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Home: Essays on Reducing Suffering
by Brian Tomasik
First written: 28 Jan. 2012; last edited: 17 Jan. 2014
A few animal groups, including The Humane League, are running ads on Facebook pointing to videos of factory farming and encouraging viewers to go veg. Based on survey data for reduced meat consumption after seeing the videos, I estimate that each $1 donated toward The Humane League's veg ads prevents ~120 days of suffering on factory farms and 20 additional fish deaths. These numbers should not be taken at face value for various reasons, and they mainly serve to help motivate us because of their concreteness. My best conjecture is that the actual effectiveness of veg ads may be one or two orders of magnitude less than what these calculations would suggest. Also, a more careful analysis of the impacts of animal charity would include many more factors.
Note: The study and data in this piece are old and not the latest research. For state-of-the-art calculations on the effectiveness of veg outreach (either by leaflets or ads), see
Vegan Outreach Cost-Effectiveness Calculator by Peter Hurford, as well as further updates by Animal Charity Evaluators.
In 2005-2006, I wrote a piece called
How Much Is a Dollar Worth? The Case of Vegan Outreach in which I approximated the number of years of factory-farmed suffering prevented per dollar of donations to Vegan Outreach to print veg brochures. Friends have recently pointed me to another way to promote vegetarianism (and general concern for animal suffering) -- namely, Facebook ads. One series of ads being run now sends those who click on it to the Who's Against Animal Cruelty? page, which includes a powerful video and Facebook comments below. Because ads of this type don't incur the printing and distribution costs of paper leaflets, they may be even more cost-effective than physical brochures. That said, ordinary Vegan-Outreach-style brochures are still wildly efficient, so I don't want to downplay their value.
One oversight in my original
How Much Is a Dollar Worth? piece was in the calculation of b, the number of booklets distributed per dollar. While it's true that if you divide the number of Vegan Outreach brochures distributed by the organization's budget for the same time period, you get something like 4.7 booklets per dollar, this ignores two factors:
(Well, actually, in practice, it can be good to have some volunteers participate on the landing page for the ads, in order to clean up spam, answer questions, correct misinformation, and provide social support to those considering becoming vegetarian. Even a simple, five-second "Like" on a comment can provide encouragement that -- every once in a great while -- will be the straw that breaks the back of meat-eating.)
Even ignoring distribution costs, ads may also be cheaper in terms of raw cost per item. According to
How Much Is a Dollar Worth?, page 4, booklets cost 13-20 cents each to print and ship.
Who's Against Animal Cruelty? ads cost 10-20 cents per click in the US but can go as low as ~2 cents for Latin America, China, etc. Currently, ads in Western countries are more important because (1) those countries eat more meat and (2) the viewers of the ads have more wealth that they might donate to veg causes like this one once they learn about the issue. Also, (3) because I care about veg outreach primarily in order to inspire eventual concern for wild animals among those who shape humanity's future, it's most important to influence the views of those who live in the most powerful countries. All of that said, it seems dubious that ads in less wealthy nations are 5 times less valuable than those in the US.
Nick Cooney did a survey on ads linking to a similar website called
The Hidden Face of Food in fall 2011. Take a look at the results. I'm a bit skeptical of the high reduction in meat consumption among family/friends (which are more than the reductions in meat consumption by those who originally clicked on the ads), but even if we completely ignore those numbers, then we get something like 917 new vegetarians + 1339 meat reducers among the "liked" group and 238 new vegetarians + 300 meat reducers among the "vegetarian starter kit" group. The entire campaign to create these changes took $5,000, although Nick informs me that costs have increased slightly, such that this would now be about $6,000. Let's ignore the meat reducers for simplicity and conservatism. Then, naïvely dividing, we have ($6000)/(917+238) = $5.19 to create a new vegetarian.
There's a big caveat here, which is response bias: Those who answered the survey almost certainly had better news to report than those who didn't. Nick thinks the response rate may have been around 10% of people asked. Further, let's suppose that no one who didn't respond was affected. Then we'd have $5.19/(0.1), which equals a conservative maximum cost of $52 per new vegetarian. Of course, Nick told me:
keep in mind we did offer a tangible item (movie tickets, or rather a high chance of winning them) in exchange for answers, which should have decreased response bias significantly. Also keep in mind that these surveys only represent 8.5% of people who visited the site - those wholikedthe page or ordered a veg starter kit, so calculations of per-dollar effectiveness based on this data and those metrics are ignoring the bit of behavior change produced by all those 91.5% who did not like the page or order a veg kit.
Unfortunately, we don't know how long these people remained veg, or whether/how soon they would otherwise have gone veg from different influences. That said, as I argue in "Appendix: 100-Yard-Line Model," whether people would have otherwise gone veg is not a major problem because there should be further people who were affected, didn't go veg, but later will go veg due to subsequent influences. Finally, I've been ignoring all kinds of other positive spillover effects, like impact on friends, later involvement with animal activism, and donations toward veg-outreach causes.
Nick's survey also shows changes in consumption broken down by type of animal product. I was heartened to see that the fraction of people who increased consumption of fish/chicken/eggs was small (2-5%) compared with the fraction that decreased consumption (72-92%). Because fish and poultry products cause orders of magnitude more suffering per kilogram than beef and dairy, I find it unfortunate that people often say,
I'm not completely vegetarian, but at least I've stopped eating red meat. I'm glad that this trend wasn't particularly prevalent among the
Hidden Face of Food viewers.
Nick has a great summary of Facebook veg ads similar to mine. Nick says,
As a full-time animal advocate with over a decade of experience in promoting veg eating, I simply do not see anything else that gives us as much bang for our buck right now in creating new vegetarians and meat-reducers as well-executed Facebook ads. He also gives advice to those conducting the campaigns on how to optimize landing-page display, Facebook-plugin functionality, and target demographics. I particularly like the idea of
flighting different ads to see which work best. In an email to me, Nick recalls that
one of the many ads we tested in Dec [2011] cost $150 per [veg starter kit] VSK order (!); the good ones cost around $15-25.), and because it's really hard to predict which will work (it doesn't break down cleanly around demographic lines), doing that checking is so very very vital.
Jeff Kaufman wrote two excellent reviews of Nick's survey, highlighting sources of bias in the survey results and clarifying other points of research methodology.
The Humane League is currently running veg ads using grant funds, but if you donate to the organization and ask for the money to go toward veg ads, The Humane League will increase the veg-ads budget without reshuffling other funds elsewhere.
There are two big problems I have with the estimates in the original
How Much Is a Dollar Worth? piece:
new vegetarianstays veg:
|Years staying veg
|My point estimate for years staying veg
|less than 3 years
|1 year
|3 to 5 years
|4 years
|6 to 10 years
|8 years
|more than 10 years
|10 years (just to be very conservative)
On average, then, a new vegetarian stays veg for (0.34)(1) + (0.34)(4) + (0.12)(8) + (0.2)(10) = 4.7 years. These figures may be understatements, because even when these people go back to eating meat, they eat less than a typical omnivore. That said, veg converts might have started out eating less than a typical omnivore too, especially since many veg converts are female, who tend to eat less meat and less overall. Also note that these statistics on how long people stay veg are for the general population, including people who go veg for health or environmental reasons, not just animal-welfare reasons. But it seems that people who go veg out of concern for animal suffering are less likely to backslide.
