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Coming Out Nxt Month, I can't wait 2 see @DaRealAmberRose #Excited Feb 14th :-)
Words tweeted (is that officially a word now?) by Ms Amber Rose about 30 minutes ago on the social networking site. And they were retweeted by whomever is running the Gang of Roses 2 Twitter account.
So that means the flick will be released on February 14th, Valentine's Day, which is a Tuesday, by the way, which further implies that this will be a straight-to-dvd release, since Tuesdays are generally the day when new releases on home video occur.
Amber Rose stars in the sequel, along with Charli Baltimore, Teyana Taylor, Rocsi Diaz, and others.
And to tease us a little more (if past clips we posted didn't get you excited enough), here's a newly-released clip from the upcoming film, featuring Baltimore:
LOL | January 6, 2012 2:56 PM
No I'm not. I don't know that dude at all. But that was funny. Listen, there's tons of crap out. I see crappy dumbass white movies all the time. If someone wants to make a stupid movie, a movie that makes no sense, a great movie, a deep movie, sci fi movie (usually sucks but there's an audience) who cares!! You don't have to watch it, the blogs don't have to post about em and you don't have to pen and read about em. simple. at the end of the day there is an audience for it or else the first one wouldn't still be playing non stop on black networks. period! There's no argument here whether it's a garbage movie or not because obviously everyone has their opions not just the 5 people that commented here. For every film there are haters and supporters. This movie obviously isn't for u. Get over it. So much you could take? Go make your own, oh wait, you've probably tried. sorry. Whether it's crap or not, it has an audience just like tyler perry does. at the end of the day it's a business and he seems to be making money. So be upset and annoyed and tired all you want.. Honestly it's a waste.
LOL | January 5, 2012 12:28 PM
Ok. I have to come clean. I'm the director's agent and he needs a break. Lighten up folks.
Adam Scott Thompson | January 5, 2012 9:10 AM
Haute gah-bage.
Sun still shining | January 5, 2012 8:01 AM
Tons of films come out on DVD. Sony films, lionsgate, Disney ... A bunch! Movies with and without notable actors. So what's your point? It's a business
Lol | January 5, 2012 7:58 AM
Too bad it's still gonna sell. Oh well to all of our comments
Larry Waters | January 5, 2012 12:19 AM
Poop! Poop poop poop! If it looks like poop, and it smells like poop....then it must be poop! POOPY!
Lol | January 4, 2012 11:53 PM
SucH haters. I actually dont see what's wrong with this one. A bandit or whatever is in jail and someone is asking her why. It looked well shot and I see what they were aiming for. Are you forgetting this is a hip hop western?! Oh you probably love Tyler perry, the game tv show or maybe bbw on vh1.... Which all are raking in right now. Go make something better.
Patrick | January 4, 2012 11:19 PM
That was hilarious. It's a comedy, right?
Ash | January 4, 2012 8:50 PM
K that was a shitty trailer that told me nothing about the movie or why I should see it.
sandra | January 4, 2012 4:43 PM
God...are you there? It's me, Black Cinema.
Laura | January 4, 2012 2:06 PM
So. Oscar contender for 2012?


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This is the 43rd in a series of articles counting down the most important players for Florida State in 2012. There are 15 days until FSU football, and that's how many are left on the list. That means no off days. Oh, and these are not in any specific order
Lamarcus Joyner | 5'8, 195 | Junior | Safety
Background (via media guide)
One of the nation's top prospects overall out of powerhouse St. Thomas Aquinas...became the fourth USA Today National Defensive Player of the Year to sign with Florida State, joining Derrick Brooks, David Warren and Antonio Cromartie...earned a five-star rating from both Rivals and Scout.com...Rivals ranked him No. 1 prospect in Florida and No. 1 cornerback nationally (No. 14 player overall)...Scout ranked him as the No. 2 cornerback prospect in the country...No. 1 cornerback nationally according to ESPN and No. 6 prospect overall...MaxPreps ranked Joyner No. 15 overall...helped his team to a 13-1 record with the lone blemish coming to Bradenton Manatee in 5A state semifinal...selected to play in the Under Armour All-American game...rolled up 1,090 all-purpose yards on just 79 touches as a senior...accounted for 11 touchdowns, highlighted by three kickoff returns for scores, where he averaged 39.6 yards per return...had four rushing and four receiving touchdowns...had only 14 tackles (12 solo) from his cornerback position as opponents stayed away from his side of the field...played three seasons at Miami Southwest, piling up 112 tackles, four sacks and an interception as a junior...also scored five touchdowns on special teams (four kickoffs, one punt return)...offensively had 17 receptions for 482 yards and seven TDs...had more than 100 tackles as a sophomore linebacker and accounted for more than 1,000 yards on offense...SuperPrep ranked Joyner No. 10 in its Florida 115...No. 15 player nationally on Sporting News' Top 100...member of Times-Union's Florida Super 75 where he was rated No. 1 cornerback...No. 2 overall prospect in Bill Buchalter's Florida Top 100 where he ranked as No. 2 "athlete"... selected the Seminoles over Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Miami, Ohio State, Notre Dame and USC...born November 27, 1990.
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Joyner was a huge recruit for the Seminoles. Along with Jeff Luc, his commitment signaled that it was again cool to come to Florida State after the 'Noles had lost six games in 2006, '07 and '09.
As a freshman, Joyner played mostly a reserve cornerback role. He tallied 23 tackles, two pass breakups and had an interception against his hometown Miami hurricanes.
Then came the off-season. Florida State got a real strength and nutrition program, and Joyner exploded to around 200 pounds on his 5'8 frame, and moved to safety. Safety is what he played in high school, and Joyner picked up the position immediately.
So well, in fact, that our insiders told us that Joyner, a true sophomore without a snap to his name at the safety position, was the best player on the team. Offense included.
We didn't go that far, but it was clear to us that Joyner was Florida State's most important defensive player. So what's what we wrote.
Our insiders were right. Mark Stoops' defense is a lot better with great safety play, and Joyner played about as well as any other safety in the country in 2011.
This spring we said:
The star of this group is Lamarcus Joyner. The 5'8, 193 pound beast is one of the best safeties in the country. Joyner has incredible range, great instincts, perhaps the best closing speed in the country, is a sure tackler, etc. If not for his size, he'd be a surefire first round pick as an early entry. I wrote last year, before the season started, that Joyner is the most valuable player to Florida State's defense. And I was definitely right. I'm not so sure that is the case any more. It has nothing to do with Joyner's play, but rather depth at other positions and the increased depth at the safety position. Joyner's ability and versatility take this defense to another level.
Joyner is the best safety Florida State has had in a long, long time. If he duplicates his 2011 in 2012 and 2013, he could go down as the best ever.
