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Solid Air: Invisible Killer Saving Billions of Birds From Windows–A Book Review

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My surprise at reading such a detailed account (I don’t have Klem’s dissertation in front of me, but I’m imagining this is a more personal retelling) was tempered by the thought that Klem wasn’t describing any old research, this was the FIRST research project investigating why birds fly into glass.

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From Today's New York Times

Animal Ethics

It, too, traced, with a great deal of investigative reporting, the journey fat trimmings take through the meatpacking industry. The United States Department of Agriculture has been broken for a long time, and it is clear that it cannot protect the American public from illness and death from contaminated meat products.

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Draai Laag Brewing Company: Haviken

10,000 Birds

Without a doubt, Haviken’s assertive and somewhat unfamiliar flavors amount to a demanding but very rewarding beer that’s worth investigating if you come across it. For the sixth straight year , Revolution Brewing of Chicago released its Penguin Hops beer in collaboration with that city’s Shedd Aquarium.

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