tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-69033920723578740222024-03-13T19:34:30.121-07:00A Wild ChangeJesse Heartshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17914563383823104130noreply@blogger.comBlogger45125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6903392072357874022.post-38669546015126188262009-06-30T07:28:00.000-07:002009-06-30T07:29:28.681-07:00Pretty sweet video!<object width="400" height="320"><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><param name="movie" value="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=5339265&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=&fullscreen=1"><embed src="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=5339265&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=&fullscreen=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" width="400" height="320"></embed></object><p><a href="http://vimeo.com/5339265">BABOU Night Life</a> from <a href="http://vimeo.com/user1545825">SOFARIDA</a> on <a href="http://vimeo.com">Vimeo</a>.</p>Jesse Heartshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17914563383823104130noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6903392072357874022.post-87624239370734476442009-01-08T07:18:00.000-08:002009-01-08T07:31:36.759-08:00#5<a href="http://s23.photobucket.com/albums/b357/j_duncan/?action=view&current=moto_0043.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b357/j_duncan/moto_0043.jpg" alt="Sure and Koma" border="0" /></a><br /><br />SURE and KOMA<br /><br /><a href="http://s23.photobucket.com/albums/b357/j_duncan/?action=view&current=moto_0030.jpg" target="_blank"><img style="width: 716px; height: 640px;" src="http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b357/j_duncan/moto_0030.jpg" alt="Obces" border="0" /></a><br /><br />OBCES<br /><br />Krux "Feelin' It"<br /><embed id="VideoPlayback" src="http://video.google.com/googleplayer.swf?docid=168094242748755101&hl=en&fs=true" style="width: 400px; height: 326px;" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"></embed><br /><br /><div style="width: 300px;"><object width="300" height="110"><param name="movie" value="http://media.imeem.com/m/z84xqf17PF/aus=false/"><param name="wmode" value="transparent"><embed src="http://media.imeem.com/m/z84xqf17PF/aus=false/" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="300" height="110"></embed></object><div style="padding: 1px; background-color: rgb(230, 230, 230);"><div style="padding: 4px 4px 0pt 0pt; float: left;"><a href="http://www.imeem.com/"><img src="http://www.imeem.com/embedsearch/E6E6E6/" border="0" /></a></div><form method="post" action="http://www.imeem.com/embedsearch/" style="margin: 0pt; padding: 0pt;"><input name="EmbedSearchBox" type="text"><input value="Search" style="font-size: 12px;" type="submit"><div style="padding-top: 3px;"><a href="http://ads.imeem.com/ads/banneradclick.ashx?ep=0&ek=z84xqf17PF"><img src="http://ads.imeem.com/ads/bannerad/152/10/" border="0" /></a><a href="http://ads.imeem.com/ads/banneradclick.ashx?ep=1&ek=z84xqf17PF"><img src="http://ads.imeem.com/ads/bannerad/153/10/" border="0" /></a><a href="http://ads.imeem.com/ads/banneradclick.ashx?ep=2&ek=z84xqf17PF"><img src="http://ads.imeem.com/ads/bannerad/154/10/" border="0" /></a><a href="http://ads.imeem.com/ads/banneradclick.ashx?ep=3&ek=z84xqf17PF"><img src="http://ads.imeem.com/ads/bannerad/155/10/z84xqf17PF/" border="0" /></a></div></form></div></div><br /><a href="http://www.imeem.com/lilwayne/music/Sgnoo1YG/lil_wayne_feel_like_dying/">Feel Like Dying - Lil Wayne</a>Jesse Heartshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17914563383823104130noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6903392072357874022.post-21685203974148719122009-01-07T10:49:00.000-08:002009-01-07T10:54:22.083-08:00#4<a href="http://s23.photobucket.com/albums/b357/j_duncan/?action=view&current=moto_0040.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b357/j_duncan/moto_0040.jpg" border="0" alt="Endrok" /></a><br /><br />ENDROK<br /><br /><a href="http://s23.photobucket.com/albums/b357/j_duncan/?action=view&current=moto_0042.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b357/j_duncan/moto_0042.jpg" border="0" alt="Wink/Big5" /></a><br /><br />WINK and BIG 5<br /><br />Cliche "Hello JoJo"<br /><embed id="VideoPlayback" src="http://video.google.com/googleplayer.swf?docid=8361381611502375551&hl=en&fs=true" style="width:400px;height:326px" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"></embed> <br /><br /><div style="width:300px;"><object width="300" height="110"><param name="movie" value="http://media.imeem.com/m/JanGcVaWhi/aus=false/"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://media.imeem.com/m/JanGcVaWhi/aus=false/" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="300" height="110" wmode="transparent"></embed></object><div style="background-color:#E6E6E6;padding:1px;"><div style="float:left;padding:4px 4px 0 0;"><a href="http://www.imeem.com/"><img src="http://www.imeem.com/embedsearch/E6E6E6/" border="0" /></a></div><form method="post" action="http://www.imeem.com/embedsearch/" style="margin:0;padding:0;"><input type="text" name="EmbedSearchBox"><input type="submit" value="Search" style="font-size:12px;"><div style="padding-top:3px;"><a href="http://ads.imeem.com/ads/banneradclick.ashx?ep=0&ek=JanGcVaWhi"><img src="http://ads.imeem.com/ads/bannerad/152/10/" border="0" /></a><a href="http://ads.imeem.com/ads/banneradclick.ashx?ep=1&ek=JanGcVaWhi"><img src="http://ads.imeem.com/ads/bannerad/153/10/" border="0" /></a><a href="http://ads.imeem.com/ads/banneradclick.ashx?ep=2&ek=JanGcVaWhi"><img src="http://ads.imeem.com/ads/bannerad/154/10/" border="0" /></a><a href="http://ads.imeem.com/ads/banneradclick.ashx?ep=3&ek=JanGcVaWhi"><img src="http://ads.imeem.com/ads/bannerad/155/10/JanGcVaWhi/" border="0" /></a></div></form></div></div><br/><a href="http://www.imeem.com/ruffy/music/fY-gKtgl/freedom_call_warriors/">Warriors - Freedom Call</a>Jesse Heartshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17914563383823104130noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6903392072357874022.post-16748753633362568862009-01-07T10:38:00.000-08:002009-01-07T10:49:24.945-08:00#3<a href="http://s23.photobucket.com/albums/b357/j_duncan/?action=view&current=newbench038.