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Does Eight Belles reflect a deeper problem with humanity?

Posted on January 17, 2012 by admin| 2 Comments

Eight Belles was bred for entertainment – for human desires. Many of us were taught as children that animals were placed here for us, to do with what we please, for our pleasures and desires..for entertainment, for food, for clothing, for medical research. Therein lies the disconnect from the reality of our choices, and we rationalize this disconnect with our feelings of superiority and we soothe our conscience by pretending that the animals we kill and abuse by supporting these practices either don’t know what is happening or are treated “well.” Or we use excuses like: it is nature, it is tradition, it is the way our ancestors did it, it provides jobs, it preserves the species, we need animal products to live, it is just easier to follow the status quo..all these excuses are riddled with fault and personal agenda. Think about this carefully before defending such excuses.
Video suggestions. Earthlings (isawearthlings.com), Peaceable Kingdom and The Witness(tribeofheart.org)

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How do I put my life (back) together?

Posted on December 29, 2011 by admin| 2 Comments

So I’ve made some decisions during the course of my life that have, at the time, seemed like good survival choices, but in the long run have turned out to have negative effects on people I love–my husband, my children, my mother. I’ve never been a drug addict or anything that extreme. But I’ve made choices for my life that have led to things now that are affecting people I love negatively. I can’t undo the past–go back and suddenly be good at math so that I would be more confident about going to college, not let myself be bullied or manipulated into choosing not to go to school or be independent, and so forth. And now my family is suffering alot of financial problems that could be averted if I only had just gone to school years ago and just gotten a stupid degree in something that would support us all. I can’t always buy for my kids things they want or need. We have to do without alot of stuff other people take for granted. Small glitches in our life turn out to be huge, distatrous kinds of events (or at least people react that way to them), and we just can’t seem to get out of the hole. If only I’d just gotten a degree in something I could make it better and support my family through this hard time. Instead, all I have are house cleaning skills and the ability to bake good cookies. I can’t figure out how to get what we need to survive and to correct the mistakes I have made in life. I don’t know where to start or how to find my own special niche in life so that I can not just exist or survive, but thrive and help my husband kids to do the same. I don’t even know exactly what I’m asking here.

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.Food Choices Rediscovering Preserves

Posted on July 19, 2011 by admin| Leave a comment

Keep The Summer Flavor Year Round Preserving food is a great way to extend the bounty of the growing season. Imagine — it only takes one night of getting together with friends or neighbors who also want to preserve the summer berries to end up with jars that can replace a year’s worth of store bought jellies and jams. All it takes is someone having the knowledge of the procedures and safety rules to follow. The ladies in this video speak of the joys of teaching this time honored skill to others. Canning and preserving is not just a quaint hobby anymore, it is an important step in being able to keep more local produce in your pantry year round. Once you know how to do it, you can teach others. We can all be bartering skills and a few jars of preserves while we’re at it! –Bibi Farber Imagine — it only takes one night of getting together with friends or neighbors who also want to preserve the summer berries to end up with many jars that can replace a year’s worth of store bought jellies and jams. The ladies in this video speak of the joys of teaching this time honored skill to others. Preserving is not just a quaint hobby anymore, it is an important step in being able to keep more local produce in your pantry year round– like those summer berries! uploaded from Next World TV Common Sense Solutions – Starting Now FULL CREDITS ARE ATTRIBUTED TO THE ORIGINAL CREATERS AND/OR UP-LOADER/S OF THIS VIDEO. THANK YOU
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Is Purina One Large Breed Puppy Food ok?

Posted on May 4, 2010 by admin| 17 Comments

I have a French Mastiff puppy and I am currently feeding him Science Diet, Large Breed Puppy food but I was thinking about switching to Purina. There are so many things out there about what not to feed and what to feed in terms of ingriedients and I thought the ingredients in Purina seemed ok. I was wanting to switch mainly because of cost but I don’t want to feed him a food that isn;t good so I am ok keeping him on Science Diet or going to another alternative if there are better choices out there.

