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Raw Apple Cinnamon Macaroons
I have embraced being a (temporary) Texan.
Summer in November? Yes.
Biking year round? Definitely.
I have obviously already forgotten about the hot, humid summer..
One problem, though: my dates are all messed up. Time is literally flying by. I saw an event for the end of November and thought it was weeks away. It was warm and sunny at the time… my internal clock had not registered that yes, it is indeed almost winter. At home, they've received more snow and cold weather than I can recall seeing in November.
I would be hard to pity me, though.. That warm spell disappeared and it is cold again. It will be a low at freezing point tonight. And I forgot (or did not pack?) my winter cycling gloves in Canada. Either that, or they are lost. I hope it is the former.
The warm weather partially explains my penchant for raw eats despite the season. The other, is that raw is easy to make and this was a recipe I knew would be fabulous. When Rob and I visited Ellen and Andy on our road trip to Houston, we shared a veritable feast for breakfast and these were my favourite treat. I have made raw (chocolate) macaroons before, but these were simply delightful. Apple, cinnamon and caramel-like dates are pulsed together with almonds and coconut for an autumn/winter-inspired treat. A touch of maple syrup and a sprinkle of salt made the flavours veritably pop.
These are so simple to make, but absolutely delicious.
Are you building your holiday treat roster yet? What are you excited to make?
This is my submission to this month's Bookmarked Recipes.
Raw Caramel Apple (without any apple!)
I know I said I don't like to play food guessing games with others. However, Rob is fair game. He gets it all.the.time. More along the lines of How does this taste? Sometimes, What do you think I should add to this? And then the infamous, What does this taste like? Guess what is in it!
You could probably guess just by looking at these photos, but I gave Rob smaller bits to sample. In fact, this was a two-step taste-test. Sauce alone and then after dehydrating it onto the bits.
First of all, this was a real simple recipe. Just whiz the ingredients together for the caramel sauce, stir it onto your "apple" bits and dehydrate for 12 hours.
Even before dehydrating the sauce, I thought it tasted great. Rob agreed. I asked him to guess the ingredients: cinnamon, almonds, and apple. Close: cinnamon, yes; almond butter, yes; but no apple, I informed him. That sweet taste was from dates.
I proceeded with the recipe, and then tried the now dehydrated sauce: oh my gosh, it tasted like sticky, wonderful caramel. Not too sweet, well balanced by the cinnamon. It had coated the "apple bits". They were soft and sweet. Rob tried it and loved it. He still thought it reminded him of apple. Even though there was still no apple, Rob reminded me I had just created raw caramelized apple. He knew it before I did!
And that secret non-apple? Cauliflower! It really is a textural issue. Crisp yet soft (hard to explain). Sweet. With smaller pieces drenched in the sauce, you would never believe it was cauliflower. Bigger pieces had a more pronounced cauliflower flavour (and a telltale shape), but had a nice crunch.
Dehydrating is a magical thing. Definitely more than the sum of its parts. Looking at the recipe, there is a lot of water. You need it to be able to blend it smoothly, but after dehydrating it away you, the dates are more sweet and caramelized. Eating this straight from the dehydrator, still warm, was a treat. I only wish I had made more, because this did not last long at all.
Trust me, I have nothing against apple. I love apples. I eat a minimum of half dozen a week. I also love dehydrating apples into chips but usually save that when apples are ridiculously cheap in the fall. I make a small internal sob every time I shell out more than $1/lb for apples, which is the usual in Texas. (Although I nearly flipped out when I saw Honeycrisp apples for only $1.29/lb a few weeks ago.. those are ungoldy expensive in Toronto).
Thus, the question still remains: how would this caramel sauce taste on real apples (in the dehydrator)? I don't think they would be as crisp, but definitely more sweet. I would be afraid they would collapse more into mush, but if you try it out, please let me know!
PS. The winner of The Ayurvedic Vegan Kitchen giveaway is Gloria. Congratulations!
PPS. I noticed my typo for ungoldy. It was meant to be ungodly, but I like my new word. It fits.
This is my submission to this week's Raw Food Thursdays and to this month's Bookmarked Recipes.
Strawberry & Avocado Salad with a Citrus Vinaigrette
I was hoping Rawfully Organic was going to provide me with local produce. I know they try when it is possible. Rob and I had been pining a few local treats before we even arrived. The first one: avocado. Avocados are quite expensive in Canada, but upon our first week here we were greeted with a warm welcome. Avocados: 4 for $1.
The nice thing about my Rawfully Organic share was that I wasn't saddled with uncommon ingredients. With so many greens, I knew salads were in order, though. Luck would have it that I was tempted by Gena's berry and avocado salad at the same time. Coincidentally, I had all the ingredients and then some. I tried it her way, with hemp seeds, then with almonds and when I finally got around to photographing it, I used pumpkin seeds. I used sweet strawberries, paired with creamy avocado and a sweet citrus dressing. Since the oranges we got in our share were "juicing oranges" (Valencia, aka sweet Texan oranges!!), I figured a dressing was a good way to capitalize on their sweet juiciness. Since, yes, I left my juicer at home. No homemade juice on the horizon yet. It may seem fiddly to also add lemon juice, but it balanced the dressing nicely.
Any nut or seed would work for crunch – as I said, I have made this with almonds, hemp and the pumpkin seeds (a mix of almond and hemp was my favourite). Any berry would work well here. Pick your favourite.
With all these salads that I have been making, I am kind of sad I left my big plates and big bowls in Canada. I want more greens but don't have a serving plate big enough!
Other fruity salads you may enjoy:
Strawberry, Avocado and Mint Salad with a Chocolate Vinaigrette
Strawberry and Roasted Chickpea Salad with a Cinnamon Vinaigrette
Strawberry, Asparagus and Basil Salad with Mosto Cotto
Blackberry, Avocado and Walnut Salad with a Ginger Lime Vinaigrette
Blueberry, Lentil and Walnut Spinach Salad with a Blueberry Tarragon Dressing
This is my submission to Deb for this week's Souper Sundays.
