tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-70343512011-06-06T19:46:36.227-04:00The Green Cutting Board Press and ABN Talk Radio present webRadio's Vegetarian Voice, "The Naked Vegetarian" your world wide wet source for Vegetarian and Animal Rights news, views, interviews and vegetainment! For Paws Hospicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05686572146804051469noreply@blogger.comBlogger611100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7034351.post-84390317579202077742007-09-07T16:54:00.000-04:002007-09-07T20:43:39.966-04:00<strong>Chrissie's new gig</strong><br /><br />Pretenders singer talks about her beloved Akron, redeveloping urban downtowns and her new restaurant.<br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">By <strong>JOHN BOOTH</strong></span><br /><br />Standing outside the work-in-progress that will soon be her new restaurant, Akron native <a href="http://www.pretendersarchives.com/MainMenu.html"target="_blank">Chrissie Hynde</a> said little about her own venture at a news conference Thursday, but offered up an impassioned speech about revitalizing her hometown.<br /><br />“My blood is Akron, and it courses through my veins,” said the leader of rock band <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Pretenders"target="_blank">The Pretenders</a>. “I’m such a Buckeye.”<br /><br /><a href="http://www.crainscleveland.com/article/20070906/MULTI/309060001&amp;Profile=-1" target="_blank">Full story</a><br /><br />We couldn't resist inserting this link to the 70s classic by Chrissie and the Pretenders called <em><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brass_in_Pocket"target="_blank">"Brass in Pocket"</a></em>, it's so 'special' and it's perfect. NV <br /><br /><object height="350" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/z2OpNoT8rbk"><param name="wmode" value="transparent"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/z2OpNoT8rbk" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="350"></embed></object><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7034351-8439031757920207774?l=thenakedvegetarian.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>For Paws Hospicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05686572146804051469noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7034351.post-36386437640295735682007-07-07T20:51:00.000-04:002008-11-13T18:59:48.740-05:00<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_OPil0jXghgQ/RpA2AM-qOjI/AAAAAAAAAXo/GQqdumaB2rQ/s1600-h/Untitled-1.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5084623356413229618" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_OPil0jXghgQ/RpA2AM-qOjI/AAAAAAAAAXo/GQqdumaB2rQ/s320/Untitled-1.jpg" border="0" /></a>Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Chrissie Hynde announced this week plans to open VegeTerranean her homage vegetarian restaurant in Akron, Ohio, her home town.<br /><br />Planned for a grand opening in September the restaurant will serve Mediterranean cuisine, favored by the UK singer and of course the menu will include no meat.<br /><br />Hynde, lead singer of the Pretenders, says she’ll be on hand for the opening, accompanied by an acoustic guitarist as well as some musician friends for a free concert kicking off the event on Sept. 15.<br /><br />Hynde, who lives in England, has partnered with a local restaurateur to manage VegeTerranean while she continues to tour and record.<br /><br />Besides being a musician, Hynde is also famous as an active member of PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals) and a contributor to the establishment of the PETA headquarters in Norfolk, Virginia. The 7th person on VH1’s “100 Greatest Women of Rock N Roll” is also an active and outspoken vegetarian. Hynde, who is a close friend to singer Annie Lennox, had to apologize for her accidental role in a McDonald’s restaurant bombing caused by a misguided fan. Previously, she had jokingly stated that she had blown up a McDonald’s franchise to help advance her vegetarian views.<br /><br />And, like the famous line from the Pretenders’ song Brass in Pocket says, we agree, Chrissie is “special".<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7034351-3638643764029573568?l=thenakedvegetarian.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>For Paws Hospicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05686572146804051469noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7034351.post-74924394270061294842007-05-04T16:58:00.000-04:002008-11-13T18:59:49.071-05:00Hurricane season is fast approaching and I can already see the headlines: “Three Quarters of a Million Residents of Florida East Coast Urged to Flee”… geeze, CNN again! <br /><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_OPil0jXghgQ/Rjugf6oEQHI/AAAAAAAAAOo/_6TB3WTQV0U/s1600-h/Jeans.jpg"target="_blank"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_OPil0jXghgQ/Rjugf6oEQHI/AAAAAAAAAOo/_6TB3WTQV0U/s320/Jeans.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5060815076454580338" /></a>In 1856 four great storms invaded Florida in one season and in less than 6 weeks at that. In 2005, 5 major storms made headlines and pushed the insurance industry over the edge, by that I mean they edged into record profits. The average cost of home insurance, including wind, has tripled since 2005.<br /><br />The Florida legislature, last month, cunningly passed a measure of relief by requiring Florida homeowners to buy storm shutters (average about $40,000 per household) before any building permit will be granted, say for a new roof or perhaps a replacement garage door. <br /><br />Meanwhile Newt Gingrich says he doesn’t think the rest of the country should have to pay into a disaster fund so “folks” can live on the beach. The former U.S. House Speaker said on a nationally broadcast interview, "If people build in high-risk areas, and you know it's a high-risk area, there should be some way to internalize that risk in your insurance costs. That's probably very unpopular with people who would like a free ride."<br /><br />But, it’s probably OK with people in river flood zones, or tornado alley and the tinderbox hills of Beverly, right Newt? No “free rides” for anybody then OK? OK.<br /><br />I remember Dean Hamer's opus The God Gene. Hamer, who authored another classic the Gay Gene, has these epiphanies. If genes can account for God and genes can make you gay then why not envision genes that can get your ass kicked by a hurricane; The Hurricane Gene. <br /><br />Now, while I'm not a geneticist and I don't have the entire genome code stored anywhere on my hard drive - though it's probably imprinted somewhere nearby - I have a fair understanding of the root science; hey, I have a degree in English Literature for Christ's sake! Anyway, I figured that if God can plan to make us gay or devout why not give us a gene to make us live in Florida? I mean, if he/she wanted to, he/she could give us a gene that said we had to live in California, I suspect that would be called the Earthquake-McSchwarzenegger gene. <br /><br />Anyway, I've survived a number of these insurance storms, most, without Newt, and for that I'm grateful. I seem to have a gene, which according to my reading of Hamer's genetic protocol, makes me a survivor, not the TV type but rather, you know, the disaster type and so I wanted, on the eve of another hurricane season, to go on-record with the theory that jeans, not genes, control our fate and if you're fortunate enough to live in Florida you better have good jeans (genes).<br /><br /><strong>Postscript::</strong> This article was`written prior to the storm event, which destroyed Greensburg, Kansas. The power of storms to inflict so much damage, although seemingly repetitive to some locals is profoundly more random than we imagine.<br /><br />Our sincere sympathy to all the victims of last week's tornado. Please go to the <a href="http://www.redcross.org/pressrelease/0,1077,0_314_6675,00.html"target="_blank">American Red Cross</a> or your favorite charity and give what you can to help the survivors of Greenburg.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7034351-7492439427006129484?l=thenakedvegetarian.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>For Paws Hospicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05686572146804051469noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7034351.post-1151165860469544372006-06-24T12:17:00.000-04:002006-06-25T17:00:59.970-04:00This clip arrived on or desk last week and we had to share the fun. We don't know anything about this happy couple but they have a job with us at the entertainment desk anytime they want. Watch the video, ya just gotta smile.<br /><br /><a href="http://thegreencuttingboard.blogspot.com/Happy.wmv"acronym title="click to watch the movie"><img src="http://thegreencuttingboard.blogspot.com/Happy-vid-scrn.jpg" /></a></acronym><br />___________________________<br /><br />Orange County, California:: A pelican collided with the windshield of a car here Friday in what local police say may be the county's first case of F.U.I (flying under the influence.) The incident happened at about 11 AM on California's famed Pacific Coast Highway. According to eye witnesses reports, the California brown pelican, whose destination is unknown, was simply flying too low and crashed through the front windshield of the car.<br /><br />The driver of the car was unhurt. The pelican was transported to a local veterinary clinic where it received treatment for a broken foot and minor cuts. The pelican, which was probably impaired by ingesting a toxin produced by naturally by algae blooms, will be recovering at the Wetlands and Wildlife Care Center.<br /><br />____________________________<br /><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2701/237/1600/campoutKids2006.1.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2701/237/320/campoutKids2006.1.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a>Today is the <a href="http://www.nwf.org/campout/" target="_blank">Great American Backyard Campout,</a> an excellent way to reconnect not just with the kids and family pets but with nature and perhaps even your next door neighbors. Go to the National Wildlife federation's site and you can sign up your official camp site and start blogging, 'course you'll need a wireless connection from the pup tent or maybe just wait until next day, after the "s'mores" have worn off.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7034351-115116586046954437?l=thenakedvegetarian.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>For Paws Hospicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05686572146804051469noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7034351.post-1149279979044873612006-06-02T16:26:00.000-04:002006-06-02T16:45:58.830-04:00<a href="http://www.sun.com/one/video/20050420_60_hi.wmv"><img src="http://thegreencuttingboard.blogspot.com/One-vid.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.one.org/"target="_blank"><img src="http://thegreencuttingboard.blogspot.com/one.jpg" /></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7034351-114927997904487361?l=thenakedvegetarian.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>For Paws Hospicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05686572146804051469noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7034351.post-1141931919629775592006-03-09T14:16:00.000-05:002006-03-09T15:50:37.620-05:00<p>Our favorite ride, the E-Cobra, by <a href="http://hybridtechnologies.secure-shops5.com/view_category.asp?cat=31" target="_blank">Hybrid Technologies</a>, is making us sing the bod electric and why not, this super charged dynamo gets you there in style, with electrons to burn.<br /><img src="http://thegreencuttingboard.blogspot.com/E-Cobra.jpg" /><br />The E-Cobra features a unique Lithium Power System that makes it a sustainable zero emission two-wheel vehicle. This sleek, exceptional performance, electric motorcycle is ideal for personal transportation in urban areas.<br /><br />Priced around $6000 the E-Cobra is cheap, sexy and environmentally "hot" - just like some of our best friends - and, with stats like these, it's bound to put you back on the mood for that easy ride. </p><ul>Speed: Up to 30 mph / 40 kph<br />Range: 2 hrs@25 mph = 50 miles<br />Power: 2 kilowatt in-wheel motor<br />Charge Time: 2 hours full charge on 110V<br />Total Weight: 210 lbs<br />Batteries: 72V, 11Ah<br />Battery Cycle Life: 1000+ fully discharged charges<br /><br /></ul><p>The E-Cobra runs on a linked pack of lithium batteries - the same batteries that power up your fav lap top. Lithium is the lightest metal known and one of the most common in nature, no heavy metals here folks. HT's Martin Koebler was one of the first to demonstrate that Lithium packs can be used for performance vehicles. A veteran when it comes to Lithium batteries and a world expert with advance solar cells, his pioneering work in adapting this technology to alternative powered vehicles has spawned a revolution in zero emmission transportation.<br /><br />A quick charge and your on your way clean, mean and green.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7034351-114193191962977559?l=thenakedvegetarian.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>For Paws Hospicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05686572146804051469noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7034351.post-1140989392896657922006-02-26T16:29:00.000-05:002006-02-27T07:07:13.296-05:00This 16th edition of the Carnival of the Green is dedicated to the Spirit of New Orleans, home of the original “Carnival,” Mardi Gras. Tomorrow is “Fat Tuesday,” and so from all of us in the Carnival of the Green we wish the people of the Gulf Coast and disaster victims everywhere a greener, brighter new year. <br /><br />Thanks to Elisa and all the "Workerbees" over at <a href="http://workerbees.typepad.com/hipandzen/"target="_blank">Hip & Zep Pen</a> for a superb Carnival last week, great folks those Bees.<br /><br />And now, without further ado… on with the show.<br /><br /><img start="mouseover" height="240" alt=img src="http://thegreencuttingboard.blogspot.com/CARNIE-INTRO.jpg" dynsrc="http://thegreencuttingboard.blogspot.com/Carnival%20intro%202.wmv"><width="320" border="2" /><br /><br /><frameset><frame marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" scrolling="no" ><frame src="http://thegreencuttingboard.blogspot.com/Carnival%20intro%202.wmv"><noframes><a href="http://thegreencuttingboard.blogspot.com/Carnival%20intro%202.wmv">referring page</a> for this image.</noframes></frameset><br /><img src="http://thegreencuttingboard.blogspot.com/small-entrance.jpg" align="left" />The Naked Vegetarian is pleased to be the purveyor of this week’s “Carnival of the Green” which is now in its sixteenth serving (sweet 16 and never been frisked). This Carnival of “wondrous” Greens is brought to you by the outstanding collaborative team of <a href="http://cityhippy.blogspot.com/"target="_blank">City Hippy</a> (a gentleman from England) and <a href="http://www.triplepundit.com/"target="_blank">TriplePundit</a> (a gentleman from San Francisco.)<br /><br />This carnival kicks off in grand style with a sister act, new to the carnie. Ladies and gentlemen, step right up and meet Mandie Rose and Ann a couple of organic farmers who are sure to please your ‘common’ sense as well as your eye with their amazing tales of sustainable craft and a gallery of, ahemm, shall we just say “nature” photos, if you take my meaning.<br /><br />First, you’ll be <a href="http://www.captivatedbymandie.com/"target="_blank">Captivated by Mandie</a> with her tales from the garden she likes to call,<br />1. <a href="http://www.captivatedbymandie.com/blog/2006/02/my-plot.html"target="_blank">My Plot</a>.<br /><br /><br />Then marvel as man and animal prevail over nature in a struggle to achieve sustainable logging practices and then be intoxicated by ancient, mystical rites of the mushroom by <a href="http://www.rosemountainfarm.com"target="_blank">Ann</a> of 2. <a href="http://www.rosemountainfarm.com/2006/01/january-27-newsletter.html"target="_blank">Rose Mountain Farm</a>. <br /><br /><em>Say, that reminds me - have you heard the one about the organic farmer’s daughters…</em><br /><br />Next, prepare to be astounded and amazed by the power of reason and intellect when you meet “Professor,” Stentor (Danielson)from <a href="http://www.brunchma.com/~acsumama/blog"target="_blank">Debitage</a>. He’ll educate and surmise ya, he’ll provoke and hypnotize with his erudite hypothesize on the debate between the GEs and the nons in his 3. “<a href="http://www.brunchma.com/~acsumama/blog/archive/2006_02_19_oldblog.html#114038788967690874"target="_blank">Trust Versus Information in the GE Food Debate</a>” at debitage. (I only spent an a few minutes with The Professor and I learned this,)<br /><br /><em>“d-e-b-i-t-a-g-e, “Flinty little leftover sharp things – debitage…”</em><br /><br />“Gypsies, tramps and thieves you’d hear it from the town…” Well now the town, taxman is gonna come around and you won’t have to lay your money down – at least not so much. Tracy and the crew at <a href="http://ecostreet.com/blog"target="_blank">EcoStreet</a> found a tiny little loop hole just in time for tax season - if your in the UK - from the good folks at “green alliance.” Worth the read, maybe us Yanks can learn a thing or two from this post, 4. <a href="http://ecostreet.com/blog/?p=34"target="_blank">Energy Efficiency Up, Council Tax Down?</a><br /><br /><em>Now, that’s what I call a “Concession stand.” Beer and chips, ₤2.70</em><br /><br />Ladies grab your fans as the good Dr. Ng, at the <a href="http://bioteach.ubc.ca/ambl/"target="_blank">Advanced Molecular Biology Lab</a>, UBC, CA this captivating tale of Islands in the Sun, heat islands that is, Urban melting pots and…well, come in and experience this one for yourself: 5. <a href="http://www.terry.ubc.ca/index.php/2006/02/08/climate-change-in-urban-areas-faq-moccia-mix/"target="_blank">Climate Change In Urban Areas F.A.Q.</a>, By Lauren Paul Moccia. Plus, a special offer you can’t resist: enter a <a href="http://www.terry.ubc.ca/index.php/2006/01/18/our-writing-challenge/%20http:/www.terry.ubc.ca/index.php/2006/02/08/climate-change-in-urban-areas-faq-moccia-mix/"target="_blank">writing contest</a> and become the sustainable star you know you are.<br /><br /><em>Come on in there fella, step up and pitch a tale and get your gal a cupie doll. Try your luck at our pitching bench, 3 balls just 25 cents - a winner every time, guaranteed. What ya got to lose friend, just two thin dimes and a nickle, the chance of a lifetime.</em><br /><br /><br />Next up, fresh from their latest “World Bank” tour, that internationally renowned troupe of acrobats, jugglers and high wire artists, the family World Bank Bloggers (otherwise known as the <a href="http://psdblog.worldbank.org/psdblog/"target="_blank">Private Sector Development Blog</a>) present, live on your desk top <br />6. “<a href="http://psdblog.worldbank.org/psdblog/2006/02/predicting_clim.html"target="_blank">Predicting climate change</a>.” We warn you: someone from the audience may be selected to participate. Note: The Carnival makes no guarantees for the safety or well-being of its audience.<br /><br />• 7. <a href="http://psdblog.worldbank.org/psdblog/2006/02/social_and_envi.html"target="_blank">How best to enforce environmental standards</a>? By Rachel Kyte<br /><br />• 8. <a href="http://psdblog.worldbank.org/psdblog/2006/02/responsibly_man.html"target="_blank">Responsibly managing globalization</a> By Pablo Halkyard<br /><br />• 9. <a href="http://psdblog.worldbank.org/psdblog/2006/02/resettlement_st.html"target="_blank">Environmental and social standards: what to require?</a> By Rachel Kyte<br /><br /><em>Watch transfixed as Pablo, Rachel and their daring band of bloggers directs your attention high over the center ring where you’ll witness a death defying act of global warming and all preformed, my friends, without a net - well, an internet, OK! </em><br /><br /><br />Meet them live, inside and, just maybe, too close for comfort. This week’s Carnival of the Green, sparing no expense, brings you two of the world’s most wondrous and famous of rarities, the genuine “Sustainable Activist.” Live on stage and interviewed by two of Carnival of the Greens’ most courageous performers, Nick ‘bring em back alive’ Aster and the renowned writer and explorer Jeff McIntire-Strasburg.