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Written by Michelle Kretzer
You know that you're making a lot of cows, pigs, chickens, turkeys, and fish happy by not eating them, but do you know exactly how many animals you have personally saved? Check it out:
Tired of explaining to people that, yes, one person really does make a difference? Share this image on Facebook, Twitter, and let the numbers speak for themselves.
Written by Jeff Mackey
The dairy industry is blowing even more manure-scented hot air than usual, having declared June to be "National Dairy Month." Although the volume of its propaganda has changed, the content hasn't: The industry still won't tell you how dairy factory farms and their products wreck cows' lives, human health, and the environment.
So to set the record straight, we've put together a YouTube playlist of our top six videos about dairy products. Check it out:
You can help spread the word by sharing the playlist on Facebook and Twitter—and be sure to subscribe to PETA's YouTube channel so that you'll never miss our latest and greatest videos!
Another SeaWorld orca has died prematurely in captivity—this time, heartbreakingly, the deceased was a mere 10 months old. The infant, Vicky, died over the weekend at Loro Parque, an amusement park in Spain's Canary Islands. The cause of death is not yet known—there are reports that she had been behaving unusually in the preceding days.
Vicky was the offspring of Kohana and Keto, two SeaWorld orcas on display at Loro Parque. Senior SeaWorld employees oversaw orca training at Loro Parque when Keto killed trainer Alexis Martinez by ramming him and dragging him underwater. Kohana, who is Keto's niece—inbreeding is another sad outcome of captivity at SeaWorld—rejected Vicky, as she had previously done with her first calf, a male named Adan. It likely didn't help that Kohana had been taken away from her own mother after just 19 months—ocean-dwelling orcas carefully guard their calves, and young females help the mothers care for them.
What You Can Do
SeaWorld's reckless disregard hurts orcas and endangers those who come into contact with them. Please tell SeaWorld that you won't visit its parks so long as it imprisons marine animals, and spread the word on Facebook, Twitter, and other social networks, urging everyone to follow suit.
Written by Alisa Mullins
What did you have for lunch today? If it contained meat, not only did you support cruelty to animals, you also supported an unprecedented attack on First Amendment rights, according to an eye-opening July/August Mother Jones cover story on the history of "ag-gag" laws.
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The report starts at what you might call "ground zero" for advocates of "ag-gag" bills—PETA's 2008 investigation at a Hormel supplier in Iowa, in which workers were caught beating sows with metal gate rods and killing piglets by smashing their skulls against the floor, among other abuse.
This case and others like it have prompted a relentless industry backlash in the form of "ag-gag" bills in nearly two dozen states. The aim of such bills (eight have passed so far) is to outlaw undercover investigations at factory farms and slaughterhouses—a case of criminally blaming the messenger instead of the actual perpetrators of cruelty.
Amanda Hitt, director of the Government Accountability Project's Food Integrity Campaign, points out that "ag-gag" laws reach far beyond the factory barn doors. "You are also stopping environmental whistleblowing; you are also stopping workers' rights whistleblowing," she says. "[Y]ou have given power to the industry to completely self-regulate," which, she says, should "scare the pants off" consumers.
Read Mother Jones' complete article here.
James Cameron is no stranger to award speeches. And the Oscar-winning director knows that when the world is watching, he has a great platform to make a difference. So when National Geographic bestowed its "Explorer of the Year" honor on Cameron for his solo dive to the deepest part of the ocean, the Mariana Trench, Cameron used his acceptance speech to tell the roomful of explorers and scientists about one of his favorite subjects: eating vegan.
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"I've had an epiphany recently," he said. "I want to challenge all of you as people of deep conscience, people who are environment stewards of the earth and oceans…By changing what you eat, you will change the entire contract between the human species and the natural world."
Cameron urged his audience to research the benefits of plant-based eating and try it for themselves. "I felt like I was waking up from a long sleepwalk. I believe we are all sleepwalking off a cliff if we don't do this."
More and more notable thinkers of our time are advocating meat- and dairy-free meals. Former President Bill Clinton made headlines when he famously traded his McDonald's habit for plants. Bill Gates is funding researchers at Beyond Meat and Beyond Eggs to create healthier, environmentally friendly plant-based versions of animal products. And Twitter cofounders Evan Williams and Biz Stone are investing in a meat-free future.
Are you ready to join Cameron in promoting the future of food? Share our meat-industry exposé "Glass Walls" on Twitter and Facebook.
Acclaimed photographer Jo-Anne McArthur has been documenting the plight of animals around the world for more than 10 years. Now a haunting new film by award-winning documentary filmmaker Liz Marshall, The Ghosts in Our Machine, chronicles a year in McArthur's life as she photographs animals on fur farms and factory farms and in laboratories, zoos, and aquariums. She also photographs "the ones who got away" relaxing in rolling pastures at sanctuaries in the U.S. and Canada.
"I feel like I'm a war photographer and I'm photographing history," McArthur says. "I'm trying to save the world."
Every month, The Ghosts in Our Machine names a special "animal ambassador," and this month's pick is PETA President Ingrid E. Newkirk, who compares the movie to the groundbreaking anti-slavery novel Uncle Tom's Cabin: "In much the way Harriet Beecher Stowe's book …did in its time, this film has the potential to broaden our view of those around us, to suggest their potential and their reality, cause us to pick apart our prejudices, and raise the potential for consideration, understanding and inclusion, to change a world view."
The Ghosts in Our Machine debuted in Toronto late last month and has already won several awards at film festivals. Look for it at a theater near you in the coming months.
In honor of "Adopt a Shelter Cat" Month, here are some of our favorite cute cats and cool kittens:
Lil Bub knows that being the Web's favorite cat is serious business. She uses her platform to encourage people to spay and neuter, to say no to declawing, to adopt instead of buying, and to be all-around awesome animal guardians.
Shadow literally walked right into Dancing With the Stars judge Carrie Ann Inaba's life—through her front door as a stray. He quickly won her heart and then went after several hundred thousand more with his PETA ad.
What do you think about a cat who's a Morrissey fan? Obviously, he has great taste in music, has a wry sense of humor, and is a big spay/neuter advocate!
Mr. Nix lived up to his name when he helped his favorite human, Tricia Helfer, nix the problem of cats being neglected by their guardians. And clearly he did it with panache.
Slick Willie won hearts and minds on Twitter when he and his guardian, Nyjer Morgan, starred in an ad for PETA. But before Slick Willie was famous, he was in an animal shelter looking for a home like millions of other cats. So he used his platform to encourage everyone always to adopt, never buy.
The Situation is used to being surrounded by females, but even he realizes the importance of protection. These frisky felines help show everyone why it's crucial to spay and neuter.
