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Farmers Helping Fish
Scott Valley – 2014 is an extraordinary year. We are experiencing an extreme drought and have had a record number of Coho Salmon spawn in our system. Due to drought conditions, the spawning occurred in the main stem of the Scott River, since there was not enough fall and winter runoff for the salmon to reach the systems tributaries. Record low snow pack, ranging from 4% – 12% of average, has resulted in extremely diminished surface flows, which are dropping at a rate never seen before. To further complicate the situation, salmon from other systems spawned in the Scott River, all the way into late March.
In an effort to try and keep sufficient flows in the main stem, to allow the late spawning eggs to emerge, allow for the 1+ salmon to migrate to the Klamath and the fry to migrate into the tributaries, members of the Farmer's Ditch Company have put their surface right back in the Scott River to help augment flows. This was a voluntary and collaborative effort between the farmers, the Scott River Water Trust and the California Department of Fish and Wildlife.
"We recognize the importance of having as many salmon survive this extraordinary year, not only for our system, but others throughout California, where the salmon were not able to enter due to lack of precipitation and resulting low flows," said Gareth Plank.
The collaboration between the farmers, the Trust and the Department will keep sufficient flows through a critical reach of the Scott River, for a longer period of time, allowing for natural migration and reduce the need for fish trapping and relocation. Additionally, it will keep eggs wet, in reds from the late spring, to hopefully allow for more hatching and live fry.
The Scott River had over 3000 coho salmon spawn this year, resulting in a potential of 4 million fry.
Farmers and Ranchers Save Salmon
The snow pack in the mountains has long since melted. Tributaries to the Scott River and the river itself are quickly drying up, if not already. Contrary to what environmental activist groups, such as the Klamath River Keepers, Klamath Forest Alliance and the Environmental Protection Information Center, are saying, the drop in surface flows in the Scott River Watershed is due to a depleted snow pack, not because ditches are "running full." Our ditches have not run "full" since the April. Our only saving grace has been two major thunderstorms, or likely all of the tributaries and the river would be merely standing pools. This year happens to be very dry, our winter snow pack was under 50 percent of average. It was to be expected that surface water would be limited starting in July. In average years, the current levels of flow are not realized until late August and mid September.
Understanding the system and realizing that salmon fingerlings are at risk, several ranchers, in voluntarily and cooperatively took action to save tens of thousands of young salmonids. Read more…
My Cowboy Code
On this National Day of the American Cowboy, I felt inclined to post my version of the "code."
- Live by the Golden Rule.
- Practice tolerance and understanding of others.
- Be hospitable to strangers. Anyone who wanders in, including an enemy, is welcome at the dinner table.
- Do not inquire into a person's past. Take the measure of a man for what he is today.
- Never pass anyone without saying "Howdy".
- Never steal or trespass. Thieves and trespassers pay with their life.
- Defend yourself whenever necessary.
- Family ALWAYS comes first.
- Look out for your own. Read more…
What Do We Eat? Beefiniroom Casserole!
Tonight was "dad's night to cook." We just picked up some fresh zucchini and yellow squash from the local farmer's market last night (I stuffed and barbecued a big one last night for supper), had some hamburger thawed in the fridge, so I probed my memory and decided on a casserole.
The recipe is fairly simple, brown a couple of pounds of ground beef and set aside. Slice and sauté a couple large squash in olive oil, I use oil grown by my friend Irv Leen of Gold Rush Farms, and set aside. Mix thinly sliced mushrooms, a couple of cups of sour cream, a cube of melted butter and a roll of crushed Ritz crackers with the beef. Spread the beef evenly in the bottom of a 9 x 14 casserole dish. Spread the sautéed squash on top of the beef and then add a couple of cups of shredded cheese over the top. Place in the oven at 350 for about 20 minutes and supper is served!
While waiting the 20 minutes for the casserole to bake, I began to think about the past several weeks… I have been to Washington D.C. to meet with reporters and writers about the use of antibiotics in livestock, discussed organic and conventional production and grassfed vs grainfed beef…PEW held a discussion in Chicago on antibiotic use and superbugs…and Panera launched a campaign insinuating that farmers who use antibiotics are lazy. I recommend you take a look at a well written post by my friend Carrie Mess "Dear Panera Bread Company" and "Here's What Panera had to say…"
Now you are probably asking yourself, what in the heck does this have to do a squash casserole?
Well, remember that ground beef I used, here is the back story.
What's Really Important?
We have started the hay season and time is limited for posting to my blog. However, an experience with my son last week meant the world to me and while sitting on a plane to Washington DC today, I took the time to share it. Yes, it is lengthy, but perhaps you too will find a value in my experience to carry into your own life.
Epiphanies come when you least expect them. Lately, my six-year-old son has provided me a plethora.
Last week I had a series of "challenging" days with my son, culminating with an ever so important "life moment."
