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|Uva Rebellion 183 yrs. ago today and role of
by S. B. Karalliyadde
Cause of rebellion
The 1817 rebellion described as the Uva rebellion by historians is the culmination of the peoples anger and dissatisfaction over the British rule which promised to uphold and foster the Buddhist religion and observe the traditions and norms that hitherto prevailed in the Kandyan Kingdom up to the signing of the convention of 2nd March 1815. Mr. Wiliam Tolfry the Chief Translator of the British Government appraised the Commissioner in-charge of Kandyan affairs Mr. Sutherland of the volatile situation that prevailed in the country at the beginning of December 1816 and January 1817, and warned him of an impending revolt against the British administration.
Reports reached the authorities that one Duraisamy, a relative of the deposed king who was claiming his rights to the throne was mustering the support of the people in Uva for a rebellion and that some Sinhalese leaders too had joined him. Duraisamy was the son of Kalu Nayakkar a relation of the former king. He was a native of Sath Korale, a Buddhist priest for some time and now appeared in public as Wilbawe. These facts were later confirmed by the evidence of Udugama Unnanse at the trial. The appointment of a Malay Muhandiram Hadji by Major Wilson - Resident in Badulla was another action of the British which earned the displeasure of the Sinhalese to the British administration. The areas of Uva Wellassa, Nuwarakalaviya were neglected jungle areas which had a predominant population of Muslims who disrupted time and again the smooth supply of salt and dry fish to the people in the Kandyan Kingdom.
Rebellion spreads out
In 1817 October the rebellion broke out. Major Wilson, who was in Badulla sent out a battalion under Hadji Muhandiram, commanded by Hadjis brother himself to quell the rebellion. The people of Uva were so provoked with this incident that they caught Hadji and produced him before Duraisamy who after trial sentenced him to be beheaded. The British were not deterred by this action of the Sinhalese. Their arrogance and pride saw no limit when once again on 12.10.1817 Major Wilson himself marched to Uva with a Malay troop under his command with Lt. Newman.
On this march Major Wilson was killed near the present Bibile town when an arrow aimed by the Sinhalese rebels pierced his chest. The British and Malay soldiers had to surmount difficult terrain which they were not used to in this type of guerrilla battles. This was a novel experience which retarded their forward march. In the meantime Lt. Col. Hardy gathered intelligence that the rebels were on the march to Dolosbage in Gampola area. Hence on 18.10.1817 he proceeded towards that area with troops commanded by Major Obrien. On arrival they found that the area was calm and quiet free of any incidents. The people of Hatarakorale and Tunkorale too refused to join the rebels.
The British government attributed this attitude of the natives to the influence that Molligoda exerted in the area and the personal grudge he had with Keppetipola. But in Galaboda Korale which was the native place of Keppetipolas father the Britishers faced problems with the rebels. It was observed that Keppetipola had not been seen in the area for nearly eight months after the rebellion broke out. To show the gratitude to those who did not participate in the rebellion, the British government by gazette notification No. 19 of 1818 reduced the grain tax from 1/10 to 1/14. By section 22 of the same order all lands belonging to those in the Korale were exempted from land tax. In terms of clause 53 a centralized civil and judicial system of administration was set up with Headquarters in Kandy from where three British civil servants started functioning.
Spread & fall of the rebels
The rebellion spread to the other areas of the Kandyan Kingdom. In the month of April 1818 Rev. Wariyapola Sri Sumangala of Asgiri Maha Viharaya removed the Sacred Tooth Relic to Hanguranketa, an area of difficult terrain. Subsequent to the removal of Tooth Relic from Kandy the rebellion broke out in Matale, Dumbara, Denuwara, Walapane, Hewaheta etc. by the people joining the rebels. To face the new developments in the warfront troops had to be brought from Batticaloa and Kandy. Most of the soldiers in the British troops were killed by the Sinhalese.
By now a gazette notification No. 6 of 1817 was issued awarding a reward of two thousand Rix dollars to the head of each rebel - Wilbawe, Kivulegedara Mohottala, Butawe Rate Rala and other rebel leaders. Kivulegedara Mohottala was arrested and beheaded at Bogambara on 18.12.1818. Kivulegedara Mohottala was the Disawa of Walapana and a royal poet in the Court of Sri Wickrama Rajasinghe. The Disawa of Viyaluwa Ellepola, Ehelepola, a brother of Maha Adikaram were also arrested and beheaded at Bogambara on 27.10.1818. By now the following leaders also surrendered. They were Mattamagoda Disawa of Tunkorale, Kobbekaduwa Disawa of Udapalatha, Dambawinna Disawa, Dimbulana Disawa, Godagedara Disawa, Kataragama Maha Bethme and Basnayaka Nilame, Butawe Rate Rala. Towards the end of September with the onset ot monsoon rains Madugalle Basnayaka Nilame and Ellepola Adikaram too surrendered.
Final Phase
The situation prevailing in Uva and Wellassa was so precarious that the English set fire to villages, houses, live stock and whatever they could lay their hands on. By now Pilamatalawe gave leadership to rebels having put forward another pretender to the throne as King Weerabahu - a Nayakkar. At this time the Disawa of Wellassa, Millawa, who was an ailing elderly leader was removed by the British and Keppetipola was appointed as Disawa of Wellassa.
The British sent Keppetipola who remained in Kandy until 17.10.1818 to Uva to bring the situation under control. At about the same time a British Officer Col. Bartok took into custody Weerabahu the Pretender. When Keppetipola arrived in Wellassa Sinhalese were engaged in a fierce battle with the British soldiers Keppetipola sent back all his arms and ammunition to the British Agent and joined the Sinhalese rebels to lead the battle. With this change of events other Sinhalese leaders such as Pilimatalawe Disawa of Sathkorale, Madugalla, Uda Gabada Nilame, Ellepola who was leading Viyaluwa, Ehelepola a brother of Maha Adikaram Ihagama, Godagedara Adikaram, Badalkumbure Rala etc. joined the rebels.
