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No duh, Salon: government subsidies make good food expensive and horrible food cheap »
Guess who just figured out that food subsidies are all fucked up? Good job, Salon, you're just behind the Physician's Committee for Responsible Medicine (remember Megan Rascal's compare-n-contrast graphics? Kick-ass), and King Corn, and Fast Food Nation, and (our best frenemy) Michael Pollan. Only, what, a decade behind the rest of us? Not too bad!
This quote is good, though:
Indeed, this is a problem not of individual proclivities or of agricultural biology that supposedly makes nutrition naturally unaffordable — it is a problem of rigged economics and corrupt policymaking.
Because you have to reframe the argument. Vegans will never, ever win the elitism fight (until the day we've all turned into disabled queer people of color through the power of white-cis-guilt/will), but we can point out that the relatively higher price of eating vegetables is a national problem with deep, ugly roots that's bad for everybody except big agriculture executives. Who are mostly grody white dudes who don't give a fuck about your need for more than corn-syrup-covered Potato Buds.
Fuck the man. Eat a vegetable and yell at your representatives and tell corporate agriculture to fuck right off. Food stamps at farmers' markets forever. Food accessibility is a vegan issue.
∞ posted at 11:46 by seriousmeaveness
Guest post: Food accessibility is a vegan issue »
I was sitting at my desk, staring at my coffee, when my co-worker walked in with a bag of cherries and said, "God, organic fruit at the farmers' market is fucking expensive."
At least we have a farmers' market nearby selling local, organic fruit and vegetables, I thought, and my co-worker has the resources to buy some. When discussions of veganism and privilege come up–as they seem to be doing with increased frequency—there's some understandable defensiveness from vegans, and some valid concerns that the "veganism is for rich white people" trope is both wrong and insulting to anyone not rich or white. But there remain striking differences food access across communities. This should concern everyone, but especially us veganism advocates.
A recent survey [pdf] by the very rad Food Empowerment Project (FEP) lays out the data. Looking at Santa Clara County specifically, they found that:
"On average, higher-income areas have twice as many locations with fresh fruits and vegetables compared to the lower-income areas…14 times more locations with frozen fruit and six times more locations with frozen vegetables.… In addition to being generally less available in lower-income areas, the variety of produce is also limited in these locations."
Some of these findings are helpfully laid out in chart form:
Other sections point out things that should be obvious to those of us who live, work, or generally exist in urban cores, but are worth stating plainly: there are fundamental differences between supermarkets and small corner groceries; meat and dairy alternatives are virtually nonexistent in many communities, despite high levels of lactose-intolerance in some of those populations; that, along with being "cash-poor," many providers in low-income communities and communities of color are "time-poor," way too overstretched by multiple jobs and responsibilities to travel to a distant shop for decent produce, return home, and prepare dinner. The FEP study calls this "environmental racism." Check out the full thing, along with their recommendations, here [pdf].
Your ability to make healthy food choices shouldn't depend on your address or income, and lack of access to fruits and vegetables amounts to a public health crisis in many places. The growing trend of farmers' markets accepting food stamps is a welcome development: by expanding access to good food rather than restricting access to junk, it's also a much smarter, and less paternalistic and classist way to encourage people to eat well. (Another option would be to eat all the locavores, provided they were humanely put down, with reverence for all that they would provide us, but that's a topic for another post.)
As vegans, it should matter to us especially. When we tell others to go vegan–which we should–it's crucial to consider what barriers might stand in their way. Some are ideological, reflective of long-standing habits and assumptions, but some are more practical, like whether they can get to a market that sells non-gross apples. The ability to do so does mark a sort of privilege that needs to be recognized and dismantled, even if anti-vegan internet goofballs like to cite it for their own purposes.
And finally, concern about food security and access shouldn't be the domain of a borderline-sociopathic "locavore" community that seems to raise these issues only to argue that we need to kill chickens in our yards. We shouldn't cede that ground (sign a petition against at-home chicken-slaughter right now!). Everyone deserves decent food, produced sustainably, locally, and without poisons, and vegan advocates should be on the frontlines of that push. The FEP's work is a good place to start.
Rick Kelley is a recent transplant to the Bay, having fled the brutal Minnesota winters for warmer climes. He spends his days at a Oakland workers' rights nonprofit and his evenings probably playing moderately accurate renditions of Propagandhi songs with his awesome partner and their rescued pup, Bandit. He's also currently active in organizing against Oakland's "Let's All Kill Some Chickens in Our Yards For Fun" proposal. He used to blog, and might do so again someday.
∞ posted at 09:35 by seriousmeaveness
Eat this NOW: cupcakes and pie in a jar from Fox & Fawn Bakehouse! »
You gotta eat these cupcakes right now. Fox & Fawn Bakehouse make honestly some of the best cupcakes I've ever eaten in my life! I know I say that almost every time I write about anything (best ass-kicking of my life! best lobotomy of my life! best shit sandwich of my life!) but for real, I really really really mean it this time, for real! The cake was spongy and light, and the frosting was sweet but not cloying. Deeeeeelicious. Man, I could eat a few right now and that's no joke! These are the cupcakes you wish you could make but you just don't have the skillz to pay the cupcake billz. Speaking of honesty, I honestly have no clue how my fingers haven't fallen off from all the typing I've done in the past month. The fact that I can still walk upright and (kinda) speak English are miracles.
Anyway, you will not regret getting these cupcakes into your mouth, so go ahead and order from them immediately. Oh, and the pie in a jar? RIDICULOUS. It's a PIE in a JAR and it's the perfect wedding favor, housewarming gift, present to yourself for making it through the day. Also, Fox and Fawn Bakehouse prices are extremely reasonable! $24 for a dozen is only $2 per cupcake and that's way less than what you spend in a store. THE DEAL! It is AMAZING! So order a bunch of stuff and fan them on Facebook and generally just eat the shit out of their goodies because even though I got some for free (doesn't guarantee a good review or even a review period), I'm totally planning on ordering cupcakes from them and PAYING. This is the Real Deal, people, because I don't like to pay for shit, ask anyone. I mean, ANYONE.
Oh and if you're not into special ordering things (I don't know why this would be the case but maybe you're too poor or don't think you're special enough), you can track them down at the Benicia Farmers' Market, where they've been selling out!
Plus, look at this damn logo:
[Cupcake photo by Damien Jay! Thanks, Damien!]
∞ posted at 11:59 by laurahooperb
ForageSF is back with a bigger, better market: all day and all night! »
YOU GUYS. Essentially all day and all the night* on Saturday (tomorrow! Jan. 15!), Public Works is hosting a huge food-n-drinks market!
From 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. you can shop for prepared and packaged foods, and crafty things like body care products (possibly made in a hippie's bathtub, but with the finest ingredients Rainbow's Dumpster had to offer. UPCYCLE 4 LYFE). From 6 p.m. to 2 p.m., it'll be all hot food, cold drinks—TWO BARS!—and a dance party, OH YEAH. Also "street performers," but you already know to avoid anyone wearing body paint or wielding weapons, Hacky Sacks, or anything on fire so probably there's nothing to worry about.**
It's 21-and-over—leave the babies at home with their sitters!—and a free ForageSF membership is a requirement to get in. Entrance costs $5 from 11 a.m. to 11 p.m., and $10 from 11 p.m. on. Essentially, this is going to be a big indoor farmers' market party—why wouldn't you want to go? Discover new, delicious foodstuffs! People-watch! Start your Saturday drinking really early!
Get more information here, including a list of vendors. Night Market is a combined effort of ForageSF and Public Works, and will be held at Public Works, at 161 Eerie St., between Mission and 14th Streets in the Mission. We recommend going after hitting up the SF Vegan Bakesale and safely storing your delicious treats at home/in your stomach.
*You know, "all night" in this city means "until 2 a.m." Damn liquor laws (and lazy residents).
**YES, your Vegansaurus has serious loathing for neo-hippie bullshit, but some of us went to U.C. Davis, some of us went to Oberlin, and some of us were raised by actual sub/urban hippies, so it's not exactly baseless.
∞ posted at 12:56 by seriousmeaveness
Sometimes it's almost our birthdays and we feel unaccomplished and sad; sometimes there are kiwi shortages, and robots milk cows: it's this week's link-o-rama! »
Ein Geburtstagskuchen! Really, any cake is a birthday cake if you deem it so. This is vegan Schwarzwälderkirschtorte—lecker! [photo by benjamin_lebsanft]
Tomorrow, Saturday, Nov. 20, Dolores Park Works will hold a Dolores Park Clean-up! Your Vegansaurus wholeheartedly endorses this endeavor, what with loving Dolores Park so terribly, terribly much, and we owe it to our neighborhood to go! Meet at the Dolores Park Works-branded toolbox behind the tennis courts at 18th and Dolores Streets at 10 a.m. tomorrow; DPW will provide all the equipment, and work is scheduled until 2 p.m.