<br /><br />First, an interview with L.Hunter Lovins, by Nick Aster<br /><br />“There are few figures in the environmental movement as inspiring or accomplished as L. Hunter Lovins.” <br />Nick Aster of <a href="http://www.treehugger.com/"target="_blank">Treehugger</a> presents the first 10. <a href="http://www.treehugger.com/files/2006/02/the_th_intervie_8.php"target="_blank">interview </a>in this two part series with Hunter and reveals much that is extraordinary about this woman who has been named a “Hero for the Planet” by Time Magazine, her work to achieve sustainability at the local level and her recent adventures in Afghanistan. Without further ado, sit back and have a read!<br /><br /><br />Next, a revealing look into the mind and methods of Skye Creative’s “Wildman” Shea Gunther by <a href="http://sustainablog.blogspot.com"target="_blank">Sustainablog's</a> Jeff McIntire-Strasburg for <a href="http://greenermagazine.blogspot.com"target="_blank">Greener Magazine</a> 11. <a href="http://greenermagazine.blogspot.com/2006/02/green-by-design-skye-creative.html"target="_blank">Green by Design: Skye Creative</a>. From the deepest corporate jungles of sustainability and entrepreneurship, a place any saner man would never venture, intrepid explorer Jeff McIntire-Strasburg brings you the green habitat of Shea Gunther’s world.<br /><br /><br />Ladies and Gents, direct from the far frozen north, comes a tale of greed beyond the sea, of Olympic Gold and China to behold. For your sole entertainment and erudition, a tale is told and a plot doth thicken. We present, for the first time anywhere, <a href="http://greenthinkers.org/blog"target="_blank">Green Thinkers</a> and their dastardly tale of 12. “<a href="http://greenthinkers.org/blog/2006/02/team_canada_made_in_china.html "target="_blank">Team Canada: Made in China</a>” or as we like to call it, “HBC, To Who Won Woe” by Scott Smith.<br /><br /><br />Read all about it! LA news gets an ear full from <a href="http://lagreenliving.com/"target="_blank">Living Green in LA</a>’s Melissa Mansfield. 13. <a href="http://lagreenliving.com/blog/2006/02/24/spending-way-too-much-time-analyzing-the-local-news/"target="_blank">Spending way too much time analyzing the local news</a> is a throttle on review of 28 minutes, the author will never get back – funny piece and sadly all too true. We’ll chalk this one up under the category of public airways and talking heads pollution. Thanks, Melissa, for pointing out yet another environmental hazard.<br /><br /><br />And now the evening news, brought to you by those wonderful folks at the USDA. Always on the spot reporter George the “<a href="http://www.dirtygreek.org"target="_blank">Dirty Greek</a>” has breaking news that 14. <a href="http://www.dirtygreek.org/journal/journalId/1828"target="_blank">National Forests To be Sold to Pay for Schools</a>. It was announced… well heck, read the rest for yourself I gotta go see the man about a tree.<br /><br /><br />Turning now to the east coast, a ‘hotspot’ we love, and a little Miami Nice with this great post on “post” from Rebecca Carter from <a href="http://www.greenermiami.com/"target="_blank">Greener Miami.Com</a> 15. <a href="http://www.greenermiami.com/greenermiami/2006/02/get_greener_mia.html"target="_blank">Get Greener, Miami! Stop Junk Mail</a>. Rebecca tells us how to go postal and maybe help the environment in the process.<br /><br /><br /><a href="http://cityhippy.blogspot.com/"target="_blank">City Hippy</a> turns 1, gets a bit gushy, assesses the year and asks a question to kick off year two: What do you think is the single biggest problem the world faces and how do we solve it? He gets some fantastic answers. Which should remind us all that Carnival is about nothing if it’s not about the future. With their Namaste then to the New Year, 16. “<a href="http://cityhippy.blogspot.com/2006/02/special-acorns-into-mighty-oaks.html"target="_blank">Acorns into mighty Oaks</a>.” <br /><br /><em>Happy B-Day City, here’s one on ya.</em> <br /><br /><br /><br />Next, Ladies and Gentlemen, may we once again call your attention to the center ring where you will witness the strange, the bizarre, yes, even the unnatural. You may not believe your eyes! Ladies be advised to watch your children at all times and men may be tested beyond their manly endurance as Carnival of the Green proudly presents <a href="http://animalbroadcastnetwork.blogspot.com/"target="_blank">The Animal Broadcast Network</a>’s own Nancy Lee and her amazing 17. “<a href="http://animalbroadcastnetwork.blogspot.com/2006/02/designer-dogs.html"target="_blank">Designer dogs</a>.” Take it away, Nancy!<br /><br /><em>Red Hots. Get ‘em while their hot</em><br /><br />Oops, UPS is Elisa Camahort’s pick as best of show this week as <a href="http://workerbees.typepad.com/hipandzen/"target="_blank">Hip & Zen Pen</a> praises this green version of United Parcel Service’s conversion to gas, no less, in Karen Clothier’s (love your name, Karen) 18. “<a href="http://workerbees.typepad.com/hipandzen/2006/02/ups_leads_the_w.html"target="_blank">UPS leads the Way</a>. (Note: that’s not leads, phosphorous or chromiums… the way.)<br /><br /><em>Way Girl</em><br /><br />Take a peek at the geek by the end of our Midway Lee Schnaiberg of <a href="http://scalarparty.livejournal.com"target="_blank">Exuberant Pantaphobia</a> and his mini video assembage. This one on called 19. <a href="http://scalarparty.livejournal.com/tag/cog_naked"target="_blank">Trike Taxi</a> is sure to be fun for the whole family, enjoy the <a href="http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=6397049186971834085&q=treehugger"target="_blank">flick</a>. <br /><br />Last stop for this Carnival of the Green. We have one more to show, so before you go take a respectful moment to gather ‘round and “lay your money down” as the rev. Don Bosch from <a href="http://www.evaneco.com/"target="_blank">The Evangelical Ecologist</a> preaches a little gospel and sells a couple bottles of Dr. Good” in his review of a new book by Tri Robinson, 20. <a href="http://www.evaneco.com/2006/02/finished-reading-saving-gods-green.html"target="_blank">Saving God’s Green Earth.</a><br /><br /><br />That’s all for this week folks. Thanks to all the “Carnies” for their contributions and a very special thanks to our visitors. See you next time as Carnival of the Green #17 heads off to Jacqui and Craig at <a href="http://enviropundit.blogspot.com/"target="_blank">Enviropundit</a>, cha …cha…cha <br /><br />The Carnival of the Green tour originated by <a href="http://cityhippy.blogspot.com"target="_blank">City Hippy</a> and <a href="http://www.triplepundit.com/"target="_blank">TriplePundit</a>. For more information on hosting a Carnival of the Green or contributing an article please visit the Carnival <a href="http://www.triplepundit.com/pages/city-hippy-triplepundit-announ-001541.php"target="_blank">Announcement</a> Page.<br /><br />Thank you. Your host, <a href="http://thenakedvegetarian.blogspot.com"target="_blank">The Naked Vegetarian</a> <br /><br />Mardi Gras Video 2006 <br />Get yo'self partly naked and go party NOLA<br />(click to play)<a href="http://www.nola.com/mardigras/video/?/mardigras/video/content.ssf/021906_part2.rpm"target="_blank"><img src="http://thegreencuttingboard.blogspot.com/Carnaval.jpg" align="left"/></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7034351-114098939289665792?l=thenakedvegetarian.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>For Paws Hospicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05686572146804051469noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7034351.post-1140408171925197582006-02-19T23:02:00.000-05:002006-02-23T09:41:55.020-05:00<img src="http://thegreencuttingboard.blogspot.com/pointer.jpg" align="right" /> It's Carnival of the Green #15 this week at <a href="http://workerbees.typepad.com/hipandzen/"target="_blank">Hip and Zen Pen</a>. Our friend Lisa has the stage and it's all the rage. So, welcome my friends to the show that never ends. Till next week then, when you can take a peek at the Naked Vegetarian. <br /><br />Hello folks: This is just a gentle reminder that the 16th "Carnival of the Green" appears next Monday here on The The Naked Vegetarian. <br /><br />WANT TO SUBMIT A POST?<br /><br />Have favorite post from the last week you want to submit? Submit by end of play Saturday night, remember to take time-zones into account. If it does not arrive on Sunday then it may not make it into the next carnival and may have to wait until the next one. <br /><br />The Carnival of the Green is organised by <a href="http://www.cityhippy.net"target="_blank">City Hippy</a> and <a href="http://www.triplepundit.com"target="_blank">Triple Pundit </a> and is a roving digest of the green blogosphere with a sustainability focus as opposed to green politics in general. Just like a regular real carnival it roams around offering a sample of its world.<br /><br /><a href="http://workerbees.typepad.com/hipandzen/"><acronym title="The Carnival of the Green #15 at Hip and Zen Pen"><img src="http://thegreencuttingboard.blogspot.com/CARNIE-INTRO.jpg" /></a></acronym><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7034351-114040817192519758?l=thenakedvegetarian.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>For Paws Hospicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05686572146804051469noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7034351.post-1135877648696260712005-12-29T12:33:00.000-05:002005-12-29T21:33:35.343-05:00<img src="http://thegreencuttingboard.blogspot.com/concept-car.jpg" /><br /><br />Nissan Motor Co. announced it will introduce a new concept car the 'Urge' in January at the Detroit Auto Show. The Urge comes equipped with an Xbox 360 gaming system by Microsoft, enabling the owner to use the steering wheel, brake and gas pedals to play 'Project Gotham Racing 3' by Microsoft on a 7" drop down LCD monitor, presumably while parked.<br /><br />Nissan Corp calculates that the Urge will appeal to 20-30 somethings who should like the idea of getting a twofer with the purchase of their new Nissan. We wonder how long it will take hackers to do a work around on the "only while parked" feature.<br /><br />Meanwhile in response to consumer demand GM today announced the introduction of their new concept car the Viper designed for male drivers 45 and over. The Viper comes standard equipped, GM says, with a defense package including a laser cannon and several as yet undisclosed target tracking features. The Viper was originally developed in cooperation with the US army and the Department of Defense.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7034351-113587764869626071?l=thenakedvegetarian.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>For Paws Hospicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05686572146804051469noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7034351.post-1132954713440082942005-11-25T16:38:00.000-05:002005-11-25T21:05:35.733-05:00<p><a href="http://www.antigonerising.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://thegreencuttingboard.blogspot.com/Antigone.jpg" /><br /></a>Fair Trade or not Starbuck's lead group to kick off their Hear Music enterprise earlier this year seems to have been a fully caffeinated breakout, if not for the coffee retailer at least for the group <a href="http://www.antigonerising.com/" target="_blank">Antigone Rising</a>.<br /><br />Lead singer Cassidy, whose voice and stage presence evoke the cock-of-the walk style of Jagger and with the richly detailed southern bones of the likes of Janice Joplin make a powerful and savory girl group revival; where sex and sensitivity remix to create an album with steel magnolia grace, genuine musical roots and ever-luvin' American rock-a-billie style. <a href="http://wm.atlrec.com/antigone_rising/video/dontlookback_450.wmv"><img height="273" src="http://thegreencuttingboard.blogspot.com/A-Rising-screen.jpg" width="295" align="right" /></a><br /><br />The group itself has been performing on and off for a few years in various incarnations but with limited success until this summer when they made a deal with Starbuck's muse exec Kenneth Lombard to be the first exclusive release for the famous coffee retailer's music house debut.<br /><br />Caffeine heads and fans come together in a serendipitous setting that reveals as much about the music industry today as it does about the ability of retailers to market related obsessions. Hear Music's deal: you can get half caf latted and burn a CD of your own mix for about $10 all B4 you get to work; perfect for a society of junkies, musical and otherwise.<br /><br />Antigone Rising is: </p><ul><li>Cathy Henderson- Lead Guitar </li><li>Cassidy- Lead Vocals </li><li>Dina Tauriello- Drums </li><li>Kristen Henderson- Rhythm Guitars/ Percussion </li><li>Jen Zielenbach- Bass </li></ul><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7034351-113295471344008294?l=thenakedvegetarian.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>For Paws Hospicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05686572146804051469noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7034351.post-1131561028720154542005-11-09T13:01:00.000-05:002005-11-13T05:49:30.910-05:00For centuries they have lived at the top of the world passing through the land almost unnoticed. As civilisations rose and fell and armies coursed over the land, as the world wore on in its relentless quest for supremacy over nature the Changpa Nomads of Tibet, the Nepalese high plains, have lived unnoticed.<br /><br /><br /><p align="center"><img src="http://thegreencuttingboard.blogspot.com/Tibet.jpg" /></p><br />Their ancestors bore the ‘yolk’ of Buddha as they do today, the inexorable weight of Karmic transposition from one life to the next while all the time striving for perfection of the soul. Buddha the great lord and Profit of Mohammed's rank and Jesus embodies the very heart of the Changpa people, the last of the ancient nomads of the eastern steppes.<br /><br />The Changpa live a seasonal existence moving flawlessly over the landscape that offers little to them but another day of travel following their herds of pony and goat and yet they find great comfort in the truth of their ancestral convictions that a good life is the reward for obeying natural law and God's profit Buddha. They are unconcerned with another world even though they are aware that that other world, the modern world of the last 60 years has steadily sought to envelop them and erase their ancient track from the land.<br /><br />In 1958 China began to covet the Tibetan highlands and in a self styled act of sovereign domain the communists seized control of Tibet in 1959. Chinese authorities deposed the <a href="http://www.friends-of-tibet.org.nz/dlama.html"target="_blank">Dali Llama</a>, direct descendant of Buddha, forcing he and his government into an exile that has lasted 45 years. The lowland people, forced to abandon their shrines and give up the old ways of worship and moderation, have slowly adapted to the new regime of communist social autocracy governed by a people and a bureaucracy they are stranger to.<br /><br />But, in the highlands beyond the towering peaks of the Himalayas the Changpa have sought refuge in their old ways. They believe in taking nothing from the land but the bare minimum for survival. Indeed the land some of the most inhospitable in the world has little to give. Their trails are unimaginably ancient and pristine. They use only that which is renewable: the livestock they care for and the dried lowland driftwood they collect for fires or grasses for weaving bright lodge mats, containers and bed rolls. The Changpa take nothing they cannot return to the environment including themselves.<br /><br />In a ceremony seldom witnessed by outsiders the Changpa find propriety and grace in the sky burial of their dead. After a person’s death the family carefully sequesters the body for 24 hours in a sitting position to dry in the high thin atmosphere. Prayers are read by a Lama. After 3 days a ceremony is held summoning family and friends to witness the destruction of the mortal shell by rogyapas who are charged with dismembering the body roughly and laying it on platforms to be further dissected and returned to the land by carrion birds. There are no graves or markers to remind the people of their departed only the land and its ways and the sure knowledge that the soul of the dead reincarnate roams with them once more.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7034351-113156102872015454?l=thenakedvegetarian.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>For Paws Hospicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05686572146804051469noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7034351.post-1130771715670368392005-10-31T10:15:00.000-05:002005-10-31T12:13:17.693-05:00<a href=" http://incident.net/hors/nu/pentedouce/"target="_blank"><img src="http://thegreencuttingboard.blogspot.com/Stairway-ghost.jpg" /></a><br /><br />If you are waiting for non existent Trick or Treaters again this year and you have a few moments between carving the pumpkin and mixing your favorite <a href="http://thegreencuttingboard.blogspot.com/Halloween%20drinks.doc"target="_blank">Halloween libation</a> take time to ponder this haunting apparition from La Pente Douce by Hervé Bailly-Basin.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7034351-113077171567036839?l=thenakedvegetarian.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>For Paws Hospicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05686572146804051469noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7034351.post-1130032835689378962005-10-22T21:59:00.000-04:002005-11-15T09:58:43.880-05:00<strong>but first take time out for Halloween and after, join us at the Carnival </strong><br /><strong><br /></strong><a href="http://www.sonypictures.com/movies/thefog/site/mainsite.html"><img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2701/237/320/Fog.gif" border="0" /></a>The first annual 'Carnival of the Green' starts this fall. From green blog to green zine the Carnival will be hosted each week by a different site. Like any carnival, we'll pull into town each Monday with a new 'greener' hosting the Carnival.You will be amazed and astounded by all the wondrous 'green' portents, alchemy and patent medicine shows; more green, sustainable and earth friendly wonder than your parents would ever allow.<br /><br />Every Carnival will have a link to the previous and following Carnival hosts.<br />SUBMITTING POSTS, to submit Carnival shows for consideration (do not submit content - just a link to your post), please email <a href="mailto:carnivalofgreen@gmail.com">carnivalofgreen@gmail.com</a> with the link,or to HOST THE CARNIVAL, please email someone at <a href="mailto:cityhippy@gmail.com?subject=green">mailto:cityhippy@gmail.com?subject=green</a> or <a href="mailto:tips@triplepundit.com?subject=green">mailto:tips@triplepundit.com?subject=green</a><br /><br />2005 "CARNIVAL OF THE GREEN" hosts:<br /><br />Nov 7th - <a href="http://www.cityhippy.net" target="_blank">City Hippy</a><br />Nov 14th - <a href="http://www.triplepundit.com" target="_blank">TriplePundit</a><br />Nov 21st - <a href="http://sustainablog.blogspot.com" target="_blank">Sustainablog</a><br />Nov 28th - <a href="http://greatgreengoods.com/" target="_blank">Great Green Goods</a><br />Dec 5th - <a href="http://greenerside.typepad.com" target="_blank">The Greener Side</a><br />Dec 12th - <a href="http://www.livejournal.com/~green_jenni/" target="_blank">Jen's Green Journal</a><br />Dec 19th - <a href="http://www.livejournal.com/~deesings" target="_blank">Dee's 'Dotes</a><br />Dec 26th - Season's greetings - no carnival - Ho Ho Ho!<br /><br /><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">2006</span><br />Jan 2nd - <a href="http://www.suhitanantula.com" target="_blank">Suhit Anantula</a><br />Jan 9th - <a href="http://www.skyecreative.com/blog.php" target="_blank">Skye Creative</a><br />Jan 16th - <a href="http://www.unpluggedliving.com" target="_blank">Unplugged Living</a><br />Jan 23rd - <a href="http://www.idealbite.blogs.com" target="_blank">The Ideal Bite</a><br />Jan 30th - <a href="http://www.urbanecoinc.com" target="_blank">Urban Eco</a><br />Feb 6th - <a href="http://treehuggermum.