If we combine this with the conservative $52 per new vegetarian figure for Humane League veg ads, then we get $52/4.7 = $11 per vegetarian-year. (Jeff Kaufman estimated that Vegan Outreach may create a vegetarian-year for between $4.29 to $536. I don't think Jeff's estimate can be directly compared with my $11 estimate here because the approaches are so different, but at least it seems the orders of magnitude aren't way off.)
To see what this means in terms of animal suffering, we can use the expression amlm + feaele from
How Much Is a Dollar Worth? Taking the average of the lower and upper bounds of the parameters, this equals (26.5)(49) + (0.25)(253)(1.04) = 1400 days of suffering prevented per year of being veg. At $11 per veg-year, this is a conservative 123 days of suffering prevented per dollar, or more than 1 day of suffering prevented per penny! This is very close to the original lower bound in
How Much Is a Dollar Worth?
The above figures don't count seafood, which on a per-animal basis comprises most of the animals that people eat. It's tricky to compute days of suffering for fish, because wild-caught fish don't live in factory farms. (Conditions for farmed fish aren't pleasant.) Of course, the pain of slaughter is still very intense, especially since there are no requirements for stunning or humane slaughter of fish. A vegetarian saves more than 225 fish per year, so at $11 per veg-year, this is 20 fish not killed per dollar (in addition to 123 days of suffering prevented for the same dollar).
Finally, these figures ignore the
return on investment effects of veg ads: Namely, that by creating more vegetarians concerned about animal suffering, we create more people who will become animal advocates and more future donors to groups like The Humane League. I also haven't counted the fact that a society which cares more about animal suffering is more likely eventually to extend that concern to animals in the wild once the technology becomes available. Given the vast number of wild animals -- and the potential to create massive amounts more suffering if we spread wild-animal life into the galaxy -- I believe that the effect veg ads have on spreading a culture of concern for animals is many times more valuable in expectation than the factory-farmed suffering they avert directly.
Below are selected viewer responses to the video, all from Dec. 2011. For more, see
How to Give Encouragement to Several New Vegetarians in Just a Few Minutes.
Here are some sample ads leading to the landing page, from a Vegan Outreach campaign during summer 2012. (Note: The updated ads do not contain
veganoutreach.org underneath the title, which should help avoid scaring away those who aren't already sympathetic.)
Summary: Naive estimators of veg conversion are roughly unbiased estimators of your total counterfactual contribution to veg conversion, at least according to one simple model.
In a comment on "The power of effective activism," Roman Duda asked whether veg-conversion calculations like the one in my piece don't
assume that each person [whom vegan leafleter] Joe convinces wouldn't have become vegetarian if it hadn't been for Joe? But surely Joe is not the only force shaping individuals towards becoming vegetarians. So if Joe convinces someone to become vegetarian, he may 'just' be bringing forward in time when that person becomes vegetarian. This is likely to be the case for at least some of the individuals that Joe convinces. So the estimate as it stands is probably overly optimistic.
My reply is as follows. Yes, some of the people we convince were already on the border of being converted anyway, but there might be lots of other people who get pushed further along and don't get all the way to veg*ism by our influence. If we picture the path to veg*ism as a 100-yard line, then maybe we push everyone along by 20 yards. 1/5 of people cross the line, and this is what we see, but the other 4/5 get pushed closer too. (Obviously an overly simplistic model, but it illustrates the idea.)
Here's an elaboration on the 100-yard-line model for veg conversion. Say there are K influences encouraging people toward veg*ism (e.g., The Humane League's veg ads, work by other veg groups, movies like Food, Inc., influence by friends, religious sentiments, etc.). Say there are N total veg conversions due to all these factors combined. Let pi, i = 1,...,K be the sum of distances by which the ith influence pushes people along, aggregated over all people. So for example, if The Humane League's veg ads push people twice as far or push twice as many people as hearing news stories about factory farming does, then pTHL = 2 * pnews stories. Let fi = pi / (Σi pi). If the influences come in a random order (e.g., sometimes veg ads happen before influence by friends and sometimes influence by friends happens first), then the number of observed conversions due to the ith influence will have the expected value fi * N, because, for example, an influence that pushes people twice as far along will result in them crossing the finish line twice as much, and an influence that reaches twice as many people will result in twice as many crosses of the finish line. In other words, in apportioning responsibility for veg conversions, the actual number of people that you cause to cross the finish line is an unbiased estimator of your group's causal contribution to all N veg conversions.
Once again, the intuition is that, yes, some of the people you convert with veg ads would have gone veg due to other reasons. But some of the people you don't convert will now go veg due to something else because you helped them along the road.
Unfortunately, this reasoning isn't quite right, as xodarap explains. However, the general idea seems roughly correct to at least within a reasonable multiplicative factor. ↩


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This is the worst picture ever because of the romantic lighting but what you are looking at is a "cauliflower steak!" After a night of drinking, my friend wanted food and we went to the ever-popular Schiller's in the lower east side. I thought I'd be stuck with the traditional "french fries at the omni restaurant" but guess what! They recently added this totally vegan item to their menu! I was so excited. I love cauliflower!
Warning: it's not cheap. But it's super good! It's basically half a cauliflower head grilled with lots of flavorful stuff on it—lemon being the highlight. It was pretty awesome. I told our nice server that I write for a very very important vegan blog and I would have to report on this immediately! So, that's what I'm doing.
How often do you get a decent vegan option at a meaty restaurant? And not just decent, this was yummy! But on top of everything else, it was like 11pm! Nice play, Schiller's, nice play.
∞ posted at 05:23 by youtalkfunny
New Rudy's Can't Fail Cafe location in Oakland! »
Say it's one of those days where not only is your stomach hungry, but so are your eyes. Maybe you are hanging out with omnis who don't want vegan food, I mean, what are they supposed to eat at a VEGAN restaurant?! Enter Rudy's Can't Fail Cafe: options for everyone! Incredibly attractive punk rock clientele and employees (it's co-owned by Green Day's Mike Dirnt, after all)! BEER SPECIALS! As a car-less San Franciscan, I would probably eat more meals at Rudy's, but getting to Emeryville is a pain, especially on public transit and an empty stomach?
Fortunately, Rudy's just opened a new location in Uptown Oakland! At its new addy, 1805 Telegraph Ave., Rudy's is next to the Fox Theatre and within walking distance from the 19th Street BART station. Perfect! Tofu Rancheros, I'm coming back for you!
Rudy's Can't Fail Cafe is open at its new location from 7 a.m. to 1 a.m., and boasts $1 Bud, Bud Light and Miller High Life beers from 9 p.m. to midnight. I'm so there!
