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I already hated PETA for several of their campaigns and some very heavy hypocrisy but this site http://www.bwvaktboom.com/ takes the tofutti 'cheese' cake. Multiple videos of women complaining cheerfully about sex injuries. FUCK PETA.
The Tips page http://www.bwvaktboom.com/Tips.aspx includes 'sex goggles'
"Your newly vegan boyfriend is sitting on a sexual howitzer. Protect your corneas from his turbocharged loads with OSHA-approved goggles"
You know, for when he covers your face in semen…not sure if it's a porn thing, an aim thing…or maybe all your goals (holes) have had enough.
It's completely revolting.
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"it's got nothing on their strategy of placing a naked pregnant woman in a pig pen in the middle of Covent Garden on Mother's Day."
I agree with most of your commentary in this article Emer, but not your criticism of the anti sow-stall campaign. The fact is that female pigs are artificially inseminated and then kept in tiny cages during their periods of pregnancy and breastfeeding. They are capable of pain, fear, discomfit and boredom like us, and if a pregnant women wants to try and get the world to emphathise with other pregnant females by showing the conditions they are kept in, more power to her.
As an animal rights activist and a feminist, I have voiced my issues with numerous PETA campaigns, especially the video featuring the video in the neckbrace. However, I understand why women voluntarily participate in some of there more 'mildly sexist' campaigns.
I actually participated in a 'we would rather go naked than wear fur protest' last year. The all-female organising team tried to find men to participate, but unfortunately the numbers of male animal rights activists are much lower (probably something to do with the fact that meat is unfortunately often positioned as a symbol of masculinity). Anyway, before this protest, I was faced with the decision of whether I should shave off my leg and arm hair (cultivated over a couple of years) and decided that I would cave in, because the kind of people who wear fur coats probably are the kind of people who loathe female body hair, and they were the people we were trying to convince. However, I feel the cost to human women of me bowing to the beauty gods were probably relatively small when compared to the potential gains in terms of helping to prevent animals being anally and vaginally electrocuted and killed in other particularly horrific ways. Our demo was successful, with a designer ceasing their use of fur.
But back to my original point, as a woman, I would definitely put myself in a cage to symbolise the plight of my sisters of other species – especially since female animals are often exploited specifically for their reproductive organs, e.g. dairy cows are impregnated, generally by artificial insemination, and then have their calves taken away so their breastmilk can be sold.
Anyway, to suggest that a woman comparing herself to an animal is sexist, is actually to suggest that animals are beneath us – a speciesist assumption. If the woman sees herself (and men of course) as equal to animals in the relevent respects, then acting as an animal isn't self-degradation. Imagine if someone suggested that a woman putting on a performance as a sweat-shop worker to promote fair-trade was sexist – that would imply that the women who are forced to work in sweatshops are inferior and that the comparison therefore degraded the protesting woman.
As much as I hope we can effectively combat speciesism without appealing to sexist ideas and I do wish PETA would try harder to do so, I also wish those combatting sexism wouldn't reinforce speciesism.
And oops, this comments has become far too long… sorry.
video featuring the woman in the neckbrace*
I just realised I (possibly) made it sound like someone else told me I had to shave to participate in the demo – definitely not so! My weird little inner argument of 'do I keep my rad feminist statement or try not to give the public an excuse to dismiss me as a hippie' was all in my head.
'if a pregnant women wants to try and get the world to emphathise with other pregnant females by showing the conditions they are kept in, more power to her.'
I'd be careful here Eliza, as you're not really talking about 'other pregnant females', but about a pig. PETA have a dangerous tendency to equate women with animals, the implication being that we are nothing but beasts. This hints at something that goes beyond simple sexism and becomes more akin to misogyny.
'because the kind of people who wear fur coats probably are the kind of people who loathe female body hair, and they were the people we were trying to convince.'
I have worn a fur coat in the past, but have never loathed female body hair.
'to suggest that a woman comparing herself to an animal is sexist, is actually to suggest that animals are beneath us'
I don't think we're ever going to agree on this one!
Emer, I'd trademark Idea 2 before PETA steal it.
Hmm I think you'd misunderstood Eliza's point, which (pleaseee correct me if I'm wrong!) is that a pregnant pig IS a pregnant female. Comparing females to animals is only offensive when taken in the context that animals are 'beneath' humans. Therefore, if Eliza believes humans and animals should be treated equally, to say women "are nothing but beasts" is both anti-female AND anti-beast…?
I can't personally decide whether I agree with the article or Eliza's comment more.
Emer, you are brilliant and very funny while you are brilliant
Thanks Sarah, you totally understood my point!
I understood the point too- I just believe that animals ARE beneath humans, therefore comparing a woman to a pig is offensive
That's why I said we wouldn't agree
Eliza, I agree – the only reason why comparing women to animals is sexist is because we live in a speciesist world. If someone who is speciesist compared women to animals, I would be offended because they are trying to degrade us by comparing us to something they see as inferior. However, if a person or organisation who did not believe that animals are inferior to humans were to say the same thing, there is no reason to get offended. That said, I do dislike PETA as an organisation – veganism should not be sold by sex but by convincing people that it is the right thing to do. They're not helpful in promoting the cause at all and frequently use sexist campaigns to further their message.
Hi all,
I've enjoyed this interesting conversation. Eliza, I take your well-made point that if a woman who believes that animals and humans are equal decides to place herself in a cage to enact this philosophy and encourage others to empathise with it, then this is a valid form of protest. While I care about animal welfare and would like the best possible living conditions for all sentient beings, I value human beings and animals differently. I do not think, for example, that it is wrong to eat animals, but I do think that it is wrong to eat humans. Or, as another example, I recently paid £30 for a kitten. I own that kitten. Slavery? Or happy little well-fed fluffy thing patting my keyboard as I type? (He says hi!) For me then, PETA's constant attempts to represent women (rarely to never men) as meat and livestock is sexist. Also, it is most likely counterproductive, as when the majority of people who value animals and humans differently see women (for example) bludgeoned over the head with a baseball bat to make a statement about the fur trade, they think 'woah, I don't want anything to do with those sociopaths.' And I'm sure the woman being bludgeoned in the PETA video believes in the equality of people and animals, and thus one could argue that hers is a valid protest – that it is not sexist. But, for me, that person has lost sight of the welfare of women in society.
One last point (as the kitten need me to dangle a shoe-lace now. Ahem, sorry, I mean, I have to work now), and a simple point – why does the woman in the pig-pen have to be naked? Don't get me wrong, I'm all for using the naked body for art and protest, but when it's relevant. PETA's 'throw a naked chick in it so that people will stare' strategy is misogynistic, and contributes to the objectification of women and girls in our society. And while I don't in any way want to knock your activism – because I have the utmost respect for the awesome people who spend their free time campaigning for a better world – I think it's unfortunate that someone with obvious feminist drive would choose to work through an organisation like this. You've obviously weighed the checks and balances, like we all do when deciding where to contribute our energy, and I respect that working with PETA can be effective in the ways you deem most important, but, for me, the future they are shaping is no feminist future.
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I'll cut you in on the royalties if you take all your clothes off in public and pretend to be a chicken.