There's an international kiwi crisis brewing as the trees are being clobbered by a nasty bacteria called PSA. "International" because Italy actually produces more kiwifruits than New Zealand, annually. The U.S. and Russia, among others, are looking at meagre winter harvests, so countries that import most of their staples can expect those prices to increase between 11 and 20 percent next year. Because poor countries don't have enough problems! In China, the government has begun distributing food subsidies in the form of money and actual comestibles, as food prices there went up 10 percent in ONE MONTH, and inflation grows faster than people's incomes. UGH.
Meanwhile we are still the luckiest jerks: California is full of awesome farmers markets, and we've got Local Harvest, which helps you determine not just your nearest awesome farmers markets, but where all the food sold there came from. The USDA keeps a national list of farmers markets, too. If you can take advantage of this, DO IT. You owe it to everyone who eats food with a massive carbon footprint because that's the only food they can get. We're so well off, there's no excuse not to be selective about our groceries. You eat vegan, local, organic food, and know that in that part of your life you really are doing your best. No brags, no smugs, just dedication to the right thing. Well OK, maybe we in the U.S. aren't the best-best off: Grist hosts two solid debates on the Food Safety Modernization Act that, in part reveal that our current standards are depressingly low. Um, so maybe you'd like a recipe for spiced sweet potatoes? Possibly the most depressingly recounted recipe ever written in English?
Our pal Justine Quart, interviewer of vegan burlesque queens, has written a fantastic article in the SFAppeal on the problem of shark fin soup in San Francisco and how it's being addressed. Goodness it is an EXCELLENT article, you really must read it. A horrible human being has been strangling seagulls with beer cans since at least Nov. 3. Thank goodness, Wild Rescues saved one gull this week! Here's a small good thing: the California Beer and Beverage Distributors doubled the bounty for the fuckface bird-torturer. If you need to indulge in a little vicarious revenge, Netflix is streaming Whale Wars season three. Just imagine you are steering the boat, only it's your fist, and it's going right into the bird-strangler's throat. When you open your eyes again, you have committed zero violent acts, just as it should be.
Hooray, it's the Week in Vegan, by our own Laura! Unfortunately she made a small error regarding my number-one dream husband Vincent Kartheiser, as the public transportation-lover/car-despising vegan around here is me. Whoops! Lely: the dairy maintenance company of the future? Because robotics? Your Vegansaurus finds all this suspicious and a little creepy. Really, the cows are actually happy? REALLY? Perhaps in this same future we'll all be wearing nutria-skin hats—nutria, the ethical fur! HA. Or, OK this isn't so strange: Eric Hanson has drawn a sort of "geography of Thanksgiving," with illustrations based on the most popular Google recipe searches measured on the day before Thanksgiving. Kentucky's is "broccoli casserole," which could be gross, or delicious, depending. Crossing our fingers for delicious, Kentucky!
∞ posted at 17:42 by seriousmeaveness
Farmers markets, consumer warnings and political scandal in your egg-recall update! »
The Humane Society wants us to know that eggs from the farmers market can come from hens treated just as terribly as hens that supply eggs for supermarkets. Many of you are probably like, "duh," but before I became vegan, I was unaware of this sort of thing. I even assumed "organic" automatically meant humane! But it's just not so. Side note: that was actually why I initially became vegan, because if you don't go directly to the farm, you just don't know how the animals are treated. But I can't be running around on farms everyday just so I can eat omelets! I've got work to do and dance moves to perfect!
Last week, the Humane Society sent letters to California's farmers markets asking them to forbid the sale of eggs from caged hens: "To increase food safety, improve animal welfare, and to meet the expectations of their consumers, we hope California's farmers markets will stop allowing their well-earned 'halo effect' to extend to companies and products that don't deserve it." LGBT Compassion regularly protests the live-chicken vendors at Heart of the City Farmers Market—did you know that these hens aren't protected by California's poultry slaughter laws?
Of course cage-free doesn't necessarily mean the hen can go outside or anything silly like that, but they generally* do have enough room to spread their wings and actually move in general. And as the Humane Society points out, "cage-free" also means safer, according to the last 10 studies on the subject.
In other egg-recall news, New York Senator Kirsten Gillibrand says consumer notification systems in food-recalls are plain janky. She says it's imperative for their health that people get up-to-date information and they should be notified within 24 hours of any recall. I'm going to have to cosign this movement as I was talking to friends just last weekend who had heard jackshit about the egg recall. Dang it! I love most of my friends! I don't want them to die from Salmonella!
Does anyone else remember the E. coli outbreak in spinach in 2006? When I went to Whole Foods around then, every single bag of spinach had an E. coli warning—have they done that with the eggs? I don't know, I don't buy eggs, but I doubt it. And you know why? Politics!
That's right, in the world of food safety, corruption abounds. A survey released yesterday by the Union of Concerned Scientists showed that almost half of the scientists and inspectors at the federal agencies in charge of food safety say big business and congress has interfered in their work. This was a problem under the Bush administration and apparently there's been little improvement under Obama. From the LA Times:
"What we found is that action is needed to curtail interference in science, both political and that driven by the private sector," said Francesca Grifo, director of the Scientific Integrity Program at the Union of Concerned Scientists. "We have two very different agencies giving very identical responses, and this suggests the need for broad reform."
Inspectors responding to the survey reported pressure from their own agencies to make problems disappear and to help offending companies remain open even when there are clear violations. So basically, we're screwed! Business over safety, that's the American way.
Speaking of business and corruption, Grist had a good piece yesterday about the crazy egg empire of Jack DeCoster. DeCoster owns Wright County Egg, one of the egg factories subject to the recall, and according to Grist writer Tom Philpott, he's "one of the most reviled figures in industrial agriculture." DeCoster views violating food safety laws as no big deal, and paying fines as another part of doing business. OMG this guy rules! Wright County Egg is only the ninth-largest egg producer in the U.S. BUT! DeCoster may very well be numero uno of the egg market! BUT! It's very confusing! Philpott tries to get to the bottom of it:
[There are] four large egg producers—DeCoster Family Farms (Wright County Egg), Hillandale Farms, Ohio Fresh Eggs, and Quality Eggs of Maine—which [are] controlled by or have extremely intimate links with Jack DeCoster. The Cal-Maine list of the largest U.S. egg producers puts the hen flocks of DeCoster Family Farms, Hillandale, and Ohio Fresh at 9 million, 14 million, and 7.6 million, respectively. It doesn't list Quality Egg of Maine, but the Boston Globe says it keeps 5 million hens…. [T]hat amounts 35.6 million hens under management by companies owned by or tightly linked with DeCoster—more than 10 percent of the nation's total flock (340 million).
Philpott is not done yet but I'll keep you updated. God bless his tireless soul!
I know our vegan readers don't buy eggs, but many of our friends and loved ones do. One thing we can do is get them hip to the farmers market jive and tell them to always ask egg vendors if the hens are cage-free, and to ask farmers market organizers if they allow eggs from caged hens. I find that even when omnivores don't care how animals are treated, many of them are über-scared of food-borne illnesses so the increased danger caused by small cages is a good thing to make them aware of. Everybody now: BABY STEPS!
*This is an update. Cage-free doesn't necessarily mean they can spread their wings or anything superfluous like that. FYI.
[Top image from Animalvisuals.org; click to see full chart. Bottom from Grist]
∞ posted at 12:35 by youtalkfunny
Guest post: Stonestown Galleria farmer's market! »
Stonestown Galleria Farmer's Market
Sundays, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the parking lot of the Stonestown Galleria mall, at 19th Avenue between Eucalyptus and Winston Drives.
After moving to San Francisco three months ago, I've come to refer to my Sunday excursions as "free breakfast." The many bread-bakers and fruit-sellers at Stonestown Galleria set out platters of samples, and sometimes approach you with tongs and chunks of their goods; the prepared-food vendors seem extremely interested in giving you a taste. And for good reason—they know that you'll find it hard not to walk away with their product.