The British had to bring troops from India to quell the rebellion. Finally the British were able to arrest most of the leaders. Properties of eighteen rebel leaders were confiscated. Pilimatalawe, who was ill at the time of arrest was exiled to Mauritius Islands. Keppetipola and Madugalla were beheaded in Bogambara after trial on 18.11.1818 thus ending another chapter of our history.
Who is Keppetipola Hero
History records that King Senerath of Kandy fought against a battalion of twenty one thousand Portuguese soldiers in 1630 in the famous Randeniwela battle. The Portuguese soldiers were led by General Constantine De Za. Mudliyar Don Cosmas Wijesekara, who was with the Portuguese joined the kings forces after victory. The king was so pleased to accept him and conferred on him the honorary title of "Wickramasinghe" and gifted to him the Katugaha village and the Walawwe close to Bibile. The elder daughter of this Mudliyar married Wijayasundara Brahmana Mudali. The son born to them was named Ehelepola who was the Disawa of Uva. The Disawas son was also the Disawa of Uva who died in 1807.
This Ehelepola had two sons one of whom was the Maha Adikaram of Sri Wickrama Rajasingha (1798-1815) King of Kandy. This Adikarams sisters son was Keppetipola. He was born in Monerawila village in Matale and hence known as Monerawila Keppetipola. This was how Keppetipola had connections to Uva. His grand parents and uncles held office in Uva Wellassa. Golahela Disawa (Rajapaksa Wickramasekara) who was Diyawadana Nilame and Disawa of Tamankaduwa during the reign of Sri Wikrama Rajasinghe was the father of Keppetipola. With this high connections throughout the Kandyan Kingdom and the inherent warrior qualities of Keppetipola the Britishers thought that he would be the most suitable person to quell the rebellion and help them to establish their writ of government. But they were mistaken.


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To sure or not to sue?
That is the question.
After racist statements were made up out of thin air and then attributed to Rush Limbaugh, these were the options he had.
It is easy for me to understand that these are not simple choices because I have faced those options as well. Recently there have been a number of columns made up by others and put on the Internet with my name on them. The things said in those bogus columns have nothing in common with anything that I have said, in my columns, in my books or anywhere else.
Years ago, CBS reporter Lem Tucker said in a broadcast on October 13, 1981 that my views "seem to place him in the school that believes that maybe most blacks are genetically inferior to white people."
Anyone interested in the facts could have discovered that I had argued directly against this idea in a number of writings, including a feature article in the New York Times Magazine on March 27, 1977.
An attorney I did not know, but who had read my writings and knew that what was insinuated in that broadcast was totally false, offered to represent me in a lawsuit against CBS. That was when I faced the kind of dilemma that Rush Limbaugh faces now.
When someone is considered to be a "public figure"— and Rush Limbaugh is certainly that— the Supreme Court has narrowed the grounds on which that public figure can sue for libel, to the point where even the most blatant lie can often go unpunished.
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The question facing any public figure who has been the target of character assassination in the media is: Is it worth investing a large amount of time in a process that can make you worse off by spreading the very lie that you are suing to stop?
The down side of not suing is that it allows the lie to continue to be repeated in the media, with later repetitions being justified in terms of "just reporting" what someone else said.
No one can resolve this dilemma for someone else.
My decision in 1981 was that I had too many other things to do for me to go into the exhausting and time-consuming process of suing CBS, with such dicey odds in the courts.
Every situation is different, so whether Rush Limbaugh should sue is a question that only he can answer.
The question for the media to answer is: Are lies to go unchallenged when they are lies against someone you disagree with? Worse yet, are they to be excused, rationalized or even repeated?
Already there are people on television saying that, although Rush didn't actually say the things that have been attributed to him, he has said other things that they choose to call "racist."
If those other things really are racist, why don't they quote them, instead of something that was made up out of whole cloth?
The Rush Limbaugh show has, after all, been broadcast for many years, three hours a day. There are thousands of hours of those broadcasts that people can go back through to look for things to quote.
If critics can't find anything racist in all that material, why should an outright lie about what the man said be given a pass?
As the late Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan said, you are entitled to your own opinion but not to your own facts.
Ultimately, this is not about Rush Limbaugh or anybody else who is smeared with impunity. It is about the whole climate in which issues are discussed.
Without a range of opposing opinions being available to the public, the basic concept of a self-governing democracy is a mockery. If views that some people don't like can be silenced or discredited by character assassination, the whole country loses.
The courts should not be the only line of defense. Common decency should be the first line of defense, so that people who smear others will pay a price in the outrage that their lies should provoke, even among decent people who do not agree with the target of their smears.


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Why haven't you seen it?
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I spend my days in longing
And wondering why
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I can't believe it
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That you'd turn away romance
Are you pretending? it
Looks like the ending
Unless I could have one more chance to prove
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Fresh Loaf Visitor
I don't have time to post so regularly at the moment. I am baking lots of bread, and continuing to work hard to develop my business.
I have finished my spell working at Dunbar, and am now pushing forward with my quest to have a small bakery of my own, preferably here in Powburn, where I live. I will write more on this, no doubt, as it progresses. For now, I have secured a 2 deck electric oven, and have access to various bits of kit and machinery to add to what I already own. That's enough to get started, so discussions now centre on securing premises; that is underway.
In the meantime, we are continuing to supply the Farmers' Markets at both Alnwick and Hexham. Last Friday, we sold out at Alnwick around 12:30pm, even though the weather was pretty poor. Feedback about the bread continues to be very positive, and now there are a few outlets approaching in search of regular wholesale supply.
So, I am really happy with the progress, although am keen to get into a full-production situation as soon as possible.
We had a very welcome guest come to stay with us in Powburn recently. En route to join his wife for a holiday in Prague after she had completed a period of study, TFL's Franko, a fellow professional baker who lives on Vancouver Island, came to the UK for a much-anticipated short trip.
We baked for, and attended the Hexham Farmers' Market together and enjoyed some relaxing time out in Northumberland with my wife, Alison, as well.
