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Vegetarian Survey

Location (State/Province, Country) ____Austin, TX__ Date __1/15/08

Event (Seminar, Trade Show, etc.) _________________________________________________

This survey is being conducted by Dr. Peter R. Cheeke, Professor of Animal Science, Oregon State University. The purpose is to identify major reasons why people choose to become vegetarian.

The survey will be completed anonymously. Please enter your demographic data here:

Gender: M __X__ F ____

Age (circle): 20-30 year

Education (circle): College

Farm Background (circle): None

Animal Experience (circle): Pets

Dietary habits:

Primarily vegetarian ____

Vegetarian ____

Vegan _X___

Please indicate your degree of consumption of these animal products:

Never Occasionally Often

Meat

Beef ___X____ _______ _______

Lamb __X_____ _______ _______

Pork ___X____ _______ _______

Chicken _X______ _______ _______

Turkey ___X____ _______ _______

Milk _____X__ _______ _______

Eggs __X_____ _______ _______

Other (identify type and degree of consumption) ________________________________

Please identify the importance of each of the following factors in your decision to not consume animal products:

Not Extremely

Important Important Important

1. I am opposed to the killing of animals. _______ _______ ___X____

2. I am concerned with health issues (heart

disease, obesity, cancer, etc.) related to

consumption of animal products. _______ _______ ___X____

3. I am concerned about residues of chemical

feed additives and hormones used in

animal production. _______ _______ ____X___

4. I am opposed to intensive, confinement

production systems (factory farming) used

in livestock and poultry production. _______ _______ _X______

5. I am concerned with food safety issues

(E. coli, mad cow disease, etc.) _______ _______ _____X__

6. I believe that animal production competes

with human needs for grains. _______ _______ ___X____

7. I am concerned about the environmental

issues associated with animal production. _______ _______ ____X___

8. It is “cool” and trendy to be vegetarian. __X_____ _______ _______

9. I became a vegetarian because of peer

pressure. ___X____ _______ _______

10. Other(s). Please identify.

Considering the above list, what was the single most important factor that led to your becoming vegetarian?

1.

Hey gang!

Take a few minutes and help out this PHD student at UT by taking their survery.

Cheers,

Ben

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Vegetarians Needed! Communication about Vegetarianism Study

I am Ph.D student at The University of Texas at Austin studying how vegetarians talk about being a vegetarian. Little research exists on this topic, and, as you are a vegetarian, I am very much hoping to get your insight and the insight of any vegetarians you know (e.g., friends, members, customers, volunteers, family, etc.). When you get a chance, will you please click on http://texascommunication.qualtrics.com/SE?SID=SV_bvyubavkEj7c73e&SVID=Prod and participate in this short survey? If you would forward this email to your friends, post the link on your website or blog, or include it in the next issue of your enewsletter, that would be amazing!! I am trying to capture the experiences of as many vegetarians across the country as possible by February 1, 2009. At least 250 v! egetarians are needed for this study. For the purposes of this study, a vegetarian refers to someone who doesn't eat meat, but eats dairy and/or eggs, someone who is vegan, and someone who is pescatarian.

Please contact me at [email protected] or 512-299-6231 with any questions, for additional information, or to receive a copy of the survey results.

Thank you so much in advance!

Lynsey Kluever Romo, Ph.D. Candidate, The University of Texas at Austin

I KNOW I haven't posted in a while and I'll give you guys an update sooooon!!!!!

but for right now

http://www.actionforanimalsaustin.org/2009_austin_marathon

Some who were around a year ago may know I am a runner/triathlete...

ANYWAY action for animals Austin, who do ALOT of great AR activist work in town asked for to help raise money for them by running for them in the marathon so to speak.

It be rad if I could help them out, so here is the page to donate if anyone is interested.

http://www.actionforanimalsaustin.org/2009_austin_marathon

Thanks!

I would love to go, Cheryl Hill told me shes going and I'm super jealous

I'm down for this for sure, Robert could we paypal you the money or do you need a physical check?

are the new bars replacing the old ones or are they just a seperate line?

vanilla-chai sounds awesome, can't wait to try some!

