Tonight I and several other folks were interviewed byin Utah this week, the weekly entertainment and event magazine of the Salt Lake Tribune. The focus of the article will be Buy Nothing Day and the Desert Greens Winter Coat Exchange.
The issue will be out on Thanksgiving Day.
Tom and I have long been advocates of the Bioneers and plan to join them in the near future.
Founded in 1990, Bioneers is a nonprofit organization that promotes practical environmental solutions and innovative social strategies for restoring the Earth and communities.
“It’s All Alive, It’s All Intelligent, It’s All Connected.” Bioneers offers pragmatic solutions that honor the living web of the natural world as the most fertile source of inspiration and models. It’s all alive.
One of Tom’s “heroes” is mycologist Paul Stamitz, who often speaks at Bioneer Conferences. Kenny Ausubel, Bioneers Founder says about that Stamitz has been able to remediate Sarin DX nerve gas for the Defense Department. Sarin is right up there with plutonium as one of the most deadly substances on the planet, yet two mushrooms actually digested and transformed it into harmlessness. He’s done the same thing with oil spills.
It’s official: Pelosi is speaker: But Demos rebuff her, pick Hoyer over Murtha
Here is what Pelosi promises:
“We made history and now we will make progress for the American people,” the Californian told fellow Democrats moments after her selection in the closed meeting, according to officials familiar with her remarks.
She pledged that after 12 years in the minority, “we will not be dazzled by money and special interests.”
Earlier this week I wrote a post on a southern Utah family facing eviction from their land that the BLM claimed it “owned”.
Today’s Salt Lake Tribune reports that the motion for eviction has been stayed.
Months after filing a request in U.S. District Court that law enforcement officials remove structures off the 2.5 acres of Bureau of Land Management land, the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Salt Lake City on Thursday filed a motion to stay the order. The stay was prompted by news that a new owner has acquired the mobile home inadvertently placed on the property in 1976.
“The new owner has expressed an interest in settling this matter amicably that would not require the execution of a writ of assistance,” reads the motion.
I am surprised and pleased to see these articles in this week’s local news on Transgender inviduals in Utah here and here. The articles chronicle the live of transgender citizens and provide awareness of transgender issues.
November is Transgender Awareness month and the articles give a timeline of events:
There are several scheduled events in celebration of Transgender Awareness Month. For information, go to http://www.glccu.com or call Jennifer Nuttall at 539-8800 ext. 13.
All the following events are free:
SATURDAY
Building Trans Communities: A Day with Jamison Green
Where: City and County Building, 451 S. State St., Room 315
What to expect: Green is an internationally known author, educator and transgender activist. He will lead three sessions about empowering transgender communities. Refreshments will be provided.
10 a.m. to 1 p.m.: “Connecting across Divides”
2:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.: “Effective Leadership”
7 p.m. to 9 p.m.: “Becoming Visible!”: Green reads from his award-winning book “Becoming a Visible Man,” followed by a question and answer session.
RSVP: E-mail teaofutahevents@yahoo.com
MONDAY
National Day of Remembrance & TEA Party
Where: Utah Pride Center, 361 N. 300 West
When: 7 p.m.
What to expect: A candlelight vigil to honor late transgender individuals and gathering to celebrate those still living
TUESDAY
Movie and Popcorn
Where: Utah Pride Center, 361 N. 300 West
When: 7 p.m.
What to expect: Films about transgender issues
WEDNESDAY
Where: Salt Lake Main Library Downtown, 210 E. 400 South
When: 7 p.m.
What to expect: Showings of “Home Is Where the Heart Is” and “Transamerica”
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Tagged gay issues, gay rights, politics, transgender issues, Utah
I participated in a conference call today with the Stop the Divine Strake Coalition today. The Coalition is strategizing a variety of actions to implement.
