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Top 10 Movies That Make You Go Meatless
'Cuz why not? Here they are – the top 10 films that'll inspire you to go vegetarian. Let us know which ones you like best, or feel free to add to the list in the comments.
- Poultrygeist: Night of the Chicken Dead (2008). See the KFC-esque "American Chicken Bunker" get skewered in this film about chickens who return from the grave to seek revenge against their killers. Throw in a few lesbian protesters, musical numbers about Native American burial grounds, and fry-o-lators, and you've got yourself a vegetarian-manifesto masterpiece.
- Soylent Green (1973). Overpopulation and environmental devastation have led to a world where food is scarce and prices have sky-rocketed (sound familiar?), and the only way to survive is by eating a mysterious food called "Soylent Green." But the real food for thought is when Chuck Heston discovers that "Soylent Green is people!" (Please, pass the veggies!)
- Babe (1995). This film has turned legions of people into vegetarians—including its star, James Cromwell—because who could "pig out" again after watching that cute little piglet charm Farmer Hogett?
- Delicatessen (1991). As if foie gras weren't disgusting enough, this post-apocalyptic comedy gives new meaning to "French cuisine" when a landlord serves cannibalistic meals to his tenants.
- Fast Food Nation (2006). This film takes a compelling look at the destructive impact that eating meat has on animals, people's health, and the environment. Bruce Willis' "tough talk" scene about the suspect ingredients found in meat—while chomping on a huge burger—is priceless.
- The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974). Leatherface and his family members really know how to throw a dinner party: blood, gore, and all the human flesh that you can eat. Hip-hop mogul Russell Simmons calls The Texas Chainsaw Massacre a "vegetarian" movie. "The way that woman was screaming, 'Aaaahhh,' and she's running away—that's how every animal you eat is running for his or her life," he says.
- Super Size Me (2004). Morgan Spurlock documents the ill effects that his 30-day, McDonald's-only diet has on his body, giving new meaning to the phrase "Big Mac attack."
- Chicken Run (2000). That's right: Laying hens don't "retire"—they get turned into "Mrs. Tweedy's Homemade Chicken Pies." This movie is the best that celluloid (and clay) has to offer in making the case for scrambled tofu.
- Sweeney Todd (2007). This tells the story of a demon barber who conspires with a woman who uses human flesh in her meat pies. The only thing yummy in this blood-splattered spectacle is Johnny Depp.
- I Am an Animal (2007). Showing everything from undercover video footage shot inside a turkey slaughterhouse to a rescued turkey singing along to classical music, this documentary about PETA founder Ingrid E. Newkirk is one of the best cases for a Tofurky Thanksgiving.
As Ingrid Newkirk puts it, "Picking up the remote can become a life-changing act when you watch one of these movies. If animals wrote movie reviews, they'd give these films two paws up."
Also check out Veganflix, a website that curates animal justice and vegan videos.
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May I also add another movie that will also make you think twice about eating animal flesh? It is Speciesism – the Movie by Mark DeVries, released in 2013
Vegucated made me go vegan, some things can't be unseen..
Forks Over Knives and Vegucated….
Earthlings is another good one
'Curse of the Were-Rabbit' is another definite veggie film!
I am surprised that Year of the Dog didnt make your list, very touching film and MAINSTREAM too!
I would have to say I am VERY shocked that Food inc is not on this list. That movie is what prompted me to begin thinking about becoming a vegetarian.
***** Among my favorites list of "must see's" ***** http://www.foodinc.com http://www.fresh.com http://www.dirtthemovie.com
Why isn't Earthlings on this list? It was one of the most disturbing films I have ever seen. Anyone who eats meat should watch it.
Year of the Dog 2007I is pretty good too.
we feed the world eating earthlings the animal movie skritek sktek
I had been a vegan for years had seen the horrible footage on PETA.com but seeing I Am an Animal brought it all back. I was very angry at how cruel people were. It made me very bitter towards people who don't care about animals and reinforced my veganism.
Jimmy I don't think Cath meant to imply that Americans are saints and that the Chinese are evil. I think she was just reacting to a disturbing video. I can say that the stray cats in Greece are treated terribly but that does not mean I'm insulting all the citizens of Greece. If anything I think that we are criticizing the govenments of all countries which allow this stuff to go on. That obviously includes the U.S.
Jimmy Chan I really don't think it matters where people are from. A lot of the people posting here are not from the US. Different ethical standards are not a good reason to commit any kind of atrocity or harm to another sentient being. I am not coming from a position of luxury and I can still say that the skinning of animals ANYWHERE or for ANY reason is wrong. AJ Perhaps the fact that you were desensitized at such a young age is why you are unable to feel sorrow for the way these animals are murdered for your fleeting pleasure. I apologize that you had to be exposed to that.
"The fur trade farms in China are absolutely gruesome. Being skinned ALIVE I mean ALIVE is appaulling. If that doesn't change your eating habits you belong in the cave. I viewed the video on the petatv.com fur farm video." Perhaps you should not be so quick to judge others especially considering the different ethical standards between China and the United States. It is easy for one is a position of luxury and privilege to call others wrong. Maybe you should should live in a cave so that no creature will suffer to maintain your lifestyle! D Or you could hold your self righteous delusions.
None of those movies made me go "meatless". I grew up on a farm I've known from the time I was old enough to talk where meat comes from.
The fur trade farms in China are absolutely gruesome. Being skinned ALIVE I mean ALIVE is appaulling. If that doesn't change your eating habits you belong in the cave. I viewed the video on the petatv.com fur farm video. DISGUSTING!!!! My heart goes out to those poor animals who have suffered at the hands of these despicable humans.
It was definitely Fast Food Nation that did it for me. I haven't looked back since reading the actual book by Schlosser.
where is charlites web??
Earthlings Meet Your Meat Charlotte's Web… Oh looks like other people already said those. Here are some others Alive The Twilight Zone episode "To Serve Man" Snakes on a Plane… OK OK I'm joking about the last one
Why would you ruin the ending of soylent green. That's just mean I don't run the ending to movies that you haven't seen.
"Babe" in my opinion is the ultimate vegetarian movie but I'd say that "Charlotte's Web" should definitely be on this list as well. It was the first movie that made me question eating meat. Ironically my grandparents bought it for me at a McDonald's. Also has anyone seen "Gordy"? It was a liveaction Disney movie somewhat similar to "Babe." It really upset me when I first saw it. I can blame all of the pig movies for turning me vegetarian I guess.
Also the fact that Sweeney Todd slits throats is not ironic it's coincidental.
Geez some spoiler warnings please.
You left out Charlotte's Web
Texas Chainsaw Massacre isn't "A vegetarian movie" it's "THE vegetarian movie"!!! The crass exploitation of the act of killing serves to remind every meateater of the brutality of the lifestyle that they've chosen.
I saw Sweeney Todd and it's awkward how the way Johnny killed the humans by slitting their throat is the exact same way that the animals are killed by. Ironic…
I am an amimal changed my life. I stopped eating meat and now I will do everything in my power to help prevent animal cruelty there is no reason for it. Ingrid Newkirk is now a personal hero of mine I strive to have her bravery.
Earthlings of course would be an essential addition as well as Behind The Mask. The top 10 books would also be very blogworthy.
Fast food nation is disturbing on many levels. I was glad that my parents rented it because they do not want to hear about the bloody truth when I tell them. Horror films can be pretty good at scaring people off of meat cannibalism accidental or otherwise but on the other hand they tend to feature a LOT of animal cruelty. Some nasty ones are Suicide CircleMaliceFunny GamesMerebito Tank Girl her poor yakcow!! Pulse Snakes on a Plane etc.Dogs are often the targets in films. Honestly if you want to explore how truly fd up humans can be leave the animals out of it. Beethoven has alerted some people to animal testing. Princess Mononoke made me love wolves even more.The Cat Returns and other H.M movies are usually pretty respectful of animals and nature. I always found it ironic when my extended family would sit down to watch Chicken Runand cheer on the chickens while chowing down on fried chicken! There is another documentary called Daily Bread about the entire food processing industry with some graphic slaughter.
Great list and Ingrid Newkirk is definitely right!


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Skip to comments.William Ayers Tried Extortion. Bernardine Dohrn Cheered Charles Manson
Posted on 10/05/2008 5:18:18 PM PDT by franklog
We can't let Sarahcuda do all the heavy lifting exposing Ayers and Dohrn. Here's a little background on Ayers/Dohrn from an article out of George Mason University's History News Network.
Ayers and Dohrn were there at the founding of the Weather Underground. At a 1969 War Council that helped launch the organization, Dohrn raised three fingers in a fork salute to Charles Manson, whom she proposed as a revolutionary inspiration. She went on to joke about Mansons victims and dubbed them the Tate Eight after Sharon Tate, the pregnant actress whom members of the Manson tribe stabbed in the womb with a fork. Dig it, said Dohrn at the time. First they killed those pigs, then they ate dinner in the same room with them, they even shoved a fork into a victims stomach! Wild!