I picked Franko up from our local railway station in bright sunshine on Wednesday afternoon. It is a longhaul from Vancouver Island, so the traveller needed some rest. But we baked 2 full days after that. On the Thursday we used my wood-fired oven here at home, and dived into some of the flour which my friend had brought over from North America. Photograph below:
The Red Fife is quite delicious; organic wholewheat, a traditional strain which is the base of nearly all the strong modern wheat varieties used to produce today's Canadian strong wheat. It has a great history which takes in both Hungary and Scotland en route to Canada too, back in the 19th Century. The King Arthur All-Purpose flour confirmed what I had long-suspected. It is a bread flour by UK standards; it makes a delightful loaf of bread, although my preference is to avoid all-white bread as many here know. Mixing the King Arthur flour with some Red Fife and a small portion of rye sourdough created a very tasty loaf. We made the dough into miches...quite big ones too at c.1.5kg. I had recently bought some Swiss Dark Flour as a treat from the Shipton Mill website. I didn't have a clue about the strength of the flour, but had an e-mail from Clive at Shipton explaining thatthe flour was milled in a way which captures the Pollard streams. Kent (4th ed; 1994) makes reference to Pollard as an Australian term for wheatfeed, implying it is the layers of the grain inside of the bran layers, and outside of the endosperm. Sounds like the aleurone layer to me, although I lay no claim to expert knowledge of milling. Anyway, the flour produced a lovely dark loaf. We made this using my wheat levain only, plus a little salt, of course. Lastly, we made some 100% rye loaves, as Franko was on a mission to discover more about the Bacheldre Organic Whiolegrain Rye flour which I have been using for sometime now. Some of it went back to Canada to reciprocate for the gifts brought for out UK baking. We made some Borodinsky loaves and some Black Pumpernickel. Both are 100% rye, and use complex 3-stage fermentation.
The next day we had a very early start to visit my colleague Nigel, and bake all the bread for the Hexham Market, and more besides; c.130 loaves. Overnight temperatures were very warm, and my leaven was "over" by the time I got up at 03:30! I got away with the Spelt dough, somehow [the visiting pro being largely responsible for salvation]. But I decided to refresh the leaven once again before using it to make the doughs for Gilchesters and the Five Grain. The Gilchesters' is made with local high extraction flour, and I had 2 doughs in excess of 10kg on the production schedule. So we made the dough at Nigel's house. It all worked very well indeed. Nigel had made his white dough overnight, and had a Golden Linseed and Light Rye made besides. I took the Spelt dough and then made the Gilchesters and Five Grain doughs, plus 10kg paste for Moscow Rye.
Man on the Oven:
It all seems like a lot of work. But, with 3 bakers, and a wood-fired oven which holds 40 x 600g loaves to bake on the sole of the oven at any one time; well it all went very smoothly and we had finished baking early-mid afternoon in record time. Nigel's oven is such a serious beast, so once fired, it holds the heat in for many hours.
Franko and I drove to Hexham early Saturday morning and set up our market stall. Nigel arrived with the bread which we set out for display. The bread was great; a pleasure to sell. Two of us behind the stall meant we could create a great ambience too, and this meant we sold out of bread around 13:00. There is much competition for bread bakers on the Hexham market....4 of us, and there are a few outlets within the main shopping centre which offer artisan bread as well. I love to sell out of bread; a friendly companion alongside made it even more enjoyable.
We rested up a little late Saturday afternoon, then Alison drove us to the beautiful Northumberland Coast, where we had a table booked in a lovely pub at Newton-by-the-Sea....a big favourite of ours. We went down onto the beach first, and soaked up some evening sunshine. Alison took these fine photos on her phone! The impressive castle in the background is Dunstanburgh; we so love the Northumberland Coast!
After Franko left bound for Prague, I had to set to and bake for the Alnwick Farmers' Market coming up the following Friday. I baked flat-out for 3 days, producing over 30 loaves each day on my little wood-fired oven. It was enough, and I turned up on Friday just gone with several basket loads of bread and a range of pastries. I was joined by my neighbour Anna too. She is not only a champion of our bread, she is a great salesperson too! So, I was home before 13:00h, with a load of empty baskets.
Today I have been baking again. You can see the breads I have made in the photographs below. Nigel is catering for a group of 20 walkers following the St. Cuthbert's Way, which runs through Powburn. He baked some bread for the first leg of the walk, and is calling here to collect replenishment! I baked more bread besides; some for my business partner, whose family I have lined up as taste-testers for when I get into production -proper. Also, I have landed an account with a business called Muddy Boots, which will open as a cafe in the former Visitor Centre at Ingram in the National Park....it's only 5km from Powburn, into the Cheviot hills. So there were more samples for Jan [owner] to collect and try.
Seeded Sourdough and Five Grain Levain:
Well, I'll try to keep you all posted with further progress as and when it happens. The game remains natural leavens and organic flours; for the moment it's wood-fired brick ovens too. And, in the long term, larger-scale baking on brick ovens remains the goal. Plus teaching, Consultancy, Community baking...let's keep real bread alive and drive it forward here in the UK.
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5 – 7 Year Olds
At Meridian Kung Fu, our goal is to provide the most comprehensive, age-specific martial arts training programmes available. We are committed to establishing measurable results physically, intellectually, emotionally, and socially. We are also dedicated to providing every student with the most positive training atmosphere possible.
What does this mean for you?
Our systems were designed exclusively to meet stages of development. We have developed curriculums that will maximize training by matching physical, intellectual, emotional, and social stages. We have specially designed programmes for children: Little Snake and Cranes Programme © for 5-7 year olds and Junior Wing Chun© aged 8-17 year olds, with teenagers training in their own sessions.
How the programme works!
- Initially new recruits come along on a 4 week beginner's course.
- On completion children are able to join as a Little Snake and Crane member and participate in regular weekly sessions.
- Each week the children learn a new technique and skill within their belt status.
- At the end of every school term the children are rewarded by belt a promotion. They receive a new colour belt and progress to the next stage of the programme.
- The programme runs over a set period, on completion the children are fully equipped to move to the next age specific programme.
The Little Snake and Cranes programme
These programmes were specifically designed to target the stages of development of 5 – 7 year olds. The curriculum in the Snake and Cranes sessions follow years of research and development proven effective for this age group.
What is the Little Snake and Crane programme?