Raw Chili Lime Corn Crackers
The dust has settled… the boxes have been unpacked and we're settling into a new routine.
As life becomes less chaotic, I am feeling a bit more lonely.
Friends and family seem so far away. It doesn't help that Rob is sometimes working out-of-town.
At least I interact with my co-workers. I don't know how Rob copes with mostly working from home. Not too much real people interaction except from the coffee shop down the road. Limited integration with other Texans.
So, be it resolved… our next goal has to become more social.
Baby steps. This weekend, we have cycling plans and curry+games plans [BANANAGRAMS!]. It feels good to get back into my social groove.
And these chili lime crackers? They bring me back to good times in Toronto.
Just before we left, I visited Superfoods Eateries, a quaint resto with take-away raw foods. Between Rob and I (and a few free samples), we tried a variety of dishes. Luc, one of the owners, was incredibly enthusiastic about explaining the menu. My two favourite dishes were the cheesecake and corn nachos. They also had a lovely sandwich at one point but I don't see it listed on their website menu. Their selection varies from day-to-day, especially after each item sells out. (I really, really wanted to try their chocolate cake but it was not available until after I left). The coconut-based cheesecake was not as heavy as other raw cheesecakes and unique because it had a slightly fermented/cheezy zing to it! It was definitely special.
But those corn nachos, oh my. Delicious. They are corn and flax based but thin and crispy with an exotic twist from the orange juice and cilantro. Rightfully addictive and perfect with a dollop of guacamole. Now that I am miles away, I figured I would try my own hand at the nachos. I will admit that mine are not as good as the original, but they are still good in their own regard. I tried to add as much veg-powered nacho-like flavours to the chips. The chili and lime flavours were the highlight. The nuts and seeds make for a filling cracker, although a bit thick. As such these are more akin to crackers and weren't as crispy as chips.. but still complex and delicious.
Anyways, here's to a fun-filled weekend!
How do you combat loneliness?
Zucchini "Meatballs" and Tomato-Curry Sauce with Almond Parmesan (aka Vegan Indian Spaghetti and 'Meatballs')
I used to wonder if my Indian dishes were up to snuff. It has been so long since I had been to an Indian restaurant, that I have nothing for a comparison. I usually rely on Rob's opinion, who eats out more than I do. While on my many travels last year, I stumbled upon a highly rated Indian resto that had quite a few vegan options. I helped myself to the vegetarian platter and while I ate it, the only thing I could of was that I could make better Indian food at home. Not that the food was bad; only my curries are much better, if I may say so myself. Rob has taught me well. Furthermore, I can control the level of spiciness and the amount of added oil (no deep-fried belly aches), making dishes that are truly perfect for me.
Another advantage of cooking Indian at home is that you can go totally crazy, too. Crazy in the foodie-sense, of course. Have you ever seen an Indian dish with noodles? Italian meets Indian. Sounds like a perfect description of Joanne, who shared the lovely recipe.
Here, we have spiced zucchini and chickpea meatballs (aka kofta) that are baked, not fried. They are served overtop a tomato-curry sauce. The next question was what to serve this with. You could go with rice to return to the Indian base, but Joanne served it with polenta. I wanted to continue with the Indian spaghetti theme. Therefore, I used zucchini noodles and made a raw almond parmesan topping. Cooked meets raw. Zucchini on zucchini. Craziness, pure craziness, I tell you… but all in a good way.
If you think I am just tooting my own horn, I urge you to try our favourite Indian dishes and decide yourself:
Nepalese Mountain Lentil Curry (Dal Bhat)
Split Pea Dal with Ginger and Lime
Indian Lentils with Spinach (Dal Palak)
Plantain, Cabbage and Coconut Curry with Split Pigeon Peas (Indian Cabbage and Plantain Kootu)
Cumin-Scented Pigeon Peas with Mango (Mango Curry with Toor Dal)
Indian Roasted Eggplant and Tomatoes with Chickpeas (Baingan Bharta with Chickpeas)
Indian Eggplant and Lentil Curry (Dal Bhat Meets Baingan Bharta)
Butternut Squash, Coconut, and Lentil Stew (Aarti's Indian Summer Stew)
Cauliflower, Spinach and Chickpea Balti
Tamarind Lentils
Indian Chickpea and Collard Roulade with a Tomato-Mustard Sauce
Malai Koftas with Chaat Masala
Baked Lemon Cilantro Pakoras
This is my submission to this month's Pasta Please for nuts and to this month's Pantry Party for cheese.
Besan-Stuffed Red Peppers
This is how you know I am a noob with regards to Indian cuisine.
Ever since besan chilla entered our lives, we have been enamoured by chickpea flour. I've used it in dairy-free vegan quiches, pakoras, malai koftas, and smeared inside a delicious collard roulade. Rob even used it to make cookie dough truffles to woo me.
The entire time, we've called it beh-sahn. Like it was French.
However, it turns out we've been wrong. It sounds just like "basin". Bay-sin.
That is only one thing I found out by watching some Indian cooking videos. I was trying to figure out how to make dosa but was distracted by other interesting recipes.
So here I am with another besan recipe. This time, I stuffed it into long red Sheppard peppers. I've done stuffed peppers before, filled with bulgur, tomatoes, mushrooms and raisins, and always used the largest bell peppers I could find. The thicker the flesh, the better for keeping its shape after being roasted in the oven.
But this time, I tortured myself. just kidding! The long and slender red peppers were recently available and I grabbed as many as I could carry (a common sighting when red peppers go on sale). This time, I decided to fill them with a fragrant besan paste spiced with almonds, cumin, coriander and amchur.