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b357/j_duncan/newbench038.jpg" alt="repae" border="0" /></a><br /><br />REPAE<br /><br /><a href="http://s23.photobucket.com/albums/b357/j_duncan/?action=view&current=newbench012.jpg" target="_blank"><img style="width: 690px; height: 536px;" src="http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b357/j_duncan/newbench012.jpg" alt="slut" border="0" /></a><br /><br />SLUT<br /><br />Cliche "Freedom Fries"<br /><embed id="VideoPlayback" src="http://video.google.com/googleplayer.swf?docid=385514115793845203&hl=en&fs=true" style="width: 400px; height: 326px;" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"></embed><br /><br /><div style="width: 300px;"><object width="300" height="110"><param name="movie" value="http://media.imeem.com/m/jl797hb0ox/aus=false/"><param name="wmode" value="transparent"><embed src="http://media.imeem.com/m/jl797hb0ox/aus=false/" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="300" height="110"></embed></object><div style="padding: 1px; background-color: rgb(230, 230, 230);"><div style="padding: 4px 4px 0pt 0pt; float: left;"><a href="http://www.imeem.com/"><img src="http://www.imeem.com/embedsearch/E6E6E6/" border="0" /></a></div><form method="post" action="http://www.imeem.com/embedsearch/" style="margin: 0pt; padding: 0pt;"><input name="EmbedSearchBox" type="text"><input value="Search" style="font-size: 12px;" type="submit"><div style="padding-top: 3px;"><a href="http://ads.imeem.com/ads/banneradclick.ashx?ep=0&ek=jl797hb0ox"><img src="http://ads.imeem.com/ads/bannerad/152/10/" border="0" /></a><a href="http://ads.imeem.com/ads/banneradclick.ashx?ep=1&ek=jl797hb0ox"><img src="http://ads.imeem.com/ads/bannerad/153/10/" border="0" /></a><a href="http://ads.imeem.com/ads/banneradclick.ashx?ep=2&ek=jl797hb0ox"><img src="http://ads.imeem.com/ads/bannerad/154/10/" border="0" /></a><a href="http://ads.imeem.com/ads/banneradclick.ashx?ep=3&ek=jl797hb0ox"><img src="http://ads.imeem.com/ads/bannerad/155/10/jl797hb0ox/" border="0" /></a></div></form></div></div><br /><a href="http://www.imeem.com/people/xJaYEoB/music/z0Re_J9D/norfolk_western_atget_waltz/">Atget Waltz - Norfolk & Western</a>Jesse Heartshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17914563383823104130noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6903392072357874022.post-62187185315610641032009-01-05T11:27:00.000-08:002009-01-05T11:44:46.926-08:00#2<a href="http://s23.photobucket.com/albums/b357/j_duncan/?action=view&current=moto_0021.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b357/j_duncan/moto_0021.jpg" border="0" alt="faces" /></a><br /><br />???<br /><br /><a href="http://s23.photobucket.com/albums/b357/j_duncan/?action=view&current=moto_0023.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b357/j_duncan/moto_0023.jpg" border="0" alt="webs" /></a><br /><br />WEBS<br /><br />Habitat "Regal Road"<br /><embed id="VideoPlayback" src="http://video.google.com/googleplayer.swf?docid=903680931147650341&hl=en&fs=true" style="width:400px;height:326px" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"></embed> <br /><br /><br /><div style="width:300px;"><object width="300" height="110"><param name="movie" value="http://media.imeem.com/m/YkPNVM2_5B/aus=false/"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://media.imeem.com/m/YkPNVM2_5B/aus=false/" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="300" height="110" wmode="transparent"></embed></object><div style="background-color:#E6E6E6;padding:1px;"><div style="float:left;padding:4px 4px 0 0;"><a href="http://www.imeem.com/"><img src="http://www.imeem.com/embedsearch/E6E6E6/" border="0" /></a></div><form method="post" action="http://www.imeem.com/embedsearch/" style="margin:0;padding:0;"><input type="text" name="EmbedSearchBox"><input type="submit" value="Search" style="font-size:12px;"><div style="padding-top:3px;"><a href="http://ads.imeem.com/ads/banneradclick.ashx?ep=0&ek=YkPNVM2_5B"><img src="http://ads.imeem.com/ads/bannerad/152/10/" border="0" /></a><a href="http://ads.imeem.com/ads/banneradclick.ashx?ep=1&ek=YkPNVM2_5B"><img src="http://ads.imeem.com/ads/bannerad/153/10/" border="0" /></a><a href="http://ads.imeem.com/ads/banneradclick.ashx?ep=2&ek=YkPNVM2_5B"><img src="http://ads.imeem.com/ads/bannerad/154/10/" border="0" /></a><a href="http://ads.imeem.com/ads/banneradclick.ashx?ep=3&ek=YkPNVM2_5B"><img src="http://ads.imeem.com/ads/bannerad/155/10/YkPNVM2_5B/" border="0" /></a></div></form></div></div><br/><a href="http://www.imeem.com/people/RjzDX61/music/B4BlHr1h/american_steel_shrapnel/">Shrapnel - American Steel</a>Jesse Heartshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17914563383823104130noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6903392072357874022.post-19922440933868661702009-01-04T09:34:00.000-08:002009-01-04T09:44:07.572-08:002009 #1<a href="http://s23.photobucket.com/albums/b357/j_duncan/?action=view&current=moto_0069.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b357/j_duncan/moto_0069.jpg" border="0" alt="sym" /></a><br /><br />SYM<br /><br /><a href="http://s23.photobucket.com/albums/b357/j_duncan/?action=view&current=moto_0068.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b357/j_duncan/moto_0068.jpg" border="0" alt="Ridle" /></a><br /><br />RIDLE<br /><br />Vans "Pleased To Meet You" Skateboard Tour<br /><embed id="VideoPlayback" src="http://video.google.com/googleplayer.swf?docid=-6998833660549958505&hl=en&fs=true" style="width:400px;height:326px" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"></embed> <br /><br /><br /><br /><div style="width:300px;"><object width="300" height="110"><param name="movie" value="http://media.imeem.com/m/V_hmaYbURa/aus=false/"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://media.imeem.com/m/V_hmaYbURa/aus=false/" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="300" height="110" wmode="transparent"></embed></object><div style="background-color:#E6E6E6;padding:1px;"><div style="float:left;padding:4px 4px 0 0;"><a href="http://www.imeem.com/"><img src="http://www.imeem.com/embedsearch/E6E6E6/" border="0" /></a></div><form method="post" action="http://www.imeem.com/embedsearch/" style="margin:0;padding:0;"><input type="text" name="EmbedSearchBox"><input type="submit" value="Search" style="font-size:12px;"><div style="padding-top:3px;"><a href="http://ads.imeem.com/ads/banneradclick.ashx?ep=0&ek=V_hmaYbURa"><img src="http://ads.imeem.com/ads/bannerad/152/10/" border="0" /></a><a href="http://ads.imeem.com/ads/banneradclick.ashx?ep=1&ek=V_hmaYbURa"><img src="http://ads.imeem.com/ads/bannerad/153/10/" border="0" /></a><a href="http://ads.imeem.com/ads/banneradclick.ashx?ep=2&ek=V_hmaYbURa"><img src="http://ads.imeem.com/ads/bannerad/154/10/" border="0" /></a><a href="http://ads.imeem.com/ads/banneradclick.ashx?ep=3&ek=V_hmaYbURa"><img src="http://ads.imeem.com/ads/bannerad/155/10/V_hmaYbURa/" border="0" /></a></div></form></div></div><br/><a href="http://www.imeem.com/30music/music/cvPZP9lr/land_of_talk_corner_phone/">Corner Phone - Land Of Talk</a>Jesse Heartshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17914563383823104130noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6903392072357874022.post-54648015528493627012009-01-03T10:35:00.000-08:002009-01-03T11:23:22.320-08:00Want some music to go with that list?I couldn't find a few on imeem, so please go to their myspace or something and check them out!