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Kasa! »
I don't understand why it is so fucking hard for a restaurant to stay open late in San Francisco. If you're out past 10 p.m. and you want something other than a slice of pizza or a burrito, you're screwed. I think our own Maria puts it best when she says:
In particular, the Castro can be a nightmare for late-night dining. There are a lot of bars and a lot of clubs and they desperately need a sit-down where the clubbing 'mos (and the rest of us) can get our late-night sustenance on. Yes, that is correct. I just typed, "late-night sustenance on", and please steel yourself for more bad writing and gross generalizations in this review, FOLKS. I'm tired, I'm hungry and I just paid the IRS a couple thousand in taxes because they caught me being a leeetle loosey-goosey with my reported income. Hey! I didn't know! I got confused! I apparently tried to deduct the same pair of donated pants 12 times? Well what do you want me to do? The max they would let me take was $10 and they were from Anthropologie and cost $140! Eff you, feds! You can take my hard earned cash to fund this horrible war and our dying nation but you cannot stop me from trying to get over. THAT is the American Dream, capital-A, capital-D, capital-FUCKED. Back to the review.
Sunday through Monday the Castro workout routine is Gold's Gym but on the weekend, it's the DANCE! To fuel all of this exercise, you need something nearby, adequately tasty and most importantly, LOW-CALORIE. And so begins the age of Kasa.
Kasa is a new-ish Indian-ish restaurant in the Castro that is open until 10 p.m. Sunday through Thursday and until 2 a.m. (!!!) on Friday and Saturday. At Kasa you can choose from a kati roll (made with their own roti bread, let them know before you order that you're vegan so they don't douse it in ghee) or a thali, a plate filled with all sorts of magical things like chutneys, dal, rice, and shiz like that. After you decide on the kati roll or the thali, you choose a dish or two to go on the plate or into the roll. There is always at least one vegan dish on the menu: Aloo Jeera, which is cumin-spiced potatoes. They have a rotating vegetable dish of the day which may or may not be vegan. Last time I went, it was a spicy eggplant dish that was vegan. The food is adequate, if not amazing. The real calling card here is that they're open late in an area that's desperate for late-night eateries.
And when you're done, you can head back to bar-and-club-landia, filled up with pretty healthy food that you'll burn off in the time it takes to spin a Lady Gaga remix (aprox 35 minutes). I love, love, love Lady Gaga. I also love, love, love the cheesy dance clubs in the Castro. They are bursting with the cutest boys ever who, like you, just want to move to the power of the latest Britney track. There is no ass-grabbing (unless it's to forcibly move you from between them and some hella hot dude, don't hate) and if there is any inappropriate grinding, it's usually your fault. WHAT I'M A LIBERATED WOMAN IT GOES BOTH WAYS NOW.
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Review: La Copa Loca! »
I am on some kind of cold dessert kick lately. Can I tell you when I last had a cold-n-creamy dessert? No, because it has been rather a long time. Still, I am reminded of the delicious gelato of La Copa Loca several times a week, as I find myself walking past the delivery truck parked on Capp and 26th Streets, or the storefront on Capp and 22nd. If we start reviewing by familiarity alone, my next write-up is going to be about the guy selling oranges on 23rd Street, I see that guy almost daily.
Right, but that's not the point. We were discussing the beauty of La Copa Loca and its three vegan flavors of vegan gelato: vanilla, chocolate, and coffee. I will grant you that Gelateria Naia's vegan chocolate hazelnut tastes exactly like Europe (yes I mean the continent), and Copa Loca only ever makes the three flavors, none of which can really match Naia in depth or richness. Color me extremely biased; I did spend many months in Germany eating as much chocolate and ice cream as possible.
Of course not everyone feels this way. Copa Loca's vegan coffee gelato is very good. Also, it is much more accessible than Naia—longer hours, around more restaurants, in a much more walkable neighborhood—what's better than a nighttime stroll with a scoop of gelato in a colorful fluted cup? (because obviously it's the cup that makes it.) You can say hello to all our friends in the Mission: the recovering mentally ill from the halfway houses; the cold, underdressed prostitutes; the rowdy guys spilling out of bars after international soccer games. Oh the friends you can meet while enjoying your tasty Copa Loca gelato! It's inexpensive, too; you can get two cups of two scoops each for under $5, which in these economic times is so cheap it's basically free. I mean, right?
La Copa Loca makes good vegan gelato. It's open late, for San Francisco (ugh, city, we don't all go to bed at midnight), it's inexpensive, the vegan supply hasn't run out on me yet, and the sign outside is so cheery and appetite-whetting, you have to be of great willpower to deny its siren song of vanilla-chocolate-coffee goodness. La Copa Loca's storefront makes the neighborhood a little brighter, as it will your day when you give in to the gelato. Or do what I do, and don't ever carry cash if you're just out running errands. OR-or, succumb to the music and get a scoop every time; a little gelato now and then is good for you. It's certainly good for your peace of mind. And happiness of tum.
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Review: Love & Haight deli! »
San Francisco is a town that goes to bed early. Or rather, it stops eating at around 9 p.m. Then, it takes itself to the Power Exchange for a nightcap. We are a city in which you can come to be who you want to be and everyone will love you and ask you to get married illegally, unless the person you want to be is someone who wants to eat a meal that doen't come from the liquor store after 10pm. That person is welcome to return to New York or LA or London or whatever place they came from.
Sure, there are a tiny number of all-night diners, but with the exception of Sparky's—which I'm sure we'll get to in a bit—none offer much in the way of vegan options. Unless of course you are looking to eat the universal vegan meal: french fries. But when looking for something with a bit more substance to pre-empt your nasty hangover or to just accompany your late-night dinner cravings (some of us just get hungry later, geez!) there is Love & Haight Deli in the Lower Haight.
It's very easy to ignore this place; I know I did for the first 1,000 times I walked by. But, once I discovered the magic within, I haven't been able to stop eating their sandwiches. I swear, I have been to Love & Haight probably 50 times in the past two years and I have only ever ordered one thing: the "veggie chicken steak" sandwich on sourdough roll with avocado. It is a sandwich that will take you out on a date, open doors for you, give you an amazing kiss goodnight and then text you before you even have a chance to take off your shoes when you get home. It's that good, you guys.
And (to bring it back to my original point), they're open until 1 a.m. on weeknights and 2 a.m. on weekends. You heard me! Not only that, they have an awesome selection of beverages, chips to go with your sandwich, and for dessert, they sell Alternative Baking Company cookies! A full meal—and I don't consider it to be a full meal until I've had a cookie—will set you back about $10, a reasonable amount considering the enormousness of the sandwiches.
More useful info if you don't enjoy my life-changing prose: they very clearly mark what is and isn't vegan on their menu, which is very helpful when choosing breads. Besides the veggie chicken steak, they have a few other fake meats on their menu, like veggie roast duck, veggie BBQ steak, and a few others, all from Layonna Vegetarian/heaven in Oakland. Unfortunately they do not offer vegan mayonnaise.