If you have ever visited a farmer's market in San Francisco, you've probably encountered the Afghan culinary delight Bolani. These people shove tender, flaky, stuffed breads topped with unctuous and flavorful spreads at you like they think you're starving. Only one of the spreads contain dairy, the breads are all vegan, and they even have butter-free baklava. A few stands down, Tofu Yu—tasty local soy products—and Sukhi's—Indian snacks and condiments, with a delectable jalapeno chutney—will also press samples on you. The Hummus Guy is actually "manned" by a woman, whom I used to avoid: She seemed like the cat lady of hummus, hunched protectively over her various tubs veggie-based salads and spreads, surrounded by bags of pita chips; but when I lingered long enough she offered to let me try whatever I wanted, and was quite kind—her roasted red pepper dip is impressive, though everything I tried was great. The Nago Foods booth is also on that aisle, and sells miso salad dressings, with samples drizzled over little cups of greens—only one of their dressings is vegan, but if you're munching your way down the aisle, you might as well. Across the market, M&CP Farms have apparently been growing olives in Orland, Calif. for the past 50 years; you can find them here every other Sunday. They don't just grow, brine and sell some remarkably delicious olives of quite a variety, but they put almost all of them out for sampling, as well as a couple other pickled items and a few spreads. One or two contain cheese, but everything else is vegan: spicy olives, dry-cured olives, almond-stuffed olives, lime olives, just to name a few. If you can coordinate your visit, do not miss this stand. The dudes that run it are super-nice, too, always ready with crackers topped with tapenade.
Probably the only vendor this market lacks is a good vegan dessert—the cupcake lady here only does vegan ones on special advance order. But that leads me to the fruit—every type you can imagine. The fruit vendors are too numerous to name, but I enjoy visiting Malik Ranch for this farmer's dried fruits as well as various almonds available to try. I particularly appreciate this stand as he actually lists his ingredients for his flavored almonds on the bags, in clear view, and practically all of them are vegan.
If you visit this market, I also recommend you try some of the unusual Asian vegetables. They are extremely cheap and I have yet to be disappointed by an exotic leafy green, even when I didn't know what it was called (though of course it doesn't hurt to ask the seller for advice on preparation). Heaps of ginger, garlic, lemongrass, okra leaves and Japanese eggplants dominate your view. From shiitake mushrooms to squash to chard to cauliflower, I rarely have trouble finding the veggie I'm looking for.
Now let's get to the hot food stands, the real jewel in the crown. The omnipresent Kettle Corn guy is here, as well as a couple Southern-food stands (one actually has a vegan gumbo which is mostly okra, and not bad at all), waffles, and the Pie Press, which sells savory pies, apparently with vegan crusts but rarely vegan fillings; perhaps we should lobby her. The standout is definitely Happy Dumpling, which virtually always has a line, even at 9 a.m. Upon seeing the stand for the first time, with its prominent sign that said "Islamic Chinese lamb kabobs," I had little hope for the place. However, I'm eternally grateful that I asked, because their vegetarian dumplings as well as their green onion pancake are vegan. The first time I had the dumplings, stuffed with minced, deliciously seasoned veggies and clear yam noodles, my mind was pretty much blown. Best of all, they're incredibly cheap—$2 for three large dumplings. They are on the soft, doughy side, with a crispy fried exterior, and best dunked in the vinegar and soy sauce available at the condiments table. I recently I tried the green onion pancake but was less impressed. It's basically crispy-fried thin dough with some green onions folded in—a good conveyance for Thai sweet chili sauce, but not too remarkable on its own, though pulling the layers apart better revealed the flavor of the onions. It's still a great deal at $2, especially if you are craving something greasy.
I think if Happy Dumpling didn't dominate the hot food market, Indian Gourmet would likely have a huge line also, because based on the samples they set out of chewy, incredibly fresh naan and dishes like chana masala, mixed vegetables and vegan saag, their culinary skills are quite impressive. Even better, their extensive menu—which includes samosas, wraps, platters and subsi/dal to go in a tub for $5—clearly indicates the vegan item.
I have to admit I rarely eat at the hot food vendors, mainly because I tend to go relatively early and fill up on delicious, but one stand I never miss anymore is Gaga Café. Though I would typically balk at paying $3 for an 8 oz cup of coffee, these locally roasted beans are some of the best I've ever tasted, and great to sip on while wandering the market. Given that there aren't many good cafes in West Portal, he is a godsend. The man who runs it is friendly and works fast, despite brewing each cup individually. If you don't like to walk and drink (or eat), you can have a seat at one of the many round tables arrayed around the little performance area, which always has live music.
Now that San Francisco's true summer is supposedly on its way and even this generally foggy 'hood is starting to heat up, consider checking out this unique market, to support the various sellers who help make it a wonderland of vegan eating!
Tamara Failor currently lives in West Portal, and will soon relocate temporarily to Mongolia for work. Though Mongolia is quite possibly the least vegan-friendly country on the planet, she feels excited and up to the challenge. Tamara has lived in Portland, South Korea and North Carolina, and while in Portland documented and reviewed the city's various vegan reubens. This is her first post for Vegansaurus; all photos by Tamara Failor!
∞ posted at 06:30 by time-for-naps
Live from the pool: it's your hot and bothered link-o-rama! »
Events for your vegan weekend!
This is Genie the pigeon, recently adopted from Mickaboo Bird Rescue! Help out Mickaboo this weekend by stopping by the Rummage Sale for the Birds on Sunday, August 1 at the Market Street Co-op (1884 Market St., at Laguna and Guerrero) from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. There'll be clothes, books, furniture, unclassifiable treasures, and if nothing pleases you, Mickaboo welcomes straight-up donations. Every cent benefits birds like young Genie here.
Of course, you had better go to the SF Vegan Bakesale tomorrow (Saturday! July 31!) in front of Mission Bicycle (766 Valencia St., between 18th and 19th Streets) from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., or we'll have no money for the good people behind Rocket Dog Rescue and the Housing Rights Committee of San Francisco! And then needy puppies and people will be homeless and probably die and do you want that on your conscience? So come on over and help out, already.
Would you like to be a vegan model? No, not just being pretty and eating celery, you guys. Really, walking in an all-vegan fashion show, as part of the 2010 Vegan Expo on Oct. 2 in Albany, N.Y. Check out the details and maybe see about entering! There are no size requirements AND you could end up wearing Vegansaurus favorite Vaute Couture!
Vegan-style news items
SFoodie visited two new city farmers markets this week—one at Cow Palace, and one at Mint Plaza. They sounded nice? Not very busy, but you know, new markets, and did anyone hear about them? Did any Vegansaurus readers go? Let us know if you do! Otherwise you're just going to have to keep reading about them on other sites because after nine months of taking it twice daily almost every day, I am never taking it again. That bus is as anarchic as the 33 after dark, but it's twice as long and picks up more passengers with face tattoos. [SFoodie]
Overfishing is killing our oceans! Phytoplankton are vanishing from the seas at an increasingly, terrifyingly rapid rate! You know, phytoplankton, "the basis of the entire marine food chain," the wee algae which "produce around half of the oxygen in Earth's atmosphere"? You guys we are all going to die, do not reproduce. [Scocca, New Yorker, Edible SF]
This week in Fucked Up Things Humans Are Doing to Animals, meet Enviropig™! Enviropig™ has been genetically engineered by the University of Guelph to produce an extra digestive enzyme that allows Enviropig™ to digest "plant phosphorus more efficiently" than standard pig. Further, Enviropig™ requires less food and produces less waste than standard pig! You may also be interested in pigs which have had "the fat-1 gene from C. elegans" "inserted…into" them, which converts omega-6 fats into omega-3 fats inside the pig. No? Well, Europe sure is! Europe, it turns out, is crazy for Animals With Whom People Have Been Genetically Fucking Around. [Shut Up, Foodies!, NY Times]
The State Fair is such wholesome fun! Except when a pregnant cow "rampages"/"stampede[s]" through the fairgrounds while exhibitors are setting up—then the police have to shoot to kill. [cbs5.com]
OK this is much better cow-related news: Catalonia just yesterday became the very first region (officially "autonomous community") of Spain to completely ban bullfighting! The Spanish prime minister seems a bit miffed, and Placido Domingo is being a complete ass about it, but you know the Canary Islands banned in in 1991 and they technically "belong" to Spain, so this wasn't even the first Spanish territory or whatever to put an end to the nastiest legally sanctioned "sport" since, what, bear-baiting? Or I guess cock-fighting is still legal in some countries. Someday. And then we'll come for you, greyhound racing, and if our children's children aren't burned to death in the no-atmosphere, horse racing. OH YES. [CAS, AFP]
Have you ever had an ant invasion? How did you deal with it? What about a serious ant infestation? Tom Junod writes about a horrifying ant infestation his family endured, and as an admitted ant-freer and E.O. Wilson idolizer, I thoroughly enjoyed it. [Esquire]
Our Laura wanted to include this inspirational list of the Top 10 Things [Sherold Barr] Wish[es She] Knew Before [She] Was 30, and because I love our Laura, here it is. Some of us apparently are not afraid to expose our secret inner-hippie. Bravo for bravery, yes? Yes. [Crazy Sexy Life]
This is more the Megan Rascal beat, but it's so hot, let's give a girl a break: in New Hampshire, a black bear broke into a home, ate some fruit, and before running away at the sound of the garage door opening, "grabbed a stuffed bear." OMG YOU GUYS WHAT DOES THIS MEAN. It means simultaneously tearing up and smiling, is what it means. Bear! [Daily Intel]
∞ posted at 16:05 by time-for-naps
Your summertime Friday link-o-rama is high on sunshine, and righteous anger »
SF Animal Care and Control rescued these barn swallows whose nest "in an area of a residential home" had been vandalized. They made them a new nest with this basket! [via Pawesome]
Events and happenings!
