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Suicide among UK veterinarians high

Sat, 27 Mar 2010 23:13:52 Z

Paper delves into British veterinarians' high suicide risk

By Tom Watkins, CNN

March 26, 2010 6:08 p.m. EDT

Veterinary medicine can be a high-stress industry, a researcher says.

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Group appears to be four times as likely to commit suicide as general public
High stress, ready access to lethal drugs may be among factors
Researcher says every country that has done research has found high risk
Some veterinarians say rewards of job can counter struggles

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(CNN) -- A researcher published an article Thursday that attempts to explain why veterinarians in Britain appear to be four times as likely as the general public to commit suicide.

"There's no doubt that the suicide rate among veterinarians is elevated relative to the general population," said Dr. David Bartram, a Ph.D. student in mental health at the School of Medicine, University of Southampton.

"What isn't certain is why."

The numbers are startling, with the rate "far and away the highest suicide rate of any other occupational group," Bartram said. In absolute terms, that means five or six of Britain's 16,000 veterinarians kill themselves in any given year, he said.

In his paper, Bartram identifies a number of potential causes for the rate, which is also twice that of other health care professionals. Together, they paint a picture of high stress.

• The stress begins while they're still in training. Typically, entrance to veterinary schools is limited to high achievers, whose personality traits may include neurosis, conscientiousness and perfectionism, all risk factors for suicidal behaviors.

• Their working environment can be stressful, marked by long hours, high psychological demands, low levels of support from managers and high expectations from clients. Many work in solo practices, which can leave them professionally and socially isolated and therefore more vulnerable to depression and suicide.

• Ready access to lethal means and knowledge of how to apply them can also put them at risk. Veterinary clinics typically store lethal drugs, such as barbiturates, on premises. Thoughts of suicide, which are often impulsive, can be acted on immediately. At least half of the male veterinarians who committed suicide between 1982 and 1996 in England and Wales used barbiturates, the report said, with deliberate poisoning accounting for 80 to 90 percent of veterinarians' suicides.

• Veterinarians may consider euthanasia to be a way of alleviating suffering and may therefore come to look upon it as a positive solution to their own difficulties.

• "Suicide contagion" caused by direct or indirect exposure to suicides among colleagues may leave veterinarians more vulnerable to killing themselves.

Though the findings, published in the journal "Veterinary Record," have been presented in scientific literature, the author said his is the first to combine them into one paper.

Though little research into suicide risk among veterinarians has been carried out in the United States, every country that has published occupational suicide rates has found that those of veterinarians were elevated, he said.

But the bottom line is that his hypothesis to explain the elevated suicide risk is no more than an educated guess, he said.

Bartram called for more research to investigate the risk factors and to help the industry's leaders formulate appropriate interventions to cut risk.

"It does seem quite remarkable that there has been such a dearth of research in the field," he said.

He suggested that the government fund research into the matter, adding that any findings would probably be applicable to other occupational groups that have high rates of suicide.

Bartram, a veterinarian himself, said he was motivated to do the work because he suffered from severe depression unrelated to his work, from which he recovered seven years ago.

The report came as a surprise to Sang Han, a veterinarian at a clinic in San Juan Capistrano, California, who has been practicing for 15 years.

"I love my job," he said. "Most of the veterinarians I know of around this town seem to enjoy their work. It's kind of fun to work with four-legged creatures."

But Susan Sundburg acknowledged that the job has had its stresses in the 23 years she had cared for animals.

"Animal lives are a lot shorter than human lives," she said from the Empire Veterinary Clinic in Modesto, California, where she is the lone full-time veterinarian. "We go very often go from birth to death with our patients, and we do get attached to our patients, so I think there's some emotional stress there."

But the rewards of the job -- bringing puppies into the world, performing life-saving surgeries -- can balance that, Sundburg said. "I guess a lot of it depends on how you deal with stress."

And veterinarians face stresses that physicians may not, she said, routinely having to weigh not only the health of their patients but the ability or willingness of their patients' owners to pay and to care for the animal at home. Decisions can be tough to make, she said.

"Sometimes, there's things that kind of sit on the fence," she said. "You kind of don't know where to go."

Sundburg said she has adopted coping mechanisms, taking non-veterinary vacations and reading non-veterinary books like mysteries "to turn off my mind."

The report was welcomed by Ron DeHaven, CEO of the American Veterinary Medical Association, whose 80,000 members represent about 85 percent of the profession.

"It confirms some of the anecdotal information that we've heard," he said. "We will be taking a hard look at this study over the coming months to see what we can do as an association to improve our outreach efforts and other safety nets to help support our members and students when they are faced with difficult times as individuals and professionals."

Marguerite Pappaioanou, executive director of the Association of American Veterinary Colleges, cautioned against concluding that veterinarians in the United States face rates of suicide similar to those seen in Britain.

"There are huge differences between the U.K. and here," she said. She noted that, in recent years, British veterinarians have had to cope with an animal epidemic of foot-and-mouth disease as well as widespread slaughter of cattle to stem the spread of mad cow disease.

Still, the report surprised her. "We have been hearing these things, but no one's pulled the data all together in one place" before, she said. "This data's very compelling. ... It does take it beyond the anecdotal. It's a heads-up."

She said she would share the study with the association's member schools and their administrators.