It was pretty clear what rescued cat Toni thought of her costar, Torrey DeVitto, during the shooting of her anti-dissection ad: "She's grrrrreat!" And Toni was great at showing kids that they have a choice not to dissect any animal.
If you are ready to share your home with a new cat, please take a cue from these famous felines and adopt one from your local animal shelter, spay or neuter him or her, and give your cat a lifetime of quality care and friendship.
PETA protested outside SeaWorld parks in San Antonio and San Diego today, just one week after the marine-animal prison chain was hit with a $38,500 repeat violation fine from the Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA) for allowing dangerous contact between employees and orcas in defiance of a federal court order—and basic decency.
This SeaWorld San Antonio employee was shocked to learn about the violations that led to the OSHA fine.
The fine resulted from a follow-up investigation and photos and footage on TV of trainers who hugged and kissed orcas without any protective barrier, as required by an earlier OSHA ruling. SeaWorld fought OSHA's decision with two unsuccessful appeals, but the ruling stands.
Aggression between orcas is nearly non-existent in nature, but the constant stress of living in forced social groupings inside tiny tanks at SeaWorld causes them to lash out, posing a danger to animals and employees alike. SeaWorld's own corporate incident logs contain reports of more than 100 incidents at its parks. Orcas have pulled trainers into the water, held them at the bottom of the pool, head-butted them, slammed into them, breached on top of them, and, of course, killed them—and those are just the episodes that have been reported.
Please tell everyone you know to leave all marine-animal parks and aquariums out of their family travel plans, and ask SeaWorld officials to release their animals to sanctuaries.
The rumor mill is buzzing with reports that Johnny Depp, who just celebrated his 50th birthday, has gone vegan. The famously private star hasn't confirmed or denied the news, but a source says that Johnny is "raving about losing his paunch."
And elsewhere on the Web, celebs were tweeting about animal rights:
To keep up with what all your favorite stars are doing for animals, follow @PETA on Twitter.
U.S. citizens are hardly alone in their frustration with government officials. In the town of Xalapa, Veracruz, Mexico, two residents have proposed electing a cat to be mayor. This is no yarn: The designated candigato, Morris, has seen his popularity soar—at least on Facebook—so PETA has sent the cute contender a letter asking him to back a purrposal to require Xalapa's residents to spay and neuter their cats (and dogs) and to treat homeless animals kindly.
Giving Strays an Escape Claws
Although his campaign managers suggest that Morris will eliminate the "rats" from government, that hardly seems fair to actual rats, who are smart, clean, and friendly. Instead, PETA suggests that he should focus on the "fat cats." Well, really, they're not so much fat as they are pregnant, contributing to the overpopulation crisis that's relegating so many animals to hard lives on the street.
Every stray cat and every neglected dog came from an animal who wasn't spayed or neutered. By preventing animals from being born, sterilization also prevents them from being hit by cars, infected with miserable diseases, attacked by other animals or cruel people, used as bait by dogfighters, or simply left outside to die of starvation, exposure, or neglect.
With these things in mind, Morris must recognize that leaving his fellow felines to fend for themselves is about as desirable as a hairball. If he licks his opponents, let's just hope that absolute meower doesn't corrupt!
Good citizenship starts at home—please practice animal birth control by adopting animals from shelters or rescues and having your companion animals spayed or neutered.
Please note: PETA's backing of Morris for mayor is obviously intended as a humorous way to provide Xalapa residents with information about ways to address the homeless-animal crisis. PETA makes no comment on the suitability for office of any bipedal candidates. PETA promotes and educates the public on ways to help animals and does not directly or indirectly participate in any political campaign on behalf of or in opposition to any candidate for public office. Voters should consider a range of issues important to them in deciding how to cast their vote on election day.
Philippine Airlines is one of only three major airlines that still ship primates to laboratories where they are tormented and killed in cruel experiments, but you wouldn't know it from talking to its representatives. Airline reps have recently been telling concerned PETA members who call their offices that they don't ship monkeys and have not done so for a long time—but that's a lie.
PETA has obtained documents that show that Philippine Airlines has shipped nearly 200 pig-tailed macaque monkeys from Indonesia to the University of Washington's Washington National Primate Research Center in Seattle within the past 12 months alone. The documentation is crystal clear, containing invoices, tracking numbers, flight numbers, and many other details. There may be other such shipments as well.
Because of the growing pressure from PETA and its supporters around the world, Philippine Airlines could no longer ignore the issue and released a statement on its website and Facebook page that read, "Philippine Airlines is not engaged in the transport of wild, endangered or threatened animals, regardless of their purpose." Yet the pig-tailed macaques it sent to the hellish laboratory mentioned above are widely considered a threatened species. When PETA and PETA Asia-Pacific e-mailed and called Philippine Airlines asking that the airline explain the discrepancy between the records and its new statement, it quietly removed the statement from its website and Facebook.
Clearly, Philippine Airlines is hearing our international protests loud and clear, and we need to keep it up to make sure that it gets out of the monkey business for good. Please call the ticket and cargo offices at the numbers below and politely tell the representative that you will not be giving any business to Philippine Airlines until it stops shipping monkeys to laboratories:
If you're told that the airline has already stopped, ask the representative to tell you and PETA in writing.
After hearing from PETA supporters and other concerned citizens, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) announced this week that it is proposing to close a loophole that, until now, has denied captive chimpanzees protection under the Endangered Species Act (ESA). If the proposed rule is adopted and properly enforced, as PETA has advocated, Hollywood will no longer be able to force baby chimpanzees—who are torn away from their mothers, caged, and "trained" through beatings—to perform in TV shows, ads, and movies. And laboratories will stop subjecting chimpanzees to invasive, painful, and lethal experiments—a recommendation that the National Institutes of Health has already made.
In announcing the proposed rule, the FWS concluded that "the Act does not allow for captive‐held animals to be assigned separate legal status from their wild counterparts on the basis of their captive state."
This should mean that the government now has no justification for denying PETA's petition to include Lolita—who is currently being held in solitary confinement in a cramped tank at the Miami Seaquarium—in the endangered listing of the Southern Resident orcas, the now-protected population that she was captured from more than 40 years ago.
Please submit comments to the FWS asking it to finalize its proposal to classify all chimpanzees, including captives, as endangered. Then take a moment to sign our petition urging the National Marine Fisheries Service to grant Lolita the same protection from harm afforded her family in the wild. And tell everyone you know not to patronize marine abusement parks!
PETA is all for reproductive responsibility, so after learning that a Nashville man was looking to get "fixed" after the 14 mothers of his 22 children took him to court over unpaid child support, the group is offering to pay for his vasectomy—if he'll help promote the equivalent procedure for dogs.
In return for covering Orlando Shaw's medical expenses, PETA is asking him to put a sign on his lawn reading, "Don't let your dog be a deadbeat dad. Get him neutered today."