Searing sarcasm here!
I agree with you to a degree, but I've never subscribed to the biblical view that animals are here for our use, and we should do to them whatever we want. I understand PETA's viewpoint, and it's not trying to equate women with meat, it's trying to equate animals with people – the titillation tactic of debasing women is indeed something to contest, the sexual violence slant is appalling, but for me, the 'don't torture feeling creatures for your own gain' is a valid argument. The way we abuse and torture animals is an atrocity that most people deal with by … ignoring it, and tucking in to another rasher sandwich. Farming methods need to change, none of us should accept it. For me, our humanity is defined by how we treat the world around us, human, animal and environment alike.
That's this vegetarian woman's take on it, anyway.
Argh I gotta respond -(I'm the kind of person who can't help themselves). I'm honoured to personally get a response from you – I loved your tv appearance (I watched it at least twice, trying not to cheer out loud) and wholeheartedly agreed with all the other articles of yours that I've read. I'm presuming you're the same Emer anyway, forgive me if I'm wrong. And I obviously don't expect another response.
Firstly, I'm sure your kitten is gorgeous and is very happy. But if you haven't already, please, please research kitten mills. They are the source of many kittens sold in pet shops or online, and I worry that his parents may not be in such a happy place. But I'm hoping he was adopted from a shelter.
I agree that many of PETA's campaigns are sexist – I don't participate in demos I think are sexist by intent and I actually think we should be fighting the association between masculinity and aggression, rather than appealing to it, as PETA did in the neck-brace video. After all, that attitude hurts both women and non-human animals.
However, PETA does sometimes use men in their 'sexy' campaigns.. they don't seem to get the same amount of media coverage unfortunately, which probably encourages them to use women more often. But while I fully acknowledge PETA often seeks out female participants in protests, at least some of the gender gap can be attributed to the fact that there are way more women involved in the movement than men. There is such a notable gap that heterosexual vegan women looking for like-minded partners actually have serious trouble finding them, because there aren't enough to go round.
Why was the woman in the pig pen naked? Good question. A group I'm involved in did a similar demo and the woman wore skin-tight thermals the same shade as her skin to achieve the 'piggy look'.
As a matter of fact, I don't work through PETA as a rule. I am mainly involved with smaller, local organisations in my country. However, PETA does provide one of the groups I have worked with with signs etc, so we are associated with them. I (controversially in my AR circles) support PETA overall because their sexist campaigns are such a small part of what they do. They obtain footage of animal abuse that the public would otherwise never see, they have some fantastic demos that don't involve nudity etc and they provide great information. Unfortunately, the fact that the media reports their nude protests more than their purely informative protests seems to confirm that if you want to draw public attention to animal abuse, being naked helps. Also, PETA Asia-Pacific's campaigns haven't reached the same level of controversy as the U.S. and U.K. branches have. They have done demos involving topless women. But if I ever do another 'nude' protest (I was wearing underwear in the last one) for any cause, and there are topless men involved, I'd want to ditch the bra on principal because I don't see why my body parts are criminalized when men's anatomically analogous ones aren't and I would love a chance to argue that in court.
Anyway, I hope anyone who bothers to read this realizes that these issues are hotly debated in the animal rights movement and even if you hate PETA, that's no reason to dismiss animal rights themselves. And for anyone interested in reading the 'bible' for animal rights orientated feminists or feminist animal rights campaigners: http://www.caroljadams.com/spom.html
What Eliza101 and Jo said.
Thank you, thank you, Emer and the Vagenda team. PETA just make me descend into frothing incoherent rage, so I'm not going to join the debate, just, you know, thanks.
I'm a veggie and supporter of animal rights, and I feel ashamed for PETA. They give the cause a bad name and not contribute to anyone taking animal issues seriously. Can anyone imagine, let's say, Amnesty International or Oxfam using naked D-listers and sexist "jokes" in their campaigns?
I think the discussion provoked by Eliza raises an interesting conflict. As I was reading this article it was clear to me that the author is speciesist and not a strong supporter of animal rights.
I am a vegan and critical of PETA. I think criticisms of PETA are frequently distorted, however, by people who believe such things as "animals are less than people".
Might I suggest in future that the Vagenda team consider getting a vegan, or at least an animal rights activist, to address these issues? I think it would make the (understandable) criticisms of PETA much more powerful and the points more succinct. If you don't agree with the fundamental messages behind PETA's tactics, it kind of waters down the rest of your criticism.
Again, though, NOT A FAN OF PETA.
Right, too little sleep, too little coherence but let's give it a go.
Eliza101, I too understood the point but I'm also going to disagree. When women still don't have equality after decades of campaigning, which do you think is the more likely result of equating women with animals? 1) People are going to realise that animals are feeling creatures too (and then care about that) 2) People are going to regard women as no better than farm animals?
Also, I think you're looking at this differently to me – I'm not insulted that women and animals are compared, actually, I am insulted that once again women are used as if they are objects. Why are there few men doing this sort of thing? Could it be because women's bodies are *always* used to sell things? It's still rarer for men's bodies to be draped over cars, be presented as beer cans, bottles of scent or orgasmic reactants to shampoo.
While I admire the urge to protest for animal rights I object to the idea that women should be using their bodies for this, again. Your suggestion that it's because using men doesn't get as much coverage is telling. On this one I think I'll be on the side that fights using female flesh to boost sales. Weren't PETA launching their own porn site? Oh yeah, they're not using female flesh and sexuality to sell things *at all*.
Also, you're setting up a bit of a false either/or situation there. I can be pro-animal rights and anti-PETA. In fact, I am. I really, really intensely dislike PETA. Quite a lot. Their sexist campaigns may or may not be a small part of what they do (surprise surprise, they get the most press!) but what about their other work? Their policy of killing pet animals surrendered to them, for example?
I don't need to be told I'm a fat whale to want to change farming methods. I find PETA's publicity campaigns repellent.
I'm curious, on what are you basing your assessment of the author's support (or otherwise) of animal rights? Also, what exactly *are* PETA's fundamental messages? I'm so averse to their publicity materials that I've never managed to bring myself to read deeply into their literature.
I think we can all agree that PETA's campaigns are sexist (not all of them, but unfortunately the ones that get the attention are). The reason we're disagreeing on the pregnant woman/pig campaign is because there are two differing sets of assumptions here: the speciesist assumption and the not-speciesist assumption.
I can see why equating a pig with a woman could be seen as sexist *in a speciesist society* or when looked at *through a speciesist lens*. The assumption is that animals, particularly pigs, are dirty, less intelligent creatures who are lower than humans and who exist for the purpose of fulfilling the (trivial) needs of humans, and that humans can, therefore, treat these animals in any abhorrent ways that they wish. Saying that a woman is like a pig, then, is saying that similarly she is inferior (to men) and exists for the purpose of fulfilling the needs of men. And as Carol J Adams points out this is a highly problematic comparison that is made ALL the time by disgusting sexist men and women (who call women "chicks" or "birds" or "bitches" and so on). So it is problematic to perpetuate sexism in a society that is also (unfortunately) speciesist by making these comparisons.