A fantastic martial arts training course that focuses on building 5 – 7 year olds capabilities, physically, emotionally, socially, and intellectually. We are confident in what our programme can do for your child. Children this age are in a unique growth period in their life. They are refined in their gross motor skills, while establishing a foundation in basic fundamental skills. These basic fundamental skills include: focus, teamwork, control, balance, memory, discipline, fitness, and coordination. In any other sport of activity, all of these skills are important to have. The more exposure to proper development in each of these skills, the better your child will be.
The 8 fundamental skills selected for the programme are broken down into specific requirements that each student must tackle at every belt level. There are 7 belt levels in total, which means that your child will dramatically progress through all 8 skills whilst learning martial arts. This means your child will be sharper, more focused, and better developed physically, mentally, emotionally, and socially than a child who does not participate in a programme strategically designed like the Little Snake and Crane programme.
Here are the 8 fundamental skills in order
The following section will provide you with a comprehensive breakdown of each valuable skill and what your child will learn and develop throughout the entire programme whilst developing their martial arts enjoyment.
The purpose of the focus in the curriculum is to teach the child how to focus with their mind and body. The beginner level introduces the child to the basic concept of keeping their eyes on the target. The intermediate level takes their skills a little further by having the child focus not only on the target, but on their technique of each kick and strike. The advanced level further enhances the child's focus skills by having the child execute techniques where the child takes his/ her eyes off of the target for a second and then requiring the same focus on technique.
The purpose of the teamwork in the curriculum is to teach the child how to cooperate with others on various tasks. The beginner level introduces the child to good working habits with other people. The intermediate level introduces the child to working in a team. The advanced level teaches the child how to train with others while following the rules and maintaining good sportsmanship.
The purpose of the control in the curriculum is to teach the child how to have control of their mind and body. The beginner level introduces the child to having control of their mind and body by responding quickly to commands while in motion. The intermediate level introduces the child to having control of their body when they are kicking and punching towards each other. The advance level teaches the child how to have control of their strength when practicing their self-defence techniques.
The purpose of the balance in the curriculum is to help the child master the skill of balance through increments of balance training that increases in intensity at each belt level. The beginner level introduces the child to the components of balance and how to have balance using various kicks. The intermediate level increases in repetitions of each kick by double the amount from the beginner level. The advance level challenges the student's balance skills by making them do 10x the balance requirements than that of the beginners.
The purpose of the memory in the curriculum is to get the child familiar with remembering the basic martial arts techniques and how to perform the techniques appropriately. The beginner level introduces the child to the names and mechanics of the basic strikes, blocks, kicks, and stances. The intermediate level begins to test the child's memory by requiring the child to perform random combinations. The advanced level challenges the child's memory by requiring the child to perform a structured combination of martial arts techniques known as a form.
The purpose of the discipline in the curriculum is to positively reinforce the importance of following rules, maintaining good behaviour, and performing at high standards. The beginner level introduces the child to basic commands and how to respond to those commands with good discipline. The intermediate level teaches the child how to maintain good discipline without being distracted. The advanced level curriculum challenges the child to perform at high standards by displaying discipline of the mind and body.
The purpose of the fitness in the curriculum is to expose the child to exercises and activities that build strength and cardiovascular endurance. The beginner level teaches the child how to run through basic exercise routines with the appropriate technique. The intermediate level exposes the child to intensity in their exercises. The advanced level challenges the child to demonstrate advance muscular strength and endurance in their regular exercises.
The purpose of the coordination in the curriculum is to teach the child their left from right and how to perform multiple physical tasks while maintaining good technique. The beginner level introduces the student to basic coordination of jumping and moving in rhythm. The intermediate level teaches the child how to perform various combinations using both their left and right hands and feet. The advanced level challenges the child to perform various techniques without losing coordination.


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Yankees third baseman Alex Rodriguez has been hit with a 162-game suspension from arbitrator Frederic Horowitz, effectively ruling him out for the entire 2014 season. The suspension also covers the postseason.
Rodriguez originally received a 211-game suspension from MLB in August due to his alleged ties to Biogenesis, an anti-aging clinic in South Florida which supplied performance-enhancing drugs. A number of high-profile players were suspended for their involvement in the scandal, including Ryan Braun, Nelson Cruz, and Jhonny Peralta, but Rodriguez received the biggest penalty of them all, allegedly for interfering with MLB's investigation.
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While the other players connected to Biogenesis immediately accepted their suspensions, Rodriguez appealed and was able to finish out the season. Following a contentious arbitration process, Horowitz did not uphold the original ban, but this should be considered a major victory for MLB and commissioner Bud Selig. It is still the longest suspension under MLB's Joint Drug Prevention & Treatment Program. Guillermo Mota previously received a 100-game suspension in 2012.
The other big winner today, at least from a financial perspective, is the Yankees, who will no longer have Rodriguez's salary ($25 million) on the books for the 2014 season. They have a very good chance to keep their payroll under $189 million even if they sign Japanese right-hander Masahiro Tanaka.
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Below is a statement from Alex Rodriguez, who intends to take his fight against MLB to federal court:
"The number of games sadly comes as no surprise, as the deck has been stacked against me from day one. This is one man's decision, that was not put before a fair and impartial jury, does not involve me having failed a single drug test, is at odds with the facts and is inconsistent with the terms of the Joint Drug Agreement and the Basic Agreement, and relies on testimony and documents that would never have been allowed in any court in the United States because they are false and wholly unreliable. This injustice is MLB's first step toward abolishing guaranteed contracts in the 2016 bargaining round, instituting lifetime bans for single violations of drug policy, and further insulating its corrupt investigative program from any variety defense by accused players, or any variety of objective review.
I have been clear that I did not use performance enhancing substances as alleged in the notice of discipline, or violate the Basic Agreement or the Joint Drug Agreement in any manner, and in order to prove it I will take this fight to federal court. I am confident that when a Federal Judge reviews the entirety of the record, the hearsay testimony of a criminal whose own records demonstrate that he dealt drugs to minors, and the lack of credible evidence put forth by MLB, that the judge will find that the panel blatantly disregarded the law and facts, and will overturn the suspension. No player should have to go through what I have been dealing with, and I am exhausting all options to ensure not only that I get justice, but that players' contracts and rights are protected through the next round of bargaining, and that the MLB investigation and arbitration process cannot be used against others in the future the way it is currently being used to unjustly punish me.