We all know Ike's is the current king of vegan sandwiches in the Bay Area, but Love & Haight still deserves a shout-out; it will be there for you when you just want a nice warm piece of wheat gluten with half of an avocado on top of it at 1:30 in the morning.
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∞ posted at 12:27 by mariadiaz-deactivated20130202
Review: Mission Street Food cart! »
Mission Street Food is a most delicious little cart that sets up once a week (details below) to serve you some of the most delicious flat bread sandwiches ever known to man (me + you) or beast (i'll get to this later). There are three sandwich selections—I expect they'll expand the menu and maybe even how many nights a week they are out there based on the popularity of their first two weeks—two of which can be made vegan with small adjustments. The $5 King Trumpet is wild mushrooms, triple-fried potatoes (YES PLEASE!), roasted garlic, and scallion sour cream (gross, omit!) on fresh made flat bread. Now, I'm not even a mushroom fan and this sandwich made me sofuckinghappy. It is a must-try. The other is the $4 Mission Melt which is roasted peppers, melted cheese (omit!%
∞ posted at 12:13 by laurahooperb
Review: Club Waziema! »
Club Waziema is my favorite Ethiopian restaurant in San Francisco. Not so much because it's autentico (I stole that from Jonas, I believe it's Mexican for "authentic") but because it's delicious food in a fun space (dive bar meets whorehouse. See: the ridiculously wonderful and sexy wallpaper) and it's super-cheap and there is an excellent jukebox. Oh and IT'S ALL-YOU-CAN-EAT. AMAZING.
I strongly suggest ordering the Vegetarian Combo, a combination of all their vegan dishes. They don't use the proper Ethiopian names on the menu because their customers are almost 100 percent Hipster McWhitey but basically you get two different lentil dishes (one spicy, one milder), a mushroom stew, collard greens and a potato/carrot/cabbage combo for $9, ALL YOU CAN EAT. When the food runs out, you just ask for more and they bring it out because as mentioned above it's ALL YOU CAN EAT. Has there ever been four more beautiful words strung together in the English language? I'm being serious, can you think of any? Because I'm actually trying and I can't.
Everything is served on injera, which is traditional Ethiopian flat bread made with teff flour. The injera at Waziema is fluffier and less tangy than I like it but it's still delicious and I think easier on a palate that isn't used to eating this type of food. Please see above about Hipster McWhitey. You use the injera to eat all of the food so please don't humiliate yourself by asking for a fork or some shit. HOW EMBARRASSING.
Some things to keep in mind when dining in here. The service can be inattentive and slow (this is how they do in Ethiopia. I'm assuming.) so either be relaxed, baby, or prepare to go to bat for what you believe in. I've also had really excellent service so it's a bit of a crap shoot. It's good for groups (I had a big birthday dinner here a few years ago and it was the perfect location for a laid-back celebration—just make sure to call ahead and reserve some space. You can apparently even make reservations on their site. I would say not great for a romantical date because it can get really loud and there aren't basic restaurant things like tablecloths and shit because you're in a bar but on the other hand, I had the first date with my current boyfriend here and he's ALL RIGHT. And oh yeah, they are closed Sundays and not open for lunch. The kitchen is open from 5 to 10 p.m. every night but the bar stays open later, until midnight on school nights and 2 a.m. on the weekend SO YOU CAN PARTY! ETHIOPIAN STYLE! WHAT?!
That is all.
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Review: Medjool! »
Medjool is located in the fake Mission District. It's where people from the Marina* come when they want to slum it in the scary, scary Mission. It's pretentious and ridiculous (look at all those a-holes out front in the picture. What a bunch of a-holes) but they have a fair amount of vegan items on the menu—which is advertised as "more than a menu. It's a cultural event." BLOW ME, MEDJOOL—so I was game to try it. I went two times and had decent experiences with the hummus and couscous, nothing extraordinary, but my third time visiting, HOLY SHIT. Beyond the terrible service, terrible food, and terrible music there was the FUCKING TERRIBLE SERVICE. Our waiter was so snooty, so slow and so thick in the head, it was truly mind-boggling. He wasn't exactly mean, more operating in a fashion that defied all logic. It was like in his universe, two plus two equals cookie. Do you know what I'm saying? It's as if he was thoroughly confused that he was our waiter and not some dude who showed up at Medjool to PARTY!!! He never said hello, never told us the specials and when we finally flagged him down to order he asked, "What you want?" With this kind of service, WHO NEEDS ENEMIES?!
I wasn't all that surprised that three out of four dishes were fucked up with nary an apology or speedy correction and the biggest of all horrors, he brought me a FUCKING WHOLE CHICKEN. I was like, oh bitches no. I am VEGAN. He was like, "Oops. My bad." I remained cool. He took away the carcass. Five minutes later a runner comes with ANOTHER WHOLE CHICKEN. I ask my friends which one of them is fucking with me. Seriously, is this a joke? I call the waiter back over and explain problem with receiving wrong order twice and he offers no apology or explanation and returns with my correct order a full 20 minutes later. Everyone else is done eating. I am forced to eat alone and feel extra fat. Fucking horrendous. I will never return and encourage all other vegans and vegan sympathizers to do the same. Luckily, nobody is beating down my door to take me to Medjool. Nobody is beating down my door to take me anywhere. Tear.
Actually, I take it back. The waiter was not only an alien from planet Insane Incompetency but also pretty mean. I might even call him a douche. Actually, to call him a douche would be an insult to douches because they've at least been inside a woman. Oh, snap!
*For those of you unfamiliar with SF geographical stereotypes, I'm sorry. They're pretty great. Living in the Marina basically means that, if you're a woman, you'll finish college, work for a couple of years, find some jr. banker d-bag to marry, quit working to plan your wedding and then get pregnant, never work again, raise ungrateful brats while your husband is off cheating with a dude named Chereyl. Also, you bronze your cleavage.