The hardest part was removing the seeds without cracking open the entire pepper, but most of the peppers have few seeds anyhow. Once you slide in the filling, you are laughing. Quicker than stuffed peppers, this was easy with the fast-cooking of the besan along with a simple pan-fry (with adjunct steaming) of the peppers.
PS. The original recipe suggested using banana peppers, but I like this version with the sweetness of the red pepper. Feel free to add more heat with more chile flakes, as this was not that hot.
PPS. Am I alone? How do you pronounced besan?
Spicy Mango Wrappers (or Raw Spicy Mango Chips!)
Wrappers. Not to be confused with Spicy Mango Wraps.
Because the mango is part of the wrap. In the wrapper.
Rob left for Kitchener yesterday and left me alone to study. I was so close to joining them. The reduced distance was a draw, but the kicker: I am sick. I have been down with an ear infection and upper respiratory tract infection all week. No fun… and not a good way to recover. Studying has never been more focused.
Of course, what is more fun than studying? Cycling, I know. I didn't do that. I went to my regular Pump, though. No Shred. (PS, I love it when instructors in the audience fill in for no-show subs). First gym visit, actually, for over a week. When I returned home, I looked at the case of mangoes (not the Alphonsos, those were eaten; the case of Ataulfos Rob bought afterwards), glanced at my dehydrator and then outside and had dreams of an ice cream summer. It was then that I decided to forge ahead with valiant plans to make mango cones.
Mango cones are hard to make, though. Folding them to be all cone-like? Um, yeah, didn't happen. No patience for that right now. So I dehydrated large sheets of a mango-coconut-flax wrap spiced with chili pepper and basil (optional, not necessary). Cut them into circles. Ate all the scraps as chips.
Now all I need is some ice cream… Rob has been encouraging of my ice cream needs to help my sore throat. My Mom advocated for honey-lemon tea. I tried lemon tea (sans honey) and it didn't work. But ice cream, YES!
I digressed… We did a tour of the nearby grocers recently. Vegan ice cream cannot be found at my ethnic grocer (I knew that), Walmart, Freshco, nor Metro. The Sweet Potato and Fiesta Farms are our sure-fire bets but I know the Mega Loblaws downtown has it too… not sure about regular non-Mega Loblaws. It probably would be considered a frill at No Frills. Who knew vegan ice cream would be so hard to find? Because shouldn't everyone be eating vegan ice cream with a sore throat and tummy? Dairy is a no-no with a troubled tummy. I should probably learn how to make it, instead (something a bit more beyond my banana soft-serve).
This is my submission and to this month's Simple and in Season and to this month's Bookmarked Recipes.
Goji Chia Bircher Muesli (& Giveaway Winner)
Wow, once you start, it can be hard to stop.
I may have unrawified the quinoa wraps, but I have been noshing on lots of great raw eats all week. I also ventured away from my standard chocolate oats, and re-entered overnight oats territory. For some odd reason, I usually only eat overnight oats when I have an empty container of nut butter. The overnight soaking allows you to absorb all the rest of the nut butter on the sides of the jar.
(and yes, I think that's some carrot that snuck in from my grater, hehe)
I like how simple changes can truly transform my breakfast. I routinely add fresh fruit to my oats (especially apples), but I usually just chop them up. However, this time I made a spin on Swiss muesli. Nowadays, muesli is more akin to uncooked granola, heavy on rolled oats, nuts and seeds, although Dr. Bircher-Benner's original recipe called for far more fruit than grains.
When I think of Bircher muesli, I associate it with the grated apple. Not chopped, grated. Grated apple was a fun twist. I ran with Gena's recipe, which updated the classic recipe by including chia seeds, dried fruits and chopped almonds. The textural contrast from the soaked chia seeds, creamy oats, grated sweet apple and chopped almonds was a delicious treat. Trying to clear out my pantry, I tossed in some dried goji berries and my homemade unsweetened dried cranberries. I don't normally like goji berries (I think I've had the same package for over 2 years), but found they were fantastic in here. So much so that I am sad I cleaned out the last of them… and trying very hard not to run back to Chinatown to buy some more. Must. Resist. Buying. New. Ingredients.
Do you do the nut butter jar trick? Have you tried goji berries? What are your favourite recipes?
And last, but not least, the winner for my cookbook giveaway is Ellen! I will contact you to get your shipping address.
This is my submission to this month's No Waste Food Challenge for fruit, this week's Raw Food Thursday and to this month's Breakfast Club for rocket fuel.
Strawberry Maca Smoothie (Gorilla Food's Strawberry Bliss Up Shake)
As I said, I should listen to myself more often. I am full of great wisdom.
Another piece of Janet tried-and-true advice: follow the recipe! I know I adapt many recipes to what I have on hand, but some recipes are best left untouched. Case in point: traditional hummus. I already have a recipe I love (LOVE!) and see no need to experiment. Winging it ends up with a subpar hummus.
For some reason, I also find juices and smoothies to be a bit finicky. Sure, I can wing random smoothies and juices, but sometimes the proportions are off, some flavours aren't properly balanced and gosh, I know it can taste better.
Hence why I am sharing this recipe. It turned out great. When I winged this with raspberries, flax and protein powder, it was ok but not fabulous. Raspberries are more tart than strawberries and while I used flax seeds as my milk substitute, almonds and hemp seeds create a more lusciously, creamy drink. I still tinkered with the original recipe but not by much. Next time, I will add some protein powder, which can easily be hidden inside a smoothie.
I have eaten at Gorilla Foods a few times when visiting Vancouver and this shake is definitely one of my favourites. I found most of their dishes to be a bit lackluster although I thoroughly enjoyed their Main St. Monkey Sandwich: a raw squash-curry bread filled with olive tapenade, creamy mashed avocado, zucchini hummus, tomatoes, cucumber and sprouts. I thought there was raisin chutney, too, but I could be mistaken. In any case, it was a delicious sandwich to try if you are in their neighbourhood.