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Animal birth control saves lives. Each year in the U.S., 6 to 8 million dogs and cats are dumped at shelters, and nearly half of them must be euthanized since there are simply too many animals and not enough good homes.
That's why spaying or neutering is such a crucial step. One pair of unaltered dogs and their offspring can produce 67,000 dogs in just six years—a birthrate that even Shaw couldn't approach!
Need another incentive? Spayed and neutered animals live longer, happier lives. Sterilization eliminates their risk of uterine and testicular cancer and reduces their odds for developing serious diseases, such as mammary and prostate cancer and feline AIDS and leukemia, and lessens undesirable behavior such as roaming and spraying.
Please pledge to end animal homelessness by sterilizing your own animal companions and working with lawmakers to enact mandatory spay/neuter legislation in your city, county, or state.
Mike Casey is having a tough time finding a place where he can continue to exploit chimpanzees. Last year, Clark County, Nevada, told him to hit the road after learning from local animal advocates and PETA that Casey was illegally holding chimpanzees and a capuchin monkey there when he wasn't renting them out for use in TV, films, ads, and events. And now, Nye County, Nevada, has told Casey that he isn't welcome there, either, after PETA and local supporters informed the Pahrump Regional Planning Commission about Casey's documented abusive actions, including:
Hannah, one of the chimpanzees imprisoned by Mike Casey.
Casey will now have to move his operation, and you can bet that PETA will be close behind.
This is the second victory for exotic animals in Nye County in as many months. Officials also recently yanked animal exhibitor Karl Mitchell's permit to keep exotic big cats after PETA and local supporters informed authorities that the U.S. Department of Agriculture had permanently barred Mitchell from exhibiting animals because of numerous violations of the Animal Welfare Act.
Let's keep the pressure on exotic-animal abusers. Please send a polite e-mail to the law firm The Ticket Clinic and ask it to pull its current ad, which features a chimpanzee.
Mitchel Kalmanson, who supplies tigers for the UniverSoul Circus, is in hot water with the law … again. The latest available U.S. Department of Agriculture inspection report details several serious violations, including cramming tigers into cages where they couldn't even stand upright and calling in a veterinarian with no experience with big cats whatsoever to assess a tiger who was limping. (Kalmanson called only after inspectors saw that the tiger was having difficulty, after having insisted that the cat was fine.) The vet did not even let the tiger out of the cage, much less diagnose or treat her condition. This same tiger was housed with a chain dangling from her neck, something that the inspector rightfully noted could "present a serious risk of … injury or strangulation."
Keep in mind that the Animal Welfare Act (AWA) is so minimal that it only requires cages to be "large" enough for an animal to make "normal postural and social adjustments." Kalmanson's cages did not even rise to that pitiful level. The tigers, who are genetically adapted to roam over vast territories, climb trees, and leap, are getting no exercise at all.
Tip of the Iceberg
Kalmanson already paid a civil penalty of $6,000 in 2008 for two tiger escapes that took place while he was supplying the tiger act for UniverSoul, and in 2011, PETA filed a complaint and included video of a tiger Kalmanson was exhibiting with UniverSoul whose foot was trapped under a sliding cage door. That incident resulted in another two citations for AWA violations. Kalmanson has also been repeatedly cited for additional violations while with UniverSoul, including for failure to supply adequate veterinary care; failure to meet even minimum space requirements for tigers, lions, and chimpanzees (the chimpanzees' cages had barely half the floor space required); improper food storage; failure to have an exercise plan; inadequate veterinary care records … and the list goes on and on.
It's simple: Never buy a ticket to any circus that still exploits animals. Talk to family, friends, and coworkers, especially those with small children who may be inclined to attend. Explain to them that every ticket purchased is directly contributing to the animals' miserable lives.
"Take me out to the ballgame! Take me out with the crowd! Buy me some peanuts and Cracker Jacks"—and some veggie burritos, faux chicken-steak, meat-free tacos, edamame, falafel, hummus, and eggplant panini. And that's just a sampling of the wide variety of delectable vegetarian fare available at the stadiums on PETA's 2013 list of the Top 10 Vegetarian-Friendly Major League Ballparks:
1. Philadelphia Phillies' Citizens Bank Park
While Phillies left-fielder Domonic Brown has been dominating pitchers at the plate, earning two consecutive National League Player of the Week honors, Citizens Bank Park continues to dominate PETA's Top 10 Vegetarian-Friendly Major League Ballpark rankings, taking the top spot for the second year in a row, thanks to its faux-chicken patty, faux chicken-steak, faux "pit beef" smothered in barbecue sauce, and other delicious vegetarian fare.
2. Detroit Tigers' Comerica Park
Miguel Cabrera may have won the Triple Crown for Detroit in 2012, but Comerica Park has its own Triple Crown contenders for 2013: an Italian mock sausage, a vegan Riblet sandwich, and a veggie dog. These options, along with the black-bean burger, vegetarian sushi, and other meat-free fan favorites, have helped the stadium take the number-two spot on PETA's scorecard this year.
3. Washington Nationals' Nationals Park
We're not sure what Jordan Zimmermann's secret is for keeping his ERA so low, but it's no secret that you can keep your weight and cholesterol level low by going vegetarian and enjoying tasty meatless meals, including Nationals Park's Sloppy Jane, veggie chili with faux ground beef, and falafel. The ballpark earned its highest ranking ever on our list. Much like Bryce Harper, Stephen Strasburg, and the Nats' other young stars, its potential is limitless.
4. San Francisco Giants' AT&T Park
The reigning World Series champs offer a giant selection of cruelty-free cuisine, earning AT&T Park the number-four spot on PETA's list this year. The park got an honorable mention in 2012, but with a new Field Roast artisan vegetarian sausage, vegetarian rice bowls, and meat-free tacos, vegetarian meals are the Most Valuable Players in AT&T Park concession stands.
5. Los Angeles Angels' Angel Stadium of Anaheim
Angels' fans love Mike Trout—and Angel Stadium's vegetarian sushi rolls. The Angel's star-studded lineup, which also includes black-bean burgers, veggie dogs, and veggie burritos, is winning rave reviews in Anaheim.
6. Seattle Mariners' Safeco Field
Much like King Felix, the vegetarian options at Safeco Field rule. Mariners fans can choose from vegan chili cheese dogs, vegan Bao-Choi Asian-style steamed buns (stuffed with veggies, spices, and vegan mayo), and vegan frankfurters. It doesn't matter where the fences are—animal-friendly fans can always score at the concessions stands.
