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TEL AVIV — It is pretty clear now that Secretary of State John Kerry will either be Israel's diplomatic salvation or the most dangerous diplomatic fanatic Israel has ever encountered. But there isn't much room anymore for anything in between. This is one of those rare pay-per-view foreign policy moments. Pull up a chair. You don't see this every day.
In essence what Kerry is daring to test is a question everyone has wanted to avoid: Is the situation between Israelis and Palestinians at five minutes to midnight or five minutes after midnight, or even 1 a.m. (beyond diplomacy)?
That is, has Israel become so much more powerful than its neighbors that a symmetrical negotiation is impossible, especially when the Palestinians do not seem willing or able to mount another intifada that might force Israel to withdraw? Has the neighborhood around Israel become so much more unstable that any Israeli withdrawal from anywhere is unthinkable? Has the number of Israeli Jews now living in East Jerusalem and the West Bank become so much larger — more than 540,000 — that they are immovable? And has the Palestinian rhetoric on the right of return become so deeply embedded in Palestinian politics? So when you add them all up, it becomes a fantasy to expect any Israeli or Palestinian leader to have the strength to make the huge concessions needed for a two-state solution?
President Obama is letting Kerry test all this. Kerry has done so in a fanatically relentless — I've lost count of his visits here — but highly sophisticated way. After letting the two sides fruitlessly butt heads for six months, he's now planning to present a U.S. framework that will lay out what Washington considers the core concessions Israelis and Palestinians need to make for a fair, lasting deal.
The "Kerry Plan," likely to be unveiled soon, is expected to call for an end to the conflict and all claims, following a phased Israeli withdrawal from the West Bank (based on the 1967 lines), with unprecedented security arrangements in the strategic Jordan Valley. The Israeli withdrawal will not include certain settlement blocs, but Israel will compensate the Palestinians for them with Israeli territory. It will call for the Palestinians to have a capital in Arab East Jerusalem and for Palestinians to recognize Israel as the nation state of the Jewish people. It will not include any right of return for Palestinian refugees into Israel proper.
Kerry expects and hopes that both Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas will declare that despite their reservations about one or another element in the U.S. framework, they will use it as the basis of further negotiations.
This is where things will get interesting. U.S. and Israeli officials in close contact with Netanyahu describe him as torn, clearly understanding that some kind of two-state solution is necessary for Israel's integrity as a Jewish democratic state, with the healthy ties to Europe and the West that are vital for Israel's economy. But he remains deeply skeptical about Palestinian intentions — or as Netanyahu said here Tuesday: "I do not want a binational state. But we also don't want another state that will start attacking us." His political base, though, which he nurtured, does not want Netanyahu making a U-turn.
Which is why — although Netanyahu has started to prepare the ground here for the U.S. plan — if he proceeds on its basis, even with reservations, his coalition will likely collapse. He will lose a major part of his own Likud Party and all his other right-wing allies. In short, for Netanyahu to move forward, he will have to build a new political base around centrist parties. To do that, Netanyahu would have to become, to some degree, a new leader — overcoming his own innate ambivalence about any deal with the Palestinians to become Israel's most vocal and enthusiastic salesman for a two-state deal, otherwise it would never pass.
"Nothing in politics is as risky as a U-turn or as challenging as a successful one," says Gidi Grinstein, the president of the Reut Institute, a leading Israeli strategy group. "It requires a gradual disengagement from one's greatest supporters, who slowly turn into staunchest enemies, while forming a new coalition of backers, made up of former opponents. In a cautious dance of two-steps-forward, one-step-back, U-turning leaders must shift their political center of gravity from the former base to their future platform."
If the Palestinians and Israelis find a way to proceed with the Kerry plan, everything is still possible. Success is hardly assured, but it will prove that it's not midnight yet. But if either or both don't agree, Kerry would have to take his mission to its logical, fanatical conclusion and declare the end of the negotiated two-state solution. (If not, he loses his credibility.)
If and when that happens, Israel, which controls the land, would have to either implement a unilateral withdrawal, live with the morally corrosive and globally isolating implications of a permanent West Bank occupation or design a new framework of one-state-for-two-people.
So that's where we are: Israelis and Palestinians need to understand that Kerry's mission is the last train to a negotiated two-state solution. The next train is the one coming at them.


