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Today after the talking heads political talk shows, I'll be working at the HMS office

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How many dumb animals died for THAT fur coat?

But how about cruelty-free nonleather animal-free product lines?

Remember (a) Aaron Feuerstein's Malden Mills, that made PolarFleece out of recycled plastics (including soda bottles and used water and milk jugs) AND (b) the fake furs with which he had made his millions before, from millions and millions of "tiny little polyesters" (which is the rejoinder vegan animal rights activist Sylvia Vitale used to give when another ARA chided her for wearing a fake fur to an animal rights protest).

Q: And how many dumb animals died for THAT fur coat?A: Millions and millions of "tiny little polyesters"

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Today is monthly vegan All-Day event at My Thai in Boston's Chinatown. I lead a group, then lead a workshop, then see vegan friends all day

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Today was a good day, but I worked diligently for it - in LMA all day. Now working late yet again.

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Grad school looks like a 'go' if I can get the transcripts and 4-page leadership essay in on time

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Home after 2nd great day of annual Boston Vegetarian Food Festival. ALL PRESENTERS WERE OUTSTANDING

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Home preparing for 2nd great day of this weekend's annual Boston Vegetarian Food Festival at Reggie Lewis Center (RLTAC.org) 10a-4p Sunday

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LA JOURNÉE MONDIALE VEGAN - 1er NOVEMBRE

Vegan Végétalien Mondial

LA JOURNÉE MONDIALE VEGAN - 1er NOVEMBRE | LE MOIS MONDIAL VEGAN - NOVEMBRE

WORLD VEGAN DAY - 1st NOVEMBER 2009 | WORLD VEGAN MONTH - NOVEMBER 2009

Pour célébrer la création du mot 'vegan' par Donald Watson et Dorothy (Morgan) Watson et la fondation de la Vegan Society par Donald Watson, Elsie Shrigley et d'autres le 1er novembre 1944.

To celebrate the creation of the word 'vegan' by Donald Watson and Dorothy (Morgan) Watson and the foundation of the Vegan Society by Donald Watson, Elsie Shrigley and others on 1st November 1944.

The Vegan Society http://www.facebook.com/TheVeganSociety

World Vegan Day 2009
For people, animals and the planet
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=113913067294

World Vegan Day
The first of November every year
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=64142859879

VEGAN DAY / JOURNÉE VEGAN – réjouissons-nous, sans oublier les animaux !

« L'événement est partout et pour tous ! ☼
Réjouissez-vous chez vous, sans oublier les animaux ! »

[ En raison des malentendus, il fallait préciser que avec cet événement, nous souhaiterions seulement créer une communauté virtuelle afin d'élever la conscience, pas d'organiser une véritable fête.  La "Journée Mondiale du Véganisme" organisée à Paris est tout à fait un événement réel ! ;D S&C. ]

[ Paris ] 22.11.2009

Paris World Vegan Day 2009 (Journee mondiale du veganisme a Paris 2009)
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=134630658952

PARIS VEGAN DAY http://www.parisveganday.fr/
paris vegan day http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=280048595598

[ AnimaVeg ] Paris Vegan Day (Journee mondiale du veganisme a Paris 2009)
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=160693887769

[ London ] 01.11.2009

World Vegan Day London
The 65th Annual World Vegan Day
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=102387973235

[ Veracious Vegans ] World Vegan Day Dinner 1st November
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=159766178867

[ Birmingham ] 24.11.2009

Animal Remembrance Day
The Paws For Peace Campaign
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=202175974672

[ Roma ] 01.11.2009

GIORNATA MONDIALE VEGAN
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=207235866144

[ Barcelona / Sevilla / Madrid ] 01.11.2009

Igualdad Animal / Animal Equality
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Igualdad-Animal-Animal-Equality/116189118344

Actividades en España por el Día Internacional del Veganismo
http://www.facebook.com/note.php?note_id=188266594223

[ Melbourne ] 01.11.2009

World Vegan Day 2009
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=124411087967

World Vegan Day 2009 - Melbourne
Come and explore the wonderful world of veganism!
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=131931908253

[ Perth ] 01.11.2009

World Vegan Day Picnic
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=194660081744


[ Montréal ] 01.11.2009

The 2009 Montreal World Vegan Day Fashion Show
COMPASSION CONQUERS THE RUNWAY! LA COMPASSION EST A LA MODE!
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=146051362981

[ Oslo ] 01.11.2009

Veganuke hos Vega i Oslo!
1. november er verdens vegandag. Dagen - og hele uken etter - vil bli feiret med en ren veganmeny på spisestedet Vega i Oslo.
http://www.vegetar.com/mt/2009/10/veganuke_hos_vega_i_oslo.html

WORLD GO VEGAN WEEK 25.10.2009-31.10.2009

World Go Vegan Week
Celebrate Compassion!
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=128484714727

World GO VEGAN Week
Celebrate Compassion...
http://www.worldgoveganweek.com/

VEGAN EARTH DAY 21.06.2009

Dennis Kucinich Proclaims June 21st Vegan Earth Day
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qMt9_qgDfLE

Vegan Earth Day! June 21st 2009
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=82448973790

Félicitations de l'équipe
Vegan Végétalien Mondial,
Camille et Salim.