His incredible range allows Florida State's defense to effectively play more coverages than it would otherwise be able to do. He covers so much ground so quickly that he often fools opposing quarterbacks, despite their coaches sitting in the film room and stressing his range during the week. His range is better than most cornerbacks in the country, yet at ~200 pounds with very long arms, he's able to be a force against the run as well. He's like a better Bob Sanders (Iowa Hawkeyes/Indianapolis Colts)
Joyner also had an excellent year as a kick returner in 2011. And though we've argued in the past that FSU should not use him in that capacity due to the chance of an injury, those calls are quieter this year, as the new kickoff rules will lessen his opportunities, and the depth at safety is much better. Joyner is a better player now than he was in 2011, but the drop off from him to his reserve is far less steep.
Oh, and did I mention that he dropped down to corner in the bowl game when Florida State lost Xavier Rhodes and Greg Reid to injury? And that he did a fine job there? Ridiculous.
How can Joyner be better in 2012? Aside from a greater understanding of the defense and better players around him, how about leadership?
Joyner has become much more of a vocal leader over the offseason, and that's become even more important with the recent dismissal of Greg Reid.
"When I was first told that I needed to be more vocal, it was kind of scary because I had never been a leader at a prestigious program like Florida State," Joyner said. "At first it was a real big challenge, but after seeing that those guys feed of you and really believe in you, that just boosts the monster and gives you that edge and drive to do it and that motivation."
"I love coaching Lamarcus, we do have a great relationship and you have to love coaching someone who plays with that kind of passion and energy," Stoops said. "That's how we try to coach and it means an awful lot to us and it means a lot to Lamarcus. The biggest thing is that passion, that desire, that energy that he can relay to the young guys and the rest of our defense."
"He's more vocal, and then when you have one guy who steps up and says we need to do this the right way, you have five more guys that back him and say that we're going to do this the right way," senior linebacker Vince Williams said.
"A lot of young guys are trying to fill big shoes, and being a new leader and veteran on this team, it's been tough but it's getting better and I'm more at ease with it," Joyner said.
"You know what I've been proud of him about is that he's been disciplined," Stoops said. "He's not just out there playing and doing whatever he wants, he's disciplined within our program and within our defense. He's working hard to refine his skills and become more precise."
"We understand that it's about a bond and we have to be a team and a family to get where we need to get," cornerback Xavier Rhodes said. "We have to set the same goals and do the same thing at the same time, we have to think as one and move as one."
"Now we now that we have to get better as a team, offense and defense," Joyner said. "We have to be one unit if we're going to take this thing to a whole new level."
Florida State's defense has a chance to be the best in the country. Joyner's a big part of that.

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The high-speed chase came to a stop in the 2200 block of East 11th Street.
The chase started on Jamacha Boulevard in Spring Valley around 11 p.m. Wednesday, when deputies responded to a report of a suspicious prowler on a residential street.
When deputies arrived to the area, they were passed by a Ford F-150. At that time, they turned around and started to follow the vehicle. Police were able to confirm the truck was stolen. There were two people inside and the driver failed to stop and started speeding onto the westbound SR 54.
Speeds reached up to 110 miles per hour and the suspects eventually exited off Highland Avenue in National City. One person jumped out of the truck and was arrested. Then, the truck took off again going about 80 miles per hour. National City police joined the pursuit and were finally able arrest the boy.
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Gainesville police are investigating a bank robbery that happened at SunTrust Bank on Thompson Bridge Road.
Police said one of the robbers was carrying an assault rifle and the other carried a white bag.
The robber with the rifle demanded money and said something about a home foreclosure, according to employees.
Both men jumped over the teller counter to collect cash.
Police used a K-9 unit and patrol to search for the duo. Gainesville police said no one was injured.
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August 12, 2014
The SF Bay View newspaper is working to gather enough funds to send JR Valrey to the frontlines in Ferguson, Missouri, site of the biggest protests against police terrorism since Oakland rose up to demand justice for Oscar Grant. They started Saturday, when a police officer murdered unarmed Michael Brown, 18, for walking in the roadway with his friend. Most corporate media is working to distort the story and demonize the righteous anger of the people. Michael's family and friends and the people of Ferguson need the Black press to tell their truth.
February 28, 2014
March 21, 2014, marks the fifth anniversary of the police murder of Lovelle Mixon, who was killed after he murdered four Oakland police officers and wounded a fifth, around 73rd and MacArthur Boulevard in East Oakland. "The Ghosts of March 21" is a documentary about the bloodiest day in the history of Oakland law enforcement, shot by Damon "Hooker Boy" Hooker and directed, written and edited by Sam Stoker.
June 1, 2013
"Fruitvale," the award-winning movie about the last 24 hours in the life of Oscar Grant, is set to debut in mid-June in Los Angeles. I caught up with the Bay Area's own Ryan Coogler to talk about the film. I had some questions about why this film did not include the life and death of Lovelle Mixon and would it be able to be used as a weapon against police terrorism. Read Ryan Coogler's answers in his own words.
May 28, 2013
The Blueford family and the Justice 4 Alan Blueford coalition (JAB) held a vigil for Alan on the one-year anniversary of his murder by Oakland police officer Miguel Masso. JAB has based itself deep within the Afrikan community that birthed it and has brought together many organizations and individuals to fight for justice for Alan and to stop continued police violence.
March 8, 2013
Oakland may seem like a local anomaly with its big increase in homicides in 2011-12 and the anti-crime hysteria which now engulfs it. But Oakland is just a prime example of the intertwining of crime and criminalization under capitalism, in which the ruling class divides working people one from another and targets particular groups for victimization.
November 29, 2012
"We're going to JAB the City of Oakland Police Department in the ass until they do what they're supposed to do." – Jeralyn Blueford, Nov. 10, 2012, on the steps of Oakland Police Department headquarters. On Tuesday, Dec. 18, at 7 p.m., join Angela Davis and Alan's parents for 'Honoring Alan Blueford' on what should be his 19th birthday: Laney College Theater, 900 Fallon, Oakland
November 21, 2012
The fiery writing of JR Valrey began appearing in the Bay View a dozen years ago. JR made our original vision for the Bay View reality: to inspire Black youth to build a powerful Black community. As the Bay View's associate editor and one of KPFA's most popular programmers with his provocative Block Report Radio shows, JR and the youth who grew up on his empowering words and pictures are growing in influence, making a difference every day – and they're just getting started.
October 30, 2012
The legendary Sifu Bill Owens has trained 121 black belts in the 40 years since he founded Cascos Martial Arts Academy at 7415 MacArthur Blvd, Oakland. He himself is a world renowned champion as well as a teacher of a range of martial arts from Karate and Wun Hop Kuen Do to Filipino Stick Fighting and Brazilian Capoiera. Right now he needs 60 new students. Stop by or call him at (510) 638-9990.
April 23, 2012
Policing in our cities is a militarized process, with features quite similar to counter-insurgency in war zones. Just within California, the LAPD trained U.S. soldiers going to Iraq in urban policing, returning soldiers from Afghanistan have trained the Salinas anti-gang squad, and Israeli police and Bahranian military recently trained the Oakland Police and UC-Berkeley police.