Hello bunny-fans! Missed your chance for a rabbit at the previous Harvest Home Sanctuary event? That's OK, because there's another, even bigger one tomorrow! On Saturday, July 22 from 1 to 6 p.m. at the House Rabbit Society (148 Broadway St. at 25th Street in Richmond), you can visit the bunnies, eat veg food—including vegan chai cupcakes and sno-cones—listen to live music, and of course, adopt! There are 80 rabbits who need homes! COME ON DO IT GET A RABBIT THEY ARE THE BEST. Check out some of your future best pals here. Maybe bring your single bun to make a friend!
Any Canadian readers? Vegansaur Jordan informs us that the Edmonton Humane Shelter is in the middle of an "Indy Cat 500" drive to adopt 500 cats between July 16 and 31. Apparently Edmonton is full of cats—at its previous cat-adoption event, the EHS adopted out nearly 200 cats in two days! Come on, Canada, spay and neuter your kitties, already.
On Monday, July 26, Hot Spud opens. Hot Spud is a baked potato restaurant, run by Simone Powers, formerly of Café Gratitude. It is not a vegetarian or vegan restaurant, but perhaps Chef Powers, who "perfected her baking skills" at a raw restaurant (…) will one day offer a vegan option. However! Reader Xin is the baker for Wicked Grounds ("San Francisco's first and only kink café and boutique"), and reports that all the baked goods are vegan, including: "scones, cookies (chocolate chip, peanut butter oatmeal, and double ginger), waffles, and other specials depending on what I feel like doing, like cinnamon rolls (which are ridiculously fatty and delicious). You should totally come check us out!" Thanks, Xin! [Hot Spud news from Inside Scoop; awesome tip from awesome Xin]
Articles of interest!
The Department of Homeland Security wants Your ("alert, outgoing, active, confident") Purebred Dogs! They will pay! And yes some of the trained officers (the dogs become actual officers) have attacked civilians in the course of performing their duties, that's OK because they're dogs, these things happen. Meanwhile, breed-specific legislation has allowed the slaughter of thousands of innocent pit bulls across the country. [Tom Scocca and Pawesome]
Hey remember last week's super-gnarly episode of Top Chef where they murdered live crabs without even blinking? Turns out the Maryland crab industry is really, really exploitive of the migrant workers—mostly women—who come every season to pick the crabs. It's unbelievably fucked up! [Shut Up, Foodies, to which we were referred by SFoodie—thanks]
Eater interviewed GZA and guess who's vegetarian! And apparently really into raw food, and staunchly against pork. There goes your theory, Tara Duggan and Eric Tucker (that one stung, you know?). Might we suggest this goddamn amazing-looking vegan Cuban-style sandwich, should you find yourself craving something melty and meaty one night? Or ever? [Eater and Vegan Happy Hour]
Hello penguin! This fine fellow, a Magellanic penguin was rescued by SOS Fauna Marina on the coast of the Department of Maldonado, Uruguay. According the the L.A. Times, "at least 100" of these penguins were rescued after being soaked "in an hydrocarbon" [all sic] while migrating. [image AFP/Getty via L.A. Times]
Hey, how's the Gulf oil spill cleanup going? WELL: the fresh water from the Mississippi river being pumped into the wetlands to keep the oil out is poisoning all the oysters, who live in saltwater! It seems like the river water went right to the oysters through channels that oyster-farmers demanded be built years ago, because the levees kept out too much of the Mississippi and the salinity was too high. Man, we can't get anything right! At least WE CAN STILL EAT THE REMAINING OYSTERS AND THAT IS THE IMPORTANT THING. Fish are basically vegetables, anyway. As for animals who eat fish, as of July 20, 1,282 oiled pelicans have been rescued—that doesn't mean "saved" or "cleaned" or "released," just "taken from the wild, covered in oil"—and 969 oiled pelicans have been found dead. Super. Right? Super. [WSJ and BBC]
So back in April, the Supreme Court heard U.S. v. Stevens and was all, OK this animal-torture porn conviction is way harsh, it totally infringes on your First Amendment rights. Rep. Elton Gallegly (R-Simi Valley) then sponsored a bill that says, essentially, trafficking in actual animal-torture porn is ILLEGAL and BAD and we will FUCK YOU UP if you do it—but SIMULATING IT? That's…withing legal limits. Hunting and fishing videos and stuff, you can sell those too, but that's all. And that bill passed the House yesterday in a 416 to 3 vote! Hooray! Now it's in the Senate, where "it is expected to pass," but you know, we'll see. Those jerks loooove to pick fights. [L.A. Times]
Farm news! It is time for farm news. SFoodie totally kicked our ass reporting on farmers markets this week, which is super-lame of us and we are shamed. To wit: the Homegrown Marin Market, which we were absolutely going to tell you about before its debut last week, was pretty all right! There was vegan currywürst (NB friends: the umlaut is in "würst," not "curry," otherwise you'd pronounce it "cure-y")! The Mission Community Market seems like it was a good time, too; very block-partyish, like the organizers had hoped for. Maybe if someone paid us to go places and report on things we would be better at this "job," dang it. Over at Hayes Valley Farm, someone maliciously gassed two entire, mature honeybee colonies, and attempted to murder a third. The colonies were home to something like 60,000 to 100,000 bees. While we don't believe in eating honey, humanity needs bees to pollinate flowers, and this is gross cruelty. Bees are awesome and we all need them TO SURVIVE so maybe murdering them is NOT THE ANSWER. Goddamn. In Africa, years of "careless interbreeding" of native cattle and European cattle has resulted in a major loss of genetic diversity in African cows, which is never, ever good, especially when "70 percent of rural Africans" rely on cattle for food and income. The new cows have no resistance to native diseases! And the climates are too harsh for them! So they're dying all over the place! Whoops! [SFoodie; Hayes Valley Farm; TreeHugger]
Finally: Mike Tyson, vegan, gives a strange interview these days. This collection of veg cookbooks is fine and all, except that one of them clearly has A FISH ON THE COVER. Still, the recipe for Babycakes' cornbread is at the bottom of the page, so, win some, lose some. Most importantly, congratulations Cinnaholic on the good review from SFoodie! You deserve all the accolades coming your way!! (PS: Inside Scoop, taking photos and being snide does not count as a "review" so get it together and eat a cinnamon roll already, they are delicious.)
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Just call me Christopher Columbus because I've made an amazing discovery! Just kidding, really I "discovered" America even though a bunch of people already "lived there." I'm just kidding go back to the first sentence because I made an amazing discovery!: Finnish ryes by Northern Rye!
On Sunday, I went to the Park Slope farmers market on Third Street and Fifth Avenue and my sister-in-law pointed out that this one stand had "some vegan dipping thing." I went to check it out and I find these funny tart-looking things. The nice women working the table told me they are called "ryes" and gave me an informative card. To quote said card, "hand-made right here in New York City, our artisanal* Finnish ryes are based on a traditional rye pasty recipe from Karelia, a region in Eastern Finland and Western Russia." On the internets, they are called Karelian pasties (I know, pasties!!! Haaaaaa! Pervs.) [Ed.: that's a short "a" sound, as in "rat." Perv.] To liven things up, they make the ryes with cool non-traditional fillings, including a vegan sweet potato edition! Of course I had to buy one because they looked kind of interesting and I always like to let the omnis know they have a vegan audience.
When I say they looked "interesting," what I really mean is that they looked "weird," but I wouldn't let that deter me! And boy am I glad because I ate it and it was superfantastique! There were caramelized onions and rosemary mixed in with the sweet potato and oh my lord, what a happy marriage of flavors! It looked like the crust part would be crispy and like fiber-y or something but it was not at all; it was soft and yummy.
What I would love to see is vegan versions of their spinach ryes and beet (and feta, bleh) ryes. My only problem with them is that, as far as I can tell, they don't have a website. Is that even possible? I mean, every biz should have a website—I have like eight websites and I do absolutely nothing. But at least I know when and where to get them so I guess that's all I really need!