"There's enough in this article to say, 'Whoa, we ought to be ... trying to do what we can to prevent suicide.' "

Getting IN when left OUT

Sat, 27 Mar 2010 23:07:48 Z

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Breaking Into a Conversation Gracefully

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Last week, I wrote a post about exiting a conversation gracefully that generated some buzz. Beyond commenting on the strategies and tips to help you get out of those awkward moments, many of you rightfully pointed out that breaking into conversations was just as perplexing, especially at networking events, conferences, and other forced-conversation forums.

There are two strategies that I recommend to ease in and out of group conversations effortlessly. Both begin with a polite interruption followed by a quick retreat. The first one takes some chutzpah, aiming itself at the whole group, while the second strategy targets a single person first before gaining an entrée into the larger group soon thereafter. Both can give you the opening you need to break the barrier of closed-circle groups and save you from a night of eating alone at the bar during a conference or event.

Let's take a closer look:

The Group Tackle

The group tackle involves a brief introduction followed by an immediate retreat — an emphatic statement that the group continue the conversation without further ado.

Last summer, I attended a Mediabistro conference with headliner Tim Ferriss. I was dying to meet Tim so I stuck around after his keynote to introduce myself. Not surprisingly, nearly a dozen people had beaten me to the punch. Tim was holding court at the periphery of the auditorium with a rapt audience. Undeterred, I approached the group assertively, waited for Tim to see me and said the following:

Hi Tim, I'm Jodi Glickman Brown with Great on the Job; I didn't want to interrupt but I'm fascinated to hear about what you do.
Please, continue and I'll just listen in.

By not engaging in further conversation other than my quick intro, I made it explicitly clear that I didn't intend to take over the conversation or change the natural direction or momentum of the dialogue.

After lobbing in your quick intro, the next step is to go into "listen mode" for several minutes before venturing into the conversation again. Get a sense of the context and players around you. Then, once you've got your footing, feel free to chime in after the others know who you are and see that you've been listening respectfully to the dialogue going on around you.

After listening to Tim and the group for several minutes, I lobbed in a question related to Great on the Job and my own book deal with St. Martins' Press. I will never forget Tim's gracious response and his practical advice, and I'd be willing to bet both were to some degree due to the way I handled my entrance.

The Single Sideliner

For those who are intimidated by the group approach, there's also a way to gain access to the group incrementally. Stand nearby a member of the group until you make eye-contact and then politely and unobtrusively introduce yourself to that person. After a one-line introduction, throw in a soft-sell about how you'd love an introduction to the broader group at the appropriate moment. It goes something like this:

Hi, I'm Jodi Glickman Brown with Great on the Job, how are you? I don't want to interrupt but I just wanted to listen in to the conversation...
I'd love an introduction to your colleagues at some point if you don't mind.

Then, if and when you do get that introduction to the broader group, follow up with a "so nice to meet you all" and then go back immediately into listen mode until you feel comfortable that you have something of value to add to the conversation. Alternatively, you now have the opening you need to follow up individually with any other members of the group once the gang has dispersed or there is a natural lull in the conversation.

In both of these approaches, you join the group as a voyeur, but a voyeur with a free pass — because you've made the cursory personal introduction without stealing anyone's thunder or ruffling any feathers and you've explained your benign intentions — you're just there to listen and learn. From that point of entry, you can then come from a position of strength to follow up with your new-found friends/colleagues/potential clients to begin a lasting and meaningful conversation.

Jodi Glickman Brown is the founder and president of communication consulting firm Great on the Job. She is the author of the forthcoming book Great on the Job, to be published by St. Martin's Press in early 2011.

Whew! It's NICE to be NORMAL and VEGAN. Now commentators are doubting it.

Sat, 27 Mar 2010 22:54:32 Z

Globe's "Hegan" Piece Prompts Collective Headdesking

Vegan salad with radish, nasturtium and tahini dressing courtesy of Emilie Hardman at the Conscious Kitchen.

"Hegans," or male vegans, were the subject of the Boston Globe’s most-emailed articleyesterday, "Men leave their own mark on veganism." The fact that it created stuch a stir (and remains the fourth most-emailed article today,despite the Kentucky controversy) is unsurprising to the more cynical among us. After all, “hegan” is not so much the mashup of “he” and “vegan” as it is the mashup of “gender stereotypes” and “controversial subjects": a surefire recipe for clicks and almost irresistible bait for bloggers.

Predictably, it generated a stir almost immediately, and the responses (including ours) continue to pour in.

The article profiles a handful of middle-aged, athletic, heterosexual men who have decided to cut animal products from their diet, mostly for health reasons. One is a father of three who went from being an overweight fried food aficionado to a svelte lover of yerba mate lattes and yoga. Another is “the ultimate hegan,” Rip Esselstyn, a firefighter who has popularized the vegan “Engine 2 diet.” (The article also includes a recipe for a tasty-sounding vegan avocado Reuben created by a single father who went vegan to cut his risk for cancer.)

Taken at face value, the piece is a net positive for the vegan community. The men who were profiled reported feeling happier and healthier. The reporter contacted the owners of two local vegan restaurants, Prana Café in Newton and the new Pulse Café in Davis Square, which will now undoubtedly receive more curious visitors, and may even help to convert new eaters to the cause. And considering a diet low in cholesterol and fat and high in vegetables and fiber can help to combat the main causes of death for American men, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Mayo Clinic, the fact that it's becoming more acceptable for men to embrace healthy eating is great news for the American population at large.

