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These Hope ABC poems are examples of ABC poems about Hope. These are the best examples of Hope ABC poems written by international PoetrySoup poets
A is for Amazing we all wish to be
B is for Blessings that help us to see
C is for Caring which humbles our world
D is for Dancing where joy is unfurled
E is for Empathy that makes a great friend
F is for Friendships we hope never end
G is for Goodness that makes our light shine
H is for Hope in a world so sublime
I is for Incredible, which stands out in a crowd
J is for Joy that smiles so loud
K is for Kisses that make our hearts sing
L is for Love that trumps everything
M is for Memories that highlight our life
N is for "Never" that causes us strife
O is for Open that closes out hate
P is for Persistence in following fate
Q is for Questioning, cause wisdom it brings
R is for Ressurection and the Hope that it springs
S is for Sensational which all love should be
T is for Thankfulness for what God gave to me
U is for Unconditional love that is treasured
V is for Volumes that cannot be measured
W is for Wondrous, Joy to extremes
X is for Xanadu that resides in our dreams
Y is for Yearning as it helps us find bliss
Z is for Zealous Love, that made me write this
So if all these words were bound up in one
Ahhh! There's a life that's second to none!
Bravery is the father of fears
Dreams are distant cousins of nightmares
Hope is the sister of prayers
Every night shame lays down and gets screwed by despair
Pollution abuses Mrs. atmosphere
It's a battle between personality and reality
But obviously nobody cares
Maybe it's because big tough is the uncle of little scared
Planning is deeply in love with prepared
Procrastination is the biggest enemy of determination
Ignorance is jealous of realization
Sometimes strength can get sneak attacked by temptation
Silence can never defeat a great proclamation
When the brain disagrees with the heart
The body dies of complications
Love your self...
The venom that rains
Got you
In the desert
And a spirit
Weak in brevity
Strong but unbelieving
That's what fear fed on
Fear fed on you
Society cuts
Flying wings
As to drain
The courageous soul
Of its hope
And then
People die
Rich with power
Power they never used
That's what fear fed on
Fear fed on you
I see plain pain
In your eyes
Hurt laughing at you
You're afraid
To ever love again
Because your past
Caused you wounds
So you walk agape
In a cold escape
That's what fear fed on
Fear fed on you
I see your dried tears
On your broken face
But a determination
You've been robbed of
That's what fear fed on
Fear fed on you
So will you
Forever sulk
Forever your conscience bulk
In a pessimist bask?
Or will you
Your mantle take
And fear forever shake
For you live dead
When fear drives your head
That's what fear fed on
Fear fed on you
A yearn… simply something that you want or long for. As a yearn to finish, a yearn to achieve, a yearn for a like, a yearn for a smile is something that you drastically want, a desire. Something that you spend long hours, nights even day dreaming hours thinking about how you can earn that smile. What can you do…. or what can you say … things such as a conversation sparks, likes even dislikes, mostly anything that will crack a smile. These are things that truly show signs of something far greater than fame, sex, money, power. What is it? Something more than I have yet to find. So as I search for the answer I over shoot the entrance with rapid thinking of what she wants, her likes, her dislikes. But truly it will only be earned by who you are, what you want to be, yourself, your feelings your desires, your yearn. So when you yearn for that smile or that special something it can only be earned by being you, no one else. Take a look at yourself in the mirror and try to see past the makeup or tan or piercing and just look at yourself… then take that image and imprint it to yourself forever because to find happiness and your yearn can only be earned one way. Trying to watch her and she how she reacts to certain things just to make myself seem better when I finally open my mouth to her will only make you distant from that special someone. With me I personally see myself as buff pierced orange person, while trying to continue to follow the people who I look up to the most. So as you struggle and go through life's trials and tribulations always look at your yearn or what it once it what was. Think about how you felt when you failed or succeeded and try to make yourself a better person from it. Not by adding more glamour or appeal to yourself but by being closer to yourself. What you really are. Because only then can you truly say you earned your yearn of a smile or that special someone, even if there not with you, apart of them will be and that's the part they left. The part that made you better. More complete. So never forget your yearn of her..
All beliefs can defeat evil forces
Greatly healing individuals
Joining kindness, love
Many now owning passions
Quoting realistic sacrament
Taking ultimate victory
With Xanadu yielding zest
when you are down to nothing, God is up to something that will make your everything.
just have faith as you live on this earth because faith is the substance that maintains our spiritual balance.
it sees the invisible, receives the incredible and makes possible the impossible.
it restores all lost hope and revives all crushed dreams.
it is the root of all religion. without it, we are nothing better than the stones or any non-living thing.
so let us have strength and faith as we live on earth.
thirst and hunger for it. when you find it, keep it so that on that day you will proudly say
i have run the race and kept the faith.
it was given to you on the very first of your breath on this earth at your birth up until to your death.
you just have to ignite it by using the word.
the word of God is like a rhythm.
it enters the body like a seed and when it mixes with the spirit, bears fruit like the energy produced in aerobic respiration.
the word of God does not deform!
it informs!
it reforms
and transforms your old form into a new form.
it does not convict the mind
but it converts the mind.
so just like i Fred have said, don't be afraid but take this word as your sword and enjoy this world
I had closed the door upon my heart
And wouldn't let anyone in,
I had trusted and loved only to be hurt
But, that would never happen again.
I had locked the door and tossed the key
As hard, and as far as I could,
Love would never enter there again,
My heart was closed for good.
Then you came into my life
And made me change my mind,
Just when I thought that tiny key
was impossible to find.
That's when you held out your hand
And proved to me I was wrong,
Inside your palm was the key to my heart...
You had it all along
So tense am I
The falling sky
Holding my breath
Until the Death
It's my life
So turn the scythe
Break the bread
And stop the Lead
Loud is it
The latest cry
But all the time
Red is the Dye
A placid face
Of Death's clean lace
The slow coming of
A century's Race
Maybe Im 2 blame
Loving you is a shame
Maybe its me
Hinding my feelings deep with in me
Longing for them to show
But its making the pain grow
Maybe its my fault
Holding my feeling as just a thought
Afraid to tell you
Dont know what you might do
Maybe Im The Reason
I think loving you is all in a season
Maybe Im Scared
If I tell you that you want be there
My feelings for you grow stronger than ever
Friends say they'll change with the weather
Its been sunny....snowy.....windy and all
But yet my feelings for you havent change at all
Talk to you every night
Yet me manage to allways fight
But some how you change my prespective
So loving you shall me a lesson
Memories are things that are left behind by love ones, it is a part of a person that
is eternal and will never perish because they live in the heart and souls of the
people that are fortunate to be touched by them. They serve a purpose of comfort
and security that special someone is not here to fulfill anymore. Cherish the
memories and pass them on, breathe new life to them for they will keep you
strong. SO celebrate the life they lived not the world they left!

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Well worth a look if you are visiting the northern area of khao Yai National Park. Although Khao Lak Chang Bat Cave is located about 6 kilometers outside the National Park, it is one of the favorite attractions in the Pak Chong area.
The spectacle at Pak Chong Bat Cave
What you will see at Pak Chong Bat Cave is millions of Bats leaving their cave to go and feed, the cave is located high up on the hillside but it is visible from the bottom, it is easily recognizable due to the railings in front of the entrance. At dusk, between 6 and 6.30 pm the bats start leaving the cave, slowly building in numbers they stream out over the treetops and give the impression of a giant ribbon swaying through the sky. I believe the Bats exit the cave for about 2 hours but you will only get around 30 minutes of quality viewing due to the light fading.
The one thing which disappointed me was the fact we did not get closer to the cave, some reports about Pak Chong Bat Cave on the internet lead me to believe we would be positioned at the mouth of the cave, this was not the case when we visited, we remained at the bottom of the hill, none the less it was still a spectacle worth seeing. Google map of Khao Lak Chang Bat Cave – Pak Chong
Arrange your trip and lodgings
you can easily find and arrange hotels and resorts by Googling Pak Chong Hotels, there are also many tour companies and local resorts which offer trips to Khao Lak Chang Bat Cave, as well as other attractions in and around Khao Yai National Park.
Where we stayed in Pak Chong
we stayed at the Eco Valley Lodge in Pak Chong and also arranged our visit to the Khao Lak Chang Bat Cave through them. They offer various tours including full day and half day tours of Khao Yai National Park, taking in various beauty spots including the Bat Cave. The resort is in a beautiful setting but beware, some of the rooms are tired and have poor fitting doors, you may wake up to discover a giant millipede or 2 in your room. See a map of Eco valley Lodge – Pak Chong
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For four years, Joe Romano, number 35, has taken his licks on the Notre Dame practice field. At 5' 9'' and 180 pounds, he's the smallest player on the team.