Later that same year, Ayers attempted to extort money from the Vietnam Moratorium Committee demanding $20,000 to abstain from violence during a planned peace protest. After rejecting this demand, a member of the Moratorium group asked Ayers what he really wanted. To kill all rich people, Ayers responded. When another peace activist pointed out that Ayers himself came from wealth, the radical answered with an angry slogan: Bring the war home. Kill your parents. (Note: Neither of these stories made it into Ayerss highly selective memoir.)
In the following months and years, Ayers, Dohrn and friends wreaked a lot of havoc. Bombings linked to the Weathermen took place in cities from San Francisco to New York, culminating with the March 1, 1971 bombing of the US Capitol and the May 19, 1972 bombing of a bathroom in the Pentagon. Then there was Boudins and Gilberts 1981 stunt with the Brinks holdup: the Weather Undergrounds sad, last, stupid gasp in collaboration with the Black Liberation Army.
How many people will "History News Network" reach?
We need to defeat these scumbags.
A lot less than FR. That's why I posted the information here.
Thank you for the posting.
Liddy served four and a half years in prison in connection with his conviction for his role in the Watergate break-in and the break-in at the office of the psychiatrist of Daniel Ellsberg, the military analyst who leaked the Pentagon Papers. Liddy has acknowledged preparing to kill someone during the Ellsberg break-in "if necessary"; plotting to murder journalist Jack Anderson; plotting with a "gangland figure" to murder Howard Hunt to stop him from cooperating with investigators; plotting to firebomb the Brookings Institution; and plotting to kidnap "leftist guerillas" at the 1972 Republican National Convention -- a plan he outlined to the Nixon administration using terminology borrowed from the Nazis. (The murder, firebombing, and kidnapping plots were never carried out; the break-ins were.) During the 1990s, Liddy reportedly instructed his radio audience on multiple occasions on how to shoot Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms agents and also reportedly said he had named his shooting targets after Bill and Hillary Clinton.
Liddy has donated $5,000 to McCain's campaigns since 1998, including $1,000 in February 2008. In addition, McCain has appeared on Liddy's radio show during the presidential campaign, including as recently as May. An online video labeled "John McCain On The G. Gordon Liddy Show 11/8/07" includes a discussion between Liddy and McCain, whom Liddy described as an "old friend." During the segment, McCain praised Liddy's "adherence to the principles and philosophies that keep our nation great," said he was "proud" of Liddy, and said that "it's always a pleasure for me to come on your program."
Nihilists. Anarchists. Hatefilled
Liddy's a patriot.
So, how long a prison sentence did Ayers serve?
He got off on a wiretapping technicality.
It's a start, what Sarah has been saying, but not enough.
She and McCain need to hit Obama hard every day.
McCain needs to forget etiquette and running a respectful campaign, as he put it.
If he doesnt get off his duff and get out there and hit Obama every day, hes handing the presidency over to Barack Hussein Obama.
Why is he not mentioning such things as Obama trying to turn Missouri into a police state? Obama trying to turn our children into Hitler youth?
Email Republican headquarters/McCain.
REMIND McCAIN THAT HE HAS AN OBLIGATION AS OUR CANDIDATE TO FIGHT BACK!
To h*ll with bipartisian BS!
To h*ll with PC!
To h*ll with conducting a respectful campaignas McCain has said, and vowed to do.
lipstick on a pig and You can wrap AN OLD FISH in a piece of paper called change. Its still going to stink after eight years.
Take off the gloves, McCain!
Hit the Marxist/Muslim hard with Ayers, Acorn, Violation of Logan Act, abortion, 2nd admendment, Campaigning for Odinga!!
FReep 'EM!!!!
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I want to know how many freepers will continue to insist it won't matter if Obama wins.
If Sarah had known a right wing terrorists who had done the same to PETA - the MSM would NEVER stop screaming.
Why did G Liddy go to jail? Hmm...... Why aren't the Palin Email burglars behind bars???????
The pig is done.
Alinsky, Ayers, Axelrod, Khalid Al-Mansou,Frank Marshall Davis,Bernardine Dohrn, Louis Farrakhan, Jeremiah Wright, Michael Pfleger, Nadhmi Auchi, Robert Blackwell, Jr, Tony Rezko, Sohale Siddiqi,Mohammed Hasan Chandoo and Wahid Hamid,Mike Klonsky
Just a few of the people that have had great influence or are friends of Obama past and present.
Change America can not afford to have.
Change we do not want.
Change we do not need.
Change we cannot allow to happen.
Actually it was the Manson's second set of victims, Rosemary and Leno LaBianco, who were stabbed with forks.
I would trust G. Gordon Liddy to teach my grandchildren a civics or history class.
I would not trust any known associate of Obama, or him, to teach anything to a grandchild of mine. He hates America and yet his father came here before the Civil Rights Act and loved the place. Got a free Harvard education! How do you square that?
You are really having to reach with Elastic Man arms to find a felon in McCain's past, while Obama had a cocktail party with people who bombed the Pentagon to launch his political career. He is bought and paid for by petro-billionaires and George Soros who are committing financial terrorism on our stock market.
The sub prime mortgage is one problem, but the withdrawal of cash from the market by limousine liberals, Soros and petro-billionaires is probably the REAL reason for our crash. All to get their water boy elected as they create a false "failure of Bush economic policy". People, hold on to your stocks and do not panic.
Anti-personnel bomb set on window-ledge in San Francisco
Brian V. McDonnell, a sergeant with the San Franscisco Police Department who received fatal shrapnel wounds from a Weatherman pipe bomb set off on February 16, 1970.In a bombing that took place on February 16, 1970, and that was credited to the Weathermen at the time, a pipe bomb filled with heavy metal staples and lead bullet projectiles was set off on the ledge of a window at the Park Station of the San Francisco Police Department. In the blast, Brian V. McDonnell, a police sergeant, was fatally wounded while Robert Fogarty, another police officer, received severe wounds to his face and legs and was partially blinded.
Weatherman leader Bernardine Dohrn has been suspected of involvement in the February 16, 1970, bombing of the Park Police Station in San Francisco. At the time, Dohrn was said to be living with a Weatherman cell in a houseboat in Sausalito, California, unnamed law enforcement sources later told KRON-TV.[28] An investigation into the case was reopened in 1999,[29] and a San Francisco grand jury looked into the incident, but no indictments followed, and no one was ever arrested for the bombing. An FBI informant, Larry Grathwohl, who successfully penetrated the organization from the late summer of 1969 until April 1970, later testified to a U.S. Senate subcommittee that Bill Ayers, then a high-ranking member of the organization and a member of its Central Committee (but not then Dohrn's husband), had said Dohrn constructed and planted the bomb. Grathwohl testified that Ayers had told him specifically where the bomb was placed (on a window ledge) and what kind of shrapnel was put in it. Grathwohl said Ayers was emphatic, leading Grathwohl to believe Ayers either was present at some point during the operation or had heard about it from someone who was there. In a book about his experiences published in 1976, Grathwohl wrote that Ayers, who had recently attended a meeting of the group's Central Committee, said Dohrn had planned the operation, made the bomb and placed it herself. In 2008, author David Freddoso commented that "Ayers and Dohrn escaped prosecution only because of government misconduct in collecting evidence against them".
The late Sergeant Brian V. McDonnell of the San Franscisco Police.
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Dana White Opens Up About His Only Regret Offensive Tirade from 2009
Posted on October 3, 2012 by Damon Martin
UFC president Dana White is not a man who lives with regret.
Through more than a decade of building and cultivating the UFC, White has remained the figurehead and leader of the business that has seen mixed martial arts hit new heights never before imagined when the sport first landed on television screens in 1993.
White has had his fair share of tumultuous relationships over the years: very public feuds with employees like Tito Ortiz and B.J. Penn, a longstanding pursuit of former Pride champion Fedor Emelianenko and the inside dealings with his management team, and even bridges burnt and rebuilt with promotions and several promoters.
When asked, however, if he had any regrets through his time spent with the UFC, White could only point to one time where he made a major mistake and it still haunts him to this day.
In April 2009 in response to a story written by Loretta Hunt published on Sherdog.com, White went on an expletive filled tirade aimed at the reporter and her story, which claimed some managers had been barred from receiving UFC credentials and access to the backstage area.
White vehemently denied the validity of the story, while attacking the nameless sources used in the article stating, Any (expletive) guy who wont put his name on it, first of all whoever gave you that quote is a (expletive) and a (expletive) (expletive) and a (expletive) liar.
Many of those expletives are commonly called the F word, but on that day, White chose to mix in a homophobic slur, which caused an immediate backlash from the gay and lesbian community including a statement from GLAAD (Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation) asking for a public apology from the UFC president.
White quickly responded and apologized for his expletive laced tirade, but directed his biggest Im sorry towards the gay community, after using the homophobic and painful remark.