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Tree Hugger Mum</a><br />Feb 13th - <a href="http://www.groovygreen.com/" target="_blank">Groovy Green</a><br />Feb 20th - <a href="http://workerbees.typepad.com/hipandzen/" target="_blank">The Hip &amp; Zen Pen</a><br />Feb 27th - <a href="http://thenakedvegetarian.blogspot.com" target="_blank">The Naked Vegetarian</a><br />Mar 6th - <a href="http://enviropundit.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">EnviroPundit</a><br />Mar 13th - <a href="http://www.dirtygreek.org/"target="_blank">Dirty Greek</a><br />Mar 20th - <a href="http://baloghblog.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Baloghblog</a><br />Mar 27th - <a href="http://greenermagazine.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Greener Magazine</a><br />Apr 3rd - <a href="http://www.greenthinkers.org/blog/" target="_blank">Green Thinkers</a><br />Apr 10th - <a href="http://www.livejournal.com/users/scalarparty/" target="_blank">Exuberant Pantaphobia</a><br />Apr 17th - <a href="http://www.organicauthority.com/" target="_blank">Organic Authority</a><br />Apr 24th - <a href="http://www.evaneco.com/" target="_blank">The Evangelical Ecologist</a><br />May 1st - <a href="http://spiralvisions.com//" target="_blank">Spiral Visions</a><br />May 8th - Available<br />May 15th - Available<br />May 22nd - Available<br />May 29th - <a href="http://animalbroadcastnetwork.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Animal Broadcast Network</a><br /><br /><br /><br /><img src="http://thegreencuttingboard.blogspot.com/cotg.jpg" /><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7034351-113003283568937896?l=thenakedvegetarian.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>For Paws Hospicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05686572146804051469noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7034351.post-1126233722061693712005-09-08T21:42:00.000-04:002005-09-23T18:58:39.173-04:00<img src="http://thegreencuttingboard.blogspot.com/Croc-skin.jpg" /><br /><br />The Crocodile Specialist Group is at it again. In the wake of last year's unprecedented storm season and with mounting pressure to reduce wetlands conservation programs so that developers can build new communities and shopping centers, croc farming is gaining a foot hold in Florida and other Gulf States. <br /><br />Headquartered at the University of Florida and touted as a pure research entity the <a href="http://www.flmnh.ufl.edu/natsci/herpetology/act-plan/plan1998a.htm"target="_blank">Crocodile Specialist Group</a> has been quietly promoting the removal of the American Crocodile from the endangered species list, thus making way for its use as a farmed commodity. Agricultural interests, builders associations and even the fashion industry grant hugh sums to the <a href="http://www.flmnh.ufl.edu/natsci/herpetology/NEWSLETTER/news192p1-3.htm#PATRONS"target="_blank">CSG</a> to "research" the crocodile, its habitat and prospects for survival and make recommendations to the Secretary regarding their endangered species status.<br /><br />Interior Head, <a href="http://www.doi.gov/welcome.html"target="_blank">Gale Norton</a> who has repeatedly ignored the scientific facts regarding endangered species in favor of industry when ever a conflict arises between land use for profit and a species right to survival, will have the final say. The specialists in Gainesville are ramping up their push to convince .govs that the endangered American Croc is a sure bet to become Florida's next "big" economic boon. <br /><br />Interior's US Fish and wildlife Service has already removed the alligator from its <a href="http://ecos.fws.gov/tess_public/servlet/gov.doi.tess_public.servlets.EntryPage"target="_blank">TESS</a> list and it is just a matter of time until the American Crocodile is signed off as well allowing the ecologically disastrous farming of this ancient species. Segments of the fashion industry have spent years promoting alligator skin as the 'fashionable' and lucrative replacement for profits lost to the campaign against the much beleaguered fur trade. Several farming operations, aka: eco entertainment venues, in Florida are already prepared to start harvesting the skins of their herd and sell them to fashion designers in Europe, Asia and, yes, here at home. Promoted as the new sustainable "ecowise" material, one of the few living fossils on earth is now considered suitable for use as a starlet's handbag or Donald Trump's wallet, "Gator Wings" served up at some cheesy tourist spot along the I-95 trap line to Miami or just another animal used as fodder to feed the industry > science > government's neverending circle of money, influence and bureaucratic service. God, help us.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7034351-112623372206169371?l=thenakedvegetarian.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>For Paws Hospicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05686572146804051469noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7034351.post-1115265163197233522005-05-04T23:51:00.000-04:002005-05-05T00:15:51.046-04:00We came across this poster on a recent outing to scout vegan <a href="http://www.mexonline.com/cinco.htm"target="_blank">Cinco de Mayo</a> venues and we were reminded that not all habits come without risk.<br /><br /><img src="http://thegreencuttingboard.blogspot.com/My-X.jpg" /><br /><br />If you're out celebrating this 5th try a little restraint and go for the gold in moderation. It's all vegan after all as long as you avoid the worms although, truth be told (verdad for all you gringos) that's really 'mezcal' and a whole other blog.<br /><br />Celebre Cinco de Mayo, and please drink responsibly.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7034351-111526516319723352?l=thenakedvegetarian.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>For Paws Hospicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05686572146804051469noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7034351.post-1113792741730187262005-04-30T06:00:00.000-04:002005-04-30T00:15:57.846-04:00History is rife with examples of human ingenuity. Art, science and spiritual mechanisms which visions have made a mold of our world and so, it seems, a canvas of ourselves is created. Generation upon generation from cave to condo are steadfastly intent upon redefining the human image. Tattoos, body sculpting, piercing and sacred adornments are part of the everlasting human psyche and, not surprisingly, more common among 'free thinking', spirited and spiritual people.<br /><br /><img style="WIDTH: 294px; HEIGHT: 275px" height="276" src="http://thegreencuttingboard.blogspot.com/laced.jpg" width="295" align="right" /> The trend to increasingly innovative interpretations of the human body is more prevalent today than ever before and among people inclined to vegetarianism and the spirit of life that underlies such reverence for life, expressions of self are significantly on the rise.<br /><br />Artists, venturers in the spirit world, fire walkers, transmorphants and tribal centric humans are more likely to express themselves as part of the circle of life, dependent upon it, and subservient to it; caretakers and taken care of as the last creature of a creation the never ends and not simply a user, or an outsider but rather a creator, a being, an animal.<br /><br /><img src="http://thegreencuttingboard.blogspot.com/shoulder.jpg" /><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7034351-111379274173018726?l=thenakedvegetarian.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>For Paws Hospicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05686572146804051469noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7034351.post-1113870922939016682005-04-18T20:25:00.000-04:002005-04-19T08:00:39.746-04:00<p align="left"><a href="http://www.thestjosephsoundadvisor.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"><img height="207" src="http://thegreencuttingboard.blogspot.com/Southern-Blogs-Header-invit.jpg" width="426" /></a></p><p>Southern Blogs Ring, the premier source on Southern culture, manner, missive and nostalgia will be holding a group blog to celebrate being alive, southern and free all at the same time. </p><p>You’re are cordially invited Saturday April 30th to attend our first neighborhood cotillion and brunch. </p><p>The menu will be a light repast of Southern classics and down home cooked tales served up with Southern style and taste by your hosts: </p><ul><li><a href="http://wackysouthernhousewife.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Whacky Southern Housewife</a></li><li><a href="http://tishasharpthewriter.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">The World According to Tish</a></li><li><a href="http://pgarden.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Garden Stuff</a></li><li><a href="http://thegardensgift.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">The Gardens Gift</a></li><li><a href="http://whichblairproject.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">The Which Blair Project</a> </li><li><a href="http://floridagardening.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Florida Gardening</a> </li><li><a href="http://asouthernbelle.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">A Southern Belle’s Musings</a></li><li><a href="http://thatsrightisaidit.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">An American Housewife</a></li><li><a href="http://southernporch.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Southern Porch</a></li><li><a href="http://thegreencuttingboard.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">The Green Cutting Board</a></li><li><a href="http://animalbroadcastnetwork.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Animal Broadcast Network</a></li><li><a href="http://cherishauthor.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Romantic Ramblings</a> </li><li><a href="http://thenakedvegetarian.blogspot.com/"target="_blank">The Naked Vegetarian</a></li></ul><p>Guests will be offered words, photographs, entertainment and some surprises, to be sure. So plan to attend and spend some time with us in the South.<br /></p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7034351-111387092293901668?l=thenakedvegetarian.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>For Paws Hospicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05686572146804051469noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7034351.post-1112735843198210442005-04-05T17:16:00.000-04:002005-04-05T17:51:20.483-04:00<img src="http://thegreencuttingboard.blogspot.com/Leda.jpg" /><br /><br />4/5/05 New York Times, Lawrence Downes<br /><br /><em>"The list of things we do to animals before we eat them is constrained only by the limits of human hunger..."</em><br />_________________<br /><br />Charlie Trotter, chef of the restaurant that carries his name has been serving upscale cuisine to a continual chorus of praise and delight for years, but if he has been preaching to the choir then it seems the morality of the pulpit has finally come home to roost.<br /><br />Chef Trotter, author of "Charlie Trotter's Meat and Game," it appears, has forsworn the practice and cuisine art of <em>foie gras</em>, a change of heart supposedly prompted by a recent trip to a duck farm/foie gras manufacturer. <br /><br />California's Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger banned the force feeding of ducks and geese to produce the fatted liver last year. The law takes affect in 2012. Apparently Chef Trotter can be a bit more autocratic in his own digs, the ban is in effect now. <br /><br />Other chefs of the realm have been serving their own dish of distate by dissing Trotter, but his stand is courageous and timely none the less and we think he has the right to his moral and ethical standards. Those who imply otherwise might one day eat some crow.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7034351-111273584319821044?l=thenakedvegetarian.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>For Paws Hospicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05686572146804051469noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7034351.post-1110816583443744712005-03-24T11:01:00.000-05:002005-03-26T08:15:02.903-05:00Easter and Passover feasts celebrated around the world this month traditionally commemorate a more ancient Roman festival the Roman rites of Spring festival, planting, rebirth and renewal. <img src="http://thegreencuttingboard.blogspot.com/Cross-2.gif" /><br /><br />Most festival observations and holidays are reinterpreted from preceding cultures, reinvented to suite the prevailing times and passed along.<br /><br />Purim, the observance of Jewish deliverance from the hand of Haman when Esther informed King Ahasuerus of the plan to rid Persia of the Jews, is one such commemorative event, Passover another, Roman celebrations of the Equinox and Christian observance of the resurrection of Christ combine to provide us the traditions we call Easter today. Added to the mix but appearing later in March and April are the spring festivals of the Northern European Teutonic tribes. Wiccans and other modern-day Neopagans continue to celebrate the Spring Equinox as one of their 8 yearly Sabbats (holy days of celebration).<br /><br />The festivals of spring like all other celebrations build around the tradition of a meal or meals. The Jewish tradition of the seder service entails "karpas" (eating of greens) followed immediately by "yahatz" (the breaking of the middle matzah for later use as the "afikomen" (desert) stylizes the last supper and is based on God's original dietary law:<br /><br /><p style="MARGIN-LEFT: 20px">(Genesis 1:28 And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth.<br /><br />1:29 And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in the which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed; to you it shall be for meat which, interestingly enough in its original meaning is only <em>food</em> (an offering of food, esp. of a cake made of flour with salt and oil. — To go to meat , to go to a meal. [Obs.] — To sit at meat , to sit at the table in taking food).<br /><br />1:30 And to every beast of the earth, and to every fowl of the air, and to every thing that creepeth upon the earth, wherein there is life, I have given every green herb for meat: and it was so, implies that to all animals are given the herbs and only the herbs as food.</p><br />Considerable debate has risen around this interpretation of Genesis however there seems to be another clearer indication that early society ate a predominately vegetarian diet, economics. 2000 years ago a largely agrarian society had developed. Villages, towns and cities grew up around farming communities and trade routes. Farming was the principle occupation and the industry that supported society. An average farm family might have a few chickens or ducks, a goat and, if fortunate, a cow or two and a horse or donkey. The family would be vegetarian by default, eating your only cow would be something akin to a modern family eating their SUV, once it was gone it would be a great hardship to replace. Some well-to-do middlemen called wholesalers did manage to make living buying up the few excess whole farm animals for cash and retailing (dividing into smaller pieces) them to wealthy segments of society who could afford the markup and routinely add animal flesh to their table. But this was the exception and not the rule.<br /><br />Now the question, was Jesus a vegetarian? might not ever be answered - sort of an urban legend for posterity - but the logical conclusion that vegetarianism is consistent with the underlying principles of Christianity, Buddhism and Mohammedanism can be easily inferred from the traditions associated with the ways of the prophets.<br /><br />____________<br /><br />For an Easter brunch menu see The Green Cutting Board <a href="http://thegreencuttingboard.blogspot.com/"target="_blank">Traditional Easter Recipies</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7034351-111081658344374471?l=thenakedvegetarian.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>For Paws Hospicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05686572146804051469noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7034351.post-1110937296151009762005-03-17T23:35:00.000-05:002005-03-17T10:44:48.040-05:00<img src="http://thegreencuttingboard.blogspot.com/Cosmo-poster.jpg" /><br /><br />Our thanks to Cosmo's Helen et al for the coverlet inspiration. We were constrained from borrowing Martha's recently <em>released</em> "Living" format - next year hon, OK.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.celebritywonder.com/html/ambervaletta.html" target="_blank">Amber Valletta</a> stands out as our 2005 NV Cover pick and with good reason, her care and concern for the environment, human hunger activism and status as a card carrying vegetarian mark her as an old soul and a blythe new spirit.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7034351-111093729615100976?l=thenakedvegetarian.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>For Paws Hospicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05686572146804051469noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7034351.post-1110549924378065382005-03-14T09:05:00.000-05:002005-03-14T23:01:29.896-05:00<img src="http://thegreencuttingboard.blogspot.com/Lady-of-the-lake.jpg" /><br /><br />A Massachusetts company expects to get the federal government's OK to sell <a href="http://www.enn.com/today.html?id=7302" target="_blank">genetically enhanced salmon</a> within the year.<br /><br />Salmon may be among the first genetically altered species granted sanction by the USDA, another in their long list of hands-off decisions in favor of commercial producers at the expense of the environment and public interest. <br /><br />The science is secure according to Massachusetts-based <strong>Aqua Bounty Technologies</strong> which developed the technology to farm raise rapid growth salmon. They claim 'secure' because the fish will be raised away from natural aquifers which might allow the genetically altered fish to escape and join the gene pool of wild salmon, a guarantee that has proven flawed time and again and cannot reliably be tested with any degree certainty.<br /><br />History is fraught with example upon example of native species having been decimated by the accidental introduction of a non-indigenous animal or plant. Nature abhors a vacuum and when a new species is introduced, a vacuum is created. The new creature will find a way to survive, it's in the nature of life to survive and, to reproduce. Even rendering the salmon theoretically incapable of reproduction holds no promise, there are natural instances of <a href="http://biology.about.com/library/weekly/aa090700a.htm" target="_blank">asexual reproduction</a> among various species, the science is still out.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7034351-111054992437806538?l=thenakedvegetarian.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>For Paws Hospicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05686572146804051469noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7034351.post-1109553147950489032005-02-27T20:12:00.000-05:002005-02-27T21:07:10.753-05:00<a href="http://animalbroadcastnetwork.blogspot.com/2004/08/abn-wallpapers.html"target="_blank"><img src="http://thegreencuttingboard.blogspot.com/ABN-wallpaper-image.jpg" /></a><br /><br />The earth's lungs are dying along with unnumbered natives and countless native species, the earth's rain forest is dying by acres, by yards and by indifference...the kind of indifference that tolerates a death in the forest.<br /><br />The violent land grab in Brazil claimed another victim this week. Dionisio Julio Ribeiro was killed on Tuesday, ten days after American nun <a href="http://enn.com/today.html?id=7148"target="_blank">Dorothy Stang</a> met a similar fate. Ribeiro, a 58-year-old retiree, had worked without pay for more than 15 years to prevent the harvesting of palm trees. He was shot in the head at the Tingua federal reserve. <em><a href="http://enn.com/today.html?id=7203"target="_blank">story</a></em><br />_____________________<br />An earth saving alternative to threatened rain forest hardwoods is found in <a href="http://www.teragren.com/"target="_blank">Bamboo</a>, a renewable and highly sustainable resource.