For those who can't make it to the Park Slope farmers market, I found a vegan pasty recipe! Turns out there exists a lovely all-vegan Finnish cooking blog and they have a recipe for a turnip-filled version. Root vegetables—how exciting! If any of you wonderful people make this recipe, please give us a review!
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vruz: the traditional apollo-like and saturn-V-like artistic depictions are in all likelihood incorrect anyway, without further information. modern orbital or at least suborbital launch systems will probably be used by 2030.
going to Mars would be great, but it really doesn't make much sense to do anything like this on such grand scale unless you're planning to make at least part of the project pay for itself doing some asteroid mining for metals and other materials which are rare and/or expensive to synthesise on earth.
so maybe both things are in the equation.
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What began more than two decades ago is still in the focus of NASA. In particular, Terry Fong, Director of the Intelligent Robotics Group, is investigating the use of cutting-edge technologies in robots which support men in space. For this reason, the group has equipped the three SPHERES on the ISS with Samsung's Android-based Nexus S handsets. Each SPHERE satellite comprises functionality for power, propulsion, computing, and navigation. Using an extension port the Android phones have been attached to the SPHERE in order to extend this functionality.
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Well done, Obama administration! I guess James Hansen is a firebagger too? d.i.s.g.r.a.c.e.f.u.l. , s.e.r.v.i.l.e.
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That's what I call putting your money where your scientific mouth is.
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God speed. Leave it to this country to either shut the scientists up or put them in jail in favor of company. I'm surprised not as much people are raging over this.

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….for "people" like Harry Reid to go.
Term limits. Now.
It certainly does appear that the ideological tenets of each Party have gotten the better of them. The Democratic leadership seems to be so frustrated with their inability to advance a left wing agenda that they will begin to chip away at hundreds of years of tradition and potentially the Constitution to get their way. This could lead to a very damaging cycle of procedure, regulation and legislation that is tantamount to the Enabling Act of 1933. Let us hope that common sense will prevail among the electorate and bring some sanity back to the Chamber before it gets out of hand.
Be careful what you wish for, Mr. Reid.
Political frustration is no justification for turning away from measured deliberation and compromise.
The Senate is no longer the world's most important deliberative body. It is now only a political appendage to the exercise of raw power. Americans lost more freedom today.
They are desperate men, because they see the handwriting on the wall. This is their last spasm of anger at our nation before they lose power. They truly hate most of us.
"I have become Death" – H. Reid fails to understand the imprt of Oppenheimer using that quote.
Welcomwe to the "Reichstag 2013″ and the Democratic Socialist party!
This is all a distraction to please the progressive base because the healthcare law is so bad. Pathetic!
Barack transform USA fundamentally to banana republic .Barack Louis XIV I am the the state.Emperor was born today
This great! After the mid-term elections, the GOP Senate & GOP House can start rolling back the damage Obama and his cabal have unleashed on our Republic!
This is a further destruction of the Republic our founders designed to be America. Democracy is a temporary form of government and now we are getting closer and closer to oligarchy. Effectively we arrived several decades ago as the 535, those in the white house and the Supreme Court are the few who now rule our country. The people have little power as there are not checks and balances to whatever the majority want. Most of those voting have no stake any longer as only half the population of the U.S. is paying taxes and fewer and fewer own any property. The people should not allow this to happen, but we have become a socialist state where most want the government to take care of us. Our future looks like Europe and much of the rest of the world.
Oh my gosh, I guess this means that the majority party in the Senate will actually be responsible, and thus accountable, for what does or does not happen there. That's terrible. It would her much better to continue to have a system that allows both parties, majority and minority, to duck responsibility by being able to blame the other for a stalemate.
Hmmmm . . . the democrats were the first to break the long-standing senate tradition by blocking 2 of 6 Bush's appointments. Now that the republicans are using the same tactic (again, democrats "started it") to block some of Obama's appointments, they are crying "Not fair!" and are resorting to this nuclear option.
I'm a liberal and I don't like this at all. Democrats won't always be in office and we can expect Republicans giving offices to their most party-loyal ignorant yahoos. I can just hear these Republican now once their in their office, "Airplanes?!? Who needs airplanes?!? If the good Lord intended for us to fly he would'a given each of us propellers!"
Our future looks like Europe's? Now that would be nice.
Harry should do a budget , for a change
The Executive and the Legislative need to work together.
When ONE of these groups is dysfunctional, the other – through leadership – can often move things along.
When BOTH of these groups are dysfunctional, everything breaks down.
The Legislative branch is presently a dysfunctional mess – this much is clear- but I'd argue that the absence of competent leadership from the Executive branch is doing nothing to alleviate the problems. If we had a competent potus, who enjoyed some bi-partisan support, we probably wouldn't be in this mess.
The whole lot – including the fellow at 1600 Penn – need to go.
Be careful what you wish for. No one wins with this move. GOP was acting badly, but, in this case, the cure is worse than the disease.
Called checks and balances. Makes one side compromise and work with the other.
Read a little history please.
I think the Senate is already an outdated institution. The country could easily function much better without them. Either get rid of the Senate or get rid of the House. One or the other can do the job alone.
McConnell knew he was walking on a tightrope by making 60 votes the new norm for a majority vote. Now he's blaming everyone but himself when Reid finally cut that rope.
Sometimes you have to have the total attack in the open on our Federalist system to finally get the people to respond….if the GOP takes power..they can put the knife in 100 years of progressivism..end the Fed, strip the Executive Branch of "executive orders", return Constitutional power to the States…the Dems do not understand they have opened the bottle of their own demise..
As surely as the sun rises and sets, the Republicans will have their day.
Demos love unintended consequences. More chaos, more chances to blame Republicans. This is how the totalitarian left operates.
what a failure
obama said he would unite, work across party lines.
reid (and obama, pelosi, and dems) did this because of their failure to unite
"obama said he would unite, work across party lines."
You're kidding, right? Obama says anything and everything he can to get elected. He's proven time and again that the ends justify the means and that the only thing he cares about is control.
Come 2016, when the Republicans control the White House, the Senate, and the House; it will be much easier to undo the damage wrought by this Administration. Thank you, Harry Reid, for weakening the minority party's power in the Senate. Momentum is against you.
While this is a worrisome decision, one that will probably come back to bite them in the butt, it is also not hard to see how it got to this. When you have a majority, but can't reap the benefits of that due to never-ending roadblocks from opponents who's world-view is never negotiate or compromise, always obstruct, your patience wears thin. This is a product of the caustic environment the USA as a whole is in, and both parties are equally responsible. Regardless of who you side with, it is likely Republicans would make a similar choice if they'd endured +5 years of staunch, immovable opposition from Dems. Things have regressed to WWI-style trench warfare, and now 'progress' is measured as WWII-style nuclear warfare. Ugly times indeed.
Another drone strike.
The Republicans have systematically tried to make governing America impossible, whether by shutting government down or by using the filibuster to prevent a president making appointments (even of a Secretary of Defense in time of war). It is the Republicans, America's anarchist party, who have forced this situation upon the Senate.
A nice distracting maneuver to make voters forget about Obamacare. They haven't. Obamacare is front and center a flop and a disaster. It is an expensive game of smoke and mirrors that will leave most voters no better off. The Republicans will regain the Senate. Then what? The joke will be on the left wing crazies.
"The party in charge "could employ the nuclear option to pass rules that would eliminate the need for unanimous consent and centralize power in the Senate leadership, along the present lines of the House of Representatives.""
Sounds good to me. The Senate is already an unrepresentative institution by its design that causes all states big and small to have the same influence. I think that's enough to fulfill their purpose, which was to ensure that big states could not ride roughshod over little ones.
If the Founders had felt more was needed, they could have written in rules about supermajorities for confirmation and the conduct of the regular business of the Senate into the Constitution. Indeed, they did include such rules for things such as Constitutional Amendments and treaties. And they did not include them for the conduct of other business. As such, there is no reason for either party to mourn institutions such as the filibuster. Given that it is most well-known for the ignoble purposes to which it was used (stalling Civil Rights legislation), one wonders why there is even such nostalgia for it.
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I had a go on one on saturday in perfect conditions. Its so easy to ride, easy to turn, confidence inspiring. Got me up to TOO FAST without me even noticing. The 45 mins I spent hooning around Chigwell felt like 5, I was having so much fun. The experience was like a drug, now I've come down I know it was great but however hard I try I just can't recall the feeling properly. Must have more, give me more, I can handle it.