<br /><br /><br /><div style="width:300px;"><object width="300" height="110"><param name="movie" value="http://media.imeem.com/m/EdUJIoZoZi/aus=false/"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://media.imeem.com/m/EdUJIoZoZi/aus=false/" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="300" height="110" wmode="transparent"></embed></object><div style="background-color:#E6E6E6;padding:1px;"><div style="float:left;padding:4px 4px 0 0;"><a href="http://www.imeem.com/"><img src="http://www.imeem.com/embedsearch/E6E6E6/" border="0" /></a></div><form method="post" action="http://www.imeem.com/embedsearch/" style="margin:0;padding:0;"><input type="text" name="EmbedSearchBox"><input type="submit" value="Search" style="font-size:12px;"><div style="padding-top:3px;"><a href="http://ads.imeem.com/ads/banneradclick.ashx?ep=0&ek=EdUJIoZoZi"><img src="http://ads.imeem.com/ads/bannerad/152/10/" border="0" /></a><a href="http://ads.imeem.com/ads/banneradclick.ashx?ep=1&ek=EdUJIoZoZi"><img src="http://ads.imeem.com/ads/bannerad/153/10/" border="0" /></a><a href="http://ads.imeem.com/ads/banneradclick.ashx?ep=2&ek=EdUJIoZoZi"><img src="http://ads.imeem.com/ads/bannerad/154/10/" border="0" /></a><a href="http://ads.imeem.com/ads/banneradclick.ashx?ep=3&ek=EdUJIoZoZi"><img src="http://ads.imeem.com/ads/bannerad/155/10/EdUJIoZoZi/" border="0" /></a></div></form></div></div><br/><a href="http://www.imeem.com/jukeboxmusic8/music/rQgLacAO/the_gaslight_anthem_meet_me_by_the_rivers_edge/">Meet Me By The Rivers Edge - 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Have Heart</a><br /><br /><br /><div style="width:300px;"><object width="300" height="110"><param name="movie" value="http://media.imeem.com/m/I0xjWheTw-/aus=false/"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://media.imeem.com/m/I0xjWheTw-/aus=false/" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="300" height="110" wmode="transparent"></embed></object><div style="background-color:#E6E6E6;padding:1px;"><div style="float:left;padding:4px 4px 0 0;"><a href="http://www.imeem.com/"><img src="http://www.imeem.com/embedsearch/E6E6E6/" border="0" /></a></div><form method="post" action="http://www.imeem.com/embedsearch/" style="margin:0;padding:0;"><input type="text" name="EmbedSearchBox"><input type="submit" value="Search" style="font-size:12px;"><div style="padding-top:3px;"><a href="http://ads.imeem.com/ads/banneradclick.ashx?ep=0&ek=I0xjWheTw-"><img src="http://ads.imeem.com/ads/bannerad/152/10/" border="0" /></a><a href="http://ads.imeem.com/ads/banneradclick.ashx?ep=1&ek=I0xjWheTw-"><img src="http://ads.imeem.com/ads/bannerad/153/10/" border="0" /></a><a href="http://ads.imeem.com/ads/banneradclick.ashx?ep=2&ek=I0xjWheTw-"><img src="http://ads.imeem.com/ads/bannerad/154/10/" border="0" /></a><a href="http://ads.imeem.com/ads/banneradclick.ashx?ep=3&ek=I0xjWheTw-"><img src="http://ads.imeem.com/ads/bannerad/155/10/I0xjWheTw-/" border="0" /></a></div></form></div></div><br/><a href="http://www.imeem.com/rockmusic11/music/yZrDKD_d/verse_unlearn/">Unlearn - 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I haven't posted anything in a really long time. I honestly just didn't really have the time. I think each day I am going to post a couple of graffiti pictures a skate video and a song. That's it. Unless there is a day that I really want to share something else with you all. I might be able to start this today/tonight, but if not, I'll do a post tomorrow.<br /><br />Also, with year-end lists coming in like crazy, I thought I might do a little one.<br />So here's my top albums of 2008 (in no particular order)<br /><br />The Gaslight Anthem "The '59 sound"<br />The Effort "Iconoclasm"<br />Have Heart "Songs to scream at the sun"<br />Verse "Aggression"<br />She & Him "Volume One"<br />Frightened Rabbit "The midnight or..."<br />Defeater "Travels"<br />Carpathian "Isolation"<br />New Found Glory "Tip of the iceberg EP"<br />Flobots "Fight with tools"<br />Dillinger Four "Civil war"<br />Cruel Hand "Prying eyes"<br />Common Market "Tobacco roads"<br />Adele "19"<br />Paint It Black "New Lexicon"Jesse Heartshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17914563383823104130noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6903392072357874022.post-45068153734548450122008-07-16T07:21:00.001-07:002008-07-16T07:21:58.642-07:00This is a great article that a friend sent to me!<span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:130%;"><b><strong><span id="EC_articleSection">This is from the new issue of E magazine...<br /><br />COVER STORY</span></strong></b><strong><br /></strong><b><h1 id="EC_articleHeadline" style="margin-bottom: -2px;">The Meat of the Matter</h1></b><h2 id="EC_articleSubhead" style="font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: -15px;"><b>Our Livestock Industry Creates More Greenhouse Gas than Transportation Does</b></h2><br /><i>By Jim Motavalli</i><br /><br /><table id="EC_imageTable" style="clear: right;" align="right" bordercolor="#111111" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" width="260"><tbody><tr id="EC_imageTable"><td id="EC_imageTable" align="right"><img id="EC_imageTable" src="http://www.emagazine.com/images/upload/1214589666CS_opener.jpg" align="right" border="0" height="185" width="250" /></td></tr><tr><td id="EC_imageOwner" align="right"><span style="font-size:-2;">© Getty Images, E Magazine Graphic</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span id="EC_articleText">Ask most Americans about what causes global warming, and they’ll point to a coal plant smokestack or a car’s tailpipe. They’re right, of course, but perhaps two other images should be granted similarly iconic status: the front and rear ends of a cow. According to a little-known 2006 United Nations report entitled “Livestock’s Long Shadow,” livestock is a major player in climate change, accounting for 18 percent of all greenhouse gas emissions (measured in carbon dioxide equivalents).That’s more than the entire transportation system! Unfortunately, this incredibly important revelation has received only limited attention inthe media.</span><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText">How could methane from cows, goats, sheep and other livestock have such a huge impact? As Chris Goodall points out in his book <i>How to Live a Low-Carbon Life</i>(Earthscan Publications), “Ruminant animals [chewing a cud], such as cows and sheep, produce methane as a result of the digestive process…Dairy cows are particularly important sources of methane because of the volume of food, both grass and processed material, that they eat.”