I often try to recreate resto meals. Inspired by Gorilla Foods, I've made a (non-raw) kabocha squash curried flatbread, but filled it with eggplant bacon as a BLT. Their raisin chutney has been on my hit-list, though. Although their guacamole recipe is in Thrive Foods, it wasn't until they released their cookbook, that nearly their entire menu was available to be made at home.
We're all out of raisins, though, so I started by making this smoothie. And as I already said, I wasn't disappointed. Sweet creamy strawberries with a hint of malty maca and vanilla.
How do you usually make your smoothies? Wing it or measure it?
Other smoothies/drinks here and elsewhere:
Strawberry-Mango-Carrot Smoothie
Peachy Keen Vanilla Smoothie
Chocolate Maca Raspberry Smoothie
Cucumber-Beet-Ginger Juice
Raw Chocolate Milkshake at My New Roots (very, very good!)
Mojito Smoothie at My New Roots (different but good)
This is my submission to this week's Raw Food Thursdays. (more…)
Spaghetti Squash with Roasted Brussels Sprouts and Chickpeas (& the best cat videos)
In the morning, I like to read through my blog roll. Rob and I read different blogs, so we often share fun links with each other.
I might share interesting recipes with Rob (beer-soaked fries, anyone?), whereas Rob might share interesting news. Real new like we're losing the penny. Where was I last year when they decided that? Or not so important (but still real) news like the Toronto IKEA monkey that made front page news around Christmas (that I otherwise missed). Or the software developer who outsourced his own job to China. I think my favourite part of the detective work was documenting that he spent hours watching cat videos.
It is true: we love cat videos, too. Like this one, this one and this one. Oh, and this oldie but goodie. I liked those better than the World's Best Cat Video, although it was still pretty cute. The top 30 cats of 2012 had some of our favourites, too, including grumpy cat! (With a special nod to #5, cat alarm cat).
OK, OK, I know I should be studying.
I have been keeping things simple in the kitchen like this easy spaghetti squash stir fry with Brussels sprouts and chickpeas. Once you've roasted the squash, it comes together pretty simply. An Italian spiced dish with basil lightened with lemon juice, that is really more than the sum of its parts. It has been a while since I've cooked with spaghetti squash. My first venture was less than stellar and it took me a while to regain my confidence. Once you get past the notion it is pasta (it isn't), you can enjoy it as a noodly-shaped squash. Actually, if you haven't yet watched it separate into the thin spaghetti strands, you are in for a treat. A neat trick from nature. This dish was also nice as leftovers.. booyah!
So, do you enjoy cat videos, too? Any favourites?
This is my submission to this month's Pantry Party for noodles, to this month's Credit Crunch Munch and this month's Simple and In Season.
Kale Granola (or Raw Coconut Almond Kale Chips)
I was planning on sharing a different recipe with you today.
I had the theme of my post all figured out in my head.
I went to go find my photos… and looked, and looked and looked… I looked again.
They were nowhere to be found.
Completely scandalous in the land of food blogging, where recipes rarely get repeated and I only do one photoshoot. I really have no idea how I lost them.
However, while I was searching for my photos, I unearthed this gem of a recipe. Rather, I rediscovered photos that I had neglected. I obviously need a better photo tracking system.
Clearly made before my sweetener-free challenge, this packs a serious punch. Satisfies a snack attack. Or maybe not, since it is so addictive.
Kale granola.
Or kale chips with the works.
Crispy dehydrated kale is coated in a caramel lemon-cinnamon dressing and tossed with coconut, dried cherries, almonds, sesame seeds and pumpkin seeds for some glorious snacking.
That other recipe? Well, it was also for a crispy snack, sweetener-free, of course. I will just have to make it again and not loose the photos.
Funny how with this blogging blooper, I inadvertently turned more blogger, with a recipe for kale chips. HA!
Have you ever lost your photos before? I once had to recover engagement photos of my brother and at-the-time fiancee. Gosh, that was stressful. But now, I have no clue where the photos could even be recovered… and NO, I did not dream that I took the photos. I had witnesses while making the recipe, too. I know I did!
This is my submission to this week's Weekend Herb Blogging, hosted by Graziana, and to this week's Healthy Vegan Fridays.
Chocolate Cherry Granola Parfait with Banana
Doesn't everything look pretty in a Mason jar?
We don't have many clear containers in our house, actually. Rob has oodles of beer glasses, but they all have logos on them! Hmmpht… Anyways, as I was saying, things all look better in Mason jars…
I don't make granola that often, but recently became intrigued by granolas made with pureed fruits instead of gobs of sugar. Rob has willingly become my granola guinea pig. It is all for the better good of granola, right?
This was definitely not your typical granola. Not very sweet and not over-the-top chocolatey, either. The sweetness from the dried cherries and coconut hit your palate one by one as you savour the granola. Its prowess was born once it was paired with creamy yogurt and sweet bananas. I heard horror stories about soy yogurt, but it isn't so bad!
I used millet again for a nice crunch along with toasted almonds. In this parfait, I tried to separate the granola from the yogurt but it does become a bit messy. It doesn't travel as nicely as the Salad in a Jar, unfortunately. Oh well, make it fresh and then savour it on a relaxing weekend.
This is my submission to this month's We Should Cocoa for cherries to this month's Breakfast Club featuring fruit and to CookEatDelicious-Desserts for chocolate. (more…)


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The UMBC men�s soccer team (2-0-1) gets back to business after a mid-week weather-related postponement on Saturday, Sept. 10 when they host the Navy Midshipmen (1-2-1) at Retriever Soccer Park. Kick-off time for the game is set for 7:00 p.m. Navy won last year's meeting, 2-0, in Annapolis and is coming off a 3-3 tie with Loyola on Wednesday evening.