As far as the gay and lesbian community, my comments were not directed toward them. I have no problem with the gay and lesbian community. Im actually a supporter of many of their issues, White said after the original video with his rant was deleted.
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The last thing that I would ever want anybody to think about me, or think is cool, is to go out and attack somebody because of their sexual orientation. That was not my intention. Thats not the way I said it. I apologize for anybody that Ive offended or hurt.
Now, more than three years later, in the whole scope of business dealings, fighter relations and other situations, White still looks back on that one lapse in judgment as the biggest mistake hes made since being with the UFC.
You guys have to understand this, but this is the way I am. I have no regrets. The only thing that I regret is in that video blog when I used the F word, White said when speaking to Fuel TV on Tuesday.
Thats the only thing throughout the 12 years of running the UFC. The way I came off in that thing, people still think Im some kind of homophobe, and Im not. That still bothers me.
It was uncomfortable and unbelievably poor judgment to use that language, but White is still paying for it today, and if there were one thing he could take back or change, it wouldnt be signing a fighter he missed out on or not having a public feud with a rival it would be saying words that cut deeper than any punch, kick or elbow thrown inside the Octagon.
Found it quite an interesting read and its a slow week :)
That's so gay!
(See what I did there?) :)
see what I did :ashamed:
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Sacramento-based trail runner Steve Itano comments on why training is a true discipline: "In the past I tended to run every run hard and did not really differentiate between workouts. I ran my easy runs way too hard and did not push hard enough on key workouts. Knowing the purpose for each run, whether it be recovery, long runs or tempo runs, really helps me execute each properly."
Let's discuss the nuts and bolts of a typical plan.
Training zones and
accompanying workouts
Our body undergoes huge physiological changes as we pass from a slow jog into a steady run. As we increase effort our heart rate, rate of breathing (ventilation), oxygen consumption, and lactate accumulation all increase. Heart rate and oxygen consumption increase linearly until they can go no higher. Lactate and ventilation reach a point after which they increase at a much faster rate than at slower paces. Training is the art of replicating different exertion levels in short, controlled bouts so that our body and mind may adapt to the new stressors and be better able to handle that workload on race day.
There are four training zones. Within each of these specific zones there are optimal workouts that develop each zone's physiological benefits.
Workouts in the sprint zone enhance the body's ability to run very fast when the muscles are inundated with lactic acid—that burn we feel in the muscles when running all-out.
- Sprint Intervals
These fast intervals last between 30 seconds to a minute and are run at an effort you can sustain for two to six minutes. The recovery between repeats is relatively long—two to five times the length of the hard running. These are rigorous workouts and might not benefit everybody, as the risk of injury is relatively high.
- Neuromuscular Strides
Lasting between 10 and 30 seconds, these promote quick leg turnover without accumulating lactate in the muscles. Recover fully by walking or jogging slowly after each stride. Perform a stride workout of six to eight times 15 to 25 seconds once or twice a week right after an easy workout.
- [THE IDEA] Neuromuscular Training
Neuromuscular training improves running economy by developing better coordination between the muscles and the nervous system. The goal is to focus on proper running form, something that can be lost by running too slowly too often. These intervals are much shorter than the sprint intervals mentioned above, making them relatively safe and quite invigorating.
Speed workouts are very challenging, but teach you to run harder for longer by improving:
- Biomechanics that reinforce proper running form and range of motion.
- Recruitment and growth of fast-twitch muscle fiber.
- Metabolic pathways that help store and use fuel sources more efficiently
- Lactic-acid-buffering capability.
- Oxygen uptake from the blood once it reaches the muscles.
These advancements, working in concert, will allow you to reach your maximum aerobic capacity or VO2 max.
[THE IDEA] VO2 max
VO2 max refers to the maximum amount of oxygen an individual can use during intense exercise. This measurement is an indicator of an athlete's endurance and cardiovascular fitness. The more oxygen you can utilize during hard bouts of exercise, the higher your VO2 max, and the more power you can produce during a workout.
VO2 Max Intervals
These speed workouts last between one and six minutes with paces that emulate an 8- to 15-minute race. Heart rate will range between 94 and 98 percent of maximum. A recovery jog that lasts roughly one half the distance or the same duration as the fast running is required between repeats. The goal of the workout is to spend a cumulative total of 10 to 30 minutes at these quick speeds.
Two examples of this kind of workout (after a thorough warm-up) include:
- A fartlek run comprising a series of one-minute fast (slightly faster than 5K effort) and one-minute jog rotations.
- A session of five to eight times a half mile at 5K pace separated by 2-to-3-minute recovery jogs.
These workouts can be done on any flat to rolling surface with good footing. Keep in mind that the purpose is to run fast so technical trails should be avoided. If you are new to this type of workout, avoid injury by starting on soft surfaces such as a track, treadmill or well-groomed dirt path. Begin slowly and integrate a modest amount of speed into your training plan. This will be all you need to reinforce this zone's physiological benefits.
Stamina-zone workouts hone your ability to run at a steady pace for a long period of time by improving your speed at lactate threshold, the best indicator of endurance performance, and perfecting your ability to run by effort.
[THE IDEA] Lactate Threshold
Blood lactate is formed through any simple muscle movement. During light activity, the body is able to rid the muscles of the small amount of lactate created. However, at higher exercise intensities, muscles are flooded with lactate and a point is eventually reached at which the body can no longer clear the lactate created. This is your lactate threshold. Stamina workouts enable you to shift your lactate threshold toward faster speeds and harder efforts. In general, lactate threshold is attained at near one-hour race pace and stamina workouts focus on working at or near this point.
1) Steady-State Runs
Steady-state runs are performed at slightly below lactate threshold pace—roughly 30K race pace. If you train by heart rate, you'll want to stay between 83 and 87 percent of maximum. The use of 20-to-30-minute steady state workouts will provide training benefits early in the training cycle, and as your fitness improves, you can increase the duration to an hour or more.
2) Tempo Runs
Tempo runs are more intense and thus shorter in duration than steady-state runs. They last between 15 and 40 minutes and are performed right at lactate threshold (between 50- to 70-minute race pace). Heart rates should fall between 85 and 90 percent of maximum.
3) Tempo Intervals
If you find the length of a tempo run too tough or difficult to recover from, break the workout up by using tempo intervals. Though these are slightly faster than tempo-run pace, they are broken into two or more repeats with short (2-to-5-minute) recovery jogs in between. Tempo intervals are run at 40- to 50-minute race pace. Each repeat should last between six and 15 minutes. Longer repeats necessitate a longer recovery interval.
4) Cruise Intervals
Cruise intervals are a shorter and slightly more intense version of tempo intervals. They last 3 to 8 minutes and are completed at a pace slightly faster than your lactate threshold, roughly 25- to 40-minute race pace. They are followed by short recovery intervals (30 seconds to 2 minutes).
5) Progression Runs
Progression runs begin at a comfortable, conversational pace; however, as the workout progresses, you pass from an endurance-training zone into a stamina-training zone, and sometimes into a speed-training zone. These workouts are an excellent way to develop a sense of pace and effort as you pass from one zone to the next. Here are three examples:
- "Thirds" progression runs vary between 45 to 120 minutes depending on your fitness level. During the first third of the workout, run at a very slow, easy pace. In the second third, increase your pace to a manageable, but steady speed. During the final third of the workout, increase your speed to between marathon and half-marathon effort or roughly 80 and 90 percent of maximum heart rate.
- Super-fast-finish progression runs begin at your normal steady pace, but finish with a final 3-to-6-minute 5K-effort kick. While they stimulate muscle coordination and recruitment, they will leave you with little to no lasting effects.
- DUSA Progression Runs are one of Flagstaff-based coach Greg McMillan's favorite workouts. McMillan learned of these workouts when he coached with the Discovery USA Program. Run 75 to 90 percent of your total run at a steady, easy pace. Then, as you approach the final 10 to 25 percent, increase your effort to 10K to half-marathon race pace. These workouts should last a total of 45 to 90 minutes. Walk or jog for five minutes to cool down. This is another excellent way to squeeze a few more minutes of stamina training into the week without causing any lasting fatigue.


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Magical man
The Critical Eye, and the entire arts community mourns the recent passing of a truly talented actor: Richard Griffiths.
British-born Griffiths, with his Falstaff-like girth was hard to miss, in the dozens and dozens of films in which he played major roles. Sadly, as is often the case with brilliant actors, he is best known for roles which didn't require the efforts nor the talents which he lavished on other roles.
Griffiths is probably best-known as the cruel Uncle Vernon, the non-magical relative who was charged with raising Harry Potter, when the young wizard's parents were killed, until he was old enough to enroll at Hogwarts. Fans of independent film may remember him better as another odd uncle, the lecherous Uncle Monty, who allows the central pair of young actors in "Withnail & I," to live in his country house, in return for perpetually unfulfilled promises of sexual contact with the non-relative actor.