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NOVEMBER 15, 2006
(202) 224-7082
DOMENICI: PENTAGON TO FOREGO
³DIVINE STRAKE² TESTS AT WSMR
WASHINGTON U.S. Senator Pete Domenici, a member of the Senate Defense Appropriations Subcommittee, today reported that the Defense Department has decided that it will not conduct conventional Divine Strake
³bunker busting² tests at White Sands Missile Range in southern New Mexico.
Domenici was informed of the decision today by the Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA), the Pentagon organization that was considering the possibility of moving Divine Strake testing to New Mexico because of opposition to the testing in Nevada. DTRA indicated to Domenici that the testing will remain at the Nevada Test Site and not be moved elsewhere.
³I believe the Pentagon has made a good decision. While I look forward to full utilization of our assets at WSMR, I understand that keeping these tests in Nevada is the best choice from a technical perspective,² Domenici said.
³Moving the test to White Sands would have taken years and delayed development of an ability to predict damage to deeply buried targets like tunnels and bunker busters. Both are increasingly being used by our potential adversaries,² he continued.
DTRA prefers the NTS, a DOE National Nuclear Security Administration facility, for Divine Strake testing. NTS has been used for many low-yield tunnel characterization tests and is already in the process
of updating an environmental assessment related to possible high-yield Divine Strake tests. Divine Strake testing could occur in FY2007.
Choosing WSMR would have required a full environmental impact statement which could have taken several years.
Domenici supported a $1.95 million appropriation in the FY2007 Defense Appropriations Act to develop a non-nuclear, deep-penetrating munition. As chairman of the Senate Energy and Water Development Appropriations Subcommittee, Domenici elected to allow the Defense Department to focus on conventional bunker busting weapons and discontinue funding for the NNSA-led Robust Nuclear Earth Penetrator (RNEP) project.
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Last night Tom and I attended the Utah Coalition for Civic, Character and Service Learning‘s “Dialogue on Democracy” at the Rice Eccles Stadium Scholarship Reception Room at the University of Utah. The event was attended by Legislators, community leaders, students, and campus administrators and was sponsored by the Hinckley Institute of Politics. Speakers included Chief Justice Christine Durham and Lt. Governer Herbert Walker, both who serve on the Utah Commission on Civic and Character Education. Senator Karen Hale presented the Civic, Chariacter, and Service Learning Award to Professor Dan Jones (also of Dan Jones & Associates, which conducts political and issue-oriented polls). Professor Jones teaches at the Hinckley Institute. Kirk Jowers, Director of the Hinckley Institute, and Norma Matheson, former First Lady of Utah, introduced the guest speaker of the evening, Larry Sabato who is Director of the Center for Politics at the University of Virginia. Sabato is know for his “crystal ball” approach to predicting election outcomes. Sabato was entertaining in his style of presentation and spoke to the theme of being civically engaged and getting students to be involved.
We sat at a table with some other educators from Utah. As dinner began we were assigned to discuss these three questions:
The last question surprised me a little and really made me think. At first I was angry and sad at the same time that this question had to even be posed as a topic for thought and discussion. Tom and I both discussed, recognized, and confirmed that the focus of the media needs to change and the value of making entertainment via television a primary in-home activity needs to also change. In the meatime, what we as educators can strive to do is inspire students towards those ends to be the catalyst for change through our meaningful and carefully planned and implemented lessons and experiences in our classrooms.
Whereas, we recognize that civic and service learning are essential to the well-being of our representative democracy and should be a central purpose of K-16 education; and
Whereas, we understand that civility, respect for the rights and viewpoints of others, and civic responsibility are vital in our representative democracy; be it there for
Resolved, that we will help instill in K-16 students the desire to become engaged citizens endowed with the knowledge, skills, attitudes, and confidence to participate full in democratic life.
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Tagged character, civics, democracy, education, politics, service-learning, Utah
If factory farming and animal cruelty issues have you steering clear of traditional turkey this year, try serving a locally and humanely raised bird, or a meatless alternative. 
With a few common-sense tips, you can reduce your risk of foodborne illness this holiday season. 
Deanna Dee-Dee Taylor 