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'The leafy, well-heeled suburb of Lugarno seems an unlikely hotbed of drug-dealing and corruption, but Cliff is finding out the hard way that crime and violence come calling even at posh waterside addressed.' (Publication summary)

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This is soy wax, so it's not super hot like a Kitregular candle, and it doesn't stick either. In fact after letting it drip on her I could spread it around her chest and the soy was absorbed into her skin. There was no sticky wax stuck to her as we are accustomed to. Perfect temperature, rubs in, no mess, and super sexy smelling. We definitely want more of these! [Be aware that the soy wax stays liquid for much longer than regular candle paraffin. Something we found out when SF went to pick up the candle a while after we had blew it out, and the soy wax dripped onto the keyboard.]
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The wax isn't even close to being to hot when you drip it on your skin, just pleasantly warm. Spreads wonderfully and when on the skin is very similar to massage oil. If you aren't familiar with massage oils they tend to be a little on the greasier side (this is not an unpleasant greasy) and it allows for massage without absorbing into the skin to fast. The scent left behind is a little strong, but it fades. This product did not aggravate my skin and I have slightly sensitive skin so you should be safe.
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Roth's new KRadio isn't the first dock to come loaded with features, but it's about time someone made something that's loaded and awesome looking.
In addition to supporting your iPhone, so you can access your music library or subscription services like Spotify, the dock comes Wi-Fi enabled and with an ethernet port so you can access internet radio stations. You can program up to ten of them for easy access from buttons on the front panel.
Two programable alarms allow you to select exactly what you want to listen to when you're waking up. I suggest easy listening on Saturday, apocalyptic death metal on Monday.
And if for some reason you need to listen to FM radio (why!) or plug in your friend's Zune (no!), the KRadio comes equipped with an antenna and aux-in jack. In addition to black, the boxy bundle will come in flashy colors like Ferrari red. Available this Fall for $328. [Roth Audio via ecoustics]


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The island of Manhattan has the lowest obesity rate in New York state. Following the "enough rope" school of journalism, the Times found some terrible people to greet this news by saying things like: "Look at my cute little triceps!"
That was Gail Zweigenthal, a former editor who covered things like important cruise ship christenings for Gourmet, and who lives — of course — on the Upper East Side. Zweigenthal proudly tells the paper that she lifts weights and walks three miles every single day.
New York, which is already one of the thinner states in the country, is home to Manhattan, where overweight people comprise just 42% of the population. (The national average is 67%.) These data are, of course, derived from the Body Mass Index — and strangely, the fact that while obesity is a serious health problem, BMI is an unreliable indicator of a person's health, goes unmentioned in the Times story. In any case, the reason Manhattan is New York's thinnest county is undoubtedly because it is also one of the state's, and the country's, wealthiest places. In poorer neighborhoods of Manhattan, like Harlem, obesity rates and the prevalence of obesity-linked diseases, like Type 2 diabetes, are higher.
Maybe the fact that food choice — not to mention the choice to join a gym — is in America largely a function of social class and income level is what led reporter Anne Barnard to concentrate exclusively on interviewing skinny rich ninnies for this piece. We have:
- Brian Ermanski, a 28-year-old "slender yet muscular painter" who lives in SoHo and, from a bench outside the restaurant Balthazar, says things like, "It's probably more like 20 percent overweight down here." Ermanski smokes to stay thin.
- Manager of the Madison Avenue Intermix — a store which does not sell clothes above a size eight — Lynne Bacci, who works out "to fit into skinny jeans and tank tops."
- The aforementioned Zweigenthal, who continued, "If I feel fat, I can't enjoy eating. This is unhealthy — that if I gain a few pounds, I'm not happy — but it's the truth of me."
- Exhale Gym and Spa director Susan Tomback, who calls exercise for her clients "a lifestyle thing. It's like a club. They go to brunch afterwards at Sant Ambroeus." Sant Ambroeus is a restaurant whose brunch menu includes a filet of sea bream that costs $39. Exhale Gym and Spa is a gym and spa where membership can cost up to $285 a month.
- One denizen of the Upper East Side who says that she was raised to explicitly connect social class with weight. "My mom always says, 'The smaller the dress size, the bigger the apartment.'"