Less famous, but with considerably more effort and talent, he played most of the famed clowns in Shakespeare's canon of plays, including Bottom in "A Midsummer Night's Dream," and Sir John Falstaff, whom he so much resembled, with many companies, including the Royal Shakespeare Company. He famously played England's King Henry VIII in many plays, including Shakespeare's play by the same name.
Both on the London stage and the Broadway stage, he played both Hector, the beloved professor in "The History Boys," and Martin Dysart in the 2007 revival of Peter Shafer's play "Equus," which won Daniel Radcliffe his liberty from the image of Harry Potter. He played important roles in many major films, including "Gandhi," "The French Lieutenant's Woman," "Ragtime," "Chariots of Fire" and "Gorky Park," among many others. In 2011, he portrayed the King of England in the most recent release in the "Pirates of the Caribbean" franchise.
Fans of British detective television mysteries will remember him best as Inspector Crabbe, the retired policeman who tried to focus his attention on inventing and improving the menus in his gourmet restaurant, but who kept getting pulled reluctantly back into investigations by the police force, in the series "Pie in the Sky."
When he died last week, he had recently completed a run in London of Neil Simon's play "The Sunshine Boys," opposite Danny DeVito, and was scheduled to repeat the show in May, in Los Angeles.
He died of complications following open heart surgery in Coventry, England. He is survived by his wife of 33 years, Heather Griffiths. He was 65 years old.
Various obituaries for Griffiths include an official statement, released by Daniel Radcliffe, with whom he appeared in the Harry Potter films, as well as sharing the leading roles in "Equus." Radcliffe said, "Any room he walked into was made twice as funny and twice as clever, just by his presence." The statement goes on to say that the two actors shared Radcliffe's first scene ever filmed, and his first appearance on the live stage. "Both times, I was feeling awkward and nervous," the statement continues, "But, terrified as I was, his encouragement, tutelage, and humor made it a joy. I am proud to say I knew him."
Despite his family name, which is of Welsh origin, Griffiths was born in Yorkshire, in northeastern England. His father was a steelworker, and his mother is listed as "a bagger," which I believe refers to an employee of a grocery store. Both of his parents were totally deaf, and he would tell an interviewer from the BBC that both felt alienated and angry at the world, due to their condition. He ran away from home repeatedly in his youth.
When he was 8 years old, Griffiths was much smaller and thinner than other children his age, so he was subjected to experiments on his glands, which caused him to add an additional 60 percent to his overall weight, in less than a year, and which he believed were responsible for his great girth for the rest of his life. Observers claimed he ate reasonably, and he was famously light on his feet and dexterous in motion, yet he was unable to lose significant amounts of weight.
Although he was willing to talk with interviewers about his great size, normally in his roles, it wasn't mentioned, and didn't really play a role in most of his parts. He did, occasionally, state his belief that his physical appearance had cost him achievements which he believed he had earned, and while he had won a great many major awards, including the Tony, the Drama Desk Award, the Golden Globe and many more, the only honor he was given by the British Government was Officer of the Order of the British Empire. Officer is the second to lowest of five levels of that award, which entitles those on the top two levels to call themselves "Sir" or "Dame," and which have been won by many actors who have achieved significantly less than he has.
One interviewer managed to get him to say that he believed that every actor over age 55 ought to be issued a 3-pound, cold salmon, with which he would be entitled to slap the face of a good looking, young, successful upstart actor, while announcing, "That's for being so lucky, you …"
Nicholas Hytner, artistic director of the British National Theatre, issued a statement that Griffiths had the very unusual ability to be simultaneously very funny, and yet to make the audience realize that he was desperately tragic and sad, inside. Hytner called Griffiths "One of the very finest actors in the world, today."
Three of Griffiths' four siblings died at birth or very shortly after. His father was a physically powerful man, who used to challenge anyone in the crowd at a neighborhood pub to a fist fight, as a way to make additional money. The family lived below the poverty line and both of his parents were prone to hit each other, and to hit him.
The senior Griffiths forbade his son to apply to drama school, which he considered "poofery," so his son dropped out of school at age 15, and took a job as a porter. His boss encouraged him to seek further education, so he applied to the Manchester Polytechnic School of Drama, and was accepted. At the school, his successful portrayal of "Bottom" led to his casting with professional companies, and the beginning of his successful career.
Griffiths took the theater and its artistry very seriously, and was famed for bursts of anger at audience members whose cellphones went off during performances. On two occasions, he asked audience members whose phones rang more than once to leave the theater.
The theatrical world, including its brassy cousin, the film industry, is much the worse for his departure.
The 1891 Fredonia Opera House is making further use of their capacity to show programming in high definition.
Now, visual arts exhibitions can be shown from the great museums around the world, making it possible to see paintings and other art works in exquisite detail, along with extensive research into the exhibit, the host museum, and related information.
The first of these will be shown on April 11 at 7:30 p.m., and will feature an exhibit of paintings by Edouard Manet, which are being shown at England's Royal Academy of Arts. So far, additional exhibits, one from Norway on the work of Edvard Munch, and one from London featuring the paintings of Vermeer are scheduled, for later in the year.
April 10 through May 19, the professional theater company MusicalFare will present a production of the music of George Gershwin. Titled "Swonderful: The New Gershwin Musical," the show includes such standards as "Let's Call the Whole Thing Off," "I've Got Rhythm," and "Someone to Watch Over Me."
Performances are Wednesdays and Thursdays at 7 p.m., Fridays and Saturdays at 8 p.m., plus matinees on Saturdays at 4 p.m. and Sundays at 2 p.m. The company performs in its own venue, on the campus of Daemen College, in the Buffalo suburb of Amherst. There is plenty of free parking, in a paved, well-lighted lot.
Tickets are $39 to all performances. Reserve them by phoning 839-8540 or by going to their website at www.musicalfare.com. The theater is handicapped accessible and hearing assistance is available for those who want it.
The Canadian Opera Company has three glorious productions on the verge of opening, at the Four Seasons Performing Arts Center, in Toronto, at the intersection of Queen Street and University Avenue.
Bellini's "Lucia di Lammermoor" will open April 17, and will be performed April 20, 26 and 30, plus May 9, 12, 15, 18 and 24.
"Salome," with music by Richard Strauss, based on the dramatization of the story from the Bible, by Oscar Wilde, will open April 21 and also be performed April 27 and May 1, 4, 7, 10, 16 and 22. Famed director Atom Egoyan is in charge of this production.
"Dialogues des Carmelites" will debut May 8, with additional performances May 11, 14, 17, 19, 21, 23 and 25.
Tickets range in price from $12 to $325, in Canadian funds. For complete details, go to the company's website at www.coc.ca, or phone 416-363-8231.
What is turning out to be the runaway bestseller in the 2013 season at the Stratford Festival, in nearby Ontario, is the play "Mary Stuart," by Friedrich Schiller. The play imagines a face-to-face encounter between Mary, Queen of Scots, and her cousin, Elizabeth I of England. The two women rulers schemed and plotted against one another throughout most of their lives, and one eventually succeeded in killing the other.
The production highlights bravura performances by two of Stratford's regular prominent actors: Lucy Peacock and Seana McKenna. The production has been so eagerly sought by ticket buyers that two additional performances have been added, to those which have previously been scheduled in printed materials. Those will be Aug. 27 and Sept. 20.
To purchase tickets to any of Stratford's 2013 offerings, phone 800-567-1600 or go to their website at www.stratfordfestival.ca.
Buffalo's beautiful Burchfield Penney Arts Center will offer a series of events to arts lovers, in mid-April.
On April 12 will be a celebration for five new exhibits opening in the gallery, between 1 and 8 p.m. Also on that date, between 8 and 10 p.m., enjoy a performance by A Musical Feast, a Buffalo organization which seeks to blend classical with contemporary music.
On April 13, from 1-5 p.m., participate in a celebration of the newly-opened bike path, along Elmwood Avenue. Also, from 5:30-6:30 p.m., attend a performance by LehrerDance. Also, from 6:30-7:30 p.m., see a screening of the film "Screening" featuring artist Paul Sharits.
April 14, the gallery is sponsoring a lecture and bus tour of sites in the Buffalo area where Charles Burchfield lived and painted.
For additional information about any of these activities or to learn if there is an admission charge and to reserve tickets, phone 878-3156 or check on their website at www.BurchfieldPenney.org.
The University at Buffalo will present four performances by their famed dance ensemble Zodiaque, April 19-21. Performances will take place in the Black Box Theater, in the Center for the Arts, on the university's North Campus.
Tickets are $20 for the general public, and $10 for senior citizens and students. Reserve them by phoning 888-223-6000 or on computer at www.ubcfa.org.
Also at the Center for the Arts, recording artist Boz Scaggs and his band will perform on April 9 at 7:30 p.m. Tickets range in price from $37 to $67. Use the contact information above.