He has paid his dues, but has never once played on a Saturday, in front of the crowds. Now, he has one more chance, this Saturday in Yankee Stadium, as Notre Dame takes on Rutgers in the New Era Pinstripe Bowl.
"I'd cry. I would cry," Joe's mother Peggy said, thinking about the prospect of her son playing. "That would be the icing on the cake."
At Joe's home in River Forest Monday night, his mother Peggy talked about Joe's lifelong connection with the Fighting Irish. His grandfather Buddy Romano played for the 1949 national champions. Joe's father, also attended Notre Dame, as have two of his sisters and numerous cousins.
Joe sleeps under a Notre Dame comforter, on Notre Dame pillows, and over his bed, a photo of himself running out of the tunnel last year with his Notre Dame teammates.
Responding to a question about how frustrating it has been for her son not to play in a game, Peggy said: "You know, a football player just wants to get out there and play, that's, that's what it's all about. And I know he's at some level probably disappointed, but all in all he's lived a dream."
And dreams like his have had happy endings. Just remember Daniel "Rudy" Ruettiger, whose story was told in the movie "Rudy." Ruettiger was a walk-on at Notre Dame, standing 5-feet 6-inches tall and weighing just 185 and never played until Notre Dame's final home game of his senior year, in 1974. He was carried off the field after the game.
The real life Rudy told FOX 32 from his home in Las Vegas that it's quite a moment, finally getting into that first game.
"It would be very exhilarating, a very proud moment for him, that's for sure," Ruettiger says. "That's for sure. He's going to be very proud that all his hard work paid off."
Joe's mom and about 20 relatives will be watching from the stands for that Rudy moment. But no matter what happens, they know Joe's years of hard work have been appreciated.
"If it's going to happen, it's going to happen, and if it doesn't, he's just has the respect and the experience he's had helping these guys win games," Peggy told FOX 32.
Just to show how popular Joe is with his teammates, typically, the walk-ons don't get to travel to road games. But several teammates who were making the trip to Stanford several weeks ago lobbied the coach asking for Joe to make the trip, and he went along.
FOX 32 tried to reach Joe for an interview Monday night, but he was on board Notre Dame's flight to New York. The walk-ons do get to go to the bowl games.
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You'll see the signs announcing Chuletas Can-Can all over the island, but this charming 1957 institution is the place that invented the dish. What is it? A slab of pork, with the ribs and fat left on, prepared with a row of delicate cuts so that when the whole thing gets deep-fried, the fat blossoms to resemble the underskirt of a cancan dancer. Intense? You better believe it.


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Lung cancer usually starts in the lining of the bronchi (the main airways of the lungs), but can also begin in other areas of the respiratory system, including the trachea, bronchioles or alveoli. Lung cancers are believed to develop over a period of many years.
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City #9, Visit #1: Lajhir
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The mechanical arm at the center of Lajhir continues to move objects between its two mountains. Citizens and visitors are forbidden to add their possessions or refuse to the moving piles. However, at night, footsteps can be heard along the alleyways and back streets of Lajhir- hoodlums or derelicts no doubt, or perhaps fleeting apparitions or midnight guardians. Harsh whispers are heard after the occasional shatter of a clay pot that breaks the monotony of the rusty creaks emanating from the giant mechanical arm invariably moving back and forth. In the morning, inside the mountains, unknown objects are seen sitting on top of piles of dust- remnants of the objects from the day before. Citizens assume no crime or malevolence. Even if you wake up to find a treasure missing from your home, there is an understanding in Lajhir that their twin peaks give as much as they take. Your treasure will find its way back to you in a form only known by whatever controls the mechanical arm at the center of city.
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Dishcrawl, the eating event for people who mean Serious Business about their food intake, is doing an all-vegan event in Berkeley next week! They're keeping the restaurants secret, but tickets are $39, there are eight left, and do you have a better way to spend a weeknight than with a bunch of hungry East Bay vegans? Don't even act like you're popular; what you want to do is attend this Dishcrawl and make some friends on your side of the bay!
This Berkeley vegan Dishcrawl starts at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 18. Contact the organizer, Sarah, with questions, and get ready to get down. Will it be all Ethiopian and Flacos and spicy legumes? Or maybe it'll be a pizza-and-cinnamon-roll extravaganza! You know we love Berkeley and its many vegan options; the only question is how you will get home after devouring the neighborhood. Is there a special taxi for vegans too full of food to walk? Probably there should be.
[photo by selena hoy via Flickr]
The Guardian, a top newspaper for people with brains, has a gallery of the 100 most endangered species, as listed by the IUCN and Zoological Society of London. It's depressing! Even more depressing, it's part of a series called The Sixth Extinction: How humans are driving animals and plants to extinction, which includes articles on how endangered wildlife is being (illegally) traded on the internet, and on Ecuador's Yasuni Park, "the most biodiverse region on Earth," where people want to drill for oil because what else do you do with all that wildlife?
I had this conversation the other day about how, as a disgruntled, in-it-for-the-ethics vegan, it's hard not to wonder if the world would be better off if whatever apocalyptic event happens and wipes out humanity; you know, end humanity, end humanity's nonstop abuse of animals (among a million other things). Counterpoint: Hoping for the apocalypse is just another way of expressing depression; it's our responsibility to not be jerks—not contributing to the exploitation of people/animals/the environment, being kind to other people, living well and appreciating how good we have it, and trying to help everyone have it better. Read all the books about the post-societal gangs of rapist cannibal murderers, while striving for utopia.
These 100 species are considered the most endangered not only because there are so terribly few of them left, but because "they have no obvious benefits for humans." So cool! What do we even do about this? What does it matter if we cause the death of the greater bamboo lemur, or the Amsterdam albatross? They're not curing our cancer or assembling our shoes or inventing personal electronic devices; fuck 'em. We won the evolutionary race, we get to decide who lives and dies from now on. Right?
[photos, from top: ZSL/IUCN; Baz Scampion/ZSL/IUCN; ZSL/IUCN all via the Guardian]
[link via The Editors' Desk]
Remember back in April when we asked you to vote for some worthy causes to win ad space on BART, via BART Blue Sky? Duh of course you do, you hang on our every word. Well, if you voted for our pals at the Factory Farming Awareness Coalition (formerly the Coalition to Fight Factory Farming), get ready to pat yourself on the back for a couple of clicks well-placed, because they won second place! And good old Earthjustice came in third! Hooray!
Our pal, FFAC President and founder Katie Cantrell, sent us previews of their onboard and station ads. They're pretty friendly, right? Just, hey, it sucks to be an animal on a factory farm; ensure fewer of them suffer by observing Meatless Monday. Money quote from the FFAC press release:
We know BART riders are concerned about the environment, yet many people don't realize that animal agribusiness is responsible for 18 percent of human-induced greenhouse gas emissions, more than the entire transportation sector. … If we really want to spare the air, we should all eat more plant-based meals. We can start by participating in Meatless Monday.
These ads will run throughout September, so maybe look up from reading that thoroughly engrossing novel/Dlisted on your phone (I SEE YOU) (me) and check out the ads you voted for! Your eyeballs deserve to look at something besides that dour girl in a severe haircut and native California plants.
You heard it! Blossom is coming out with a vegan cookbook. As she said last week on her blog:
My next book will be a plant-based (vegan!) family cookbook. Yay! It's meant for vegan and non-vegan alike! I intend to include all of the Jewish recipes I've veganized as well as all of our family's standard beloved recipes.
I'm into this! I like Jewish food and Blossom was my jam. Remember her boyfriend? What was his name, Vinny? He was the hotness. And Six was so great in those Lifetime movies later in her career.
So, is there vegan matzo brei in my future?!
Here's a sweet story. This couple, Melanie and Eddie, had their dream wedding all set to go when they found out their adopted pit bull Koda was sick. He had a liver shunt and needed expensive surgery to save his life. The couple, having been turned down by their pet insurance and with no other money draw from, spent their wedding fund to save Koda's life. Here's the best part:
Upon hearing what Melanie and Eddie did for Koda, the Halifax Humane Society felt they had to help. They approached local vendors and soon had a catering company provide food and a lovely receiption facility for the couple and their guests. Other vendors soon joined in to help, arranging for flowers, music and all of the other necessary arrangements to throw the couple their dream wedding on Saturday, September 8, 2012.
OMG don't cry! How great is that? There's got to be a screenplay in here, right? Or at least a series finale. Also: hello, nurses! I wonder if this couple is into threesomes. And how adorable is Koda? Ridic.