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Well now I know how MCN carry out group tests... They go to a mile stretch of road with one corner on it and go backwards and forwards all day long... Very uninspiring video there boys!!
As for the bike, I expect my next bike will more than likely be a Street Triple so I guess in my eyes Triumph have got it right!
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Was lucky enough to get one - had a test ride back in September, and placed order straight away. Picked it up at beginning of October. Awesome! Handles well, looks stunning, and plenty fast enough. Traded in my 'Blade for it (that took some doing, I can tell you), but have no regrets whatsoever!
I know people are cashing in due to the shortage, but there's no way I'll be selling. Thought it might be under-powered after previous bikes (TL1000, Falco, 'Blade) but it has everything I need.
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If you're having a bad day, just remember that we are one day closer to the Stars season opener!!!
Here's your analysis for the next man in line, #11 Dustin Jeffrey:
Dustin Jeffrey was acquired off of waivers by Jim Nill and Co. on November 17, 2013 from the Pittsburgh Penguins. Many expected him to be a hearty edition to the Texas Stars down in Cedar Park, but he proved himself worthy enough to play with the big boys on pro ice throughout his first season in green.
Season recap:
After his abrupt arrival in Dallas, Dustin was expected to be sent down to Austin and never be spoken of again. But that's not what Jimmy N. had in mind. Dustin Jeffrey suited up in the bright green just 4 days later in the Stars next game against the New York Rangers in place of the injured Ray Whitney. He skated 4th line with Shawn Horcoff and Alex Chiasson, mainly. He was able to accumulate 1 shot on net in 8:54 of ice time in his first Stars appearance.
This is NOT a horrible stat line, if that's what anyone is thinking (gotta cover everyone's ideas). Jeffrey fought hard when on the ice and always remained gritty, which is what the Stars needed. He appeared in 24 games for the Stars this season, and pulled 2 goals and an assist while skating mainly 4th line, though he skated with the 3rd line for 1 or 2 games. His true breakthrough performance of this season was against the Washington Capitals when he scored his pair and went 2/3 with shots on net and a +3 in just 8:07 of ice time. He made the most of his time and seems hungry for next season.
Playoff recap:
Dustin did not skate for the Dallas Stars in any of the 6 games against the Ducks but has performed amazingly for the Texas Stars so far in the Calder Cup Playoffs, skating in 7 games and tallying 5 goals and an assist.
Contract situation:
Jeffrey signed a 1-year contract with Pittsburgh and then brought his contract to Dallas in November. He makes $625,000 a year regardless of who he plays for, the Stars or the Stars (isn't that fun? Guess I'm the only one laughing). His cap hit is $625,000 as well. Jeffrey's contract expires this offseason and he will be an RFA.
Quick note (all knowing people when it comes to contracts can skip this): For all happily ignorant people (like myself sometimes), this basically means when it comes to contract negotiations and terms, this means "restricted free agent" which means that he cannot talk contracts with other teams until he gives his current team until July 1st to extend him a qualifying offer or new contract. An opposing team CAN, however, send him an offer sheet which means that if he signs it, the Stars would be notified and would have 5 days to either match the opposing team's offer and hold the player and not be able to trade him for a year, OR deny it and let him leave for said opposing team.
Either way, expect the Stars organization to resign this thriving and upcoming young star.
In my opinion:
In my eyes, Jeffrey is a key and vital part to the upcoming Dallas Stars. He is a dominant force on the ice and makes the most of his precious few minutes. When the older guys head off or get traded away, this is the guy they can call on. Granted, the Stars are more than set when it comes to depth in the dot, (i.e. Seguin, Eakin, Fiddler, Horcoff, Peverley, Sceviour, Mueller, Jeffrey) but Jeffrey has a physical edge that some of these listed don't carry.
And at the ripe old age of 26 (I hope you can catch that pun), he looks like he's gonna be gliding down the ice for a long time and the Stars could seriously use him, whether it's Austin or Dallas. He can fill voids if Dallas experiences any (but they're all invincible, right?) and shoot the puck really well. The Stars organization also has plenty of open cap space with the rise of the salary cap due next season, so they could even sweeten the deal for him a bit for him with a raise if he draws interest from other potential landing spots.
The bottom line on Dustin Jeffrey:
Dustin Jeffrey was a small time name from The Steel City with a small time reputation but a big time skills set that hadn't been discovered yet.
The Stars can keep him with a new qualifying offer or contract and see how well he can prove himself throughout the upcoming season. With the age and skill combo, Jim Nill will probably decide it best to cling to him for the next couple of years and watch him develop into an elite.
If the Stars were to even think about trading, they could only be looking to get average for average. Jeffrey is not at the status where they send him to Toronto and get Phaneuf in return. He could be added to the mix with a high quality player for someone else in return, such as Dion Phaneuf to improve the blue line or perhaps a middle class center with Jeffrey for Paul Stastny. The options are there for free agents as well as trading but Jeffrey is dealt only if he is attached to someone else.
The only other reasonable idea is Jeffrey signing an offer sheet and the Stars not feeling ready to match it and sending him off. Nill is smarter than this but if he really feels like it would be best to split ties with Jeffrey, two potential landing spots could be the New York Islanders or New Jersey Devils who lack center depth, but that is only if Nill walks.
Like I said, this team is ready to go all the way next year as it stands now, but a few additions could help reassure the fans a little. Other bigger names would probably be a better fit if we were to be looking for a trade than trying to send Jeffrey and being turned down.
We shall see come July 1st but for now, keep your feet on the ground and your heads in the clouds.
Post any comments y'all have below and I'll talk to ya tomorrow. GO STARS
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It's the 25th anniversary of Billboard's Hot Rap Songs chart, and FACT points to a list Billboard posted of the all-time top 100 rap tracks since the chart's inception. Seven of the top 10 tracks come from rap's "golden era" of the '90s, but very depressingly, Macklemore's "Thrift Shop" comes in at #1 OF ALL TIME. He's also got "Can't Hold Us" at #4. Kanye is tight.
The full 100 is at Billboard. Browse the top 10, along with a disclaimer of how the list was calculated, below...
Continue reading "Billboard posts top 100 rap songs for chart's 25th anniversary and #1 is really depressing"
Paul McCartney at Barclays Center in 2013 (more by Greg Cristman)
We already knew that Daft Punk would be performing at the 56th Grammy Awards ceremony and that they're bringing Stevie Wonder, Pharrell and Nile Rodgers with them, and now the Grammy performances have gotten even more exciting.
SPIN reports that the closest thing we can get to a Beatles reunion will happen when Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr perform together at the ceremony. This could be even better than Sirvana.
Another exciting announcement that came a few days ago is that the Antarctic metal band Metallica (who have been promising new stuff) will perform too. Maybe they'll play some Beatllica?
Kendrick Lamar, who plays a Super Bowl weekend show, is performing too and other confirmed performers include John Legend, Macklemore, Kacey Musgraves, Taylor Swift, Lorde, and more.
And in other Beatles news, there had been talk, via Huffington Post, of Paul and Ringo reuniting at the Ed Sullivan Theater for a 'Late Show with David Letterman' episode to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the first night the Beatles performed there, but a 'Late Show' rep said the show has no plans for a reunion at the moment, though confirmed that the show will recognize the anniversary.
Blondie in NJ in 2012 (more by Dana (distortion) Yavin)
New Year's Eve is quickly approaching, which means (among other things) that tons of people will stand out in the cold at Times Square for Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve with Ryan Seacrest. Musical performers at this year's celebration include NYC legends Blondie, along with Icona Pop, Macklemore & Ryan Lewis and Miley Cyrus. TV coverage begins at 8 PM on ABC. Full schedule for the night, below.
Also check out concert options for New Year's Eve in NYC.
Times Square NYE schedule below...
Continue reading "Blondie among Times Square New Year's Eve performers"
Angel Haze continuing covers/freestyle series, addresses her sexuality, playing Webster Hall (streams & poetry video)
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Angel Haze at Lollapalooza 2013 (more by James Richards IV)
Rapper Angel Haze has still not announced a release date for her much-anticipated debut LP, Dirty Gold, but last month she kicked off her #30Gold series, a month-long series of covers and freestyles over other songs to precede the album. The newest #30Gold installment is the cover of young British pop breakout John Newman's "Love Me Again." You can stream it below, along with covers/freestyles of Lana Del Rey, Miley Cyrus, Macklemore, A$AP Ferg, Kendrick Lamar, Drake, Jay Z, and Kanye West.
In her "Same Love" (Macklemore) freestyle, Angel Haze addresses her sexuality, rapping:
At age thirteen, my mom knew I wasn't straightRead the rest of the lyrics below. Following that song's release, she did an interview with Fusion TV, saying that if she to label herself (though she'd prefer not to) it'd be "pansexual." "To identify as pansexual to me means to just want love and to want a connection with anyone you can find it with," she said.
