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Stand on the Side of Love!
November 19, 2009 from 6pm to 7pm – UNR - Joe Crowley top floor.
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Pet First Aid, Traps on the Trails, more...
November 24, 2009 from 6pm to 7:30pm – Nevada Humane Society
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Coyotes in Our Midst
December 7, 2009 from 6:30pm to 7:30pm – Nevada Humane Society
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- Are you registered with the Green Party?
- Yes
- How long with the Green Party?
- 15 - 20 years
- Do you live in WaCo? (Washoe County)
- Yes
- Do you consider yours a "Green lifestyle?"
- Very Green
- A few words about YOU >>
Been a Green since '94. Environmental activist since I was 12 and joined Friends of the Earth. I went Dem to help with the NV caucus and to support Obama from 4/07-2/08. Created the internationally recognized support group RENObama! in Jan '07
Ten months was all I could muster and I came running back to the party and the platform I believe in.
- For whom did you vote for President in 2008?
- Barack Obama
- What does the near future look like to you?
- ThunderDome 2.0., Neighborhood communities/tribes with chiefs and bosses and lords and minions warring over food and water and renewable energy.
- Why are you joining WaGreens?
- The Green Party.
It's Time.
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OPT OUT OF YOUR PHONEBOOK!
Call these phone numbers to stop the NV phone book from automatically coming to your house.5 million trees are used for white pages alone. For more info on this action see Ban the P… Continue
Posted on October 1, 2009 at 12:00pm —
Whole Foods Boycott and Picketing
The Green Party of Nevada and Washoe Greens join in the national picket and boycott of Whole Foods Markets after comments made by CEO Co-Founder John Mackey in the Wall St Journal decrying Medicare for all, smearing with the lie that HealthCare reform will bankrupt America and telling us that healthcare is not a right for all Americans but a privilege for those who wor… Continue Posted on August 27, 2009 at 8:00pm — 10 Comments
ONWARD FOR HUMAN RIGHTS
Neither decision today in CA or NV was unexpected. More work to do. Spread the word that gay marriage is OK. Click it:
Posted on May 26, 2009 at 11:30pm — 1 Comment
Letter to Gibbons: Sign Domestic Partners Bill
Dear Governor Gibbons,The Green Party is on the rise in Nevada. Copious more people voted Green Party in the last election than are registered.
The national Green Party platform has called for domestic partner marriage for over a decade.
As Co-Chair of the Green Party of Nevada I can speak for all of our members when I say we wholly support SB283 and are proud that our state is taking… Continue
Posted on May 24, 2009 at 10:00am — 2 Comments
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Medical marijuana gets a boost from major doctors group
The American Medical Assn. changes its policy to promote clinical research and development of cannabis-based medicines and alternative delivery methods.
AMA: Government policies hazardous to gay health
By Todd Ackerman, Copyright 2009 Houston Chronicle, Nov. 10, 2009, 10:09PM.
"The call for a repeal of the don't ask, don't tell policy says it violates doctor-patient confidentiality and causes a d...
So we have nitrogen loss where we need it most and nitrogen collection where it causes the most damage.
PLEASE STOP USING CHEM NITROGEN ON LAWNS AND YARDS WHERE THE WATER RUNS OFF INTO STORM DRAINS.
USE AN ORGANIC FERTILIZER FOR YOUR YARD NEEDS ...
Nitrogen Loss Threatens Desert Plant Life, Study Shows
Nitrogen is evaporating from desert soils. As the ground continues to warm, there's less nutrition for native plants.
Here's the rub. Most of my neighbors are putting nitrogen pellets direct...
Stand on the Side of Love! at UNR - Joe Crowley top floor.
November 19, 2009 from 6pm to 7pm
Parado junto al amor! | Standing on the side of love!
Candlelight vigil and celebration of ethnic diversity and culture planned as a simultaneous event at UNR to protest Jim Gilchrist speaking at UNR.
Comment Wall (12 comments)
- At 6:47am on February 19, 2009,
Dave Baker said… - Do you have a ladder, or do you need me to bring one? Call me.