But it isn't problematic, I think, to make these comparisons in an attempt to challenge these speciesist assumptions. The comparison is between humans and animals, not women and animals. It just so happens that this campaign used women because it was commenting on pregnant sows in factory farms. And amongst PETAs extensive repertoire of sexist campaigns, this one also looks bad. There are campaigns in the animal rights movement that have similar messages and that use both men and women (see, for example, 269life.com).
I think it is very important to challenge speciesism, in the same way that it is important to challenge sexism. Feminists hold (broadly) that men and women are equal and ought to have equal rights and equal opportunities and to be treated equally and with equal respect. But in the same way that we don't think men should have the right to abortion, we don't think animals should have the right to vote or the right to education, for example. Animal rightists hold (broadly) that humans and animals are equal insofar as they "share one basic moral right, *the right to be treated with respect*" (Tom Regan, A Case for Animal Rights).
The images from PETA's pig campaign, which I just looked up now, are shocking because they show us a naked pregnant woman in a cage on her all-fours: an undignified picture of someone who has been denied the right to be treated with respect. The campaign is asking us to make the connection between this woman and the intelligent, feeling creatures on factory farms who suffer tremendous abuse so that humans can have bacon. Its hope is that by making this connection people will realise that animals, too, have the right to be treated with respect, and in turn stop eating them. The first problem, however, is that the campaign relies largely on the assumption that people already know that animals ought to be treated with respect (in a sense its preaching to the converted, or whatever). The second problem, and that's why we're here, is that its hard to take PETA seriously when they themselves have objectified and used women in their other campaigns (not for the sake of making important connections but rather because "sex sells") such that they have denied women their right to be treated with respect. (So PETA's views are inconsistent.)
To clarify, I take "speciesism" to mean "the assignment of different values, rights, or special consideration to individuals solely on the basis of their species membership." So, despite the fact that a pig is an intelligent being (more intelligent than, for example, someone without a brain stem, a small infant or the mentally enfeebled) with a rich psychological and social world of its own, and moreover a being with strong familial ties, a speciesist sees no problem in slaughtering a pig to satisfy its trivial desire to eat the pig's flesh.
I have to say Emma, the point at which you use the phrase 'mentally enfeebled' to describe someone with learning disabilities is the point at which I would extricate myself from a conservation with you at a party and back away towards the table where the (delicious) cocktail sausages are located.
I may be 'speciesist', but on the scale of political correctness, I think I'm winning.
By "mentally enfeebled" I don't mean to say someone who has a learning disability, but rather someone who is senile, or enfeebled by senile dementia, for example. My grandmother is mentally enfeebled because she has Alzheimer's. It's not an insult, but rather a description of a state of affairs. Her brain is no longer functioning properly. Tom Regan, from whom I borrowed the term, uses "mentally enfeebled" to mean this. As far as I am aware, no one has criticised him for his lack of political correctness. I am sorry if I offended anyone by using the term, but I didn't mean it in the way that I think you understood it.
Anyway, I'm a bit disappointed that my argument isn't being engaged with.
Hi The Vagenda Team,
(Great blog btw)
I fail to see how Emma used "'mentally enfeebled' to describe someone with learning disabilities". Would you care to point out where she intimated that 'mentally enfeebled' designates 'someone with learning disabilities'. Wouldn't it have been more polite and constructive to ask her to clarify, rather than making provocative and insensitive jokes about eating sausages? especially considering the seriousness with which her piece was written? Your objection that she was politically incorrect is based on an unfounded claim and you moreover indelicately ignored the force of her observations and arguments.
Not also that by appealing to the PLEASURE derived from eating sausages you implicitly evince that you regard the pleasure you derive from eating sausages more important than the suffering which is endured by the pig so that you can put its flesh into your mouth. I find that a strange view to hold considering that you are concerned with issues of justice; the moral flippancy with which you declare that you "may be 'speciesist'" does not bode well for the moral plausibility I presume you wish to possess.
With all good wishes,
Michael John Glover
My point is that if you are going to aspire to political correctness, you can't go around using terms like 'mentally enfeebled'. You need to be squeaky clean. It is not a term that is used.
You are offended by my love of sausages, I am offended by your assertion that humans and pigs are on a level pegging- hence why I don't see that either of us will get much out of a debate. I'm all for female equality, but I give significantly less of a shit about pigs, and I think comparing someone with a disability (of any nature) to a pig is, quite frankly, bullshit.
*Note (rather than 'not', at the outset of the second paragraph).
Not once was it claimed that non-human animals and humans are "on a level pegging". The claim is rather that both are objects of moral concern – objects of moral worth. (I'm not using 'object' in a morally insalubrious sense.)
A pig has:
An emotional life
A psychological welfare of its own
The capacity to experience acute pain and pleasure
Strong familial ties
A social life
At least as much intelligence as a dog.
In these senses animals are not so distinct from humans, AT LEAST, Vagenda Team, they are not so distinct as to permit us to do whatever we wish to pigs.
Does this not qualify a pig as that which is accorded moral worth?
You don't engage with the arguments. You merely repeat unhelpful (dogmatic and unresponsive) assertions like "I don't see that either of us will get much out of a debate". Perhaps its due to a paucity of imagination and perspicacity on your part, because whereas I engage you do not.
It's just sad that you can invoke moral reasons against unjust treatment of women and not recognise that there are moral reasons against the unjust treatment of animals (a point on which you seem to take glib pride).
Moral thinking throughout history has always suffered from lacunae. John Stuart Mill was the first major western male philosopher to speak out against the unequal treatment of women (The Subjection of Women 1869), despite the enormous intellects of the philosophers who wrote before him, they did not recognise a tremendous inconsistency in their views.
Today virtually all moral philosophers (bar the Kantian Roger Scruton at times) agree that animals are objects of moral worth. It's sad to see that you are still not recognising this.
To apprise yourself of what some of the most articulate and rigorous thinkers in the world have to say about the wrongness of not according moral worth to animals, see for instance: http://www.fas.rutgers.edu/cms/phil/dmdocuments/Eating_Animals_the_Nice_Way.pdf
Macmahan is Professor of philosophy at Rutgers.
I'm afraid to say that, morally, your speciesist assumptions are "in poor taste".
(What Michael said.)
My comparison between pigs and the mentally enfeebled human was to make a particular point, but perhaps I should have been clearer.
Let's do a thought experiment here:
Imagine there is someone, a human orphan with no known relatives or friends or anyone who cares about her or him, who does not have a brain. They have a brain stem, so they are alive and their blood circulates and so on. But they are unable to feel, they are not aware of anything, they cannot recognise other people and they can neither feel nor express emotion. (This is the case for babies born with Anencephaly.)
Because this person is still legally alive, indeed technically not even brain dead (because they have a brain stem which is keeping them alive), it would be wrong (and illegal) to kill them.
Now imagine that there is a non-human animal who possesses all the characteristics that Michael listed (I'll list them again):
1. An emotional life
2. A psychological welfare of its own
3. The capacity to experience acute pain and pleasure
4. Strong familial ties
5. A social life
6. At least as much intelligence as a dog.
EVEN IF we ignore all the other characteristics and consider only number 3 – that this animal has the capacity to SUFFER – we are left with a creature who is more sentient than the human without a brain.(Unless you are going to deny that pigs have the capacity to feel pain I don't see how you can deny this.)