Shea's Performing Arts Center, in Buffalo will hold an elaborate dinner/gala on April 27. Start with a gourmet dinner on the stage of Shea's, then progress down the street to 710 Main St., the former Studio Arena Theatre, for a performance of "The Wonderful Wizard of Song: The Music of Harold Arlen." There will also be performances of the Arlen show without the dinner, on April 26, and at 2 p.m. on April 27.
Arlen was the Buffalo-born composer who created the score to the famed film "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz," along with a large number of popular songs, including "Stormy Weather" and "Paper Moon." Featured performer in the show will be SUNY Fredonia grad Marcus Goldhaber.
Tickets to the show alone will be $40. Attendance at the gala will be $500 per couple and $3,500 for a table for 10.
For gala tickets, phone 829-1172. For performance tickets, phone 800-645-3000 or go to www.ticketmaster.com or to any Ticketmaster outlet.


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|NYPA Celebrates Discovery of Electricity
|"Ben Franklin" to Attend June 16 Power Vista Event
|Teresa Martinez
|June 13, 2012
The New York Power Authority (NYPA) will honor Benjamin Franklin and his contributions to electricity from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday, June 16, at its admission-free Power Vista, the visitors center for NYPA's Niagara Power Project. The event is part of the Power Vista's on-going Sensational Saturdays series.
The free event will include an appearance by "Benjamin Franklin," played by Robert Cooke of the Theatre of Youth Company, Inc. – a non-profit professional theatre company in Buffalo, dedicated to the enhancement of life in the community through enrichment, education and entertainment of young audiences.
The Power Vista event will include an interactive performance from the Theatre Youth Company's recent production, "Ben Franklin's Apprentice," at 10 a.m. and 11:30 a.m., in the Power Vista's Community Room. Visitors are also invited to pose for a souvenir photo with Ben in front of his famous kite, simulating the iconic kite experiment. (The period prop was crafted by the Niagara Falls High School theatre group.) Short videos about Benjamin Franklin and staff demonstrations on the Basics of Electricity will be conducted throughout the event.
Guests are also invited to enjoy the Power Vista's attractions, which include displays and interactive exhibits relating to the production of electricity, energy efficiency and the area's history, as well as spectacular views from the observation deck 350 feet above the Niagara River Gorge. Parking and admission at the Power Vista, located at 5777 Lewiston Road, Lewiston, is always free.
For more information, contact the Niagara Project Power Vista at 716-286-6661, email email@example.com or visit the NYPA web site at www.nypa.gov/vc/niagara.htm.
|About NYPA:
■The New York Power Authority uses no tax money or state credit. It finances its operations through the sale of bonds and revenues earned in large part through sales of electricity. ■NYPA is a leader in promoting energy efficiency, new energy technologies and electric transportation initiatives.■It is the nation's largest state public power organization, with 17 generating facilities in various parts of New York State and more than 1,400 circuit-miles of transmission lines. ■Approximately 80 percent of the electricity it produces is clean renewable hydropower. Its lower-cost power production and electricity purchases support hundreds of thousands of jobs throughout the state.■For more information, www.nypa.gov
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- Tickets for the 2008 FIVB World League matches being held in the United States are going on sale starting this week. The U.S. Men's National Volleyball Team finished third at the 2007 World League, an exciting elite men's volleyball competition in which the world's best teams are divided into four pools and play for six straight weekends from June 13 to July 20. Winners from each pool will go to the final round on July 23-27 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, along with the host country and a pick from among the second-place teams in pool play. The total World League prize purse is more than $20 million, with the winning team collecting a prize of more than $1 million.
The U.S. World League matches will be the last opportunity to see Team USA live before it leaves for Beijing.
Tickets are on sale now for the U.S. Men's matches against Bulgaria at 7 p.m. (both nights) on June 20-21 at the Sears Centre Arena in Hoffman Estates, Ill. Tickets can be purchased at the Sears Centre Arena Box Office, online at www.searscentre.com or by calling the Sears Centre Arena Box Office at (888) SEARSTIX. Ticket prices range from $25-$45.
Tickets will go on sale Tuesday (March 11) for the United States' matches against Spain at 7 p.m. (both nights) on July 11-12 at U.S. Cellular Coliseum in Bloomington, Ill. Premium seats are available for $50 and include a"meet-and-greet"with members of the U.S. team following the match. VIP seats will cost $30. Reserved seats are $20. General admission tickets are $15 and kids' (ages 2-12) general admission tickets are $10.
Tickets can be purchased at the U.S. Cellular Coliseum box office, by phone at (866) 891-9992 or online at
Finally, tickets will go on sale March 21 for Team USA's matches against Finland at 7 p.m. (both nights) on June 27-28 at the Resch Center in Green Bay, Wis. Tickets will be available at Oneida Casino Ticketstar-www.ticketstaronline.com-or by calling (800) 895-0071.
Along with fast-paced and exciting volleyball action, all matches will include entertainment that is fun for the entire family. The USA Volleyball World League web site is


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A student pilot on Twitter sent me a private message recently to tell me he'd completed his solo cross-country. At the end of his Tweet, he said, "I got lost for about 10 minutes but I made the loop."
Boy, did that trigger memories! I got lost on my long solo cross-country. I'm not sure whether it was 10 minutes or 20, because once I realized that I was not where I thought I should be and wasn't sure exactly where I was, I didn't let things distintegrate any further. I swallowed my pride and called on ATC for help.
This happened in the weeks following September 11, 2001, after student pilots were permitted to return to the air. Prohibited Area P-40, which covers Camp David, had been widened from its usual five nautical miles to 10, and remained that way for awhile, as I recall.
The first leg, from Frederick Municipal to Lancaster, went fine (unless you count the dry mouth and shaky knees). The second leg, from Lancaster to Hagerstown Regional, was where things fell apart somewhat. Trundling along in the Socata TB9, I began to get nervous when I didn't spy York airport, one of my checkpoints.
That second leg was to was to take me north of expanded P-40, skirting the prohibited area by a generous margin, and then to Hagerstown. As I started looking at my sectional and checking my course heading, images of F-16s pulling up alongside the Tampico flooded my brain. As I saw it, there was a distinct problem with continuing on my present course and hoping for the best. For all I knew, I was headed directly into P-40.
After a couple more minutes of trying to find something recognizable on the chart, I keyed the mike and called the Hagerstown tower. A controller listened to my concern, gave me a transponder code, and when she had me on radar provided vectors to the airport. Simple as that. I think she said something like "good job" when I landed. I was so grateful for her kind treatment of a worried-verging-on-scared student pilot that I called the next day to thank her. The leg back to Frederick went without a hitch.
Moral of the story? Controllers are there to help all of us. Second moral of the story? Don't wait to ask for help. Painting yourself into a corner will only limit your options, or the controller's, when at last you see the light.–Jill W. Tallman
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Skip to comments.Iranian Alert - February 19, 2005 - New satellite intel on Iran's nuclear tunnels
Posted on 02/19/2005 10:42:49 AM PST by DoctorZIn
New satellite intel shows that Iran is building an underground tunnel just north of the Uranium Conversion Facility (UCF) at Esfahan. It appears too big to be only for storage. It might be intended to house production facilities for some uranium conversion processes.. Iran already has about 500 tons of uranium concentrate.
Here are a few of items you may have missed.
- President Bush and Putin will be meeting next week, and will be discussing Irans nuclear program.
- Bush is making it clear that the military option against Irans nuclear program is not our first choice.
- But Bush accused Iran of trying to blame any failure of the EU3/Iran talks on the US.
- France hopes that the US will offer Iran admission to the WTO if Iran agrees to halt all nuclear enrichment, permanently.
- Condi warns Russia about trusting the Iranians.
- Iranians threaten to retaliate within 15 minutes of any US attack, but the average Iranian on the street doesnt appear to want to join in a fight with the US.
- The White House wants more funding for the Voice of America, most which is going towards broadcasts into Iran.
- The Europeans keep pushing for US concessions (carrots) if Iran agrees to a permanent halt to its uranium enrichment. But they seem to forget that Iran's nuclear negotiator has warned there was nothing the West could offer Tehran that would persuade it to scrap a nuclear program.
- And finally, Iranians appear to believe that the mysterious events of the past week: the fire at the Mosque in Tehran and the explosion near the Bushehr nuclear facilities are all part of a US effort towards regime change in Iran, which they appear to welcome.
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Gee, I wonder what they're trying to hide?
Nothing to see here. It's their new underground shish kabob factory.
Heads up on summer of 2005
Paykan Factory! ;-)
Paykan with nuclear fuel.
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The only reason the Mullah have to be happy is that
bad news travels slowly.
That is not very true.
Most believe that the explosion in the south and fire in the mosque were stuff to distract the world opinion from Iran-Syrian plots and other dirty deeds the regime does.
Bunker busting nukes sound better and better all the time.