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The sisters' second album didn't meet with the same amounts of high praise that their debut album allowed for, but the McGarrigles have rarely every been about critical appraisals. This album shows a genuine love for traditional music -- not to mention a marvelous sense of humor and a skill for the melding of multiple genres into one living, breathing entity. Excellent musicianship abounds on the album, no doubt aided by players like bluegrass pioneer Bill Monroe, John Cale, Dave Mattacks, and Pat Donaldson (both British folk luminaries from Fairport Convention and Fotheringay). A few cuts on the album simply opt for the traditional route. "No Biscuit Blues" is a rolling, short, happy take on traditional blues with the sisters' vocals providing solace above the vaguely hippy-dippy instrumentation. "Hommage a Grungie" takes a similar route using piano blues with a bit of a back-porch honk and a woozy disposition. It's often the piano-led, more dramatic pieces that work best for the sisters. "Kitty Come Home" is a searching piano piece with a slight vocal waver and a building of intensity that comes through the warm organ accents and harmonies. It's a dramatic, pleading song. "Southern Boys" is also set at the piano, but there is no pleading on this track, although there's plenty of drama. Easily the strongest track, the eerie melody has a chorus that seems to glide in from reverse. As momentum gathers, the melody begins to rock evenly back and forth and a drunken structure is established. This is a fine ode to the South. There is an unevenness that comes through on many tracks on the album. The leisurely approach and reliance on occasional silly lyrics often make the album sound a bit too frilly. One wishes there were more tracks like "Southern Boys" or "Blanche Comme la Neige" (a traditional tune that is one of the strongest interpretations on the album due to its reliance on the vocal interchanges and light orchestration; it drifts from traditional French folk to British folk easily and successfully). No doubt this is a fun record to listen to. It's hard to deny the merits of a French/Canadian/hippie folk record. But there is certainly a difference between a record that is fun, well-meaning, and excellently played and one that is great. ~ Jon Pruett, Rovi


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Fantastic fabrics. Mood Fabrics sells both fashion and home decor fabrics. Their Garment District shop is packed full of lovely fabrics that fashion designers turn to for incredible creations. You can do the same here for your home.
Some of the home decor fabrics that stood out to us are after the jump, all at $14/yd:
Celery Green Woven Linen, $14/yd
Gold Cotton Velvet, $14/yd
Blue Crinkle Taffeta, $14/yd
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mood has a great selection and a really nice staff. they've always been helpful whenever i've stopped by. the collection can be a little hectic to shop sometimes but if you're willing to dig around a bit you can always find great fabric.
their velvets are my favorite so i'm glad you guys showcased the pretty gold textile above. also, some of the "fashion" texiles can be used for curtains, etc if you back them well.
That's the shop Project Runway uses.
Where are the $14 per yard fabrics? Everything I saw on their site was $35 to $55 per yard.
Hmmmm. I wouldn't say the staff were 'nice'. Half the staff know what they are doing, and the other half are just kids. The kids don't know anything about the fabrics. eg, how much it is (one just made up the price on the spot the last time I was there), the difference between interlock and jersey, where to find the extra wide fabrics. Ie, they know less than I do about the store.
Most of the fabrics don't have labels for prices or tags to show fibre content. If you care about this sort of thing, then B&J are a much more organized store.
You have to go to their store, really a warehouse on two floors, with factory-size rolls of fabrics from floor to ceiling. It's fantastic.
I've shopped at Mood for several years (for home & clothing textiles) and have always had good luck there. i agree the staff is spotty but after a while you'll get to know whom to deal with. the prices run a wide gamut.
I've also shopped at B&J and while I agree that it is definitely more organized and a more pleasant-looking environment (Mood is a dump) I have found the staff to be very condescending. you really have to be tough with them. that said, I've gotten some good stuff there.
also for home textiles try Harry Zanin downtown. fantastic stuff -- but very expensive (and more traditional-looking). I've used them only if I need a small amount of fabric, say to cover small chair cushions.
I can just see Tim Gunn in there saying, "Are you sure you want to go with that?"
you always have to find the older people there to help you out. but if you catch them on a bad day, they're very horribly moody (excuse the pun). the younger assitants are a lot more eager and friendlier. the fabrics of the same material are normally all placed in the same palce and are all about the same price.
mood is definately a lot cheaper than B&J and has a larger variety of fabrics.
Does anyone recommend a tailor below 23rd St. to make curtains from fabric I bought at Mood? I don't sew...I'm sure it's a really easy job but at the same time I don't want someone to screw it up...thanks!
My fabric is $14 cotton eyelet. I'm very happy with it (so far)...
Designers, you have 30 minutes and $14.
I have never found the staff there particularly helpful, especially downstairs - seems like I usually have to run around to find someone to answer questions or cut yardage. I do like their selection though.
mood is great! But be prepared to spend some time - there's a lot of stuff. It can't be beat for the sheer quantity & range. As for staff - if you want to spend 50$ for cotton velvet, go right ahead & head over to B&J...
I was there over the weekend...
The area downstairs, where the home decor and upholstery fabrics are located, is a disaster area! They were doing lots of moving and renovating down there, which seemed odd since it was like, um, their busiest day of the week. Anyway, they have a wonderful selection, but it is sadly disorganized. There are bolts upon bolts that are unreachable or untagged. The staff are either ignorant or impatient, and in some cases downright rude.
So in the end, as much as I loved their stuff, I am not spending my money there. It's too much money, chaos and attitude for my liking.


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A total of 45 Gunchests were produced, but only one remains.
Movies about Alfred the dog.
Zomborg Apocalypse
Zomborgs are on the loose and killing people!
A cat wakes up surrounded by water and must learn to survive.
My Blog: http://gzilbalodis.tumblr.com/
This has been my passion project for the last year an a half. It started as vague ideas of a cat, ocean and overcoming fear. Then through numerous battles with the script it shaped up to something similar you can see now. After seven drafts I felt that it was ready to start storyboarding, but the film kept evolving all the way until the sound mix was done. I kept learning about filmmaking everyday, going through all of the different processes.
I chose the cat as the main character mainly to save time with exposition, because people know that generally cats are afraid of water. So I could just jump right into action. Plus cat is a fairly small creature and the ocean seems even bigger to him. And of course cats are much easier to draw than humans.
The music is by my friend Bertrams Pauls Purviskis who helped a great deal to tell the story the way it was intended. Music had a lot of to convey in very little time and it came out much better than I could have ever expected.
I have been delaying the release for quite some time, because as I learned by making it, a lot of mistakes made earlier when I did not have the experience had to be remade from scratch. I am glad it is finally done and I can show it to the world.
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Other: Also made a clay model of the cat and miniatures of the boat and the tree
Truly an emotional piece of work with magnificent art. Every aspect of this animation was beautifully done. This creation effectively reflects the concept of adaptation and evolution. Bravo, for a wonderful animation.
A very beautiful animation. i really like the style and illustration's to this. Havent seen anything this unique in a while. Great job.
It kind of reminded me of that book "Life of Pi"
Absolutely! My favourite book, it had a great influence on me.
Amazing!Just pure hard work,sweat (i hope you didnt acctually sweat on your pc), and elbow grease! (the grease is what made it taste wonderful... just liek the five yummy lard made cookies of review im about to give you!)
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Got your school supplies shopping list yet? If you're like most people, the length and breadth of such a list made you gasp just a little bit. A compass and calculator, already? Didn't the Internet make those obsolete? Apparently not, and you, mom, are on the hook for these and many other things on the ever-expanding school supply list.
Before you throw up your hands and resign yourself to spending your vacation budget on rulers and pencil boxes, take a look at our list of money saving ideas. Here are 10 ways you can save serious cash on school supplies.
1. Have a Yard Sale
If the school supply bill is making you sweat, have a yard sale where all proceeds go directly into the school supply fund. If you really clean up, splurge on a new pair of tennis shoes for your active kid.
2. Use What You've Got
As you're preparing for your yard sale, take a look at last year's lunch box. Still workable? Take that off the list. Hunt for any notebooks that are mostly unused, and start your year off with what you've already got.