November 15, 2011
Is the Occupy Movement against slavery, or is it that some people are just mad because they never get to hold the whip? Do you not see racism? Can you see it in this movement? Where is the support for justice for Raheim Brown in Oakland and Kenneth Harding in San Francisco?
March 25, 2011
AT&T Park shook so hard I thought I was on a pogo stick the night Barry Bonds crushed a 3-2 Mike Bacsik pitch into right center to go past the great Hank Aaron and crown himself Major League Baseball's all-time home-run king. He circled those bases to a deafening hometown roar.
February 10, 2011
On Feb. 18, 7 p.m., at Modern Times Bookstore, Krip-Hop Nation will present an author panel of new books by Black disabled writers and friends, including Toni Hickman of Texas, Adarro Minton of New York, Allen Jones of San Francisco and friends of Krip-Hop Nation, DC Curtis and Bones Kendall of Los Angeles.
February 10, 2011
The People's Human Rights and Hip Hop Film Festival is a four-day event that will be kicking off on Friday, Feb. 11, at the Twinspace, 2111 Mission St. in San Francisco, that captures the aura of the Bay, politics and young people's art.
January 3, 2011
Journalist JR Valrey, who was born in 1978, grew up mostly in Oakland, where the legend of the Black Panther Party was all around him. "A lot of the people around here are Panthers, or knew Panthers or are members of the Black Guerilla Family, which was an organization that Field Marshall George Jackson of the Black Panther Party founded. The revolution is very deep in Oakland. It's not so cosmetic as it is other places. It's not just about bandannas and t-shirts and concert throwing and posturing. I think it's more grassroots here and more ingrained in the spirit of the people."
November 16, 2010
Eesuu is one of my favorite male visual artists in the Bay, and in my opinion he is one of the dopest in the country right next to Malik Seneferu and Jocelyn Goode. I have been a fan of his art for years. I love the themes that he creates from, as well as the vibrant colors that he uses in some of his pieces.
November 15, 2010
Hours after San Francisco Bay Area radio show host JR Valrey screened his documentary film, "Operation Small Axe," about police brutality at a university in Philadelphia, daily newspapers in that city carried articles about two separate lawsuits filed against Philly police alleging brutality. "Police brutality is definitely not 'isolated incidents,' as officials always say after each new killing or beating by police," said Valrey, host of the Block Report, a program aired on KPFA-FM, the Pacifica station in the Bay Area.
June 9, 2010
Phyllis Jackson thought "it was a chilling day" for Los Angeles. "Jury selection here banishes all Black people like the recent Equal Justice Initiative report found that Southern courts do, while allowing the jury to be stacked with people who have friends, family and businesses involved with law enforcement," she said. Everybody out for the Mass Protest for Justice for Oscar Grant Monday, June 14, 8 a.m., at the LA courthouse.
May 22, 2010
"People leave feeling alive when they see the film. The brutal police murders that are shown in the film, the drive and motivation of the people of Oakland who organized against all odds to chop down the big trees of terrorism and oppression leave audiences stunned," says Adimu Madyun, director of "Operation Small Axe," winner of the Rise Up Award for Most Motivational Film at the New Orleans Film Festival. Email email@example.com to arrange a screening.
May 15, 2010
We lost the great Lena Horne this month on Mother's Day, May 9. She was 92, her birthday June 17, 1917 – her funeral Friday, May 14. I found out recently that Ms. Horne was at the March on Washington with sisters Mahalia Jackson and Dorothy Height.
May 11, 2010
In this manifesto that shows why JR Valrey is rightly called the Minister of Information, he exposes "gentrification journalism" as "the public relations team that is put in place to make gentrifiers feel safe," the media's twisting of the murders of Chauncey Bailey and Oscar Grant to demonize Blacks and the hyper-funding of "hyper-local media" as an effort to drown out community media. Everyone who wants to stop the exodus of Blacks from the Bay must read this.


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A grant from the U.S. Department of Education will help Illinois and 42 other states cover either all or a portion of the fees charged to low-income students taking Advanced Placement exams.
The grants are designed to cover up to $38 per exam for up to three exams per student. The goal of the grants is to encourage low-income students to not only take the exam for college credit, but also to reduce the time and cost required to get a college degree.
"These funds will help eliminate financial roadblocks for more low-income students and allow them to fully benefit from the AP program," U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan said.
The Illinois Board of Education will receive $1,721,335 in grant money in 2012 for students taking AP exams administered by the College Board and the International Baccalaureate Organization.
Levels of funding were determined on estimates how many low-income students would take AP exams in a particular state.
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It's hard to believe, since it feels like my three children were babies just last week, but with three boys, ages 6, 8 and 10, I no longer have small children. I am now the parent of kids who are too big to play in the mall playland, who are tall enough to go on the big water slide at the swimming pool, and two who are legally old enough to stay at home by themselves.
There are so, so many reasons why it is wonderful that my kiddos have passed the small child stage—No more diapers! They buckle their own seat belts!—and are entering the larger, more fun big-kid phase. Chief among these reasons is the fact that they can read accurately enough to consistently fetch us the right beer from the fridge. They also remember little tidbits that I forget, like what kind of coffee my husband buys or on what level we parked at the airport. They're old enough to help with household projects instead of "help" with household projects and they're useful for helping me pass video game levels that I cannot complete by myself.
Another reason that I'm enjoying life as my kids get older is because the things they find enjoyable now are far more interesting to me. Think less Barney the Dinosaur, more Jurassic Park; less Jar Jar Binks, more The Empire Strikes Back. Frankly, the older my kids get, the more fun "family fun" gets.
What? You're still enjoying watching your toddler learn to form sentences and delight in pointing at the most hilarious things—like window blinds? Here are some more comparisons to prove to you how awesome big kids are.
More science channel, less The Wiggles: Frankly, that Wiggles reference may be out of date. I'm so far out of small kids' television that I don't even know what they're watching these days. The last time I kept my oldest son home sick, we watched the science channel. There was a time when sick days meant singing "Fruit salad, yummy, yummy" 800 times. No more. Welcome to The Land of Shared Interests. It's awesome here.
More laser tag, less tag: Once your kid is old enough to hit the laser tag battlefield, you can eliminate all that pointless running around grassy fields and up and down playground equipment in favor of the far more entertaining—and less vigorous—laser tag version. Bonus points because you get to work out your frustration at your kids by mock shooting them and their friends.
More chess, less Candyland: The caliber of games you get to play with an older child is a VAST improvement over having to lose Candyland and Chutes & Ladders on purpose six times every day.
More conversations about history and social issues, fewer conversations about boogers: Although I do have boy children, so we still have conversations about farting. It's not all the history of the American Indian and the morality of health care reform over here.
More lip gloss in my purse, fewer baggies of Cheerios: There was a time when I wouldn't leave the house without a bag full of wipes, snacks, toys, and an extra set of clothes for me and my kids. Nowadays, sometimes I don't even take a bag at all when we go somewhere.
More funny jokes and appropriate sarcasm, fewer knock knock jokes that a small jokester doesn't understand but makes you laugh at anyway: Small kids are hilarious. But for reals, bigger kids can make you fall over with laughter.