Ever since Kyle started going out with me on the ranch to "help," I have made a concerted effort to teach him responsibility, a strong work ethic, to be creative and do things independently…traits I believe will serve him advantageously in the future. However, sometimes this newly discovered 'independence' has created some interesting situations. Read more…
The First Serious Conversation
I picked up my son today from my mom and dad's.
We buckled up, I started the truck, backed up, turned around and pulled on to the road. There was a bit of conversation about his hike on the hill with grandma, their new puppy and a request to stop by the pond to see the turtles. We stopped, counted the turtles, seven, and then continued on our way…in silence…for about three minutes and fifteen seconds…when the "big question" was asked….
Son: "Daddy, how long will you be alive?"
Me: "I don't know son…that's up to the good Lord above to decide."
[approximately 30 seconds of silence]
Son: "Daddy [beginning to cry] …. I don't want you to die…. I want you to live forever…."
Me "Kyle, I love you, and hearing you say that means the world to me, but we can't live forever. It's not in our control. It's all up to our Creator.
[crying increased]
Son: "I'm going to pray that He lets you live until I die daddy."
The conversation continued for the rest of the drive home, down the lane, out in the field and for a bit longer….
This was the first real "serious" conversation the two of us have had….and probably not the last.
It was a moment that I will treasure forever.
It was a moment that caused me to pause and contemplate.
I leave you to contemplate.
Resolving Animal Cruelty
I tip my hat to the California Cattlemens Association and Assemblyman Jim Patterson for submitting AB 343 with coauthors Assemblyman Katcho Achadjian, Assemblyman Frank Bigelow, Assemblyman Brian Dahle, Assemblyman Brian Maienschein and Senator Jim Nielsen and endorsement by the California Farm Bureau.
It is refreshing to see a bill that truly works to address the issue of animal cruelty in agriculture.
Unlike bills in other states, AB343 protects the right to video and photograph, protects the worker from reporting observed abuse, promotes cooperation with local law enforcement and puts the welfare of the animals above the bottom line and above the next fundraising campaign.
AB343 combines common sense with moral fortitude. It requires that animal abuse is reported in a timely manner, in order to minimize suffering, allow for a proper investigation and see that appropriate charges are brought against the offender.
Finally, an animal welfare bill that those in agriculture and those outside of agriculture, who care about the welfare of animals, can stand together in support of.
…This bill would require any person who willfully or knowingly photographs, records, or videotapes animal cruelty to provide a copy of the photograph, recording, or videotape to local law enforcement within 48 hours of taking the photograph, recording, or videotape, and would encourage the person to provide a copy of the photograph, recording, or videotape to the owner of the animal or poultry, or a representative of the owner. This bill would define animal cruelty for its purposes as any act involving an animal, as defined, or poultry, as defined, described in prescribed criminal offenses…


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And the clothes, as usual, are as heavenly as the boys.
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MUSEUMS at two of York's historic Bars are to undergo major refurbishments and will be dedicated to two controversial kings.
Monk Bar will play host to The Richard III Experience, while Micklegate Bar will become home to The Henry VII Experience. Both will be run by the Jorvik Group which already runs the Viking Centre and DIG.
The developments, which will capitalise on increased international interest in Richard following the discovery of his remains under a Leicester car park, are expected to boost York's tourism in the run-up to Easter.
Kate McMullen, head of Visit York, said the revamped museums would add a new dimension to York's "superb tourism offer," adding: "York's royal heritage is popular with visitors and these exciting plans will offer a freshand timely insight into medieval York."
Dean Whitehouse, a member of the Micklegate Quarter, said the revamped museum should help draw more tourists to the area, providing further business to local traders who had already turned the corner after difficult times.
The plans have been unveiled by the Jorvik Group, part of the York Archaeological Trust, which already runs the Micklegate Bar Museum and has now also taken over the Richard III Museum at Monk Bar.
Sarah Maltby, the group's director of attractions, said Michael Bennett, who founded the Richard III Museum two decades ago, was retiring and had approached the group about it taking over the reins.
She said: "Richard III has been very much in the news in recent years, and there's a great opportunity to tell the story of Richard and his connections with the city of York, from his ascension to the bloody battles of Towton and then Bosworth."
"It then seemed logical to link Monk Bar with Micklegate Bar, so that with a short walk along the city walls, visitors can continue the story, looking at the subsequent reign of Henry VII, to create a visitor experience that really cements York's role in the time of the Plantagenets and Tudors.
"These two new attractions, combined with Barley Hall, will illustrate the story of medieval York fantastically well, giving visitors an idea of what it would have been like to live in the city through the War of the Roses, living first under the white rose of Richard, then the red rose of Henry Tudor.
"With the popularity of the BBC series The White Queen last summer, and the on-going interest in Richard III, we're looking forward to welcoming our first visitors to step inside this fascinating period in history."
Mr Bennett said he had always tried to present the case for and against Richard III in an accessible and entertaining way and had enjoyed meeting and welcoming visitors over the last 20 years.
"I am delighted the Jorvik Group of Attractions will be taking over the museum and that it will continue to inform and entertain residents and tourists about the Richard III story."