7. New York Mets' Citi Field
What could possibly be more exciting for Mets fans than watching Matt Harvey dominate hitters? Sampling the meatless meals at Citi Field, which offers veggie dogs, vegetable sushi, vegetarian tacos, veggie burgers, freshly sliced mango dusted with chili powder, and more.
8. Boston Red Sox's Fenway Park
The Red Sox—and starting pitcher Clay Buchholz—appear to have turned a corner this year, and so has Fenway Park, earning its best-ever ranking on PETA's list. The vegetarian fare, which includes vegetable sushi, meat-free burritos, veggie burgers, veggie dogs, and hummus, among other things, really puts the green in the home of the Green Monster. Sox fans love the vegetarian meals as much as they love Big Papi.
9. San Diego Padres' PETCO Park
PETCO Park's tasty vegetarian options—including grilled tofu wraps, veggie burgers, hummus, vegetable sushi, and more—are flying out of the concession stands even faster than Everth Cabrera flies around the bases.
10. Chicago Cubs' Wrigley Field
Wrigley Field has a strong core of vegetarian options, including veggie dogs, Sloppy Janes, and fresh vegetable wraps, to go with the Cubs' strong core of young players, including Starlin Castro, Anthony Rizzo, and Jeff Samardzija. As Wrigley Field returns to PETA's list of vegetarian-friendly ballparks, perhaps the Cubbies will soon be on the way up as well. Veggie-craving Chicago baseball fans have an embarrassment of riches since U.S. Cellular Field also earned an honorable mention on PETA's list.
If it seems like the vegetarian options are getting more plentiful at athletic arenas, it's not your imagination. James Nolan, senior vice president of the New England Patriots' Gillette Stadium, which placed second on PETA's list of Vegetarian-Friendly NFL Stadiums last year, told The Boston Globe, "Our research suggested that our fans were seeking more vegetarian options. They have been some of our best sellers."
So keep heading out to the ballgame and snapping up those Cracker Jacks (and Sloppy Janes!), baseball fans!
Today is PETA President Ingrid Newkirk's birthday, and instead of a bottle of cruelty-free perfume or a new pair of vegan shoes, when we asked her what gift she would like, she said the same thing she said last year. She wanted people to donate to one of her favorite causes: Animal Rahat, whose vital work consists primarily of providing veterinary care, water, shade, rest, rehabilitation, and retirement to bullocks, donkeys, and other animals toiling as "beasts of burden" in India, which is where Ingrid spent much of her childhood.
However, last week Animal Rahat's multifaceted work included rescuing a dog who had tumbled down into an ancient, crumbling well and had been trapped about 80 feet down for four days. Villagers were dropping food down to the dog, who was miraculously uninjured, but because of the well's deteriorating condition, rescue seemed impossible. However, armed with a net and with the villagers' help, Animal Rahat's Mr. Gaikwad and a PETA India staffer repelled down to the ledge that the dog was stranded on, netted the frightened animal, and hoisted him to safety.
We set up a Causes page as well as a special page on our website where people can donate to Animal Rahat in Ingrid's honor, and boy, did you come through for our birthday girl. So far, we've raised $2,059 for Animal Rahat … and counting. Happy Birthday, Ingrid! And a big thank-you to you from this grateful little guy, and from many others, for caring and sharing!
Lights, camera, veggies! With the Style Network's Tia & Tamera camera crew capturing every minute, Tia Mowry unveiled her new PETA ad to an enthusiastic crowd of family, friends, and, of course, fellow vegans.
The plant-themed rooftop party at the Bob Barker Building, PETA's L.A. headquarters, was replete with fresh flowers and delicious wraps, sandwiches, and salads from L.A.'s Veggie Grill—not to mention the ad itself, in which Tia wears an apron made of Swiss chard, snow peas, and lettuce leaves.
Tia—a mother who went vegan in part to make sure that she's healthy for her young son—explained why she was so excited to represent PETA and advocate going vegan: "I wanted to become a voice for my community. … I wanted to educate my culture about the benefits of becoming vegan. … The more you learn about the benefits of being vegan, the more you become alive and the more you become aware of why it's a really great decision. Not only am I helping myself, I'm helping the animals out there, I'm helping the environment. Going vegan—I feel great."
Catch the fun behind-the-scenes video from Tia's photo shoot, and join her in pledging to go vegan here.
There's nothing small potatoes about the major vegetarian offerings at minor-league baseball stadiums around the country. Putting the "farm" in "farm team," small-town baseball stadiums are offering up garden-fresh delights such as black-bean burgers, fruit sorbets, and corn dogs made from hearty plant protein. PETA managed to narrow the list down to 10 "MVPs" (mouthwatering vegetarian plates) that hit home runs with fans seeking healthy, tasty in-between-innings fare:
1. Tulsa Drillers' ONEOK Field
Shooting up to number one from fifth place in last year's ranking, ONEOK Field has an extensive vegetarian menu that would make a restaurant envious. In addition to specialty veggie dogs on gourmet buns and homemade veggie burgers on pretzel buns, fans can enjoy a tofu noodle entrée, "meaty" portobello mushroom burgers, bean burritos, tofu burritos, and fresh-fruit cups.
2. Durham Bulls' Durham Bulls Athletic Park
Moving up a notch in the standings from last season to claim second place is the Durham Bulls Athletic Park, thanks to the mock-chicken nuggets, meat-free corn dogs, and hearty tofu burrito with black beans and pico de gallo.
3. Trenton Thunder's Arm & Hammer Park
Arm & Hammer Park is debuting on PETA's list this year, earning a spot in the top three with such crowd favorites as veggie dogs and burgers, hearty vegetarian chili, a portobello mushroom and grilled vegetable sandwich, and a fruit sorbet that can be jazzed up with mix-ins of strawberries, blueberries, mangos, and bananas.
4. Fort Wayne TinCaps' Parkview Field
Parkview Field has moved up two spots from last year, thanks to an extensive menu of delicious options, such as the black-bean burger, meat-free burrito, fresh vegetable wrap, peanut butter and jelly sandwich, hummus with vegetables, fresh fruit, beans, and grilled corn.
5. Lakewood BlueClaws' FirstEnergy Park
No one is singing the blues at FirstEnergy Park, where lovers of hearty vegetarian fare can fill up on veggie burgers and dogs, meat-free walking tacos, portobello mushroom sandwiches, and even Oreo cookies (yes, they're vegan!).
6. Albuquerque Isotopes' Isotopes Park
The Isotopes got their name from the long-running FOX series The Simpsons, and vegetarian Lisa Simpson would agree that the team has done meat-free fans proud. Albuquerqueans can munch on veggie dogs, bean burritos, Indian tacos (made with fry bread instead of corn shells), wok-fried noodles with veggies and teriyaki sauce, fresh salads, and fruit or vegetable trays.