Then Barnard quotes a 52-year-old plumber from the Bronx named Chuck Ortiz, who, at 6' and 220 lbs, would be classified as just under obese according to the BMI. Ortiz, who eats a $5 chicken gyro for lunch, doesn't understand why wealthy New Yorkers pay for a gym "when there's a park right there."
That's the sort of outer borough logic that doesn't get much play in the land of lunches at Balthazar and $285/month "lifestyle" gyms and stores that abjure a size 10 dress.
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One reason that I have not had anything to say about the Chas Freeman appointment as chairman of the National Intelligence Council, which has stirred up such controversy among the usual suspects, is that I am having difficulty understanding how the chairman of the NIC suddenly became such a critical position that merits so much discussion. Freeman certainly has all the right enemies, but that is not necessarily enough to give him a full-throated defense. However, his appointment does appear to deserve a qualified defense, because in the end the main criticisms of the appointment do not amount to very much.
From what I can tell, there are legitimate reasons to have some problems with this appointment. It is not the "disaster" that critics are making it out to be, and of course the appointment would scarcely have received any attention at all if Freeman had not written critical things about Israel or favorable things about The Israel Lobby. That is so painfully obvious that it hardly needs to be mentioned. It appears to be true that Freeman's organization, the Middle East Policy Council, has received funding from both the Saudi government and Saudi individuals, and it seems that he did write that Beijing responded too slowly to the protests in Tiananmen Square. One need not be pushing for confrontation with China or desire the overthrow of the House of Saud to see how these things are less than desirable in and of themselves.
That said, it seems to be the case that Freeman is actually a very good intelligence analyst, as many well-informed professionals are claiming, in which case his past ties and opinions are of secondary importance. He will not be setting policy concerning Saudi Arabia, China or any other country, but will be reviewing and interpreting intelligence for the DNI, Adm. Blair, who specifically recruited Freeman for this post. It seems to me that if there were something seriously wrong with the Freeman appointment, the critics would be attacking Blair directly for his horrible judgement, which so far I have yet to see a single one of them do. For all of the huffing and puffing Chait does about Freeman's alleged fanaticism, he does not even mention Blair, who is directly responsible for recommending Freeman for the job.
That tells me that the critics are opportunistically making hay out of these elements of Freeman's record for other reasons. This puts him in a different relationship to the policymaking process as compared to, say, certain former Deputy and Assistant Secretaries of Defense. This is a difference that Freeman's critics, such as Chait, deliberately elide to make people fear the influence of "fanatical" realists (leaving aside that "fanatical foreign policy realist" is almost a contradiction in terms) comparable to the influence of neoconservatives in the last administration. If I understand Chait's argument against them, it is that realists are too focused on American interests and are not misled by cant about "values." Remember, this is supposed to make us dislike Freeman!
The controversy prompted me to look into who chaired the NIC during the Bush administration. Of course, this required a little digging, because I am fairly sure that, like me, most of you had never heard of any of them. Between 2005 and 2008, it was someone named Thomas Fingar, and before that for two years it was Robert Hutchings. The outgoing occupant of the office is Peter Lavoy, who has served since early December of last year and who is now Blair's Deputy DNI. In all of the extensive back-and-forth about various National Intelligence Estimates released over the course of the last six years, I cannot recall their names coming up, and I certainly cannot recall their prior political views and ties ever having been the subject of discussion by anyone.
P.S. Here is The Cable's copy of the press release from the DNI's office announcing Freeman's appointment.


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I was wondering if its currently possible to easily build a software appliance using linuxsampler on linux.
My idea is to have a small lcd monitor with a NUC mounted on the back with midi driven by a kawai VPC1, audio provided by a bass amp + something like a PA type speaker. I would like to be able to drive the whole thing initially with just a mouse but perhaps also later move to a touchscreen.
I already played around with getting linuxsampler to run on a small arm machine but I'm not convinced there's enough horsepower there to comfortably keep up in the sub 100usd range.
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Accused NYC Subway Terrorist to Face Anonymous Jury
(NEW YORK) -- In an unusual legal move, when a New York City man goes on trial this spring for allegedly plotting to detonate explosives in the subway, it will be an anonymous jury that determines his fate.
U.S. District Court Judge Raymond Dearie sided with prosecutors who argued for an anonymous jury because the charges against Adis Medunjanin, "are of the highest possible seriousness."