3. Use Coupons
Even if you don't get the Sunday paper, grab it this week and the next so you can scope out the store coupons that are banking on your back-to-school business. Also try online coupon stops, where you can save big on pens and pencils.
4. Craigslist
This is where you can find a backpack for much less than retail. Just remember to always meet in a public place, and pay once you've got the goods. No one needs you to wire them money, and you should always deal with locals on Craigslist.
5. Other People's Yard Sales
A savvy yard sale family knows now is the time to put out those extra binders and colored pencils they've been hanging onto all year long. A savvy shopper will pick them up for next to nothing.
6. Buy in Bulk
If you know you're going to be going back to the store in a few months, hit your large quantity store to buy big and save in the long run.
7. Call Your Friends
Especially if you have friends who have a child that just completed the grade yours is heading into. If they have no use for their specialized requests for fifth grade, see if they're willing to unload a map of the world on you.
8. Talk to the Teacher
If you want to spread out your expenses, give your child's teacher a call and see if it's really necessary to show up on the first day with the entire list. Next month might be a better time for you, and if your kid doesn't need it right away, that's better for your monthly budget.
9. Go on Facebook
No, not to complain about the massive quantities of crayons you're required to purchase, to see what deals are out there in the world wide web. This is the time advertisers are trying to get your attention, and Facebook customizes ads for your eyes. Plus, this is an excuse to see what your friends are up to, without guilt.
10. Compare Prices
This may seem obvious, but when your kid is dying for the Star Wars pencils, and the yellow ones cost half as much, you're going to be less likely to give in when you know the damage it could cause to your budget. Don't be dazzled by the shiny stuff!
How do you save money on school supplies?
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And, just get one of most things until the teacher is more specific. For K & 1st, we sent in everything on the list and didn't get any of it back. This includes the 9 glue sticks my DD said weren't even used! So apparently we donated them to this years class!
I usually just get the basics and then after school starts if the rest is necessary, then we pick up the rest. I have noticed through the years that some never gets used. Such a waste.
I am the mother of 4 and we are so blessed to live in a county that supplies ALL of the elementary schools supplies for us and we pay no fees. When I first moved to this town I and my kids started school I was thrilled to find this out. The only thing we have to supply is a back pack...lol...Of course as special school projects come up through the year we are asked to send in specific supplies, which is great because we know there is no waste!
I have 5 kids going this year and each Sunday I hit up the Sunday ads and go to 3-4 different stores to get what's on sale. It really isn't all that bad - $50 or so before backpacks.
We just completed our kids lists for the year. (kindergarten and 4th grade)
Some of the things listed surprised me. (What are they doing asking for 15 glue sticks per student?)
We bought the basics, and are only sending a few things at a time. I intend to let the teachers know that I will send supplies as needed, and if they aren't satisfied with that, they can bite me.
I did 2 bags for my friend's kids (3 glue sticks, 1 liquid glue, 3 notebooks, 1 pack red pens, 1 pack black pens, 1 box crayons, 1 pack Markers, 1 pack Colored Pencils, 1 ruler, 1 pencil sharpener, 1 pair scissors, 1 pack pencil topper erasers, 1 highlighter, 1 pen/pencil eraser) All she has left she needs to purchase is folders, pencils, lunch box and backpack. For all of that plus a 16 more boxes of crayons, 4 more colored pencils, 4 more markers, 2 more liquid glue, 6 more packs of pens, 2 more packs of pencil topper erasers, 3 more notebooks, and 8 sharpies I spent no more than $15
Coupons coupons coupons and watch your sales flyers!
I try to buy a lot of the things that I know she will need the year before when they clearance all the school supplies after school starts. I also try to stock up during the year.
We keep a stash of what they'll need.


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It's been a little while since we've had any Torchwood news, so I'm happy to finally havea little bit of casting news! Remember the news a while back that Torchwood was casting the role of Brad, who was going to be a
Washington D.C. bartender in his late 20s who hooks up with Jack for a
"mutually satisfying one-night stand?" The casting notice also said that any interested actors should be
comfortable with "intimate scenes Well, we now know that Brad is going to be played by 27-year-old Canadian actor Dillon Casey.
Clearly, Jack hasn't lost his eye for attractive men!
A picture of Casey horsing around with Barrowman first popped up on this Twitpic account on February 12th. And to be sure of the news, I confirmed it myself as well.
Dillon might look familiar to U.S. viewers for his recent role as Noah on The Vampire Diaries, but he's also been on SoapNet's Being Erica, as well as doing single episodes of Skins and Warehouse 13.
He also played Trevor Lemonde on the short-lived SoapNet show MVP, which included his character doing an underwear campaign.
Even though Dillon is only around for a single episode, I'm told this isn't the only relationship Jack has with a man during T:MD. Stay tuned for more details on that!
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not much of a party animal3 Reviews
'i want to be the river'
I did the whole dancing in my underwear thing and laughed my ass off thinking how stupid I must have looked.
Finally I choose my favorite black jeans and my new black top with the red ribbon, I did my make up and looked at the mirror, I decided I looked quite good.
I grabbed my phone, locked the door and stuck the keys in my pocket.
Gerard and Mikey waited for me downstairs as usual.
"Don't you look sharp", Mikey smiled looking me up and down, if I haven't knew him forever I would be rather embarrassed now.
"You look rather sharpish yourself", sharpish was our word for you-look-really-good-but-I-can't-tell-you-that-because-it-would-be-awkward.
They both looked really good, Mikey in his sweet way and Gerard in his own hot way. Wait..did i just used the H word to describe Gerard?.
I guess I did but he wouldn't ever know.
We made our way collecting Ray and Frank.
Mikey took my hand, I looked at him with my eyes widening ,"What are you doing?".
"I told you I won't leave your side tonight and I don't care if all you do is to hold my hand and pout, so you can pout now", said Mikey sweetly.
I fucking love him. I squeezed his hand gently and that's how we entered the party house, hand in hand.
Saying the house was crowded would be an understatement, we managed to slip in without injuring ourselves but how would we get out was a mystery to me.
I followed Mikey around for a while but then I got bored, I didn't knew any of his friends and was tired to deny our "new relationship", should have known that holding hands would invite this sort of questions but hey, I'm new to the whole party thing.
I spotted Gerard sitting by himself outside on the porch, I shook Mikey's hand yelling over the music that I'll go talk to Gerard, he nodded and I made my way to the fresh air.
The cool night air greeted my skin like an old friend, I was exhausted, I collapsed on the porch next to Gerard stretching my legs in front of me.
He smiled at me and raised the plastic cup in his hand to his lips.
My smile slipped away, "Drinking are we?", I wondered if it was his first since we arrived.
"We sure are", he emptied the content in one gulp.
I shook my head, "You shouldn't drink as much as you do".
Gerard looked at my face, the expression on it was a mixture of sadness and disapproval, "Fine, it's my last one. I promise mom".
