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11, 2010 To the Editor: I’ve been involved in beef safety research since college, and I don’t recognize the industry you’ve depicted in recent articles. But the people who raise and package beef share a commitment to aggressively finding and applying safety solutions that keep them out of our food.

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billion a year between 1997 and 2005, totaling nearly $35 billion, according to researchers at the Global Development and Environment Institute at Tufts University. It’s time that our tax dollars no longer finance the inhumane conditions—for workers and animals and the climate—of factory farms. But one consequence that Mr.

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Well-planned vegan diets are healthful for pregnant mothers and their infants, as well as for older children, according to a large body of scientific research. I’ve raised a vegan child since conception. He was starved to death by parents who did not give him breast milk, soy-based infant formula or enough food of any kind.

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National Audubon Society Birds of North America: A Guide Review

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The new series was masterminded by Chanticleer founder Paul Steiner, who was lauded on his death 19 years later for his “brilliant idea of creating bird guides with photographs” and organizing them visually. I am particularly happy to see that the bird communication section includes recent research on singing female birds.

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What is the National Bird of Honduras?

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It was decreed a national symbol of Honduras on 28 June 1993 by the National Congress of Honduras as a way to raise awareness of the varied avifauna of Honduras. Cats Are Still Public Enemy Number One, For Birds The New York Times and Tweety have it absolutely correct. Wicked, right? Hat-tip to Stella.

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Animals Have Personalities? No WAY!

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While other people might trade barbs or even turn to fisticuffs, I'd dig deep for the most hurtful thing I could say, in the fewest words, and deliver it without even raising my voice. It comes from a desire to not waste time. It's very, very easy for me to use language as a weapon; I've done that my whole life. We're sentient.

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314 U.S. Bird Species Threatened — Many with Extinction — by Global Warming

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You can read more about the study at The New York Times and the Los Angeles Times , among others. Three papers coming out of the study are in peer review, and the research continues, with citizen science opportunities and additional data partnerships anticipated in the near future.

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