Vegan Végétalien Mondial
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=55331359593

We are all one
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=61BCB2-OmRY

Vegan Parenting (French subtitles)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YtuB_KmSs8k

Support graphique en français pour annoncer la Journée Mondiale Vegan (World Vegan Day) du 1er novembre sur vos stands. Pour télécharger le PDF, cliquez ici http://www.international-campaigns.org/pdf/Vegan%20Day.pdf.

The Great Molasses Flood

Boston's Modern Must-Sees

Site of the Great Molasses Flood

On January 15, 1919, a gigantic tank filled with 2.3 million gallons of molasses burst, sending a crushing, 30-foot, 14,000-ton wave along the waterfront near the North End. The accident killed 21 people and injured 150 more. Today, a plaque commerates those who died; some say that on a hot, humid day you can still smell the molasses. (Globe file photo)
Location: Lagone Park in the North End, Boston
Public Transportation: North Station (Green or Orange Line) - www.MBTA.com
Cost and Hours: Free, open 24 hours/day

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Home preparing to meet with HR about further educational and work directions for ME INSIDE Harvard's LMA

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Heading home via the jeweler's, where my watch has been repeatedly brought over the past week+

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More archiving - then Harvard's President Drew Faust at 4 PM, more archiving, then my watch repaired

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Hoffmanism

Hoffmanism is a philosophy propounded by Christian vegetarian minister, Rev. Frank L. Hoffman of Athens, New York.

The three points of Hoffmanism

Hoffmanism teaches 3 points:

1.     
1 - God loves all persons unconditionally.

2.      2 - We should realize this unconditional love and love every other person unconditionally.

3.      3 - All persons should be vegan (that is, to neither eat animal products, nor consume, wear, or endorse the production of anything that involves the suffering or involuntary use of another person, particularly nonhumans, who cannot voice their unwillingness to participate in uses that compromise their freedom and/or well-being).

The 4^th point of Hoffmanism seems to be, according to his followers’ interpretations, that it matters not whether we know anything, think anything, or do anything of significant personal or historical effort because God doesn’t really care what we do.

While this sounds at some points like hyper-Calvinism, Hoffman was ordained a Methodist minister, through reared Jewish.

Frank Hoffman’s Venues

After seminary, Frank Hoffman served without compensation in the Federal Church of Athens NY for about a decade.  Early in the 20th century, he started a web-site-based e-mail list called variously Veg-Christian or VC or VCList at http://www.All-Creaturers.org

Based upon his web traffic, one might be tempted to think that he boasts millions of followers (millions of unique site visitors, and the number of daily visitors seems to be increasing progressively.  With a US population of about 306 million, he could claim several percent of the entire US population with his minimalist ‘Christian vegetarian theology’.

Criticisms of Claims about Hoffmanism

(1) Critics of these presumptive claims of millions of Hoffmanites could easily point to the many pro-animal, animal rights, and vegan websites sub-hosted at www.All-Creatures.org.  However, Frank Hoffman himself does no claim any followers at all, no members, no explicit doctrine(s), and no behavioral requirements (including intellectual expectations).

(2) Other critics note that assumptions of ‘site visitors’ and occasional e-mail posters (that they’re on the right page (with the minimalist teachings) bears no resemblance to any kind of historical understanding called Christianity by any stable regularly-gathering faith community claiming to be Christian.  However, network associations with minimalist ‘consensus statements’ could, while not claiming to be ‘a church’ (as Hoffman at times claims – ‘an online church’, have some value.

(3) Further criticism is that some of Hoffman’s followers are merely emotionally needy vegetarians, but messages of love have long attracted folks with a particular spiritual need to be reassured that a culture of noninjury is socially, historically, and morally desirable.   Further, ad hominem criticisms do not address the legitimacy of a teaching.

What might emerge from Hoffman’s influence is very unclear.

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At home after the 7-8 pm replacement Mass. Senatorial debate; ho-hum

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Google search/feed for 'vegan' for October 26, 2009

