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12/9/06
Will San Diego ban foie gras?
The calls for a foie gras ban mirrors similar action in other US cities and states. In 2004 California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger signed a bill that would end the forcefeeding of poultry to produce the highly-valued livers by 2012. It will also ban the sale of foie gras produced by force-feeding. In New York last month a coalition of animal welfare groups filed a lawsuit calling for the sale and production of foie gras to be outlawed. Chicago recently banned the sale of foie gras, with any restaurants caught serving the delicacy risking fines of up to 500 dollars.

12/9/06
Cocktail robots mix mojitos
Wired to a row of bottles from which he mixes his drinks, Chapok is linked to a computer that provides him with a bar-room repartee not strong on subtlety.

12/9/06
Dining in the dark
The idea of eating dinner in utter blackness may strike many as odd, if not downright unpleasant. But the concept has already proven popular among Europeans in cities such as Berlin, Paris, Hamburg and Zurich....

12/8/06
Ceramic knives
Because of its extreme hardness, the edge of a ceramic blade doesn’t wear away, so it stays sharp much longer than a steel blade does. It is also stainproof, rustproof and lighter than steel. But hardness is not the same as strength....

12/8/06
Grapevine killer found in Northwest
A disease that is killing vineyards in Europe has been detected at an [British Columbia] vineyard....

12/8/06
Mice drive wine sales
Sales of red wines in food, drug and liquor stores surged in the four weeks ending Nov. 18, following extensive media coverage of a study that found resveratrol, a substance found in red wine, extended the life and improved the health of middle-aged, overweight mice.

12/8/06
The Taco Bell (rap)scallions
They’ve come from a farm in Southern California....

 

Farm and Garden

12/21/06
Why does the government stack the deck against the family farm?
The very policies touted by Congress as a way to save small family farms are instead helping to accelerate their demise. That’s because owners of large farms receive the largest share of government subsidies. They often use the money to acquire more land, pushing aside small and medium-size farms as well as young farmers starting out.

12/9/06
Will San Diego ban foie gras?
The calls for a foie gras ban mirrors similar action in other US cities and states. In 2004 California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger signed a bill that would end the forcefeeding of poultry to produce the highly-valued livers by 2012. It will also ban the sale of foie gras produced by force-feeding. In New York last month a coalition of animal welfare groups filed a lawsuit calling for the sale and production of foie gras to be outlawed. Chicago recently banned the sale of foie gras, with any restaurants caught serving the delicacy risking fines of up to 500 dollars.

12/8/06
The Taco Bell (rap)scallions
They’ve come from a farm in Southern California....

 

Science and Health

12/9/06
Will San Diego ban foie gras?
The calls for a foie gras ban mirrors similar action in other US cities and states. In 2004 California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger signed a bill that would end the forcefeeding of poultry to produce the highly-valued livers by 2012. It will also ban the sale of foie gras produced by force-feeding. In New York last month a coalition of animal welfare groups filed a lawsuit calling for the sale and production of foie gras to be outlawed. Chicago recently banned the sale of foie gras, with any restaurants caught serving the delicacy risking fines of up to 500 dollars.

12/9/06
Cocktail robots mix mojitos
Wired to a row of bottles from which he mixes his drinks, Chapok is linked to a computer that provides him with a bar-room repartee not strong on subtlety.

12/8/06
Mice drive wine sales
Sales of red wines in food, drug and liquor stores surged in the four weeks ending Nov. 18, following extensive media coverage of a study that found resveratrol, a substance found in red wine, extended the life and improved the health of middle-aged, overweight mice.

12/8/06
The Taco Bell (rap)scallions
They’ve come from a farm in Southern California....

 

Southern Oregon

12/9/06
Polluting woodstoves targeted
Cities mandating woodstove advisories and implementing ordinances requiring non-certified woodstove be replaced include Central Point, Medford, Jacksonville, Phoenix, Talent and Ashland.

12/9/06
Senator Smith calls Bush war policy possibly ’criminal’
I, for one, am at the end of my rope when it comes to supporting a policy that has our soldiers patrolling the same streets in the same way being blown up by the same bombs day after day," said Smith. "That is absurd. It may even be criminal. I cannot support that anymore.

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