7. Dayton Dragons' Fifth Third Field
As Chrissie Hynde once sang, "ay, oh, way to go, Ohio"! There's a lot for a vegetarian such as Chrissie to love at Fifth Third Field, including veggie dogs and burgers, black-bean burritos or burrito bowls, veggie wraps, salads, and fruit.
8. Eugene Emeralds' PK Park
The Eugene Emeralds lived up to their green name this year, giving fans yummy, eco-friendly vegetarian choices such as veggie hot dogs and burgers, meat-free burritos, beans and rice, grilled corn on the cob, and fruit salad.
9. Sacramento River Cats' Raley Field
There are 21—count 'em—different types of veggies in Raley Field's famous stir-fry, but if you're a River Cats fan in search of even more variety, try the vegetarian sausage with grilled onions and peppers, the chipotle black-bean burger, the baked potato, the vegetable sandwich, or a tostada salad with beans.
10. Memphis Redbirds' AutoZone Park
AutoZone Park is a hot zone for delicious vegetarian fare, such as veggie hot dogs, spicy black-bean burgers with house-made Memphis BBQ chips, baked potatoes, a fresh-fruit medley, and salad wraps.
Congrats as well to the Pawtucket Red Sox's McCoy Stadium, the Nashville Sounds' Herschel Greer Stadium, the Frederick Keys' Harry Grove Stadium, and the South Bend Silver Hawks' Stanley Coveleski Regional Stadium for scoring honorable mentions. And a big shout-out to Veggie Happy for its efforts to get athletic stadiums to offer more vegetarian and vegan fare.
Everybody wants to eliminate the euthanasia of adoptable animals—certainly the shelter workers who face the Sisyphean task of finding good homes for the deluge of homeless animals that flows through their doors do. But a coalition of "no-kill" organizations is busy hoodwinking the public into thinking that the solution to this problem lies in simply "putting down the syringes" for "just one day" as part of a misleadingly named "no-kill" initiative. They're even soliciting donations on their Just One Day website—when, by all rights, the donations should be going to the shelters who shoulder the burden of housing, feeding, and caring for animals. Who is behind this initiative? It's time to ask that question. Is it breeders? People who receive money from breeders?
Do they "put down their syringes" if animals are sick, injured, elderly, aggressive, feral, or otherwise unsocialized? What happens to those animals? And what happens to animals who are not able to be taken in because there's no longer any room for them? Is it OK for them to be dumped along the highway? And is it OK to crowd dogs and cats together so that they all get sick from respiratory infections, parvovirus, and other communicable diseases? While pointing the finger at shelters that refuse to define themselves as "no-kill" until there are no more animals who need a painless exit from an uncaring world or until there are truly enough good homes for them to go to, Just One Day gives a free pass to those who created the overpopulation problem in the first place—the breeders, the pet shops, the people who buy animals instead of adopting them and who refuse to spay and neuter, and the people who abandon animals on country roads or in urban alleys. Wake up, supporters of such "initiatives"—you are being duped in a smoke-and-mirrors game. Turn against the breeders, and demonstrate outside the pet stores—stop them from producing and selling puppies and kittens, and leave the shelters alone!
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Moving Together- A Cause for Dance will take place at the Performing Arts Center at Pinnacle Charter School, located at 1001 W. 84th Avenue Denver, CO 80260 10 minutes north of Downtown at 84th and Huron.
One performance only: Thursday, July 29th at 7:00 p.m.
Individual Tickets range from, $50- $500 Student/Artist/Non-Profit Employee Tickets $20 (No Ticket Limit)
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Posted 26 July 2010 - 09:23 PM
BNC is staging a fund-raising dance program on Thursday (7/29). It is supposed to include dancers from 8 companies, only 3 of which are local. This program was announced on the the 17th, only 9 days after their announcement about their financial situation.
Posted 26 July 2010 - 09:54 PM
Posted 27 July 2010 - 05:06 AM
Of course, they might be hoping to inspire some big donors to come up with more. But even assuming all the guest performers are donating their services, there are still out-of-pocket expenses to cover at the theater, travel, hotel, etc. for the guests.
Posted 29 July 2010 - 09:14 PM
I'd guess that the theatre was about 40 percent full, meaning 225-250 people in attendance. I wouldn't have expected more than that.
Posted 29 July 2010 - 09:17 PM
Posted 30 July 2010 - 06:19 AM
I got there about 10 minutes late, which means that I missed most of the pre-performance speech so I don't know whether they said anything about how the show was put together.
Posted 30 July 2010 - 09:21 AM
lovemydancers, on 14 July 2010 - 06:52 AM, said:
YouOverThere, on 14 July 2010 - 06:44 AM, said:
Is that true of all arts, YouOverThere? I have a friend who is a visual artist in Denver and her business is thriving with new commissions and opportunities for exhibits. My understanding from her and another person is that visual artists do very well in Denver. Is she an exception?
It certainly is true of music as well as dance. Both the Colorado Symphony and Colorado Springs Philharmonic were created from the ashes of earlier orchestras that went bankrupt. The musicians in the Colorado Symphony took a double digit pay cut last year, and the base salary was only in the mid-30's to begin with. Chamber orchestras have struggled mightily. The Colorado Chamber Orchestra barely managed to scrape together 2 programs this past season and Pro Musica Colorado managed but 3.
Well-known touring plays do very well, but locally-produced plays often end up selling tickets at a discount.
Posted 30 July 2010 - 09:49 AM
Posted 30 July 2010 - 10:46 AM
Helene, on 30 July 2010 - 09:49 AM, said:
Interesting idea. I can't say that there's never been a chamber music performance there, though I'm not aware of any. Looking at their website, I don't see any room that would have room for more than a few hundred seats if they need to accomadate 20-30 musicians and my impression is that the rent is several times what churches typically charge (and churches might not charge much to hold a rehersal while they would have to pay full rental to rehearse at the museum).
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YouOverThere, on 30 July 2010 - 09:21 AM, said:
Well-known touring plays do very well, but locally-produced plays often end up selling tickets at a discount.
The Denver Post had an article today about the lack of private funding for the arts in Denver, the main inspiration for the article being the failure of the Colorado Symphony to raise their share ($30,000,000) of the funding needed to overhaul their home concert hall.
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Practicing what they preach: Companies urged to conserve water resources
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Water restrictions have become commonplace across North Texas in recent years as increased demand for water and a lack of rainfall have led to diminishing lake levels.
As one of the largest consumers of water in the Metroplex, Coca Cola has taken a lead in encouraging its fellow manufacturers to find ways to use water more efficiently. Phil Phillips, the company's director of manufacturing in DFW, shared some of the company's secrets Thursday at the 2013 Regional Leadership Day.