Via Ecorazzi
I don't know what really happened but the awesome animal sanctuary my lover Somerhalder is planning was in danger! Luckily for us, Ecorazzi has been following the story via Twitter. The land Somerhalder wanted for his sanctuary was possibly going to be "turned into a business park and transfer station." Whatever the eff that means. But it looks like my super-hot future husband* was able to reach a deal and can now move forward with his super-awesome sanctuary. This is good news! Let's save the animals and the kiddies!
*JK, marriage is for suckers! Born alone, die alone—that's what I always say.
Hella Vegan pop-up dinner at Dear Mom on 16th and Harrison in San Francisco! Tonight from 4pm to question mark! Because, who can say!
It's Animal News You Can Use from Paul Shapiro! Yay, Paul! Yay, Animals!
The Wall Street Journal had an important article about the progress we're making against the inhumane practice of tail-docking in the dairy industry. And as far as progress is concerned, hot dog giant Wienerschnitzel and Jack in the Box are the latest major pork buyers to announce its plans to phase out gestation crates.
The Toledo Blade had a piece entitled "More black Americans are giving up meat and dairy," and the San Jose Mercury News ran a good story about HSUS's work with the Pleasanton school district to implement Meatless Mondays.
Finally, author James McWilliams has an interesting piece about HSUS today on Slate.
Have a great weekend! Hope to survive mine, as I'm part of the depraved Team HSUS crew taking on the Tough Mudder challenge in Maryland tomorrow…
Video of the week: Can't decide if you like cats or dogs more? This video gives you both. (And bonus photo of the week!)
On Saturday (that's tomorrow!), Nativas Naturals is launching the Back-to-Basics Smoothment—a smoothie movement! From what I gather on social media, a bunch of you hippies are into this kind of "healthy milkshake" thing. You're in luck—Nativas has got your back. Just head on over to the website, and sign on up! It's all free of charge, and you'll gain access to instructional videos, receive free recipes and even get discounts on featured raw, organic products. Just the incentive you needed to plug in that blender, isn't it?
When it comes to smoothies, I like to think of my friend Caroline as the professional between the two of us. I prefer my blended drinks at a tiki bar, but Caroline actually drinks smoothies for breakfast. I thought that's what coffee was for? Silly me, I have so much to learn! For all of our sakes (mine especially), I recruited Caroline as Vegansaurus' own Miss Smoothment! Armed with products and a blessing sent to us from Navitas, Caroline agreed to share a couple of her own recipes with us, to kick off the occasion. Take it away, girlfriend!
"Anyone who follows me on Instagram is well aware that I've been obsessed with smoothies lately (I mean, why eat your food, when you can drink it?), so I wasn't totally surprised when Jenny asked me to help review some of the Navitas superfood products.
I usually start my day with a protein smoothie of some sort (using a vegan protein mix and my kitchen staple, the immersion blender), so I did what any excessive American girl would do — I mixed all the powders together for the mother of all breakfast smoothies. I wanted to see how this stood up to my "rigorous" morning workout (hello, I've got to be at my best when working out beside the retirees in the San Francisco Presidio Y). I also wanted to see how it compared to the more "performance"-oriented mixtures that I've been using. The verdict? I felt totally energized (as much as I can at 8 a.m.), and wasn't hungry afterward. Not to mention, it was super delicious! (Bonus that all their products are organic—I'm not a fan of drinking chemicals and pesticides in my smoothies—raw, and gluten-free.)
Here's what my typical morning smoothie looks like:
Serves 1 (6-foot girl)
2 Tbsp raw Hemp Protein powder
1 Tbsp sprouted Flax Seed powder
1 Tbsp Freeze-Dried Acai powder
1 tsp raw Maca powder
1 Tbsp raw Cacao powder
12 oz almond milk (or a mixture of half-almond, half-rice)
1 banana
Handful of blueberries
Handful of ice
Lunchtime smoothie, serves 2:
3 Tbsp raw Hemp Protein Powder
2 tsp raw Maca Powder
12 oz almond milk
Handful of baby spinach (kale is good, too)
1/2 of an avocado
Handful of raspberries
Handful of strawberries
3 Tbsp organic peanut butter
Handful of ice
Since I'm already armed with so many of Nativas amazing products, I have no choice but to participate in their Smoothment. I also can't stand not joining things (only child syndrome). Perhaps you'll give it a whirl, too (Get it? Bad smoothie puns!)."
As usual, please share your personal recipes with us! Don't forget to follow my girl Caroline on Twitter and Instagram (@wakeupcaroline)—I can't wait to see all the smoothie talk that will ensue, while wondering if rum is also a suitable ingredient in your icy beverages.
I have a sneaking suspicion that he and his 18-pack abs will still be gyrating under unzipped leather coats for the foreseeable future, but a small victory is a small victory. Usher saying he eats vegan has led to speculation that he's getting his main man Justin Bieber to also gravitate to a plant-based diet, so he'll have more energy fighting off 12-year-old girls in international airports. The Biebs going vegan will be huge for P.R. in the pro-vegan community, especially when accounting for the 8-to-14-year-old girl demographic. If I see a flock of Bielibers running toward a chrome Fisker in the parking lot of Native Foods Cafe, you bet your animal-loving ass I'm going to ask for a high five. I just better not have to wait any longer for my reuben.
There is more than handful of famous vegans. It's tough to say who is in it for moral reasons and who just claims it as they get out of a Prius on the red carpet. Natalie Portman for example, isn't all vegan all the time. But we beggars can't be choosers, I guess. If veganism gets a little shine here and there from a celebrity trying to better their lives, who am I to complain? We got Billy Clinton to look as good as ever since his vegan transition. I was contemplating buying women's underwear Wednesday night just so I could throw some at the TV. Lucky for the rest of us dudes, Usher can't get any prettier. Right?
Let's hope that Ursher's selling skills are as good as his sit-up skills and we can mark down more artists in the famous-V column. He reportedly feels great and "loves" eating out at fancy New York city restaurants. Not the best-ringing endorsement to potential or on-the-fence vegans, since people of all diets can eat out in fancy New York restaurants. But we'll take it! Hopefully Usher will make a Billboard chart-topping single where he serenades an unsuspecting woman on where he gets his protein. I'll buy that record.
Andrew E. Irons is a blogger from Long Beach, Calif. He co-created and contributes to Rhode Island-based hip-hop website The Echo Chamber Blog under the pseudonym Verbal Spacey. You can track his daily diatribes by following him on Twitter.
No. 4: The Vegan Bodega
Eric Hopf and his family are in the process of opening an all-vegan store in downtown Manhattan. Although it's not open yet, I'm already in love with the products they're providing and their dedication to the cause. They currently operate as a pop-up until their storefront becomes a reality. If you can, support these awesome people and their endeavors because this store is going to rock.
No. 3: Honey LaBronx
Yes, it's a bit ego-stroking to put my own podcast co-host on this list. Still, she is one bad bitch. This crazy activist is constantly spotted marching through crowds with a bullhorn, and waving her homemade protest signs in Christine Quinn's face, and occasionally getting arrested. This queen fights for the animals, she's exciting, and if it wasn't for her, I never would've ended up in front of a microphone answering questions to new vegans. Check out her cooking show, our podcast, and go see her hot ass live. She is a freaking inspiration, and she looks good doing it. She's also an okay friend, too, I guess.
Laura Yasinitsky is a writer, comic, waitress, and animal-lover based in California. She has appeared on Comedy Central's Open-Mic Fight, and writes for US Weekly's Fashion Police. You can follow her silliness on Twitter @LaraYaz.
[photos: Empire State Pigeon by ZeroOne via Flickr; Quintessence raw pizza by Robyn Lee via Flick; vegan sushi from Soy and Sake; Sweet & Sara peanut butter s'more by Veganbaking.net via Flickr]
This week on Fresh Air, Terri Gross interviewed Thor Hanson, a conservation biologist and author of the newly published Feathers: The Evolution of a Natural Miracle. As part of his research, he plucked a dead wren to count its feathers. It had 1,500. A tiny wren, like the Australian white-winged fairy wren in the photo!
In the interview, which you can listen to on NPR, Hanson discusses the biological makeup of feathers, why he thinks birds evolved feathers, and how they adapted them to flight. The first feathered animals might've used them primarily for insulation, and now, every single individual flight feather is an airfoil, while being part of the airfoil that is the bird's wing. Double-airfoil action for maximum flight!
Animals are amazing! So is science!
[white-winged fairy wren photo by David Cook Wildlife Photography, via Flickr]
Our BFF Vaute Couture is going on fall tour! PLUS pre-order just started on new coats and they are 50 percent off for a few more hours! OMG THE EXCITEMENT! I got one last year and everyone says it's smashing. [Ed. note: Everyone loves mine, too! —Meave]
The details are contained below:
Shop online now, or shop in person later! You can't get fancier, better-made vegan fashions than Vaute Couture's!