"Given the nature of the allegations, the involvement of al Qaeda, a foreign terrorist organization with global reach and a history of targeting civilians in New York City, and the virtual certainty of substantial media and public attention, a fair trial requires empanelling an anonymous jury," prosecutors said in court papers.
Medunjanin is accused of being a willing suicide bomber and partnering with convicted terrorist Najibullah Zazi and others to detonate homemade explosives in the subway system in September 2009.
In the case of an anonymous jury, any identifying information for the jurors is withheld from the public and they are only referred to by an assigned number -- a rare but not unheard of judicial move in sensitive, high-profile cases.
Court records say Medunjanin traveled to Pakistan, "with the goal of joining the Taliban and fighting violent jihad against the United States and coalition troops in Afghanistan." Instead, court records say, Medunjanin returned to the U.S. intent on conducting a suicide attack.
Zazi and co-defendant Zarein Ahmedzay pleaded guilty to terrorism charges and are expected to testify against Medunjanin, their one time high school friend, at trial, which is scheduled to begin in April in Brooklyn.
"One need not conjure up worst-case scenarios to observe that even the mere possibility that the defendant's co-conspirators in al Qaeda, or their sympathizers, might threaten the judicial process in this case is a valid concern," said Assistant U.S. Attorney David Bitkower.
Defense attorneys called the prosecution argument "inadequate" and said there was no compelling reason to seek an anonymous jury.
"Here, the government does nothing more than invoke the specter of al Qaeda and terrorism as a justification for the extreme steps of empanelling and partially sequestering an anonymous jury," attorney Robert Gottlieb said.
Judge Dearie did not immediately decide whether to also order U.S. marshals to escort jurors between their homes and the courthouse.
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Shearwaters are one of the world's
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The short-tailed shearwater, or mutton bird as it is often known, is a member of a group of 60 medium to large seabirds in the family Procellaridae. This family includes species such as petrels and prions. All members of the family have tube-like nostrils on the top of their upper beak and are believed to be one of the few bird families with a well-developed sense of smell. Almost all breed in burrows and, like the albatrosses, are truly impressive oceanic fliers.
Adult birds have a wing span of about 1 metre and weigh approximately 500 grams. Shearwaters are good swimmers and have webbed feet. Their legs are placed well back on their body and their wings are long and narrow for efficient high speed gliding. These features suit an oceanic existence so the
The short-tailed shearwater was first formally described by a Dutch ornithologist -- Jacob Temminck in 1835. He named it Puffinus tenuirostris (tenui -- slender, rostrum -- bill). The shearwater was recorded much earlier by members of Captain Cook's Third Expedition in 1778 while sailing in the Arctic Ocean. William Ellis, an artist on the 'Discovery' painted the bird.
The name 'muttonbird' was first used by the early settlers on Norfolk Island, who each year harvested adult providence petrels (Pterodroma solandri) for food. The petrels were similar to but larger than the short-tailed shearwater. An officer in the Royal Marines called them 'the flying sheep'.
Unfortunately the providence petrels became extinct following massive harvesting (171 000 birds one year) and the introduction of pigs to the island. The name 'muttonbird' has been applied to the short-tailed shearwater ever since. The common name, shearwater, is an apt reference to their graceful shearing flight moving from centimetres above the water's surface to high in the sky.
Tasmanian Aborigines have harvested muttonbirds and their eggs for many generations, and a number of families continue this important cultural practice. The muttonbird is one of the few Australian native birds that is commercially harvested. During the muttonbird season, chicks are taken for their feathers, flesh and oil. The industry was established by early European sealers and their Aboriginal families. The recreational harvesting of Short-tailed Shearwaters is limited to the period of the open season that is declared each year. A muttonbird licence must be obtained.
Early accounts suggest that the population was once considerably higher. In 1798, Matthew Flinders estimated that there were at least one hundred million birds within a single flock sighted in Bass Strait.
Their migratory path is difficult to define because they don't come to shore during the months of the migration. Exhausted and starved birds are often washed up on beaches of Japan, the Aleution Islands, North America and Australia. Originally this led scientists to believe that the birds flew a figure of eight course across the Pacific Ocean. Recent studies suggest the majority of birds merely fly north along the western part of the Pacific Ocean to the Arctic region and return southwards through the centre of the ocean. Either way the birds travel about 15 000 kilometres in each direction annually. They have been known to fly this remarkable distance in six weeks.