"Thank you son!, I prefer you when you're sober", I smiled.
He showed me the cup and threw it away, I clapped happily.
"Why are you outside and not inside partying like it's 1999?", I eyed him.
"1999 is so 8 years ago", he laughed, "now I believe the youngsters are using the term party till you drop".
I chuckled ,"Well why aren't you doing that?".
"Tell you the truth, I hoped to drink and enjoy the beautiful night but now since I can't do the first I'll just enjoy the second", he said while getting out his pack of cigarettes out of the pocket, he caught my disapproving glance and giggled, "One bad habit at the time, honey".
I shrugged and looked up at the sky, it was one hell of a starry night.
Gerard lit his cigarette closing his eyes with pleasure, "Even better than sex".
I smirked, "Sure if dying in pain is your thing".
"Well it sure easier to get", he laughed with his eyes closed, "Speaking of which, are you dating Mikey?.
I was shocked. How was it anything to do with smoking OR sex???
"Are you serious?", I turned my whole body in his direction.
"Dead serious", he opened his hazel eyes now.
I didn't know what to say, Gerard is the last person to ask this, he knew very well the type of relationship Mikey and I had so I simply said no.
"Would you like to?". What is it with him tonight? Is it the alcohol?
"I never thought of Mikey this way, I can't think of a guy who fell into my 13th birthday cake in this sense", I looked at the passing cars on the street.
Gerard giggled, "I remember this! he didn't talk to you for a week because you took pictures instead of helping him out, it was a miserable week for me, I had to listen to all this crap and agree about how shit of a friend you have been".
We were silent for a while, I broke it first, "Why do you ask?".
He followed my gaze to the street, "I was just wondering with all the holding hands shit and you being all lovey-fucking-dovey".
At this point Ray sat, or more accurately, fell into my lap. He looked at me and it seems like he recognized me because he started singing something among the lines "I see sky full of stars and she's Skyler". So maybe he's not much of a poet but so would neither of you be if you drank as much as he did.
Frank followed the singing Ray and sat next to Gerard on the porch, "I spent the whole evening keeping him from dunking his head in the fucking toilet although a little more of him singing 'I want to be the river' and I would've help him do just that"
We laughed ,Ray put his head on my shoulder and hummed something in my ear.
"Let's just go home", I suggested and Ray sang 'Sweet home Alabama' in high pitched voice, I wasn't very pleased since he was still on my shoulder.
"I'll go find Mikey and Bob", Frank went back inside the noisy house.
We sat in silence again except for the noise from the house and Ray now singing something by Celine Dion at the top of his lungs. Still on my shoulder.
"He has quite a range", joked Gerard.
I laughed ,"He would make Mrs Dion proud".
"So are you crashing at our house tonight? our parents is out with your mom", Gerard lit another cigarette.
I wasn't sure, my mother wouldn't like it if she ever discovered I spent the night with 5 guys. But sleeping in an empty flat didn't seem too inviting.
I nodded and Gerard smiled blowing smoke in Ray and mines direction.
I coughed and gave him a look while Ray started singing "I know there no smoke without fire lalala".
Frank came back with only Mikey, "Bob wanted to stay a little longer".
I stood up dragging Ray along with me and we all went to the Way's house.


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|December 13, 2012 06:00 AM EST
Nivio, a cloud computing company providing IT solutions to small and medium businesses, announced the release of its new comprehensive IT offering, Nivio for business. The integrated platform combines Windows desktops, networked storage, easy user management, and an app store that enables instant provisioning of essential business applications such as Microsoft Office.
Nivio for business addresses a prominent issue for all organizations: mobile access. With analysts projecting tablet sales in excess of 1.2 billion in 2013, all SMBs are trying cope with providing a consistent BYOD strategy without threatening security or adding complexity. Nivio users can quickly and easily access their cloud-based Windows desktop, plus all their files and software, on nearly any device; from iOS and Android tablets and smartphones to Chromebooks, Kindle Fires, and even public or shared computers.
Nivio provides maintenance, security, licensing, and upgrades. All business IT needs are covered end-to-end with minimal setup or management. "SMBs are faced with technology problems that are increasingly complex and costly to manage – everything from BYOD and mobile access, to dealing with security threats and different versions of different software," said Frank Houghton, CEO of Nivio. "Solving these challenges is nearly impossible without a dedicated IT department, and few SMBs have that luxury. Using Nivio, businesses can concentrate on what they do well and leave the rest to us."
From an IT standpoint, setting up an office could easily take days, but with Nivio, businesses can get set up in minutes without any hardware or infrastructure. Administrators can use the control panel interface to add users, set storage permissions, and instantly give staff access to more than 40 software applications and suites like Microsoft Office. The end user just logs in to Nivio to access their Windows computing experience on the device of their choosing.
Mobile and remote access is also a seamless experience. Users simply download a small app to their device or log in to their Nivio account through the HTML 5 web interface to access their fully-functional Windows desktop, files, and full versions of all their software.
In the face of a rapidly changing technology environment, SMBs need reliable systems at a fixed cost. "With Google charging for Google Apps, it only underscores the importance of what SMBs have known all along: that having a premium and reliable service available when you need it is worth paying for. The SMB is an important market sector for technology as they tend to be more nimble and take savvy approaches to solving every day business problems," said Houghton. "Online productivity applications have their place, but typically offer a compromised experience. Users need a seamless experience where they can easily interact with other applications; a Windows-based hosted desktop with integrated shared storage and mobile device support. Nivio does just that."
Product highlights:
- Create virtual Windows desktops on-demand as businesses add users.
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- Rent software, including Microsoft Office, for low monthly fees. Rent it by the month only when it is needed. All software provisioned within Nivio is fully licensed with all updates and maintenance managed are covered.
- Manage accounts with the administrative control panel interface. Create new desktops, provision software, manage storage and permissions, monitor usage, and run reports.
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Nivio, headquartered in Palo Alto, California, with offices in the UK, India, and Australia, is a cloud-computing company focused on solving the everyday technology needs of businesses. Launched in 2012, the company's goal is to provide a cost-effective platform that makes setting up and managing essential business technology for your office as easy as using your TV or phone.
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EL PASO (KDBC) — It's about a week before Valentine's Day and many florist shops across El Paso are preparing for the big day.
Kern Place Florist on Mesa and Boston in West El Paso was already flooded with orders for Valentine's Day.
It posted a welcoming sign for the more than 25,000 El Pasoans looking for jobs.
It's hiring temporary delivery drivers for Thursday and Friday, which is Valentine's Day.
The owner said they do the same every holiday, but Valentine's Day is their busiest day of the year.
"We are having a real tough economy so if you need some extra cash, then you can get pretty good money here delivering the flowers and you will have fun," said Yazmine Clement.
Drivers use their own cars to make deliveries.
Clement pays them for every arrangement they deliver, depending on the type of car they drive and the area where they're delivering flowers.
If you're interested in applying, you can visit the shop located 2430 North Mesa Street in West El Paso. They need a copy of your driver's license and insurance.


