the billboards around Merida that feature a dog being walked, which says (in Spanish) "I would do it for you!". In addition, AFAD has created educational materials which they continue to place into schools around Merida, with the knowledge that the only way to permanently change the condition of companion animals in the Yucatan is through education of the young people.
Spa Day!
AFAD runs a Spa day every Friday. On this day, AFAD is open to all volunteers to come out and bathe and clip the dogs to make them look their best for Saturday and Sunday Adoption Days. Every Friday, from 11am until about 1pm or until the dogs are all clean, a fine group of folks show up at the shelter and bathe and walk and groom and socialize the dogs who are up for adoption. This way they look great on Saturday and Sunday when the public comes in to check them out. They can always use more hands, and the more people who come, the easier and more fun the work is and the more attention these dogs get, meaning the more adoptable they will become. The coordinator, Mary Maas, is bilingual and super friendly and helpful. There is no commitment… just show up and decide for yourself how you want to participate. You can go one Friday and skip the next. English is spoken, and everyone is welcome. If you need a sit-down job, just let Mary know. You can be a "detailer", as there is always a long-hair pup that needs detangling, or a newbie that needs extra attention and reassurance.
Don't Buy, Adopt! And Participate!
AFAD is open every Saturday and Sunday to the public to get the dogs adopted once they are all healthy and vet-checked.
For further information about AFAD, please go to their website www.afad.org.mx/. If you would like to attend or donate to the November 10 event, please contact contact YAPA and talk to Cindy Wagner. You can also buy tickets at the next Funkymarket at Tacomaya. We encourage you to buy tickets to their upcoming event, and to support them in any way you see fit. In addition, we sincerely hope that when you decide to bring a pet into your family, or you know someone making that decision, that you will go to AFAD and adopt one of the beautiful dogs or cats they have who are looking for a home.