Mrs McMullen paid tribute to the "excellent work and passion" that Mr Bennett had put into the Richard III Museum over the years.
The Richard III Museum has already shut and the Micklegate museum will close briefly at the end of March while new exhibitions are installed, with both re-opening for the Easter holidays.


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College football trundles on, and so do we. Chat about it below.
Bread basket: Boston College and Maryland are on ESPN3 beginning at 3pm.
Appetizer sampler: There are some decent choices at 3:30. ABC will be showing one of three games. Parts of the country will get either Baylor at Oklahoma St., Illinois at Penn St. or West Virginia at Rutgers. Oklahoma at Kansas St. will be on ESPN and Wake Forest at North Carolina is on ESPNU.
NBC also chimes in at 3:30, with their weekly Catholic School vs. Service Academy matchup. Speaking of the Service academies, Fordham travels up to West Point to take on the Army Black Knights. It will not be televised.
Main course: Got to eat well to sop up all that booze, right? Georgia and Florida are the main event here, also at 3:30, and CBS has got you covered. My goodness!
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Bulldogs Fall To Stags 1-0
FAIRFIELD, Conn. – A disturbing trend has emerged as the Yale women's soccer team prepares for next Saturday's Ivy League opener against Princeton. In each of the last two games, the Bulldogs have allowed a goal in the final minute of the first half. It was particularly damaging on Sunday against Fairfield as it turned out to be the only goal of the game as the Stags edged the Bulldogs 1-0.
Yale (4-3) also yielded what was the decisive goal in the final minute of the first half in Friday's 2-1 loss to Sacred Heart.
"We need to focus on playing the whole 45 minutes," said Yale head coach Rudy Meredith. "It can't just be 44 minutes."
Also like Friday, the Bulldogs got off to a slow start against Fairfield. The Stags had a 13-2 edge in shots in the first half.
It was the final one, though, that turned out to be the biggest. Brenna Brown fired a shot that beat Yale goalkeeper Rachel Ames inside the near post with just 42 seconds left before the intermission.
Ames played very well for the Bulldogs. She made two big saves in the 31st minute to keep Fairfield off the board. Both came against Ashley Small, who had stolen the ball from a Yale defender. Ames used a two-hand punch to knock away the first shot. The rebound came right back to Small, but Ames tipped away the second attempt.
Yale picked up its play in the second half, particularly in the final minutes, and had a couple of opportunities to tie. The best came with a minute left when Frannie Coxe fired a shot that deflected off the crossbar. Coxe also hit the crossbar in Friday's game with Sacred Heart.
"We'll be fine if we play like we did in the last 15 minutes," Meredith said.
The Bulldogs had an 8-5 edge in shots in the second half.
Yale now has five days to prepare for Saturday's game at Princeton, which kicks off at 4 p.m.
"We need [the break] physically," Meredith said. "We're a little beat up. It should help us to be able to focus on Princeton for the whole week."
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Black and Hispanic Parents Value Higher Education the Most
San Jose and New York -- In today's high-tech economy, Americans believe that a college education has replaced a high school diploma as the gateway to the middle class, according to the most extensive public opinion survey ever conducted about Americans' views on higher education.
The survey, prepared by Public Agenda and released nationwide by several independent nonprofit organizations, finds that a towering 87% of Americans believe that a college education has become as important as a high school diploma used to be. And three out of four Americans (76%) think that there cannot be too many people with education and training beyond high school.
This is a dramatic shift in Americans' views about higher education, said John Immerwahr, author of the report. Back in 1993, a majority of Americans thought that too many people were going to college.
Parents of high school students, meanwhile, are just as resolute when talking about education and training for their own children. Almost two-thirds (62%) of those surveyed believe that a college education is absolutely necessary for their children.
American views about the importance of higher education have now coalesced, said Patrick Callan, President of the National Center for Public Policy and Higher Education, an independent organization working to improve higher education policy. This is an important change in attitudes.
The value placed on a college education, however, is highest among those who have the lowest rates of college participation: African American and Hispanic parents are more likely to emphasize higher education than either white parents or the population as a whole.
When asked to choose a single factor that a young person most needs to succeed in the world today, 65% of Hispanic parents and 47% of African American parents select a college education. In contrast, only 33% of white parents choose a college education as the top choice though this percentage still outranks the other choices, such as knowing how to get along with people and a good work ethic.
This finding shatters a persistent stereotype throughout much of America-that low levels of preparation for college can be traced to parents who don't value higher education enough.
In contrast, participation rates among these three groups as measured by the percentage of 18 to 24 year olds enrolled in higher education are lowest among Hispanics (20%), followed by African Americans (30%). Whites have almost double the participation rate (37%) as Hispanics.
Providing people with opportunities for higher education is the way American society promotes social and economic mobility, said Deborah Wadsworth, President of Public Agenda. For now, most Americans are generally satisfied with the availability of higher education. However, tougher economic times or changes that violate the public's values might cloud this rosy outlook.