All news travels slowly
LOL! Wrong! It's for making baby formula! Yup.
If the Iranian Joe Commonguys are looking for signs and wonders to trigger a revolution, there won't be one.
I suppose they're probably talking about "Iranian" terrorist-hirelings that they may have deployed all over the world (possibly even the United States), but the US gov needs to separate a few real threats from all the bluster that the world's thugs engage in.
If you zoom in on the 2nd picture in the lower right, you can see that they even recycled the sign...
(See previous post) In fact, it seems to me that no one in the Iranian regime would give any real threats away to the press. At least not in a way that would make the information useful to the U.S. Remember their number one weapon: terror. Irrational terror.
This is the way an Iranian theocrat makes infant formula: Take one infant, put your blender on "liquify"....
...with the exception of the above satellite photo. They're trying to move up in the world it seems. Aren't "multi-polar" worlds great? That Putin is a gentleman and a scholar.
NOBODY expects the Iranian Theocracy! Our chief weapon is surprise...surprise and fear...fear and surprise.... Our two weapons are fear and surprise...and ruthless efficiency.... Our *three* weapons are fear, surprise, and ruthless efficiency...and an almost fanatical devotion to Allah.... Our *four*...no... *Amongst* our weapons.... Amongst our weaponry...are such elements as fear, surprise.... I'll come in again.
If France Germany and the European countries were our allies in fact instead of defacto, this whole mess would be over. A Coalition would have gone to Iraq used it as a base cleaned out Iran Syria, Lebanon and Saudi Arabia, , By now we would be on our way to cleaning out Venezuela and Cuba and well on the way to establishing peace for a hundred years.
These make awesome Before shots. It could make a good tourist magnet winter resort in a few years.
Brigadier General Morteza Talaie who was speaking to IRNA at the fire incident's site at Tehran' Panzdah-e-Khordad Square added, "The main cause of the fatal incident is ignoring the basic safety rules, including installation of a Kerosene heater very close to a thick curtain." 14/02/2005
Where are those old city busters from the cold-war days?
I'm starting to see Putin as the new Chirac.
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Is Michael Vick a Changed Man?
Thanks to Richard Cohen for his Washington Post piece in which he asks if some sports reporters have a special key on their typewriters for "He's served his time."
Michael Vick has indeed served his time, and that entitles him to walk free in our society. And as he walks, he can remember how lucky he is to have been able to afford an army of high-priced attorneys who got him a plea bargain so that he wouldn't be charged with all the many abuses and crimes that took place when he purposely built a major gambling operation and the grounds on which to house it. He can remember how lucky he is to have been charged only with maiming and killing some dogs, although his carefully designed fighting operation went back at least 8 years. Serving his time entitles him to live in one of his big houses, but it doesn't mean he's sorry.
Did you see this video of Vick's homecoming? Did you see any remorse in his eyes? As the champagne flows, does he look ashamed about the deeds he's done? Vick shows as much remorse for the dogs he abused as he did his first night out of prison, when he went to a strip club. Perhaps that's why the video, in which his eyes are blurred and his speech is slurred, has been pulled from YouTube by its poster, and the original version can no longer be found on the Web.
So, Vick can no longer just blame a lack of parental guidance or bad influences in his youth. And the last USDA report blew out of the water his protest that he has always loved his "pets," but didn't see that the "pits" were also deserving of respect. That report reveals that Vick enjoyed throwing those "pets" into the ring with the fighting dogs and laughed as they were torn apart.
We gave the man the benefit of the doubt, but he tested positive for marijuana on the day he was taking an empathy course. Then, weeks before he was set to go to jail, he went into a pet shop in Newport News, Virginia, and bought a bulldog. Frankly, nothing sat right. We worried that "I'm sorry" might just be words in the wind. We didn't want his empty words or his money (offered and rejected). We wanted him to take the latest neurological test that's now being given to violent offenders—a test that can tell if the part of one's brain that registers empathy is active. He wouldn't do it. That's when we said, "So long."
Michael Vick may deserve to walk free, but he doesn't deserve to be a football star or a hero to children, and no group has any business helping him do so. We thank Richard Cohen for remembering the dogs Vick personally electrocuted, held underwater in a swimming pool, strung up like hammocks, and slammed into the ground until their backs broke.
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Michael Vick as we all agree should not ever have any contact with any animals. The only reason why he is going to schools and explaining to children about animal abuse is that it was part of his probation. People should start protesting the presence of Michael Vick in games and stop buying products that he sponsors. It is very interesting that his own family is still continuing to abuse animals and he does nothing. This man does not deserve the respect of this society.
With power comes responsibility. We have power over our dogs b/c of our intellect and often our size, and their utter willingness to trust us. With that power comes the responsibility to take care of them- to teach them good manners and obedience, to make sure they have sufficient water and food, to make sure they get the medical attention and maintenance they require to stay healthy, to keep them safe. Mike Vick abused the power he had over those dogs. Is he a changed man? I don't know.. but as yet, I don't trust him… with a dog, with a kid.. with a woman.
What's him testing positive for marijuana have to do with anything? So what if he spent time in prison and wanted to go to a strip club after he got out? What if the part brain that registers empathy isn't active in his? Would that be his fault too? Whether you like it or not he's paid his debt. Children and fans alike love him and he just signed a 100$ million contract.
"I don't agree with anyone who says Vick paid his debt to society. When you knowingly and willingly kill and torture animals that is not a mistake. You make a conscience decision to do it he ENJOYED doing it." Exactly. Consciously, purposely causing so much suffering. He knew it was illegal, why else would he have ever hidden it? He knew it was wrong, and continued to do these things for his sick pleasure. His entertainment…that's it. He did not need the money, he was making plenty. I don't care about how he's crying because of how he grew up, that's completely irrelevant. People can better themselves. People can rise above, and set an example, especially if they're popular, rich, and famous. People like this monster, and everyone making excuses for him, choose not to. There ARE no excuses for this. Keep religion out of it. To sin is one thing, but not everything is forgivable. If someone was brutally tortured, and slaughtered in front of you, perhaps someone you know, someone you care about, or if you yourself were in the victims' place, I very much doubt you would be so forgiving, and supportive. Forgiveness is one thing, and justice is another. Keep your "it's just a dog" attitude out of it. Dogs love us without ANY judgment. They are naturally loyal. They trust us. Trust us to protect, and care for them. They are alive. They feel, they love, they fear, they celebrate, and mourn. A dog's blood is just as red as your own. No, not just dogs, but we're not talking about that here. Keep other people who have done the same, or (keep in mind, in YOUR opinion) done "worse" out of it. They have nothing to do with this. They are not the topic at hand. Vick, and everyone who participated, these are the ones who need to be shoved into the fire here. Vick being a role model, glorified his monstrous deeds, and made cruelty the "cool" thing to do.The reason Vick is singled out, instead of all the unknown people still doing this in the shadows, is because he glorified it, and made dog fighting more popular. Some people are saying they don't care if he's sincere about animal cruelty awareness, they don't care if he means what he says, as long as he sets an example. Guess what…if it's all a lie, then it's all for nothing. Nobody believes him. He's an athlete, not an actor. What he's showing people now, is that they can simply get away with it.
I'm glad that so many people KNOW the heart and mind of another. What he did was deplorable. He paid the price that our judicial system deemed for him and now he is trying to move on. Maybe others should do the same.
Everytime the Eagles are playing on T.V. I turn it off. I love to watch football but I refuse to watch a team that would hire a killer and brag about what a changed person he is! I say what Michael Vick did is as bad as what OJ Simpson did.I hope when he dies it is very painfull and takes a long time as he suffers.
I just want everyone to know that the channel BET is giving Michael Vick his own reality show. Modells is still selling Vicks shirts both his old shirts and his new ones with dirtbags known as the Eagels. People please call your cable company can complain about the reality chow and BET and do not shop at modells.
I heard recently Vick was hired back by Nike. if this is true i will never buy another nike brand anything again. Our laws are not tough enough and we all must pull together and protest. I had a hard time believing he got afootball job back. if they play the bronco's i will protest. Lets do someting lets make a stand. kathie in Colorado
Im glad Mike Vick is back in the NFL. Back on track to the Hall of Fame!
Vick should be in prison for the rest of his life! I feel anyone who hires this person or even watches him play ball apparently condones child torture! These are children he tortured killed people!!!!! I hope any team who even hires him never wins another game! I can't even think about these poor little babies forced to fight each other! He deserves the worst torture we can imagine! When are we as a society going to protect our children furchildren?!!!
Vick is a discusting cruel individual. He will be that way forever. Until the NFL eliminates people of this nature I will never watch another game. The NFL is loaded with wierdo's like him and our children watch this garbage. Ever wonder what went wrong with our society? Watch professional sports and you will know.