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7034351-110955314795048903?l=thenakedvegetarian.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>For Paws Hospicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05686572146804051469noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7034351.post-1109395974624305452005-02-25T20:31:00.000-05:002005-02-26T01:42:11.883-05:00and other American tragedies<br /><br /><img src="http://thegreencuttingboard.blogspot.com/Roadkill-candy.jpg" /><br /><br />We caught this on the <a href="http://wackysouthernhousewife.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Wacky Southern Housewife's</a> radar. <br /><br />Kraft, not the most consumer friendly Corp we know, should take its cue from ex-NJ officials, the ones who caught heat a year ago Christmas with the "<a href="http://www.buzzle.com/editorials/12-16-2003-48686.asp" target="_blank">Bear Cub Fiasco</a>." Most folks don't take kindly to their kids being exposed to violence.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7034351-110939597462430545?l=thenakedvegetarian.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>For Paws Hospicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05686572146804051469noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7034351.post-1108995972861484272005-02-21T09:26:00.000-05:002005-02-21T21:42:47.763-05:00<img src="http://thegreencuttingboard.blogspot.com/robot-1.jpg" /><br /><br />The American army announced this week that it intends to have armed robots in the field, in Baghdad by April this year, machines capable of <a href="http://www.army.mil/fcs/video.html?video=FCS_04"target="_blank">lethal force</a>.<br /><br />The Pentagon which has long speculated on the development of robotic warriors has committed to a $127-billion project called 'Future Combat Systems' and plans to deploy small tank like bomb disposal robots capable of discharging offensive fire at the rate of 1000 rounds per minute. <br /><br />Controlled by humans, these robot warriors are the vanguard of the military's push to field an army of autonomous mechanized soldier specialists in an effort to, "spare human casualties." Military planners say that, in the beginning, robots will take many shapes and perform singular tasks like mine clearing and reconnaissance but, as the technology improves, the robot soldier will evolve to become largely self directed, more problematic and certainly more lethal; the era of the hunter-killer machine will have arrived, perhaps as early as 2035.<br /><a href="http://usmilitary.about.com/od/weapons/a/armedrobots.htm"target="_blank">read more</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7034351-110899597286148427?l=thenakedvegetarian.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>For Paws Hospicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05686572146804051469noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7034351.post-1108443634798063802005-02-14T23:40:00.000-05:002005-02-15T00:55:31.070-05:00<img src="http://thegreencuttingboard.blogspot.com/eyes.jpg" /><br /><br />We've been thinking about water the last few days; what with the <a href="http://www.thejakartapost.com/detailheadlines.asp?fileid=20050215.B02&irec=6"target="_blank">Kyoto Protocol</a> coming due Wednesday, global warming, living and working on the Gulf Coast and well, you know, the whole concept of rising sea levels. We thought we would get out in front of the event and state unequivocally, and for the record that we won't complain until the water reaches our lower lip - and then, well... <font size=4><strong>we're gonna mention it to somebody!</font></strong><br /><br />It may not seen critical to most coastal denizens who day into day watch the ebb and flow of tidal morning and eventide with predictable certainty, but global warming has a much more insidious/ominous effect. Fresh water from melting polar caps and high mountain glaciers sinks rapidly to the bottom layers of the world's oceans and in doing so interrupts the powerful energy train that conducts warm waters from the equator to cold northern latitudes thus maintaining the Earth's, our, air conditioned planet.<br /><br />The atmosphere responds with precision to the dance of the seas and we are plagued by increasing tornadic forces - hurricanes, drought and floods. Kyoto may not represent a final solution, only an accord but it seems critical that some accord is now necessary if we are to survive the coming event.<br /><br />Mention it to somebody.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7034351-110844363479806380?l=thenakedvegetarian.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>For Paws Hospicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05686572146804051469noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7034351.post-1108010332287243492005-02-09T23:27:00.000-05:002005-02-15T21:55:18.303-05:00<img src="http://thegreencuttingboard.blogspot.com/John-Wayne.jpg" align="right"/><br />Okay, he's not our favorite vegetarian - in fact he was not even close to being a vegetarian but John Wayne was always kind to animals, orphans and women which earns him, in our opinion, a mention on this Chinese New Year's Day as one of the good guys, <a href="http://www.texasranger.org/dispatch/3/JohnWayne.htm"target="_blank">Rooster Gogburn</a>, Texas Ranger.<br /><br />It is the year of the <a href="http://www.apples4theteacher.com/holidays/chinese-new-year/#aboutchinesenewyear"target="_blank">Rooster</a>, the twelfth part of the Chinese zodiac which represents a sense of self confidence and new beginnings. If you are fortunate enough to have been born under the sign of the 'Rooster' you are capable of anything and people will follow; you were born to 'strut and crow' and perhaps, who knows, with this New Year's resolution - become vegetarian.<br /><br />Happy New Year Rooster.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7034351-110801033228724349?l=thenakedvegetarian.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>For Paws Hospicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05686572146804051469noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7034351.post-1107632877680501592005-02-05T14:47:00.000-05:002005-02-05T16:27:43.336-05:00<img src="http://thegreencuttingboard.blogspot.com/Furless.jpg" /> <br /> <br />Fashion Week 2005 lands on its feet this week with a strong 'no fur' agenda and plenty of glam. Heading the list of notable anti-fur celebs, vegan Joaquin Phoenix, whose veiw on animals (or should that be animals on Joaquin), lends his support to the cause as <em>PETA</em>'s 2005 poster guy.<a href="http://www.furisdead.com/feat-joaquin.asp" target="_blank"><img src="http://thegreencuttingboard.blogspot.com/Peta-poster-Joaquin-Phoenix.jpg" align="right" /></a> <br /> <br /><img src="http://thegreencuttingboard.blogspot.com/Jaoquin-on-animals.jpg" /> <br /> <br />Notice to <strong>SPA guests</strong>: attention to Phoenix's sexy, black-and-white poster (shot by photographer Steven Klein) could spare patrons the fate of Sean "Puffy" Combs, who was recently denied (club) entry until he returned his full-length fur to his limo. (The rapper's date, Jennifer Lopez, sporting faux fur, was ushered in immediately.) <br /> <br /><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7034351-110763287768050159?l=thenakedvegetarian.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>For Paws Hospicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05686572146804051469noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7034351.post-1107194266049378152005-01-31T13:57:00.000-05:002005-01-31T12:57:46.050-05:00<img src="http://thegreencuttingboard.blogspot.com/Rave-girl.jpg" /> <br /> <br /><strong>The Seven Levels of Veganism <br /></strong><em>By Greg Lawson - ParkStRanger@aol.com <br /></em> <br />It is hard to be totally vegan. Many of us fall a little short of that goal. Therefore, I offer this guide for determining just how vegan we are. <br /> <br />Vegan Level One - Doesn't ask if there is chicken stock in the rice, doesn't ask if there is lard in the beans. <br /> <br />Vegan Level Two - Occasionally buys milk chocolate products. Doesn't worry about how the wine they drink is clarified. <br /> <br />Vegan Level Three - Only eats milk chocolate if someone else bought it. Eats doughnuts at work if someone else brought them in. Eats their roommate's ice cream. Also known as a Freegan. <br /> <br />Vegan Level Four - Still wears the old leather and wool products they had before they went vegan, but feels guilty about it. <br /> <br />Vegan Level Five - Stopped using their car because of the animal products in tires, the animal testing of vehicles, the animal products in the pavement. <br /> <br />Vegan Level Five point one - Stopped riding with friends to the movie theater because of the above and the fact that film is processed with animal gelatin. <br /> <br />Vegan Level Six - Has given up all products that involve animals in any way. Hires someone to sweep the path ahead of them as they walk so they don't tread on insects. <br /> <br />Vegan Level Seven - Similar to a Jain. Wears a mask to keep from breathing in small critters. Uses a mild vegan soap that doesn't kill microbes, it just floats them away. Washes their raw organic produce outside with bottled water so that any little beasts will return to the earth rather than going down the sink. Realizes that having someone sweep ahead of them hurts the insects and so doesn't move around much anymore. <br /> <br />(Actually, the above list is just a fanciful fabrication. We shouldn't feel guilty if we have a weakness for an occasional non-vegan chocolate or whatever. Animal ingredients are so pervasive in our society that it is nearly impossible to avoid them all. More important than being a "pure" vegan is to keep compassion for all animals as an important goal and to live our lives so as to be examples for others.) <br /> <br /><div align="left">Greg Lawson is an animal activist, author,<a href="http://utminers.utep.edu/best/ACT/AnimalConcernsofTexas.htm" target="_blank"> radio host</a> and President of <a href="http://utminers.utep.edu/vsep/" target="_blank">The Vegetarian Society of El Paso</a> <br />____________________________________ <br /> <br /><font size=2><em>Reprint permission granted by Animal Rights Online (http://www.geocities.com/RainForest/1395). Animal Rights Online is an animal advocacy group that publishes Animal Writes, a free internet newsletter. To subscribe to Animal Writes, email EnglandGal@aol.com. If you forward or reprint Animal Writes in whole or part, please do so unedited, and include this tagline.</em></div></font><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7034351-110719426604937815?l=thenakedvegetarian.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>For Paws Hospicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05686572146804051469noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7034351.post-1107136488761587172005-01-30T20:54:00.000-05:002005-01-30T23:22:27.400-05:00<img src="http://thegreencuttingboard.blogspot.com/Hillary-Swank.jpg" /><a href="http://raincloud.warnerbros.com/wbmovies/milliondollarbaby/trailer_100.asx" target="_blank"></a> <br /> <br />Million Dollar Baby may have emerged as this season's start-up pic pick for "Most Unlikely to Succeed" but it has class in more ways than weight, actress Hilary Swank gained 19 pounds for the role... and, she's a vegetarian. <br /> <br />Fight flicks are always a shoo-in but, with a cast that includes heavy weights the like of Morgan Freeman and Director Clint Eastwood, <a href="http://raincloud.warnerbros.com/wbmovies/milliondollarbaby/trailer_100.asx" target="_blank">Million Dollar Baby</a> recalls Brando's "I could'a been a contender" and James Earl Jones' "The Great White Hope." <br /> <br />Less a movie about fight than flight this story tells the woman-for-all-seasons' tale of "Maggie" - Hilary Swank - and her last ditch bid for personhood; a final release from the indignity and dissolution of poverty. The twist is that this time redemption relies on an "unforgiven" professional loser - Eastwood - as trainer Frankie Dunn who has the magic but no longer the faith and denies both. <br /> <br />Swank's prepossessing portrayal of Baby has roots in the character which first won her acclaim as Teena in "Boys Don't Cry." Gladly, we'll look forward to much more from this talented actor. <br /><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7034351-110713648876158717?l=thenakedvegetarian.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>For Paws Hospicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05686572146804051469noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7034351.post-1105484121682850382005-01-11T17:55:00.000-05:002005-01-21T22:41:19.630-05:00...what's on you're valentine? <br /> <br />Want to give something special to your valentine this year, why not start with the concept that skin is good. Tell someone you like, that you like the skin they're in and don't give them a gift that hurts. <br /> <br /><a href="http://events.startcast.com/events/10/B0062/code/media/media.asp?format=win&bitrate=500_v&part="target="_blank"><img src="http://thegreencuttingboard.blogspot.com/La-Senza.jpg"></a> <br /> <br /><a href="http://www.lasenza.com/bloorcom.store/bloorcom.store.dynamicIndex.asp"target="_blank">La Senza</a> takes to the runway for 2005 with a spring lingerie showing just in time for Februarian rites. Check out the <a href="http://events.startcast.com/events/10/B0062/code/media/media.asp?format=win&bitrate=500_v&part="target="_blank">show</a> and be sure to ask, is it fur or faux?<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7034351-110548412168285038?l=thenakedvegetarian.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>For Paws Hospicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05686572146804051469noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7034351.post-1105159334378542822005-01-07T23:42:00.000-05:002005-01-08T02:27:18.390-05:00<a href="http://www.chasethemusic.net/flashindex.html"target="_blank">::ChaseTheMusic::</a> <br /> <br /><a href="http://www.chasethemusic.net/flashindex.html"target="_blank"><img src="http://thegreencuttingboard.blogspot.com/Chase.jpg" /></a> <br /> <br />Nothing more to say, girl has got name: Pat Benetar, Patti Smyth, Christina Amphlett, Janice... the tradition goes on. <br /> <br />We only recently came upon Chrissy "Chase" Stalikas at a club in Tampa, but when we did it stopped us cold. She has one of those voices that sings "street" and invokes rock with the emphasis on hard. Her range, her timing, her hit are unmistakably from the source and people go away wanting more. <br /> <br />Look for Chase to go high fast and keep on long.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7034351-110515933437854282?l=thenakedvegetarian.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>For Paws Hospicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05686572146804051469noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7034351.post-1104767807677134612005-01-03T10:46:00.000-05:002005-01-03T13:26:23.323-05:00But she plays one in the movies <br /> <br /><img src="http://thegreencuttingboard.blogspot.com/Vegan.jpg" /><td align="center" valign="top" width="100%"><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:85%;"><b></b></span> <br /> <br /><a href="rtsp://real.vitalstream.com/bvim.sitestream_com/KingArthur/KingArthur_FirstTeaser_0300.rm?media=1291170&package=1275956&amp;event=0" target="_blank"><img src="http://thegreencuttingboard.blogspot.com/Trailer.jpg"align="right" /></a> <br /> <br />There has always been a close relationship between Arthurian Legend and myths that bind Celtic gods and godesses to nature and man. Perhaps what we find so compeling in these stories is that we see something of ourselves in the reflection. <br /> <br />"King Arthur was not an Englishman, but a Celtic warrior according to <a href="http://www.academychicago.com/celtic.html" target="_blank">Roger Loomis</a>, whose special research into the background of the Arthurian legend has revealed findings which are both illuminating and highly controversial. Loomis sees the <strong><span style="color:#009900;">vegetarian goddess</span></strong> as the prototype of many damsels in Arthurian romance..." Evidence to, that <a href="http://www.arthurian-legend.com/summary-mort-darthur-15.php" target="_blank">Lancelot</a> chose a vegetarian life. <div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7034351-110476780767713461?l=thenakedvegetarian.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>For Paws Hospicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05686572146804051469noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7034351.post-1103680426268792922004-12-25T20:52:00.000-05:002004-12-26T09:32:02.060-05:00<em>a care of the animals</em> <br /> <br /><img src="http://thegreencuttingboard.blogspot.com/T%27-was-the-night-before-Chr.jpg" /> <br /> <br /><em>excerpt from: <br /></em><span style="color:#cc0000;"><strong>After Christmas</strong> <br /></span>by <a href="http://www.public.coe.edu/~theller/soj/sj-index.htm"target="_blank">Sarah Orne Jewett </a> <br /> <br />It was late in the afternoon of Christmas Day, and the presents had all been given and taken, and the surprises were all over with..... <br /> <br />"It seems so funny to have had dinner at one o'clock," said Jack. "It makes me lose my reckoning. If I weren't so lazy, I would go out for a little while," and he gave a desperate yawn, so that Tatters, the dog, who had been lying in front of the fire, got up and came to look at him with an air of deep anxiety, at which his master laughed and patted him and smoothed the hair under his new collar. <br /> <br />"Tatters seems to be as sleepy as the rest of us," said Aunt Grace, laughing. "I think he must have had a famous dinner. He looks rounder and lazier than ever. Poor little doggy! he's growing quite old and sober. I meant to tell you, in better season, such a pretty thing that I read the other day, in a book about Norway. They always give all the animals belonging to a household double their usual allowance, and so there is a great Christmas feasting; but, more than that, both the peasants and the people in the towns always feed the wild birds. They buy little sheaves of oats and barley in the markets or tie them up for themselves on the farms, and these are fastened on trees or outside the houses. Nobody forgets, not even the very poorest people, to give the birds a Christmas dinner." <br /> <br />"I'm going down-stairs this very minute for some crumbs," said Annie. "Here is a whole flock of sparrows just outside, on the parlor window roof," and away she went in a hurry.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7034351-110368042626879292?l=thenakedvegetarian.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>For Paws Hospicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05686572146804051469noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7034351.post-1103080106547827902004-12-14T22:00:00.000-05:002004-12-14T23:15:55.100-05:00<img src="http://thegreencuttingboard.blogspot.com/Godiva-gold-NV.jpg" /> <br /> <br /><span style="color:#3333ff;"><span style="color:#cc0000;">The year of our lord 2004 draws its' shade and we are left witness to the passing of the year, of friend and foe, child and ancient, soldier and soul. <br /> <br />Time to 'member, time to grow old, time to put'n on our sharpest face and think of the young'ns, the homeless, the animals and each of the other. Time to cry, time to die... "A Season for All."</span> <br /></span>___________________________ <br /> <br />Thank you to our guests for this amazingly successful first year at "The Naked Vegetarian." We have had a great time bringing you the best of our 'Naked World' and we look forward to what next year has to offer. <br /> <br />Have a joyful holiday and a new year filled with wond'rous discovery. <br /><div align="center"><span style="font-size:85%;">The editor and staff of The Naked Vegetarian</span></div> <br /><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7034351-110308010654782790?l=thenakedvegetarian.