College Costs
The survey also finds that Americans have a clear sense of who has the most difficulty paying for college: almost half (46%) of Americans say that students from low-income families have less opportunity for college than other groups. In contrast, only 16% of Americans say that students from middle-class families have less opportunity than other groups.
The report finds that the vast majority of high school parents (69%) who expect their children to go to college are at least somewhat worried about paying for tuition and other expenses. At the same time, 93% of parents believe they will find a way to pay the price.
Although Americans are willing to make sacrifices to send their children to college, they want colleges and universities to do a better job of keeping tuition low without cutting quality. Nearly two-thirds of Americans strongly agree that colleges should be doing a much better job of keeping down their costs.
These findings are drawn from a broad study of public attitudes about higher education, including issues such as college preparation and remediation, priorities for colleges, and the importance of teaching analytical thinking and other life skills.
Great Expectations: How the Public and ParentsWhite, African American and HispanicView Higher Education is based on a telephone survey of 1,015 adults, plus oversamples of white, African American, and Hispanic parents of high-school-age children.
John Immerwahr, author of the report, is a Senior Research Fellow at Public Agenda and Associate Vice President for Academic Affairs at Villanova University.
The report was released today by four independent nonprofit organizations: The National Center for Public Policy and Higher Education promotes public policies that enhance Americans' opportunities for education and training beyond high school. Public Agenda regularly reports on public attitudes about major policy issues. The Consortium for Policy Research in Education conducts and publishes research on education issues. The National Center for Postsecondary Improvement identifies and analyzes the challenges facing postsecondary education.
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Submitting Your Active Job Postings for Organic Visibility on Indeed
The first step toward getting organic visibility for your active job postings is to check the box next to the "Indeed.com Free" option via the Online Recruiting Manager on the Post to job Boards page. For step-by-step instructions, click here.
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I remember where I first heard the word empowerment. It was a poor, not very attractive place, the kind celebrities visit to have feel-good photos taken of themselves hugging children who appear to adore them. The girls at Somaly Mam's over-visited home for ex-victims of trafficking are regularly required to perform the emotional work of gazing happily at rich visitors from abroad (as in this shot the US State Department has the nerve to call 'diplomacy').
Celebrity Rescuers like Shay Mitchell imagine they are experiencing Love:
My friends and I went to [a Mam] center, and we literally got out of the truck and the younger girls were running to me and my friends. They hadn't met us before, they had no idea who we were. They didn't care. It was just the fact we'd come to visit — that was enough for them to come up and give us a hug. They were saying, "Sister, sister." That was unconditional love like I've never felt in my entire life.
That's a lot of naiveté, even for a missionary. Do these folks actually not know that oft-visited residents learn how they are meant to greet fat-cat visitors? And there's a jolly neoliberal proposition:
Somaly has heart-and-hand necklaces . . . They're survivor-made products and when you purchase them, you're helping a survivor become financially self-sufficient.
Self-sufficient – Is she kidding? Mam's website is characterised by statements like We help victims of sex slavery to become survivors, and empower survivors as part of the solution. Thirteen years ago I wrote the following piece daring to doubt the idea of empowerment, and I haven't changed my mind today. (More repellent feel-good photos here, if you can stomach them. Below, I do believe some of the faces from another Mam photo shoot are the same as above)
The Em- of Empowerment: Injecting pride in unwilling subjects?
Laura Agustín, Research for Sex Work, 3, 15-16 (2000).
The verb is transitive: someone gives power to another, or encourages them to take power or find power in themselves. It's used among those who want to help others identified as oppressed. In Latin America, in educación popular, one of the great cradles of this kind of concept, the word itself didn't exist until it was translated back from English. To many people, if they know it at all, the word empoderamiento sounds strange. It's an NGO word, used by either volunteer or paid educators who view themselves as helpers of others or fighters for social justice, and is understood to represent the current politically correct way of thinking about 'third world', subaltern or marginalised people. But it remains a transitive verb, which places emphasis on the helper and her vision of her capacity to help, encourage and show the way. These good intentions, held also by 19th-century European missionaries, we know from experience do not ensure non-exploitation.
In the current version of these good intentions, 'first-world' people and entities use their funds to help or empower those less privileged. They spend money to set up offices and pay salaries, many to people who remain in offices, often engaged in writing proposals that will allow them to stay in business. These organisations have hierarchies, and those engaged in education or organisation at the grassroots level often are the last to influence how funds will be used. Those closer to the top, who attend conferences, live in Europe or have career interests in the organisation, know how proposals must be written to compete in the crowded funding world. This condition of structural power should not be overlooked by those concerned with empowerment, who more often view themselves as embattled, as non-government, as crusaders situated against conservative policies. Yet, when a concept like empowerment comes from above in this way, we needn't be surprised at the kind of contradictions that result—literacy programmes that don't keep people interested in reading, AIDS education that doesn't stop people from refusing to use condoms.
