Vegetarian In Boston Maynard S. Clark's Veggie and Boston Blog talks about vegetarian topics AND Boston-related topics, often intersecting them interestingly. Maynard S. Clark is a long-time and well-known vegan in Greater Boston, who often quips in his 'elevator pitch': "I've been vegan now for over half my natural life, longer than most human earthlings have been alive."
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posted by Maynard S. Clark @ 10/27/2010 01:08:00 PM
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This week is the 5th annual World Vegan Week, a campaign started by In Defense of Animals. For the next several days you can eat like Lea Michele and Alicia Silverstone, even if you aren't equipped to cook that way. Local restaurants Drew's Eatery, New York Deli, Clark St Dog and Ian's Pizza have teamed with Mercy for Animals, and are offering special vegan menu items for the week.
I'm not sure I believe that one GROUP can CALL a 'vegan week', but if LOCALS observe it, great. I think it's like claiming that Noah had a local flood story.
Isn't it SUPPOSED to be global - all or nothing?
posted by Maynard S. Clark @ 10/26/2010 04:26:00 PM
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posted by Maynard S. Clark @ 10/26/2010 04:22:00 PM
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After the pandemic
Thu, 28 Oct 2010 00:01:00 -0500
The 2009 H1N1 influenza pandemic is gone but far from forgotten. Researchers say close to 60 percent of Americans are likely immune because they were exposed to the virus or vaccines against it.
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posted by Maynard S. Clark @ 10/26/2010 04:15:00 PM
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How can any morally honest person NOT say that there is something profoundly out of kilter with human life?
posted by Maynard S. Clark @ 10/25/2010 04:03:00 PM
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posted by Maynard S. Clark @ 10/23/2010 02:29:00 PM
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As Haiti grapples with the worst health crisis since the earthquake, the cholera situation remains uncertain, with the death toll topping 200, according to Haitian health officials on Saturday. Partners In Health is providing urgent care to the ill and mounting a massive community campaign to distribute soap and rehydration salts, and educate people about prevention. Our community health workers are traveling to the most affected areas in search of patients who need immediate treatment.
The outbreak is concentrated in the Lower Artibonite region northwest of Port-au-Prince, where Partners In Health operates three hospitals in partnership with Haiti's Ministry of Public Health and Population.
Click below for images from the outbreak and to read a full update from our staff in the field:
A large concern is the geographic spread of the outbreak, and particularly the possibility of its spread to Port-au-Prince. In a call with reporters yesterday, PIH Chief Medical Officer Joia Mukherjee warned, "There's no reason to anticipate [cholera] wouldn't spread widely within Haiti.'' Thus far no confirmed cases have been reported in the capital city, and Haitian health officials and international groups are working desperately to contain the epidemic. We are posting news and media coverage to our website continuously and will keep you informed as more information becomes available.
Click below to see images from the Cholera outbreak in Haiti and read a full update:
http://act.pih.org/cholera-slideshow
Our profound thanks to the many of you who have already made a contribution. Your support provides PIH with the resources needed to respond immediately to the cholera outbreak.
If you are interested in making a donation to help PIH and ZL respond to this crisis, please click here.
In solidarity,
Partners In Health
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posted by Maynard S. Clark @ 10/23/2010 12:29:00 PM
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I'm an American; my vote is FAR more scrupulously studied than most, so I hope to bring UP the average LEVEL of 'vote predigestion' when I vote on November 2nd.
posted by Maynard S. Clark @ 10/23/2010 10:58:00 AM
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New Evidence that Early Humans Were Plant-Eaters
New evidence contradicts the notion that early humans were mainly hunters. Archeological findings recently unearthed in Italy, Russia, and the Czech Republic show evidence that grains were ground into flour as far back as 30,000 years ago. The findings were presented in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
Revedin A, Aranguren B, Becattini R, et al. Thirty thousand-year-old evidence of plant food processing. Proc Natl Acad Sci. 2010. Published ahead of print October 19, 2010: doi: 10.1073/pnas.1006993107.
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posted by Maynard S. Clark @ 10/20/2010 01:34:00 PM
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posted by Maynard S. Clark @ 10/17/2010 08:56:00 AM
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A recent study exemplifies the leverage that can be obtained from mining existing, public data sets to further our national healthcare agenda. As described by the NY Times, our colleague John Brownstein obtained data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and found a consistent relationship between the amount of air pollution (particulate matter in the air) and population risk for diabetes (after correcting for the usual suspects such as income and ethnicity). This and other large-scale populations studies such as the one we recently reported by Atul Butte suggest that we might be insufficiently including the larger environment in our study of the diabetic plague that has afflicted us.
It also suggests that we have insufficiently taken advantage of freely available public data to pursue relevant and timely medical research.
posted by Maynard S. Clark @ 10/16/2010 09:55:00 AM
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The Feast of St. Francis of Assisi, patron saint of animals, is celebrated on October 4th. The "Blessing of the Animals" is the highlight of the celebration, although it is probably more accurate to call it the "Blessing of the Pets", for farm animals are mostly absent (at least the ones most in need of divine intervention).
Commemorating St. Francis is the ideal time for Christians to reflect on their relationship with animals, a relationship that is the subject of a recent Washington Post article. The author, Laura Hobgood-Oster, writes:
"It is humbling, but Christians need to de-center themselves to be relevant in the twenty-first century. So how do we do this? We must take off the blinders that allow violence to happen to other animals and confront these issues directly with active compassion. I believe that there is no way a person who proclaims, "I am Christian," can be ok with the violence of factory farms. There is no way that a person who declares a "love for Jesus" can then turn their back on animal control facilities killing five million dogs each year because nobody will home them. Is not Christianity a religion of mercy and hospitality - of opening homes to strangers?"
In the end, Christians would be wise to ask a simple question:
What would Jesus do?
posted by Maynard S. Clark @ 10/16/2010 08:43:00 AM
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