I just posted about this on the slamming Vegans Rock Austin (where I'm kinda a big deal haha) board and also sent out to a buncha people on Facebook THE VOTES WILL BE FLYING IN NOW!

austin is great

VRA is a great source for places to eat, shop, hangout and we might even have a potluck during that time so just keep you eyes peeled.

http://veganaustin.org/home.php

my favorite restaurant is casa de luz,

http://www.casadeluz.org/index.htm

let me know if you need any help

So I did a triathlon on sunday (got 67th/850ish overall)

While my heat was in the "loading dock" the guy next to me look at my bottoms and says. "nice shorts dude"...and then looks at my sideburns says .."so does it bother you when people call them mutton chops" ...and I was gonna try to come back with some witty alternate name for mutton chops but I couldn't drum anything out (tofu chops is just trite) so if anyone has a good vegan friendly mutton chop analog let me know.

http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b327/bpmojo/couplestrswim1.png

So I am going to be in upstate NY for a couple days next week with family and was wondering if anyone had any suggestions for food/rad stuff. I know most of these places are smaller towns but if anyone has any suggestions that would be grand.

I will be flying into Burlington and then driving to St. Albans for the day/night.

Then I will be in Lake Placid (staying at the crown plaza hotel) for a couple days.

Lastly will spend an afternoon in Albany.

a question i used to have myself.

just compare em to how they looked cooked. and you will see how they have improved.

or compare em against family members.

 

here is a shot of my bro and me taken last month. he is 3 years older and on sad diet. what you reckon? NO airbrushing or photoshop etc. sure its corny but its real..

 

http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p98/durianrider/mybrother.jpg

http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p98/durianrider/02.jpg

harley -

just a note..I doubt this was intentional but with the photo comparison you are using a trick used in marketing for a llooooonng time. The photo of you was done with a high-res photo, perhaps semi-professionally, you are smiling and happy. The photo of your brother is either a low-res camera, bad scan and he is not smiling. While no doubt that he not as healthy looking as you these photo diferences tend to skew people perceptions.

Perhaps if you had a nice glossy smiling photo of your brother than it would be a more apt. comparison. Or a picture of you pre-raw with the same smile, good quality photo etc. - I 'd love to see a pre-raw picture of you !

Also lifestyle must be taken into account when comparing you and your brother. I doubt he is an ultra-endurance cyclist and probably doesn't have a regular exersize regime? ...which would certaintly help attribute for your strong glow and youthfulness.

I just bought a 5-tray excalibur w/26 hour timer so that was my big purchase for right now....and after I pay for my hypothetical 1/2 ironman entry fee;s (225!...ackkkkkkkkkk) I plan on getting a high end blender.......right now the blendtec is looking better to me than the vitamix.....new one's cost 400, looks like you can get a pratically new one on ebay for like 289ish

I cracked it open last night and had a little bit, today I will have more and plan on making a coconut-durian (or mabye coco-avocado-duran) smoothie and mabye durian custard as well....will give full report with pictures later on!..its defiently one of the most complex tasting pieces of produce I've ever had.

So I went to an asian market on friday and bought a FRESH durian...yes it cost me like 35 dollars @ 4.99/pound or something, and the frozen ones were like 1.39/pound, but my justification is that I just got a new VERY well paying part time job ....

ANYWAY because it was sooooo freaking expensive and I will probably never buy a fresh one again and this will be my first durian experience I want it to be the best possible....

I've read that it should open up by itself and you should be able to pick it apart with your fingers...well mine is starting to seperate on the segments but only at certain areas...should I wait until it gives all the way along the seams to open it up or use a knife at some points now?

from http://www.brendanbrazier.com/book/RQ.html

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Q: Hi Brendan,

My question is actually about weight gain. I've been trying to gain weight for years, and I don't know if there is much healthy info. About that out there, as most of the focus is on weight loss. Do you have any suggestions on how to gain weight?