UMBC TEAM NOTES: The win over FDU extended UMBC�s unbeaten streak to 12, dating back to Oct. 15 of last season� UMBC had not posted a win over FDU since their first meeting in 1994... FDU had won six and tied three since that encounter, including three overtime victories� UMBC has not allowed a goal in 430 minutes since permitting a first-half tally to Princeton in the NCAA First Round game in 2010� The Retrievers have recorded three shutouts to start a season for the first time since 2003 and just the second time in UMBC�s Division I (1986) history... UMBC is now 15-0-1 in September home games since the 2007 season� UMBC has had one weather-related postponement in three of the past four seasons- 2008 and 2010 vs. Loyola and the 2011 cancellation vs. Towson.
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- Olympia Little Theatre Presents "Distracted":
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- 04/13/2012 - 04/29/2012
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- Olympia Little Theatre - Olympia
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I was doing some search on for loops and i bumped on this tiny code which is confusing to understand. below is the code
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Now the above code runs fine. But when i declare the entire variable in inside the for loop like "for(int i=0, System.out.println(i); ; i++)" it throws error " ; expected" .
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Read paragraph 14.14.1. in the JLS: the for-initialization part can either be a local variable list declaration or a list of expression statements; they can't be combined.
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Cd, Pb AND ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDES OF MYTELLA STRIGATA (PELECYPODA: MYTILIDAE) OF SIX COASTAL LAGOONS OF NW MEXICO
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1Universidad Autónoma de Sinaloa, Facultad de Ciencias del Mar, Laboratorio de Estudios Ambientales, Ap. Postal 1132, Mazatlán 82000, Sinaloa, México, email@example.com (J.I.O.L.), firstname.lastname@example.com (M.G.F.E.), email@example.com (G.L.L.), email@example.com (H.M.Z.P.), firstname.lastname@example.com (G.I.F.)
2Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Instituto de Ciencias del Mar y Limnología, Unidad Académica Mazatlán, Ap. Postal 811, CP. 82040. Mazatlán, Sinaloa, México, firstname.lastname@example.com (F.P.O.), email@example.com (A.C.R.F.)
3Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas del Noroeste, Laboratorio UAS-CIBNOR, Ap. Postal 1132, Mazatlán 82000, Sinaloa, México. email@example.com
Los contenidos de Cd y Pb de los tejidos blandos de los mejillones de mangle Mytella strigata colectados en 1996, en seis lagunas costeras del noroeste de México variaron entre 0.73 y 1.9 µg g-l y entre 8.3 y 17.1 µg g-l, respectivamente; los valores de DDD variaron entre 4.5 y 119 ng g-l los de DDE desde menos del límite de detección (<DL) hasta 205 ng g-l y el DDT varió entre <DL hasta 4.1 ng g-l con los valores más altos en las lagunas cercanas a zonas de agricultura intensiva, que se encuentran en la parte central y septentrional del estado de Sinaloa. El intervalo de las concentraciones de HCB fue de <DL hasta 695 ng g-l y los valores mayores se midieron en las lagunas meridionales, en áreas de agricultura extensiva y menos mecanizada. Los valores de Pb superaron los límites aceptables para el consumo humano, mientras que los restantes no alcanzaron niveles preocupantes para la salud humana o ambiental, pero indican una tendencia al aumento en comparación con estudios realizados con anterioridad.
PALABRAS CLAVE: Bivalvos, Pacífico mexicano, Contaminación, Inocuidad alimentaria.
There is growing evidence of the coastal water contamination of the Mexican Pacific and, in spite of the official policies directed to regulate contaminant emissions, this is likely to increase in view of the intense agricultural, industrial and fisheries-related activities of the coastal states of NW Mexico (Soto-Jiménez et al., 2003; González-Farías et al., 2006). These water bodies are nursery and feeding areas for many aquatic species and support several traditional fisheries, as well as important shrimp and mollusc aquaculture developments (De la Lanza-Espino et al., 1994). For this reason, if their contamination was increasing this might be of concern for environmental and human health. However, there is little information on the previous levels of contaminants of these aquatic environments.
Different species of mussels have been used worldwide for several decades as sentinels, to provide information on the levels of contamination of the marine coastal environment (Rainbow, 1995; Cantillo, 1998; Mubiana et al., 2005). This study provides background information on the concentration of some contaminants determined in 1996 in the soft tissues of the mangrove mussel Mytella strigata collected in six coastal lagoons of NW Mexico.
The mussels (shell height range: 3 to 4.7 cm) were hand-collected between April and May 1996 from the mangrove roots of two-three sampling sites of the intertidal zone of the lagoons of Navachiste (NA), Altata-Ensenada del Pabellón (AEP), Ceuta (CE), Estero de Urías (EU), Mexcaltitán (MX), and San Cristóbal (SC), located in the Mexican Pacific coastal plains of the states of Sinaloa (NA to EU) and Nayarit (MX and SC: Figure 1). Their surface areas range from 24 ha (SC) to 36,000 ha (AEP), the tidal regime is semidiurnal and the average tidal range of these lagoons is close to 1 m.
All these lagoons receive effluents from human activities, mainly of intensive agriculture in the case of NA, AEP and CE. AEP and EU are also the receiving water bodies of the urban and industrial wastewaters of the cities of Culiacan and Mazatlan, and MX and SC are located in areas of less intensive, traditional agriculture and fisheries.
In the laboratory, 30 mussels obtained in each sampling site of each lagoon were washed free of sediments and epibionts and shucked. The pooled samples were freeze-dried, homogenized in a teflon mortar and the respective analyses were performed on three subsamples of these composite samples.