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Yevgeny Berdichevsky, an assistant professor in the department of electrical and computer engineering, has been awarded a one-year, $100,000 Taking Flight award to support his research into abnormal neural circuitry—a potential cause of epilepsy.
The award is given by CURE, Citizens United for Research in Epilepsy, a 15-year-old organization that has raised more than $26 million to "lead the way to a cure for the epilepsies." CURE uses an advisory board of more than 300 scientists to review and fund the most promising, cutting-edge projects.
Berdichevsky is the director of Lehigh's Neural Engineering Lab, where students join him in studying neurobiology from an engineering perspective. Berdichevsky develops brain tissue cultures that are compatible with microfluidic and microelectrode devices and, using a combination of engineering and molecular approaches, studies the abnormal functions that result in epileptic seizures.
"For decades, researchers believed that epilepsy was somehow connected to imbalance of neurotransmitters in the brain," said Berdichevsky. "As I put aside engineering for a time to learn more about the medical side of things, I began to realize that epilepsy may not just be connected to neurotransmitter levels, but rather a disorder of the neuro-circuitry itself."
This is a relatively new notion in the field of epilepsy. The long history of medical research in this arena has focused on the idea that chemical imbalances in the brain are the cause. In recent years, however, studies have consistently determined that differences between healthy and epileptic brains may go beyond chemical transmitters..Berdichevksy embarked upon his own research direction, looking into how an epileptic seizure begins. (A second aspect of his work is seeking a better understanding of the fundamental mechanisms of why seizures even happen.)
Berdichevsky's team uses minute slices of the hippocampus—the part of the brain most commonly linked to diseases like epilepsy and Alzheimer's. By keeping the slices alive in an incubator and monitoring electric currents through their some 10,000 neurons, the team can see the evolution of epileptic activity. After about a month inside an incubator, the team has a simple model for the development of epilepsy, which allows them to address a host of unanswered questions, most notably, can science intervene in epilepsy either chemically, electrically or pharmaceutically?
"We now believe that some of the neural connections are, to put things simply, incorrect," said Berdichevsky. "That leads to what electrical engineers call a positive feedback loops that cause seizures—a small disturbance that builds into a systemic, electrical storm."
Berdichevsky's goal is to identify the precise roles that signaling molecules used by cells to regulate growth and response to injury play in the development of epilepsy. Eventually, he hopes to design and optimize antiepileptic treatments that inhibit multiple branches of brain signaling simultaneously and use bioengineering methods to identify other areas of neuro-circuitry that are involved in epileptogenesis and that may be effective places to target with drugs in the future. Ultimately, the goal is to find the right combination of brain pathways that could be completely knocked out, resulting in complete prevention of epilepsy with minimal side effects.
CURE is run by founder Susan Axelrod, who has brought increased attention to epilepsy and the devastation it can bring to individuals and families. The wife of former Barack Obama campaign manager David Axelrod, she has raised awareness and funds by appearing on the Today Show, MSNBC and CNN.
Berdichevsky received his Ph.D. from the University of California, San Diego in Electrical and Computer Engineering in 2006. He undertook a postdoctoral fellowship at Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard Medical School's Center for Engineering in Medicine and Department of Neurology. He joined Lehigh University in 2012.
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DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Nortdptyline hydrochloride, available as a generic drug in the US for many years, has recently been shown to be efficacious in the treatment of nicotine addiction associated with cigarette smoking. It is a tricyclic anti-depressant that is believed to modulate noradrenergic neurotransmission. Currently, buproprion is the only non-nicotine therapy approved by the FDA, and is believed to have a similar mechanism, although these mechanisms are not completely understood. One putative explanation of moderately higher quit-rates observed for anti-depressive therapy is the following: smoking and depression are highly linked, and subsequent relief of depression, which may be especially acute just after smoking cessation target date, may facilitate continued abstinence. This notion has not been supported as strongly, however, where psychological interventions have been substituted as a relief for depression. This suggests there may exist an ill characterized molecular mechanism which may be providing more direct benefit for continued smoking cessation. On the other hand, even if the benefit is indirectly influenced through changes in mood states, it has been informally suggested that relief of anxiety, in addition to relief of depression, may play a similar role. Nortriptyline is a considerably less expensive alternative to buproprion, and affords comparable efficacy, although it does have a more problematic safety profile. Although generally non-addictive, nortriptyline, like all tricyclics, can have serious anticholinergic side effects, and an overdose is potentially lethal. It is unknown whether low doses of nortriptyline, which may be sub-therapeutic for relief of depression/anxiety, might yet be therapeutic for smoking cessation. The safety profile of lower doses, which might be expected to be more favorable than nominal recommended doses, has not been examined in the context of a smoking cessation study. Doses are typically titrated up to 50-150 mg/day, the maximum recommended dose. Previous studies have used titrated doses up to fixed target doses, typically 75 mg/day. In this pilot project, we are proposing a randomized, placebo-controlled, and double-blinded dose-response clinical trial of nortriptyline utilizing fixed target daily dose levels of 0 mg (placebo), 25 mg, 50 mg, and 75 mg. The specific aims are (1) to describe and determine the safety profile of nominal to low dose levels not usually prescribed; (2) to determine how relief of depression and anxiety is related to dose; and (3) to determine whether there is mere evidence of the existence of a molecular or other mechanism which works independently of mood states, that improves quit rates. If this research is successful, more thorough studies may be warranted. It could generate novel hypotheses and more enlightened directions for cessation research. More pragmatically, it might promote the use of nortriptyline under safer doses, and could remove insurance coverage barriers for smoking cessation therapy.


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ARLINGTON (May 30, 2012) -- Jerry Jones says he has no interest in going to federal court to seek relief after an arbitrator upheld the NFL's salary cap reductions against the Dallas Cowboys and Washington Redskins.
The Cowboys owner remains emphatic that there was no secret deal among NFL owners about any kind of cap during the uncapped 2010 season. Jones said Wednesday that the arbitrator ruled last week that the proper jurisdiction to hear the teams' grievance was federal court.
Dallas lost $10 million in the salary cap for overloading contracts during 2010, while the Redskins lost $36 million for this season and next.
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Ten-man Dallas stole a march on their Major League Soccer Western Conference rivals Real Salt Lake on Friday night as they beat the Utah team 2-1 at the Toyota Stadium.
Blas Perez picked up a second yellow card in the closing stages of a goalless first half to become the ninth Dallas man to see red this season, but home nerves were soon eased when JeVaughn Watson nudged them in front five minutes after the interval. Fabian Castillo doubled Dallas' lead with 16 minutes remaining, before Olmes Garcia pulled one back for Real Salt Lake in the final minutes.
Dallas' victory ended a three-match winning streak for Real Salt Lake and sees them move ahead of their opponents on matches won into second place in the conference, just behind Seattle Sounders, with all three teams locked on 42 points at the top of the table.


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