"We have to be very efficient with water and cherish the water that we get," Phillips said, noting that water is used in almost every step of the production process. "We have to give it back. We have to reduce [usage]. We have to be very responsible."
Phillips said the company has been able to reduce water usage in Texas each of the past eight years, even though production has increased during that time. He said some ways the company has done this is by changing to air-powered bottle cleaners versus water-powered, and by using water reclamation systems to prevent water waste.
"We are talking about over 100 million gallons of water a year we are not using at Coca Cola, yet we are still able to grow our business," he said.
Phillips said he has been encouraged by the enthusiasm his employees have shown in giving back to the community with projects such as cleaning wetlands and making rain barrels, and said he hopes other companies will follow Coca Cola's lead.
"We recognize that we are not alone," he said. "There are many, many industries that use water, and we are just a small component of that. Fortunately, along with partners in industry and in the community, there is a lot of care and concern through all our industries about how we are going to become good water stewards."
Coca Cola's efforts come at a time when the water shortfall across much of North Texas is increasing.
The North Texas Municipal Water District is still operating without 28 percent of its potential capacity since pumping is not allowed in Lake Texoma due to the presence of zebra mussels. That should change later this year when a pipeline is opened between the lake and the district's water treatment facility in Wylie, said Denise Hickey, the district's public relations coordinator.
"We have had some real supply and demand issues, so we have had to have our cities help reduce that water demand," she said. "... While we are in better shape than we were in 2011 or 2012, we haven't had average rainfall this year."
While Phillips spoke about ways companies could reduce usage, Hickey said there are a few simple things residents can do to decrease water usage.
The first, she said, was to ensure toilets are not leaking. To ensure toilets are operating properly, put a few drops of food coloring in the tank and let it sit for 10-15 minutes. If the food coloring appears in the bowl, there's a leak that should be corrected.
Hickey said to also make sure showers are not leaking, and to learn how to use irrigation systems to ensure yards are only watered as much as needed. She said residents can also landscape with native species of plants that require less water than non-native plants.
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As the appetite for raw computing power continues to grow, so do the challenges associated with managing large numbers of systems, both physical and virtual. Private industry, government and scientific research organizations are leveraging larger and larger Linux environments for everything from high-energy physics data analysis to cloud computing. Clusters containing hundreds or even thousands of systems are becoming commonplace. System administrators are finding that the old way of doing things no longer works when confronted with massive Linux deployments. We are forced to rethink common tasks because the tools and strategies that served us well in the past are now crushed by an army of penguins. As someone who has worked in scientific computing for the past nine years, I know that large-scale system administration can at times be a nightmarish endeavor, but for those brave enough to tame the monster, it can be a hugely rewarding and satisfying experience.
People often ask me, "How is your department able to manage so many machines with such a small number of sysadmins?" The answer is that my basic philosophy of large-scale system administration is "keep things simple". Complexity is the enemy. It almost always means more system management overhead and more failures. It's fairly straightforward for a single experienced Linux sysadmin to single-handedly manage a cluster of a thousand machines, as long as all of the systems are identical (or nearly identical). Start throwing in one-off servers with custom partitioning or additional NICs, and things start to become more difficult, and the number of sysadmins required to keep things running starts to increase.
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System administrators know that monitoring is essential. I think Linux sysadmins especially have a natural tendency to be concerned with every possible aspect of their systems. We love to watch the number of running processes, memory consumption and network throughput on all our machines, but in the world of large-scale system administration, this mindset can be a liability. This is especially true when it comes to alerting. The problem with alerting on every potential hiccup is that you'll either go insane from the constant flood of e-mail and pages, or even worse, you'll start ignoring the alerts. Neither of those situations is desirable. The solution? Configure your monitoring system to alert only on actionable conditions—things that cause an interruption in service. For every monitoring check you enable, ask yourself "What action must be taken if this check triggers an alert?" If the answer is "nothing", it's probably better not to enable the check.
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If you were asked to name the first monitoring application that comes to mind, it probably would be Nagios. Used by just about everyone, Nagios is currently the king of open-source monitoring tools.
Zabbix sports a slick Web interface that is sure to make any manager happy. Zabbix scales well and might be posed to give Nagios a run for its money.
Ganglia is one of those must-have tools for Linux environments of any size. Its strengths include trending and performance monitoring.
I think it's smart to differentiate monitoring further into critical and noncritical alerts. E-mail and pager alerts should be reserved for things that require immediate action—for example, important systems that aren't pingable, full filesystems, degraded RAIDs and so on. Noncritical things, like NIS timeouts, instead should be displayed on a Web page that can be viewed when you get back from lunch. Also consider writing checks that automatically correct whatever condition they are monitoring. Instead of your script sending you an e-mail when Apache dies, why not have it try restarting httpd automatically? If you go the auto-correcting "self-healing" route, I'd recommend logging whatever action your script takes so you can troubleshoot the failure later.
When selecting a monitoring tool in a large environment, you have to think about scalability. I have seen both Zabbix and Nagios used to monitor in excess of 1,500 machines and implement tens of thousands of checks. Even with these tools, you might want to scale horizontally by dividing your machines into logical groups and then running a single monitoring server per group. This will increase complexity, but if done correctly, it will also prevent your monitoring infrastructure from going up in flames.
Icinga, an open source fork of the Nagios project
It's is a virtual drop-in replacement for the venerable Nagios project which seems to have stalled into legacy land. It also has a performant, distributed architecture that includes database support for Postgres and Oracle as well as MySQL. It's pretty sweet and easy to deploy too. Something to watch and try out.
Correction: Rock Clusters
Rocks is primarily for bringing up high-performance compute clusters (HPC/HPCC) quickly not internet applications.
However another open source project, Eucalyptus, is like running a private, on-site Amazon Web Services (AWS). In addition, Eucalyptus can work with Rocks Clusters.
That website mentioned "savvysysadmin.com"
That website/url to savvy sysadmin ... http://savvysysadmin.com/
doesn't exist. And it's a new article. Maybe an overworked admin missed one of the 500 servers? :-) Just kidding...
nice article
Really a nice article!.
if you use zabbix please consider to use Orabbix to monitor Oracle with zabbix
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Comment posted on Fife Council joins Aberdeenshire in asking for suspension of wind farm applications by Karl Hughes
Jake you are partly correct there are "fire risk" exclusion zones around turbines placed in forested areas…access roads…buried cabling etc. What is more alarming is firstly, further flooding of our glens for pumped storage of electricity generated by industrial windfarms will destroy further percieved wilderness areas…and of course the thorn in the side of upland wind power stations…peat disturbance.