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>For Paws Hospicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05686572146804051469noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7034351.post-1101143989127786522004-11-22T13:19:00.000-05:002004-11-22T16:08:01.013-05:00From link spots for the week, a collection of curious archives from the Naked Vegetarian.<br> <br />Just in time for Thanksgiving, another country heard from - no wonder the USDA has a problem with Canadian beef imports.<br> <br /><img src="http://thegreencuttingboard.blogspot.com/Saskatoon-billboard.jpg" /> <br />Courtesy <br /><a href="http://wheel.blogs.com/rani/"target="_blank">rani</a> <br /> <br /><center>...and from the 'we've often wondered ourselves department'<br> <br /><img src="http://thegreencuttingboard.blogspot.com/Baloon.jpg" /> <br />From Stuff <br /><a href="http://www.stevewhite.org/stuff/AlienFoodSymbols.html"target="_blank">Alien Food Symbols</a></center> <br /> <br />Then there are all those rumors concerning a 'Lost Tribe of Vegetarians.' Someone finally sets the record straight...<em>in a town called Steinschönau. I looked for that on the map but it's not there...</em> <br /> <br /><img src="http://thegreencuttingboard.blogspot.com/Burning-map.jpg" /> <br /><a href="http://www.ivu.org/history/ivu/lost-history.html"target="_blank">Lost</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7034351-110114398912778652?l=thenakedvegetarian.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>For Paws Hospicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05686572146804051469noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7034351.post-1100196872424639722004-11-17T14:40:00.000-05:002004-11-17T14:38:58.126-05:00<center><img src="http://thegreencuttingboard.blogspot.com/Alien2.jpg" /><br> <br /><strong>There's An Alien at my Table</strong></center> <br /><center>by Sherrie L. Davis</center> <br /> <br /><font size=2><em>"It was then, that my sweet grandmother, a long time animal assassin, passed me the sausage... </em></font> <br /> <br />According to my mother, Rosemary Ann Davis, the world revolves around the art of making and consuming food. To earn my mother's love you ate her culinary works of art, and flattered her with praises such as, “Those were fine potatoes, Mom”; or, “Yum, the meatloaf tastes superb, may I have another helping, please?” <br />The strife between mother and daughter began at the ripe age of 4, when, of course like most obstinate children, I knew everything. One day with my hands on my hips and pigtails flying, I boldly announced, “Mother, I will only eat cheese.” Needless to say, she quickly deemed that I could not be her favorite child; and my brothers, always the amenable eaters of food, easily stepped into the limelight. <br />My picky food choices and our table squabbles continued well into my teen years when a truce ensued with the introduction of - the boyfriend. My first significant other, a blond named Brandon, helped ease the tension between mother and daughter, for he loved to eat pretty much anything and he quickly learned the way into Mom's heart – “Rose, I adore your cooking; your lasagna is delicious.” Mom would beam, and surely think; perhaps this boy can influence my odd, over-particular daughter. <br />However, there is a reason first loves are called 'firsts,' and during my college years I decided it would be best to 'date around.' Over the course of the next few years different boys visited our dinner table, and pretty much all of them struck out with Mom. I'm not sure if she was upset over my break-up with Brandon, or because my short-lived loves had the audacity to say such things as, “No thanks, Mrs. Davis, I don't do casserole.” <br />Those years I also had another life-changing epiphany – eating meat was just plain gross. I mean killing sweet innocent cows, pink pigs, and fuzzy chicks, in order to fill our already bulging American bellies, was absolutely, positively revolting. And I committed my life to being a vegetarian. <br />During a weekend home from college I decided to spring my recent commitment on my extremely old-fashioned family. Unfortunately, they have come from a long line of cow killers. Their responses were far from positive. <br />I took my place at the dinner table, noting my options – turkey, sausage, potatoes covered in gravy, sauerkraut with sausages on top, a vegetable, – thank God! - and a loaf of bread. Not exactly vegetarian heaven, but I would make do. <br />“So, I am a vegetarian now.” Why beat around the bush? I thought. <br />My father crinkled his brow – “That some special group at college?” <br />“A what?” my mother asked. <br />This was going to be even more complex than originally thought. <br />“No, a vegetarian is a person who doesn't eat meat. He or she only eats pretty much fruits and vegetables,” I explained. <br />The bowl of potatoes Mom was passing stopped in mid-air. “Why would you do such a thing?” Mom asked, with a pained look on her face, as if I had just announced I supported euthanasia. <br />“Well,” I began, “I feel that it is wrong to eat animals when we live in a time when we can save them by choosing other dietary supplements. I don't believe that animals were simply put here for our consumption, and we should all make an effort in respecting their welfare.” <br />“Huh? Animal respect?” my father's voice questioned, as his eyes squinted at me, communicating, “Who are you? What did you do with my child?” <br />It was then, that my sweet grandmother, a long time animal assassin, passed me the sausage saying, “Well, surely you'll still eat this?” <br />I stuffed bread in my mouth and kept quiet. <br />The food war raged on as I continued to grow and change. With college behind me and my future looming before me, I decided to start my career and continue learning about the world by moving to Asia. Naturally, my family was concerned, and yet they realized that they had no choice but to let me make my own decisions. <br />I learned a lot during my time abroad, and I even learned how to cook. Asia is a feast for vegetarians – bean curd soup, potato cauliflower curry, red pepper cabbage, rice rolls filled with corn and carrots, and the list continues. And I loved them all. It occurred to me that perhaps my newfound knowledge might build a bridge of understanding for my family and me. <br />When I came home, I decided to share my culinary discoveries with my family. My mother, since she is always in the kitchen, was the first guinea pig. <br />“So Mom,” I began sweetly, “I really think you'll like vegetable curry; it's nutritious and tasty and good for you and did I say, nutritious?…” My ramble continued. <br />Mom just stood back, allowing me to use her kitchen. When finally, I scooped up a portion and handed it to her. Please like it, I thought. <br />“Try it.” I smiled. <br />She forked a vegetable and nibbled at it. <br />“Too spicy. I'm not into this weird food, Sherrie.” The plate was placed on the counter as I thought, well, there went that brilliant idea… <br />“Well, surely it was better than that cheese dinner I prepared years ago?” I joked. But it was too late; she had already left the room. <br />I bit my lip, and surveyed my hard work – chopped tomatoes, peppers, mushrooms, onions, and curry spices. She rejected it all. Dammit. <br />And then I froze, my cutting knife poised above the countertop, as a conclusion came to me. My mother, a mid-west housewife, daughter of a local farmer, creator of home cooked meat and potatoes, may indeed hate my new Asian invention, but there was something else. I was her college, world-traveling, weird food eating, vegetarian daughter. She just didn't get me. After all most other small town daughters didn't eat their vegetables with chopsticks and travel the world, they stayed home and made pork roasts. <br />Later that evening my mother served her usual concoction of meat, potatoes, bread, and veggies. We passed around the dishes until our plates were full as I tried to figure out how I would express how much I had missed them during my time abroad. <br />I took a bite of mashed potatoes, and smiled at my mother. <br />“What?” she asked, suspicious. <br />“These potatoes are fab, Mom. I really missed them when I was away.” <br />She simply beamed in the light of my praise. <br /> <br />____________________________________________________ <br /> <br /> <br /><font size=2>Sherrie L. Davis is an English Composition and ESL (English as a Second Language) teacher from Dorr, Michigan. Over the past four years Ms. Davis has taught university and adult language schools in the U.S., Istanbul, Turkey and Busan, South Korea. <br /><br><center><img src="http://thegreencuttingboard.blogspot.com/Sherrie.jpg"/></center> <br />Reading and writing have been her passion from early childhood. Her work is greatly influenced by other passions: traveling and volunteering. In the past three years Sherrie has traveled throughout Southeast Asia, Europe and the Middle East. She currently lives and works in South Korea and enjoys spending her free-time volunteering for <a href="http://portal.unesco.org/en/ev.php-URL_ID=15006&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html"target="_blank">UNESCO</a>. <br /> <br />Comments or questions regarding her work may be directed to: <a href="mailto:sherrie333@hotmail.com">Sherrie Davis</a></font><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7034351-110019687242463972?l=thenakedvegetarian.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>For Paws Hospicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05686572146804051469noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7034351.post-1099309581044667292004-11-01T06:46:00.000-05:002004-11-01T13:58:33.410-05:00Every now and then it's fun to take a ride on Technorati and see the sites. This week we came up with 3 very different but really interesting locations. <br /> <br />The first is "No Wild Pets" by a writer in Canada who just happens to be on the lookout for stories about wild pets and the goof balls who keep them. The stories are sometimes fun, sometimes not but always curious and well worth the read if you care about wildlife and the planet. <br /> <br />Second on our tour is "Too Many Chefs", a brilliant chartreuse cacophony of too many links, too many recipes, too many comments and too many chefs. <br />While you're there don't forget to read their <em>advertising policy</em>. Come to think about it, perhaps they are not too many, perhaps they are juuust right. <br /><a href="http://nowildpets.blogspot.com/2004/10/keeping-animals-for-educational.html"target="_blank"> <br /><br><img src="http://thegreencuttingboard.blogspot.com/No-Wild-Pets.jpg" /></a> <a href="http://www.toomanychefs.com/"target="_blank"align=right><img src="http://thegreencuttingboard.blogspot.com/Too-Many-Chefs.jpg"/></a> <br /><a href="http://everybody-poops.blogspot.com/"target="_blank"><img src="http://thegreencuttingboard.blogspot.com/Everybody-Poops.jpg"/></a> <br /> <br />For obvious reasons "Everybody Poops" brings up the rear on our list, but last in this case doesn't mean, well you know. There is something for everybody here, truly! Go visit, is the best advise we can give. This little snippet from their front page will probably find you listed: <blockquote>"Everybody Poops is a friendly space for poop-lovers, vegetarians and vegans, feminists, GLBTQ, leftists, environmentalists, ecoterrorists, pacifists, anarchists, atheists and agnostics, artsy-fartsys, jazz listeners, and weirdos in general. Welcome!"</blockquote> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7034351-109930958104466729?l=thenakedvegetarian.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>For Paws Hospicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05686572146804051469noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7034351.post-1098929513690479912004-10-27T22:10:00.000-04:002004-10-28T23:39:08.306-04:00<img src="http://thegreencuttingboard.blogspot.com/Jude-Law.jpg" /> <br /> <br />Powdered wigs, the Council of Trent and Beowulf <img src="http://thegreencuttingboard.blogspot.com/Beowulf.jpg" /> aside, something out there wants our hides and we're not counting on the gen-Xers to save us. Evolution has a nasty penchant for doubling back to clean up its' messes, and humanity has created one helluva mess. <br /> <br />The onset of this year's influenza season has turned All-Hollows-Eve into an all too real nightmare for many Americans. The young, 3-6, the elderly, 65 plus and those at risk due to health factors have been put in harms way by the unfortunate but predictable failure of an <a href="http://www.chironvaccines.com/company/vaccines_Oxforf_UK.php"target="_blank">English firm's</a> inability to produce a "safe" vaccine. American foreign policy, bent on rewarding <a href="http://www.blairwitch.com/"target="_blank">Tony Blair's</a> hapless allegiance to the Bush administration's war in Iraq, leaves us woefully bereft of "Homeland Security" where it counts, the health of our citizens. <br /> <br /><a href="http://www.wpro.who.int/sars/docs/update/update_07022004.asp"target="_blank">SARS</a>, influenza, <a href="http://www.totallytom.com/MadCow.html"target="_blank">mad cow</a>, Asian bird flu loom as starkly terrifying reminders that we are, after all, what we eat. When in fact was the last time anyone accused a <a href="http://www.killertomatoes.com/trailer.asp"target="_blank">vegetable</a> of threatening our very way of life? <br /> <br />This Halloween might be a time to consider which is scarier a future of "Franken- Food" a-la-<a href="http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Micky+Dee&r=s&pos=10"target="_blank">Micky Dees</a> and factory farming laboratory experiments or a bowl of your great grandmother's <a href="http://veggietable.allinfo-about.com/recipes/pumpkinsoup.html"target="_blank">pumpkin soup</a>. <br /> <br />Have a hoary Halloween and a very ghoulish nightmare. <br /> <br />By the way, for those of you wondering, Jude Law is just one of our favorite vegetarians.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7034351-109892951369047991?l=thenakedvegetarian.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>For Paws Hospicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05686572146804051469noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7034351.post-1098561568023393682004-10-23T15:57:00.000-04:002004-10-23T20:06:03.303-04:00<a href="http://thegreencuttingboard.blogspot.com/Charlize--ABN-poster.jpg"target="_blank"><img src="http://thegreencuttingboard.blogspot.com/Charlize-peta.jpg" /></a> <br /> <br /><a href="http://www.peta.org/"target="_blank"><em>PETA</em></a> announced the selection of Charlize Theron as their new "No Fur" campaign spokesperson and our reaction was an overwhelming "<strong><em>at-a-girl</em></strong>." <br /> <br />Ms Theron has been a constant friend to animals since her early childhood growing up on a South African farm. Her mother taught her respect for all living creatures and that lesson has obviously stayed with her to this day. <br /> <br />The award winning actress, who has three dogs, agreed to pose for a billboard campaign starting this fall sponsored by PETA, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals. Theron says that "Fur isn't necessary. It doesn't make sense to me to let these animals suffer for fashion." <br /> <br />We at <a href="http://animalbroadcastnetwork.blogspot.com/"target="_blank">ABN</a> applaude PETA and Charlize Theron for continuing this highly effective campaign on behalf of animals everywhere, and so we reprise this 1999 <a href="http://www.esquire.com/covergallery/coverdetail.html?y=1999&m=11"target="_blank">Esquire cover</a> and trust that Esquire will not be too embarrassed - if there is one thing men love more than a beautiful woman it must surely be their best friend, their dog. <div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7034351-109856156802339368?l=thenakedvegetarian.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>For Paws Hospicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05686572146804051469noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7034351.post-1097550984217995022004-10-18T16:16:00.000-04:002004-10-18T17:12:19.530-04:00Two health and diet studies <br /><img src="http://thegreencuttingboard.blogspot.com/Jade.jpg" /> <br /> <br />First this This article from <a href="http://www.fuchsiashockz.co.uk/articles/science/Human%20evolution%20can't%20cope%20with%20fast%20food.shtml"target="_blank">Fuchsia Shockz</a></p> <br /><h3>"Human evolution can't cope with fast food" </h3> <br /><p style="margin-left:45px"> <br />Calorie-packed fast food encourages over-eating and weight gain because it is out of step with human evolution, scientists have said. <br /> <br />They pointed out that humans are designed for conditions in which food is relatively scarce and low in energy. <br /> <br />But fast food from take-aways and convenience stores is typically energy dense. You do not need to eat much of it to consume a lot of calories. <br /> <br />The result is people accidentally over-eat without feeling particularly full. <br /> <br />Nutrition experts Professor Andrew Prentice and Dr Susan Jebb highlighted the problem by combining British and African diet study data with information on the ingredients in fast food. <br /> <br />Professor Prentice, head of the Medical Research Council's International Nutrition Group at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, said: "We all possess a weak innate ability to recognise foods with a high energy density. We tend to assess food intake by the size of the portion, yet a fast food meal contains many more calories than a similar-sized portion of a healthy meal. <br /> <br />"Since the dawn of agriculture, the systems regulating human appetite have evolved for the low energy diet still being consumed in rural areas of the developing world where obesity is almost non-existent. <br /> <br />"Our bodies were never designed to cope with the very energy dense foods consumed in the West and this is contributing to a major rise in obesity." <br /> <br />The World Health Organisation estimates there are 300 million obese people worldwide. <br /> <br />In England, obesity rates have trebled in the past 25 years. Experts predict that by the end of the decade three in 10 UK adults will be obese. <br /> <br />___________________________________________ <br /> <br />Next this <a href="http://www.thenakedscientists.com/HTML/Columnists/karensmithcolumn5.htm"target="_blank">Report</a> on long term diet and health study from Europe from the <a href="http://www.thenakedscientists.com/"target="_blank">The Naked Scientists.com</a> <br /> <br /><h3>"Study design, the team should be able to make precise comparisons of how food intake can increase the risk of disease or – more interestingly – reduce it..."</h3> <br /><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7034351-109755098421799502?l=thenakedvegetarian.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>For Paws Hospicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05686572146804051469noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7034351.post-1097900471415350822004-10-16T01:21:00.000-04:002004-10-16T16:43:26.240-04:00<img src="http://thegreencuttingboard.blogspot.com/Barbarella.jpg" /> <br /> <br /><font size=2>"The Federal Trade Commission has charged marketers of two dietary supplements with claiming, falsely and without substantiation, that their products can cause weight loss and reduce the risk of, or prevent, serious health conditions. According to the FTC's <a href="http://www.ftc.gov/opa/2004/10/windowrock.htm"target="_blank">complaint</a>, Los Angeles-area marketers <a href="http://www.cortislim.com/faq.htm"target="_blank">Window Rock Enterprises, Inc.