But it is legal and it is considered acceptable by most people not only to kill this animal but to do so in absolutely horrific ways (after having kept them alive in equally horrendous conditions) for no good reason.
The only reason it is considered wrong to kill a human that is unable to feel (physical or emotional) pain while it is considered acceptable to kill an animal that is able to feel pain acutely (as well as possessing many other characteristics) is because the one is human and the other is not. What is morally relevant about the species to which someone belongs?
Now I (REALLY) don't want you to misunderstand me here: I'm NOT saying we should kill babies who don't feel pain, or senile people who are unaware of everything, or ANYONE at all. I'm saying we should also not kill animals who have at least equal capacities as we do to feel pain.
Oh, Michael, the minute you make it personal you know you lose the argument. Rude.
Our readers are smart enough to make their own minds up about these things and I'm under no obligation to engage with you, especially as I think 'speciesism' is, quite frankly, bullshit. That doesn't mean that I don't think animals should be treated better, BTW.
Anyone interested can google speciesism if they want to read more about it. I think some of the ideas propagated by its adherents, including the comparison of industrial farming to the holocaust, quite frankly speak for themselves *GODWIN'S LAW KLAXON* It's also clear that you have a very specific perspective as far as this debate is concerned, as you work for an animal rights charity and when I click on your link, I see a picture of two squirrels snogging one another.
'My comparison between pigs and the mentally enfeebled human was to make a particular point'
Your comparison was bullshit, not to mention insensitive, politically incorrect, and offensive. I have no intention of paying attention to anything you say because, to continue the party analogy, you have followed me across the room despite the fact that I have walked away from you and are trying to convert me to your point of view while I am TRYING to enjoy my cocktail sausages.
In fact, seeing as you are both at the SAME university and probably know each other, you've BOTH followed me across the room, which is really creepy. I'm off.
Ah. Indeed, we have to learn to pick our battles.
I hope someone somewhere has benefited from this debate.
The Vagenda is great; continue to do good work.
All the best,
And so the ad hominems and other textbook fallacies slaughter the last attempts at a deep moral dialogue, whose outcome – I at any rate wished – would have been the recognition that our moral battles are ultimately akin, and that we should therefore voice our concerns in concert, or least, rightly, in theoretical allegiance. For that is what reason tells us.
I of course am still all for feminism and defend it vigorously always.
A key fact keeps getting glossed over here.
Even if it is true that humans and animals are equal (despite there being a vast difference in intellectual and emotional intelligence, but whatever) you can't escape the fact that humans wear clothes and animals do not (except in those rare cases where they're forced to by humans; almost another form of animal cruelty).
SO, why do the pregnant women demonstrating feel the need to be naked (or appear naked with nude thermals)? How does being naked help people to empathise with animals? Are we meant to feel sorry for them because they're naked, as well as being in a cage? I may be wrong, but I think that's obviously part of the shock tactic. When I saw the pictures, I just wondered how cold she must be and how embarrassing it is to be stared at naked; the cage was secondary.
It might seem unfortunate (especially if you're a naturist) but if you're a human in 2012, being naked in public is either sexual, degrading, shocking or all three. Naked animals, however, are not.
So even if you believe animals and humans should be treated with the same level of respect, you still have to take into consideration the issue of nudity and figure out what being naked is adding to your protest, because at the moment all it seems to be doing is degrading women.
NB: cruelty to animals is obviously wrong…
oh, great article by the way!
"I'm all for female equality, but I give significantly less of a shit about pigs, and I think comparing someone with a disability (of any nature) to a pig is, quite frankly, bullshit."
I'm all for equality between men, but I give significantly less of a shit about women, and I think comparing a man (of any nature) to a woman is, quite frankly, bullshit.
If there is a different between those two sentences, you're going to have to do some work to show it. Otherwise, it seems like an arbitrary exclusion of one group from the sphere of moral concern, with no justification for that exclusion other than 'they aren't in MY group'.
Jqueree, one reason why nudity may be used in protests depicting caged animals because clothing offers a kind of protection which animals do not get. In factory farms, animals must lie directly on cold concrete, or rub directly against the cages they are kept in, with no fabric in between. Even chickens' feathers tend to be completely rubbed off/to fall out when they are kept in factory farm conditions. Nudity does constitute a lack of protection from the elements, so it is not always synonymous with a sexualised state. http://www.facebook.com/#!/photo.php?fbid=10150796443872195&set=a.10150796440882195.472596.263328217194&type=3&theater
But for the pig protest (I think you were referring to how I said a woman wore thermals the same colour as her skin tone) – the aim was quite simply to look vaguely like a pig without having to resort to a more comical kind of costume, so passers-by could look briefly at the sow stall set up and (hopefully) recognise that the woman was acting as a pig, and highlighting the suffering of female pigs in sow stalls/farrowing crates.
I've got to say, I've been reading Vagenda for many months now and really enjoy the quality and tone of what's written here. As I have this article and the comments. I am a feminist and only superficially conscious of animal rights. However, I'm really disappointed by the responses made here under 'The Vagenda Team'. As feminists, you know what it's like to defend your strong and intelligent arguments against ignorant people only interested in ridiculing them. Yet your comments here show very little respect or tact towards the strong (and completely reasonably worded) beliefs of others. Your petulant and dismissive tone don't live up to the expectations set by the fair and common sense writing on the rest of this blog.
I agree with thepenandthepickaxe. Irrespective of one's opinion on this issue, throughout this Comments section 'The Vagenda Team' has been mercilessly trolling feminists who do not share their perspective on animal rights issues. It's childish, bullying and rude. Or, to coin your own phrase: in poor taste. I enjoyed the article, but am rather put off by this unpleasant behaviour.
I completely agree with thepenandthepickaxe and Stell12. I think several of the comments you've made have been personal, negative and really unnecessarily rude, especially when other comments have been intelligently and carefully written.
You've also gotta admit that the sausage comment was a bit insensitive?
And, with this charming comment, you just lost a long time reader. I frankly don't see how you can consider yourself a feminist or in any way an enlightened individual with such a narrow minded and self centred view.
Should we stop 'giving a shit' about people of other races because it's not *our* problem? Is slavery okay because 'those people' have a different skin colour? To further Eliza101′s example, there's not much difference between
"I'm all for female equality, but I give significantly less of a shit about pigs, and I think comparing someone with a disability (of any nature) to a pig is, quite frankly, bullshit." and "I'm all for white equality, but I give significantly less of a shit about black people, and I think comparing a white person (of any nature) to a black person is, quite frankly, bullshit."
If you think pigs are equivalent to people, then please do leave and don't come back.
Well, I really do love sausages. It's not trolling to admit that. I have absolutely no time for people who think animals and people are equivalent, especially not when someone up there compared them to a person with a disability. Nothing I've said has been personal, apart from the one comment when I pointed out that two of the repeat commenters were in cahoots and pretending not to be, which was a bit sad, to be honest. If you think feminism and animal rights activism should be aligned then that's up to you but I'm just saying that personally I don't think one necessarily denotes the other.


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FITori has retired.