The contaminants determined were two non essential heavy metals (Cd and Pb), and the organochlorine pesticides dichlorodipheniltrichloroethane (4,4 p,p: DDT), dichlorodiphenyldichloroethane (4,4 p,p: DDD), dichlorodiphenylethylene (4,4 o,p: DDE), and hexachlorobenzene (HCB) determined in a similar study by Paez-Osuna et al. (2002). All glassware and materials used for sample handling were acid-cleaned as in Moody and Lindstrom (1977) for metal analysis, or washed with methanol and hexane for pesticides (IDF, 1983). All reagents used for digestion and extraction were metal-free for heavy metals and HPLC-grade for pesticides.
After acid digestion of the subsamples (1 g in 25 mL concentrated HN03, evaporation to dryness at 90 °C and solution of the residue in 20 mL 2M HN03: Paez-Osuna et ah, 2002), trace metals were determined by flame atomic absorption spectrophotometry using the method of internal standard additions, and mussel homogenate MA-M-2/MT as an analytical reference. The respective percentages of recovery of Cd and Pb were 96 and 85 %.
DDT, DDD, DDE and HCB were obtained by solvent extraction from freeze-dried, homogenized tissue samples (10-15 g), separated using a chromatography column of activated florisil and eluted with hexane (fraction 1), hexane/methylene chloride 7:3 v/v (fraction 2), and methylene chloride (fraction 3). Each fraction was concentrated to 1 mL as in UNEP (1988) and the pesticides were determined with a Hewlett Packard 5890 gas chromatograph with electron-capture detectors, using fused-silica capillary columns (25 m x 0.2 mm ID x 0.33 [am, HP). The temperature program was 70 °C for 2 min, increasing by 3 °C min-1 to 260 °C and held constant for 10 min. Quantification and identification of the pesticides were carried out using SupelcoTM standards. The efficiency of recovery, determined using 2, 3, 4-tetrachlorobiphenyl as internal standard, ranged from 70 to 100 %.
The highest mean Cd and Pb concentrations were determined in NA and AEP (Cd: 1.9 and 1.7 µg g-1; Pb: 13.0 and 17.1 µg g-1, respectively), whereas the other lagoons had values ranging between 0.81 and 0.73 µg g-1 (Cd) and from 8.3 to 11.0 µg g-1 (Pb). CE and SC shared the lowest values for both metals (Figure 2).
Pb levels are expected to be high in water bodies close to urban or industrial centers, or to other areas of intense human activities and related use of surface vehicles, such as the intensive agricultural and food-related industries of the areas surrounding the NA and AEP lagoonal systems (Green-Ruiz and Paez-Osuna, 2003).
The Cd and Pb concentrations reported in EU (0.8 and 8.1 ug g1) are almost twice and one order of magnitude higher than the respective values of 0.45 (Cd) and 0.9 µg g-1 (Pb) determined by Szefer et al. (1998) for M. strigata collected in different areas of the same lagoonal system, although the geographic trend and the range of Pb contents coincide with those found in the same year by Paez-Osuna et al. (2002) in the mangrove oyster C. corteziensis. According to Cantillo (1998) the values indicative of metal contamination are 3.2 ug g1 for Cd and 3.7 µg g-1 for Pb. The range of Pb concentrations observed in our specimens was 8.3-17.1 µg g-1, all above the threshold value and, considering a water content of between 80 and 85 %, all were close or higher than the level considered safe for human consumption (1.5 µg g-1 wet weight: FDA, 2001, GUCE, 2006) indicating that a decade ago Pb had already reached levels of concern in Mexican coastal water bodies both from the environmental as well as from the food safety points of view.
Bivalves species have specific metal accumulation strategies, and for this reason the use of same species is recommended for comparative purposes. However, there is only one recent study with Mytella strigata of the Mexican Pacific coastal waters (Frias-Espericueta et al. 2008), who found Cd and Pb values of 6.30 and 5.22 µg g-1 in AEP lagoon.
In addition, Frias-Espericueta et al. (2009) reported annual values of 6.47, 6.91 and 1.55 µg g-1 for Cd, and Pb contents of 4.86, 8.09 and 6.51 µg g-1 in the mangrove oyster Crassostrea corteziensis of the lagoons NA, CE and EU, respectively. According to these data, there seems to be a relative Cd increase and a Pb decrease in the area, probably related in the first case to the intensification of agricultural activities (Berlanga and Ruiz-Luna, 2007) since Cd is associated with phosphate fertilizers (Loganathan et ah, 2008), and in the second because the use of Pb-added gasoline became illegal in Mexico in 1997 (Gavilán-García et al., 2004).
The more than 50 years of intensive agriculture in the northern and central parts of the state of Sinaloa are reflected in the high values of DDT, DDD and DDE determined in AEP, CE and NA, respectively, with 4.1, 119.3 and 205.7 ng g-1; the highest concentration of HCB (695 ng g-1) was that of Estero de Urías, while Mexcaltitán showed the lowest concentrations of all these compounds (Table 1). Until recent years, the production and use of several persistent pesticides were not restricted in Mexico and, even in the case of restrictions as a result of international pressure, these have not been fully implemented and adequately enforced (Albert, 1996).
This explains the data of 4.1 ng g-1 of DDT detected in AEP, which is two to three orders of magnitude higher than the 1.8 to 65 ng g-1 and the 5.6 ng g-1 reported by Gutierrez-Galindo et al. (1983, 1988) and Botello et al. (1994) for other areas of the NW Pacific coast and the Gulf of Mexico. The same applies to the concentrations of DDD and DDE, which were by far higher than those found in El Salvador by Michel and Zengel (1998). All the high values found in this lagoon may be due to pollutants accumulation generated locally or imported from surrounding areas, caused by its limited water exchange with the open ocean (Carbajal and Nunez-Riboni, 2002).