</span></span><br /><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText">According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), the American meat industry produced more than 1.4 billion tons of waste in 1997—five tons for every U.S. citizen and 130 times the volume of human waste. Michael Jacobson, the longtime executive director of the Center for Science in the Public Interest, adds the fact that just one midsized feedlot churns out half a million pounds of manure each day. “The methane that cattle and their manure produce has a global warming effect equal to that of 33 million automobiles,” the Center reports in its book <i>Six Arguments for a Greener Diet</i>.</span></span></span><br /><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText">That’s just one side effect of raising animals for food. It turns outthat nearly every aspect of the huge international meat trade has anenvironmental or health consequence, with global warming at the top ofthe list. If you never thought that eating meat was an environmental(and by extension, political) issue, now is the time to rethink thatposition. </span></span></span></span><br /><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><b>A Really Big Enterprise</b></span></span></span></span></span><br /><br /><table id="EC_imageTable" style="clear: right;" align="right" bordercolor="#111111" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" width="260"><tbody><tr id="EC_imageTable"><td id="EC_imageTable" align="right"><img id="EC_imageTable" src="http://www.emagazine.com/images/upload/1214589863CS_cows.jpg" align="right" border="0" height="165" width="250" /></td></tr></tbody></table><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText">To understand livestock’s impact on the planet, you have to considerthe size of the industry. It is the single largest human-related use ofland. Grazing occupies an incredible 26 percent of the ice- andwater-free surface of the planet Earth. The area devoted to growingcrops to feed those animals amounts to 33 percent of arable land. Meatproduction is a major factor in deforestation as well, and grazing nowoccupies 70 percent of previously forested land in the Amazon region.In Brazil, 60 to 70 percent of rainforest destruction is caused byclearing for animal pasture, one reason why livestock accounts for ninepercent of human-caused carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions. Other sourcesof CO2 include the burning of diesel fuel to operate farm machinery andthe fossil fuels used to keep barns warm during the winter. </span></span></span></span></span></span><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText">And food grown for animals could be feeding people. Raising livestockconsumes 90 percent of the soy crop in the U.S., 80 percent of its cornand 70 percent of its grain. David Pimentel, professor of entomology atCornell, points out that “if all the grain currently fed to livestockin the U.S. was consumed directly by people, the number who could befed is nearly 800 million.” </span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br /><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText">Grazing is itself environmentally destructive. The UN reports that 20 percent of the world’s pastures and rangelands have been at leastsomewhat degraded through overgrazing, soil compaction and erosion. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br /><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText">Methane (a global warming gas 23 times more potent than CO2) comes frommany human sources, but livestock account for an incredible 37 percentof that total. Nitrous oxide is also a very powerful global warming gas(296 times more potent than CO2) and by far the biggest source, 64percent, originates (as does animal-based methane) from manure“off-gassing.” This process of nitrous creation is aggravated byintensive factory farming methods, because manure is a more dangerousemitter when it is concentrated and stored in compacted form.Nitrogen-based fertilizers also emit nitrous oxide. Another byproductof raising livestock is copious amounts of ammonia, which contributesto acid rain and the acidification of ecosystems.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br /><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><b>Unacceptable Risks</b></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br /><br /><table id="EC_imageTable" style="clear: right;" align="right" bordercolor="#111111" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" width="240"><tbody><tr id="EC_imageTable"><td id="EC_imageTable" align="right"><img id="EC_imageTable" src="http://www.emagazine.com/images/upload/1214590519CS_montage_flat.jpg" align="right" border="0" height="230" width="230" /></td></tr><tr><td id="EC_imageOwner" align="right"><span style="font-size:-2;">© Getty Images, E Magazine Graphic</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText">Theenvironmental consequences of meat-based diets extend far beyond theirimpact on climate change. According to the UN report, producing theworldwide meat supply also consumes a large share of natural resourcesand contributes to a variety of pressing problems. Livestock productionconsumes eight percent of the world’s water (mainly to irrigate animalfeed); causes 55 percent of land erosion and sediment; uses 37 percentof all pesticides; directly or indirectly results in 50 percent of allantibiotic use; and dumps a third of all nitrogen and phosphorous intoour fresh water supplies.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText">Astudy by the Pew Commission on Industrial Farm Animal Production(IFAP), released last April, called the human health and environmentalrisks associated with the meat industry “unacceptable.” One of theirmajor recommendations was to “implement a new system to deal with farmwaste to replace the inflexible and broken system that exists today, toprotect Americans from the adverse environmental and human healthhazards of improperly handled IFAP waste.” </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br /><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText">And livestock are forcing other animals out. With species loss accelerating in a virtual “sixth extinction,” livestock currently account for 20 percent of all the animal biomass on the planet. As they occupy 30 percent of the planet, they also displace that much wildlife habitat. The grazing of livestock is considered a serious threat to 306 of the 825 “eco-regions” identified by the Worldwide Fund for Nature,and to 23 of Conservation International’s 35 global hotspots for biodiversity.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br /><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><b>Upping the Volume</b></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br /><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText">Meatproduction has become a major problem because of its very success as ahuman food. In 1950, world meat production was 44 million poundsannually; today, it has risen fivefold to 253 million tons per year.Pork production, for instance, was less than five million tons annuallyin 1950, but it’s more than 90 million tons today. The average personon the planet ate 90.3 pounds of meat in 2003, double the figure of 50years ago. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br /><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText">These sharp increases are partly the result of dramatically higher meatconsumption in the Third World. China alone now consumes half theworld’s pork, a fivefold increase since 1978.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br /><br /><table id="EC_imageTable" style="clear: right;" align="right" bordercolor="#111111" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" width="235"><tbody><tr id="EC_imageTable"><td id="EC_imageTable" align="right"><img id="EC_imageTable" src="http://www.emagazine.com/images/upload/1214590089CS_cow-on-hay.jpg" align="right" border="0" height="337" width="225" /></td></tr><tr><td id="EC_imageCaption" align="right">Dairy cows are particularly important sources of methane because of the volume of food they eat.</td></tr><tr><td id="EC_imageOwner" align="right"><span style="font-size:-2;">© Getty Images, E Magazine Graphic</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText">Brazilmakes an excellent case history. With 160 million head of cattle, ithas the second-largest herd in the world after India. In Brazil, cattleprovide 29 percent of the country’s methane production, and an amazing10 percent of the world total. If that were the only issue, Brazil’slarge cattle herd would be a major problem. But it would be an enormousglobal warming aggravator even if its cattle produced no methane,because Brazilian farmers burn rainforest land to create pastures. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText">This process releases carbon into the atmosphere from the heavy fires,and also destroys the rainforests’ ability to act as a carbon sink andcapture CO2. These fires are Brazil’s largest contribution to globalwarming, which worries Brazilian environmentalists such as Rubens Bornof the group Vitae Civilis. He says he’s waiting for Brazil’s nationalinventory of greenhouse gas emissions, which will allow him to see moreprecisely the scope of the problem.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br /><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><b>Selective Solutions</b></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br /><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText">Thefew commentators who have taken on the connection between meatconsumption and global warming ignore the most obvious solution: noteating meat. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br /><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText">The UN report offers a lengthy section entitled “mitigation options”with a range of other choices. To avoid cutting down rainforests thatsequester carbon, the report suggests “intensification of agriculturalproduction on some of the better lands, for example by increasedfertilizer benefits.” The logical conclusion to this suggestion is thetotal confinement factory farming methods used in the U.S.—which, bytwisted logic, could be said to have environmental benefits becausethey are not land intensive (and don’t cut down trees). But theenvironmental problems associated with factory farming are legion, andinclude polluted air and waterways.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br /><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText">OtherUN suggestions include conservation tillage (leaving agriculturalresidue on the soil surface to enrich its health) and organic farmingfor better soil health; improved grassland management; better nutritionfor livestock to reduce methane gas production; and capturing methanein anaerobic digesters to produce “biogas.” </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br /><br /><table id="EC_imageTable" style="clear: right;" align="right" bordercolor="#111111" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" width="240"><tbody><tr id="EC_imageTable"><td id="EC_imageTable" align="right"><img id="EC_imageTable" src="http://www.emagazine.com/images/upload/1214590089CS_wildllife.jpg" align="right" border="0" height="201" width="230" /></td></tr><tr><td id="EC_imageCaption" align="right">Displaced Wildlife</td></tr><tr><td id="EC_imageOwner" align="right"><span style="font-size:-2;">© Getty Images</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText">The latter method has been adopted by several Vermont dairy farms andworks well. Cow manure is stored in the digesters (huge tanks) at 100degrees Fahrenheit and deprived of oxygen. That encourages the bacteriato break the manure down, releasing biogas that is 90 percent methane.This fuel is captured and burned in an engine to generate electricity.Unfortunately, the equipment is expensive—$200,000 to $1 million,depending on the size of the farm. Only 32 farms in the U.S. were usingdigesters at press time, so only a tiny amount of methane productionhas been mitigated in this way.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText">ACanadian study by Karin Wittinberg and Dinah Boadi of the University ofManitoba lists 20 separate ways to reduce greenhouse gas productionfrom livestock. These include grinding and pelletizing food forconfined animals to make it more fully digestible (a 20 to 40 percentreduction); grazing steers on high-quality alfalfa grass pastures (50percent reduction); adding canola oil to feedlot rations (30 percentreduction); and separating animals by age group and phasing in foodrelated to their growth stages (50 percent reduction). These arelaudable solutions and should be implemented, but, absent legislation,they’re unlikely to be put in place. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br /><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText">It takes seven pounds of corn to add a pound of weight to a cow, and that’s why 200 million acres of land in the U.S. are devoted to raising grains, oilseeds, pasture and hay for livestock. That land requires 181 billion pounds of pesticides, 22 billion pounds of fertilizer and 17 trillion gallons of irrigation water (not to mention billions of gallons of global warming-aggravating fossil fuel for farm equipment).</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br /><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText">Another way of looking at this, supplied by M.E. Ensminger, the former chair of the animal sciences department at Washington State University, is that“2,000 pounds of grain must be supplied to livestock in order to produce enough meat and other livestock products to support a person for a year, whereas 400 pounds of grain eaten directly will support a person for a year.”