Fewer slobbery kisses and wonderful chubby-armed hugs, but more fist bumps, meaningful talk, and mutual respect: Okay, you parents of little 'uns may have me on this one. However, it is remarkable to watch your baby grow up into a real person with his own thoughts, memories, and beliefs. If this is what I get after being a parent for barely a decade, I'm looking forward to my children's next stage of being even bigger kids.
Jean, a.k.a. Stimey, writes a personal blog at Stimeyland; an autism-events website for Montgomery County, Maryland, at AutMont; and a column called Autism Unexpected in the Washington Times Communities. You can find her on Twitter as @Stimey.


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Monday, April 4, 2011
Emerald City
Posted by Brigindo at 11:01 PM
Labels: conferences, travel, yog
2 comments:
- Drax said...
Beautiful. But I'll bet you won't be able to pick my favorite picture. (Well, I guess it wouldn't be that hard.)
Very nice.
- April 5, 2011 at 1:02 AM
- JOAN said...
Enticing photos. And sunshine.
- April 5, 2011 at 12:07 PM
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Students explore the meaning of snakes in the Mexican culture. In this culture instructional activity, students describe two reasons the snake is important in the Mexican culture and create their own egg carton snake.
Students participate in a lesson that is focused upon the concept of a snake. They conduct research using a variety of resources. The information is used to create the context for class discussion while students create their own model snakes.
Middle schoolers create a page in a classroom field guide to snakes. They each choose a different snake species to study in depth using the internet and books. The page contains information on habitat and adaptations of the snake as well as a drawing.
Students complete pre reading, writing, post reading activities for the book Snakes and Their Young. In this guided reading lesson plan, students complete writing, go over vocabulary, answer short answer questions, have discussions, and more.
In this animals worksheet, students complete thirteen multiple choice questions about snakes and their length, their threats, different names, and more.
Students investigate snakes. In this snakes lesson, students read the books, Verdi, and Great Snakes. Students record facts about snakes on a chart and write a paragraph about snakes.
Eager ecology learners read about characteristics of the Lake Erie water snake and the round goby fish. They find that the goby is an invasive species, introduced to Lake Erie in 1990, and has since had an impact on the water snake population. Pupils examine and graph water snake diet data and relate it to the introduction of the goby by answering 10 questions. This lesson provides experience with real-life data and a common occurrence in many of our waterways.
Students work in groups to research snakes and complete a "Know Your Snake" worksheet. They determine the difference between fact and fiction statements about snakes through their research. Once information from both print and non-print resources has been collected, they share their findings with classmates.
Make snakes with your class to demonstrate how recycled materials are perfect for art. Learners use colorful plastic cups, pantyhose, paper fasteners, and fishing line to make articulated snakes. This project would be great when learning about reptiles or assemblage art.
Snakes and lizards can be very tiny or very long. Your class will get out their rulers to see just how big snakes and lizards can be. They discuss several different reptiles by reading the included animal fact cards, then each small group uses rulers and yard sticks to measure the length of their assigned animals. The smallest measures 10cm and the longest measures about 29 feet! The activity is perfect for incorporating science into your next measurement or math lesson.
Students compare and contrast snakes and turtles, then fill out an information sheet.
After reading about the Lake Erie water snake and the change in its population after the introduction of the round goby in 1990, young ecologists graph water snake diet data. They analyze the data and answer 10 questions based on their observations. This is an activity that gives learners experience handling real-life data. It would be a beneficial supplement your environmental science, biology, or ecology curriculum.
In this snakes non-fiction reading comprehension worksheet, 3rd graders read a one page selection about the characteristics of snakes. They complete a table which compares snakes to mammals, and fill in the blanks in 5 questions using words from a word bank.
Students follow directions to make a snake out of patterns. They research a specific snake and present it to the class in a group. They listen to a presentation about the King Cobra snake prepared by the teacher.
In this snakes and turtles worksheet, students answer several questions about the characteristics of snakes and reptiles. Students answer questions that describe how snakes and turtles are unique reptiles.
In this glyph coloring worksheet, students read about the attributes of people born in the Year of the Snake. Students follow the 12 directions for coloring the snake according to personal character traits.
Students practice word-form recognition by playing a word snake game. In this word-form recognition lesson, students are divided into two teams, they stand in a line at opposite ends of the snake and have 30 seconds to read every word-recognition card along the snake before the timer goes off. Students walk along the snake as they sound out each letter combination before reading the complete word correctly.
A wonderful way for student to learn about snakes common to Florida. Pictures, diagrams and definitions accompany scientific details and comparisons to other snakes
Here is a very informative worksheet on snakes that has a few worthwhile tasks embedded in it as well. Learners read some very interesting text about snakes. The text includes some ways to avoid having snakes hiding in your yard. Youngsters have to write down three things that snakes eat, two solutions to keeping snakes away, write a short essay explaining why snakes are important to the environment, and draw a picture of a snake. Very good!
Perfect for a rainy day, this adorable printable board game will enchant your class! The game is made up of a board, a set of rainbows to glue onto the board in the indicated places, and three characters. Glue the cloudy background onto a piece of cardboard, attach the rainbows, and cut out the characters and you'll be ready to play! Similar to snakes and ladders, the rainbows move you up the board, and the rain moves you down. While there aren't any specific skills taught with this game, kids will appreciate the reward and enjoy interacting with one another.


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Evaluating corn and soybean consumption projections
For soybeans, consumption during the current marketing year is limited by smaller supplies than were available the past two years, Good said. The USDA projects the domestic crush at 1.615 billion bushels, 10 million above the January projection, but 88 million (5.2 percent) less than crushed last year. "Based on estimates from the National Oilseed Processors Association, crush during the first four months of the year was nearly 10 percent larger than the crush of a year earlier," Good said. "The larger crush has been driven by much larger exports of soybean meal and oil resulting from the small South American soybean harvest of a year ago. Prospects for a record-large South American crop this year is expected to slow the pace of U.S. exports of meal and oil during the last half of the marketing year and provide for relatively large U.S. imports of soybean oil. Imports may have to be larger, exports smaller, or year-ending stocks smaller than currently projected if U.S. biodiesel production expands as expected to meet the advanced biofuels mandate," Good said.
U.S. soybean exports are projected at 1.345 billion bushels, equal to last month's projection and only 17 million less than was exported last year. Exports during the first 23 weeks of the year (adjusted by Census Bureau estimates through December) totaled 1.05 billion bushels, an average of 45.9 million per week. Good said that shipments during the remainder of the year need to average only 10.1 million per week to reach the USDA projection. Only about 50 million bushels of new sales are needed to reach total sales of 1.345 billion bushels, although some existing sales may be canceled or rolled into the 2013-14 marketing year.
"Taken together, the likely pace of corn consumption appears large enough to meet, or perhaps slightly exceed, the USDA projection," Good said. "For soybeans, all available supplies will be consumed by year-end. USDA projections, however, may understate the demand for soybean oil to meet the likely level of biodiesel production. Old-crop corn and soybean demand appears strong enough to provide price support near current levels, with the largest risk of lower prices coming from growing confidence in large U.S. crops this year," Good said.