Truth is, I never loved the name FITori. It never really fit me. And as the years went on, I changed and grew and FITori fit me less and less. I tried to remove some of the posts that didn't fit me anymore but I just couldn't remove enough, change it enough or make it fit all I've learned over the last few years. The language was about being skinny and looking good. It was about things that just don't fit who I am anymore. I couldn't make it fit. It was time for a fresh start.
I will bring some of the content over in a fresh way. But it will be true to who I am now. A modest mom. A Catholic convert. A hippie homemaker. A mom who cares more about health and functional fitness than looking good.
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Pillows are always the perfect fast and easy project, and outdoor pillows are no exception. For the second project in our Weekend Wonders with Fabric.com series, we designed a great trio of pillows in easy care outdoor fabric selections: there's a 24" x 24" jumbo pillow, an all-around 20" x 20" pillow and a comfy 12" x 20" lumbar pillow. By choosing an indoor/outdoor pillow form, polyester cording for the piping, outdoor thread, and plastic buttons for the back closure; you'll have a set of great-looking, long-wearing pillows that can live outside for the entire season. Quality indoor/outdoor fabric (like you'll find at Fabric.com!) is mildew, stain and water resistant, which makes it perfect for outdoor settings as well as to use indoors in sunny rooms. It's fade resistant for up to 500 hours of direct sun exposure.
If you are new to working with outdoor fabrics, take a look at the tutorial we did awhile back: How To Work With And Select Outdoor-Safe Fabric. Our friends at Fabric.com have one of the best selections of outdoor fabrics we've found anywhere. You can choose from popular designers like Tommy Bahama, Waverly Sun N Shade, Richloom and Premier Prints. We chose a selection of coordinating fabrics from Suburban Home and Swavelle/Mill Creek. Many of these designs are close to, if not exactly the same as, pillows you'll see at retail for much, much more. In fact, we spotted a pillow made from a nearly indentical print to the Swavelle/Mill Creek Glamis Spa fabric we used at the popular One Kings Lane website. The original price of the virtually identical pillow was $140! Yowsa! You can make it for a fraction of that... plus, it will be unique to you and likely better quality. That's not just a Weekend Wonder, that's Weekend Wonderful!
Sewing Tools You Need
- Any sewing machine (we recommend the Janome Hello Kitty 18750)
- Zipper foot (optional)
Fabric and Other Supplies
We created our pillows as a set of three and so were able to mix and match the fabrics, using scraps from the main cuts for our piping cuts. Below, we've given you supplies to make each pillow independently. You'll end up with a little extra fabric, but we all love a little extra fabric!
Pillow One: 24" x 24"
- 1 yard of 54" wide indoor/outdoor fabric; we used Ohana Azure by Alfred Shaheen for Suburban Home from Fabric.com
- ⅛ yard of 54" wide indoor/outdoor fabric for the piping; we used Glamis Spa by Swavelle/Mill Creek from Fabric.com
- 3 yards of ½" polyester piping cord
- Five 1¼" plastic buttons
- One 24" x 24" pillow form; we used an indoor/outdoor polyfil pillow form from Fabric.com
Pillow Two: 20" x 20"
- 1 yard of 54" wide indoor/outdoor fabric; we used Brazabon Stripe in Blueberry by Alfred Shaheen for Suburban Home from Fabric.com
NOTE: You could get by with ¾ yard, but with the directional stripe, it's nice to get a little extra to get the best fussy cut.
- ⅛ yard of 54" wide indoor/outdoor fabric for the piping; we used Ohana Azure by Alfred Shaheen for Suburban Home from Fabric.com
- 2¾ yards of ½" polyester piping cord
- Four 1" plastic buttons
- One 20" x 20" pillow form; we used an indoor/outdoor polyfil pillow form from Fabric.com
Pillow Three: 12" x 20"
- ⅔ yard of 54" wide indoor/outdoor fabric; we used Glamis Spa by Swavelle/Mill Creek from Fabric.com
- ⅛ yard of 54" wide indoor/outdoor fabric for the piping; we used Brazabon Stripe in Blueberry by Alfred Shaheen for Suburban Home from Fabric.com
- 2⅝ yards of ½" polyester piping cord
- Three ¾" plastic buttons
- One 12" x 20" pillow form: we used an indoor/outdoor polyfil pillow form from Fabric.com
Supplies needed for all pillows
- Coats Outdoor Living thread to match fabric
NOTE: This thread is profiled in the Outdoor Fabric article. Regular thread will succumb to the elements much more quickly, so it's a good idea to use a specialty thread.
- See-through ruler
- Fabric pen or pencil
- Iron and ironing board
- Scissors or rotary cutter and mat
- Seam gauge
- Seam ripper
- Straight pins
Getting Started
Pillow One: 24" x 24"
- Cut ONE 25" x 25" square
- Cut ONE 25" high x 15½" wide rectangle
- Cut ONE 15" x 25" rectangle
- Cut TWO 2" x width of fabric (WOF) strips
- Cut a 104" length of cording
Pillow One: 20" x 20"
- Cut ONE 21" x 21" square
- Cut ONE 21" high x 13½" wide rectangle
- Cut ONE 21" high x 13" wide rectangle
- Cut TWO 2" x width of fabric (WOF) strips
- Cut a 96" length of cording
Pillow One: 12" x 20"
- Cut ONE 13 high x 21 wide" rectangle
- Cut ONE 13" high x 12" wide rectangle
- Cut ONE 13" x 13" square
- Cut TWO 2" x width of fabric (WOF) strips
- Cut a 90" length of cording
At Your Sewing Machine & Ironing Board
Square pillows
Our pictures show construction of the 20" x 20" pillow. The steps are the same for any square pillow.
- Find the ½" wider back rectangle.
- Along one inside edge, make a 1½" double turn hem. To do this, fold back the raw edge 1½" and press. Fold back an additional 1½" and press again. Pin in place.
NOTE: Outdoor fabrics press best with a lower heat. You can sometimes simply finger press them into place.
- Top stitch the hem in place close to the inside fold.
- Find the other back rectangle.
- Along one inside edge, make a ½" double turn hem. To do this, fold back the raw edge ½" and press. Fold back an additional ½" and press again. Pin in place. Top stitch the hem in place close to the inside fold.
- Set this narrower hemmed panel aside.
- Place the wider hemmed panel right side up on your work surface.
- Mark the placement for your buttonholes centered side to side and top to bottom within the hem. Make sure you are using an easily erasable/removable fabric pen or pencil or pins.
- For our 24" x 24" pillow, we marked our five buttonholes from the top edge as follows: the first one at 4", the second one at 8", the third one at 12½", the fourth one at 17" and the fifth one at 21".
- For our 20" x 20" pillow, we marked our four buttonholes from the top edge as follows: the first one at 4", the second one at 8½", the third one at 13", and the fourth one at 17".
- Following your machine's instructions, make the buttonholes.
- When you cut the buttonholes open, cut in a little from each edge towards the center. This is better than trying to cut them open with one action, which often leads to cutting into the buttonhole stitching.
- Find both finished panels. Overlap and adjust them to yield the correct finished width and height. The buttonholes should be on top; the narrow hem on the bottom.