</a> in California and Infinity Advertising, Inc....have sold <img src="http://thegreencuttingboard.blogspot.com/Cortisol.jpg"align=left/>"CortiSlim" and "CortiStress" through a number of widely aired infomercials and short TV commercials..." </font> <br /> <br />The hormone cortisol, sometimes called the "stress" hormone is released in the body during stressed or agitated states. When cortisol is secreted, it causes a breakdown of muscle protein, which releases amino acids (the "building blocks" of protein) into the bloodstream. This process raises blood sugar levels so the brain will have more glucose, more energy. Cortisol also leads to the release of so-called fatty acids, an energy source from fat cells, for use by the muscles. This is the process we all experience with vigorous exercise which "burns" fat to produce energy. <br /> <br />"CortiSlim" and "CortiStress" are just two of the latest so called patent herbal supplements to hit the market which claim to naturally stimulate this process with out actually invoking the active exercise cycle involved in the process of burning fat. <br /> <br />Dr Shawn Talbott who formulated "CortiSlim" is a PHD in nutritional biochemistry and has a masters degree in exercise science. He is an adjunct professor at the University of Utah. <br /> <br />Stress or, put another way, lack of exercise as we grow older is one of the leading causes of weight gain in modern society. The average American saddled with a poor, fat-laden diet and lack of exercise faces weight gain and a myriad of health complications ranging from heart disease to diabetes. <br /> <br />Virtually all medical professionals advise a proper diet with restraint and modest physical exercise as necessary for sustained fitness and good health: The makers of "CortiSlim" are no exception, along with there daily dose of herbal stimulants they too advise that diet and exercise are fundamental to their regime. <br /> <br />The FTC's complaint is not so much with the product's efficacy, although they do question its scientific substantiation, but rather with the fact that the company uses deceptive advertising, promoting a series of "infomercials" to appear as though episodes of a talk show called "Breakthroughs" that aired on a number of television channels, including Access Television, Travel Channel, and the Discovery Channel. In the commercial Talbott plays the roll of guest while his partner at Window Rock assumes the roll of host. At the time of this report Windows Rock spokesperson Susan Shelton was unavailable for comment. <br /> <br />Diet supplement products have proliferated in the wake of escalating health concerns and weight loss formulations have only added to the decision burden imposed on us in the market place. We are glad that the FTC can occasionally intervene on behalf of consumers. We'll let you know the result of the legal action as soon as it becomes available. <br /> <br /><font size=2> <br /><u>CortiSlim list of ingredients</u> <br /><blockquote><li>Vitamin C <br /><li>Calcium <br /><li>Chromium <br /><li>Magnolia bark extract <br /><li>Beta-sitosterol - plant compounds with chemical structures similar to that of cholesterol) commonly found in wheat germ, soybeans, and corn oil <br /><li>theanine - a non-protein amino acid in green tea <br /><li>Bitter orange peel <br /><li>Banaba - also known as Crepe Myrtle, used in Ayurvedic medicine for diabetes and weight control.</blockquote></font> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7034351-109790047141535082?l=thenakedvegetarian.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>For Paws Hospicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05686572146804051469noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7034351.post-1097781024578811892004-10-14T14:37:00.000-04:002004-10-14T17:29:56.293-04:00<img src="http://thegreencuttingboard.blogspot.com/Howard-Elvira-2.jpg" /> <br /> <br />Howard Stern on satellite radio! We can't come up with anything scarier this Halloween than the prospect of getting shock-jocked from orbit. Well, almost nothing; we couldn't find a picture of the <a href="http://www.fcc.gov/"target="_blank">FCC</a>. <br /> <br />Like him or not, Stern's outspoken style and single-minded defiance of censorship in all its forms is once again changing the landscape in a way that will challenge and at the same time benefit all of us. <br /> <br />In 1979 the DJ quit his job at WCCC over a $25 a week raise and hasn't looked back since. Picking fights with every management he ever DJd for Stern has quit his way to the top of the profession. His most recent falling out with giant Infinity nets him a $500 Million contract with Sirius Satellite over a 5 year period. <br /> <br />The Howard Stern juggernaut with its estimated 12 million listeners was hired to literally boost the first serious challenge to regulated, ground based radio and the FCC; the stodgy quasi-Federal governing board which has "regulated" the public airwaves until it's nothing more than an oligopoly, a windfall for a handful of giants like Clear Channel. Along the way they have managed to creep censorship into the mix to such an extent that radio today is more about advertising and playing the oldies than news, comment and free speech. <br /> <br />Stern's admix of trash talk, sex and heavenly bodies will cost Sirius Satellite radio listeners serious bucks, as much as $12.95 a month for the package; but at least for that they'll be able slip the surly bonds of the FCC and 22 minutes of advertising every hour. <br /> <br />Satellite radio is not the only change on the horizon however, "<a href="http://live.curry.com/"target="_blank">Podcasting</a>" figures to be an even greater revolution than orbiting radio with thousands of independent and <em>unregulated</em> RSS feed webcasters expected to bid for play time on an iPod near you. Imagine having your own webradio station and broadcasting from your desk top to 12 of your best friends and audience, I could drown in my soup radio, a <a href="http://radio.about.com/library/blprofiles/blpro-stanfreberg.htm"target="_blank">Stan Freberg</a> moment if we ever heard one, this could get exciting. <br /> <br /> <div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7034351-109778102457881189?l=thenakedvegetarian.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>For Paws Hospicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05686572146804051469noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7034351.post-1097242291860278562004-10-08T09:31:00.000-04:002004-10-09T10:57:36.360-04:00<img src="http://thegreencuttingboard.blogspot.com/Girl-Guitar.jpg" /> <br />Contemplating this season's emphasis on the Presidential race with its' subsequent politicization of everything from soup-to-nuts it occurred to us that it would be interesting to briefly trace the history of politics and vegetarianism. <br /> <br />History is fraught with references that link religion (read that politics) in the ancient world and vegetarianism beginning with the <a href="http://www.ivu.org/religion/articles/foodgods.html"target="_blank">food of the Gods,</a> "Ambrosia", a legendary blend of honey with coconut, and encompasses virtually every major religion. <br /> <br />Pythagoras, the Greek mathematician, was a vegetarian (vegetarians were called Pythagoreans up until the 1800s) as was the poet Percy Byce Shelley, a fervent detractor of social political patronage. George Bernard Shaw, socialist reformer, playwright and public critic, was a vocal proponent of a meat-free diet and the <a href="http://www.ivu.org/people/music/"target="_blank">list</a> of notable vegetarians both famous and infamous throughout history is nearly endless. <br /> <br />Society's vegetarian origins date back much farther than one might suspect. Western history depends largely on scholarly interpretation of texts relating to ancient eastern mythology and religion. Christianity has been said to have its' origins linked to the grace in abstinence from a meat diet and evidence suggests that Jesus was a vegetarian. It is commonly believed, if only partially true, that Buddhists are vegetarians. Buddhists believe in reincarnation and therefore, logically, it would be impractical to eat animal flesh since the soul of a human may inhabit an animal. <br /> <br />An argument for vegetarianism in Buddhism comes from the following text in the "Udana" in which Buddha recounts a parable of self love: <font size=2><P style="margin-left:35px">I have heard that on one occasion the Blessed One was staying near Savatthi, in Jeta's Grove, Anathapindika's monastery. Now at that time King Pasenadi Kosala was together with Queen Mallika in the upper palace. Then he said to her, "Is there anyone more dear to you than yourself?" <br /> <br />"No, your majesty," she answered. "There is no one more dear to me than myself. And what about you, your majesty? Is there anyone more dear to you than yourself?" <br /> <br />"No, Mallika. There is no one more dear to me than myself." <br /> <br />Then the king, descending from the palace, went to the Blessed One and, on arrival, having bowed down to him, sat to one side. As he was sitting there, he said to the Blessed One: "Just now I was together with Queen Mallika in the upper palace. I said to her, 'Is there anyone more dear to you than yourself?' <br /> <br />"'No, your majesty,' she answered. 'There is no one more dear to me than myself. And what about you, your majesty? Is there anyone more dear to you than yourself?' <br /> <br />"'No, Mallika. There is no one more dear to me than myself.'" <br /> <br />Then, on realizing the significance of that, the Blessed One on that occasion exclaimed: <br /> <br />Searching all directions <br />with one's awareness, <br />one finds no one dearer <br />than oneself. <br />In the same way, others <br />are fiercely dear to themselves. <br />So one should not hurt others <br />if one loves oneself.</p></font> <br /> <br />Vegetarianism since the 1800s has enjoyed a much less distinguished place in history being largely over-shadowed by the economic growth experienced during the industrial revolution. Subsequent advances made to modern farming technologies have made meat an affordable resource to so many during the later half of the twentieth century that today it has become a standard, widely held opinion that meat is necessary rather than an option to sustain life; omnivorous has come to mean that because we <em>can</em> eat almost anything, we are <em>obligated</em> to eat everything. Mass marketing and the ease of expanded international trade have combined to create a global standard, if not enjoyed universally, at least recognized; everyone shares the same understanding of fast food. <br /> <br />Political choices being what they are today few would describe the economics of diet as political fodder and so there will not likely arise any time soon a political party of Vegetarians - any more than there could be a party of Catholics or Fortune 500 executives, and yet those are exactly the groups, along with many others, that establish political values and dictate the evolution of politics and society. <br /> <br />PACS or political action committees are increasingly successful in prosecuting their minority agendas, but those goals are usually limited in scope and short term at best; electing a particular candidate, or passing some measured legislation are typical PAC incentives. <br /> <br />The current rock tour <strong>Vote for Change</strong> is sponsored by <a href="http://www.moveonpac.org/vfc/"target="_blank">MoveOn PAC,</a> the newest take on American political activism. Featuring a score of popular rockers in what may be prove to be the highlight of this year's elections, Move On has captured the essence of political populism by addressing the WIIFM; <em> what's in it for me?</em> aspect of electioneering; folks wanting to effect change in their government banding together for a "feel good" event of hard rock and soft politics. If you have not seen the tour the final <a href="http://www.brucespringsteen.net/news/"target="_blank">concert</a> will be aired this coming Monday Oct. 11th on the Sundance Channel. <br /> <br />There have been PACS for vegetarian causes as well, in fact one could say that IUV, the International Vegetarian Union to name just one group is such a PAC. Political action to vegetarianism is precisely the same as action to any cause, it must address the what's-in-it-for-me issue. Today, and for the first time in history, that question may have a clear answer: public health. Mad cow, avian flu, outbreaks of salmonella, foods irradiated and dehydrated, "franken-food" and food spiked with additives: hormones and anti-oxidants. The landscape is prime for a vegetarian body politic; human survival for the long term might well turn on that question public health and our ability to feed ourselves given the limits of earth's sustainable biomass. <div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7034351-109724229186027856?l=thenakedvegetarian.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>For Paws Hospicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05686572146804051469noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7034351.post-1097035039081606832004-10-05T23:56:00.000-04:002004-10-06T14:21:19.170-04:00<img src="http://thegreencuttingboard.blogspot.com/Pamela-Interview.jpg" align=left> <br />In a recent interview Canadian fashion model Pamela Anderson, vegetarian and star of <em>Baywatch</em> said, "I've found that going vegetarian is the best and easiest method of staying slim and sexy." Says Anderson, who's been a vegetarian since she was 16. "I hope to get the word out... that 'eating green' is good for animals and people." <br /> <br />Anderson has been defending animals since she was a little girl growing up in British Columbia, Canada. She raised such a ruckus when her father brought home a deer he had killed that he never hunted again. Years later, as the special guest of Prince Albert of Monaco, she inadvertently held up dinner at a glamorous ball when she asked for a vegetarian meal. <br /> <br />Anderson caught our eye last year when she posed for a <em>PETA</em> ad wearing a lettuce bikini, proclaiming "Turn Over a New Leaf, Try Vegetarian." Her considerable popularity, obvious talent for marketing and commitment to animals makes <a href="http://www.pamelaanderson.com/"target="_blank">Pamela</a> one of our picks for <em>Veg Celeb</em> of the year.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7034351-109703503908160683?l=thenakedvegetarian.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>For Paws Hospicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05686572146804051469noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7034351.post-1096602731737908882004-09-30T22:56:00.000-04:002004-10-01T00:21:18.180-04:00<img src="http://thegreencuttingboard.blogspot.com/rapid-rail.jpg" /> <br /> <br />An environmental alliance has formed, it was announced today, behind Florida's quest to create a high-speed rail system for the tourist-centric state. Calling themselves the "<a href="http://www.floridabullettrain.com/"target="_blank">Rail Truth</a>", the PAC organized in order to oppose Amendment 6, repealing the year 2000 passage of a bill which proposed to spend $17-billion on the so called "Bullet Train", a mass transit system which, according to environmentalists, would be a boon to the environment and to wildlife protection throughout Florida's beleaguered ecosystem. <br /> <br />Originally drafted by Orlando lawyer David Cardwell and supported by Florida Governor Jeb Bush, the Bullet Train was expected to reduce the impact on the environment of steadily increasing pressure to build more roadways and turnpikes. <br /> <br />Governor Bush, reversing his position and with the compliance of State CFO Tom Gallagher, intends to lead a campaign to pass amendment 6, which would repeal the 2000 legislation saying the construction of a high-speed rail system would jeopardize the State's economy. <br /> <br />Millionaire C.C. "Doc" Dockery, who supported original legislation to build the system has contributed $150,000 in the cause to save it. The alliance of Florida's Audubon Society, the Sierra Club, Defenders of Wildlife, Florida Conservation Alliance and Florida's AFL-CIO plan to work through the November elections and secure a future for the proposed rail system, hoping to spare Florida's fragile environment from further abuse at the hand of road construction interests. <div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7034351-109660273173790888?l=thenakedvegetarian.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>For Paws Hospicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05686572146804051469noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7034351.post-1096401322681745162004-09-29T18:03:00.000-04:002004-09-29T18:06:28.780-04:00<img src="http://thegreencuttingboard.blogspot.com/Space-Suit-2004-lg.jpg" align="left" />The International Space Station, Virgin Galactic's announcement that they will offer regular flights for tourists, proposed colonies on the Moon and Mars are all the buzz for this year’s <a href="http://www.spaceref.com/calendar/calendar.html?pid=3109" target="_blank">World Space Week</a> symposiums scheduled October 4 – 10. NASA scientists, administrators, technology whips and the public will convene in Houston and locations around the world for a week long round of lectures, presentations and workshops all designed to focus the world’s attention on space and space exploration. <br /> <br />Among other topics of general interest food science and dietary development for future space programs will be on the agenda. <br /> <br />Despite the success of the Mars Pathfinder and its little rover that could, NASA isn't banking solely on robotics for future planetary exploration. It still dreams of sending real people to the Red Planet. NASA wants to do it soon, in the next 15 years or so according to most sources. <br /> <br />The trouble is, Mars is far place. It's a six-month commute--one way. Once there, it makes sense that the astronauts would stick around for a while, most likely more than a year. After a typical Martian day, (equal to 24.6 hours) working in their new habitat Mars exploration teams would presumably like to return to their quarters, kick off their space boots and sit down to what is mouthwateringly referred to by food scientists as edible biomass... and all of their cosmic cuisine could be vegetarian. <br /> <br />The reason, says Cornell agricultural and biological engineer Jean Hunter, is simple--in space, weight costs. <br /> <br />"During missions, astronauts are limited to less than four pounds of food per person per day, with another pound taken up by packaging, On multiyear missions to planets such as Mars, the future space shuttle, however it's designed, won't be big enough to carry enough food. It would require too much fuel.” <br /> <br />In addition, no Mars ship would have enough storage space for a big Sub-Zero meat locker, or for a pen, coop, or corral to hold fresh pigs, chickens, or cows. Thus, meat-based dishes and fresh milk are out. Besides, notes Hunter dryly, "it's easier to pick a plant than it is to butcher a goat. <br /> <br />"So the astronauts will have to grow their own vegetables, not only because of the lack of storage space on long missions but also because it will allow them to have fresh food," she says. "It's our responsibility to NASA to come up with a variety of recipes and help them make decisions about food choices in terms of the cost of each dish." <br /> <br />Nutritional factors must also be addressed; meals must supply the recommended dietary allowance of vitamins and minerals necessary to perform in space. Calorie requirements are suggested by <a href="http://www.ag.iastate.edu/centers/ftcsc/pages/insig.htm" target="_blank">NASA FTCSC Space Food Insights</a> and are based on a <a href="http://thegreencuttingboard.blogspot.com/table1.gif" target="_blank">formula</a> that takes into account each astronaut's height, weight, and age. <br /><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7034351-109640132268174516?l=thenakedvegetarian.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>For Paws Hospicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05686572146804051469noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7034351.post-1096071072906499582004-09-24T20:08:00.000-04:002004-09-24T22:06:06.963-04:00<img src="http://thegreencuttingboard.blogspot.com/Jeans.jpg" /> <br /> <br />About Three Quarters of a Million Residents of Florida East Coast Urged to Flee Hurricane Jeanne, geez! <em>The Associated Press, </em> again. <br /> <br />Tonight as hurricane Jeanne takes a bead on our eastern coast,thousands are urged to evacuate, <strong> go figure!