She didn't understand, but she had so much to say
She sat me on the couch, looked me straight in my face
And said you'll burn in hell or probably die of AIDS
It's funny now, but at thirteen it was pain
To be almost sure of who you are and have it ripped away
And I'm sorry if it's too real for some of you to fathom
But hate for who you love is not exactly what you'd imagine
And I guess it was disastrous
Because everything that happened afterwards was just madness
Locked away for two years to keep me on the inside
Because she'd rather see a part of me die than me thrive
And it's tougher when it's something you can't deny
And ignorance teaches us it's something you decide
You're driven by your choices, an optical illusion
Here's to understanding it's not always confusion
That freestyle isn't the only genuinely moving thing Angel Haze has done in recent memory. Last week, she posted a video of herself reading a poem she wrote titled "You Broke My Heart." You can watch that below, and to say the least, you'll feel her pain.
Later this month, Angel Haze will be appearing live in New York (you know, the city she runs) at Webster Hall on November 21 for a Girls Night Out party. Tickets for that show are on sale now.
Streams, poem video, and "Same Love" lyrics below...
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Voodoo Fest 2013 -- Day 1 Pics (Anamanaguchi, Preservation Hall Jazz Band, Pearl Jam, Desaparecidos, Those Darlins & more)
photos by Dana (distortion) Yavin, Soundwave photos by Caitlyn Ridenour
Preservation Hall Jazz Band & Desaparecidos @ Voodoo Fest Day 1 - 11/1/13
"The Friday Voodoo line-ups are usually pretty slow, so I came into City Park expecting to have a lot of downtime (which ended up being a good thing because for some reason Voodoo never deems it necessary to label anything, so every stage is always unmarked).... I had some time to kill before the night truly began, so I marveled at all of the extraordinary costumes festival goers brought to the park (Walter White was an obvious favorite).Other sets on Voodoo day 1 included Anamanaguchi, Those Darlins and New Orleans's own Preservation Hall Jazz Band, all three of which also had over to our Soundwave stage hosted by the funny Dave Hill and Billy Jones (Soundwave schedule HERE).
The night began with Desaparecidos. I'm a huge fan of post-hardcore--I love Fugazi, Minor Threat, Rites of Spring, you name it, I probably at least like it. I've also been to (probably more than) my fair share of post-hardcore shows (getting stuck in an Against Me! mosh pit is arguably the punkest thing I've ever done), so when I say that Desaparecidos's Voodoo performance was the best post-hardcore show I've ever seen, it definitely means something. Conor Oberst definitely brought his best cynical self to the show, spouting political statements and really getting into the music with major head banging." [The Daily Reveille]
The day's big headliner was Pearl Jam, who recently played two big shows at Barclays Center, and whose...
headlining set [at Voodoo] started emotionally when guitarist Mike McCready introduced Steve Gleason, the Washington state native who settled in New Orleans after his days with the New Orleans Saints ended. Stricken with Lou Gehrig's disease, the wheelchair-bound Gleason rolled to declare, in his computer-generated voice, "This is my hometown; this is my hometown band." Gleason's presence lingered throughout the show as McCready wore a Team Gleason T-shirt and Eddie Vedder, a wristband. Vedder later dedicated the show and 2006's "Inside Job" to Gleason and his family, and announced that the band let Gleason write the set list -- which led to the inclusion of a quiet "Chloe Dancer" alongside a number of songs from the new Lightning Bolt. [SPIN]Pearl Jam's full setlist and pictures from the whole day, costumed attendees included, are in this post. Pictures from Day 2 are HERE. More Day 1 below....
Continue reading "Voodoo Fest 2013 -- Day 1 Pics (Anamanaguchi, Preservation Hall Jazz Band, Pearl Jam, Desaparecidos, Those Darlins & more)"
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Havoc of Mobb Deep @ the kick-off in LA (more by Graeme Flegenheimer)
In addition to initially announced Rock The Bells lineup (Nas playing Illmatic? Mobb Deep on The Infamous detail? wow), the festival has made some interesting additions like Erykah Badu performing all of Baduism (on select dates), Common performing all of Be (on select dates), Killah Priest performing all of Heavy Mental, Slaughterhouse, and DOOM. More lineup details are below.
The NYC show on 9/3 at Governor's Island gets the Erykah Badu appearance, and tickets are on presale, password is "ILLMATIC". General sale begins Saturday, 6/11, at 10:00 AM.
LA and San Francisco are on sale now, and the only other date, Boston, still doesn't even have a venue announced yet.
DOOM of course is not to be confused with the crust band who just played MDF and Chaos in Tejas.
In other Hip Hop festival news, Brooklyn Hip Hop Fest's lineup has expanded too adding MOP (!), Torae, Random Axe (Sean Price + Black Milk + Guilty Simpson), eLZhi, Marley Marl, Roli Rho (5th Platoon), Grand Wizzard Theodore and Twilite Tone. Tickets are on sale for all Brooklyn Hip Hop Festival events, including an after-party at Southpaw on July 16th which proclaims to have "special guests invited including the entire BHF '11 lineup".
Full Rock The Bells details, alongside some videos, below...
Continue reading "Rock the Bells expands lineup, NYC tix on presale now"
Rock the Bells 2011 dates & lineups announced, Mobb Deep & Souls of Mischief & Cypress Hills played the kickoff (pics)
photos by Graeme Flegenheimer
Cypress Hill @ House of Blues - Sunset Strip - 5/24/2011
The line-up for the ROCK THE BELLS 2011 FESTIVAL SERIES--presented by Boost Mobile in association with GUERILLA UNION and powered by BlackBerry--will feature an array of seminal and up-and-coming hip-hop artists on three stages. Headliners include Ms. Lauryn Hill, Nas,Erykah Baduand Cypress Hill. See the current line-up below and look for more performers to be announced soon.The Guerilla Union pre-sale for the ROCK THE BELLS 2011 FESTIVAL SERIES will go from June 3 at 10am PST - 10pm PST. The general on-sale starts on June 4.
This year's festival will head to four major North American markets. Kicking off in the Los Angeles-area on August 20 at the San Manuel Amphitheater, ROCK THE BELLS will then head to San Francisco on August 27 at Shoreline Amphitheatre. The festival moves to the east coast for a show in New York on September 3 at Governor's Island (co-promoted with Bowery Presents, Highline, Mad Dog Presents) before wrapping in [a TBA venue in] Boston on September 10.
ROCK THE BELLS featured a number of headliners performing their most influential albums in their entirety for the first time in the history of hip-hop entertainment last summer. The tradition continues this year with Ms. Lauryn Hill performing her landmark, multi-platinum selling, multi-GRAMMY winning album The Miseducation Of Lauryn Hill and Nas performing his breakthrough debut album Illmatic with special guests AZ, Pete Rock and DJ Premier. Nas says about performing Illmatic this summer, "For years people have been asking me to do Illmatic in so many ways, from stage plays to movies to books, but the time wasn't right. Where music is going now, the time is right. This will be my biggest production and it only makes sense to do it on the best rap tour which also happens to be a brand I've built and am a partner in. Can't wait to kill it with my comrades AZ, Premo & Pete Rock!"
Full album sets can also be expected from: Cypress Hill performing their 1993 multi-platinum album Black Sunday, featuring modern rock radio mainstay "Insane In The Membrane"; Mos Def & Talib Kweli Are Black Star performing their 1998 self-titled debut album; Raekwon & Ghostface teaming up for critically acclaimed, platinum selling Only Built 4 Cuban Linx and more.
"I am excited that this year's Rock The Bells will continue its rich history and tradition by presenting the best and most ambitious festival programming in Hip Hop," says festival co-founder and Guerilla Union head Chang Weisberg. "The bar has been set high and this year's line-up will certainly stake its claim. With ten of the biggest records in the history of the genre and the freshest new talent bubbling from the underground, this summer's Rock The Bells is another dream come true."
ROCK THE BELLS will feature three main stages this year. The two returning stages are the ROCK THE BELLS STAGE and the PAID DUES STAGE, which will feature independent hip-hop acts that performed at the Paid Dues Festival this past April in San Bernardino and new artists-on-the-rise. Paid Dues Festival creator Murs says, "I am excited that I once again have the privilege of hosting the Paid Dues Stage. We will have the honor of showcasing some of the best talent in independent hip hop as part of the worlds largest and longest running hip hop festival... the Paid Dues stage is gonna be the one to watch this year."
