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Posted by Tristan on: April 09 2009
The first weekend in May the American Cancer Society’s fundraiser Relay For Life will take place at Bishop Diego High School. This year I am a team captain for Relay. I am writing in hopes of gathering support (ie helping our team raise money for cancer research). Your donation will help American Cancer Society achieve their goals:
50% reduction in age-adjusted cancer mortality rates by the Year 2015.
25% reduction in age-adjusted cancer incidence rates by the Year 2015.
Measurable improvement in the quality of life (physical, psychological, social, and Spiritual) from the time of diagnosis and for the balance of life of all cancer survivors by the Year 2015.
On a more personal note, I have lost three family members to cancer, most recently my grandpa. Two members of our team have fathers who are both survivors of throat cancer, and my great grandmother was recently diagnosed with colon cancer. Statistically she will not be the last of my loved ones to be diagnosed. One in two men and one in three women will receive a cancer diagnosis in their lifetime. We relay because we want to see those numbers reduced, to celebrate those who have survived, and to remember those we have lost.
Please visit our team page at the Relay For Life web site to make a donation to American Cancer Society and help Team Aardvark reach our goal by May second:
http://main.acsevents.org/site/TR/RelayForLife/RFLFY09CA?pg=team&fr_id=13802&team_id=385679
Thank you in advance for your support, together we can celebrate, remember and fight back.
-Tristan Blodgett
Team Aardvark Captain
Posted by Tristan on: June 04 2009
Award winning artists and animator Miwa Matreyek will be at the Santa Barbara Contemporary Arts Forum (CAF) tonight for Forum Lounge, CAF’s performance art series. A graduate of UCSB Matreyek has won a number of awards for her animation including the prestigious Princes Grace Award.
Tonight Matreyek will perform Dreaming of Lucid Living. In this performance piece the artist herself becomes an element of the animation. In a fusion of contemporary graphic and Lotte Reiniger like aesthetics Matreyek interacts with projected animations to create a dream like look in to her imagination.
The performance is about ten minuets long and Matreyek will give it three times this evening at 7:00, 7:30, and 8:00. Like always tonight’s Forum Lounge is FREE.
Posted by Tristan on: February 06 2010
When I tell people I got a great bunch of beets at the market, I find they are usually not as enthusiastic as myself. So many people I know tell me they don’t like beets, but have never tried them, or have no clue what one would do with the woody things.
With a delicate sweet and earthy flavor the Beetroot is surprisingly versatile. They can be sliced thin for salads, made in to soup, roasted, pickled, and simmered. The greens are savory and can be prepared almost any way you would cook spinach. Lightly steamed or blanched is the simplest way to cook them, but they are also great in soups. Swiss chard is actually a type of beet. Any thing you would make with chard can use beet greens.
Moreover, beetroots are great sores of vitamins A, B1, B2, B6 and C. The greens are a powerhouse of calcium, magnesium, and a better source of iron than spinach.
Try this beet and root veggie sauté.
1tbs olive oil
2 1/2 cups Golden beets* (about 3 good sized roots) peeled and cut in to 2x1/2 inch sticks
2 1/2 cups other root veggies ( carrots, celery root, parsnips) peeled and cut in to 2x1/2 inch sticks
2 cloves of garlic minced
2 celery stalks cut into 1/2 inch wide sticks
Zest of 1 lemon
1/4 teaspoon nutmeg
Salt and pepper
1cup water
*You can use red beets, but they will turn every thing in the pan red or pink, like washing whites with your luck red socks.
Over a medium flame heat the olive oil. Add the beets and root veggies, season with salt and pepper, sauté for about 10 minutes.
Add the garlic and celery, sauté a minute longer.
Add the cup of water. Cover and simmer for 10 to 12 minutes, until the veggies are tender but not too soft. The beets should be al dente.
Sprinkle in the lemon zest and nutmeg.
Serves 4 as side dish or server a top pasta with parmesan to make an entrée .
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