Ingredients in Purina:
Chicken (natural source of glucosamine), brewers rice, corn gluten meal, poultry by-product meal (natural source of glucosamine), whole grain wheat, whole grain corn, animal fat preserved with mixed-tocopherols (form of Vitamin E), pea fiber, fish meal, animal digest, dried egg product, fish oil (source of DHA), salt, calcium carbonate, potassium chloride, potassium citrate, calcium phosphate, choline chloride, zinc sulfate, L-Lysine monohydrochloride, ferrous sulfate, Vitamin E supplement, manganese sulfate, niacin, Vitamin A supplement, copper sulfate, calcium pantothenate, garlic oil, pyridoxine hydrochloride, Vitamin B-12 supplement, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin supplement, calcium iodate, Vitamin D-3 supplement, menadione sodium bisulfite complex (source of Vitamin K activity), folic acid, biotin, sodium selenite

Ingriedients in Science Diet:

Ground Whole Grain Corn, Chicken By-Product Meal, Corn Gluten Meal, Liver Flavor, Dried Beet Pulp, Flaxseed, Dried Egg Product, Soybean Oil, Animal Fat (preserved with mixed tocopherols and citric acid), Fish Oil, Potassium Citrate, Iodized Salt, DL-Methionine, Choline Chloride, Natural Flavor, Dicalcium Phosphate, L-Lysine, Calcium Carbonate, vitamins (L-ascorbyl-2-polyphosphate (source of vitamin C), Vitamin E Supplement, Niacin, Thiamine Mononitrate, Vitamin A Supplement, Calcium Pantothenate, Biotin, Vitamin B12 Supplement, Pyridoxine Hydrochloride, Riboflavin, Folic Acid, Vitamin D3 Supplement), Vitamin E Supplement, minerals (Manganese Sulfate, Ferrous Sulfate, Zinc Oxide, Copper Sulfate, Calcium Iodate, Sodium Selenite), L-Tryptophan, preserved with Mixed Tocopherols and Citric Acid, L-Carnitine, Beta-Carotene, Rosemary Extract

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Is Purina One Large Breed Puppy Food ok?

Posted on May 4, 2010 by admin| 4 Comments

I have a French Mastiff puppy and I am currently feeding him Science Diet, Large Breed Puppy food but I was thinking about switching to Purina. There are so many things out there about what not to feed and what to feed in terms of ingriedients and I thought the ingredients in Purina seemed ok. I was wanting to switch mainly because of cost but I don’t want to feed him a food that isn;t good so I am ok keeping him on Science Diet or going to another alternative if there are better choices out there.

Ingredients in Purina:
Chicken (natural source of glucosamine), brewers rice, corn gluten meal, poultry by-product meal (natural source of glucosamine), whole grain wheat, whole grain corn, animal fat preserved with mixed-tocopherols (form of Vitamin E), pea fiber, fish meal, animal digest, dried egg product, fish oil (source of DHA), salt, calcium carbonate, potassium chloride, potassium citrate, calcium phosphate, choline chloride, zinc sulfate, L-Lysine monohydrochloride, ferrous sulfate, Vitamin E supplement, manganese sulfate, niacin, Vitamin A supplement, copper sulfate, calcium pantothenate, garlic oil, pyridoxine hydrochloride, Vitamin B-12 supplement, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin supplement, calcium iodate, Vitamin D-3 supplement, menadione sodium bisulfite complex (source of Vitamin K activity), folic acid, biotin, sodium selenite

Ingriedients in Science Diet:

Ground Whole Grain Corn, Chicken By-Product Meal, Corn Gluten Meal, Liver Flavor, Dried Beet Pulp, Flaxseed, Dried Egg Product, Soybean Oil, Animal Fat (preserved with mixed tocopherols and citric acid), Fish Oil, Potassium Citrate, Iodized Salt, DL-Methionine, Choline Chloride, Natural Flavor, Dicalcium Phosphate, L-Lysine, Calcium Carbonate, vitamins (L-ascorbyl-2-polyphosphate (source of vitamin C), Vitamin E Supplement, Niacin, Thiamine Mononitrate, Vitamin A Supplement, Calcium Pantothenate, Biotin, Vitamin B12 Supplement, Pyridoxine Hydrochloride, Riboflavin, Folic Acid, Vitamin D3 Supplement), Vitamin E Supplement, minerals (Manganese Sulfate, Ferrous Sulfate, Zinc Oxide, Copper Sulfate, Calcium Iodate, Sodium Selenite), L-Tryptophan, preserved with Mixed Tocopherols and Citric Acid, L-Carnitine, Beta-Carotene, Rosemary Extract

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