I will continue to work hard to get back on the field and help the Yankees achieve the ultimate goal of winning another championship. I want to sincerely thank my family, all of my friends, and of course the fans and many of my fellow MLB players for the incredible support I received throughout this entire ordeal."
Major League Baseball was succinct in their statement, noting that they still feel 211 games was appropriate but that they respect the reduction:
"For more than five decades, the arbitration process under the Basic Agreement has been a fair and effective mechanism for resolving disputes and protecting player rights. While we believe the original 211-game suspension was appropriate, we respect the decision rendered by the Panel and will focus on our continuing efforts on eliminating performance-enhancing substances from our game."
The Yankees issued a brief statement as well:
"The New York Yankees respect Major League Baseball's Joint Drug Prevention and Treatment Program, the arbitration process, as well as the decision released today by the arbitration panel."
—By D.J. Short of NBC News


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Google Reader Reporting Subscriber Numbers, Offers New Publishers Guide
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Ryan Olson / Red Herring:
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Chris Gilmer / Download Squad: Google buys the in-game ad startup, Adscape
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Nate Anderson / Ars Technica: Google buys its way into in-game advertising
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John Murrell / Good Morning Silicon Valley: Cover me — I think there's a rocket launcher behind that mesothelioma billboard
Scott Gilbertson / Monkey Bites: The Morning Reboot
Kate Zimmermann / SearchViews: Google Jumps into Video Game Advertising for $23 Million
Kevin Newcomb / Search Engine Watch Blog: Google Reportedly Buys In-Game Ad Company
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Barry Schwartz / Search Engine Land: Google Buys Adscape For $23 Million
Elinor Mills / ZDNet:
Google snags AdScape for $23 million, source says
Google snags AdScape for $23 million, source says
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Nick Gonzalez / TechCrunch:
Google to Buy Adscape for $23 Million
Google to Buy Adscape for $23 Million
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David Johnson / Lost Remote: Report: Google to buy Adscape
Mike Boland / Kelsey Group Blogs: Google Pushes Into Video Game Advertising
John Markoff / New York Times:
Microsoft Plays Down a Sales Lift From Vista — Wall Street analysts are being too optimistic about sales of Windows Vista, Steven A. Ballmer, Microsoft's chief executive, told financial analysts in New York on Thursday. — Vista, the latest version of the Windows operating system …
Discussion: Urlocker On Disruption and Paul Mooney
Eric Savitz / Tech Trader Daily: Microsoft: Mixed Analyst Reaction To Warning On Vista Sales; Stock Sells Off
Vista Sales Estimates Indicate Dwindling Retail Channel
Vista Sales Estimates Indicate Dwindling Retail Channel
Discussion: Good Morning Silicon Valley
Kasper Jade / AppleInsider:
Apple to re-enter the sub-notebook market — A tiny sub-notebook on its way from Apple Inc. is expected to re-establish the Mac maker as a leader in the field of compact computing while drawing parallels to the legendary PowerBook 2400 along the way. — It's been nearly ten years since …
Discussion: Infinite Loop, Gizmodo, MacUser, O'Grady's PowerPage, Tom Raftery's I.T. views, GottaBeMobile.com, Apple Gazette, Engadget, VoIP & Gadgets Blog, Slashdot and digg
Jacqui Cheng / Infinite Loop: More details about rumored Apple subnotebook
Chris Barylick / O'Grady's PowerPage: Apple Working on Flash-Based Sub-Notebook
Tom Raftery / Tom Raftery's I.T. views: Parallels on Mac — I upgraded my copy of Parallels to the RC3 version released today.
Rob Bushway / GottaBeMobile.com: What I'd love to see in a Tablet PC
Ryan Paul / Ars Technica:
OLPC project to ship first 2,500 units for testing — Following the success of initial trials, the One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) project plans to roll out a total of 2,500 units later this month for the next stage of testing. — Recipients of the upcoming test units include Argentina …
Discussion: Engadget and Smalltalk Tidbits …
James A. Robertson / Smalltalk Tidbits, Industry Rants: Things that make you go "Hmmm"
Dan Nystedt / InfoWorld:
One million OLPC laptop orders confirmed
One million OLPC laptop orders confirmed
Discussion: Engadget, IP Democracy and digg
Donald Melanson / Engadget: Quanta confirms one million OLPC XO orders
Cynthia Brumfield / IP Democracy: One Laptop Per Child Places Million-Unit Order
Bruce Meyerson / Associated Press:
Vonage narrows 4Q loss to $65 million, meeting forecasts — NEW YORK (AP) - Vonage Holdings Corp. on Thursday narrowed its fourth-quarter loss to $65 million as revenue nearly doubled, but the Internet phone company's stock fell to a new all-time low amid worries about weak subscriber growth.
Discussion: IP Telephony, VoIP, Broadband
Mark Evans:
Vonage: Bullish or Bearish?
Vonage: Bullish or Bearish?
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Kim Zetter / Wired News:
$82 Buys E-Voting Secrets — For a mere $82 a computer scientist and electronic voting critic managed to purchase five $5,000 Sequoia electronic voting machines over the internet last month from a government auction site. And now he's taking them apart. — Princeton computer science …
Discussion: Engadget
Business Week:
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Mindy McAdams / Teaching Online Journalism: Reorganization in Atlanta
New York Times:
Viewers Fast-Forwarding Past Ads? Not Always — People with digital video recorders like TiVo never watch commercials, right? — Add that to the list of urban — and suburban — myths. — It turns out that a lot of people with digital video recorders are not fast-forwarding and time-shifting as much as advertisers feared.
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Greg Sterling / Screenwerk: Nielsen: Not So Much Ad Skipping, Time Shifting
Cory Bergman / Lost Remote: DVR viewers still watch two-thirds of ads
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Steve Rubel / Micro Persuasion: Grid-Powered IPTV is Coming, But Not from Apple
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Matt Richtel / New York Times:
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Discussion: VentureBeat, Valleywag and John Cook's Venture Blog
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Cory Doctorow / Boing Boing:
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Discussion: Techdirt, Podcasting News, PaidContent, brainwagon and Engadget
Jimmy Guterman / PaidContent: Music Industry Begins to Imagine a Post-DRM World; Will Movie Studios Follow Suit?