To empower me as a sex worker you assume the role of acting on me and you assume that I see myself as an individual engaged in sex work. If I don't see myself this way, then I am disqualified from the empowerment project, despite your best intentions. The identity issue here is crucial; funders and activists alike are currently interested in valorising cultural and individual difference. While it is a great advance to recognise and 'give voice to' human subjects who were before marginalised or disappeared, the problem remains that if you want to inject pride in me that I am a worker and supporter of my family and I don't recognise or want to think of myself that way, the advance won't occur, in my case.
But, you say, those are the real conditions, we live in a world of funders and partial successes. We're doing the best we can, and we acknowledge that these empowerment projects often fail. Since it's to no one's benefit that successes be quite so partial, let's consider whether there is any way which this empowerment concept might be conceived differently, forgetting for the moment the funder and his funds.
In educación popular, in programmes sometimes called capacitación [capacity-building], people get together to talk, sometimes with the encouragement of a person from 'outside'. This person might be called an animadora or an educator, her job to facilitate conditions where subjects might realise they have a problem in common which, if they acted together, they might be able to move toward solving. I'm describing a very fundamental, 'pure' version, perhaps, now complicated in many places in many ways by different histories, international contacts, hybrid forms. Still, it's worth considering what the most basic idea always has been.
Here, the most the outsider does is provide the suggestion of a time and place, with perhaps a very basic reason for getting together, perhaps just 'meeting neighbours'. Who finds out about this meeting? Everyone who lives there, if it's a village or small barrio and people talk to each other fairly freely. Letting people know can be an important task of the outsider. Sometimes, in larger places, an 'identity' is targeted, but it can be a very general identity, such as everyone concerned to improve conditions in the community.
The educator/animator might suggest the group talk about a topic such as how to get running water, bus service or rubbish collection—topics of concern to everyone, including sex workers. Or she might present a question—such as why everyone is talking about migrating to work somewhere else—and hope people will respond. But if they don't, and if nothing seems to happen, her job is to resist the temptation to push the conversation. The hope is rather that if people feel free to talk, they will, eventually, if only to see if others share their feelings. This process can be extremely slow and even invisible, and no money or materials from outside are required. The profound assumption is rather that people themselves already know a lot—what they want, what they need. If they agree after some time that a technical fact or help is needed that none of them possess, then they might feel 'empowered' to search for that fact on the outside.
Does the 'outsider'actually need to be there during this process? The answer depends on the person, on how quietly encouraging she is, on how patient and undisappointed if the group doesn't take off, agree on anything or if it agrees to a programme the opposite of what the funders want.
Can this vision be applied when funders seem concerned solely with the sex organs of people assumed to 'identify' themselves as sex workers? If educators must 'target' prostitutes as those who come to a meeting? Perhaps, if the same kind of mostly undirected sharing of experiences is encouraged. Many times sex workers will then be heard to discuss not sex, clients and condoms—the topics always brought up by funders—but all the other aspects of their lives, which are not peculiar to them as sex workers. They might talk about a new song, a new dress, a new club—or a new idea for getting together to protect and help each other.
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BAR HARBOR, Maine — Roseanna St. Germain of Bar Harbor learned in 2011 that her grandmother, Darlene, had been diagnosed with breast cancer for the second time. Knowing of the treatment regimen that awaited her, Darlene asked St. Germain to crochet a cap for her to wear during the period of chemotherapy.
"I thought to myself, if I can make her a hat, why can't I make more and donate them to local cancer centers," St. Germain said in an email interview. "The strength my grandmother had to fight her battle made me want to start something to send strength to others. So, I started Stitch for Cancer in January 2011."
Word of St. Germain's cap-making effort spread quickly. Her mother-in-law, Cheryl, who lives in Rhode Island made caps and sent them to Bar Harbor.
"My family and friends started helping," St. Germain said. Soon, Cheryl's co-workers wanted to make caps to donate to the cause. "And by word of mouth, strangers began helping."
Because of the response from Cheryl and her co-workers, and family and friends in Rhode Island, St. Germain decided in January to start donating caps to the Norman and Rosalie Fain Health Centers at Miriam Hospital, the Rhode Island Hospital and Hasbro Children's Hospital, all in Rhode Island. Caps also are donated to CancerCare of Maine and the Raish Peavey Haskell Children's Cancer and Treatment Center, both in Brewer.
"I have been crocheting since I was in fifth grade, when my mom taught me," St. Germain said. "Almost 20 years now. I still have the blanket I started back then — though never finished. I love to create things with my hands. All types of crafting are fun, but crochet has always been my go-to."
She also learned to sew recently and makes arm pillows for donation.
The Stitch for Cancer logo has unique meaning, St. Germain said.
"The lavender ribbon represents general cancer awareness, the pink letters represent breast cancer awareness and the blue yarn represents pancreatic cancer awareness," she said. St. Germain said her husband lost an uncle to pancreatic cancer.