It happened very suddenly and I've been a whirlwind of a hot mess the last month. As I've gotten more settled I feel I have grown a true appreciation for how easy and wonderful it is to be a vegan in New York City. I miss it, and I wanted to tell you all how much I love it. However, in an effort to spare you all from the longest post in the free world, I have managed to narrow it down to a top 10 list. Please enjoy Nos. 10-6 today!
Cue the Letterman drumroll!
No. 10: Westerly Market
I doubt I've ever left this place having spent less than $200 and I have never regretted it. Westerly Market is a magical place filled with all the hard to find vegan goodies as well as an incredible selection of organic produce, bulk dry goods, and frozen meatless wonders—what we all secretly wish Whole Foods actually were. Even while living in Brooklyn I would pack a backpack with Westerly groceries and haul it all the way home. The staff is also incredibly nice and they will order almost any product you are interested in them carrying. I love you, Westerly Market.
No. 7: Vegan Shop-Up
The Vegan Shop-Up rules. It's an awesome pop-up market with only 100 percent vegan goods, from soap to brownies. This bi-monthly event is beyond fun, and a great way to stock up on hard-to-finds. It's also how I discovered some of my favorite vendors, like Rescue Chocolate, Gone Pie, the Vegan Bodega, and Cake Bites. If you're in NYC and you haven't been to this yet, you are MISSING OUT! Get your butt there ASAP.
No. 6: The Vegan Guide to New York City
Come back tomorrow for Laura's top five vegan reasons to be in love with New York City!
Laura Yasinitsky is a writer, comic, waitress, and animal-lover based in California. She has appeared on Comedy Central's Open-Mic Fight, and writes for US Weekly's Fashion Police. You can follow her silliness on Twitter @LaraYaz.
[photos: Empire State Pigeon by ZeroOne via Flickr; Cinnamon Snail by Megan Rascal for Vegansaurus; May Wah vegan meats by Shira Golding via Flickr]
Veg combo from McDonald's in Jaipur
Turns out McDonald's, with is half-vegetarian menu in its Indian restaurants, isn't "capturing the market" on the subcontinent as successfully as the great McDonald's globalization overlords would like. How do you successfully sell your chemically delicious, primarily cow-based edible food-like items to a country where many citizens eschew cow-based foods, many others abstain from pig-based foods, and many others don't eat animal flesh at all?
McDonald's, in its infinite wisdom, has chosen to open an all-vegetarian restaurant in Amritsar, a Sikh holy city. When it opens "in the middle of next year," it will be the world's first meatless McDonald's, to be followed by the second meatless McDonald's in Katra Vaishno Devi, near the Hindu holy site of Vaishno Devi. There just aren't enough Indian citizens eating at McDonald's, see, and opening restaurants that serve food that conforms to most of the religious and cultural diets observed by Indian people will fix that, for sure.
No word on how much of the menu will be vegan, but we'll take this. When a major international corporation chooses "less harmful" over "totally and completely harmful and cruel and awful," we'll take it. Abolition would be best, but abolition doesn't sell. What does sell? Fried potatoes. Baby steps won't help the animals being tortured and killed today, but it will prevent some from being tortured and murdered tomorrow.
Vegansaurus still hates McDonald's on principle, and of course this move is completely profit-driven. Still, we appreciate them seeing the potential profits in meatless. Congratulations, India; enjoy your chemically delicious meatless menu.
Original story and quotes from Agence France-Presse.
[top photo by Owen Lin via Flickr; vegan McAloo Tikki by k. christensen via Tumblr]
You know we love Spencer's Market, but do you? Here's a new reason: They just picked up my girl Ilsa's tasty product, Nacheez!
Spencer's Market looks like an awesome place to obtain new, gourmet vegan food products. When you set up an account, which only takes a few seconds, you can check a box that ensures you view only vegan products. You can also check other dietary needs, like gluten- or nut-free! Let's eat some artisan vegan snacks and then brag about how fancy we are. Deal?
[Nacheez photo via Spencersmarket.com.]
I can't watch the undercover video at the Butterball Factory farm. But it's up on MFA's site if you can stomach it. To show my advocacy however, I like to sport my MFA "Not Cool" t-shirt around town. If you get one too, we'll be twins! We can start a club! Maybe wear them to Vegan Drinks so we'll know to schmooze with each other? If the merch doesn't appeal to you, you can always donate to the cause as well! Man, I love Mercy for Animals, and the incredibly difficult work they do on the behalf of animal rights.
Of course there always needs to be a naysayer, doesn't there? Examiner.com plays that role well with this article which I think screams, THANKS A LOT CAPTAIN OBVIOUS AND BY THE WAY, MFA IS A VEGAN NON-PROFIT. Rachel touched upon all the same points, about the injustices that the workers must face on on these farms, back in Febuary. I think she covered this issue in a much more compassionate and well-informed (I'm not biased!) way. Thoughts? I noticed there's nowhere to leave comments, but that might be a good thing considering the comments section usually makes me
want to throw myself off a building sick.
ANYWAY. No more turkeys for holiday feasts, or sandwiches OR ANYTHING. Why eat an animal when we can have delicious vegan turkeys???? RAINBOW please order more this season; I did not get one last year and it gave me a case of the sads. Actually no, because I made this delectable tart, but I want both this year!
[Photos via MFA.org]
When I tweeted about Figgy's appreciation for his new vegan pig ears, a bunch of people responded. I understand why—it's hard to find a good veggie chew! And I've read chewing is a natural habit for dogs that relieves boredom and stress, and can help clean their teeth. My Figaro doesn't really care for chew toys nowadays—if he can't eat it, he's not interested. So I've done a fair amount of searching for the perfect edible vegan dog chew. I don't know if I've found perfect, but I've found some good stuff. And it's all Figgy approved!
Here are the pig ears you can see Figgy devouring in the top pictures. They are from Vegansaurus friend Vegan Essentials. Fig LOVES them. The only prob was one didn't last that long. It lasted about ten minutes. That's longer than it used to take him to eat those yam chews though. And like I said, he really liked it, so these will be a regular in the Figgy treat rotation.
This is a long-lasting option that is vegan, as far as I can tell: Paragon crocodile dog chews (there are hedgehogs too!). You can buy these at Figgy's friend's store Nip and Bones. The issue with these is that I don't think they're super flavorful but that may be why they last so long. It seems like Figgy likes to carry these around more than chew on them—but whatever keeps him happy! He even tries to take them with him on walks, so silly. And he does eventually work his way through them so it's a nice little chew.
I'm sure you've heard of Sam's Yams; well Fig is totally over those. They had a good run, but they only lasted him about five minutes anyway. But then I discovered these Sam's Yams bones and Fig will actually condescend to eat these! I don't know if the chamomile makes him calm but as chewing is a stress relieving activity, it must do something regardless.
Here's a nice bone Figgy likes, the peanut butter Booda Bone. He's not obsessed with these, but he enjoys them. I emailed the maker and they said both the peanut butter and mint bones are vegan. Fig likes the peanut butter ones.
This isn't actually a chew but these deserve a mention. When I first got Fig from the PSPCA, he was a skinny-mini and liked any treat he saw. Now he's a fatty and he's so snobby about treats! He is totes over your dry biscuit variety; it's all about moist, chewy treats. For that I recommend Paw's Gourmet Chunky Chewies. Figaro loves these. They're just made of peanut butter, molasses, and oats; so you could probably make them at home but bleh, I hate making stuff (though if you have a recipe you've tried and liked, send it and I'll link it). If you are not opposed to honey, these little molasses bits from Paw's Gourmet are a great size and also nice and soft. But the Chunky Chewies are honey-free.
Last but not least, don't forget about a good old Kong toy filled with peanut butter. You can freeze it with the peanut butter inside to make it last a bit longer. You can find Kong just about everywhere. Again, not a chew; but this is good activity and sure to relieve boredom.
There you have it! To all those dogs who think chewiness is next to godliness, there's sure to be something here for you.
It's Animal News You Can Use from Paul Shapiro! Yay, Paul! Yay, Animals! Yay, Everyone! AND HAPPY LABOR DAY WEEKEND TO ALL!! (Except for the terrible, terrible meat industry, who can go to hell.)
Reuters had a good national story yesterday about HSUS's new stock purchases of financial firms that invest heavily in the pork industry (as a means of making further progress on the gestation crate issue).
Speaking of gestation crate progress, since last week's email, Subway, Campbell's Soup and Harris Teeter all announced that they plan to eliminate gestation crates from their supply chains. (And Sodexo made a similar claim on laying hens.)