The breeding period occurs between September and April. Each year the length of time spent at the breeding grounds increases until the birds are 5 years old, when they become involved in breeding. As pre-breeders, the birds fly in with the breeding adults in preparation for the following breeding season.
On arrival in late September/early October at the colony the birds meet with their chosen mates and begin tidying up the old burrows or excavating new ones. The burrows are about 1 metre long. Mating takes place inside the burrow.
Each bird generally remains with the same partner throughout their life, although the "divorce rate" does increase to nearly 25% among pairs that fail to produce young.
In early November they leave the colony to spend some time feeding before returning to lay a single white egg in late November. This exodus period is important as it allows the birds to build up fat reserves to see them through the incubation period. There is a distinct peak in egg laying at 27-28 November. Males and females take turns incubating the egg. The male takes the first shift, which lasts for about two weeks, followed by the female. Usually, both sexes have two shifts. During each shift, the "duty" bird does not leave the burrow, nor is it fed by its mate.
The young chicks hatch in the third week of January after an incubation period averaging 53 days. Both parents participate in feeding the chick. The chick quickly puts on weight and before the departure of the parents, is almost twice the weight of an adult. The adults depart from early April leaving behind the young birds still covered in down. From this time until early May the chicks do not eat at all. They rapidly lose weight and acquire their flight feathers. The young spend an increasing amount of time outside the burrow, slowly moving closer to the shore and exercising their wings. Two to three weeks after the parents have left, the young birds begin their migratory flight unassisted by experienced birds.
Shearwaters feed on krill, squid and fish. Their main methods of feeding are plunging into the water, pursuing underwater, surface seizing, scavenging, hydroplaning and bottom feeding. They are capable swimmers and are able to dive to 10 metres. Their hooked beak allows them to hold on to their prey. During the breeding season the adults generally feed in the locality of the colony. The chicks produce large amounts of oil in their stomach which is high in energy content and sustains them while the parents are away. During migration they feed whenever food is available.
It is possible that krill abundance determines the migration of the species, allowing them to exploit the high concentrations of krill which occur each summer at both polar regions.
Although there appears to be a huge number of short-tailed shearwaters, they are still vulnerable to over-harvesting and habitat destruction. In places, pigs, cattle and sheep have destroyed whole colonies. Soil erosion after fire can destroy suitable sites for burrowing.
Gillnet fisheries in the North Pacific accidentally drown up to 50 000 birds annually.
Approximately 200 000 chicks are presently harvested and sold annually in Tasmania by commercial operators. Birds also ingest small plastic particles while at sea which may limit their ability to maintain condition and contribute to deaths during migration.
Feral cats are also a problem, as they find shearwater chicks easy prey.
Trampling of burrows by humans can also cause their death. Similarly, erosion caused by recreational vehicles can destroy suitable sites for burrowing. It is important to keep off colonies.
Natural mortality occurs mainly during the first migration due to exhaustion and starvation. The average lifespan is 15-19 years but birds can live up to 38 years.
Because of the shearwater's international migratory habitats it has become the subject of a joint protection project between Japan and Australia -- the Japan Australia Migratory Bird Treaty. Both countries monitor the shearwater population while the birds are in their area. In Tasmania harvesting limits are imposed to prevent over-harvesting and a number of wildlife sanctuaries protect shearwater colonies. Japanese and other countries are attempting to minimise the number of birds drowned by their fishing operations. It is hoped that these conservation methods will ensure the survival of one of the world's most amazing migratory birds.
Lindsey, T. R. (1986). The Seabirds of Australia. Angus and Robertson.
Marchant, S. and Higgins, P. J. (1990). Handbook of Australian, New Zealand and Antarctic Birds. Vol. 1. Oxford University Press, Melbourne.
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Sanderson's Restaurant & Bar: Texas-style eatery with big variety, great taste
It's all y'all can eat up at Sanderson's Restaurant and Bar, a totally Texas-style family eatery.
This spacious, standalone establishment, located at 2095 Highway 69 N. in Nederland just minutes from Southeast Texas Regional Airport, accommodates large parties in the main dining area, plus there's a banquet room out back that seats up to 70.
Sink into a high-backed booth and getcha some hearty Texas fare including steaks, chicken, pasta, seafood, burgers, sandwiches, soups and salads. The extensive menu is the best palette pleaser from the top of the Panhandle to the southern tip of the Lone Star State.