St. Germain suggested that those who want to knit or crochet caps to donate to Stitch for Cancer choose yarn or fabric in any fiber except wool, such as acrylic and polyester blends, cottons, or non-itchy animal fibers.
"We always encourage the use of the softer yarns, but we will accept anything," St. Germain said. "We have Stitch for Cancer labels to attach to the items with information on how to care for the item, what it's made of and the donor's name and email address — both are optional — in case the recipient wants to send a thank you. It also makes it more personal knowing the name of the person who created the item. If someone wants to participate, all they need to do is crochet, knit, sew or purchase items of comfort to donate."
In addition to caps, Stitch for Cancer also accepts and donates, scarves, shawls, lap blankets, arm pillows, mittens, headbands, socks and other items that might offer comfort to those undergoing cancer treatment.
Each month has a theme. St. Germain said, "May's theme will be Flowers, so throughout April donors can create items and incorporate flowers in them. This is just for fun, it's not a requirement for donated items."
Donated items are collected each month and donated to cancer centers the last Friday of each month. Every item is tagged and photographed. St. Germain coordinates a Swap and Sell event each month at the Acadia Christian School in Trenton where donations of items may be made. She posts that date at the Stitch for Cancer Facebook page.
For information, go to stitchforcancer.webs.org.
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From the Windows 7 Disk Management screen, I did a right click->properties on the first (System) partition of the boot drive. There seemed to be a lag in the response I got (possibly due to the fact that I was formatting an external hard drive at the time), so I tried the right click several times. Eventually I got info displayed, but this partition now shows as "Unallocated".
I made a backup of just that partition with IFW. I then ran TBIview on that partition, and as far as I can tell, it is identical to the SYSTEM partition made when I did a full backup of the drive about 3 weeks ago (not as recent as I'd like, but real life has interfered with my ability to make a more recent backup), even to the timestamps on some log files.
So I don't know if the Windows Disk Management screen is just displaying things wrong, or if it actually changed the partition. I'm a bit concerned about rebooting the system in case it causes it to hang. But I guess since I have two backups with (as far as I can tell) identical data in this partition, I could always restore that partition from the backup I made a few weeks ago.
Any suggestions of what else I can do to protect myself before I try a reboot?


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In my many conversations about veganism, I often hear something along the following lines: "I don't really eat/crave/need animal products, but I'm not sure I could ever be a 'perfect vegan.' What if I mess up, or crave a non-vegan food"?
If this statement—or something akin to it—resonates with you, then let me tell you something that perhaps nobody else has: Of course you might mess up. In fact, you probably will. And that doesn't mean you shouldn't go vegan.
I mean it. Pledging to be vegan doesn't mean that you're pledging to be a perfect; it means you're pledging to try. Intentions matter. Whenever I write about the choice to be vegan, I return to the Vegan Society's definition of veganism, which has always rung true to me. Veganism is:
A way of living which excludes all forms of exploitation of, and cruelty to, the animal kingdom, and includes a reverence for life. It applies to the practice of living on the products of the plant kingdom to the exclusion of flesh, fish, fowl, eggs, honey, animal milk and its derivatives, and encourages the use of alternatives for all commodities derived wholly or in part from animals.
Another iteration of this pledge is this:
[Vegan lifestyles are] ways of living that seek to exclude, as far as is possible and practical, all forms of exploitation of animals for food, clothing or any other purpose.
What I like about these definitions are their clarity and their inherent gentleness. The Vegan Society makes clear that veganism is a pledge not only to eat non-animal foods, but also to avoid commodities like leather, which are often a by-product and support the continuation of factory farming. At the same time, the language used here—"encourages," "possible and practical"—indicates something important, which is that even the most passionate proponents of veganism are merely asking people to do their very best. Effort and intention is the point: results matter too, but in my opinion, they take second place to the ongoing intention of make vegan choices, day in and day out. Sooner or later, most vegans accidentally consume non-vegan food, or they encounter some sort of temptation, whether food or commodity. Whether or not these temptations get the better of us is less important than how we react to the experience: does one non-vegan choice beget more, undermining the lifestyle altogether, or do we simply recognize that we struggled, forgive ourselves, and remain committed to making vegan choices as we go forward?
Suppose a person who is committed to veganism gives into the temptation to eat a non-vegan food (or use a non-vegan commodity). This person wakes up the next morning totally recommitted to veganism again, and continues striving to make compassionate choices. Another person is eating an entirely vegan diet, but doesn't do so out of a sense of passion or conviction; is the first person any less of a vegan than the second one? I don't think so. Again, intentions matter. It's not all about intentions—obviously, at a certain point, intentions and actions need to intersect—but my point is simply that the spirit of veganism doesn't only reside in how precisely you follow the diet. It resides in how deeply you care about what the lifestyle signifies–and this encompasses both food and other lifestyle choices, including personal care and attire.