But the idea that "manly" male vegans require a cute new word to describe themselves, lest they be lumped in with regular vegans—presumably all Lululemon-wearing sissies—left many vegan and vegetarian readers, not to mention women and gay men, feeling insulted and exasperated.

The article failed to back up its claims of “heganism” being on the rise with any “hard numbers,” which brought on one big collective eye roll from the armchair reporter corps. The writer adds insult to injury by explaining that this is because “by nature most men don’t make their eating habits public."

More radishes courtesy Emilie Hardman at the Conscious Kitchen.

Excusing a lack of research with an unsupportable stereotype is nothing new for trend reporting, but it's particularly indefensible (if no surprise) coming from the Globe—especially given that Michael Pollanand Mark Bittman, two of the most influential voices in the recent push to cut meat from the American diet, rose to fame by making their eating habits public in the Globe's sister paper. You know, that little rag called the New York Times.

And so, national publications from Slate and Shakesville to Jezebelwasted no time in pouncing on the article yesterday. It even merited a new, sarcastic entry in UPenn's Language Log, linked to its antonym (femivore, natch).

Here in Boston, we continued to scratch our heads over the motives of our paper of record, so we decided to reached out to our food-loving colleagues for more insight.

Emilie Hardman, a local vegan chef who blogs about food issues at theConscious Kitchen, summed up her ambivalence in an admirably short email:

"In general I think it's fantastic to have a story out there about veganism as a positive choice. What bothers me here is the insanity of rebranding veganism as ‘heganism,’ as though vegan is a necessarily gendered concept that requires reframing to include men,” she wrote. “Of course meat-eating has long been tied up in notions of what it means to be a man, but this is the kind of fascinating flip-side: engineering a new masculinist terminology in order to validate veganism as a manly choice."

Tyler Balliet, a straight man who runs The Second Glass and been eating vegan on and off for years, wondered why inventing an entirely new word to distinguish his eating behavior from that of his female friends’ was suddenly necessary.

"What's up with the all the labels? A guy can't eat dinner without being marked with a term?” he said. "It's funny how when an adult Bostonian male decides to eat well, it's considered news.”

Leila Cohan over at Grub Street Boston agreed: "Why is this newsworthy?" she wrote on the GSB site yesterday. "Is it the fact that veganism is seen as health-conscious and health-consciousness is the domain of women? Is it because men are supposed to eat man food like steaks and cheese while delicate female flowers are meant to snack on salad? Either possibility is pretty offensive."

Lissa Harris, the brains behind WomenDo!, a site that mocks gender-based trend articles (and where this Bostonist sometimes contributes), promptly catalogued the piece on the site.

Overall, even though the men profiled in the piece seemed to bear no ill will towards vegans, nor were they searching for a new word to define themselves, the reporter seemed to take for granted that the word "vegan" is the province of wussy women and girlymen, and therefore not good enough for fire-fighting triathletes.

Max Krafft, a local queer baker and longtime vegetarian, said that if this were the case, the feeling would be mutual. “If they want ‘heganism,’” he said, “They can have it.”

However, Christine Liu at Boston Citysearch, never one to miss an opportunity to make a portmanteau (opportmanteaupertunity?), felt the word was lacking a certain je ne sais quoi. She suggested “soyboys,” “boorganics” or “beast-free beasts” might roll off the tongue more easily.

Or just “vegans” would be fine, it seems. Or “dudes who don’t eat animal products.” Or “free-thinking people of all sexual orientations, ages and sizes who don’t let knee-jerk gender norms and misinformation affect their important, deeply personal health decisions.” For Boston’s food-loving, progressive population, it’s all good.

But “hegan”? Sorry, but it looks like “hegan” is just not going to happen. Nor should it.

Old Wethersfield - does Amtrak STOP HERE (for vegan chocolates)?

Sat, 27 Mar 2010 22:52:20 Z

There’s more than chocolate to the Narcissus Chocolate Cafe (7 Railroad Place, Old Wethersfield, CT)
860-436-9311, www.narcissuschocolatecafe.com, lunch $5.50-$8.50

The restaurant, in a former railroad depot, also serves homemade quiche, sandwiches, wraps, and panini, which diners can enjoy at tables or in upholstered chairs. Owner Carol Kober-Narciss likes to buy local; she gets organic, vegan chocolates from a chocolatier in Manchester and serves Daybreak coffee roasted in Glastonbury, along with delicious-sounding hot and cold chocolate beverages.

Harvard Crimson asks: "Where should I take a raw food vegan on a date?"

Sat, 27 Mar 2010 22:50:28 Z

Whine and Dine: An Introduction

Published by Lingbo Li on March 23, 2010 at 2:47AM

In this new series, columnist Lingbo Li will tackle all your questions about foodie life at Harvard and in the Cambridge/Boston area.

Where should I take a raw food vegan on a date?

I'll do my best to answer all your dining questions in a new weekly column called Whine and Dine, crafted specially for the whims of you hungry Harvard students. I'll even throw in transportation tips on getting out of the Square and the best options for those planning on running to a review session in the Yard afterwards. Whether it's a late night coffee shop or maybe a red velvet cupcake you're hankering for, ask away. After all, you don't want to be That Guy who took your foodie girlfriend to Bertucci's for your one-year anniversary. Unless there's a good reason. (But seriously, don't do it.)