- Pin the two panels together.
- Working as close to the raw edges as possible, tack the overlap together to secure and create one piece. It will be easier to work with one piece instead of two later when you stitch front to back.
- Place a pin at the exact center point of each buttonhole. Make a mark on the opposite panel at this pin point. These points are where you should sew on the buttons.
Rectangle pillow
- This rectangle pillow is constructed in the same manner as the square pillows, but the first hem (made on the square piece) is a 1" double turn hem rather than 1½". The hem on the opposite piece is still a ½" double turn hem.
- And, we marked our three buttonholes from the top edge as follows: the first one at 3", the second one at 6½", and the third one at 10".
Make and add the piping
- If this is your first time making piping, see our tutorial, How To Make And Attach Your Own Piping
- Stitch together your 2" strips to create the length indicated in the Getting Started section above (104" for the 24" x 24" pillow, 96" for the 20" x 20" pillow, 90" for the 12" x 20" pillow).
- Wrap the fabric around the cord. Pin close to the cording to hold it in place.
- Using a zipper foot or regular foot, sew close to the cording to create your fabric covered piping.
- Find your pillow front piece.
- Starting in the middle of one side, pin piping to the right side of the front piece, aligning the raw edges of the piping with the raw edge of the front.
- Clip the cording at the corners to allow it to curve around the corners nicely.
- Start stitching about ½" from the raw end of the piping (to facilitate a clean finish). Stitch all the way around. When you are about 1" from the starting point, stop and lock your stitch.
- Remove the project from the machine.
- Lay the piping aginst the fabric so it is flat and smooth. Cut away the excess fabric and piping leaving about a 1" tail.
- With a seam ripper, peel back the fabric to expose the cording underneath.
- Trim the end of cording tail so it exactly meets the end of the sewn-down cording. Fold under the end of the loose fabric to create a clean edge. Lift up that little bit of the start of the piping you left loose at the beginning, and wrap this folded end under and around, overlapping about ½".
- Stitch in place, matching your seam line.
- Again, if you're new to attaching piping, check out our tutorial for tips on joining and finishing.
Assembling the layers to finish
- Find your front panel with the piping stitched in place and your back panel with the two pieces tacked together to act as one.
- Make sure the back panel is unbuttoned.
- Place the finished front panel on your work surface right side facing up.
- Place your finish back/button panel on top, right side facing down. Your piping is sandwiched in between the layers.
- Carefully align all the raw edges and pin in place.
- Using your Zipper foot, stitch together through all layers around all four sides, using a ½" seam allowance, which should be as close to the piping as possible. Go slowly and make sure your layers stay flat.
- When your seam is complete. Turn the pillow cover right side out through the back button opening. Push out the piping all around. Use a long, blunt-end tool, such as a knitting needle or chopstick, to smooth out the corners.
- Insert your pillow form through the envelope opening and fluff it out into the corners.
- Button the pillow closed.
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NEW YORK -- All it took was a stroll down the street for Matt Harvey to receive his first injection of Subway Series energy, when a fan called out for him to "beat the Yankees."
"That's always fun," Harvey said. "It definitely keeps you going. It keeps the drive strong."
The drive is still plenty strong for Harvey, whose 11th start will come Tuesday against the team he once rooted for. Growing up a Yankees fan in Connecticut, Harvey estimates he made half a dozen trips down to New York City to watch Subway Series games in person -- mostly with his father, and mostly at Shea Stadium, where he admits he preferred the atmosphere.
Harvey's childhood love of the Yankees has been well-documented -- particularly his idolization of outfielder Paul O'Neill, whose fiery on-field demeanor compares favorably to his own. But as a Met, Harvey has long since forgotten that part of his past.
"I'm happy to be in the big leagues, no matter where it is," he said. "I'm happy to be in New York, no matter which team it is. The past is the past, but I'm a New York Mets fan."
To prepare for the Subway Series, Harvey said he planned to sit in the dugout and soak in Monday's atmosphere, before gearing up for Tuesday's assignment. Harvey has admitted in the past to a bit of extra anticipation leading up to premier matchups against Stephen Strasburg and Roy Halladay, and understands that Tuesday's start will be his most significant to date.
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At least 11 dog deaths from suspected blue-green algae poisoning have occurred in the last dozen years, according to the Humboldt County Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS). A recent press release from DHHS warns that low flows in local rivers, along with sustained high temperatures, have led to ideal conditions for accelerated blooms of potentially toxic blue-green algae. The algae can occur in any freshwater body and appears as a scum, foam or mats having colors ranging from green, blue-green, white to brown.
Human beings can also be in danger from this type of toxin, especially small children, but dogs are especially vulnerable because they are more apt to swallow the toxin when licking their fur. According to the press release, "Potential symptoms in dogs following exposure to blue-green algae toxins can include lethargy, difficulty breathing, salivation, excessive urination, vomiting, diarrhea or convulsions." The full press release appears below.
Full press release from the Humboldt County Department of Health and Human Services, dated July 25, 2013:
Officials with the Humboldt County Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) are warning recreational users of the South Fork Eel, Van Duzen, Klamath and Mattole rivers, Big Lagoon, Freshwater Lagoon and all other freshwater bodies to avoid contact with algae this summer.
Low flows along the South Fork of the Eel River as well as the Van Duzen, coupled with sustained high temperatures in the inland areas, have created the ideal conditions for rapid blooming of blue-green algae.
DHHS is aware of 11 dog deaths that may have been caused by blue-green algae poisoning since 2001. The dogs died shortly after swimming in Big Lagoon, the South Fork Eel River and the Van Duzen River.
A nerve toxin associated with blue-green algae was found in the stomachs of the dogs that died on the South Fork Eel River in 2002. The same toxin was found in water samples from the South Fork Eel and Van Duzen rivers in 2009 just after two dogs died. This poison is the most likely cause of the dog deaths on these rivers. Dogs are more vulnerable than people because they may swallow the toxin when they lick their fur. The onset of symptoms can be rapid; dogs have died within 30 minutes to one hour after leaving the water.
Blue-green algae blooms that produce a liver toxin have been documented in Klamath River reservoirs and the Klamath River this year. The current status of this river may be found at the Klamath Basin Monitoring Program website: http://www.kbmp.net/blue-green-algae-tracker.
Blue-green algae can be present in any freshwater body. It looks like green, blue-green, white or brown scum, foam or mats floating on the water. Usually, it does not affect animals or people. However, warm water and abundant nutrients can cause blue-green algae to grow more rapidly than usual. These floating algal masses, or "blooms," can produce natural toxins that are very potent. Dogs and children are most likely to be affected because of their smaller body size and tendency to stay in the water for longer periods.
Potential symptoms in dogs following exposure to blue-green algae toxins can include lethargy, difficulty breathing, salivation, excessive urination, vomiting, diarrhea or convulsions. People can experience eye irritation, skin rash, mouth ulcers, vomiting, diarrhea and cold- or flu-like symptoms.
DHHS officials recommend the following guidelines for recreational users of all freshwater areas in Humboldt County:
• Keep children, pets and livestock from swimming in or drinking water containing algal scums or mats.