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Vegan Children's Book Signing & Ice Cream Social San Francisco Chronicle - ‎4 hours ago‎ Join Café Gratitude for a vegan ice-cream social and booksigning with Ruby Roth, author & illustrator of "That's Why We Don't Eat Animals: A Book About ... Crunching the numbers on a vegan in a Hummer Reuters Blogs (blog) - Adam Pasick - ‎6 hours ago‎ “A vegan in a Hummer has a lighter carbon footprint than a beef eater in a Prius.” Gidon Eshel and Pamela Martin of the University of Chicago published a ... Hunter College Students Demand More Vegan Options PETA (press release) - ‎5 hours ago‎ New York -- If you are a university student these days, it's easy to find top-notch vegetarian and vegan foods--unless you attend Hunter College. Ellen DeGeneres Teaches Audience How To Cook Vegan Meal Ecorazzi - ‎10 hours ago‎ If you've ever wanted to know why we gave the coveted Vegan Celebrity of 2009 first place prize to Ellen Degeneres, just watch this video. Using cancer to push a vegan diet wrongheaded Bemidji Pioneer - ‎Oct 25, 2009‎ No one in his right mind would deny the importance of cancer prevention, but Krista Haynes' cynical use of Breast Cancer Awareness Month to promote ... Ecorazzi The Green Picture: Madonna Plants A Tree At New Academy For Girls In Malawi Ecorazzi - ‎4 hours ago‎ Tracy Warner: Well, it's pretty easy to become vegan overnight if you have a sweet vegan chef like this guy. ... beforewisdom: Women are human beings => are ... PETA speaker pushes vegan diet Independent Florida Alligator - Juliana Jimenez - ‎17 hours ago‎ PETA official Bruce Friedrich speaks about the benefits of a vegan diet at the Florida Gym Saturday. The emaciated, crippled steer was teeming with ... Treehugger Vaute Couture's Vegan Winter Coats Treehugger - Emma Grady - ‎10 hours ago‎ Vaute Couture, a small fashion house in Chicago, is an "activist fashion label" known for their vegan coats. Enter to Win Two Popular Guide and Cookbooks, Go Dairy Free and My Sweet Vegan Go Dairy Free - ‎1 hour ago‎ While My Sweet Vegan provides all of the sweets you will need to create smiles throughout the season: Soy-Free Coconut Fudge, Pumpkin Pecan Pie, ... The Big List of Ghoulishly Good, Dairy-Free Halloween Recipes Go Dairy Free all 2 news articles » Email this story Galaxy Nutritional Foods Launches New Soy-Free, Vegan "Cheese" Block Go Dairy Free - ‎Oct 25, 2009‎ Until recently, Galaxy Nutritional Foods was the only option with their Vegan Rice "Cheese" Slices (keep an eye out for Daiya Foods, as they may soon give ... Ecorazzi New South Park Episode To Take On Japanese Whalers, Dolphin Hunt Ecorazzi - ‎2 hours ago‎ Tracy Warner: Well, it's pretty easy to become vegan overnight if you have a sweet vegan chef like this guy. ... beforewisdom: Women are human beings => are ... Ecorazzi Jamie Lee Curtis Is A Flower Child For AIDS Charity Halloween Event Ecorazzi - ‎5 hours ago‎ Tracy Warner: Well, it's pretty easy to become vegan overnight if you have a sweet vegan chef like this guy. ... beforewisdom: Women are human beings => are ... Woody Harrelson supports World GO VEGAN Week from October 25 to 31 Examiner.com - ‎Oct 25, 2009‎ "We encourage people to use this week to educate their community about the vegan lifestyle as a compassionate, sustainable, and healthy way of eating and ... Most choose vegetarian diet for their beliefs News-Leader.com - Jennifer Adamson - ‎15 hours ago‎ A: There are four main classes of vegetarians: vegan, lacto-ovo, ovo and lacto. - Vegans consume strictly plant sources of nutrients. Can Your Diet Make You Happy? AlterNet all 2 news articles » Email this story Ecorazzi Pictures: Village Of Sleepy Hollow Pumpkin Blaze Ecorazzi - ‎9 hours ago‎ Tracy Warner: Well, it's pretty easy to become vegan overnight if you have a sweet vegan chef like this guy. ... beforewisdom: Women are human beings => are ... Vegan recipe for the day: Chile-hot bright green soybeans with garlic Los Angeles Times - ‎Oct 23, 2009‎ But it was such a popular dish that we asked Times test kitchen manager Noelle Carter to hand down a special dispensation in honor of Vegan Month of Food. Veganism myths busted WKOW-TV.com - ‎10 hours ago‎ MADISON (WKOW) -- October 25-31 is World Go Vegan week, a time where vegans hope to share and educate about their reasons for avoiding all animal products. Propagandhi hits the road with Supporting Caste Calgary Herald - ‎6 hours ago‎ For 12 years, Hannah has been a promoter of the vegan lifestyle, which he and his entire Winnipeg-based entourage have adopted -- not so much as a ... Chipotle: Hot or Not? Motley Fool - ‎3 hours ago‎ The burrito chain helped to sponsor a documentary on our food supply, Food Inc., last summer, and I've recently noticed vegan dishes at some Chipotle ... CMG - S Restaurateur opens first all-vegan eatery in downtown Bellingham Bellingham Herald - Isabelle Dills - ‎Oct 23, 2009‎ The owner, 31-year-old Justin Bilancieri, touts it as the only vegan restaurant in Bellingham. "I had been wanting to do this for a while," Bilancieri said. More results for veg*an »