Who am I? I'm a food columnist for the Crimson's FM magazine, a food blogger, president of the Harvard College Culinary Society, and general epicure well-versed in all things edible in Boston. And if I don't know it, I'll know someone who does. So suffer through crappy unagi and cooked animal foods no more. (And try Sweet & Nasty for all your erotic cake needs.)

E-mail your questions to flyby@thecrimson.com and I'll reply in the next column, space and appriopiateness considering. If you're asking for a recommendation, be sure to include details like cuisine preferences, budget, willingness to travel, and occasion.

Senior VEGAN marathoner off to scenic Austria (has already seen Boston: been there, done that!)

Sat, 27 Mar 2010 22:49:03 Z

Senior off to scenic Austria marathon

By Ginny Raue

She has defied her doctors’ prognosis - they said she’d never again be able to run more than a mile. At age 68, Dr. Barbara Ellicott is getting ready to participate in the Vienna Marathon in April. This will be her ninth marathon, her fourth run since suffering heart failure.

In 1994 Ellicott, a speech and language pathologist, school psychologist and learning consultant, was the victim of a dog attack which resulted in hamstring, buttock and nerve damage. After physical therapy and some research she heeded the advice of her children, became a vegan and found significant improvement in her overall health.

What the Byram resident didn’t know at the time was that she also had Lyme disease which eventually caused heart failure. She believes that her healthy plant-based diet helped her to get through this medical crisis and allows her to feel so well and be so active today.

She began running in her 30s, just for fun and for a little competition between girlfriends. Starting with running half-way around the track, by age 43 she took part in her first marathon.

She had to lay low for years because of her medical conditions and her comeback marathon did not occur until she was 59 years old. At this point she has competed in marathons in Boston, New York, New Jersey, Toronto, Ohio, Philadelphia, and London.

The Vienna Marathon next month does not have a fundraising cause so Ellicott decided to make it her own. A great supporter of BARKS (Byram Animal Rescue Kindness Squad), Ellicott hopes to raise money for this worthy cause.

BARKS, associated with the Byram Pound and sharing the same facility, is a no-kill shelter, an important factor to Ellicott.

Her own adopted canine, Andrew, has been instrumental in Ellicott’s recovery and continues to train with his beloved owner. He enjoys their runs through the woods and has his own preferred routes, from which Ellicott cannot deviate without complaint from Andrew.

This energetic senior citizen is looking forward to her trip to Vienna. Her great grandparents were from Austria and she has yet to visit this part of the world. This marathon is said to be the most scenic in the world and she plans on making the most of her time in the city.

Thinking ahead, she has already checked out her hotel to ensure that there will be an English-speaking staff who will understand her special dietary needs.

To make a donation to Ellicott’s endeavor, checks may be sent to BARKS, P.O. box 593, Stanhope, NJ 07874. To donate on line go towww.barksinc.com and look for the donate now button.

Why vegans and animal rights advocates SHOULD BE TEETOTALERS

Sat, 27 Mar 2010 22:48:01 Z

Drunk Man Arrested For Trying To Resuscitate Dead Possum

First Posted: 03-26-10 11:52 PM | Updated: 03-27-10 08:45 AM

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According to the AP, a drunk Pennsylvania man was arrested after he was found attempting to revive a dead possum along the highway. The man, Donald Wolfe, was charged with public drunkenness (apparently he was let off on practicing medicine without a license).

The state police did not specify the tactics Wolfe used to revive the roadkill. But you can use your imagination: CPR, defribrillaters, whatever you want. We're kind of hoping he was putting sunglasses on it for a little "Weekend At Bernies" action. (via BWE)

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Why love ONE and eat the OTHER?

Sat, 27 Mar 2010 22:41:28 Z

Taking a closer look at what we eat

March 18, 2010 by Renata Follmann

Local activist groups partner to rally for animal rights

Click image to enlarge.

Kittens and chicks are equally cute, but why domesticate one and consume the other?

This is the thought provoking message in a billboard promoted by the local association Vegas Veg in partnership with Mercy For Animals.

Vegas Veg is a local organization consisting of individuals interested in promoting plant-based eating within the Las Vegas area.

Elaine Vigneault, Vegas Veg main organizer, is a supporter of MFA, which is a national non-profit farmed animal advocacy organization.

MFA used the billboards in Chicago, Boston, New York City, Denver, Toronto and Michigan to raise awareness for animal cruelty.

Vigneault saw a photo of the billboards online and contacted Nathan Runkle, executive director of MFA, to see if they could do the billboards in Nevada. Runkle handled most of the logistics and Vigneault took care of the fundraising.

Runkle said that there is a growing discussion taking place around the country concerning food choices and their impact on our health, environment and animal welfare.

Vigneault said that there are a lot of animal lovers in the Valley, but they normally extend their love to only dogs and cats.

“Our message is simply to encourage people to extend the kindness that they give to cats and dogs,” Vigneault said, adding that “Pigs, cows, chickens, turkeys and even fish are capable of feeling pain just like cats and dogs.”

And the idea behind the billboards is to ignite some thought about animal cruelty and health consciousness.

For her, farm animals are treated like meat before they’re even slaughtered. They suggest people choose animal-friendly options as much as possible.

And besides the promotion of better life quality to farm animals, Vegas Veg is also concerned about the food quality that people eat.