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July 12th @ 1pm
WTII Games would like to introduce the beginning of our Magic Workshop! Whether you're just starting out, or still have random questions about the nuances of Magic, we'll be hosting a learning session this upcoming Saturday to suit your needs. Want your kids to share your passion of Planeswalking, or would you like your parents to learn the intricacies of mana ramping? Join us for a fun, casual event, scheduled just in time for the M15 Prerelease later that night! There is no fee for the workshop and all ages are welcome! However, we do ask that children 13 and under have adult supervision.
M15 Prerelease
Come join us at our M15 Prereleases! Our first prerelease will be a midnight event on Friday (7/11) at 11:55pm and the second will be Saturday (7/12) at 6pm. Space is limited to 60 players at each event therefor RSVPs are required but prepay is not. HOWEVER prepay will allow you to reserve a specific kit color and save you $2. The prerelease promos can be seen below.
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Assault on Imdaar Alpha
At a secret research facility on Imdaar Alpha, Imperial scientists are developing a deadly new starfighter that could avoid Rebel sensors and scanners, providing the Empire with the means to crush the Rebel Alliance forever…
Attention all X-Wing™ fans!
This May, Assault at Imdaar Alpha is your chance to get your hands on preview copies of the game's fourth wave of starfighters: the Z-95 Headhunter, TIE defender, E-wing, and TIE phantom!
From left to right: E-wing, Z-95 Headhunter, TIE defender, and TIE phantom
What Is Assault at Imdaar Alpha?
FFG's Assault at Imdaar Alpha is a global preview event, showcasing the fourth wave of X-Wing starfighters at exclusive pre-release tournaments taking place May 31st @ 1pm.
How Does It Work?
Players bring 100-point squadrons and compete through a number of Swiss-style preliminary rounds while following all the standard rules described in the X-Wing Tournament Rules document.
However, in the final round, everything changes! After the close of the preliminary rounds, the tournament's two top players set aside their personal squads and command new squads that they build with the starfighters included in the event kit.
One player will construct an Imperial squad that fields both the TIE defender and TIE phantom. The other will construct a Rebel squad that utilizes the Z-95 Headhunter as well as the E-wing. Both players will complete their 100-point squadrons by adding starships and upgrades from their existing X-Wing collections. Then, each of the tournament's top four participants get to claim one of the preview expansions!
May 31st
Registration begins at @ 11am (Max 32 players)
Tournament starts @ 1pm.
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$5 or purchase of a X-Wing Expansion.
1st Place – First choice of one Assault at Imdaar Alpha preview starship expansion
2nd Place – Second choice of one Assault at Imdaar Alpha preview starship expansion
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4th Place – Fourth choice of one Assault at Imdaar Alpha preview starship expansion
Top 16 – One commemorative Bandit Squadron Pilot with extended art
BONUS — We will be also using 1-2 boxes of FFGs 2014 Season 1 Organized Play Kits.
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Retro Review Revisited: "Living Life on His Own Terms: Poetic Wisdom of Abelardo 'Lalo' Delgado"
The poet persists
New collection shows how Chicano writer has grown over half a century
Raymundo Elí Rojas
Special to the Times
Note: This review ran in April 7, 2002 in the El Paso Times.
After more than 50 years of being a writer, activist and family man, Abelardo B. Delgado is still living life on his own terms. So titled is his new collection of poetry, "Living Life on His Own Terms: Poetic Wisdom of Abelardo 'Lalo' Delgado" (Barrio Publications, $10).
This book includes old and new poems from the don of Chicano poetry, whom Chicano scholar Felipe de Ortego y Gasca called the "Poet Laureate of Aztlán."
Even before the Chicano Movement of the late 1960s, Delgado was one of the main community organizers in South El Paso. Beginning in the 1950s with Father Harold J. Rahm, Delgado started on a path of activism that continues to this day. Working with youth in the Segundo Barrio of El Paso, he helped found the Mexican American Youth Association, or MAYA, and once fasted 30 days for better housing.
Delgado, who graduated from Texas Western College (now the University of Texas at El Paso) and was among the top 10 graduates in his Bowie High School class, has also had a lifelong devotion to education.
His newest book is edited by Colorado poet Michael Evans-Smith and Chicano poet Trinidad Sánchez Jr. of "Why Am I So Brown?" fame.
These poems reflect on his past 50 years of writing. In "More than fifty," Delgado describes buying his first Underwood typewriter.
Also included is the poet's bid for tolerance in the age of AIDS. In "Bring In the Lions," Delgado focuses on the "leprosy of our days." He adds that "Those with AIDS are not IMMUNE to hate and in their tender hearts there is no love DEFICIENCY. The SYNDROME is unconcern ACQUIRED throughout the ages." In 1999, when Delgado visited El Paso, he performed this poem in honor of fellow El Paso author Arturo Islas.
His mother, who died in 2000, is honored in "My Mother." "At Socorro High" gives us an example of the many poems he has written for various high schools around the nation where he has performed.
The book swings beautifully between Spanish and English, taking readers from the heat of El Paso's Second Ward to the snowy streets of Denver, where Delgado now makes his home. Even the Rio Grande does not escape:
Jorobado y arrugado
Como Viejo mal cuidado
Va mi Río Grande
Ya menos apurado
Con el soquete del tiempo manchando,
Por dos paises maltratado.
In the late 1960s, in the era Ortego y Gasca has called the Chicano Renaissance, Delgado was one of the first Chicano writers to publish a poetry collection. It was called "Chicano: Twenty-five Pieces of A Chicano Mind." His most famous poem, "Stupid America," became an anthem of the Chicano Movement:
stupid America, remember that chicanito
flunking math and English
he is the Picasso
of your western states
but he will die
with one thousand masterpieces
hanging only from his mind.
The poetry of Lalo Delgado has gone beyond "Stupid America" and other works of 30 years ago. However, he still emphasizes a humanitarian cause, from his attacks on "English Only" to poems about his grandchildren. Delgado brings us his thirst for justice and human rights.
Perhaps the most tender part of this collection is the introduction by his late mother. It is a lindo essay on her "little boy," describing Delgado as a combination of Tom Sawyer and Attila the Hun: "Certainly he has the boyishness, the honesty, humor capacity for adventure and zest for life of a Sawyer. ... He is the man power -- the strength of the King of the Huns."
A 1943 passport photo (the year Delgado and his mother entered the United States) of Delgado and his mother ends this magnificent work. For those who know him, the picture shows us that he has not changed much. He is still the chicanito running through la Quinta (5th Street, now Father Rahm Street), la calle Mesa, y la Oregon in El Segundo, and carving Christ figures with a knife on wooden benches. He is still the street poet without paper and pencil shouting curses on the street.
No wonder Delgado has been called el gran abuelo de los literateros. He is still the epitome of the activist-poet, the poet of the people -- maybe even the Abelard of our Western states with one thousand more masterpieces hanging from his mind.