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Prerequisite: Completion of Indigenous Wisdom & Healing: Tracking & Clearing.
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- Conduct intake sessions and exit procedures, utilizing tactful communications, supporting client integration, recommending personalized home practices and follow-up care
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This class is part of a non-credit program offered by Bastyr's Continuing Education Department. To read about the program course sequence, program requirements and fees, go to www.bastyr.edu/continuing-education/certificate-training-programs-non-credit
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Audience: The seminar content has been designed for licensed health care professionals; however, the general public is invited to attend as well.
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CEUs available for NDs (except CA & OR)
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1-21-12 General Assembly Minutes
January 21, 2012 in Meeting minutes
Thank you to everybody who helped make props
Want to form marching committee/artists' working group—space for props and store supplies permanently
OD Drums call for anyone who would like to help make unifying noise for marches and actions, Someone will be present 0.5 hr beforehand to make noise plan before action all instruments welcome
Tactics Committee meets Mondays at 530 pm at Civic Center
Legal Committee—also looking for new members request to email legal @occupydenver.org
Outreach committee—outreach takes people and fits them in where skills fit in, take people to meetings to discuss ideas to place new members where they can help
Resource development—State of Disunion and Fashion Show—need $ to go to thrift shops for fashion show supplies—reviewed event details for fashion show and fundraiser
Reminder announcement—Identity studies working group—workshop Tuesday at 530 pm—forum for self-evaluation—above City o City above Deerpile space before GA
Also discussing forming a canvassing group—request to collect contact info to form group to canvass on behalf of any committee or other organizational need
Events Committee are reviewing ideas to recruit members and survive winter—Mondays events committee meeting for purpose of reorganizing committee, start from scratch to make everyone welcome. Events works with all other committees as well. Some issues include what actions to do on Saturdays. Next meeting 5 or 530 at civic center park Monday 1.23.11
Updates on two working groups—Informational Pamphlet Working Group/Communications—the committee was supposed to meet today but many members not present, outreach opportunities, teach in opportunities, upcoming events, GA procedural info all would have been included in pamphlet. Get involved by emailing firstname.lastname@example.com. Most recent copy will be available at next GA Tuesday at 7 pm.
Also legislative working gp—working on direct action, met Friday 1.20 for first time, working on legislation that support occupy goals. Next meeting Fridays @ 330 pm
Education Committee—starting 1.31 will be teach in series called community activism addressing economic disparity issues for particular communities. Also going to be a series on Thursdays called Occupied Economics. Both occur 530-645 pm in Deerpile space above City o City. One more Liberation teach in occurring in same space on same schedule.
Events update—March to Wells Fargo 1-24-12, Preceded by teach in. Action related to Wells Fargo's investments in prisons that are targeting immigrants. Starts at Auraria campus at 11 am until 6 pm. Fliers available.
Occupy the Koch Bros—Wichita, KS—March 3—to protest Koch Bros think tank, money in politics, negative impact on environment, focus on corruption. Action included speakers, music. Occupy the Koch Bros work group looking at charter bus (need 50 people), proposal to be given Tuesday
Some people planning to go to KS, have requested to know from KS people if any spaces to stay if went to KS Friday night
All occupy people invited to DC to occupy for entire month of April—DC is looking for spaces to stay, food also given. Starts March 30. Teach ins, etc. will also be occurring, request for ideas to bring to DC.
Denver County Republicans—several of exec committee members are concerned about Occupy the Caucus.
Agenda Items
Proposal from Legal (Kat)—re: Kathleen D. who did not show for court date—proposing that $1100 that was returned to Occupy from previous bail outs—money returned to be available in case it is needed—2 week timeline—if necessary to bondsman
Was bail approved by GA? DABC doing legal support at time of Kathleen's bail out—DABC has now stopped providing legal—Kat is the person who put her name on Kat's bonds
What will happen if we do not raise $? if OD does not get money together, a bounty hunter will be hired ($200 set up, 20% of each bond), someone would then become personally responsible for all following fees
Someone suggests trying to reach out to someone else during next two weeks
Request for money related to someone made on FB approved by GA, also was bailing out in general ever approved, use of admin on FB needs to be approved by GA
Was a time when DABC and OD were working together to raise funds specifically for bailing out
Donations made online are specified as for bail or other purposes, some proposals have been made at GA about whether to use general funding for bail
One week from today proposals will be made re: use of funding for bail
Concern expressed re: using money for purposes other than donors' intended
Money for someone was specifically collected on ground for bail
Money in general is used for purposes as collected
Picture of someone requested
Someone suggests modification—up to $1100 of bail money be given to bail bondsmen to specifically release the bond on Kathleen D.
Currently no one needs bail—3 people in jail than cannot be bonded
If release $1100 whatever does not get put toward someone's bonds is proposal stating extra $ will be held for other bail/bond
Vote will decide that next Saturday by Legal proposal
What % of money for bail does $1100 represent?
$1100 makes up 100% of current legal funding—are expecting more money back from other bonds in next few weeks
Who will get bailed out or not in future
For: 29
Against: 0
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I would like everyone to know that the teachers in the English Dept at Alamogordo HS do not agree with the knee jerk reaction of pulling Neverwhere from the Dept. library. It has been successful as a supplemental novel and since our goal is to get students engaged and encourage their thinking, this novel is a keeper — the students love it. The passage the parent is referring to is not graphic, but it is an adult type situation…a very briefly visited one.
I am sorry our school administrators did not stand up and support the material the way we all would have expected them to do. Also, as much as we hate to expose anyone for not speaking the truth, this parent had publicly stated that the school was "forcing" her student to read the novel (not true), and she also stated that the school never offered her daughter an alternate selection when she objected to Neverwhere. This statement is one that we will vehemently deny. The mother is stating inaccurate comments publicly. I work with the teacher in question – a very capable and intelligent young woman that is an asset to the English Dept.- and she immediately provided an alternate novel to the student as soon as the mother made the first known objection to Gaiman's novel.
We simply cannot stand for banning a book for hundreds of students this year and in the years to come because a single parent objected over one brief passage on ONE page. Making inaccurate comments about the teacher (whom the parent chose not to even meet, but publicly disrespected her and questioned her credentials in spite of that), saying we forced anyone to read a text she objected to, or stating that no alternative assignment was offered is absolutely false. Teachers are sensitive to the needs of their students.
Our students have enjoyed Gaiman's novel for almost ten years, and it saddens us to think that our future students will not have the same opportunity.
The teachers in the English Dept are opposed to any form of censorship. This situation is being handled incorrectly, it makes our school and our town appear as if we are fine with suspending the use of a book that is used by middle and high schools across the country and around the globe. We are not fine with it, and we want people to know that.
Kathy Wallis commenting in School Library Journal on the banning of NEVERWHERE at Alamogordo High School, New Mexico.
The original article reported from the parent's point of view has gotten nationwide play, can we boost the signal on this as well please?
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