Their mission statement is: “Vegas Veg focuses on ending human dependence on animals by promoting a compassionate, healthy, plant-based lifestyle through grassroots educational activities,” according to Ann Petit, one of the organizers.

Runkle gives the example of books like “Eating Animals” by Johnathan Safran Foer, and documentaries like “Food, Inc.” where it shows consumers being more conscious about their food choices.

“This billboard campaign builds on that discussion and urges consumers to think about why we call some animals companions and others dinner,” Runkle said.

The billboards are made to make people think, even for a second, about what they are eating. Kellie Benway, a Vegas Veg member, hope it plants a seed in their minds.

For Benway, Vegas Veg’s main message is about a new option, one that includes being a vegan or vegetarian.

“We are all just normal people who happen to care about all animals and show our concern for their welfare by not eating them. And it is OK to be different,” Benway said.

And all these members have something in common: They are interested and passionate about food, nutrition and animal welfare.

“I like people who are kind. I am attracted to people who question common paradigms,” said Vegas Veg Daryl Elliott, explaining why he joined the group.

For these members, they feel that they live in a culture that prides itself on caring for domestic animals while farmed animals lack any type of attention and dignity.

“There is a path, veganism, of acting in a way that is more consistent with how people generally see themselves, which is as loving and caring people,” Elliott said.

“[By] promoting humane and compassionate vegetarian food choices, we are inspiring people nationwide to reject products of animal abuse,” Runkle said adding that “As the demand for meat, dairy, and egg products is reduced, so too will the number of animals subjected to these cruel and inhumane conditions.”

Right now, there are 376 members and about one-third of the group are active members who participate in the events promoted by Vegas Veg.

Vigneault said they try to keep the activities low-stress, fun and nonjudgmental. And even though they are mostly social, the core intent is about enlightening people and sharing information.

“We’re constantly striving to educate people and help them make truly informed food choices,” Vigneault said.

And the supporters know there is a far-from-ideal world out there and Vegas is definitely a part of it.

“It was an excellent idea to get these billboards to Las Vegas, where people are sometimes challenged to pursue a healthy lifestyle with the odd casino working hours and seeming acceptance of excess everywhere,” said Ina Mohan, Vegas Veg member.

She said that even though people within the group may have different lifestyles, it does not stop them from getting the most out if it. According to her, the information they share with each other is very important to this learning process.

“You can’t force a certain lifestyle onto others if they don’t want it, but revealing the truth about the food industry cruelties and the benefits of vegetarianism is an ongoing duty that we have towards our fellow humans,” Mohan said.

And the billboards were a way they found to express what they believe in and share their thoughts.

“I think [the billboards] are great. It’s wonderful that we have some billboards that give people an opportunity to think about their actions as opposed to only having commercial billboards,” Elliott said.

But not everyone was so enthusiastic about the idea the billboards right from the beginning.

“At first I was a little uncomfortable with the image,” said member Valeria Taylor, adding that she later changed her mind and realized “that it must be effective since it is clearly provocative.”

Taylor is also optimistic about the future.

“I have seen food consciousness grow over the past 16 years and I believe that more people are ready now to embrace vegetarianism and veganism than ever before,” Taylor said.

Taylor said the group’s philosophy is to help people become savvy food consumers. She believes that path will lead to personal growth, which will ultimately guide to choices that are beneficial to both humans and animals.

Vegan Guys WILL Outnumber Vegan Gals (will they OUTPOWER them?)

Sat, 27 Mar 2010 22:38:59 Z

Real Men Eat Plants

BY KATIE LEAVITT | THURSDAY, MARCH 25, 2010 5:59 PM ET

Male vegetarians are becoming more mainstream, proving that men don't need meat.

Most people are aware that adopting a meatless diet is not only good for the body, but good for the planet. It cannot be denied, however, that vegetarians and vegans often get stereotyped as granola-crunching hippies with a chip on their shoulder. Fortunately, the veggie lifestyle has become largely mainstream and accepted for what it is, a healthy and environmentally-friendly alternative.

For men, though, it is has been a bit harder to shake the stigma associated with adopting a plant-based diet. Often they are thought of as wimpy or feminine because animal protein supposedly makes you big and strong. However, "hegans," are slowly coming out of their shells and embracing the lifestyle, shamelessly. Men are frequenting vegan restaurants and cooking vegan food for their friends, family and co-workers. The Boston Globe highlighted a number of these men in a recent article, but perhaps the most intriguing of them is Rip Esselstyn from Austin, TX. The firefighter and triathlete who helped his fellow firefighters to lower their cholesterol and get healthy with his "plant-strong" diet. In regards to his lifestyle, he said, “Sure there is a stigma attached to it, that it’s for yuppie, tree-hugging, emaciated weaklings. That is far from the truth. I like to say that real men eat plants.’’

Whether fully vegan or not, making small steps to incorporate more vegetables, fruit, protein-rich whole grains, legumes, and nuts, while reducing animal proteins, has been shown to reduce cholesterol andlower the risk for cancer and heart disease. It also is one of the most effective ways to reduce yourcarbon footprint.

To prove that vegetarians can be just as strong and manly as any meat-eater, check out professional Ironman triathlete Brendan Brazier, bodybuilding and gold-medalist ski jumper Andreas Cahling, wrestler Chris Campbell, NBA player Anthony Peeler, track star Carl Lewis and four-time Mr UniverseBill Pearl to name a few.

Photo by d_vdm via Flickr.