</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br /><br /><table id="EC_imageTable" style="clear: right;" align="right" bordercolor="#111111" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" width="240"><tbody><tr id="EC_imageTable"><td id="EC_imageTable" align="right"><img id="EC_imageTable" src="http://www.emagazine.com/images/upload/1214590089CS_deforestation.jpg" align="right" border="0" height="315" width="230" /></td></tr><tr><td id="EC_imageCaption" align="right">Meatproduction is a major factor in deforestation, and grazing now occupies70 percent of previously forested land in the Amazon region.</td></tr><tr><td id="EC_imageOwner" align="right"><span style="font-size:-2;">© Getty Images</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText">Because vegetarians enjoy lower levels of blood cholesterol and sufferless frequently from obesity and hypertension, their life expectanciesare several years greater. But the benefits of the vegetarian optionare rarely on the agenda, even when the environmental effects of themeat industry are under discussion.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><b>A Very Big Change</b></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br /><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText">Mostpeople grow up eating meat and seeing others doing the same. Themessage that “meat is good and necessary for health” is routinelyreinforced through advertising and the cultural signals we’re sent atschool, work and church. Vegetarianism is regularly depicted as afringe choice for “health faddists.” The government reinforces thismessage with meat featured prominently in its food pyramids. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br /><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText">Jim Mason, coauthor of the book <i>The Ethics of What We Eat: Why Our Food Choices Matter</i>(Rodale Books), offers another possible reason we’ve kept vegetarianismoff the mainstream agenda. “People who eat meat and animal products arein denial about anything and everything having to do with animalfarming,” he says. “They know that it must be bad, but they don’t wantto look at any part of it. So all of it stays hidden and abusesflourish—whether of animals, workers or the environment.” </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br /><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText">Even such an enlightened source as the 2005 Worldwatch report “HappierMeals: Rethinking the Global Meat Industry” is careful not to advocatefor a vegetarian diet, including it in a range of options that alsoincludes eating less meat, switching to pasture-raised “humane” meat,and opting for a few non-meat entrees per week. Vegetarianism is the“elephant in the room,” but even in a very food-conscious age it is noteasily made the centerpiece of an activist agenda.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br /><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText">DanielleNierenberg, author of the Worldwatch study, works for both thatorganization and for the Humane Society of the United States (HSUS).She’s a vegan, and very aware of the climate impacts of meat-baseddiets. But, she says, “Food choices are a very personal decision formost people, and we are only now convincing them that this is a tool attheir disposal if they care about the environment.” </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br /><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText">Nierenberg says that some of the Worldwatch report was published in <i>Environmental Health Perspectives</i>,and there was concern that it wouldn’t see print if it overemphasizedvegetarian diets. “People have a very visceral reaction when told theyshouldn’t be eating the core meats they grew up with,” she says. “Theyget upset.” </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br /><br /><table id="EC_imageTable" style="clear: right;" align="right" bordercolor="#111111" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" width="245"><tbody><tr id="EC_imageTable"><td id="EC_imageTable" align="right"><img id="EC_imageTable" src="http://www.emagazine.com/images/upload/1214590397CS_manure-pile_w_pig.jpg" align="right" border="0" height="242" width="235" /></td></tr><tr><td id="EC_imageCaption" align="right">TheAmerican meat industry produces more than 60 million tons of wasteannually—five tons for every U.S. citizen and 130 times the volume ofhuman waste.</td></tr><tr><td id="EC_imageOwner" align="right"><span style="font-size:-2;">© Getty Images, E Magazine Graphic</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText">David Pimentel agrees that Americans are acculturated to eating meat.“The nutritionists say we’re eating way too much meat for our health,”he says. “The public knows this but it doesn’t change their dietaryhabits. What will alter their behavior is higher prices for meat andmilk, which are inevitable because of higher fuel prices and the risingcost of corn [caused in part by the diversion of corn crops to makingethanol].” </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText">Although he admits it’s an unpopular position, Pimentel says he’d liketo see gas reach $10 a gallon, because it will encourage energy conservation and increase prices for environmentally destructive meat,milk and eggs. “Right now, we have some of the lowest food prices in the world,” he says. “In the U.S. we pay 15 percent of our budgets for food, compared to 30 percent in Europe and 60 percent in Indonesia.”</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br /><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText">Jacobson agrees. “People are pretty wedded to what they eat,” he says. “The government should be sponsoring major mass media campaigns to convince people to eat more fruit, vegetables and whole grains.” </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br /><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText">He argues that cutting down meat consumption should be a public healthpriority. “From an environmental point of view, the less beef peopleeat the better,” he says, citing not only the release of methane fromlivestock but also increased risk of colon cancer and heart disease.Jacobson adds that grass-fed, free-range beef (which has less overallfat) is a healthier alternative, but grazing takes longer to bring theanimals to market weight “and they’re emitting methane all that time.”</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br /><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText">He posits that the Centers for Disease Control or the Environmental Protection Agency should be convincing Americans to eat lower on the food chain. “There are the environmental and animal welfare problems caused by ‘modern’ agriculture,” he says. “The animals’ retribution is that we die of heart disease and cancer.” Is there an environmental argument to be made for livestock? Gidon Eshel, co-author of the report“Diet, Energy and Global Warming” and a professor at Bard College, says that livestock “has an important role to play in nutrient recycling.Minerals are taken up by growing plants, and when those plants are eaten by grazers, some of it ends up in their tissues and some is returned to the soil in their waste products. But what’s good in small quantities becomes toxic and devastating in large amounts. So it is only beneficial if we were raising livestock in much smaller numbers than we are today.”