- At 12:52pm on February 10, 2009,
Craig Bergland said… - Billy, that's my handbuilt motorhome. LIcensed in '79, and it was finished at one time. The front bumper was extended about a foot to allow the building of the solar oven you see there. This has been since changed, and I have in its place now a 35 gal. stainless water tank which can be heated by solar reflective panels (and) roof top solar hot water, or will eventually be heated by running a through-pipe from the engine hot water block through the stainless tank in a constant loop. Still playing with it when I get time.
- At 9:01am on February 9, 2009,
Stacey Shinn said… - I taught English in Santiago for 2 years and yes, I speak Spanish. I loved it down there and would highly recommend travelling in Chile and Argentina!
- At 3:02pm on February 8, 2009,
Stacey Shinn said…
- I used to live in Chile. That was is Vina del Mar/Valparaiso. It's funny because I only have a couple of pictures on my computer at work, so I had 2 options of pics for my profile.
- At 11:59am on February 1, 2009,
David Chamberlain said… - Billy-
Exquisite Safaris Philanthropic Travel donates $25 per traveler to our partner Black Rock Solar. BRS provides free solar power installations to schools & hospitals across Nevada including Gerlach, Wadsworth, and UNR.
In 2008, Exquisite Safaris Philanthropic Travel raised over $1,000,000 in donations for our humanitarian & environmental partners.
With Gratitude,
David
- At 5:28pm on January 25, 2009,
Craig Bergland said…
- Say, one comment about salt. I forgot it once, and was disappointed. It was a flat tasting bread. IMO salt is very important taste wise.
Also, my bread will start to mold in a couple of days because of the lack of preservatives, so the extra loafs I slice up after it's cooled, and put in gallon baggies and freeze until needed. Makes great toast.
Also you can vary your recipe and use part rice flour, soy flour etc. Barley flour is a very pleasant addition, too.
- At 5:10pm on January 25, 2009,
Craig Bergland said…
- Hi Billy,
Thanks for the recipe. I'll try it.
By the way, I do grind my own flour, so anytime you'd like to try fresh let me know. I solar grind it when the sun's out and generally have more than I can use.
My recipe is a bit simpler.
4C warm water.
Add to 1 tsp yeast (more yeast is faster, but the flavor doesn't develop as well I think)
Add 4 cups flour and stir well in bowl (I use plastic because it stays warmer) Cover with towel until doubles in bulk. (how long depends on how much yeast you put in. I've done overnight by putting in only a pinch of yeast, or in an hour by using 3 tsps)
When doubled add 1/3 cup oil. Stir in 4 more cups flour with 2 tsp. salt, and about 3 tsp sugar or honey, and some gluten flour if you have any. (my flour is very coarse and the addition of gluten helps it get air.) Stir as long as you can and then scoop out onto a breadboard and knead with additional flour until it stops being 'sticky'. You have some leeway here, stickier means softer bread, less sticky means drier bread I've found. Any way, I've gotten to know when the dough is ready, it just 'feels' alive.
Let rise double in bulk again, and then punch down the dough. I found if I suddenly Drop the bowl, the air comes out more completely and makes better bread. Punch the dough down 30 times, and divide into 3 parts. Put each of the parts into a buttered breadpan cover with towel and let rise a 3rd time.
Bake at 350 for about 40 minutes. Until browned on top and thump with your finger it sounds hollow.
Have baked it in my box solar oven, and it often has a hard time reaching 350, but I just let it bake a bit longer. You know it's done when the inside of the glass gets foggy from moisture release.
I'll try your recipe soon, thanks.
Craig
- At 2:58pm on January 3, 2009,
Kathleen said… - I am still a registered Democrat....however, while living for many years in Northern California to Portland to Seattle, I encountered more Green candidates that I preferred than Democrats. I am on the liberal, progressive, flaming end of the Democratic spectrum which is at odds with the Blue-Dog Dems. I am still very worried that Obama's platform will end up being more centrist than progressive.
- At 10:20am on September 12, 2008,
Lisa Benham said… - Lovely bow galleries! Thank you!
(FYI... yer little network system thingy went all crazy and said you commented 6 times, for the 1? Better than you going crazy? Maybe... maybe not. Cuz yer fun!)
- At 8:35pm on September 11, 2008,
Lisa Benham said…
- No filter?! That's nutty-awesome.
xo
LB
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