How Fish Feel Pain

Sat, 27 Mar 2010 22:04:35 Z

Oxford University Press has just released Do Fish Feel Pain?, which can be purchased as a PDF through eBooks.com or as a physical book through online retailers.

Do Fish Feel Pain?

Braithwaite, Victoria

http://www.oup.com/us/catalog/general/subject/LifeSciences/Ecology/AnimalBehavior/?view=usa&ci=9780199551200

This multifaceted book explores recent scientific research of whether or not fish can experience pain but also explores human behavior in our relationship to and perception of fish.

We can no longer overlook mounting evidence that fish feel pain and suffer. To avoid eating mammalian flesh for ethical or moral reasons grounded in currently available evidence (that they suffer) requires including fish because evidence now shows that they, too, suffer violence because of their neurological capacities to organize sensation in complex bundles.

“Tapped” - free April 1 screening hosted by Harvard Business School's Green Living Program

Sat, 27 Mar 2010 18:37:41 Z

Film uncorks facts about the bottled water business

“Tapped,” an award-winning documentary from the producers of “Who Killed the Electric Car,” traces the path of the bottled water industry—and the fate of those caught at the intersection of big business and the public good. Catch a free screening hosted by the Harvard Business School's Green Living Program. Movie snacks and drinks will be provided. For more about the film, visit the “Tapped” movie Web site.Thursday, April 1, 3:30 p.m., Aldrich 208, Harvard Business School campus.

Buddhist Tea House in Cambridge (GBBCC at 950 Mass Ave)

Fri, 26 Mar 2010 21:17:05 Z

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Vegan Lunch with a Side of Dharma

Serving simple but tasty vegetarian fare, our tea house brings monastery food into modern time, no onion or garlic is used. Seasonings are fresh herbs and natural spices. The Lunch Special, served all day from 11:00 AM to 6:00 PM, consists of a mound of brown rice, four side dishes and a bowl of soup. The sides and soup are random, depending on what’s available; usually include two kinds of tofu dishes, green, and sautéed root vegetables. You can order the same thing and get a different meal every time.

The tea house is decked in fresh flowers and filled with scent of incense wafting from the adjoining meditation hall and book store. People like to order our special fresh fruit tea while they overlooking a small garden.

Welcome to enjoy our meal and we also take to-go order. Because of limited space, please inform us when you have a group reservation (above 7 people).

Serving Time: 11:00 AM to 6:00 PM
Closed on Mondays

Contact No: 617-547-6670

Address: 950 Mass. Ave., #C-1, Cambridge, MA 02139
(Red Line T to Central Square)

Heh heh - or is it 'he he' - a few laughs for the 'hegan' (or ABOUT the 'hegan')

Fri, 26 Mar 2010 18:43:36 Z

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Forget vegan, he's a "hegan"

The Boston Globe coins a ridiculous new term for manly men who don't mind eating their veggies

BY THOMAS ROGERS

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Not to be outdone by the New York Times Style section's seemingly inexhaustible capacity for coining ridiculous words (see blipster,recessionista), the Boston Globe has a trend piece today that contains one of the most entertaining food-related neologisms in recent memory. In the article, the Globe's Kathleen Pierce writes about the supposed hot new trend of the male vegan -- men who refuse to eat meat and animal products and yet somehow manage to hold on to their masculinity. And because male vegan is far too unwieldy, she's invented a new word: hegan.

What is a hegan, you might ask? They are, Pierce claims, "the new face of veganism": "Men in their 40s and 50s embracing a restrictive lifestyle to look better, rectify a gluttonous past, or cheat death. They are hegans. They are healthy. And they are here to stay." Hegans aren't interested in the principles of veganism, or saving their environment, or wearing extravagantly colored vegan tunics -- they're just interested in living longer. (Men quoted in the piece tout veganism's supposed ability to prevent cancer, diabetes and heart disease.)

And no, these are not the effete, flouncing vegans of yore -- they are cops, and firefighters, and, most manly of all, men who skate on ponds. Case in point: Joe McCain, a mid-40s Somerville police detective whose weight problems -- he once loved pizza, steak and fried foods -- led him to "cut meat, dairy, eggs, chicken and fish from his diet and [add] power vinyasa yoga, which helped him shed 60 pounds in eight months." Or what Pierce calls "the ultimate hegan," Rip Esselstyn, a veteran Texas firefighter who convinced his department to shun animal protein -- and turned his idea into a diet book called "The Engine 2 Diet."

Unfortunately, Pierce admits, there are "no hard numbers on how many hegans exist." This is unfortunate, because when promoting arbitrary trends, it's often useful to have hard figures. (The entire trend piece, as it turns out, is based on anecdotal interviews with male vegans or vegan establishment owners.) Of course, that doesn't mean that male vegans aren't really on the increase -- the growth of yoga culture and Michael Pollan-esque food politics have doubtless made it more and more acceptable for men to make educated eating choices, and statistics have shown that even if men aren't going vegan, they'respending more time in the kitchen.

And of course, it makes sense for the Globe to be inventing ridiculous new terms. People talk about it, blog about it, and if the newspaper is lucky, even begin using it in everyday speech. And, all things said, the succinct catchiness of the word is almost enough to forgive the weaknesses of the article. I can already hear vegan hipsters in Williamsburg and Silver Lake ironically referring to themselves as "hegans" -- which, put in the manliest way possible, is actually kind of fabulous.