</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br /><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText">Eshel calls for enforcement of the frequently ignored federal Clean Water and Clean Air Acts, which contain provisions to protect against harmful discharges of both animal wastes and the fertilizers used to grow animal feed.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br /><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><b>Eating More Meat</b></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br /><br /><table id="EC_imageTable" style="clear: right;" align="right" bordercolor="#111111" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" width="260"><tbody><tr id="EC_imageTable"><td id="EC_imageTable" align="right"><img id="EC_imageTable" src="http://www.emagazine.com/images/upload/1214590519CS_anaerobic_digester.jpg" align="right" border="0" height="179" width="250" /></td></tr><tr><td id="EC_imageCaption" align="right">Although anaerobic digesters show promise, they are prohibitively expensive.</td></tr></tbody></table><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText">A record 284 million tons of meat were produced worldwide in 2007. Inmost developing countries, meat consumption per capita is expected to double from the 1980s to 2020. Meat is an economically important product in most parts of the world in 2008, and it has powerful lobbies and enormous vested interests. There’s just one problem: It’s hurting the planet, and wasting huge resources that could easily feed a hungry world. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText">Offer these facts to many meat eaters, and they’ll respond that they can’t be healthy without meat. “Where would I get my protein?” is answer. But the latest medical research shows that the does not need meat to be healthy. Indeed, meat is high in cholesterol and saturated fat, and a balanced vegetarian diet provides all the protein needed for glowing health. Were humans “meant” to eat meat, just because our ancestors did? Nonsense, says Dr. Milton Mills,a leading vegetarian voice. “The human gastrointestinal tract features the anatomical modifications consistent with an herbivorous diet,” he asserts. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br /><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText">With the recognition of meat’s impact on the planet (and the realization that we don’t need it to stay healthy), is it possible that the human diet will undergo a fundamental change? The fact that the cornerstone of the American diet aids and abets climate change is an“inconvenient truth” that many of us don’t want to face, says Joseph Connelly, publisher the San Francisco-based <i>VegNews </i>Magazine. He takes a dig at Al Gore for not mentioning meat-based dietsin his film and only dealing with them glancingly in his book, <i>An Inconvenient Truth</i> (Rodale Books).</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br /><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText">A 2003 Harris Poll said that between four and 10 percent of the American people identify themselves as vegetarians. So far, Connelly says that number seems to be holding steady. “From a sustainability point of view, what’s really needed is for people to understand the connections between factory farming, meat eating and environmental impacts,” he says. “That’s the first step.”</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br /><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText">Lisa Mickleborough, an editor at VegNews, is probably right when she says that animal concerns are a powerful force for turning meat eating intoa moral issue. To be an animal rights leader is almost by definition tobe a vegan. But few environmental leaders have gone that far. “As an environmental issue, it’s pretty compelling,” she says. “The figures on methane production speak for themselves. But when it comes to doing what’s right for the environment, most people don’t take big steps—they just do the best they can.”</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br /><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><b>JIM MOTAVALLI</b><i> is the former editor of</i> E.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br /><table style="border: 0px none ; clear: both;"><tbody><tr><td><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText"><span id="EC_articleText">Did you enjoy this article? <a href="https://www.kable.com/pub/enmg/spcOption.asp?src=QHOPN8" target="_blank"><b>Subscribe to E/The Environmental Magazine!</b></a></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span>Jesse Heartshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17914563383823104130noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6903392072357874022.post-76719918342091214452008-07-13T17:24:00.000-07:002008-07-13T17:26:28.533-07:00I've been way into Freight Monikers as of late, and came across this great little interview with one of the greats, Colossus Of Roads!<div class="title">Colossus of Roads</div><br />Interview by Gabe the Saint <br />50mm Staff Writer <br /><br />Years ago on my way to school, I would cross the railroad tracks as a short <br />cut into the eastside of town. It was here in this small train lay over where I <br />first encountered aerosol style graffiti on freight cars. I was intrigued with the <br />idea that a piece could actually travel around the country on a rolling canvas. <br />Because of my new discovery, I made sure that I took the shortcut across <br />the tracks everyday. As time progressed, I began paying attention to other <br />details of the trains... bolts and hinges... coupling systems, the cryptic <br />numbers and other details of the rolling stock. That's when I first noticed the <br />simple but iconic one-color grease pen drawings. They seemed to be <br />present on every car... Many of the drawings included dates that at times <br />approached 3 or 4 decades in age. Some were barely discern-able drawings <br />of skulls or hand written names. Others seemed carefully branded and <br />particularly stylish... Most note-able to me was a white line drawing of a <br />bearded man with a large brimmed cowboy hat. The friendly looking <br />character was streamlined as though still in motion, yearning to get<br />back on the rails to parts unknown. I wasn't sure of its origin or the author. A <br />hobo? Rail worker? Freight hopper? Years later "Who is Bozo Texino" a <br />recent documentary has cleared up a lot of the mythology about what are<br />largely known as "boxcar monikers." I was able to track down one of the <br />most prolific boxcar artists and talked with him about the culture and history<br />of this phenomenon. His handle is Colossus of Roads. He is a third <br />generation rail worker in his 60's and he has worked the railways for more <br />than 30 years...