And speaking of progress, BBC had an interesting story about the increase in the number of folks reducing their meat consumption.
And finally, speaking of meat consumption, the head of the Meat Industry Hall of Fame (yes, it exists) had a surprising column placing the blame for the cruelty seen in Compassion Over Killing's latest investigative videosquarely on the dairy industry. And while on the topic of investigative videos, this week we saw guilty pleas in Mercy For Animals' cruelty case regarding abuse of Butterball turkeys.
Video of the week: When the lion lays down with the lamb. (Or the cat with the rat…)
Saturday, Sept. 1, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Tri-Valley East Bay SPCA, 4651 Gleason Dr. in Dublin.
Join us at our rabbit adoption event with 20+ rabbits and bunnies from six different rescue groups from all over the Bay Area. Rabbit experts will be on hand!
- Bring your family to pet the rabbits and enjoy interacting with them
- Learn about rabbits, what they eat, and how to take care of them
- Get answers to your rabbit questions
- Bring your spayed/neutered bunny to find him/her a bunny friend (bunny speed dating!)
- Free nail trims for visiting rabbits
- Meet and adopt the rabbit of your dreams
- Check out our great bunny blankets & bunny toys for sale!
Sounds like my kind of party! Hope you can all make it!
The only downside, if you want to even call it a downside, to an all-vegan establishment is trying to persuade your omnivorous friends and family to join you. Most of the time, I'm able to join up with a group of co-workers or acquaintances after they consume some of our fallen furry friends or head out to a place that serves mostly liquid items. But the inevitable always rears it's head, and the daunting task of appeasing many different morals takes precedence.
That's where Ranchos Cocina in North Park comes in. They refer to themselves as a "Mexican and Vegetarian Cuisine" restaurant which is a tad too ambiguous for my liking, because I believe they are much more than that. The meat-eaters in your Donner Party will be happy with the amount of options available, as will the vegetarian and vegan homies. As soon as you and your squad sits down, someone is ready to hand you complementary chips and salsa. Which, if you have no self control like me, doubles as an appetizer. Their menu is recently refreshed and there are much more tiny, bold faced "V"s hanging around on the new menu. "V," of course, denotes "may be made vegan." Music to our hippie ears.
I digress. Their tofu is off the chains, as the kids used to say. Firm and seasoned, you can see bits of either thyme or pepper in the crumbled bits of Mexican-flavored vegan-ry. The soy chorizo is salty, but in that good way, not in the oops-I-dropped-the-Kosher-salt-into-the-pan way. The potatoes and beans give the plate of food that diner taste and feel. But the diner feel stops there, as the food doesn't sit in your stomach for 15-minutes only to go into emergency mode. As vegans, at least for me, the "feel" after the meal is the best barometer of how "vegan" a restaurant actually is. Ranchos knows their vegan clientele and appreciates our views. It tastes and feels like real, home-cooked food.
Again, I digress. He, the waiter, assumed of my vegan-ness by my asking for soy milk in my iced coffee and was quick to offer up his opinions on what was good. I was a mere half-a-second away from ordering the "Tofu con Soy Chorizo" again until he suggested the "Vegan Breakfast Burrito." Which I was more-than-proud of heeding his advice for once the plate landed in front of me. This zeppelin-sized tortilla was easily the biggest burrito I've seen, and upon digesting it, the tastiest as well. The same seasoned, firm tofu is used in the breakfast burrito as in the scramble, in a flavor orgy with potatoes, assorted veggies and tempeh "sausage." It was so big and filling, I couldn't finish the 1/16th scale of the U.S.S. Enterprise in one sitting. So, if you're keeping score, that's chips and salsa, iced coffee (that was refilled thrice times), a ginormous burrito (that was used for two meals) for a whopping $9.16 before tip.
Now, math was never my strongest subject, but if you add everything up, I'm pretty sure Ranchos, Evolution Fast Food, and the many other unheralded San Diego vegan eateries are worthy of L.A.-sized exposure. I don't want to pit San Diego against L.A., because that's not a fair fight. Just don't forget about S.D. It's more than just a city with mediocre sports teams and a big zoo. So thanks, San Diego, we enjoy your second fiddle. Sometimes L.A. smells funny anyway.
Andrew E. Irons is a blogger from Long Beach, Calif. He co-created and contributes to Rhode Island-based hip-hop website The Echo Chamber Blog, under the pseudonym Verbal Spacey. You can track his daily diatribes by following him on Twitter.
We love Hella Vegan Eats a lot. Like, tons and tons. All the love! And anyone who enjoys super delicious food feels the same way and that's a fact! So, we're psyched to see the menus for their pop-up brunch and dinner this Saturday at Dear Mom in the Mission! Hooray, let's go:
As anyone with one or two eyes can see, these menus are filled with insanely delicious sounding food so you better bust your butt over there and eat it all! And also, donate to Hella Vegan Eats Indiegogo campaign because we so sososososoooo want them to be successful and serve us mean dean doughnut burger supremes forever! Seriously, if we don't support this amazing ladies-owned vegan business and they don't get off the ground then the republicans have already won and we should all just donate our brains and vaginas to science* because honey, trust me, you will not want them in this new scary world. Support them if you don't want to face a United States that's basically the set of the alternate present in Back to the Future 2. You know what I'm talking about! Marty's mom is an alcoholic hooker married to Biff who is the president of the world and biker gangs shoot grandmas in the street and there's no longer a sun and Crispin Glover is dead or becomes a club kid or something. Point is, that's our future if we don't support Hella Vegan Eats. Do it. To it.
*while it still exists. hang in there, science!!!
We've talked about the ridiculous amount of water needed to sustain our national (and increasingly international) meat-heavy diet, and by "meat-heavy" I mean "20 percent meat-based." Well, the scientists in charge of World Water Week, happening right now in Stockholm, are now predicting that a meat-heavy diet is an "impossible alternative" to our continued existence.
Duh, World Water Week. Just, duh.
If you want to read this year's WWW report, which is really long but also very interesting, here's a pdf. If you don't, definitely read the Guardian's analysis (and the internet is full of analyses), which tells you things like "Animal protein-rich food consumes five to 10 times more water than a vegetarian diet. One third of the world's arable land is used to grow crops to feed animals."
My main question is, why not just advocate a vegan diet? Those dairy cows don't spring from the foreheads of their mothers, fully formed and ready to make milk.
People hate a smug vegan because people hate smug. So maybe this isn't a reason to be smug so much as a reason to worry. Will our rich, privileged peers* change their diets to support the future of the planet? I hate selling veganism with the "lose weight, feel great" line, but if that's what it takes to get people to stop eating so much goddamn meat, then fine. Maybe we should start lying to people. "I used to be 1,000 pounds before going vegan!" "I had a vestigial skull attached to my neck from the twin I absorbed in the womb before going vegan!" "I was a horrible selfish jerk who was almost incapable of empathy, and it showed on my hideous face, before going vegan!"
Because there is no reason to eat animals. Science is on our side. And it's just disgusting that, in the face of facts like these, people continue to do it.
[Photo: ILRI/Dorine Adhoch via World Water Week]
*By which I mean, people who aren't starving to death.
This is a one-question post, but it's one I mulled over quite a bit and polled a number of artists, so I hope it is helpful. DOWN TO BUSINESS:
Jacinda asks: Do you know any vegan-friendly tattoo artists in the Bay Area? I'm having a problem finding people. I search on Google and can't find valid info for current people. All the ones I find are all old info. Any help you might have would be appreciated.
There is a TON of misinformation out there with regard to tattoos and veganism. I spoke to my artist (who happens to be a vegetarian) and several others to get a better feel on the situation. If you don't agree that they are the experts in their field, I advise you to skip this entry. Here's what I learned:
What makes an ink non-vegan is its binder, or carrier. Basic colors, such as most blacks (obviously not bone black, which uses bone char as the pigment), greens, reds, and so forth, are likelier to use no animal products. Less common colors—things like lavender, turquoise, chartreuse—might use binders and mixers that are not animal-friendly, just because that's what's keeping the color together.
Specifically vegan inks are available, so if you really want to use them, find an artist you like, and ask if he or she can use them. However, it seems to be a common opinion among tattoo artists that these inks don't hold up as well. Remember, this is something you are putting on your body permanently, so you'd ideally like it to last forever.
Here's my advice for anyone seeking a tattoo anywhere: Find a pool of artists whose work you like (on the internet, through a friend, etc.) and bring them your idea(s). A knowledgeable artist will be able to tell you what is feasible and keeps within animal-friendly parameters.
I hope that helps. The internet has yet to reach a consensus on this subject. If you are or know of a tattoo artist who specifically caters to vegans, now is the time to share.