The doctor is right to a certain level, the Government is planning to increase forest cover in Scotland from the current 17% of our land surface to 25% and there is some available funding…however, there is a bit of a spin going on here…much of the re aforestation will be indigenous (Scots Pine/oak/alder/birch/rowan etc) this is done by exclusion of sheep and re-fencing (exclusion of deer by re-fencing too)…subsides are simply moved from EU sheep grants to forestry grants…there is a great environmental benefit to this…but little or no economic return (I was involved with the schemes on my farm on Ardnamurchan) However, this form of set-aside is something I personnal wholeheartedly support (the Scottish indigenous treeline should be over 500m ! much of our landscape is the legacy of sheep farming)
Any viable economic returns via re-aforestation generally take place with commercial softwoods/conifers…many of which are not indigenous, re-aforestation with these species does little to our "real" Scottish environment and in many cases is not just a false blot on the landscape and a form initself of industrialisation, but also detremental on mass to peat lands…causes acidification of burns and can also reduces both avian and other fauna usage of these areas.
Karl Hughes also commented
- You should come to Tiree…! see the basking sharks…it's a bumper year so far.
- Hi, I Will be around Ardfern in my Contessa during my next break (weather permitting) Lets have a pint or two.
- "potential gravy train before others cottoned on" ???
Without involving NTA…and totally from a personal perspective:
I tell you why Malcolm…because we showed the initiative to share a resource and put the profits directly into our community and not into the hands of off island share holders. If legislation and finance allowed we would use the all the generated power (directly) rather than indirectly on the island…and not see substancial line loss. Our diesel generator would until an alternative arrives back the system up.
Tilley is sustainable and stand alone…I feel our landscape can handle such a structure and also feel that "onshore" we could and should continue to install smaller domestic and agricultural turbines…Such as Coll is also doing…my stance has remained stead fast on this point since I visited CAT in mid-Wales some 25 years ago.I defer to Tims following comments.
And re-emphasise my commitment to "community Renewables" projects.Malcolm (Tim) you might want to look at this:
It explains how we raised the cash…basically we borrowed the cash from the bank and are paying it back at a rate lower than the income it is generating…the cash benifits we see now are small in comparison with what she will earn in the not so distant future…
Please read the info and tell me if we, in your opinion are on the aformentioned Gravy Train or not
- Malcolm…having oil does not make using it right…as I have just said…our reliance on oil is an addiction .
Relgious politics in the Gulf, Sunni/Shia/Walid etc mean that if the Gulf came embroiled in a war and the gulf stopped moving oil…we could see an increase at the pumps of around 35% overnight…the problem is our strategic reserves (I talk about europe here) would last but a few weeks…rationing would not be an option and the price increase would never be applied…anarchy would follow…this is not some sort of hollywood movie this is a real possiblity, more so now than yesterday…
There is no alternative than to have a mix of energy source…I believe community generation is one of the ways to go (others do not) I believe saving is the way to go (others do not)…one thing is for certain if we do not act now (yesterday) we (the human race) will have civilisation changing concequences to face within my childrens life times…and most likely in mine too…we have to face the future now and not put it on our kids or their kids…we have to. - As an example if the Argyll Array went ahead (Ye God's forbid) its generation when turning, theoretically will be on par with Scotlands current entire Hydro generation.
Note: on storage…agreed super connector to Norway will be used for pumped storage…?
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Tiree has had a baby boom over the last 5 years…seems the intake in pre-5 is on the up…don't have exact figures…but certainly the school is sustainable - DVLA: one example of what demerging means
This is an article on re- processing…not generation ! FYI the Argyll Array estimated cost is 7.6 billion….thats before a milli amp is generated.And there is Gas plus Englands own wind industrialisation…drive
The fact remains why would the rUK buy from Scotland when they can get it cheaper from across the Channel or their home market….we don't even have the grid to export…who will pay for that…England, naw…dont think so.
- DVLA: one example of what demerging means
Scenario :Scotland gets indy from the rest of the United Kingdom….and then outsources governance services across the border or to the EU….we pay more. DVLA and Currency just small ( LMAO ) examples….lets face it we are joined at the hip…the nationalist dream is built on insecurity and greed for the black stuff….what a burach…
When the oil goes…for whatever reason…Salmond thinks we can export electricity to the UK and EU from our swaths of turbines….why would anyone pay for this when they have secure energy in nuke.The SNP are digging a large black hole that will be populated by quangos and empty promises, and capped by handouts and begging letters….LMAO
- First Minister's call for 'grown up politics' countered by order – from the top
Seems to me that the you have not made any point at all…simply squirmed your way into the political vacous speel that you and your ilk always revert to…Simply correct anything you see as subjective….Politics and politicians … your self included seem to have forgot you work for us…the folks who pay your wages…so earn your coffers and put some meat on the NEWSIE post…… - Helicopter unable to transfer patient from Oban Hospital on Thursday evening
And lets thank all junior doctors in Oban and further afield for working long hours for a pittance of reward…the helicopter crews for acting with continuing professionalism…and Tesco's for their wonderfull prime pork sausages…..Suggest MM reads the following before he blows a gasket.
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Girls have yellow fever too! Stop being egocentric, you chauvinistic weirdos. "Oh my God, Ming Tsai is hot!"
"No, Jet Li is hot!" "You are all wrong. Tony Jaa is the hottest!" |
1. | yellow fever | ||
1. A term usually applied to white males who have a clear sexual preference for women of asian descent, although it can also be used in reference to white females who prefer asian men.
2. An infectuous tropical disease carried by mosquitoes. "Every time we go to the club, Dave goes straight for the asian women. I swear, that dude's got a serious case of yellow fever."
2. | yellow fever | ||
A mental disease that afflicts the Wapanese, the fanboys, and the otaku. Symptoms of this condition are;
(a) A sexual obsession towards females of Asian descent. (b) An obsession towards Asian media and entertainment, primarily anime, hentai, manga, and other Japanese media. (c) A sudden urge to imitate anything from Asia. For instance, learning Japanese and eating sushi just for the sheer sake of trying to be "Asian". (d) Thinking that one knows more about Japan than the Japanese themselves, despite never setting foot in that country or at lest reading about it. |
3. | yellow fever | ||
Sexual obsession felt by a non-asian (Usually white, usually male) towards asians of the opposite gender. Symptoms of yellow fever include stalking, halfhearted attempts to learn Japanese/Mandarin/Cantonese/Korean and whacking off to Sailor Moon video's.
And I should know. Wow, have you seen that Yumi Hasagawa? she's so hot!
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An affliction the webmasters at Urban Dictionary seem to have an acute case of. Reload their front page 10 times, and I bet a different asian girl pops up 9 times. Obsess much, guys? Your yellow fever has infected nearly the entire site
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1) A disease carried by mosquitoes in tropical regions, especially in South America, Africa, and the Caribbean. Symptoms include sudden fever, yellowing of the skin, and hemorrhaging. A very dangerous disease that is quite often fatal. It was the number one cause of death for Americans during the construction of the Panama Canal. Nowadays a yellow fever vaccine is required if you're traveling to said tropical regions, especially during the summer.