Mark VandeWettering / brainwagon: Macrovision's Response to Steve Jobs' Open Letter
Successforce Blog:
Salesforce's IdeaExchange, Yahoo! Suggestions, Feedlounge & Wordpress Ideas - What Do They Have in Common? — Yahoo Suggestions launched today with much blogospheric fanfare and an undeserved drubbing from the Digg crowd. I think it's great validation of what we've been doing on the IdeaExchange …
Discussion: Webware.com and CNET News.com
Rafe Needleman / Webware.com: YAHOO SUGGESTIONS: NOT A DIGG CLONE
Elinor Mills / CNET News.com: Microsoft creates Digg-like sites in Norway and Belgium
Thomas Ricker / Engadget:
DRM: the state of disrepair — Last week's "discussion" surrounding the merits of DRM was a rare glimpse into the heavy C-level posturing usually obstructed by the gold-plated doors of the digital music industry. The event was, of course, kicked off by none other than Steve Jobs in his open letter titled …
Discussion: Between the Lines and digg
Larry Dignan / Between the Lines: When DRM dies what happens to my restricted songs?
Matt / mattwaite.com:
Not my job doesn't exist anymore in newspapers — Back in January, Mindy McAdams wrote an empassioned post titled Getting (and keeping) a job in journalism. Worth reading (again) if you haven't. I was thinking about that post today, because I had one of those strange days in journalism …
Discussion: Invisible Inkling, Andy Dickinson.net and Innovation in College Media
Mark Evans:
Are You a Crackberry Addict? — I was at a launch party last night for a friend who's opening an indoor golf facility in Toronto, and noticed that many people not only had Blackberrys but were checking them on a regular basis as if some urgent e-mail would need to be noted at 9 p.m.
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Executive Order 13526, as amended, "Classified National Security Information," establishes a uniform system for classifying, safeguarding, and declassifying national security information.
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About the Exhibitions Database
The NIVAL Exhibitions Database has been compiled to improve public access to the Library's extensive collection of files documenting art and design exhibitions in Ireland. The files contain catalogues, press material and ephemera on more than 10,000 solo and group exhibitions from the period 1900 to the present.
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However, tomorrow I depart for Miami to begin the final leg of the book tour. I'm arriving early so I can enjoy a bit of sunshine and Cuban food. Thereafter follow these stops, for anyone who happens to be nearby:
- November 4 at 8pm, Miami, FL
Books and Books, Coral Gables
- November 5 at 7pm, Tampa, FL
Hidden Springs Ale Works
- November 6 at 5pm, Atlanta
Ale Yeah Craft Beer Market (you can also pre-order signed copies)
- November 8 at 2pm, Nashville
Yazoo Brewing special event
- November 9 at 6:30pm, Richmond, VA
Ardent Taproom - ticketed event ($30 gets you the book and three Ardent beers)
- November 10 at 6:30, Washington DC
Busboys and Poets Brookland
Read the rest here. Finally, Patrick and I have a new Beervana Podcast on the subject of cider. It coincided with the Cider Made Simple book launch last night (with very serious thanks to Nat West, Kevin Zielinski, Abram Goldman-Armstrong, and Silas Bleakley and Kristina Nance). In this week's episode, we do a survey course on cider. (At one point in the podcast, there's an inadvertent Happy Halloween from the producer. You have to listen to hear it.)
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US Special Forces accused of ordering torture and murder of civilians
An Afghan interpreter arrested on suspicion of torturing and murdering civilians has accused US Special Forces of ordering the atrocities, but denied personal responsibility.
Six weeks ago, Afghan authorities detained Zakeria Kandahari, a translator who says he worked for US Special Forces for the past nine years. Police claim Kandahari took part in the torture and murder of Afghan civilians in Wardak Province. At least nine corpses have been recovered in the region, one belonging to Sayid Mohammed, a local resident who was last seen being taken into US custody and whose body was found mutilated and footless. Mohammed's corpse was found in close proximity to the Nerk Special Forces base in May.
In documents obtained by Reuters, Afghan investigators say that a cell phone video shows Kandahari beating Mohammed, but the detainee suggested that US Special Forces were responsible for what happened next.
In the document summarizing an interrogation, Kandahari identified three soldiers of the US Special Forces, which he referred to as "Dave, chief of the operations, Hagen and Chris." He alleged that all three men are fluent in Dari and Pashto and linked them to the killings. Kandahari admitted beating one of the deceased victims, but claims no role in the murder.
"I also kicked him several times while I was taking him to the base," Kandahari told interrogators. "I handed him over to Mr. Dave and Mr. Hagen, but later I saw his body in a black body bag."
Wardak residents have long complained that US Special Forces had been secretly abducting local men and boys and subjecting them to interrogation, torture and sometimes death. The Karzai government has never directly accused US forces of doing this, but ordered them to leave Wardak Province in February. The US-led military coalition in Afghanistan has denied involvement in the torture or disappearances, but Kandahari's interrogation has revealed new details that may shed further light on the mystery.
"Kandahari rejects all allegations leveled to him and links the three soldiers to the killings," the interview document said. The former translator claims he was low ranking and had no access to the Special Forces' interrogation rooms.
A senior spokesman for the US Special Forces on Tuesday reaffirmed to Reuters that the US is not responsible for the civilian deaths, and claims that the military already investigated the matter.
"U.S. forces conducted several investigations which determined there was no credible evidence to substantiate misconduct by ISAF or U.S. forces," the spokesperson said. "Having said that, ISAF takes all allegations of detainee abuse seriously and we will continue to cooperate with the Afghan government on this matter."
But tensions regarding the matter remain high, and the government's decision to bar US troops from Wardak means Taliban insurgents have the potential to operate in the region, which is close to the capital.
Kandahari fled the base in January after President Hamid Karzai ordered his arrest. Maj. Gen. Manan Farahi, head of intelligence for the Afghan Defense Ministry, told reporters last week that the abuses against Wardak residents continued after Kandahari fled, suggesting that US troops were behind the torture and killings.