The 36 CHAMBERS STAGE is a new addition to the festival and will primarily feature members of the Wu-Tang Clan as well as artists selected by stage curator and Wu-Tang Clan mainstay RZA. A fourth stage that will also be added to most markets is the GRINDTIME NOW STAGE, which will feature battle-style performances.
The lineup was announced last night at a show at House of Blues in LA. Mobb Deep, Souls of Mischief and Cypress Hill all played and pictures to prove it are in this post. More of them below.
The full lineup is also below...
Continue reading "Rock the Bells 2011 dates & lineups announced, Mobb Deep & Souls of Mischief & Cypress Hills played the kickoff (pics)"
The Outside Lands Festival, which runs from 8/12 - 8/14 in Golden Gate Park in San Francisco, released their 2011 lineup in April (and now it's May, so consider this a catch up post). Tickets are on sale.
This year's fest will appearances from The Shins, Muse, Arcade Fire, Arctic Monkeys, The Black Keys, Phish (two sets), !!!, Erykah Badu, Big Audio Dynamite (who played Coachella and are also playing Lollapalooza), Girl Talk and many more. The full lineup is below.


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Alice Madness Returns Crackfix-SKIDROW
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Alice Madness Returns Crackfix-SKIDROW (Size: 14.52 MB)
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Alice: Madness Returns (c) EA
18-06-2011........Release Date <-> Protection..............EACore
Action...............Game Type <-> Disk(s)...............Crackfix
On our initial release we only played the very first level. After the
pre we noticed there are many memory checks on the exe. Also that is
one of the reasons why your game may hang sometimes, you gotta blame
EA for that one, we counted more than 500 checks on the exe
Alice: Madness Returns delves deep into the dark and violent side of
the imagination, creating a nightmarish Wonderland where Alice must
face the demons that haunt her visions. Visit the grim reality of
Victorian London and then travel to the beautiful yet ghastly
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truth behind a deadly secret, kept hidden for years
Eleven years ago a horrific fire took Alice s family from her and left
her mind horrifically scarred. Afterwards she was confined to Rutledge
Asylum, where she struggled to confront her demons by slipping further
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psychological burden of that tragic event
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But in her absence, Wonderland too has suffered. Something has gone
horribly wrong, and now a great evil is descending upon what once was
her beautiful refuge. Can Alice save Wonderland and herself from the
madness that consumes them both?
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Chris-Aksel9617 • 19 Jun 2011, 07:53
When you replace our old crack with the crackfix, you may still have
troubles launching the game. To resolve these you have to block the
following files in your firewall: activation.exe, EACoreServer.exe,
EAProxyInstaller.exe, PatchProgress.exe.Or simply delete them.
If you delete them , make a backup from them to be sure. delete awc.dll in Alice2BinariesWin32 folder (not the one in Alice2BinariesWin32Core) if there's one.
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anonymous • 15 Jul 2011, 09:06
JUST INSTALL SKIDROW CRACKFIX AND DO THIS: To resolve issues you have delete these: activation.exe, EACoreServer.exe, EAProxyInstaller.exe, PatchProgress.exe Then the game runs normally
bart_simmons29 • 18 Jun 2011, 17:42
I used this crackfix and kept the skidrow dll but replaced the others http://www.wupload.com/file/21143348 and it gets pass the error in chpt 1 Mad Hatter. copy the skdrow dll just in case it tells u that u need it.If u still cant load the game and the ea login info comes up, i then went to bin/win 32/core and deleted but copied the ea verification file . if you delete anything in the core folder that has to do with ea, make sure you copy it first, trial and error , got it to work.
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Monoclonal Antibodies in the Treatment of Asthma.
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Division of Pediatric Allergy and Clinical Immunology, Department of Pediatrics, McGill University Health Center, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. firstname.lastname@example.com
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Name: Recent patents on inflammation & allergy drug discovery
- PubMed Source: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20858210
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PubMed Articles
Unconjugated monoclonal antibodies that target hematopoietic differentiation antigens have been developed to treat hematologic malignancies. Although some of these have activity against chronic lympho...
Cancer Immunotherapeutics: Evolution of Monoclonal Antibodies to Peptide Immunogens.
Omalizumab treatment in brittle asthma.
Asthma is a heterogeneous disease with variable characteristics such as lung function, symptoms and control, body weight, pattern of inflammation, and response to treatment. Brittle asthma is one of c...
Development and Characterization of Three Novel Monoclonal Antibodies Against CA-125.
Cancer antigen 125 (CA-125) is the most widely used tumor marker for ovarian cancer. Thus, monoclonal antibodies (MAbs) against CA-125 are valuable reagents for the development of diagnostic tests and...
Mechanism and Function of Monoclonal Antibodies Targeting Siglec-15 for Therapeutic Inhibition of Osteoclastic Bone Resorption.
The use of monoclonal antibodies to target functionally important cell-surface proteins on bone-resorbing osteoclasts represents a promising approach for treatment of cancer-associated bone loss and o...
Clinical Trials
Monoclonal Antibody Therapy Plus Sargramostin in Treating Patients With Advanced Neuroblastoma
RATIONALE: Monoclonal antibodies can locate tumor cells and either kill them or deliver tumor-killing substances to them without harming normal cells. Combining colony-stimulating factors,...
Monoclonal Antibodies in Detecting Residual Disease in Patients Who Have Been Treated for Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma
RATIONALE: Diagnostic imaging procedures, such as radiolabeled monoclonal antibodies, may improve the ability to detect the residual disease in patients who have been treated for non-Hodgk...
Safety, Tolerability and Efficacy Study of the Monoclonal Antibody, CT-011, in Patients With Metastatic Melanoma
The purpose of this research study is to see if the study drug, CT-011, is safe to give and if it helps people with melanoma that has spread to other areas of their body. CT-011 is a monoc...
A Humanized Anti-Interferon-γ Monoclonal Antibody (HuZAF) for Moderate to Severe Crohn's Disease
The purpose of the HARMONY study is to assess the safety and efficacy of an investigational drug called HuZAF, in patients with moderate to severe Crohn's disease (CD). HuZAF is a humanize...
Radiolabeled Monoclonal Antibody in Treating Patients With Previously Treated Large Cell Lymphoma
RATIONALE: Radiolabeled monoclonal antibodies can locate tumor cells and deliver tumor-killing substances such as radioactive iodine to them without harming normal cells. PURPOSE: Phase I...
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Antibodies obtained from a single clone of cells grown in mice or rats.
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A vasodilator that also has bronchodilatory action. It has been employed in the treatment of angina pectoris, in the treatment of asthma, and in conjunction with ultraviolet light A, has been tried in the treatment of vitiligo. (From Martindale, The Extra Pharmacopoeia, 30th ed, p1024)


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Play Like a Champion in Bangkok
Author: Gena Robinson
Play Like a Champion Today Director of National Outreach Lynn Kachmarik has recently been doing some international outreach at the IAAAC conference in Bangkok, Thailand.
The International Association of Athletics Administrators and Coaches meets once a year to network and learn best-practices for coaching and working with young athletes. Lynn was invited to give a keynote address, as well as multiple workshops to the several dozen attendees from across the globe. In her keynote speech, Lynn addressed the common issues that coaches and sport-parents face around the world, and how the implementation of character-based coaching through the Play Like a Champion…


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Consistently bemused by the unsolicited but often alluring trades suggested on my craigslist posts. Today saw a laptop and tank of piranhas.
Well, half. Learnt of the crossover in carnivorous fish enthusiasts and leather-clad reptile swap attendees long ago. Both are a sordid lot.
Seeking methods to covert .MPEG to format compatible with iDVD. First attempt mutated 200mb to 18gb (.DV) and Hello, my name is S. Ucker.
Mmm, this loaf of bread looks straight out the Bible.
As she left the opera house with the Maharajah of Eschnapur, Jasper rose up from behind a snowdrift and stabbed her in the throat. -E.G.
Accidental wool socks dream-spawned a Spider-Man masked Sinatra headlining swank fashion event on an island hotel. A-Bombs, Telekinesis.
Retweeting @photojojo: Check out the stars and the city lights in this video shot from a plane. Enchanting… http://is.gd/hAnf
Pleasantly surprised, well, relieved to see "regrets" auto complete in the category field for my latest column.
Disoriented from the real-time business lag of "I'll call you tomorrow." In-house e-calendar appointments have spoiled.
Love to pan fry but not a fan of the lingering ghost odor not unlike the burnt shadow of a pregnant A-Bomb victim. And veal's the father.
Mini golf black light one man dance party, brought to you by MIA and the gallons of UV filth induced vomit.
Your Corps, My Corps, Our Corps, Albacore.