</strong> Not since 1856 have four great storms invaded Florida in one season and in less than 6 weeks at that, consequently, the "geez" portion of our headline. <br /> <br />Suddenly today I remembered Dean Hamer's new opus <u>The God Gene.</u> Hamer also authored another <em>classic</em> the <u>Gay Gene</u>, well be still my heart. If genes can account for God and genes can make you gay then why not envision genes that can get your ass kicked by a hurricane; <strong>The Hurricane Gene.</strong> <br /> <br />Now, while I'm not a geneticist and I don't have the <strong>genome code</strong> stored anywhere on my desk-top, although it's probably imprinted somewhere nearby, I have a fair understanding of the root science which prevails; hey, I have a degree in English Literature for Christ's sake! Anyway, I figured that if God can plan to make us gay or devout why not give us a gene to make us live in Florida? I mean, if he/she wanted to, he/she could give us a gene that said we had to live in California, I suspect that would be called the earthquake-McSchwarzenegger gene. <br /> <br />Anyway, I have survived 3 or 42 of these storms, I'm not sure, and I'm grateful. I seem to have a gene which, according to my reading of Hamer's genetic protocol, makes me a survivor, not the TV type but rather, you know, the disaster type and so I wanted, on the eve of our fourth hurricane this season, to go on-record with the theory that jeans, not genes, control our fate and if you are foolish enough to take up residence in Florida you better have good jeans (genes). <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7034351-109607107290649958?l=thenakedvegetarian.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>For Paws Hospicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05686572146804051469noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7034351.post-1095962807463343702004-09-23T14:06:00.000-04:002004-09-23T23:46:13.513-04:00<img src="http://thegreencuttingboard.blogspot.com/M-Stewart.jpg" /> <br /> <br />Vegetarians like to eat, of that I'm convinced. Whether they like to eat more than others can only be a matter of speculation, still, I'm inclined to go with the theory. <br /> <br />Hardly anyone is born vegetarian, it's a matter of socialization; no "vegetarian gene" here - except that I do have a niece who might be a candidate - we'll have to check her genome map later. Anyway vegetarians and vegans have this in common, they all started out as carnivores. Even if your last non-vegan meal was breast milk, you probably started out as a non-vegetarian, or at the very most a lacto-vegetarian. <br /> <br />Having said that I'd like to return to my original contention that vegetarians really like to eat. Why, because we made a choice, yeah, that's right, at some point in our lives we made a choice to drastically change a fundamental aspect of our existence, eating and that makes us well, committed and enthusiastic and hungry. <br /> <br />There are plenty-o-food gurus around ready, willing and able to satisfy any and all exotic palates: Atkins, South Beach, Cajun, Italian, The Fred Astaire diet (add a little Ginger to everything), problem is that almost no one with real star power ever showcased vegetarian/vegan cuisine, enter Martha. <br /> <br />For the first time ever, vegetarians had a diva to distract: hor'dourves, brunch, soup, salad, main course, dessert for two or twenty Martha did vegetarian and non with equal alacrity; it need only be great tasting and served in style. With that in mind we availed ourselves of a close-out bargain at Kmart and purchased our first ever set of Martha Stewart's "Every Day" cookware. It seemed only fitting, therefore, to dedicate this recipe to her: <a href="http://thegreencuttingboard.blogspot.com/"target="_blank">Martha Stewart Chili Pot Pie</a>. <br /> <br /> <br /><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7034351-109596280746334370?l=thenakedvegetarian.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>For Paws Hospicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05686572146804051469noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7034351.post-1095335925628813482004-09-16T07:58:00.000-04:002004-09-16T15:11:11.763-04:00<img src="http://thegreencuttingboard.blogspot.com/Feathers.jpg" /> <br /> <br />Following the cancellation of this years televised Victoria's Secrets Fashion show feather manufacturers (or make that suppliers) don't seem to despair over lack of demand for their feathery by-product. <br /> <br />Agricultural Research Service scientists working at ARS' Environmental Quality Laboratory in Beltsville, MD. have succeeded in converting chicken feathers into industrial fiber. <br /> <br />ARS research chemist Walter Schmidt and research polymer scientist Justin Barone discovered that feathers can be compounded with certain plastics used in car parts such as dashboards to strengthen them while reducing their weight. Schmidt and Barone also found that feather fiber can be combined with wood pulp to make filter paper, decorative paper and other products. <br /> <br />Processed chicken feather fiber, because of its super-fine size and shape, may be used for filtration. Wood pulp filters have a width of 10-20 microns, compared to 5 microns for filters made from feather fiber. That means filters made from feather fibers will have a finer mesh, resulting in smaller pores for trapping more minute airborne particles. <br /> <br />A large-scale facility, now in the design phase and will be built in either southwest Missouri or on Maryland's eastern shore. When complete, the plant will produce about five tons of feather fiber per hour. <br /> <br /><em>ARS is the U.S. Department of Agriculture's chief scientific research agency.</em> <br />________________________________ <br /> <br />From Farmed Animal Watch <br /> <br />"With nearly 46 billion slaughtered in 2003, chickens accounted for 93% all types of farmed animals included in the FAO database. Following chickens, more ducks were slaughtered for their flesh than any other animal; approximately 2.3 billion ducks were slaughtered in 2003. Not considering birds, the slaughter of pigs was highest with more than 1.2 billion pigs slaughtered in 2003, followed by more than 850 million rabbits slaughtered last year..."<a href="http://thegreencuttingboard.blogspot.com/Farmed%20Animal%20Watch_%20n_68%2C%20v_2.htm"target="_blank">Farmed Animal Watch_ n_68, v_2</a> <br /> <br />Read Matt Evans slightly bemusing story about a chance meeting with a duck and, well it's not "Sex in the City" but the characters may seem familiar. <br /><a href="http://www.themorningnews.org/archives/stories/natural_selection.php"target="_blank">The Morning News - Natural Selection</a> <br /> <br /><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7034351-109533592562881348?l=thenakedvegetarian.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>For Paws Hospicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05686572146804051469noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7034351.post-1094843247163264732004-09-10T15:07:00.000-04:002004-09-10T22:44:47.100-04:00<img src="http://thegreencuttingboard.blogspot.com/Cokan2.jpg" align=left />Since its founding, the Coca-Cola Company had global ambitions. In 1906 Coca-Cola opened its first operation outside the United States when it launched a bottling company in Cuba. Shortly thereafter soda fountains and bottling operations were instituted in Canada, Germany, Hawaii, the Philippines, Bermuda, Mexico, France and the United Kingdom. <br /> <br />By 1930 Coca-Cola had sixty-four bottlers in twenty-eight countries. In 1936 they expanded to the United Kingdom, Mexico, the Dominican Republic, and shortly thereafter to Venezuela and Central America. <br /> <br />During World War II Coca-Cola followed the American military throughout the world establishing bottling plants behind the lines as our troops moved into the United Kingdom, France, Germany, India, the Philippines, and Australia. <br /> <br />Because virtually everyone alive today has heard of if not tasted Coke, we thought a little taste was appropriate. So take a break, <a href="http://thegreencuttingboard.blogspot.com/Morning%20Glory%20Muffin1.htm"target="_blank">have a muffin</a>, <br />listen for a moment and forget the approaching storm or war or election and have a nice day. <br /> <br /><strong>Real Media</strong><br> <br /><a href="http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/r?ammem/cola:@field(DOCID+@lit(komt1600_01))"target="_blank">I'd Like to Buy the World a Home</a> <br /><td width="40%" class="text"> <br /> <u>You Can't Always Get What You Want</u> <br /> <br /> <p style="margin-left:45px"><a href="http://mfile.akamai.com/332/rm/cocacola.download.akamai.com/332/cokec2/_media/until_now_56k.ram" class="textlink">Dial-Up</a></p> <p style="margin-left:45px"><a href="http://mfile.akamai.com/332/rm/cocacola.download.akamai.com/332/cokec2/_media/until_now_256k.ram" class="textlink">Broadband</a></p> <td class="text"> <br /> <u>I Want to be Free</u> <br /> <br /> <p style="margin-left:45px"><a href="http://mfile.akamai.com/332/rm/cocacola.download.akamai.com/332/cokec2/_media/coke_c2_new_56k.ram" class="textlink">Dial-Up</a></p> <p style="margin-left:45px"><a href="http://mfile.akamai.com/332/rm/cocacola.download.akamai.com/332/cokec2/_media/coke_c2_new_256k.ram" class="textlink">Broadband</a></p><br> <br /> </td> <br /> <td class="text"> <br /> </td> <br /><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7034351-109484324716326473?l=thenakedvegetarian.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>For Paws Hospicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05686572146804051469noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7034351.post-1091386510087083942004-08-01T14:19:00.000-04:002004-08-01T21:53:22.080-04:00<img src="http://thegreencuttingboard.blogspot.com/Got-Milk.jpg" /> <br /> <br />Living in Florida is its own reward, sun and surf, beautiful sunsets, bikinis and, as if that weren't enough, now and then a delight for the palate. I'm speaking, of course, about Key Lime Pie that rare combination of citrus from tiny, tart Key limes and the silk-smooth, creamy richness of sweetened condensed milk. <br /> <br />Each year hoards of tourists arrive in Florida and devour hundreds of tons of this amazingly simple but oh so tropical dessert. The dessert is made easily, by combining a couple of cans of sweetened condensed milk with eggs and the juice of a dozen or so Key limes. Pour into a graham cracker crust and refrigerate for several hours. Serve with mounds of sweet whipped cream. <br /> <br />So we set about to create a traditional and vegan <a href="http://gcbrecipes.blogspot.com/">Key Lime Pie</a>. <br /> <br />Turns out the question arises, what is sweetened condensed milk and moreover why does it exist? Useful, of course, for many desserts sweetened condensed milk doesn't seem to have any other purpose. So we did a little digging. <br /> <br />In 1856 Gail Borden a tinkerer and inventor submitted his patent for Eagle Brand Sweetened Condensed Milk. By extracting the water from whole milk and replacing it with sugar Borden was able to preserve canned milk and thus make it portable in a world without refrigeration. Milk spoils in hours left unrefrigerated and "milk disease" in the mid 1800s was a serious public health issue. With Borden's invention mothers could now send canned milk to school with their children and city folk could count on safe milk for their meals far away from the source, the dairy farm. <br /> <br />Diseases and illness related to milk products are historically so prolific that whole societies have created laws to govern the consumption of milk. Kosher law strictly forbids serving milk and dairy together or even sharing food vessels and utensils for fear of cross contamination. <br /> <br />Lactose intolerance is considered by many as the single most widespread allergy in the world today. Many countries have banned the use of recombinant bovine growth hormone or rBGH, which is used in cows to accelerate their growth, citing insufficient research concerning the impact on human consumers. <br /> <br />Finally, in the early 21st century milk has come under suspicion by UK researchers as a likely vector for Mycobacterium avium paratuberculosis (MAP) bacteria the principle causal element in Crohn's disease, the human equivalent of "Mad Cow."<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7034351-109138651008708394?l=thenakedvegetarian.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>For Paws Hospicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05686572146804051469noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7034351.post-1091070176163679022004-07-28T21:42:00.000-04:002004-07-28T23:38:26.540-04:00<img src="http://thegreencuttingboard.blogspot.com/WBrady.jpg" /> <br /> <br />Background noise from our favorite daytime television show has Wayne Brady effusing about things cholesterol and his genuine desire to enlist any and all who encounter him on the street with a "Crispy Cream" or a latte to "just knock it down", "jes' tear it down." That's good, that's good and what could be better than to enlist your friends, family and fans to help enforce your healthy decisions. <br /> <br />In that spirit and with regard to The Wayne Brady Show's popular recipe segment we recommend a few <a href="http://thegreencuttingboard.blogspot.com/">vegetarian</a> entres. Good luck Wayne, luv ya bubby! <br /> <br /><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7034351-109107017616367902?l=thenakedvegetarian.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>For Paws Hospicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05686572146804051469noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7034351.post-1090626064607881102004-07-23T17:21:00.000-04:002004-07-23T23:44:11.836-04:00Steak on a vegetarian blog, a post in defiance of elitism <br /> <br />Today's LA Times op-ed piece "<a href="http://www.latimes.com/news/custom/showcase/la-oe-jones18jul18.story"target="_blank">Blogs no substitute for journalism, the steak or the sizzle</a>" by <a href="http://www.news.harvard.edu/gazette/2000/04.20/shorenstein.html"target="_blank">Alex S. Jones</a> bears reading by bloggers and journalists alike if only to reemphasize the fact that journalism is a living, breathing entity, and not some arcane, ivory towered refugee hiding from the future and the electronic/community on line. <br /> <br /><img src="http://thegreencuttingboard.blogspot.com/Mencken.jpg"> <br /> <br />Calling for a definition of journalism that is somehow above and beyond the blogosphere Jones has once again fallen victim to the misdirected fear that journalism and journalists will somehow be replaced by bloggers. Nothing could be farther from the truth. To believe that is to believe as bloggers that we have to periodically shut down our systems lest scores of vacuum tubes overheat and the "COMPUTER"...oh, no that was "Eniac." This is the Twenty First century and bloggers are keeping journals on line, journalists are making journals in newsprint, on the airwaves and, oh yes, on cable or is that just CNN and well I can see how this might confuse someone who is the Director of the Harvard, Kennedy Media ____think tank, a Pulitzer Prize winner and fourth generation heir to a news paper family. <br /> <br />Ben Franklin became a publisher and journalist because he invented a more efficient movable type, or was it the other way around? HL Mencken was a "gossip" and a yellow journalist but as a 'writer' he dominated his decades and profoundly influenced the public weal and Ted Turner - well we probably shouldn't go there. <br /> <br />My father became a journalist after the war in Europe, studied at the <a href="http://www.museum.tv/archives/etv/G/htmlG/greenelorne/greenelorne.htm"target="_blank">Lorne Greene</a> School for broadcasters in Toronto, yea that 'Loren Greene', anchored television news in 2 markets and retired as an Asia Post Director for the Voice of America. Computers were just on the horizon then and I remember my father complaining loudly while at the same time admiring its' enormous potential to transform journalistic art, he would have been a prolific blogger. <br /> <br />The 'Poynter' is this if you choose journalism as a vocation or as avocation what matters the method or the medium, as long as you care for the story and practice the craft honestly and faithfully, you are a Journalist. Professional associations, think tanks, awards aside no other manner of credential is required beyond that of your peers and your readers. We admire a blog that publishes with acumen and constancy, wheather your passion is sports or war, gardening or conservation, journal or blog as long as it remains <em>your</em> passion the journal is it's own voice and the voice is on-line. <br /> <br />Nothing speaks more graphically to the eye-of-the-storm potential of bloggers-as-journalists than the postings of the Baghdad Blogger. Journalism and opportunity are inseparable bedfellows. Whether it's on the battlefield or a convention floor, the results can be crude, even hysterical but when the dust settles a journal exists and the news has been delivered. All that remains is for the pundits and academics to catch up and write the history. <div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7034351-109062606460788110?l=thenakedvegetarian.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>For Paws Hospicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05686572146804051469noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7034351.post-1089656504991571662004-07-12T14:15:00.000-04:002004-07-13T07:37:25.313-04:00<img src="http://thegreencuttingboard.blogspot.com/White-face.jpg" /> <br /> <br /> <br />The Cosmetics, Toiletry and Fragrance Association received disappointing news from the <a href="http://www.fda.gov/bbs/topics/news/2004/NEW01084.html"target="_blank">FDA</a> Friday when they were told that starting immediately members could no longer use cow brain and spinal cord tissue as an ingredient in their products including lipstick and hair spray. <br /> <br />The animal byproducts used to make lipstick longer lasting and silken or hair spray stand up well to heat and humidity are called cerebrosides, a form of lipid that is present in brain and spinal cord tissue. <br /> <br />The Food and Drug Administration became concerned after the first US case of mad cow disease was confirmed this past December. Consumer groups began to demand that animal products be tested for BSE or bovine spongiform encephalopathy before their inclusion in non-food products as well a food items. BSE infected tissue has been linked to the transmission of a fatal brain wasting condition in humans called Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease. <br /> <br />The FDA requires cosmetics manufacturers to list ingredients. Cosmetic officials claim that they already obtain certification from their suppliers that the animal byproducts they purchase are BSE free. <br /> <br />If you would like to check a list of animal free cosmetics manufacturers you can go to <a href="http://www.hedweb.com/campaig/vegcomp.htm"target=_blank=>Vegan Companies</a> or better yet start your own list, we began with a company in Minneapolis <a href="http://www.aveda.com/"target=_blank">Aveda</a>. Write to <a href="mailto:greenboard@tampabay.rr.com">The Naked Vegetarian</a> and tell us your favorite vegan cosmetic brand, we'll compile a list and have a link in time for holiday shopping. <br /> <br />Incidentally there are 165 shopping days until Christmas.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7034351-108965650499157166?l=thenakedvegetarian.