Only the DDE values found in EU and MX were lower than the 0.075-0.423 µg g-1 of DDE determined by Wade et al. (1998) in the coastal zone of SE USA, where HCB concentrations ranged from <0.25-2.4 ng g-1 that, with the exception of SC and MX lagoons, are by far lower than those of this study. Considering that these lagoons are important traditional fishing grounds, that all samples showed high levels of Pb and that the organic pollutants studied are likely to cause at least sublethal effects on a wide range of aquatic organisms at the ng g-1 level (Munn et al., 2006), our results show that more research is needed on the levels of contamination of the coastal ecosystems of NW Mexico, since the state of pollution of these water bodies of the Mexican Pacific could have already reached levels of serious concern.
Supported by CONACYT Project 0185P-T.
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Patients with chronic balance problems and dizziness can experience a tremendous handicap in their everyday lives. Normal daily activities are often avoided for fear of bringing on an attack of their symptoms, which can include disorientation, lack of balance, light-headedness, swaying or, in the case of vertigo, a spinning sensation that can be accompanied by nausea. While dizziness and balance disorders can afflict anyone, they are most commonly seen in older patients.
The Human Vestibular (Balance) System
The human balance system is the coordinated effort of several systems: The Vestibular System is the balance portion of the inner ear. This system tells the brain where the head is in space. Visual, or the eyes, and the Somatosensory System (the body and sense of touch) gives the brain information about the movement and stability of the world around us. Our Central Nervous System (the brain) then processes the information. It is conflicting information provided by these systems that results in dizziness or balance problems. The appropriate coordination of all these systems provides us with normal equilibrium.
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The balance system is a complex one involving coordination of the vestibular (inner ear), visual (eyes), and the sensory nerves throughout the body. The ENG test is a balance test used to evaluate problems with balance and equilibrium.
The ENG balance tests is actually a battery of tests utilized to diagnose your problem. You will have electrodes placed near your eyes to monitor your eye movements. The first of these tests involves rapid side to side eye movements and following moving targets with your eyes. You will then be moved into different positions to test for dizziness caused by movement or motion. Lastly, a Caloric evaluation will be completed. Caloric testing involves introducing warm and cool water into the ear canal to stimulate a response of the inner ear system. The resulting eye movements are then measured. Patients often feel some movement or turning during Calorics and may feel dizzy. They may not feel different at all. Either response is not uncommon and does not mean anything good or bad about the results. If patients feel movement it is temporary and related to the change in temperature from the caloric irrigation.
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My research focuses on two broad areas: legislative institutions and political methodology. My current research explores the linkages between partisan institutional arrangements in legislatures and legislative voting behavior. Specifically, I am interested in how theories of partisan influences on lawmaking shape the complex decision processes of legislators. At the moment, I am working on an estimation procedure that allows scholars to disentangle the partisan and electoral effects on legislators' voting records.
Additionally, I am working on a number of collaborative projects. The first of these is with Lawrence Rothenberg, in which we analyze the donation behavior of nonprofit foundations to environmental NGOs. Using social network analysis and zero-inflated log-normal utility threshold item response models, we are able to disentangle the motivations behind foundation giving and NGO adaptation. The other project includes a Facebook application for matching voters and legislators in a common ideological space, an experimental study on the effects of valence factors on candidate evaluations (co-authored with Jonathan Klingler and Gary Hollibaugh), and a project unifying survey and roll call approaches to the study of legislator-voter ideological matching.
Bringing the Minority Back to the Party: A Theory of Majority and Minority Parties in Congress (forthcoming at the Journal of Theoretical Politics)
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There has been an influx of non-reference graphics cards based on the GeForce 9800 GTX+ graphics processor, over the last few weeks. MSI made its addition, with the N9800GTX PLUS-T2D512-OC. Like every other manufacturer making news for releasing such products, MSI designed its own PCB. The cooler chosen has featured on several MSI cards, in the past, including some models based on the GeForce 8800 GT and 9600 GT. This time around, MSI changed the cooler's shroud with a more designer one. This is only a cosmetic change. The cooler remains to be the heatpipe through aluminum fin design. Unlike the custom design 9800 GTX+ cards from some other manufacturers, MSI released its card factory overclocked. The card ships with clock speeds of 760/1880/2300 MHz (core/shader/memory) against the reference speeds of 738/1836/2200 MHz. The card comes with 512 MB of GDDR3 memory. The package is to include a copy of Rainbow Six Vegas 2. It is to be priced at roughly US $248 in Europe. MSI will be shipping two designs under the same model number and SKU. The first being this, and the other is a 100% reference NVIDIA PCB + Cooler design. Source: TechConnect Magazine
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2012 is right around the corner. The economic picture remains fuzzy, but in an industry that grows consistently even in times of economic downturn, there is plenty to be optimistic about as we head into the new year. The problems of language service providers have typically not been a shortage of business – the challenges have related more to how to manage their growth. Here are five resolutions we would like to see translation and interpreting companies make in 2012, both to help them grow, and to create a market that's more stable and mature:
"We will cultivate – and invest in – our knowledge workers." Your freelance translators, project managers, and salespeople have vast stores of untapped information in their heads that can help your business in 2012. Your salespeople often have clues as to why you're not winning when you come up against your competitors. Your project managers know what your customers really want, and how you can make them happier. Your freelance translators know the ins and outs of your customers' proprietary terminology and content better than anyone, except perhaps the authors who wrote it in the first place. So why aren't you using these resources more effectively? In 2012, try to think beyond paying people by the word, by the hour, and by the commission on a sale. Think instead about how to cultivate these workers in new ways, make them feel like part of a team, and get them to contribute to building a true business – one that is shielded from a competitor beating you by a few pennies per line. It all starts with asking for their suggestions, and then actually listening to them.