A: The key to healthy lean-muscle gain needs to be centered around a well-planned weight training program. Nutritionally, a good way to complement the program with the goal of building muscle is to have a nutrient-dense blender drink after each workout. Any from the book will work well. You might also want to consider having a serving of Vega Whole Food Meal Replacement after each workout. To build up quicker, soaking raw nuts and seeds over night and blending them in with a serving of Vega, a banana, and berries is a good approach. One of my favorites is:

Vega chocolate almond smoothie

1/2 serving Chocolate Vega

2 cups cold water (or 1½ cups water plus 1 cup of ice)

1 banana

½ pear

¼ cup almonds (soak raw almonds overnight)

The sweet potato oven-backed fries with homemade ketchup in the book are good bulking-up recipes.

Brendan

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so a girl that works in my office had a birthday and we had a "birthday party" and she asked for pizza and german chocolate cake and I thought I'd bring some tasty raw treats for everyone to sample...oh and the party was batman themed for some reason...

SO

I made some carob coconut raw macaroon's and took three of them and shaped into the bat symbol and then spelled her name out with sprouted sunflower seeds

http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b327/bpmojo/DSC03010.jpg

the macaroon were received pretty well, at least by the people that tasted them (one guy came back for 3rds)

here's me chomping on a tasty salad during the party haha

http://photos-h.ak.facebook.com/photos-ak-sf2p/v249/33/99/57802119/n57802119_31137887_3481.jpg

"party animal"

wooo first reply!

Since I've been vegan for about a year now and I've been taking Vega pretty for about the same lenth and also been training constantly since then...following the theory (which is discussed in the thrive diet ) that you rebuild your cells with what you take in after workingout (vega) ...and that all your cells have replaced themselves after 6 months or so...then this is me..built by Vega hehe

http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b327/bpmojo/DSC03020.jpg

Alot of my containers are being used as sorting/organizing tubs for dominos, which are kinda like the joints for woodworking ...domino cutter also pictured

http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b327/bpmojo/DSC03015.jpg

http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b327/bpmojo/DSC03013.jpg

the obligatory "pyramid" photo of most of my collection

http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b327/bpmojo/DSC03017.jpg

haha that was fun

So i had gotten 3 cans of hemp protein for 1/2 price from this health food store that closed down a few weeks ago and had been using one can for a couple of days and acutally sniffed it and thought it smelled kinda funny, tasted it straight and it had a kinda funny taste and thought it looked a bit different colour than other jars that I'd bought. I opened up the other 2 jars that I bought from the closed store (it was ruths's brand) and they looked/smelled/tasted the same....they all also had expiration dates of october '08 I believer.....then I openend up a jar of manitoba hemp protein for comparision and it didn;t had any of the peculiar qualities that the other 3 did....so I assumed the other 3 were rancid and threw them out...does that sound about right?

since I enjoyed shaving my legs so much last night, though I'd bust out the trimmer again and fancy up my beard and do'....turned my beard into chops and my do' into a portmontoe of a pompourdour and wide mohawk

I know its not perfect by any means, but pretty pleased for the first time every giving myself a hair cut..maybe in a few weeks when I have some spare cash, I'll go to a real barber and get it detailed but for no it works.

http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b327/bpmojo/DSC02999.jpg

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So I guess I'm a real triathelet/cyclist now haha? I've got a splash n' dash (750m swim + 5k run) tonight so we'll see if I feel anything ...... I can't wait to justify to someone shaving my legs yet growing my beard out!

http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b327/bpmojo/DSC02989.jpg

before

http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b327/bpmojo/DSC02997.jpg

after

http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b327/bpmojo/DSC02995.jpg

comparison

http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b327/bpmojo/DSC02991.jpg

comparison

Why do you need to wax your 'stache?

simply fashion

race report for 2nd 30K trail race of the summer.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=gDa222YtrYs

A week late but meh.

does anyone know of a vegan moustache wax ? most of them contain beeswax in them.....(perhaps veganessentials might of had this question before?)

first vlog race report for 30K trail run race

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KFyo5FO9rgE