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Animal Rights Profile of Paul McCartney

Fri, 26 Mar 2010 15:18:29 Z

Animal Rights Profile of Paul McCartney

By Doris Lin, About.com Guide

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Animal rights supporter Paul McCartney is a musician, most known for being a member of the Beatles and half of the Lennon-McCartney songwriting team. McCartney has also had a successful career with his band Wings and as a solo artist.

Personal Info:

James Paul McCartney was born in Liverpool, England on June 18, 1942. He married Linda Eastman in 1969 and the pair raised four children: Heather (from Linda’s previous marriage), Mary, Stella and James. Linda McCartney succumbed to breast cancer in 1998. McCartney married Heather Mills in 2002, and the couple had a daughter, Beatrice, but the marriage ended in divorce in 2008. Since then, McCartney has often appeared in public with girlfriend Nancy Shevell.

Music Career – The Beatles:

In the 1960s, McCartney was a member of the Beatles, along with John Lennon, George Harrison and Ringo Starr. The band had a phenomenal influence on pop culture, and had twenty number one hits in the United States, all penned by Lennon and McCartney, including "Can't Buy Me Love," "Yesterday," "Hey, Jude" and "Let it Be." In 1970, the Beatles disbanded.

Music Career – Beyond the Beatles:

In 1971, McCartney formed a new band, Wings, which was successful in its own right, with hits like “Band on the Run,” “Listen to What the Man Said,” and “Silly Love Songs,” which all went to #1 in the U.S. Wings disbanded in 1981, but McCartney continues to record as a solo artist and still plays sold-out stadium tours worldwide.

McCartney was knighted by the Queen of England in 1997, and is listed in the Guinness Book of World Records as the most successful songwriter of all time. Both the Beatles and McCartney as a solo artist have been inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

Animal Rights Activism - Paul & Linda:

Paul and Linda McCartney became vegetarian after looking at one of their own lambs and making the connection with the meat on their plates. Linda authored two vegetarian cookbooks, and in 1991, started a vegetarian food company which continues to make frozen meals "inspired by Linda's home cooking." Together, Paul and Linda supported campaigns by Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine and People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals. The quote, "If slaughterhouses had glass walls, everyone would be vegetarian," has been attributed to both Paul and Linda.

Animal Rights Activism - Recent Activity:

After Linda's passing, McCartney continued his animal activism with his second wife, Heather Mills, both supporting a ban on the trade in dog and cat fur in the EU, and posing for photos with baby seals in support of The Humane Society of the US.

McCartney has also recorded a pro-vegetarian video for Viva!, backed International Fund for Animal Welfare in an anti-hunting campaign, spoken out against vivisection, and supported a proposed ban on fur in Isreal with Let the Animals Live. McCartney also supports Meat Free Monday, an environmental campaign.

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Wind Turbine Power Guided by Lasers

Thu, 25 Mar 2010 22:14:38 Z

Laser Guidance Adds Power to Wind Turbines

from Wired: Wired Science by Alexis Madrigal

The wind industry may soon be dependent on a different kind of environmental awareness that has more to do with lasers than ecology.

A new laser system that can be mounted on wind turbines allows them to prepare for the wind rushing toward their blades.

The lasers act like sonar for the wind, bouncing off microscopically small particulates and back to a fiber optic detector. That data is fed to an on-board processor that generates a three-dimensional view of the wind speed and direction. Subtle adjustments in the turbine blade’s angle to the window allows it to capture more energy and protect itself in case of strong gusts.

The startup company that developed the Vindicator system, Catch the Wind, recently deployed a wind unit on a Nebraska Public Power District turbine. It increased the production of the unit (.pdf) by more than 10 percent, according to the company’s white paper. If those numbers held across the nations’ 35 gigawatts of installed wind capacity, the LIDAR (Light Detection and Ranging) sensors could add more than 3.5 gigawatts of wind capacity without adding a single additional turbine.

“This is what they call disruptive technology,” said William Fetzer, vice president of business development for Catch the Wind. “There are roughly 80,000 to 90,000 wind turbines out in the world, and they don’t have this technology.”

Wind farms are only as good as their data. There have been revolutions in assessing wind resources over long time-scales, but the short-term gustiness of the wind has remained a problem.

Current wind turbines rely on wind-measuring instruments known as anemometers that are mounted to the back of the turbine’s gear-housing unit, called a nacelle. The data from the wind is fed to a computer that optimizes the blades’ configuration to capture the most energy from the wind.

In many cases, cup anemometers, which took their current form in the 1930s, are still used. They work well enough, but have to be positioned behind the blades, which subjects them to turbulence. And, importantly, they can only tell you how fast the wind was blowing after it passed. That doesn’t help you with a freak gust of wind or any of the odd behavior that renewable energy developers have caught the wind exhibiting.

A young employee of the U.S. Weather Bureau with a cup anemometer in 1943.

Fort Felker, director of the National Renewable Energy Laboratory’s National Wind Technology Center, said he saw great potential in LIDAR and similar sound-wave-based systems generally.

“Once you have a detailed knowledge of the coming wind, there are a lot of opportunities,” said Felker told Wired.com.

While he estimates the amount of energy that could be captured is below Catch the Wind’s 10 percent, he said the systems could really help reduce the wear-and-tear on machines caused by strong winds hitting improperly positioned blades.