2) When a person of non-Asian ethnicity has strong feelings and/or urges of an Asian person of the opposite gender. Usually these urges are sexual, but not always. Wasn't too widely known until the release of Harold and Kumar Go to White Castle. 1) Good God that vaccine hurt! But I guess it's better than dying....
2) Little Billy went to a club in Chinatown and now has a sudden case of yellow fever. |
6. | yellow fever | ||
When a white male has an excessive attraction towards females of the Asian persuasion regardless of how FOBISH or jacked up looking the girl really is; he'll still think she's the most fuckable thing on the planet. Also, they know nothing about the girls culture, can rarely tell the difference between any nationalities, think they all fuck like the girls they see in porn and never heard of Laos until King of The Hill. Fevered: dude, I wanna fuck Trang!
Friend: are you kidding me? She's missing half her teeth and is built like a 12 year old boy! Plus she barely speaks English! man! You've got yellow fever! |
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The best infliction to have ever hit caucasians. Signs of having contracted yellow fever includes extreme attraction and affection towards Asians of the opposite sex. Oh my, have you seen Mimi and Lily? They are both so hot!
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With the signing of Ryan Grant, I assume that either Royster or Helu may be a no go for Sunday.
Trent Williams is not only an average LT, but an injury prone tackle. Has been since he was drafted.
With the signing of Ryan Grant, I assume that either Royster or Helu may be a no go for Sunday.
Trent Williams is not only an average LT, but an injury prone tackle. Has been since he was drafted.
Don't agree with this at all. Williams is a very, very good left tackle and getting better all the time. I don't know about injury-prone. He was healthy last year. Can't count a positive drug test as an injury. The offensive line without Williams is a shambles. I like him and the Redskins need him badly.
Updated injuries. Trent Williams did not practice (knee) nor did Cedric Griffin (hamstring). Pierre Garcon, Brandon Merriweather, and Evan Royster were limited.
I Doubt our latest free agent bust will play sunday.according to another website,he stated he was just" a little bit better" and he said he"heals slowly".
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Ranking Eagle fans that high is similar to putting possums or weasels at the top of the food chain. It makes no sense, because while they serve a purpose -- being the majority of road-kill, along with the skunk, they also take care of the above water bottom feeding, so to say. They are nasty to confront but cowards at heart and will usually hide or play dead when challenged
Man, Pierre Garcon needs to invest in a hyperbaric chamber so he can heal faster. When i saw the play where he got injuried never in a million years would have said he would have missed 2 games much less 3.
As far as Trent williams is concerned, without him we are doomed. He is well above average for a LT and there is a significant dropoff when he is not in there. I think he has definitely had injury concerns through his short career so i hope this is not significant. Otherwise we have no chance.
He missed two games to injury his rookie year and two games to injury his sophomore season. He might miss a game on Sunday, but we don't know it yet. I don't see that as injury-prone. Jammal Brown -- that's injury-prone. Also, Trent is generally fantastic when he's in there. I thought he was pretty good, but inconsistent until about October of last year, when he really started kicking ass. He was great in training camp and I think he's been good so far. Anyone who doesn't like the Redskins offensive line now should get a look at what it'll be like without Williams. Ugh.


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I agree, Stephanie! I am on vacation from now until February 8th. I'm just trying to figure out how to get my hands on a copy so I can snuggle up with it sometime during the next couple weeks.
"Tomorrow's not promised to any of us."--Kirby Puckett (1960-2006)Holly
I hate to read reviews...everyone gets different things out of a book and it isn't always what I do.
Lynda/LighthouseLadyEast Coast of Central FL
Furthermore, I have yet to read a Catherine Anderson novel that was less than at least four stars! This rating seems suspect to me.
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If after reading the book you disagree with her rating, by all means write and let her know. I'd like to do it this minute, but in order to establish credibility I think I should read the book before I blast the reviewer's ears off.
We will find out for ourselves when read the book and write our own reviews.
I am probably the worst critic when it comes to writing because it was Catherines books that made me fall in love with historical romance.Catherine we will prove them wrong when we read the book i am sure of that.
MichelleWales (UK)
I think what happens in romance is that there are trends that follow changes in society and its readers over time. Meaning, the style of romance has changed over the decades, not to mention the trends that cycle. Of course, the plot and conventions are underlying, but certain stylistic and thematic influences all converge---influencing what we as readers desire in a great read, whether we realize it or not. This, unfortunately, can influence negative ratings of new books by our favorite authors.
Catherine's heroines are normally wounded in a major way---often emotionally and/or physically challenged. I think she has done a wondrous job in showing that all people, not just the perfect, are worthy of love and living a full, rich life. This sentiment has resonated with thousands of readers, and has made for great rewarding hours of inspirational reading for all of us.
Having said that, I personally would like to see more heros in need of help----like Rafe, for example. I feel that there are many men out there who are carrying around emotional and physical scars and that suffering isn't limited to females. I feel that true romance is when two people come together and complement each other in the right ways. The love and support of a strong woman has shaped many successful men and continues to do so each and everyday. It's not only the women who need rescued.
I suppose this may debunk traditional romance writing rules, and is not conventional. But I, for one, would like to see more flawed heros find courage to find themselves again after adverse situations. Look around in the media----what if love could have made a difference in many tragic stories---even extreme cases like Mark Madoff for one, who comes to mind.....and as much as this may be controversial, even Jared Loughner. I saw a clip of him playing the sax in his high school band. He looked and performed well....what happened to him? Where did he go awry? I guess what I'm saying is that what if someone could have reached them? Could have real love saved them? Sometimes life circumstances are what they are and nothing can save anyone. And my examples are extreme. Could be that mental illness played a bigger role...or possibly abuse? In both of those extreme cases, abuse probably overrode the chance for love. What a shame. I'm just giving some food for thought in that the power of love can potentially save men, not just women.
Personally, I like any Catherine Anderson romance and when I need that certain fix I reach to my bookshelf and take a much needed pause from the pressures of life and its struggles with one of her beloved titles. Very few write like Catherine can.
I picked up my Kindle to start something else, and nothing looked good...I hate it when I finish a really good book and don't want to start another one.
I had read Susan Elizabeth Phillips new one before this (and she was in FL this past Sunday and Tim & I spend the whole day with her..picked her up at her hotel, took her to lunch with a group of her fans, made a stop at Ron Jon's Surf Shop, the to the book store for the signing and took her to the airport...the whole time Tim was a nervous reck!)....anyways, 2 great books in a rowm now I'm spoiled!
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