Raymundo Elí Rojas is the editor of Pluma Fronteriza, a publication for El Paso and Ciudad Juárez Chicano, Latino and Mexican writers.
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Cabin for Rent in Ruidoso New Mexico - Perfect for Family Vacations or Writer Seclusion
Cabin for Rent near Ruidoso in the beautiful Sacramento Mountains of Southern New Mexico. Perfect for family gathering, writers retreats, writer seclusion, and ski/snow trips.
Sleeps ten comfortably. Kitchen. Dinning room. Living room. Loft. Three outside decks. Easy access when snowed. 10min from town. 20 from Ski Apache. 20 min from Inn of the Mountain Gods Inn and Casino.
Estimated Driving Time:
El Paso: 2 1/2, TX
Las Cruces, NM: 2 hrs from
Albuquerque: 3 hrs
Lubbock, TX 4 hr 20 min
Odessa, TX: 4 1/2 hrs
Weekly and monthly discounted rates; weekend; and holiday rates available. For holidays (New Years, Christmas, Thanksgiving, Mem Day, MLK, Labor Day), a reservation of 6 mo in advance recommended.
Info. and reservations (915) 591-4108
Sleeps ten comfortably. Kitchen. Dinning room. Living room. Loft. Three outside decks. Easy access when snowed. 10min from town. 20 from Ski Apache. 20 min from Inn of the Mountain Gods Inn and Casino.
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Lubbock, TX 4 hr 20 min
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Today's podcast topic is pet safety, which can cover a multitude of areas. Safety in the home, safety interacting with other people and dogs, safety in different environments.
The questions Dr Patrick Mahaney and I tackle are:
The most frequent accident claim we see at Embrace is swallowing of a foreign object. Can you go over how to prevent and what to do if your dog or cat swallows something he/she shouldn't
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Podcast: Laura Bennett & Dr Patrick Mahaney Pet Safety 2014
Dr. Mahaney is a veterinarian from the University of Pennsylvania and a Certified Veterinary Acupuncturist, having been inspired by his own chronic pain from Intervertebral Disc Disease to provide accupuncture to his veterinary clients. In addition to Dr Mahaney's house call integrative veterinary medicine business, California Pet Acupuncture and Wellness, he sees patients on an in-clinic basis at Veterinary Cancer Group in Culver City, CA. Dr Mahaney writes a veterinary column (Patrick's Blog) forwww.PatrickMahaney.com and contributes to a variety of media, including Perez Hilton's TeddyHilton.com, Fido Friendly, Veterinary Practice News, Healthy Pets and People with Dr Patrick on OutImpactRadio.com, and MSNBC Sunday with Alex Witt and Career Day. His first book, The Uncomfortable Vet, will be available in 2015 through Havenhurst Books
Yea it is summer! Wow, was that the worse winter you can remember? Well, now we all are doing as much as possible outside as we can, and that includes doing a lot of those things with our dogs. Taking a walk with a dog is one of the best therapies I know to wind down after a hard day at work. The serene evening hours, to me, is the best time to take a stroll. But….be aware, danger may be right around the corner.
Many of us live in areas that have no sidewalks, so we often use the streets. I am an avid cyclist, so I know all too well, of the dangers on the road. People really don't pay that much attention while they are driving. You need to be visible, even in daylight and almost to the obnoxious extreme, to make sure people know you are there. I have 2 lights in the front, two in the back on my bike and I dress head to toe in dayglow green cycling gear (sorry for the mental image!). You can definitely see me!
The same thought for safety should be on your mind for you and your dog. There is a plethora of reflective dog accessories out there. A reflective leash is a great thing to have. It moves as you walk and therefore really catches the attention of drivers. My favorite tool is a small "blinky" light that can be attached to the collar. A flashing red or white light is the most effective way to tell people you are there. You can find these inexpensive lights at your local bike shop and some pet stores. They are great!
One item I think people often forget is to put something on the "rear bumper" of your dog. I recommend the reflective pant leg wrap people who commute to work on their bike use, to keep their pant legs out of their chain. These work great and most dog don't mind them.You may need to modify them, but it easily done with some self-adhesive Velcro and scissors. Perhaps even a reflective vest for your dog; just make sure it is made of a breathable fabric.
Remember your dog thinks you are wonderful and will do anything for or with you for as long as you want to do it, even on hot and/or humid days so please be aware of the potential for your dog overheating. The dog tongue is a radiator of sorts, and is the only way a dog can cool itself. When temperatures get in the 80 to 90s, panting becomes pretty inefficient. So pay attention to the amount of panting your dog does and if he looks thirsty, he is. Another thing I learned from cycling, if you wait to drink when you are thirsty, you already are dehydrated. So make sure you dog stays well hydrated.
Make sure you also pay attention to the dog's feet. If you can walk on grass instead of asphalt, do it. Remember we have shoes on. Our dogs don't. Asphalt and concrete are very abrasive and can wear pads down. Again, remember, you are the king or queen of the universe to your dog and they will not stop until you do. I had a client training for a marathon and ran on a bike path. Her dog would go a short distance with her. One day she noticed her dog, a lab, limping after a run and notice some bloody foot prints. Being a loyal lab, he had completely worn off the pads on all 4 paws. I just want you to know, this person was a very conscientious dog owner and didn't go a distance that any one of us would not have gone, so just be aware.
So enjoy the summer and get outside, but pay attention to your dog's safety and comfort. Don't let your daily stroll turn into a visit to the veterinary emergency room.
Dr. Rex Riggs grew up in Wadsworth, Ohio, near Akron. Dr Riggs is co-owner of Best Friends Veterinary Hospital in Powell, Ohio. He is also on the board of the North Central Region of Canine Companions of Independence, a board member of The Ohio State College of Veterinary Medicine Alumni Society and Small Animal Practitioner Advancement Board at The Ohio State College of Veterinary Medicine.
Dr. Riggs lives in Lewis Center, OH with his wife Nancy, their dogs Maggie and Ossa, and cat Franklin. Outside of work, Dr. Riggs is an avid golfer and cyclist, and enjoys travel and photography.
Dr Patrick and I talk today about summer health dangers. Things like heat stroke, water safety, parasites, pesticides and so on. I know that many of you have warmer weather all year round but even still, there are issues your pet faces in the summer months more than others.
Here are the questions we discuss in our podcast:
Dr Patrick also mentions the Pet Poison Helpline's page on toads, which is here.