"We will stop treating our salespeople like cold calling machines." Our research has shown that cold calling is not – in and of itself – a good strategy. Your salespeople need warm leads, if not hot ones, in order to truly close business. How do you get them? Unfortunately, it is not as easy as just hiring a salesperson and giving them a phone or a Skype account. It takes a lot of thought to develop a sales strategy. In 2011, we devoted a great deal of research to this topic, and delivered workshops in North America and Europe. Our findings were that most language service providers (LSPs) have so much organic growth to deal with that it often gets in the way of their ability to focus on how they want to grow and what kind of company the want to be. In 2012, we challenge you to set aside time to think strategically about your sales strategy. And, don't forget to give your salespeople access to market information that will make their jobs easier.
"We will offer something that no one else does." The language services market is characterized by diversity and fragmentation. These two things are often conducive to innovation. However, while hard times can be good for creativity, the relative prosperity of the translation industry has led to complacency. We see press releases more often about a company hiring someone (yawn!) than we do about a company launching a new product or service. The latter is newsworthy. And whatever you do, please don't be shy about it or suggest that if you tell the world what you're doing, others will steal your idea. Imitation is not only a form of flattery – it's an opportunity for you to take your own idea to the next level. Get in the game in 2012! Or, one of your competitors will.
"We will take a serious look at our marketing plan." Translation companies are dreadful at marketing, with very few exceptions. They rarely hire professionals. Instead, we routinely find owners of these companies with 30 or more employees who are still updating their own websites and drafting the copy for their mailings. Does this sound familiar? If so, you're in dire need of marketing help in 2012. Chances are, if you're doing things this way, you're not segmenting your market strategically either, and perhaps you're even lacking basic market information about where the opportunities lie and how to reach them. Marketing doesn't just mean picking a vertical industry or blasting out Tweets to the world, although those things might very well be part of a broader strategy. Think more strategically about your marketing efforts in 2012, and allocate an amount in your budget for engaging professionals in this area.
"We will stop putting machine translation in the corner." We've said it before and we'll say it again. Machine translation is not the enemy. Black-and-white thinking of this sort will do absolutely no good for your business. Machine translation is a vibrant and growing part of the industry, and it's actually helping to boost the demand for human-provided services. Yes, the industry is changing and change is scary. But denying the prominence of machine translation or pretending that it will go away is not going to help you. Nor will it help freelance translators, who also need to keep educating themselves about machine translation and monitoring its emergence as a productivity tool. People used to scoff at translation memory as well. Even if it took them a few decades, they eventually woke up to reality. The same will happen with machine translation. For this reason, we encourage you to learn more about MT in 2012. And, even if you choose to keep viewing machine translation as your enemy, all we can say to that is this: keep your friends close but keep your enemies closer.


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Locals warned us to be alert on the Buenos Aires subway, or subte, because the city is the pickpocketing capital of the world. Most major cities have petty crime so we were careful, as we are anywhere, but also wouldn't let it affect our plans to go out and explore the vibrant city.
On our very first day riding the subway we managed to get a little too close to one pickpocketing and even had an encounter with one of the thieves. We had just stepped off the train at the crowded 9 de Julio station and were part of the scrum headed towards the exit.
Suddenly a man wearing a dark blue t-shirt bumped up hard against Michael's left shoulder. He was ready to give him a Philly elbow back to clear some space when the man abruptly stopped in front of him. This set off Michael's antenna.
Then he noticed that another man wearing a green hoodie, about three feet in front of him, had a white liquid dripping on his shoulder. A common ruse is to squirt something on the potential victim. This marks him to the pickpocket gang, which usually consists of three people, and sets up the next part of the con.
Passengers like these know to be extra vigilant.
One of the thieves said to the man that his sweatshirt was stained and starting wiping it off to distract him. Michael tried to warn him but Larissa was standing right next to one of the pickpockets and he wasn't sure if the whole thing was just a diversion to get to her. He called out "Riss, Riss!" and waved her over to him.
Meanwhile, as the victim was turning to look at his stained shoulder his wallet was lifted by the third man. A woman a few feet away noticed this and yelled at him that he has just been pickpocketed. The man who had bumped Michael's shoulder agreed and pointed down the platform in the opposite direction of where his partner was running towards the exit. Michael finally managed to convince the victim that the guy pointing was in on it too so he finally ran up the stairs after his wallet.
In the meantime Michael grabbed the shoulder of the thief who was still there and yelled in his best high-school Spanish, 'Polizia! Polizia!" Unfortunately he sucked at Spanish and people just stared at him oddly. The thief looked stunned to be accosted but recovered enough to say in his best movie English, "Fuck you!"
Michael was out of Spanish expressions at that point and called the crook a shrimp (he was pretty short) holding his fingers an inch apart for emphasis. Since no police were forthcoming (for all we know Michael yelled for a plumber, but we didn't see anyone running up wielding a plunger either) Michael and the criminal parted ways.
The tile murals on the subte are gorgeous, just don't get too distracted by them.
A "charity" mugging in Paris
This was the second time we'd come across a pickpocketing on this trip. In June we rode the Eurostar train from Paris to London. On board we met an Australian couple who had been robbed just outside the Gare Du Nord station in Paris. When they got out of their taxi they naturally reached for their wallet to pay the driver. This let potential thieves know which pocket their wallet was in.
As they walked away from their cab they were approached by several young women with clipboards who said they were getting petitions signed for a charity. We see these people everywhere, including our fair city of Philadelphia. Most are legitimate but the British have come up with a great name for them, chuggers, as in charity muggers.
The woman held the clipboard up to the tourist's chest and used it as camouflage for her hands to pickpocket him. We hadn't heard of this scam before and thought we'd pass it along so you can be aware of it.
What scams have you seen in your travels?