• Adults should also avoid wading and swimming in water containing algal blooms. Try not to swallow or inhale water spray in an algal bloom area.
• If no algal scums or mats are visible, you should still carefully watch young children and warn them not to swallow any water.
• Fish should be consumed only after removing the guts and liver and rinsing fillets in tap water.
• Never drink, cook with or wash dishes with water from rivers, streams or lakes.
• Get medical attention immediately if you think that you, your pet or livestock might have been poisoned by blue-green algae toxins. Be sure to tell the doctor about possible contact with blue-green algae.
Human activities can have a big effect on nutrient and water flows in rivers, streams or lakes. Phosphorous and nitrogen found in fertilizers, animal waste and human waste can stimulate blooms. Excessive water diversions can increase water temperatures and reduce flows. People can take the following measures to prevent algal blooms in local waters:
• Be very conservative with the use of water, fertilizers and pesticides on your lawn, garden or agricultural operation.
• Recycle any "spent" soil that has been used for intensive growing by tilling it back into gardens, or protect it from rainfall to avoid nutrient runoff.
• Plant or maintain native plants around banks. These plants help filter water and don't require fertilizers.
• Pump and maintain your septic system every three to four years.
• Prevent surface water runoff from agricultural and livestock areas.
• Prevent erosion around construction and logging operations.
According to a recent News Release from the California Regional Water Quality Control Board:
Due to its potential health risks, federal, state, and tribal agencies are urging swimmers, boaters and recreational users to avoid contact with blue-green algae (cyanobacteria) now blooming in the Klamath River, downstream of Iron Gate Dam, in Northern California. Water in the Klamath River from Iron Gate Dam to Turwar in Humboldt County has exceeded public health criteria; these areas have been posted with health advisories warning against human and animal contact with the water. Recent monitoring indicates that levels of cyanobacteria downstream of Turwar are also increasing (but are currently below the state's action levels); water users are encouraged to use caution, and check most recent sampling results on the Klamath Blue-Green algae Tracker (see link below) for all locations along the River. Monitoring along the River is being conducted weekly and this advisory will be revised as conditions change.
Cyanobacteria (Microcystis aeruginosa) cell counts at several locations in the Klamath River downstream of Iron Gate Dam exceeded the public health advisory threshold during recent public health monitoring. Based upon earlier monitoring results, Iron Gate and Copco Reservoirs wereposted with health advisories in July. California agencies including the North Coast Regional Water Quality Control Board, the Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA), CA Department of Public Health, as well as the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, and the Yurok and Karuk Tribes urge residents and recreational water users to use caution or avoid getting in the water near these blooms. Public health monitoring for the Klamath River from Link River Dam in Oregon to the estuary in California (including Copco and Iron Gate Reservoirs) is conducted collaboratively by the United States Bureau of Reclamation, PacifiCorp, the Karuk Tribe, the Yurok Tribe, and the CA North Coast Regional Water Quality Control Board and United States Environmental Protection Agency.
"As blue-green algae (cyanobacteria) can pose health risks, especially to children and pets, we urge people to be careful where they swim," said Matt St. John, Executive Officer of the North Coast Regional Water Quality Control Board. "We recommend that people and their pets avoid contact with the blooms, and particularly avoid swallowing or inhaling water spray in an algal bloom area."
The algal blooms appear as very green water, and blue-green, white or brown foam, scum or mats floating on the water. Recreational exposure to toxic blue-green algae can cause eye irritation, allergic skin rash, mouth ulcer, vomiting, diarrhea, and cold and flu-like symptoms. Liver failure, nerve damage and death have occurred in rare situations where large amounts of contaminated water were directly ingested.
"This is a situation that anyone who comes into contact with water in algal bloom areas should be aware of. Vacationers and the public should adjust their activities accordingly", said Mr. St. John.
The Statewide Guidance on Harmful Algal Blooms recommends the following:
- Avoid wading and swimming in water containing visible blooms or water containing algae, scums or mats.
- If no algae, scums or mats are visible, you should still carefully watch young children and warn them not to swallow the water.
- Do not drink, cook or wash dishes with untreated surface water under any circumstances; common water purification techniques (e.g., camping filters, tablets) may not remove toxins.
- People should limit or avoid eating fish. If fish are consumed, remove guts and liver, and rinse meat in clean drinking water.
- Take care that pets and livestock do not drink the water or swim through heavy algae, scums or mats, nor lick their fur after going in the water. Rinse pets in clean drinking water to remove algae from fur.
- Get medical treatment immediately if you think that you, your pet, or your livestock might have been poisoned by blue-green algae toxins. Be sure to alert the medical professional to the possible contact with blue-green algae.
With proper precautions to avoid water contact, people can still visit Klamath River and enjoy camping, hiking, biking, canoeing, picnicking, or other recreational activities, excluding direct contact with the waters impacted by algal blooms.
For more information, please visit:
California Department of Public Health:
State Water Resources Control Board
CA Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment:
Klamath Blue-Green Algae Tracker
US Environmental Protection Agency
Siskiyou County Public Health Department:
(530) 841-2100
According to a Press Release from the Eel River Recovery Project, dated August 10, 2012:
At the same time the Eel River Chinook salmon run is resurging to levels not seen in 50 years, stream margins in dry years are becoming toxic to humans and animals due to blue green algae blooms. Although toxic conditions have not formed since 2009, eleven dog deaths have been documented by the Humboldt County Department of Public Health (HCDPH) that are attributed to toxic algae dating back to 2001, mostly in the South Fork Eel and lower Van Duzen River. Citizens of Fortuna and Redway expressed extreme concern about the public health risk posed by toxic algae at community forums in early September 2011 sponsored by the Trees Foundation. In response to this community need and others, the Eel River Recovery Project (ERRP) was formed and citizens are currently monitoring different river reaches as an early warning system to protect public health.
Humboldt County Public Health staff Harriet Hill samples toxic algae on the SF Eel River at Phillipsville in August 2009:
The toxic algae problem is relatively new to the Eel River, but it is not unique in the region. It seems that water bodies out of ecological balance are subject to colonization by toxic blue green algae throughout the West. The Eel River toxic species are Planktothrix and Anabaena that can create neurotoxins that are fatal within minutes to dogs that play in algae blooms in stream edges and then lick their fur. Toxic algae does not form in all years and it looks like we may avoid the problem in 2012 due to late rains and a cool summer, but ERRP volunteers are surveilling conditions on the Van Duzen River, South Fork and lower Eel River. Volunteers are taking pictures of locations that have been known to form toxic conditions and automated temperature sensors are being placed nearby. The hope is that a relationship between ambient stream temperature and development of toxic conditions can be established as part of an early warning system. Water temperature sensing devices used in 2012 are on loan to the ERRP from the North Coast Regional Water Quality Control Board and the Mendocino County Water Agency.
The ERRP is working with the Humboldt County Public Health and contact is made if conditions become threatening or if there is any evidence of toxic exposure of pets or people. The toxic species often are intermixed with other algae species and can only be identified with magnification. They County and State do not currently have a budget for testing for toxic algae except in emergencies, such as when dogs die. ERRP may try to help get grants so we can help the County to get more and better toxic algae data. In the mean time, the best strategy to keep pets and children safe is to make sure they avoid contact with stagnant stream margins that have algae abundant blooms.