"Everybody knows and you should know that Zakaria Kandahari and these people with him were there with the Americans and were working for the Americans," Farahi said in early July. "Whether they killed people on their own or were directed by the Americans to kill people, it needs extensive investigation. Now that Mr. Kandahari is in custody most of these things will become clear."


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Or at least it should be: interleague play starts today in Major League Baseball. I'm currently watching the start of Cleveland versus Pittsburgh.
As an ardent traditionalist I'll come right out and report that I'm agin' the idea of playing across the leagues, at least in the protracted form it currently appears. Two three-game series a year, maybe one three-gamer and one four-gamer against a "natural rival" (NYY/NYM, LAD/LAA, Cubs/ChiSox, Pirates/Phillies, Orioles/Nationals, Rangers/Astros, that sort of thing). I see this year that the "Battle of Canada" has officially ended: last year they still had Toronto vs.
MontrealWashington, and this year have the exciting matchup of... Toronto Blue Jays versus the Colorado Rockies. (I guess Colorado is short a natural rival too, unless you consider perhaps the Seattle Mariners who currently are with San Diego -- San Fran isn't a half bad matchup for the Mariners, but Oakland already has the rights to that series covered). Florida/Tampa, Minnesota/ WisconsinMilwaukee, Cincinatti/Detroit, Boston/Philly, Cards/Royals, and Braves/Arizona are the other games tonight.
Hmm, Sizemore just got a home run off of...Zach Duke's third pitch. Wow, good thing I held off one day on the trade I accepted this morning in one of my leagues, swapping Victor Martinez and C.C. Sabathia for Jorge Posada, Jermaine Dye, and Zach Duke. So if Sabathia can pitch a solid game while Duke falters, I can get one last quality start out of this.
Likewise in the top of the first, Victor Martinez just hit an RBI double, another quality performance that I still get a piece out of.
Its time for a few exhibition games
Or at least it should be: interleague play starts today in Major League Baseball. I'm currently watching the start of Cleveland versus Pittsburgh.


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Amtrak, California To Team Up On High-Speed Rail
WASHINGTON (CBS/AP) -- The two biggest players in the nation's pursuit of high-speed rail say they'll work together to search for trains that will operate at up to 220 miles per hour along both coasts of the United States.
Officials with Amtrak and the California High-Speed Rail Authority announced their venture Thursday. The officials said they envision that the two systems will purchase about 60 trains over the next decade.
The aim is for manufacturers to design trains that will work for both systems. In the process, their combined buying power should work to help get better pricing from manufacturers.
The high-speed rail efforts in California have come under increased scrutiny by members of Congress who say it has become too expensive to build and operate.
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Wedgwood Museum collection to be sold to pay for company pensions.
At the dawn of the industrial revolution in Britain one of the first global brands created was that of Wedgwood china. Founded in 1759 by potter Josiah Wedgwood, it set standards that others were unable to match. A set of Wedgwood china became the mark of distinction for any aristocratic home and, more importantly, any home of the rapidly emerging middle classes.
At the dawn of de-regulated capitalism, in the 1980's, Wedgwood was acquired by the Waterford crystal company. Not for the first time or the last in this era, the management cultures of the two companies were fatally mismatched, the company went bust in 2008.
At the dawn of the post-crash phase of bail-out capitalism Wedgwood was acquired by a New York private equity firm, KPS Capital Partners. Most of its remaining 1,500 workers were laid off and manufacturing moved to China.
Now, there are reports that to plug a hole in the Waterford Wedgwood pension fund, the Wedgwood Museum, which houses a collection of the company's best work, is to be closed and the china and other artifacts to be sold. This follows a legal ruling by Britain's High Court that the objects are assets of the company.
£129 million pounds is the shortfall ($203.5 million). The collection is thought to be worth around £18million, according to The Daily Telegraph, considerably less than what the average Russian oligarch spends on a mediocre painting at Sotheby's or Christie's auctions these days.
Martin Levy, a London art dealer told The Guardian, "A small gain for the pensioners will be a long-term loss for the country – no more than a pyrrhic victory."
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I came on as the Managing Editor of the Bad at Sports blog about a month ago. It's been an exciting turn and I hope to do well by it. A few people have asked what my vision going forward is, and I thought I might say something about it here. I hope to continue reflecting on the dynamic energy in Chicago's contemporary art world while connecting to conversations and aesthetic agendas in other cities and disciplines. That agenda was set in place a while ago and I believe I can continue to guide and focus that intention. There is room for experimentation in that vision, which seems necessary to me. Bad at Sports has never presented a tidy, singular package and as such, I believe it would go against the nature of the project to filter content and tone through a single, editorial lens. Its roots in independent, DIY and Punk Rock collectivism remain at the heart of the project's vitality and the blog is a platform for unique and individual voices that pass through the subject of contemporary art and culture. As such it becomes a nexus of concerns and responses to culture at large. That is something I hope to preserve under my stewardship. As an artist-run forum, Bad at Sports has the unique capacity to reflect on a host of subjects, exposing the intellectual, aesthetic and social networks that define and subsequently influence cultural production. I believe it is our job to explore and discuss the contexts we inhabit. In doing so, we further establish a living touchstone and future archive of contemporary discourse.
Some changes should be apparent already — others will fall into place like pieces of a puzzle in the coming months. The process is organic, but I've been trying to set up a casual, thematic architecture  that unfolds over the course of a given week. Eventually, I hope to schedule two posts a day, one before 2pm and one after. Built in to this, is room for special occasions and guest writers — those posts would either go live in the evenings, or fill in existing gaps. To that end I've been inviting a number of new writers, many of whom I have admired for a long time.
Here is something of a loose schedule:
Mondays: Essays and reflections from old favorites Jeriah Hildewin, Shane McAdams and Nicholas O'Brien — writers who have been posting with consistent dedication. In addition, I'm excited to announce a new bi-weekly column by Dana Bassett, whom you may know for her ACRE Newsletters.