Click on the link below to hear the audio:
Podcast: Laura Bennett & Dr Patrick Mahaney Summer Dangers 2014
Dr. Mahaney is a veterinarian from the University of Pennsylvania and a Certified Veterinary Acupuncturist, having been inspired by his own chronic pain from Intervertebral Disc Disease to provide accupuncture to his veterinary clients. In addition to Dr Mahaney's house call integrative veterinary medicine business, California Pet Acupuncture and Wellness, he sees patients on an in-clinic basis at Veterinary Cancer Group in Culver City, CA. Dr Mahaney writes a veterinary column (Patrick's Blog) forwww.PatrickMahaney.com and contributes to a variety of media, including Perez Hilton's TeddyHilton.com, Fido Friendly, Veterinary Practice News, Healthy Pets and People with Dr Patrick on OutImpactRadio.com, and MSNBC Sunday with Alex Witt and Career Day. His first book, The Uncomfortable Vet, will be available in 2014 through Havenhurst Books
Name Brand medications vs. Generics-Sometimes there is a difference…
To be certified a "generic" by the Food and Drug Administration, a drug has to have the same "active ingredient" as its brand name equivalent. The generic has to have an efficiency rate plus or minus 20% of the effectiveness of the name brand. This is very important point. If you get one batch of generics that is 20% below the name brand's effectiveness and you refill it with a batch that is 20% more effective than the brand name, that is a 40% difference.
For antibiotics, the variance does not make a big difference. For NSAIDS (like Rimadyl and Metacam), thyroid medications (Soloxine), antidepressants, or any other drug that has a narrow therapeutic or safety range, it can make a huge difference.
In addition, generics are not required to use the same binders as the name brand. It is the binders that are responsible for how the body absorbs the active ingredient; therefore, generics might be absorbed differently in the body (gel caps compared to pills, for instance), which affects efficacy.
For these reasons, we do not like using generics in place of Rimadyl, Metacam or Soloxine at our hospital. Something to ask about at your next vet visit if you are seeing varying results in your pet's response to these generic medications.
Ticks, Ticks….they are everywhere!
How did they live through this winter? Who knows but they did. We are seeing more ticks this year than ever. I was in Montana in April fly fishing. Montana, like most parts of the nation, had the worst winter in memory. It was 20 below for 3 weeks and the ticks survived very nicely. In fact, they are now are everywhere. It's definitely time to be diligent against tick-borne diseases.
For our animals it is easy to prevent ticks with products like Frontline and a new oral treat like medication like Nexgard. They are very efficient. We are now recommending them year round on our patients. I wish it was that easy for us human beings. The Lyme disease tick is now in Ohio, where I live. You cannot see this tick; it's called "the moving freckle" because of its minuscule size. If you take a dime and look at the word "Dime", the Lyme disease tick is ½ the size of the "D". In people, the most common sign of a bite from a Lyme disease tick is a red target lesion on your skin. If you see this this, go get antibiotics. It is easy to treat it at this point, but if you wait it is much harder to treat.
The mosquitoes are going to be bad this year….
White-Nose Syndrome has killed over 6 million bats since 2006. The cause is a fungus called Pseudogymnoascus destructans, which kills nearly 100 percent of the bats it infects. The fungus grows on the noses, wings and ears of bats during winter hibernation, giving them a white, fuzzy appearance. It invades the deep skin tissues and causes extensive damage.
Bats have such a bad Hollywood image, but they are great creatures and an important part of our ecosystem in their ability to eat bugs, especially mosquitoes. A single bat eats up to 1000 mosquitoes in a single hour and it is not uncommon for some of the bats to live 40 years.
So let's think about that. One thousand mosquitoes per hour times 8 hours a day, times, say, 5 months a year times 40 years. That would be 48 million mosquitoes that one bat would eat in a lifetime! That is a lot of bad bugs.
So what does that mean to us? Beside all the hassle of dealing with mosquitoes while sitting outside at dusk, it means a lot more disease transmission for both humans and animal. Mosquito-borne diseases have killed more people through history than any other disease. In fact the mosquito-transmitted diseases outnumber all the other fatal diseases combined. For all the dog and cat owners, the biggest threat is heartworm disease. So keep them on those heartworm meds. The alternative is not pretty.
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The classic "Green-box" ammunition that shooters and hunters have trusted for years. Remington makes ammunition for nearly every need. The Core-Lokt bullet design is the original controlled-expansion bullet and one of the most effective ever developed. Its progressively tapered copper jacket is locked to a solid lead core, promoting perfectly controlled expansion, deep penetration and high weight retention for dependable results. This ammunition is new production, non-corrosive, in boxer primed, reloadable brass cases.
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Describe the difference between the way animals are raised at Niman Ranch, compared to what you saw working at the Waterkeeper Alliance.
While working as an environmental lawyer for Waterkeeper Alliance I toured concentrated pig, dairy and poultry operations and saw hundreds more from the outside as well as in videos. They keep large numbers of animals continually confined in crowded buildings. They cause pollution and odor, from festering manure piles and lagoons. I always found it depressing to be in and around industrial animals operations. In contrast, visiting the farms of Niman Ranch was pure joy. Niman Ranch is a collective of over 700 farmers and ranchers who all follow traditional animal husbandry practices. My husband, Bill Niman, is the company's founder and former CEO. On the farms and ranches of Niman Ranch, as well as on our own California ranch, animals are allowed to graze, root, and roam, breath fresh air and exercise. They are fed natural, drug-free diets, and stay healthy by virtue of their high quality living environments. These traditional farms preserve natural resources and enhance communities, which is what an agricultural operation should do.
What made you want to write Righteous Porkchop?
When Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. hired me in 2000 as the senior attorney for Waterkeeper, I knew almost nothing about the industrial livestock sector and its pollution and social problems. I soon realized that most Americans were living in a similar ignorance. In writing Righteous Porkchop I aimed to share what I'd learned about how food is really being produced in the United States today. Equally important, I wanted to make the case that collectively we can choose to create a much more environmentally sustainable, ethical and humane way of producing our food.
What are your biggest concerns about conventional livestock production?
My concerns are manifold. But to state them briefly, the current way of raising animals is environmentally unsustainable and inhumane. Animals are continually kept in large, highly concentrated confinement operations that are energy and water intensive, pollute water and air, and rob millions of animals of the pleasures to which every living creature is entitled. They also produce uninteresting meat that is much more likely to be contaminated with antibiotic resistant bacteria and drug and chemical residues.
Why do you think consumers are increasingly seeking out sustainably and humanely raised meat?
Thankfully, consumers are becoming much more aware of what's wrong with industrialized animal production and are seeking out foods they know something about and can feel good about eating. If the farms producing your food are not places you'd want to visit, something's wrong. I've always believed that the greatest potential agent for massive change in our food system is for consumers to simply begin asking grocers and restaurants: "Where is this from and how was this raised?"
How do you reconcile being a vegetarian with raising livestock for a living?
Well, I'm fairly sure I'm one of the few vegetarian ranchers in America. I became a vegetarian 25 years ago, long before getting involved in ranching or advocating for food system reform. I never believed that it was morally wrong to raise animals for food because, to me, a person who'd grown up roaming fields and forests and majored in biology in college, humans are part of a complex web of plants and animals that sustain one another. Now that I'm directly involved in raising animals for food the importance that animals can play in the food system is even clearer. I've learned that animals are essential to sustainable farms, which don't rely on fossil fuels and chemicals. Animals can increase soil fertility, contribute to pest and weed control and convert vegetation that's inedible to humans, and growing on marginal, uncultivated land, into food. I've stuck with my own diet of several decades but I strongly support the presence of animals in our food system—especially as we envision a future farming that does not rely on fossil fuels.