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Alternative title: "Hey, we have vegan food too!"
Growing up in Rhode Island for the better part of my existence, I've grown accustomed to having my local habitat being played as the second fiddle. The music and art industries, whether through concerts, shows, or just the available exposure itself to these, seemed to skip the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations (yes, that's our real, full name) altogether. Everyone assumed this was do to our close proximity to Boston and New York and no one from Lil' Rhody (yes, that is our real "nickname") wants to drive to New York or Boston because they're "wicked fah!" San Diego, I find, kind of sees similar persecution. America's Finest City is well-populated, and has its own vibe with plenty of culture. But we in the vegan community never seem to hear much about what St. Diego has to offer by way of animal-free food consumption—instead, we in SoCal hear much ado about L.A. More people, mainly us compassionate ones, should know of the mini-vegan food Mecca that is in San Diego.
San Diego was supposed to get the mother of all vegan restaurant chains, Native Foods Cafe, but that either fell through, is still being constructed, or Monsanto stepped in and bought the property. Having a world-renowned chain like Native in The 619 (or The 858 or The 760) would have been huge. Both for me and my friends who live there but also for the San Diego vegan community. However, there are equally as tasty treats deep within the cozy confines of the city. If fast food-themed is your bag, similar to Native Foods, there is Evolution Fast Food. E.F.F. is a must-see for me each and every time I'm in S.D. I have a "go-to" choice and "back-up" ready to order. A back-up is sometimes needed because they tend to sell out of their daily "specials." Which leads me to believe they have a good sized customer base ready and willing to try new things. During my most recent visit just this past week, they had a new special available of which just the description alone made me weak in the knees and caused cold sweats. It was like I was back in high school when my man parts would do what they wished, when they wished. Male-hormonal rages aside, this is what the board read:
"California Burrito"
And all these fine basic descriptors were supposedly wrapped up in a whole wheat tortilla. I say supposedly because that Bad Larry was sold out. Bummer. Upon learning the bad news I was back in flashback mode, this time elementary school when I learned Santa Claus didn't actually check his list twice. Luckily, my standby order is impeccable and cured my sadness post haste. I've been a burger-and-fries type of guy since long before my vegan days. And the Bacon Cheeseburger at E.F.F. fits the bill to a T. They've recently started using Gardein for their patties on all their burgers, but if processed mock meats aren't your thing, they also have a house-made bean patty option. I'm a fan of Gardein, so I recommend the O.G. version. The bean patty is too… beany.
Options are always awesome as a consumer, especially when you're a vegan consumer when you're about to consume vegan goods. It's like little bits of Christmas morning each time someone behind the counter asks you a closed ended question regarding your order. In addition to the bean patty or Gardein patty, you can also choose between standard fries or the sweet potato version. I'm excessively sweet as it is, so I always opt for the regular spuds. I'm kidding. Sort of.
Evolution Fast Food isn't really known in my circle of non-vegan compadres in San Diego. Most think it's still called one of their previous names and others assume all they serve is wheat grass shots and tofu slabs. It's a brilliant take on the prototypical fast food menu, just vegan'd out. But they also do soft serve ice cream, smoothies and desserts. Best of all, the entire restaurant is 100% vegan. So you'll never have to worry about cross contamination or wondering if a bun or slice of bread is also fitting to your compassionate ways. There is also a "drive-thru" window, perfect if you're feeling nostalgic and want to re-live the times the whole family went down to those golden arches. As far as convenience however, you're better off parking and walking up.
Stay tuned for San Diego Part 2: Ranchos Cocina!
Andrew E. Irons is a blogger from Long Beach, California. He co-created and contributes to a Rhode Island based Hip-Hop website, The Echo Chamber Blog, under the pseudonym Verbal Spacey. You can track his daily diatribes by following him on Twitter.
As I announced on Twitter last night, look what I came upon at Union Market last night! Basilcotta: Regal Vegan's basil cashew ricotta-style spread. You know I'm obsessed with their Faux Gras so I had to buy this immediately.
My official verdict: very yummy! It's not as amazing and addictive as the Faux Gras, but really, what is? "Basilcotta" is pretty much the perfect name—that's what it tastes like: ricotta mixed with basil. I just ate it on bread and it was creamy and good. I would love to have it in some pasta shells! I will try to get it together to do that and let you know how it turns out. Maybe I can mail some to Jenny and make her do it for us!
It's not on their site yet but hopefully it will be soon and then hopefully you'll be able to order it like you can the Faux Gras. Does anyone on the west coast carry Regal Vegan? They need to!
Clockwise from the left: Vanilla Chai, Sesame Crunch, and Sweet and Spicy Chipotle.
Hello, friends! Here I am with another product review! This time we have some healthy snack food: Nutty Bean Chick Pz. These are flavored roasted chickpeas. All flavors but the Honey Roasted are vegan. I tried the Chai Vanilla, Sesame Crunch, Sea Salt, and the Sweet and Spicy Chipotle (for those following along at home, that's all but the Honey Roasted and BBQ). Nutty Bean sent me these flavors to try for free and now I will tell you all about them.
I've actually seen roasted chickpeas before; I used to go to the Italian festival in New Jersey every year (which I highly recommend—except for the cannoli eating contest; whatever you do, don't watch the cannoli eating contest! You will vom!) and they had them in big burlap sacks. Haven't seen them since then. I always thought it was a good idea though, seems like a healthy snack idea.
So, in brief: they are a bit weird…AND I love them. The weird part is the texture. They are crunchy at first—kind of like wasabi peas or something—but then when you bite into them, they have a kind of dusty texture? I think dusty is the best description. But I think you get used to it and then you can enjoy them with reckless abandon!
The really cool thing is that these are super healthy. If they were bad for you and had the unfamiliar texture, I might not be into them. But I think the health factor makes it a good gamble. There are two servings per package (a good size!) and each serving has 4 grams of fiber, 4 grams of protein and only 1.5 grams of fat. It also has 10% of your daily iron, so that's nice. And a little shot of calcium to boot.
My favorite-favorite flavor is the Sweet and Spicy Chipotle. Yummy! It rules. I'm kind of a nancy about spice so these are a little too hot for me. My solution was to eat like four, then eat a handful of sea salt ones to relieve the spice. Funny Megan! But it worked great.
I didn't like the Sesame Crunch that much; I think you would definitely like that flavor if you like those little sesame sticks they always sell in bulk candy sections. You know the ones? My mom used to buy those for us when we were hippies. I was never that into them. But if you were, this is your flavor.
As for the Vanilla Chai, I thought I wouldn't like them because sometimes chai is über-sweet. But to my surprise, this was my second favorite flavor! Not too sweet but nice and cinnamon-clovey. Definitely yum and a nice sweet treat that's not too sweet.
That's the other good thing besides the health: these hit the spot. If you want a little touch of sweetness, you got it; if you want something salty, boom. And you can feel like you are doing something good for your body because of the iron, fiber, and protein! So it's really a great snack option. I officially recommend!
In news that is not actually new and still very depressing, seafood is terrible for human consumption and the environment. These studies serve as such crucial reminders for me, as seafood has been the hardest non-vegan food for me to stop dreaming about. I loved the stuff. I won't bore you with the gory details of my obsession with raw oysters, but an obsession it was.
Lately, however, I've been noticing a plethora of vegan "seafood" around me. I couldn't be more excited about this! (Maybe with more veggie seafood options, we can lobby for this whole "pescatarian" thing to go away. Every time I check, seafood is still considered meat.) Let's go over some options, shall we? In pictures, because we all love looking at pictures of food! Isn't this why we're all on Pinterest, styling our future parties, houses, and weddings? Yes it is.
Where else can I get my fix, beautiful readers? What else is out there? I must know! And when do we get a creamy soup in a bread bowl here in San Francisco? Preferably one that rivals clam chowder and is served at Pier 39.
[Photos from Real Food Daily and Mohawk Bend are by my girl Marie Ferrier. Follow her on Instagram @kweenmahreeh!
Oh yeah—they have Maoz here! Vegansaurus has already sung the praises of the mind-blowing all-veg falafel joint that is Maoz. There is one location in Barcelona close to La Rambla on Carrer de Ferran. Another great "para llevar" (takeout) place is Wok 2 Walk, which is just up Carrer de Ferran from Maoz. When I'm working, I live off this place. You pick a noodle or rice (stay away from the egg noodles, obviously), your favorite ingredients (vegetables, tofu, pineapple, etc.), and a sauce (I like the curry coconut). A dude whisks it all up in a wok and in minutes, you have a giant to-go container of stir-fry. While it might be tempting, don't grab an Estrella Damm beer with your dinner. Sadly, Spain's ubiquitous cheap beer is not vegan.