“Researchers have already demonstrated that substantial reduction of loads is certainly possible,” Felker said.

LIDAR, despite first being demonstrated for wind measurement in the 1970s, has been slow to catch on. The systems have been too expensive.

“Widespread deployment of the technique has so far been hampered by the expense and complexity of LIDAR systems,” (.pdf) a 2005 NREL research report found. “However, the recent development of LIDAR systems based on optical fiber and components from the telecommunications industry promises large improvements in cost, compactness, and reliability so that it becomes viable to consider the deployment of such systems on large wind turbines.”

Now, even the most venerable R&D testing group in the world, the Danish National Laboratory for Sustainable Energy’s Risøe wind outfit, is working on a turbine-mounted LIDAR system, though they only claim a 5 percent increase in electricity production.

Catch the Wind grew out of a small-business grant that the company’s predecessor, Optical Air Data Systems, received from the U.S. military. They developed a LIDAR system for helicopters working in the dusty Iraq and Afghanistan terrain. The company developed their rugged and relatively lightweight LIDAR systems by marrying aerospace knowledge with emerging telecommunications tech like better fiber optic cables and laser diodes.

Still, Catch the Wind may have a tough road ahead. The energy industry is notoriously risk averse. Besides, wind electricity in many places is already cheaper than wholesale electricity prices.

Erin Edholm, a representative for National Wind, a wind-farm developer that’s put in more than 4,000 megawatts of turbines, said that the company’s wind resource assessment team “has not used [LIDAR] or considered using it to date.”

But that doesn’t dim the hopes of Catch the Wind’s Fetzer for the company’s ultimate success.

“When you do disruptive technologies, it takes time,” Fetzer said. “People don’t believe that things are as bad as they are until they can see what we can do.”

It helps that they don’t need the wind turbine manufacturers to incorporate their technology to jump start their business. They’ve got what’s known as a “bolt-on” solution, meaning it can be attached to existing turbines. They don’t need manufacturers to incorporate their product to sell it to wind farms.

Still, some wind farmers may worry that the warranties they have on their turbines would be voided by adding a LIDAR system. Fetzer said Catch the Wind is working out the warranty issues.

General Electric, which is the largest wind turbine manufacturer in the United States, is not using or developing LIDAR specifically, either. Catch the Wind did recently sell one of their machines to a large, unnamed turbine manufacturer.

Though Catch the Wind is not discussing pricing for their products, Fetzer maintains that their customers will make their money back in the three-to-five year range that he says wind developers are looking for. The 2005 NREL report calculated a preliminary cost for a generic LIDAR system of less than $95,000, once production was up and running.

The development of controls for capturing the most energy from the wind has been a constant theme in wind energy research. But it’s not always the company that develops the technology that reaps the rewards from its commercialization. Wind turbines in the 1980s struggled mightily to convert the wind’s gusty capriciousness into steady rotary power.

At the time, the turbine’s rotor had to turn at a constant rate. Researchers realized that their machines could operate over a larger range of speeds if the rotor could speed up or slow down in response to the wind, but they would need power electronics to translate the power into electricity suitable for the grid.

A multimillion dollar R&D program launched by U.S. Windpower and the Electric Power Research Institute to commercialize a variable-speed rotor resulted in a mostly defective turbine design that helped push U.S. Windpower out of business. The variable-speed rotor went on to become a standard part of wind turbine designs.

Catch the Wind obviously is hoping not to suffer the same fate. They are exploring a variety of business models including sharing the revenue from the extra power they say their systems can generate. If they don’t generate any more electricity, the wind turbine owner doesn’t pay anything. If they do, Catch the Wind gets half the take.

“It’s a good value proposition,” Fetzer concluded.

Images: 1. A Vindicator installed in Nebraska/Catch the Wind. 2. American Memory Collection.

WiSci 2.0: Alexis Madrigal’s Twitter, Tumblr, and green tech history research site; Wired Science on Twitter andFacebook.

Animal Essay Deadline FAST Approaching

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"Creative Nonfiction is seeking essays about the bonds--emotional, ethical, biological, physical, or otherwise--between humans and animals. Creative Nonfiction is looking for stories from a variety of viewpoints . . .

For the past 16 years, Creative Nonfiction has devoted itself to publishing vividly-written literary nonfiction on a variety of topics . . .

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Templeton Prize Announced; America's Energy Future-- Book Series, Video, Website

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BREAKING NEWS: NAS Member Francisco Ayala Wins Templeton Prize

The America's Energy Future series explores the nation's current energy portfolio, and the technologies that must be part of that mix in the future. This ground-breaking new series provides authoritative estimates and analysis of the current and future supply of and demand for energy; new and existing technologies to meet those demands; their associated impacts; and their projected costs.

America's Energy Future: Technology and Transformation: Summary Edition

This book, the capstone of the series, examines all aspects of energy supply and demand, including the deployment potential of new and existing technologies, during the next two to three decades.

America's Energy Future: Technology and Transformation

The full edition includes the Summary Edition plus additional chapters detailing six key technology areas: efficiency, alternative transportation fuels, renewable energy, fossil energy, nuclear energy, and the power grid.

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Explore a new website designed to help general audiences make sense of our nation's energy situation.The friendly and accessible site includes an energy trivia quiz and other informative, interactive features, as well as a rich array of energy facts, all presented in an easy-to-navigate format that allows users to choose their own paths through the energy story.

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