Nowhere will you find Texas Toothpicks, thin strips of sweet yellow onions and mild jalapenos coasted with crispy, spicy batter and served with ranch dressing, or Bayou Devils, Cajun spiced and seared bacon-wrapped shrimp blackened to mouth-watering perfection.
Spice up these authentic Texas specialties with one of Sanderson's homemade sauces, like the jalapeno glaze or the "famous" glaze. These glazes are made with fresh fruit juices, seasonings and spices for a sweet, spicy taste that is delicious and addictive. Dip fries, shrimp, steak or, heck, just dip your finger and savor the unique medley of flavors.
The barbeque sauce is homemade, too. Try it out over the all-you-can-eat rib and shrimp platter or just getcha a full rack with two southern sides like fried okra, mashed potatoes, black-eyed peas, onion rings or baked beans, to name a few.
Sanderson's is known for its sauces and glazes, but Texas Trash makes them the talk of the town! Texas Trash is a homemade combination of shrimp, crawfish and mushrooms that can be served over any dinner but is especially tasty on sirloins and Sanderson's 12-ounce Angus ribeye. You might say Texas Trash gets around, cause the regulars put it on their chicken fried steaks – center cut sirloin steak with country gravy served with french fries.
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Every day lunch specials include a combination of choices – burgers and fries, chicken croissant sandwich, chicken fried steak sandwich, blackened tilapia filet, pulled pork sandwich, plus a variety of soups and salads, like pecan or Cobb salad.
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Every week, FOOD52's Senior Editor Kristen Miglore is unearthing recipes that are nothing short of genius.
Today: Macaroons go punk rock.
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We can be anything we want to be, if we have learned anything from macaroons.Murkily defined, they can be made from almond or coconut (or both) and take many forms: the haute French prom queen macaron, the ragged Italian brutti ma buoni, or the sweetly decadent American coconut ball we know and love.
Even the coconut ones show shifts in personality -- from the tinned version people either recall fondly or ultimately reject; to 2-ingredient home cook recipes (sweetened coconut + condensed milk); to glossy, crackling pyramids from the likes of David Lebovitz. All are proud macaroons; all have their strengths.
So we may as well keep riffing. Alice Medrich, chocolatier and author of scads of baking cookbooks, is famously a little wild with her desserts. She often veers away from traditional cakes and cookies in the most thrilling way, adding white pepper to her marble cake, and buckwheat to her butter cookies -- making both not just more interesting, but simply better. Such is the reward for her risk-taking; and the incentive for us to follow in her offroad macaroon adventures.
What seems in part to define macaroons is what they (usually) lack: flour. Which makes them perfect for Passover observers and gluten avoiders -- and just about everyone else too.Medrich's macaroons do fall in line here by abstaining from flour, relying on little more than coconut for heft, and that magical brew of egg whites and sugar to hold it all together. There's also a bit of salt and a bit more vanilla, but deep down this recipe is a vehicle for eating piles of coconut.
And this is where Medrich gets experimental. She developed this recipe not with the standard bag of sweetened, angel flake coconut in mind, but those wide, sloping unsweetened shavings, often called coconut chips and sold at health food stores nowadays. (We've talked about these before.)
They're an incredible ingredient, as welcome in granola as in the thing I call trail mix (a.k.a. a bowlful of chocolate chips and pecans, a dried cherry or two, and, most importantly, this coconut). It richly deserves to have a cookie designed around it. (Medrich found the recipe also works wonderfully even with the angel flake coconut, in case you can't get your hands on some of the nice stuff.)
To make that cookie, all you do is mix up five ingredients in a bowl over some simmering water, then set the bowl aside for 30 minutes "to absorb the goop," as Medrich says. Then you simply heap it attractively onto your parchment-lined baking sheet and bake until the tiny wings of coconut toast up crisp and brown, while the inside layers stay soft and discrete.
Amanda said they looked armadillo-like in their defenses, but the toasty spires are easy enough to breach, if we are to gauge by how quickly all our test batches were torn through. Naturally, Medrich offers two even more exotic upgrades: 1) Instead of painting a little chocolate shoe on the bottom of each macaroon, why not jam a piece of chocolate in each still-hot cookie and watch it melt? 2) For that matter, why not lace it with lime zest and shower it with cinnamon? Who are we to say that's not a macaroon?