Cruising around La Rambla and need a pick-me-up? The open-air market off the Rambla, La Boqueria, sells fresh juices for just 1 euro. Gelaati! has both soy and rice milk-based gelat,o as well as fruit sorbetto, which is a must if you're visiting Barcelona in the summer. I ate it in February, however, because a little rain can't keep me away from my gelato. If you run out of cruelty-free toiletries on your travels, the chain Natura is a good bet for picking up soap, shampoo and more. They're everywhere—even in the Barcelona airport!
If you've tried all of these places (I salute you!) and want to find something else, Barcelona has its very own guide to vegan/vegetarian restaurants and shops, aptly called Sin Carne. ¡Felices viajes!
Ginny Mies is a lifelong Northern Californian who loves long -istance running, metal, margaritas, and is way too amused by her cats. She's also Mission Mission's vegan correspondent.
[Photos: Top, the author; second, Niklas Pivic via Flickr; third, David Boudreau via Flickr; fourth, Emilie Hardman via Flickr]
For those of you living in the middle of nowhere Arizona eating raw vegan food, meditating and not checking Twitter on your phone every ten minutes, I feel you: I lived that way for a couple years! I assume your main source of information is Vegansaurus, so we'll just break it down for you: the awe-inspiring Rosie O'Donnell recently suffered a heart attack and has since gone vegan!
Yesterday Rosie O'Donnell tweeted: "nine days later - nine pounds lost - eating a plant based diet #likebillclintonhttp://pic.twitter.com/8ItILfpl.
Some debate ensued as to whether she really was outing herself as vegan. I tweeted the news that she was vegan and a few people chirped that she's not. I apologized for the misinformation, and, lo and behold, @Rosie tweeted me:
@Rosie: @QueerVeganFood - yes i am
The vegan-lesbian tribe is getting so full these days! Yay! Since coming out as vegan, Rosie has received a barrage of vegan-positive tweets, Facebook posts, and messages across the far reaches of the Internets. Let's keep spreading the veggie love and supporting her heart-healthy journey to an ethical, plant-based diet!
This is Vegansaurus raw correspondent Sarah E. Brown's latest post! Read more by Sarah on Vegansaurus, and visit her personal blog, Queer Vegan Food.
Meet real pigeons and get vegan treats this Sunday with MickaCoo! Here are the details:
Come see The Stevie Bird Show! Meet Pigeons in pants!
Sunday, August 26, 2012 from 2 -5pm
MickaCoo Pigeon & Dove Rescue
Adoption Fair & Benefit
at the Romberg Tiburon Center
3152 Paradise Drive, Tiburon 94920
Suggested donation of $20, you'll get two bird shows, snack on vegan tasty treats, get great deals on cool auction and raffle items and learn more about these beautiful birds and why they make such fantastic pets. Please visit http://mickacoo.eventbrite.com/ to learn more and RSVP (free raffle ticket to first 50, no prepayment required).
I love hanging out with my family and getting away from the city for a few days. The only bummer can be going out to eat with everyone, as I usually end up getting a side of vegetables and a salad with half the ingredients taken out (cheese). I've made my peace with the Cheesecake Factory, but that is not the place to go every time I'm visiting. I mean, you gotta wait at least, AT LEAST, a half-hour to get a table, and it's kinda fancy. What about casual? I just want to eat lunch with my mom somewhere, where we'll both enjoy our food. IS THAT TOO MUCH TO ASK?
No it is not! BJ's Brewhouse just opened up near my parents' house and guess what? They have a few vegan options! Not only vegan, but some gluten-free options too! Plus tons of beer, including a gluten-free one (shudder), and delicious cocktails (I'm thinking of you, margarita). When my mom mentioned BJ's for lunch, I figured I'd be eating a salad, yandet took to the internet to see what the vegan word was. You know what? QUARRYGIRL LOVES BJ'S BREWHOUSE.
Now, I do too! When Quarrygirl said BJ's pizza was one of her all-time faves, I was excited, but skeptical. Silly me. That Quarrygirl knows her pizza! It is pretty epic stuff.
Oh, Portobello mushroom pizza, I wish I could eat you again today (accompanied by another refreshing Piranha pale ale).
First and foremost, don't miss last night's ABC World News feature on the new undercover investigation by Compassion Over Killing that led USDA to shut down a major California slaughter plant this week. Impressive.
Also, this week New Jersey's largest paper officially endorsed the state's bill to ban gestation crates for pigs, even citing in its endorsement the op-ed referenced in last week's email. Boom.
Speaking of pigs, food service giant Aramark announced with HSUS that it will require its pork suppliers to end their use of gestation crates. Bring it.
Finally, five years in a row, VegNews readers have voted HSUS their favorite animal protection group. You can help make it six by voting for us in this year's Veggie Awards! [Ed.: Vote for Vegansaurus for favorite blog and Ask Laura for favorite column, too, if you want xoxoxoxoxo!]
Video of the week: when cats get caught barking…
SUCH VERY EXCITING NEWS. We love Beer Revolution because we love beer and sitting outside in the sun and drinking beer while sitting outside in the sun, and so we were VERY EXCITED when we heard that they're opening an all-veg eatery next door.
All the info we could gather from our thorough investigation (phone call) is that It's going to be called Old Depot Public House, they'll serve "European food," and it'll open sometime in the early fall. Obviously, you can now enjoy Beer Revolution with a side of next-door's tasty Souley Vegan, but now you can enjoy appetizers at Souley Vegan and then move to Old Depot Public House< for main course and then back to Souley Vegan for dessert and then back to Old Depot Public House for second dessert. If this sounds like too much eating to you then you're not a real vegan and need to rethink your priorities in ALL of your life, and maybe just jump off the Bay Bridge jk jk be cool.
Man, Oakland, you are really, truly the BEST lately—you know that, right? Yeah, you do. Come here, Oakland. (I'm making out with Oakland, you can go now.)
Naturally, this about broke the heart of BEEF Daily Blog's Amanda Radke, who cannot believe "that a reporter in the heart of a city that is home to an agricultural college would suggest these things." Not eating meat? In North Dakota? When you could be cutting out your daily coffee and using that money to pay for pork chops?
Never mind that Moore isn't a "Fargo, ND, news reporter" but a blogger for PETA Prime, and her piece, "Go vegan during drought," was posted in Inforum's Opinions section. Radke seems to take Moore's suggestion personally, as though by advocating an animal-free diet she is slapping everyone who's ever commercially raised an animal for consumption in their weather-beaten, Midwestern faces. Be cool, Amanda! This is one of the least aggressive or obnoxious op-eds I've ever read from PETA—it's downright reasonable and measured in tone. Really, Heather Moore deserves a cookie.
And Amanda Radke could use a big bowl of cucumber soup. It's as refreshing as a calm discussion about the economic benefits of eating fewer animal products during a drought!
[Photo of "prairie and wheat field fire north of Richardton, N.D.," by Darla Hueske via Flickr]
Remember last month, when we talked about Michelle Obama and Epicurious' Healthy Lunchtime Challenge? Remember, kids from across the country submitted healthy recipes, and one from each state (plus three "territories" and poor old D.C.) won inclusion in the recipe book and a trip to attend a Kids' State Dinner at the White House? And we got really excited because one of the recipes, by Nevadan Alexea Wagner, was explicitly vegan? Time to get excited again, Kinder Krunchies, because the free e-cookbook is available!
The winning recipe-writers and their parents were feted on Monday at the White House, by the First Lady (and the President), where they served a few of the kids' recipes, including Arizonan Haile Thomas' vegan-by-default quinoa, black bean, and corn salad. Haile, by the way, is ridiculously precocious, particularly in the kitchen. Basically she's a ringer, and we hope our hero Alexea got enough to eat at that omnivorous luncheon.
You can download the cookbook here [pdf], if you're interested. As for the proud vegan: "I saw sloppy joes at school, but I wanted to make sure they were cruelty-free," says Alexea, who serves this with kale salad that has shredded carrot, spicy pecans, and sliced strawberries, and a big glass of soy milk.
Still rules!
For your convenience, the following recipes are secretly vegan:
Arizonan Haile Thomas' quinoa, black bean, and corn salad;
Coloradan Aiden Gould's rainbow salad with black beans, mint, and lemon;
Delawarean Jourdann Latney's stuffed tomatoes;
Marylander Samuel Hightower's sizzling tofu with green onions and sugar snap peas;
Michigander Avery McNew's apple oat balls!;
Utahan Lahav Ardi's lentil veggie soup;
and West Virginian Alexis Nelson's golden Moroccan butternut stew (less the honey I KNOW).