What you may not realize if you're only just learning about veganism is that all vegans—or at least, every vegan I know—has had some kind of "imperfect" moment. Indeed, unless you have superhuman diligence when it comes to examining ingredients and asking questions in restaurants, accidental slip ups are almost inevitable. I've specified in restaurants that I don't consume any animal products explicitly, only to find out halfway through a meal that I'm eating something with butter on it. I spent an entire summer eating the bread at SweetGreen before I realized that it's not vegan. This was certainly a teachable moment as far as restaurant dining goes—I often forget to ask about bread and pasta—but it didn't feel like a big deal to me. As soon as I realized, I stopped ordering the bread. End of story. I was committed to making vegan choices beforehand, and I'm committed still. I've written more about the issue of accidental consumption of non-vegan foods in a post entitled "When Non-Vegan Foods Attack."
What about the non-accidental moments? What if you're at a party one night, and after a few glasses of champagne you find yourself eyeing the finger food and, before you know it, munching on a cheese cube? What then?
Same idea. Acknowledge that this was a moment of struggle—a moment you don't wish to repeat—grant yourself some compassion, and move on. Wake up the next day and reaffirm the reasons why veganism matters to you; if it helps to read one of your favorite vegan websites or books, or to prepare a vegan meal, then do it. Remember that striving and seeking are the essence of what it means to be vegan. And the longer you strive to make vegan choices, the easier it becomes to make them consistently. It's a process, but keeping your intentions and motivations alive will carry you through it, until the whole thing feels like second nature.
I'm not trying to suggest that vegans should grant themselves leeway to "cheat" (what an unpleasant word!). I'm just trying to give you the tools you need to deal with moments of temptation, and remain committed to veganism in spite of them. So many people who are right on the cusp of becoming vegan don't do so because the concept of "perfection" scares them; I'm saying is that "perfect" vegans are very few and far between. But the thing that unites all longtime vegans is that their commitment to the lifestyle has remained constant, even when they've come up against the reality of imperfection.
If you've preemptively decided that there are certain occasions on which you know you'll eat non-vegan foods, or certain non-vegan foods you intend to eat no matter what, then veganism may not be resonating with you at the moment. But if it's your sincere desire to adopt a vegan lifestyle, and you fear that you may at some point hit a snag, then I'd gently encourage you to try. After all, "imperfection" (to use a word that I don't like using in the context of food choices, but you know what I mean) is constant in life. Can you imagine if we never took an exciting new job, just because we suspected that we might one day make a mistake? Or if we avoided relationships, simply because we knew that we might one day be tempted toward an infidelity? Or if we didn't go to school, because we knew that certain subjects (ahem, Orgo!) would prove difficult? If our desire to do these things is sincere, it's not worth preemptively stopping ourselves because we know that the path won't always be easy. And the longer we do things, the easier it becomes.
I'll end by sharing a little story. This happened when I'd been eating vegan for about six months (and was starting to eliminate animal-derived apparel), but hadn't quite started calling myself vegan, because it all still felt a little bit like an experiment. One day, in spite of the fact that I hadn't been missing dairy at all, I had a random craving for Greek yogurt. Not a particularly intense craving, but a craving nonetheless. And for whatever reason—perhaps because it was the first time in a while that I'd wanted a non-vegan food, perhaps because I wanted to see how I'd respond to it—I went out and bought a container of Fage. I ate about three bites at the office before realizing two things: first, that yogurt was far less tasty and appealing than I remembered, and that my memory of it had been greatly enhanced and embellished by the fact that I no longer ate it; and second, that animal foods no longer felt "right" to be, both viscerally and in a spiritual sense. I threw the yogurt out (to this day, I still feel truly regretful about having wasted it, but I couldn't finish, and felt odd offering half eaten yogurt to one of my coworkers), and that was the last time I ever consciously purchased or consumed an animal food.
Looking back on this moment, I don't remember it as a "lapse" in my veganism. I suppose that, technically speaking, my evolution as a vegan began after the yogurt incident—I wouldn't mind defining it as such—but I actually see what happened as a defining moment for me as a vegan: it was the moment in which my commitment to the lifestyle was truly tested, and in the end, it galvanized me further toward veganism, rather than turning me away. It was the moment in which I realized that the things I craved from my old life no longer felt right; they didn't taste the way I remembered them tasting, and more importantly, they didn't feed my spirit in the way that I'd learned the food on my plate could. Before I became vegan, I made food choices that I thought would keep me thin and fit. When I became vegan, I started making food choices that both delighted my senses and also fed my soul; they did so by showing me that the food we eat touches lives other than our own, and that we can actually do active good by eating a compassionate diet. That day, as I rejected a food that still held some nostalgic appeal, I realized that veganism was not a passing fancy or an experiment; it had become a part of my identity. (This morning, a reader pointed out that the word "veganism" implies more than self-interested motivations. I agree, and by those terms my early vegan days don't fully fit into the idea of a wholly vegan lifestyle. So we can think of them as an introductory chapter to my vegan journey; the days when I was making vegan choices, but still moving toward the full spirit of the lifestyle. In any case, I see that period of my life, and this incident within it, as a part of the longer story.)