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Adapted very slightly from Chewy Gooey Crispy Crunchy Melt-in-Your-Mouth Cookies by Alice Medrich (Artisan, 2010)
Makes about 22 cookies
4 large egg whites3 1/2 cups unsweetened dried flaked, not shredded, coconut (also known as coconut chips) or 3 cups sweetened, dried shredded coconut3/4 cup sugar2 teaspoons pure vanilla extractSlightly rounded 1/4 teaspoon salt
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A critically endangered Western Pacific Gray Whale (Western Gray Whale) has recently died off the Pacific coast of Japan after becoming trapped in fishing gear.
This is the fourth Western Gray Whale, all female, known to have been killed in this manner on the Pacific coast of Japan in the last two years. The Western Gray Whale population consists of about 120 individuals, of which only 25 to 35 are reproductive females. According to a population projection prepared by the World Conservation Union's Western Gray Whale Advisory Panel, this rate of loss of females will, if continued, lead to extinction of the population with high probability.
The whale, a juvenile female of approximately 9 metres length, was dead when discovered by fishermen on 19 th January 2007 in Yoshihama Bay , off the northeastern coast of Honshu . A local newspaper reported that scientists from the Institute of Cetacean Research ( Tokyo ) undertook a detailed analysis of the carcass before it was burned.
This incident follows similar events off the Pacific coast of Japan in 2005, when three Western Gray Whales, including a female and her female calf, and a yearling female were trapped and died in fixed fishing nets. The Western Gray Whale population is listed as critically endangered (the highest category of threat) on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. The deliberate killing of Western Gray Whales is prohibited by the International Whaling Commission who have also expressed serious concern about the status of this population.
"We are extremely worried about this problem of incidental mortality in fishing gear as it could become a major factor inhibiting the recovery of Western Gray Whales. We are eager to receive more information on the circumstances surrounding the deaths and anticipate and hope that Japanese authorities will take action immediately to reduce this risk to the whales as well as to share information and samples with other scientists working on this population", said Randall Reeves, Chair of the Western Gray Whale Advisory Panel.
The World Conservation Union established this independent scientific advisory panel to monitor the whale population and provide advice on protection measures, particularly in regard to oil development activities off Sakhalin Island , Russia , where the whales spend the summer and autumn months feeding.
"We are greatly concerned at the loss of this female, which belonged to one of the most endangered whale populations in the world. The reported incidence of Western Gray Whale entrapments off Japan has increased suddenly and we do not know why. In the ten years prior to 2005, only two gray whale deaths had been reported on the Pacific coast of Japan . It is essential that this spate of net entrapments is investigated thoroughly and that remedial action is taken "" said Carl Gustaf Lundin, Head of IUCN's Global Marine Programme.
The World Conservation Union will approach the Government of Japan to seek ways of cooperating to address this issue.
Additional information will be posted on the IUCN website as it becomes available.
Notes to Editors
For more information or to set up interviews, please contact:
Julian Roberts, IUCN Marine Programme Officer, Tel. +41 22 999 0291; Fax +41 22 999 0025;
[email protected], Web: Marine
Carolin Wahnbaeck, IUCN Media Relations Officer, Tel: +41 22 999 0127; Fax: +41 22 999 0020; [email protected]; Web: www.iucn.orgFrançois Simard, Marine Programme Coordinator, Tel. +34 952 028 430; Fax +34 952 028 145;
[email protected]; Web: Mediterranean Centre (for Japanese media in particular)
More information available at:
Western Gray Whale Conservation Initiative
Photos are available at:
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About the World Conservation Union (IUCN)
Created in 1948, the World Conservation Union (IUCN) brings together 83 States, 110 government agencies, 800 plus NGOs, and some 10,000 scientists and experts from 181 countries in a unique worldwide partnership. The Union 's mission is to influence, encourage and assist societies throughout the world to conserve the integrity and diversity of nature and to ensure that any use of natural resources is equitable and ecologically sustainable.
The Union is the world's largest environmental knowledge network and has helped over 75 countries to prepare and implement national conservation and biodiversity strategies. The Union is a multicultural, multilingual organization with 1,000 staff located in 62 countries. Its headquarters are in Gland , Switzerland.