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>For Paws Hospicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05686572146804051469noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7034351.post-1088557412425242342004-06-29T20:39:00.000-04:002004-06-30T15:20:22.653-04:00<a href="http://animalbroadcastnetwork.blogspot.com/"target="_blank"><img src="http://thegreencuttingboard.blogspot.com/ABN-article-logo.jpg" /></a> <br />Today ABN launches the world's first mainstream information network of animal media partners. <br /> <br /><strong><a href="http://animalbroadcastnetwork.blogspot.com/"target="_blank">Animal Broadcast Network</a></strong> is an "All Animal" syndicate of broadcasters, publication, and entertainment affiliates devoted exclusively to coverage of news, events and issues regarding the planet and its animal population. <br /> <br />ABN affiliates are independent broadcasters, journalists and writers dedicated to reporting the news, issues and interest highlights of the world of animals. <br /> <br />For information contact the <a href="mailto:dolph1n@tampabay.rr.com">Animal Broadcast Network</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7034351-108855741242524234?l=thenakedvegetarian.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>For Paws Hospicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05686572146804051469noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7034351.post-1087776883820636532004-06-20T20:13:00.000-04:002004-06-20T20:19:10.140-04:00This is the third in our series examining the past and problematic future of the American Crocodile. <br /> <br />At the campus of the University of Florida, Gainesville the <a href="http://www.flmnh.ufl.edu/natsci/herpetology/crocs.htm"target="_blank">Crocodile Specialist Group</a> works to provide evidence that this once robust Florida native is now sufficiently recovered from near extinction to be considered a renewable resource. Crocodylus acutus, or "American Crocodile" seen here in a family portrait along side its much larger prehistoric ancestor "Super Croc" has become the object of interest for industry research centers planning a not so pleasant future for our Florida croc. <br /> <br />an excerpt from our story <u>Super Croc vs The U of Florida, a Fighting Ground.</u> <br /> <br /><img src="http://thegreencuttingboard.blogspot.com/Super-Croc-skull.jpg"/> <br /> <br />The Estuarine Crocodile or "Saltwater Crocodile" native to Australia is the world's largest living reptile typically growing up to 19 ½' in length and weighing as much as 2400 lbs, although larger individual sightings have been recorded. Despite their astonishing size the modern croc is small compared to its prehistoric ancestor <em>Sarcosuchus imperatoro</em> or "flesh crocodile emperor" which was a whopping 40' long and managed very nicely, thank you, during the early Cretaceous, 110 million years ago. The size of a London tourist bus this prehistoric animal lived at the top of his food chain and nothing was safe in its world. <br /> <br /><br>Read the entire story "<strong>Super Croc</strong>" on the <a href="http://animalbroadcastnetwork.blogspot.com/"target="_blank">Animal Broadcast Network.</a> <div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7034351-108777688382063653?l=thenakedvegetarian.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>For Paws Hospicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05686572146804051469noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7034351.post-1086709668211245282004-06-08T11:27:00.000-04:002004-06-08T21:16:42.536-04:00Just 200 individuals stood between a future for a species and extinction now, 30 years later, there are an estimated 1000 American Crocodiles in the low lying mangroves surrounding Florida's Everglades. <br /> <br />Factors ranging from unprecedented urban sprawl and hunting to sugar plantation run off which pollutes vast portions of the Everglades have, for years, put enormous pressure on the species. <br /><img src="http://thegreencuttingboard.blogspot.com/Crocodile1.jpg" /> <br /><center><h5>American Crocodile</h5><h6><em>artist</em>: Robin Bouttell</h6></center>Crocodilians are relics of the age of reptiles, an era in which these primitive-looking creatures ruled the earth for 100 million years. Today, only 23 crocodilian species remain and many of these are in danger of extinction from conflicts with man. Of all the reptiles, crocodilians are the largest and have the most complex behavior including elaborate courtship displays, nest building behavior and social rituals. <br /> <br />Shy and elusive, these native cousins to the Central and South American Crocodile were on the verge of extinction 25 years ago when the <a href="http://ecos.fws.gov/species_profile/SpeciesProfile?spcode=C02J#status">U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service</a> placed them on the "Endangered Species List". Listing means that the species, left on their own, would almost certainly become extinct. <br /> <br />Even as urban development threatened the crocodiles with extinction, some man made projects actually provided for their welfare. Florida Power and Electric has dug miles of canals in an attempt to drain water from properties used for their plant facilities in south Florida. These canals are the favored habitat of American Crocodiles and provide shelter for nesting. <br /> <br />With the nesting sites up to double that of 25 years ago U.S. Fish & Wildlife officials in the Atlanta Regional Office this week announced that they were cautiously recommending down-listing the American Crocodile from "endangered" to "threatened", a distinction that carries the same protections but with a measure of optimism for the survival of the species...that is, as long as the <a href="http://www.flmnh.ufl.edu/natsci/herpetology/crocs.htm">Crocodile Specialist Group</a> doesn't promote them into handbags and crocburgers. <br /> <br />The CSG is, in their own words, "a worldwide network of biologists, wildlife managers, government officials, independent researchers, NGO representatives, farmers, traders, tanners, fashion leaders, and private companies" whose concern to protect endangered species, including abatement of illegal poaching, is limited to not only preserving the American Crocodile for posterity but for their own member's prosperity garnered from the future trade in hides and meat. Talk about out of the frying pan..., how long do you imagine the crocodile will last if left to the mercies of "tanners" and "fashion merchants?" <br /> <br />Conservation efforts need to be directed by people of compassion, financed by corporations in the spirit of public service rather than profit and guided by scientists and government officials in the course of doing their jobs and not as agents for the profiteers. The American Crocodile is a creature which has consistently demonstrated over 300 million years its instinct for self preservation and, but for the interference of man, should probably be on earth for millennia to come. <br /> <br />You may reach U.S. Fish and Wildlife Director, Steven Williams at 202 208-4717 or email Assistant Director of Endangered Species, <a href="mailto:fw9_fwe_ecos@fws.gov">Gary Frazer</a> <div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7034351-108670966821124528?l=thenakedvegetarian.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>For Paws Hospicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05686572146804051469noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7034351.post-1086555549858920822004-06-06T16:58:00.000-04:002004-06-07T10:20:10.230-04:00<u>University of Texas System "Disclaims "Remaining Term" of Patent on Sickened Dogs</u> <br /> <br />WASHINGTON In a major victory for patented beagle dogs, the Board of Regents of the University of Texas System (UT) in Austin, Texas, disclaimed "The entire remaining term of all the claims" of patent #6,444,872, which covers live beagle dogs intended for use in experiments. In February 2004, the nonprofit organizations the American Anti-Vivisection Society (AAVS) and the PatentWatch Project of the Center for Technology Assessment (CTA) filed a legal challenge urging the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) to cancel the beagle patent. Last week, the Patent Office agreed to reexamine the patent. <br /><img src="http://thegreencuttingboard.blogspot.com/Beagle.jpg" /> <br />"This is a tremendous victory not just for the beagle dogs but for the 499 other animals who have been patented in the U.S.," said AAVS President Sue Leary, "The University took the only morally defensible action it could in the face of our challenge. It got the message that animals are not machines, articles of manufacture, or inventor's compositions of matter." <br /> <br />The patent's claims covered, among other things, "a canine model [of fungal lung infection]," and the various methods used to induce a fatal lung infection in the beagle dogs. The patent also indicated applying the methods to pigs, sheep, monkeys, or chimpanzees and, like many other patents on animals, appeared to be exclusively licensed to a private company. <br /> <br />"This decision, hopefully, is a first step to rescinding all patents on animals," says Andrew Kimbrell, Executive Director of CTA. "It is long past time for our government to recognize that animals are not patentable machines." <br /> <br />The AAVS/PatentWatch challenge represented the first time public interest organizations had requested the reexamination of a patent on an animal. New rules under which this reexamination was granted will permit AAVS and PatentWatch to appeal other similar cases all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court if necessary. Since the Patent and Trademark Office first issued a patent on an animal in 1987, it has issued nearly 500 patent applications on animals. <br /> <br />A nationwide poll of U.S. adults commissioned by AAVS earlier this year found that two out of three people consider it unethical to issue patents on animals as if they were human inventions. Eighty-five percent of those surveyed were not even aware that governments and corporations are getting patents on animals. <br /> <br />"The swift decision of the University to drop all patent claims on sickened beagles demonstrates the patent's weakness, both scientifically and morally," said Tina Nelson, AAVS Executive Director. "This will be the first of many patents on animals that will crumble under public scrutiny when the truth is told." <br /> <br />The American Anti-Vivisection Society (AAVS) is a non-profit animal advocacy and educational organization dedicated to ending experiments on animals in research, testing, and education. Founded in Philadelphia in 1883, AAVS is the oldest organization in the United States dedicated to eliminating experiments on animals. AAVS pursues its objectives through legal and effective advocacy, education, and support of the development of non-animal alternative methods. <br /> <br />The Center for Technology Assessment (CTA) is a public interest and advocacy <br />organization that works to address the impacts of technology on human health, animal welfare, and the environment. The PatentWatch Project of the International Center for Technology Assessment works to expose and challenge the inappropriate use of the U.S. patent system. <br /> <br />For more information, including document downloads, visit: <br /><a href="http://www.stopanimalpatents.org/">www.StopAnimalPatents.org.</a> <br /> <br />CONTACTS: <br />Crystal Miller-Spiegel, AAVS <br />(916)371-9872, (215)887-0816 <br /><a href="mailto:cspiegel@aavs.org">cspiegel@aavs.org</a> <br /> <br />Craig Culp, PatentWatch/Center for Technology Assessment <br />(202)547-9359, (301)509-0925 (cell) <br /><a href="mailto:cculp@icta.org">cculp@icta.org</a> <br /> <br /><em><h6>["Reprint permission granted by Animal Rights Online (http://www.geocities.com/RainForest/1395). Animal Rights Online is an animal advocacy group that publishes Animal Writes, a free internet newsletter. To subscribe to Animal Writes, email EnglandGal@aol.com. If you forward or reprint Animal Writes in whole or part, please do so unedited, and include this tagline."]</h6></em> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7034351-108655554985892082?l=thenakedvegetarian.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>For Paws Hospicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05686572146804051469noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7034351.post-1085923812129245252004-05-30T09:29:00.000-04:002004-05-30T17:44:14.780-04:0021 Days of Vegetarian Eating Yields Donations to United Nations Children’s Fund... <br /> <br /><img src="http://thegreencuttingboard.blogspot.com/Refuge.jpg" /> <br />WHAT People who have never before been vegetarians agree not to eat meat for 21 days (the time it takes to break most habits)Sponsors pledge $5 or more – to be donated to the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) for humanitarian relief to children in war torn countries. For 21 days worth of vegetarian meal ideas go to <a href="http://gcbrecipes.blogspot.com"target="_blank">recipes</a>. <br /> <br />WHEN Veg-a-Thon starts June 1, 2004. <br /> <br />WHERE Nationally – vegetarian and environmental organizations are urged to join this effort across the country. <br /> <br />WHO Sponsored by Eating For Peace, a not-for-profit organization based in San Francisco. <br /> <br />THE PROBLEM Every day, 40,000 children die of malnutrition. The US meat industry consumes enough grain and soybeans to feed more than five times the US population. More than half the water used in the US goes to livestock. Livestock operations produce 130 times the waste of the entire human population. One acre of pasture produces 165 pounds of beef – OR 20,000 pounds of potatoes. Rain forests are being destroyed to provide pasture for cattle – an acre of trees disappears every eight seconds. <br /> <br /><center><img src="http://thegreencuttingboard.blogspot.com/100-meals.jpg" /></center> <br />THE SOLUTION If Americans reduced their meat consumption by just 10%, 12 million tons of grain would be available – enough to feed the 60 million people who starve to death annually. Each new vegetarian can save an acre of trees per year. <br /> <br />PERSONAL HEALTH Vegetarians suffer less heart disease, hypertension, obesity, and diabetes, various cancers, diverticular disease, bowel disorder, gall stones, kidney stones and osteoporosis. Cancer rates for vegetarians are 25 to 50 percent below population averages, even after adjusting for smoking, body mass index, and socio-economic status. <br /> <br />CALL TO ACTION To sign up for the Veg-a-Thon, contact Phillip Crawford, Executive Director of Eating for Peace, at 1135 Hyde Street, Suite 6, San Francisco 94109 (phone: 415-902-2392), or register at <a href="http://www.eatingforpeace.org."target="_blank">Eating for Peace</a> <br /> <br />Eating for Peace connects diet choices with an easy way to raise funds for children living in countries ravaged by war. The organization educates people in the world’s richest countries about the benefits of a vegetarian diet for protecting the environment, ending world hunger, and promoting human health. <br /> <br /><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7034351-108592381212924525?l=thenakedvegetarian.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>For Paws Hospicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05686572146804051469noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7034351.post-1085344687342611602004-05-23T16:35:00.000-04:002004-05-25T07:00:12.110-04:00<img src="http://thegreencuttingboard.blogspot.com/Sliced-peppers.jpg" /> <br /> <br />Monday May 24th begins "Vegetarian Week" a week long celebration of vegetarian cuisine, life style, healthy eating and community around the world. In a special week long feature The Green Cutting Board will, beginning tomorrow, publish an original gourmet vegetarian recipe along with news, updates and links to vegetarian events around the globe. <br /> <br />The chefs at "<a href="http://www.vegsoc.org/cordonvert/"target="_blank">Cordon Vert</a>" school in Manchester, UK, home of the Vegetarian Society, sponsors of Vegetarian Week have created seven original recipes and with permission we present them to you. <br /> <br />Please give a look and try each one for yourselves and send us your comments. If you are not vegetarian/vegan then we can't think of an easier or more delicious way to take a "taste drive." <br /> <br />If you need to get the kids from underfoot while your chefing away in the kitchen this Vegetarian Week here's a sure fire link bound to amuse and build a healthy appetite.<center><a href="http://thegreencuttingboard.blogspot.com/veggie_standalone.swf"target="blank"><img src="http://thegreencuttingboard.blogspot.com/Veg-invader-face.jpg" /></a></center><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7034351-108534468734261160?l=thenakedvegetarian.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>For Paws Hospicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05686572146804051469noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7034351.post-1085059814078077272004-05-20T09:28:00.000-04:002004-05-20T16:01:26.793-04:00Meet our guest, Tina Avila owner of <a href="http://casatinas.com/index2.html"target="_blank">Casa Tina Mexican Grill</a>, Main Street Dunedin, Florida. In yesterday's story we introduced Tina on webRadio <a href="http://instantfm.com"target="_blank">InstantFM.com</a>. Today we have more of that interview and give our readers a recipe or two to boot. <br /> <br /><center><img src="http://thegreencuttingboard.blogspot.com/Casa-Tina-3.jpg" /></center> <br />Casa Tina's is a mix Gourmet Mexican and vegetarian grill which Tina explains is the philosophy behind their successful restaurant. When Tina met her future husband and partner,Javier, he was one partner in "Senior Frogs" restaurant in Miami. Soon their interest in healthy and traditional cuisine merged into the concept for a family restaurant that offered traditional as well as vegetarian fare. The lucky benefactors of this partnership are the residents of Tampa Bay and downtown Dunedin. <br /> <br />Voted best Mexican and Vegetarian Restaurant by both the <u>Weekly Planet</u> and <u>Tampa Bay Magazine</u> Casa Tina Grill glows in the family friendly tradition of serving great meals for vegetarians and non-vegetarians alike. <br /> <br />Prior to the broadcast we asked our listeners to send us their hot or spicy traditional family recipes. Karen from Sarasota, Florida sent us this recipe for dirty rice, a traditional Creole dish often served with ground beef or spiced sausage, Karen veganized the recipe and we've reprinted it here. <br /> <br /><center><h2>Dirty Rice</h2></center> <br /> <br /><u>Ingredients</u> <br /> <br />1 1/2 Cups cooked white rice <br />1/2 Cup diced onion <br />1/2 Cup diced green bell pepper <br />1/2 Cup chopped portabella mushrooms <br />1/4 Cup water <br />1 Tbls vegetable bouillon paste <br />1 Tbls dried parsley <br />2 tsp minced garlic <br />2 tsp olive oil <br />1 tsp Cajun spice blend <a href="http://thegreencuttingboard.blogspot.com/Creole Spice.htm"target="_blank">Emeril's Bamm</a> <br /> <br /><u>Preparation</u> <br /> <br />Prepare the rice according to instructions in advance and set aside. <br /> <br />Sauté the onion, bell pepper and garlic in olive oil until soft, add the mushrooms and parsley. Cook uncovered until the mixture dries slightly and the flavors blend. Now add the cooked rice, water and bouillon. Cook an additional 10 minutes or until medium dry, this is "Dirty Rice" after all. <br /> <br />Garnish with fresh green onion. <br /> <br />serves 2 <br />vegan <br /> <br />Our guest restauranteur Tina quickly pointed out the vegan virtues of this traditional recipe and remarked especially on the use of Portabella mushrooms which she said have a distinct smoky/dense flavor and texture when added to any dish. Vegetarian cooking is a matter of combining spice texture and taste in ways that satisfy the pallet and refresh the spirit both traditional and unexpected. Casa Tina's Grill does both very well. <br /> <br /><img src="http://thegreencuttingboard.blogspot.com/Casa-Tina.jpg"/> <br /> <br /><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7034351-108505981407807727?l=thenakedvegetarian.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>For Paws Hospicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05686572146804051469noreply@blogger.com