Vic did admit sorrow sorrow for ruining his immage sorrow cause "no team should go through what I put them through". He did talk to youth about not fighting dogs and that its wrong "cause you could ruin your chances at your dream your one and only dream like I did". He never read one part of his script in a tv interview "dogs have suffered at my hands and for that I am sorry". He never said "no dog should go through what I put them through". What has he learned in prison? That prison sucks and you have to lay in a bad bed. Thats what he learned. My problem with vic is not as a football player either but as a hero and like it or not anyone in sports or on tv and esp on both and esp qb will be considered a hero as will EVERYTHING they do. Did you hear about the teen you threw his pit oreo off the 6th floor? hey his hero vic did it. Like it or not being a football player and a hero go hand in hand and I have a problem with kids wanting to be "just like Vic". A 6th grader wearing a vic jacket was asked if he knew what vic did and he said "yes but Michael Vic did itso its ok". Does this mean peta is actually protesting at sights? There is a extreme vic sight where you can donate to them or to one of 3 pitbull rescues or a pet charity of your choice and as long as you sent them proof of donation they will pay the other team to basically do to vic what he did to the dogs with one major difference the dogs were not wearing helmets or pads the player with the most "mistakes" made on vic will get a plague at the end of the seasonthere will be extra cash and points for biting and for "accidentally getting Goddell when possible. Goddell has made nothing but bad deceissions who is above him to talk to about replacing him?
No he is not a changed man. In time he will secretly do it again. No one that evil ever changes. Animals are just objects to him. He is the devil.
As the owner of a pit bull that I rescued years ago from abuse nobody was more outraged about Vick's actions than me. However there are a few things that people are overlooking 1Nobody knows if Vick is remorseful or judging by what you see on television is ignorant. 2The NFL is filled with players who have been arrested for dui dwi assault domestic violence robbery even manslaughter. This doesn't justify his actions but I think protesting drunk driving should be a slightly higher priority. 3 I truly think that regardless of how Vick may really feel he is going to do a lot of good for the community. By playing football he will be in a position to have a positive impact on others. That should be the most important thing. What's done is done it's time to look forward and at least give the man a chance to do some good for society.
Screw Michael Vick! He is a disgusting DISGUSTING person.
Have you people ever heard of forgiveness? He who is without any sin may cast the first stone. Everyone on this earth has done things that they are not proud of. Even you gossip mongers! Go one day with out sin! Of course what he did was wrong. But the American prison system does not produce reformed people they just house them. Let his new life speak for it's self.
Michael Vick along with all of the other violent offenders have no conscience. He doesn't feel remorse. Eight years is a long time to commit ongoing crimes. Would we extend the same courtesy to a killer of humans?
I'm sick of hearing people say that Vick served his time and deservers a second chance. The only reason he's speaking out against animal cruelty is to revive his career. He came from the slums had a brilliant career going and was making lots of money. So for fun and entertainment he chose to torture maim and murder dogs! Why don't you people who think he is rehabilitated look at some of the pictures of the mutilated dogs that he's responsible for or look at how the "trainers" teach those dogs to kill? Then maybe more people will realize that this man didn't suddenly turn a road and take a different path because of a short prison sentence. Remember Jeffrey Dahmer started out by torturing animals. This is not Vick's first encounter with the law and I guarantee you it won't be his last. I'm boycotting all the sponsors of the Eagles and urging all my friends and family to do the same.
MIchael Vick is NOT remourseful he is only interested in his own future and in making money. He is only making statements about helping end animal fighting and being involved in those activities because that is what he is being told to do. He would NEVER come up with those helpful activities on his own. Thisis strictly for PR purposes and to help save his image so that what he did to all those innocent dogs gets is 'forgotten and forgiven'. Well people are not that stupid we know it's all being done in the name of greed and $$$$$. What a sad thing to see when powerful groups of people move backwards instead of forwards. This mistake will haunt them!!!!
I was appalled to learn that the NFL reinstated that piece of garbage Michael Vick. This man is a murderer and comitted unspeakable cruelty to many innocent dogs for fun pleasure and profit.His declarations of remorse are bogus and he had demonstrated no evidence or remorse for the attrocities he comitted. His prison time was not nearly enough and in my opinion and many otherpeople he should have suffered the same fate as the many dogs he deliberately killed. This man is true scum! The NFL is an organization where people especially young kids see many of these people as role models and look up to these fine athletes. How could anyone look up to this piece of trash. I believe this compromises the integrity of both the NFL and especially the comissioner. The other thing that people need to remember is that if Vick didn't get caught doing this dogfighting he would still be doing it. The only reason he stopped is because he got caught.
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The area around it invites many interesting day trips. During the Viking Age there was this one demesne from the Birka was governed. Hovgården on Adelsö available since 1993 on UNESCO's World Heritage List.
It was also here that Magnus III year 1279 called to Alsnö meeting at Alsnö house.
On Adelsö there are:
Adelsö Krog - lunch and dinner restaurant
Hovgården - At Hovgården was the Viking demesne from the Birka was governed. Here is the "burial mounds" in the Birka Kings considered buried and there are ruins of Magnus III twelve hundreds Alsnöhus palace, site of the historically important meeting in 1279 or 1280 after which Alsnö charter was issued.
At Hovgarden is also a thing place, where
believe that including Bear, as the 800 the first half was King of Upland, has kept things. Bear resided probably at the farmstead on Adelsö. He is known as the king as well received by the Christian missionaries who are living under Rimberts Ansgar arrived in Birka about 830th
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Unfortunately, the apartment did not corresponded with the description Wimdu! It was instead described 45 sqm 25 sqm unfortunately only! Also, the distance to Stockholm was not true. With ferry and bus ride was 1.5 hrs. go for a walk! If you can get involved in the super small apartment it was functional. The beautiful garden was the great, as we had breakfast every morning (but also for lack of space) with direct views of the Baltic Sea. A small private beach with canoes and investors were also. Also a small sauna was available. The island Adelsö is also beautiful. There live about 700 inhabitants, in the summer as the 1000th The island is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The landlady was very helpful. She lives there too, there are about 20 small apartments that are there. Unfortunately, it was not clear how this information is incorrect came in at Wimdu.
Leider entsprach das Apartment überhaupt nicht der Beschreibung bei Wimdu!!! Es waren statt beschriebenen 45 qm leider nur 25 qm! Auch die Entfernung nach Stockholm stimmte gar nicht. Mit Fähre und Bus war man 1,5 std. unterwegs für einen Weg!
Wenn man sich auf das superkleine Apartment einlassen kann war es zweckmäßig eingerichtet. Das schöne war der große Garten, indem wir jeden Morgen gefrühstückt haben (allerdings auch aus Platzmangel) mit direktem Blick auf die Ostsee. Einen eigenen kleinen Strand mit Kanus und Anleger gab es ebenfalls. Auch eine kleine Sauna war vorhanden. Die Insel Adelsö ist ebenfalls wunderschön. Es leben dort ca. 700 Einwohner, im Sommer so um die 1000. Die Insel ist Weltkulturerbe der UNESCO.
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Nintendo details Mario Kart 8, mobile plans, new health platform
Nintendo's in a pickle.
The gamemaker's Wii U console hasn't lived up to expectations set by its predecessor. Nintendo recently slashed the number of Wii U systems it expects to sell in its fiscal year ending in March from 9 million to 2.8 million.
Even the 3DS, the best-selling video game system in the U.S. last year, had its sales projections cut by 25 percent to 13.5 million units.
But maybe the most striking bit of news, particularly for investors, was Nintendo's flip from a projected profit for the fiscal year to now looking at a loss. Any red ink is bad, even for a company with billions of dollars in reserve.
Nintendo president Satoru Iwata hosted investors and analysts Thursday morning in Japan (or Wednesday night in the States), as he tried to reassure him that, yes, the company has some ideas in the pipeline to right the ship.
Details are scant, given that this wasn't a product-announcement platform like E3 or one of the company's signature Nintendo Direct messages. But things got pretty weird.
Mobile app incoming; Iwata doesn't rule out games
Iwata said Nintendo will release some kind of app for "smart devices" sometime this year, according to the official English translation of his presentation.
The focus, Iwata said, will be on connecting with consumers through "something truly valuable that is unique to Nintendo." And there's a chance that includes games.
No, Nintendo won't be porting anything like Super Mario 3D World to iOS. Iwata said (as did our own Britton Peele) that releasing software as is on mobile wouldn't work so well.
How big of a deal is this? Depends if it's from a gamer or business perspective.
As Kotaku's Luke Plunkett writes, "any Nintendo game on a phone – regardless of size or characters – would be a big deal given the company's traditional attitude towards the platform." Or any non-Nintendo platform, for that matter.
The company makes software for its own hardware, a concept nearly as old as Mario. Any change in that strategy is noteworthy.
But with analysts clamoring for Nintendo to forget hardware and go software-only, The Wall Street Journal took a different tone, writing Nintendo "failed to release aggressive new proposals" at the presentation. Investors apparently weren't impressed, with Nintendo's stock falling 4.31 percent Thursday.