What do you think the biggest obstacle is to reforming the concentrated livestock industry?
Money in the political system is an enormous barrier. The combined political clout of drug companies, chemical companies and agribusiness corporations is huge. However, this obstacle is not insurmountable. Farmers, chefs, consumers and others are collectively moving the food system in a different direction by creating and demanding food that is delicious, fresh, healthful and responsibly produced. Despite the enormous political challenges, I am optimistic about the future of food and farming.
What do you say to critics who charge that natural and organic meat costs too much?
There is no denying that meat from non-industrial sources tends to cost more. Yet the truth is we cannot afford the "cheap meat" from industrial operations. Why? Because industrial animal operations are and have always been dependent on the model of externalizing their costs—passing on their costs of production to others. A good example of this is the way they deal with their wastes. Although every industry in America is required to dispose of its waste in such a way that it does not contaminate water, soil or air, concentrated animal operations have essential dumped their wastes—unregulated—into the environment for decades, leading to water, air and soil pollution on a massive scale. This is in spite of the fact that the Clean Water Act expressly covers Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations (CAFOs). As Waterkeeper's senior attorney, my job was to get industrial animal operations to finally bear their true production costs. This battle continues. The point is that while industrial facilities produce meat that has a low cost at the grocery store they are costly to us all.
What can people do who care about livestock and animal agriculture issues?
All of us have at least two ways to change the food system: as consumers and as citizens. As citizens, we can demand that our elected representatives take an interest in the healthfulness, environmental sustainability and humaneness of our food system. At a minimum, every Congressperson and Senator should be urged to support the Preservation of Antibiotics for Medical Treatment Act (PAMTA), which would ban the subtherapeutic use of antibiotics at livestock and poultry operations, as the European Union did years ago. The greater impact we can have is as consumers. Each of us chooses food several times a day. We need to buy foods that are produced from the kinds of farming systems we want to support. When this idea takes hold, the impact will be enormous.
What are you going to talk about during your OEFFA keynote address on Sunday, February 17?
My talk will make connections between the way America farms and the way we eat and show the parallels between the problems in farming and problems related to food. It will connect a lot of dots—hopefully in a new way.
What do you see for the future of animal agriculture and the meat industry?
As I said, despite the huge environmental, health and social problems related to our food and farming systems I am truly optimistic about the future. My hopefulness comes largely from the people I've met all over the country—young farmers, chefs, school lunch activists, urban farmers and on and on—who are bringing a vibrant new energy to food and farming. They are re-making our food system for the better, one community at a time.


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KANSAS CITY, Mo. (Aug. 13, 2012) - Twenty-eight year-old strawweight (115 pounds) superstar Felice Herrig (9-4) of Crystal Lake, Ill. has signed an exclusive, multi-fight agreement with women's world championship Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) promotion Invicta Fighting Championships.
Herrig, a winner of four consecutive fights and protégé of MMA star Jeff Curran, will make her Invicta FC debut later this year.
"I couldn't be happier than I am now, after signing with Invicta FC," said Herrig. "I have seen them do so much for women and really give them a chance to shine. I don't think anyone realized how big Invicta FC would become, and I am truly proud to say I have found a home with them.
"We are excited about bringing Felice, one of the brightest, young talents in the women's field of MMA, under the Invicta FC umbrella," said Invicta FC President Shannon Knapp. "Felice has overcome a lot of stiff competition, thus far, during her career, and we are looking forward to seeing her perform against some of the top women in the world who fight for Invicta FC."
A seasoned striker who began her fight career as a kickboxer, Herrig was initially introduced to a national audience as a competitor on Fight Girls, the Oxygen network reality series that followed a group of women Muay Thai fighters vying for greatness in Thailand's national sport. Herrig emerged victorious over a champion in Thailand before the series concluded.
Herrig went on to become a world Muay Thai champion, winning the International Kickboxing Federation bantamweight crown on November 15, 2008 by earning a unanimous decision over Katie Meehan in Chicago. She also enjoyed a stint fighting in Chuck Norris' now-defunct kickboxing promotion, World Combat League.
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The bodies were so badly burned, they had to be sent to the state crime lab in Atlanta for positive identification.
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Dear Maniacs,
This is not just another Condit/Diaz thread. This is an example of how Diaz shouldn't act. This isn't about the endless conversation of whether Diaz won for pushing the pace or Condit won because he out-pointed Diaz. That fight is over.
As much as I am sure you all have your opinions on whether or not to legalize certain drugs. Marijuana being one of the most controversial. After reading most of the thread on the statement released today about Nick Diaz testing positive for Marijuana, I found myself questioning things about the attitude towards Mixed Martial Arts. The direction fighters want to go in in terms of the reaction they get from the public is simple. Fighters don't want to be presumed as thugs. Fighters aren't these dumb, redneck, strong guys that can't put a sentence together. Don't get me wrong, it is perfectly okay to be dumb, a redneck and strong. Even being a thug has its perks. But some people have to understand that if they want this sport to grow, you can't have people saying, "No biggie, Diaz tested positive again for weed." Let me tell you why.
Frankly, sports businesses such as the MLB, NFL, etc. have recently put such a big hammer down on illegal drugs and steroids. Obviously Diaz will receive most likely a 6 month or one year ban from the NSAC, but these guys have to learn something if they want to make more money. I personally found it entertaining that Diaz was talking a whole lot of trash during the fight. Thats a part of sports. Don't get me wrong. I love sports. I live for sports. But I respect sports. I respect these guys that fight for their families to put food on the table. The legalization of drugs is something to be spoken about to your local congressmen. Whether I am for or against it is a whole other story and conversation.
This article is meant to share an idea. An idea that has a professional fighter, you have to respect the rules. You have to just respect the game. There will always be the "bad boys" in sports. I see more people complain about guys missing weight than doing an illegal drug. I don't care what the side effects are. Both you can't do. Its as simple as that. Many people in this world smoke weed. There is no doubt. I would even say about 50% of you Maniacs enjoy weed. I am not saying you guys are at fault. But these guys are professional athletes. And it must be understood why it is important that no matter what area you come from, you still have to abide by the rules. And if you don't, you're career will suffer. If you can't "Deal with this sh*t" Then don't deal with it. Sit at home. He should know better plain and simple.


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Alas, we don't live in the Great White North like these guys! Hat tip to reader Robert for sending in this shot of him and a friend having fun on a frozen lake somewhere in Alberta, Canada.
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I miss my b5. Europa Blue Mica is a great color for German sedans.
It's a shame that I visit Alberta often and I've never ripped around on a frozen lake before. Next time, next time…
You come here often? The only people who visited to Alberta are Swiss ski tourists and Shell execs. Or so I thought.
I live in downtown Edmonton, far removed from lake drifting, but this gorgeous snapshot of what my life COULD be like has me grabbing for a map.