Tuesdays are dedicated to three subjects: Performance, Social Practice, Language (or the performance thereof) and Object Oriented Ontology. Confirmed participants include longstanding contributor Abigail Satinsky and Mary Jane Jacob (Social Practice), Anthony Romero and João Florêncio (performance), Gene Tanta (language), Robert Jackson (OOO).
On Wednesdays, we will read about artists and art in other cities. The following writers will post on rotation: Jeffery Songco is covering the Bay Area, Sam Davis continues to represent Bad at Sports' Los Angeles Bureau, Sarah Margolis-Pineo is writing about Portland. Juliana Driever will be relaying posts, interviews and artist profiles about New York, and then we'll bring it back to the Midwest with Kelly Shindler's dispatch from St. Louis, and Jamilee Polson Lacy writing about Kansas City.
Thursdays herald our illustrious Stephanie Burke's Top 5 Weekend Picks and a new monthly contribution from author/translator Johannes Göransson whose writing you can also find here.
Fridays have been set aside for art reviews and artist profiles with contributions from Danny Orendoff, Monica Westin, Abraham Ritchie and myself.
WEEKENDS will feature a range and flux of the above, plus Brit Barton's Endless Opportunities, cultural reflections and short essays by Terri Griffith, continued posts from Jesse Malmed, in addition to a monthly contribution from the newly confirmed Bailey Romaine and Adrienne Harris.
My last note is this — there is room in this schedule for additional posts, posts that would feature special events, festivals and conferences in the city. That space would also be available to, at times, connect the blog and the podcast. As a first indication of this, we will be highlighting IN>TIME, a performance festival that is going on as we speak, from January until March.
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Happy Earth Day! Going green is the new chic. The signs are everywhere that the green trend is here to stay. Green businesses are sprouting up all the time, hybrid cars populate our roadways, energy efficient light bulbs illuminate our homes, our documents are printed on recycled paper (100% post consumer of course). It is wonderful that so many are seeking ways to preserve the resources of our precious planet.
For those who are serious about making a positive change this Earth day, I suggest that you look no further than your dinner plate. In fact, one of the most effective ways to conserve and protect our environment has to do with the foods we decide to eat. How can I make such a bold statement?
A United Nations report entitled "Livestock's Long Shadow" indicates that livestock production contributes to more greenhouse gasses than the entire world's transportation industry combined. That's a lot of gas!
In addition to the Global warming angle, there is a convincing case for adding more plant-based foods to your lifestyle when you consider the following:
- The environmental impact of a plant-based diet is a fraction of that of a meat-based one. According to Conservation International, the average carbon emissions from an animal product based diet are 11 tons per year per person. The average emissions on a plant-based diet are 6 tons per year.
- Another interesting tidbit of information is that it takes approximately 3 ½ acres of land and 2500 gallons of water a day to Support an animal product based diet. A plant-based diet utilizes only 1/6 of an acre of land and 300 gallons of water a day.
- According to the USDA, 1 acre of land can produce 20,000 pounds of vegetables. This same amount of land can only produce 165 pounds of meat
While all of this information may be persuasive on an intellectual level, when it comes to our food choices we are dealing with a primal instinct that is not so easy to change.
Here are ten suggestions for those wishing to include more plant-based foods in their diet as a way to go green this Earth Day.
1. Go slowly. It took years for you to develop your current eating habits. Most people are not willing or able to make radical changes overnight. Many times when people do make drastic changes, they find themselves falling back to old ways when the going gets tough. (Some people are of course ready to go cold Tofurky – only you can decide!)
2. Create a plan. Take a look at where you are at and where you would like to be. You can approach this in several ways. You can commit to having one vegan day a week for a month. (Meatless Mondays, Tofu Tuesdays….) Then go up to two days a week the second month, three days a week on the third month…(you get the idea) until you arrive at your desired outcome. Another way is to have vegan snacks for the first month, vegan snacks and breakfasts for the second month, vegan snacks, breakfasts and lunches the next month and so on. An even more gradual approach would be to have one vegan meal a week for the first month, two vegan meals a week for the second month… Make the changes at a pace you are comfortable with.
3. Choose wisely. Remember the importance of feeling satisfied at every meal. Look for vegan alternatives that come close to the taste and texture of the foods you are craving. There are many plant based products on the market now that can make this a delicious transition for you.
4. Invite a friend. It definitely makes it easier to change your diet and lifestyle if you have some Support. A friend can help with recipe ideas, sharing meal preparation, and of course provide words of encouragement when needed. You can also join a local vegetarian society or find lots of Support online. There are sites with discussion boards on every topic imaginable. Do a search for 'vegan websites' and you will be surprised at what you find.
5. Educate yourself. It's extremely helpful for sticking to your convictions to learn about the full impact our food choices have upon our health and the health of our planet. Check out the following books for starters: Vegan Fusion World Cuisine, Diet for a New America, The China Study, and The World Peace Diet.
6. Consider your health. It is clear that many of today's major illnesses such as heart disease, obesity and certain forms of diabetes can be avoided and reversed with plant based foods. All health organizations recommend increasing daily servings of fresh fruits and vegetables as a way to optimize health.
7. Preserve the planet. The facts are staggering when you compare the environmental impact of a plant-based diet with a meat based one. It takes a fraction of the water, land and other resources to produce a vegan meal. Even Mark Bittman, acclaimed chef and author, goes vegan for most of the day as an effort to conserve the Earths limited resources.
8. Go to the source. Its good to consider where the meal on your plate originated. Think about the farmers that grew the food. What methods do they use? Is the food organically grown? How far away are they and under what conditions was the food shipped? Asking these questions will lead you to a greener, more sustainable lifestyle.
9. Remember Babe. Many do not realize the conditions under which most factory farm animals live. Actor James Cromwell became a vegan while playing the character of Farmer Hoggett in the movie Babe after discovering the reality behind most meat production. Whatever your personal beliefs, its true that we can make food choices that reduce suffering.
10. Take it easy. Please don't beat yourself up if you find yourself falling back into old ways of eating. Simply accept and acknowledge that it takes time to retrain your body and mind to eat in new ways and remind yourself why you are exerting the effort. Stick to your plan as much as possible and have fun!