Nintendo to debut 'non-wearable' health platform by spring 2016
Iwata said Nintendo will release a new non-wearable platform focused on improving people's "quality of life" sometime between April 2015 and March 2016.
See? This is what I meant by weird.
It sounds like something along the lines of Wii Fit, although Iwata said this platform might include "themes that we have not incorporated to games." He mentioned other titles Nintendo's published in its "blue ocean" strategy like the Brain Age and Art Academy series.
And with Wii Fit and Wii Fit Plus big sellers last generation, Nintendo evidently sees a potential audience set apart from gaming.
Wearable tech from Google Glass to a potential Apple watch has garnered a lot attention in the last year. Even Nintendo dipped into the field with the recently released Wii Fit Meter that pairs with Wii Fit U.
But following into crowded fields isn't really Nintendo's bag, Iwata said. So they're heading in a different direction.
Iwata said Nintendo will give more details about the new platform sometime this year.
DS games coming to Wii U Virtual Console
There's no timetable for release, but Iwata said Nintendo recently solved technical issues that will allow the company to release DS games to play on the Wii U GamePad.
Sure, the 3DS can play DS cartridges, but folks have been clamoring for Nintendo to make better use of games already in its coffers.
But Nintendo still hasn't released games from platforms older than the DS. Game Boy Advance titles remain absent from the 3DS eShop, despite early adopters receiving 10 free GBA games in 2011. And Nintendo 64 and Gamecube games are still aren't on the Wii U's Virtual Console.
Mario Kart 8 coming in May
We knew it was coming this year, but the next version of Mario Kart will release globally in May for Wii U.
It's a big release particularly for investors, considering Mario Kart Wii has sold more than 34 million copies as of March.
Plans to better use, highlight existing technology
Iwata said Nintendo hasn't done a great job promoting its newest technology. A "not a small number of consumers" seem to think the Wii U GamePad is simply a Wii accessory, he said, a common refrain among critics of the newer system's name.
So Nintendo will focus more on highlighting the GamePad, Iwata said, and on making games that improve gamers' experiences because of it. Its near-field communication function will also get more attention, and the company plans a new "quick-start menu" to launch recently used games and applications faster.
Nintendo is also looking to more closely link the Wii U and 3DS in the future, as Joystiq reports, through an account-based system, rather than device-based.
There's plenty more on Nintendo's strategy for the future in Iwata's presentation, for those with a few extra minutes.


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Everyone Should Be Welcome In New York
SYRACUSE – The governor of New York says that some people who hold particular political views "have no place in the state of New York, because that's not who New Yorkers are."
The statement is in a radio interview with WCNY of Syracuse during a discussion of members – including state legislators – of the major political party to which the governor does not belong. The statement is at 0:09.42 of .
Much of the commentary on the New York governor's statement that some people who hold particular political views "have no place" in the state has focused on which major political party is which, and on what the political views are. However, that misses the bigger picture.
It is wrong for anyone to believe that any people holding particular political views "have no place" in New York, or anywhere else in this country.
It is especially wrong for an elected official to believe this, regardless of:
Who the elected official is.
Where the elected official is from.
The political party to which the elected official belongs.
What the particular political views are, and
Whether one agrees or disagrees with the elected official's views.
It is especially wrong for the head of an executive branch to believe this, because the executive branch enforces law, and the belief reflects disrespect – to put it mildly – for freedom of thought.
The governor's staff later clarified that the governor was talking only about candidates, and only about candidates of the major political party to which the governor does not belong.
The clarification is not an improvement.
Regardless of political-party affiliation, candidates are current or prospective elected officials. They are in unique positions to agree or disagree with the governor and do something about it. It in effect squelches dissent to say candidates disagreeing with the governor on any issue "have no place" in New York.
It is wrong for any governor or gubernatorial staff to believe this. Never mind that New York's constitution gives the state government no power to enforce this. Never mind that any such power would violate the First Amendment.
But it gets worse: In effect according to the clarification, such candidates "have no place" in New York only if they belong to the major political party to which the governor does not belong.
So if candidates disagree with the governor on the issues he names yet belong to the same major political party as he, then they still "have" a "place" in New York.
But if they belong to the other major political party, then they "have no place" in New York.
This is just plain wrong. Everyone should be welcome in New York.
West Ellicott resident Randy Elf is in Syracuse to address First Amendment rights to political speech at an event jointly sponsored by the American Constitution Society and the Federalist Society.


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Continuing my rant from Monday's post [Time for a New Laptop], I got my new laptop Wednesday afternoon. I was hoping the transition would be quick, but that was not the case. Here were my initial steps prior to connecting my two laptops together for the big file transfer:
- Document what my old workstation has
Back in 2007, I wrote a blog post on how to [Separate Programs from Data]. I have since added a Linux partition for dual-boot on my ThinkPad T60.
Partition Size Format Mount Description /dev/sda1 26GB NTFS C: Windows XP SP3 operating system and programs /dev/sda2 12GB ext3 /(root) Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.4 /dev/sda5 1GB swap swap Linux swap /dev/sda6 80GB NTFS D: My Documents and other data
I also created a spreadsheet of all my tools, utilities and applications. I combined and deduplicated the list from the following sources:
- Control Panel -> Add/Remove programs
- C:\Program Files
- Start -> Programs panels
- Program taskbar at bottom of screen
- D:\Install-Files
The last one was critical. Over the years, I have gotten in the habit of saving those ZIP or EXE files that self-install programs into a separate directory, D:/Install-Files, so that if I had to unintsall an application, due to conflicts or compatability issues, I could re-install it without having to download them again.
So, I have a total of 134 applications, which I have put into the following rough categories:
- AV - editing and manipulating audio, video or graphics
- Files - backup, copy or manipulate disks, files and file systems
- Browser - Internet Explorer, Firefox, Opera and Google Chrome
- Communications - Lotus Notes and Lotus Sametime
- Connect - programs to connect to different Web and Wi-Fi services
- Demo - programs I demonstrate to clients at briefings
- Drivers - attach or sync to external devices, cell phones, PDAs
- Games - not much here, the basic solitaire, mindsweeper and pinball
- Help Desk - programs to diagnose, test and gather system information
- Projects - special projects like Second Life or Lego Mindstorms
- Lookup - programs to lookup information, like American Airlines TravelDesk
- Meeting - I have FIVE different webinar conferencing tools
- Office - presentations, spreadsheets and documents
- Platform - Java, Adobe Air and other application runtime environments
- Player - do I really need SIXTEEN different audio/video players?
- Printer - print drivers and printer management software
- Scanners - programs that scan for viruses, malware and adware
- Tools - calculators, configurators, sizing tools, and estimators
- Uploaders - programs to upload photos or files to various Web services
- Backup my new workstation
My new ThinkPad T410 has a dual-core i5 64-bit Intel processor, so I burned a 64-bit version of [Clonezilla LiveCD] and booted the new system with that. The new system has the following configuration:
Partition Size Format Mount Description /dev/sda1 320GB NTFS C: Windows XP SP3 operating system, programs and data
There were only 14.4GB of data, it took 10 minutes to backup to an external USB disk. I ran it twice: first, using the option to dump the entire disk, and the second to dump the selected partition. The results were roughly the same.
- Run Workstation Setup Wizard
The Workstation Setup Wizard asks for all the pertinent location information, time zone, userid/password, needed to complete the installation.
- Re-Partition Disk Drive
I burned a 64-bit version of [System Rescue CD] and ran [Gparted] to re-partition this disk into the following:
Partition Size Format Mount Description /dev/sda1 40GB NTFS C: Windows XP SP3 operating system and programs /dev/sda2 15GB ext3 /(root) Ubuntu Desktop 10.04 LTS /dev/sda3 15GB ext3 unused unused /dev/sda5 5GB swap swap Linux swap /dev/sda6 245GB NTFS D: My Documents and other data
- Redefine Windows directory structure
I made two small changes to connect C: to D: drive.
- Changed "My Documents" to point to D:\Documents which will move the files over from C: to D: to accomodate its new target location. See [Microsoft procedure] for details.
- Edited C:\notes\notes.ini to point to D:\notes\data to store all the local replicas of my email and databases.
- Install Ubuntu Desktop 10.04 LTS
My plan is to run Windows and Linux guests through virtualization. I decided to try out Ubuntu Desktop 10.04 LTS, affectionately known as Lucid Lynx, which can support a variety of different virtualization tools, including KVM, VirtualBox-OSE and Xen. I have two identical 15GB partitions (sda2 and sda3) that I can use to hold two different systems, or one can be a subdirectory of the other. For now, I'll leave sda3 empty.
- Take another backup of my new workstation
I took a fresh new backup of paritions (sda1, sda2, sda6) with Clonezilla.
The next step involved a cross-over Ethernet cable, which I don't have. So that will have to wait until Thursday morning.
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