There are also a good number of vegan-except-for-cheese recipes, or easy veg-protein-for-meat substitutions. I realize I sound like I'm trying to sell you on this book, which is predicated on the idea that there is a CHILDHOOD OBESITY EPIDEMIC OH NO THE CHILDREN ARE FATTENING, which we at Vegansaurus find generally gross. But getting kids cooking is great! Especially if it's vegan food! If nothing else, you don't have to worry about them accidentally contracting a terrifying food-borne illness if you don't bring illness-bearing foods into your kitchen.
You can see more utterly charming photos from the Kids' State Dinner at NBC News, and download the cookbook [pdf] at Epicurious. Invite some Happy Veggie Kids into your kitchen!
[Photo by Saul Loeb / AFP - Getty Images via NBC News]
As a disclaimer, I don't really understand three-dimensional printing, like, at all. How does it work? Why does it work? Just the idea of it hurts my brain.
That said, what do we think about Modern Meadow's 3D printable meat? It's an idea that was born of this other crazytown scientific project, printing human organs; apparently, printing meat would be easier than printing organs, because the meat is "a post-mortem tissue," which is less complicated a process than printing living tissue.
I have read a couple articles about this project and I still really don't understand. Like, they're going to start by "fabricat[ing] 3D cellular sheets composed of porcine cells." How? If they succeed, will they be eligible for that $1 million from PETA, since technically they have to grown the cells in order to bioprint them? (Though with Peter Thiel money, they probably won't need it.) What would a tissue-bioprinter even look like?
Most importantly, though, what do you all think? This falls under the same heading as "lab-grown meat," right, so those of you who would eat test-tube meat would also eat printed meat? And on the ethics tip, would you accept a printed organ, should you ever need a transplant? I totally would, presuming it wasn't being created unethically. About the meat, as always, I feel ambivalent. Divorcing "meat" from "living animal" is something we vegans work so hard to stop doing, but lab-grown meat legitimately would lack connection to that living animal, so presumably we would be able to uncouple them in our brains again. I just don't know how to conceive of it, which is maybe what causes my ambivalence. What about you all?
Get more information about Modern Meadow's meat-printing project at its website.
[3D image by Karsten Schmidt via Flickr]


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It's a dilemma faced by IT administrators everywhere. "We ran out of rack space, air conditioning capacity, and UPSes at the end of 2004, but we needed more servers," recalls George Rapp, senior vice president of IT for Stonebridge Bank, a regional institution in Pennsylvania. Getting more power in and more heat out was just not an option for the bank's datacenter, so Rapp consolidated multiple Unix servers into one box to reduce the physical footprint and delay the crisis. "But it got us only part of the way," he notes.
In 2005, EMC released VMware ESX version 2, giving Rapp a practical server virtualization option for the first time. By converting physical servers to virtual ones, several of which can run at a time on one physical server, the bank has dodged the capacity bullet. It has gone from having 131 physical servers to just 26, even though it has more server instances, and thus needs just two of its five racks and 37 percent of its UPS capacity. Even as the bank grows, it will be at least five years before server growth pushes its datacenter's physical space, power, and heat limits, Rapp says.
Today, the bank uses three Hewlett-Packard DL-585 servers to run VMware, each with four dual-core CPUs and 32GB of RAM. Rapp chose the AMD-powered DL-385 over the Intel-powered DL-380 model because his tests showed the DL-385 could run about 25 VMs while the DL-380 could run just 12. "We have 77 critical VMs on the three servers," Rapp notes.
Putting so many eggs in one basket can increase risk if a physical server fails, so he hasn't fully loaded any of the DL-585s. Worst case: One physical server could run all the mission-critical VMs, Rapp says. To further ensure availability in case of disaster, the bank has connected all the servers via SAN, so it can quickly move the server images to other equipment if necessary, using the EMC VMotion utility. (VMotion requires that all servers have the same CPU family, forcing a full refresh for all VMware servers, rather than permitting an incremental replacement strategy, Rapp notes.) The VM configuration software also resides on the SAN, so it is available no matter what VMware servers are up. "We realized that it [the VM image] is just data," he says.
The deployment of virtual servers as image data on a SAN also has reduced data management costs and the IT staff's travel requirements, Rapp notes. The bank needs fewer backup agents and defragmentation applications because it has fewer physical servers, he says, citing a cost decline from $230 per server per month to $31. Travel needs are reduced because if a server doesn't come up properly, IT staff can just reload the image from headquarters, saving a drive of as much as 260 miles round trip. "It's easier to manage remote branches now," Rapp says. Even at headquarters, "we don't even go into the server room any more," he says. "We don't even turn on the lights." Before using virtualization, IT staff had to go in several times a day to deal with server maintenance.


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The Neepawa Natives have been busy lately.
Over the last two weeks, a young Natives squad has had to battle both its opponents and the fatigue of playing seven games in nine nights.
During that stretch, Neepawa only managed to grab two wins, including one win in its five games played since last Monday.
Neepawa 1 - Steinbach 5
Sunday, Jan. 15
In its final game of the busy stretch, Neepawa found itself being outscored 5-1 by the Steinbach Pistons Sunday night in Steinbach despite only being outshot 36-34.
Steinbach opened the game's scoring with just under four minutes left in the first period before Neepawa's Robby Moar responded 23 seconds later of a marker assisted by Dylan Dock and Derrick Brooks.
The rest of the game was all Steinbach though, as they added three more in the second period and another in the final frame to win 5-1.
Alex Henry took the loss for Neepawa, allowing four goals in 40 minutes before newly acquired backup Jared Knott stepped in to save nine of the last 10 shots to finish out the game.
Neepawa went scoreless on five powerplay opportunities while Steinbach scored twice on four opportunities.
Neepawa 2 - Winkler 6
Saturday, Jan. 14
Henry and Knott shared time between the pipes for Neepawa again Saturday as the Flyers outshot Neepawa 53-25 en route to a 6-2 win in Winkler.
Winkler scored twice in the first and another in the second before Neepawa's Brooks put one away with less than four minutes left in the period. But Winkler would another goal to its tally less than two minutes later to regain its three-goal lead.
Neepawa's Shane Harrington opened the scoring in the final frame by putting one away in the powerplay about seven minutes in before Winkler knocked in two more to finish scoring at 6-2 in its favour.
Henry logged 35 minutes in net for Neepawa, saving 29 of 32 shots, while Knott saved 20 of 23 in 25 minutes of action.
The Natives had six powerplay opportunities, scoring on one, while Winkler went scoreless on its three man advantages.
Neepawa's Justin Dalebozik, Michael Butler and Harrington grabbed assists on the night.
Swan Valley 3 - Neepawa 4
Friday, Jan. 13
The Yellowhead Centre was packed Friday night with 1,001 filling the stands for the team's free game night.
The Natives were able to feed off the energy, grabbing their only win of the week by ousting the visiting Stampeders 4-3 in a thrilling game.
Dock opened the scoring for Neepawa at the 7:22 mark of the first period before Swan Valley knotted it up at one apiece just over two minutes into the second frame. Dock then put away his second of the game about eleven minutes later to give Neepawa a 2-1 advantage heading into the third.
Swan Valley scored twice early in the final frame to take its first lead at 3-2, but Neepawa wasn't about to disappoint a full house and got back-to-back markers from Carter Zalluski and Moar to clinch the game with a 4-3 score.
CJ Kort and Brooks had two assists each to help Neepawa to its first win of the week, while Craig Sigvaldason, Troy Hoban, Moar and goalie Knott added one assist apiece.
midweek action, the Natives found themselves on the wrong end of the scoresheet in back-to-back 4-2 home losses to the OCN Blizzard.
OCN 4 – Neepawa 2
Thursday, Jan. 11
OCN scored on the power play less than five minutes into Thursday night's game before Neepawa's Hoban responded with a late first period marker.
Dock put the Natives up 2-1 early in the second frame but the Blizzard responded with two of their own in the period as well as another in the third to clinch a 4-2 victory.
Hoban and Brooks each tallied an assist for Neepawa.
Both teams scored twice with the man advantage.
Henry made 35 saves in the losing effort. Neepawa posted 28 shots on OCN's net.
OCN 4 – Neepawa 2
Wednesday, Jan. 10
Tuesday night OCN jumped out to an early lead less than three minutes in before Neepawa's Justin Dalebozik scored less than three minutes later to tie it and Landon Thompson scored midway through the second to give Neepawa a 2-1 lead.
The Blizzard responded with a three-goal third period though en route to a 4-2 win.
OCN outshot Neepawa 42-32 with Riley Feser taking the loss in his last appearance for Neepawa prior to being traded. Clark Rempel and Hoy both had an assist.