It is assumed that nutrient pollution reduction and water conservation are needed to lessen toxic algae risk and to restore the Eel River's ecological balance. Speakers at the ERRP sponsored a Water Day forum this past May 6 discussed ways to cut down on pollution and agricultural water use and grant funds are being pursued to promote more widespread implementation of the recommended strategies.
The ERRP operates under the umbrella of the Trees Foundation and the 2012 monitoring program is sponsored by a Rose Foundation grant as well as a private donation. The project also includes citizen assisted temperature trend monitoring of streams and fall Chinook salmon counts. More volunteers are needed and those interested participating in any activity can contact ERRP volunteer monitoring coordinator Patrick Higgins, at (707) 223-7200. See www.eelriverrecovery.org for more information.
September 2011 photo is of the same location on the SF Eel as photo at left and shows no sign of toxic algae:
According to a Press Release from multiple Klamath Stakeholder groups, dated 9/21/11:
- The most probable estimate for dam removal and associated mitigations is $290 million (in 2020 dollars). Partial removal would cost $247 million, this assumes leaving some structures in place such as old powerhouses and selected abutment structures. Note that $200 million would come from ratepayers (who would otherwise foot the $500 million plus price tag for dam relicensing) and the balance would come from California.
- The one-year dam removal project is estimated to result in 1,400 jobs during the year of construction.
- Commercial fishing jobs were estimated in five Management Zones. Estimated jobs stemming from improved fishing conditions range from 11 average annual jobs in the KMZ-OR Management Area to 218 average annual jobs in the San Francisco Management Area.
- Dam removal would immediately alleviate massive blooms of toxic algae that plague the river each summer and pose health risks.
- Salmon dependent Tribes would benefit from increased abundance of salmon and improved water quality.
- Klamath Basin National Wildlife Refuges would receive additional water and for the first time in more than 100 years, receive a certainty of water delivery. This water supply could improve hunting and wildlife viewing, which could attract more visitors to the refuges. There would be an estimated additional 193,830 fall waterfowl and 3,634 hunting trips over the 50-year period of analysis.


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MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Harris English shot a 6-under 64 on Friday to open a two-stroke lead in the St. Jude Classic, the final event before the U.S. Open next week at Merion.
The 23-year-old former Georgia player had never even had a piece of a lead on the PGA Tour until Thursday when he found himself tied with five others, including Davis Love III, after 18 holes.
English used a hot putter to roll in five birdie putts, holed out from 181 yards for eagle on the par-4 fifth and had only one bogey to finish the second round at 10-under 130.
Shawn Stefani was second after a 65. Paul Haley II and Scott Stallings each shot 68 to reach 5 under. Love was tied with four others at 4 under after a 70, and defending champion Dustin Johnson also had a 70 to finish at 3 under. Phil Mickelson was 2 under after a 67.
Only four players had rounds of 4 under or better on a near perfect day at TPC Southwind.
PITTSFORD, N.Y. (AP) — South Korea's Chella Choi shot a 5-under 67 to take a one-shot lead over Morgan Pressel after the first round of the rain-delayed LPGA Championship.
Winless on the LPGA Tour, Choi had five birdies and in a bogey-free front nine to move into the lead and held on in steady rain over her final seven holes.
Pressel closed with four straight birdies over the soggy Locust Hill Country Club course to gain the early lead. It was just her second sub-70 round of the year. Brittany Lincicome was tied for third at 69 with Jiyai Shin, while Jessica Korda was another stroke back, tied for fifth with Se Ri Pak.
More than nine inches of rain fell on the course in the previous nine days, half of that coming Thursday when the opening round of the second major of the year was pushed back one day.
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — Duffy Waldorf shot a 4-under 68 to take a one-stroke lead over Jeff Sluman after the soggy, weather-delayed second round of the Regions Tradition, the second of five Champions Tour majors.
Waldorf had three birdies and a bogey on both the first nine holes and the last nine to top the Shoal Creek leaderboard at 9-under 135. The Champions Tour rookie also led after two rounds last week in Iowa in the Principal Charity Classic, but closed with a 1-under 71 to tie for third.
Sluman, the first-round leader, had a 71. Fred Couples, Mark Calcavecchia, Michael Allen and Canadian Rod Spittle were three strokes back. Couples had a 71, Calcavecchia and Allen shot 69, and Spittle had a 66.
Two-time defending champion Tom Lehman was 4 under after a 71. He made a double bogey on 17 and a bogey on 18 in fading light.
ATZENBRUGG, Austria (AP) — Dutchman Joost Luiten shot a 4-under 68 to take a one-stroke lead at 11-under 133 after the second round of the Lyoness Open.
Scotland's Callum Macaulay, England's Paul Waring and Spain's Eduardo de la Riva were tied for second. Macaulay had a 66, Waring shot 67, and de la Riva had a 69.
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Harris English shot a 6-under 64 on Friday to open a two-stroke lead in the St. Jude Classic, the final event before the U.S. Open next week at Merion.


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SKF showcases marine expertise at SMM 2016
2016 June 16, 10:00 CEST
At the SMM 2016 trade fair (Hamburg, 6-9 September), SKF will showcase its many marine innovations, including two new launches: a new design of Simplex Intermediate shaft bearing; and a SKF Dynamic Stabilizer Cover (DSC).
Gothenburg, Sweden, 16 June, 2016: SKF will launch two new products at the SMM show while showcasing a wide range of its latest offerings for the maritime sector.
The first new launch is a redesigned Simplex Intermediate shaft bearing, which can be mounted on SKF Vibracon chocks – self-leveling, height-adjustable and reusable chocks that are used for mounting all types of rotating or critically aligned machinery.
Simplex Intermediate shaft bearings have a short shell length, and can be aligned precisely in order to avoid edge loading. They were specifically developed for shaft line of ship propulsion systems. This latest version has a new housing design which features reduced weight and compactness for easy installation and maintenance.
The second launch is the Dynamic Stabilizer Cover (DSC), which closes the hull of the SKF retractable fin stabilizers. The DSC comprises of two inflatable cushions fixed to the stabilizer fin box. If the stabilizer is not in use, the cushions are inflated by high-pressure air in order to close the hull. This improves flow profile and reduces fuel consumption. To bring the stabilizers into use, the cushions are deflated – allowing the fin stabilizer to move past – and then re-inflated, to re-close the hull.
Other new products that SKF has launched during the year and that will be on show at SMM include the Turbulo Sludge Buoy – a mechanical device that separates oil and water, eliminating manual drainage. Also on show is the SKF Marine Condition Monitoring Route Kit– a sophisticated condition monitoring and condition-based maintenance solution that has cloud connectivity to cut downtime and boost fleet reliability. Furthermore, the company will present its environmental monitoring system that ensures compliance to environmental regulations by storing and mapping the ships emission data - SKF BlueMon.
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After three quarters of a century, women will be included on the membership rolls of Augusta National Golf Club, one of the most exclusive clubs in the world and the host of the Masters.
Augusta National Chairman Billy Payne announced Monday that former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and business executive Darla Moore will be the first female members of the club.
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