So you see, this small moment of temptation and challenge was actually crucial in helping me remain committed to veganism in a macroscopic way. People often respond to cravings or to vegan "slip ups" with either heedless self-laceration and guilt, or with defensiveness and rejection of veganism (I felt tempted, therefore veganism can't be right for me). Instead, you can use these as teachable moments, in which you learn to refine and think consciously about your lifestyle choices. If you're an imaginative type, think of them as the temptations and challenges thrown in the way of every epic hero as he or she journeys toward a destination. You may not end up responding the same way I did—I realize that there's another possible ending to this story, which is that one yogurt becomes two, or three—but I'm offering up the possibility so that you can see that exceptions and challenges are a part of every vegan's journey. Going vegan doesn't mean you're pledging not to have these moments; you're simply pledging to keep your heart open to veganism in spite of them.
If you're curious about veganism, but have shied away because you fear "messing up," don't. Remember that most vegans have had some sort of exceptional moment of temptation, and that they've learned to accept, forgive, and move past these moments. Long-term intentions matter most. Don't count on making exceptions to your veganism, but don't avoid the lifestyle all together because you have a little self-doubt. You'll never know until you try. And, to bring it back to the Vegan Society's definition, trying—or "seeking," to use their more poetic word—is what it's all about.
I'd love to hear from vegans about the moments in which they've felt challenged, and how they moved on. And I'd love for those who are considering dietary changes to tell us whether this gives you any peace of mind! Your words are always welcome.
Have a great night, friends.
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Hi! Welcome to Plates for Plants, where I, Natasha, post about my food adventures. Keeping it plant-based, low fat and gluten-free are very important here. (read more...)
Baked Onion Rings - They're Fat-Free!
Toona Casserole
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Would it be even possible for our White House foreign occupier, acting [putative] president, to push the nuclear button, all on his own? Are there no safe guards? Would the US Military allow this usurper to do so, and destroy what's left of traditional and patriotic America?
It is common knowledge now that Obama does not belong in our US White House. Sheriff Joe Arpaio's investigative findings have made it clear that Obama is scandal ridden. Obama's own book acknowledges that his father was foreign born which consequently disqualifies him from being a legitimate US president according to Constitutional standards.
Furthermore, most everyone in Washington D.C. who are of any type of political leadership, know that Obama should never have qualified to be considered for election in 2008; yet the charade continues. When will the US Military act in peaceful and benevolent coup action to remove this foreign fraud from our American White House? What will happen if he is allowed 4 more years of illegal White House occupancy? Will that be the end of America as our forefathers and some of us have proudly known it?
Finally, is the reality there that Obama could (on his own) push the nuclear button? Is that his (understood) threat to US political leaders to keep their mouths shut over his illegitimate White House occupation? Or, are all these charading, complacent and cowardly politicians in fear of race wars breaking out in the US should they turn on Obama and denounce his usurping and illegal White House occupation? At any rate, should Obama win the 2012 election, – something has to finally give; or, it will be the end of free and traditional America.
Rush: Obama Classmate; Obama Registered As Indonesian Citizen At Columbia University – obamareleaseyourrecords.blogspot.com/2012/08/
Audio: Breitbart Reporter in Indonesia Has Documented Proof Obama is Indonesian Citizen – obamareleaseyourrecords.blogspot.com/2012/08/
White House Occupier BO – Obama – moralmatters.org/
Obama's 2nd-Term Scheme To Disarm Border Agents – Book cites plans for 'directives, laws, strategies, operational issues' – wnd.com/2012/08/
Sample of Hate Crimes by Obama Against America – moralmatters.org/2012/04/15/
Rep. Steve King considering bill to repeal everything Obama has signed – examiner.com/
Please note for reference:
Election Projection – The Battle for Capitol Hill – 2012 Senate – electionprojection.com/2012elections/
The Complete List of Email Addresses and Fax Numbers for the U.S. Congress and Governors – conservativeusa.org/
U.S. Constitution Online – usconstitution.net/
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Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg was New England Law | Boston's special guest for the March 13, 2009, Law Day observance. Ginsburg began the day by meeting with faculty and students. In the evening, she served as guest of honor at New England Law's Centennial Law Day Banquet and provided a rarely seen insider's view of the Court's inner workings.
Justice Ginsburg's skills as former law professor were evident in question-and-answer remarks to students in a morning session. A deferential silence accompanied her recounting of the landmark Loving v. Virginia case, which in 1967 overturned the nation's race-based marriage restrictions.
Ligee Gu ('10) noted, "In Race and the Law, we primarily discuss the Equal Protection laws and stress the fact that all persons should be treated equally under the Constitution. Hearing Justice Ginsburg emphasize that was very moving for me."
Justice Ginsburg recalled the obstacles that she herself faced as a young female attorney. Despite graduating tied for first in her Columbia Law School class, she endured the prejudice of law firms that would not consider hiring a woman, especially one with a child. "The world is really different for you," she told students.


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