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Warfarin was first discovered during the Great Depression when dairy cattle on a Wisconsin farm suffered excessive bleeding from consuming spoiled sweet red clover hay, which was later found to contain a warfarin-like compound that inhibits blood clotting...
...founding instructors of the Freshman Outdoor Program. I went to the Putney School in Vermont for high school. It’s on a farm. There were mandatory camping trips and it was really focused on the outdoor experience. As a kid from southern California, I learned a lot of wilderness skills. Not that much that happened with the Putney School or FOP is directly related to “Lost,” since they didn’t have much to do with smoke monsters. However, it somehow fed into the whole creative process...
...goal of the registry, which would list crimes against both pets and farm animals, is to make it easier for shelters and animal-adoption groups to identify people who shouldn't be allowed access to animals. It would also be a boon to law enforcement because animal abuse, the bill's authors' say, often escalates to violence against people. Abuses covered in the bill would include the malicious and intentional maiming, mutilation, torture, wounding or killing of a living animal. It would also target pet hoarders and operators of animal-fighting rings (such as dog-baiting and cockfighting) who have...
...direction of this bill, which is ultimately, How do we in essence prevent repeat offenses when it comes to cruelty to animals in the state of California?" It is an issue that, Florez says, Californians care for deeply. About 60% of California residents own pets, he says; add in farm animals, and 80% of the population has some kind of ownership of animals. (See pictures of people raising goats in Oakland, Calif...
...island of Saint Martin and in Los Angeles, before being drawn to Bali by what Pika calls its "mix of amazing culture and international amenities" (plus, she says, "We don't like cold weather"). At Sardine, chef Frédéric Pougault uses produce from the Chevillots' organic farm in the Munduk Valley and builds the menu around local seafood. Chevillot claims descent from four generations of traditional Burgundy cooks, but Sardine's "cuisine du soleil" is kept delectably light, judging by the likes of scallops on beds of kiwi and kudzu, and grouper in a ginger-soy reduction...