<br /><br />GTS: Many people are in the dark about boxcar artists. What motivates <br />them? Is this a form of art? <br /><br />Colossus of Roads: Hard to explain man's basic need to mark his territory, <br />but the expansion from cavemen walls to the billboards of rolling boxcars <br />offered an opportunity for expression in the industrial revolution too delicious <br />to resist for those prone to pursue it. The practice of chalking the cars was <br />required of the various trades of the railroads. Be it the mechanical forces <br />communicating a specific problem on bad ordered cars to the repair <br />employees at the rip track, or the switch foreman chalking the abbreviated <br />destinations of cars to communicate with the other crewmembers, and to aid <br />in their recall. The marking materials were provided by the railroads. Others <br />eventually recognized the distinctive styling of a person's markings. The <br />availability of chalk afforded a means of expression beyond the mundane <br />tasks of railroad trades. The tramps and hobos utilized it to communicate <br />monikers or aliases, and devised a code of symbols to denote the hostility or <br />hospitality of any given community along the route. Jack London wrote a <br />story about his futile pursuit of another hobo with the moniker "Skysail Jack", <br />simply because of the similarity with his own, "Sailor Jack", by hopping <br />freights chalked and dated by the pursued.<br /><br />I like to call the marking of the cars by railroad workers and hobos a folk art <br />tradition. <br /><br />I'll not argue if it's art or not. <br /><br />GTS: Why do you write on Boxcars?<br /><br />Colossus of Roads: To me the crux of the biscuit, the message of the <br />medium, is to have a huge number of images out riding in the network, to <br />have a vast presence, yet remain anonymous and thus mysterious. It was <br />also a means of _expression, to sing the blues for someone with the inability <br />to play the flattop box, or moan the mean mistreatment by singing, but could <br />mark the boxcars. Captioning the icon with language which questioned my <br />practice, such as "Resignation or Resistance?" where Zen koans to ponder. <br />Was I resigned to the adherence to a complete career, or a screaming <br />resistance by dispatching errant ersatzs? Recent research has revealed a <br />named malady I felt explained the appeal of the repetitious acts and my <br />penchant for inappropriateness, in Asperger's Disorder, named after the <br />Viennese psychologist who delineated the symptoms of this form of autism. <br />Although it seemed to negate the artist excuse, it was a relief to know I could <br />blame mental illness for my shameful and infantile vandalism.<br /><br />GTS: Who are the first boxcar artists that you remember seeing up? Who is/<br />was the most prolific of all time? <br /><br />Colossus of Roads: ...Herby was the most prevalent practitioner through <br />most of my career. Bozo Texino, Tuscan Red (the raised left ankle nude <br />saying "Hi", so named by Larry Penn), Don A, Charlie Brown, Stinky, Ol' Bob, <br />Kid Idaho, and The Rambler were up a lot when I was attracted to the <br />practice. I would say the most prolific of all time would be the complete loop <br />signature of J.B.KingEsq. which has spanned more than a century, although <br />by numerous authors. <br /><br />GTS: Tell me about your particular moniker.... the style and motion... How did <br />this image evolve? Have you ever drawn anything else? <br /><br />Colossus of Roads: .It is supposed to be a rider motif variation to the pipe <br />smoking cowboy icon of the original Bozo Texino. My initial icon of a deadpan <br />character had reached its definitive moniker in "gypsysphinx", so I was <br />searching around for another image to replace it, absent minded stoned <br />doodling in my sketchbook revealed a visitation from a ghost of the net, Bozo <br />Texino. The icon gradually evolved to signify, hopefully, a cowboy hat-ed, big <br />billowy bearded, pipe smoking escapee, on the lam. <br /><br /><br /><table align="right" border="0" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="2" width="400"> <tbody><tr><td><h2>"My intended purpose of <br />dispatching the maximum number of icons with the least amount of effort, has <br />turned into a real chore..."<br />-Colossus of Roads</h2></td></tr> </tbody></table>GTS: You seem to always accompany the image with a message. <br />Often it appears personally encrypted and other times poetic. Does the <br />process of drawing inspire the message or does the message come to you <br />beforehand and inspire you to draw... As though something is on your mind <br />and you need to express it.... <br /><br />Colossus of Roads: ...The redundancy of the icon applied as quickly and <br />automatically as possible requires some form of variation, and the use of <br />language, in the form of anecdote titles, alter egos, fantasies, lamentations, <br />and brief histories, or concrete poems, if you will, is surely the purpose. <br /><br />GTS: Do you care about the so-called "gallery art" world? You've said that <br />you have drawn more self -portraits than Picasso, Rembrandt, and Van <br />Gogh. Are they artists that inspire you? <br /><br />Colossus of Roads: I've had the "gallery art" experience and it left a dour <br />impression. Perhaps more acceptance of my work would have seduced me <br />to the form. That referencing of the biggies who made self-portraits was <br />delusional posturing.<br /><br />GTS: Freights have become a popular medium for aerosol graffiti artists in <br />the last two decades. How do you feel about them? Do you mind sharing <br />your space with them? <br /><br />Colossus of Roads: My intended purpose of dispatching the maximum <br />number of icons with the least amount of effort, has turned into a real chore <br />since it is so hard to get any kind of network accumulation account of the <br />hazards of weathering in the elements of nature combined with the more <br />destructive covering of my work by spray-painting hordes now that it is so <br />trendy. The acceptance of impermanence as a fact of life is the main <br />statement in this Vita Brevis ballet, but it is hard not to despair when you see <br />so much of your work covered. I wouldn't mind them covering the image, <br />which is a given constant, but the language memory nudge is usually what is <br />obscured. Historical erasure of the sloganeer. It has become an open <br />medium, so as long as I indulge in the practice I cannot limit others. <br /><br />GTS: Have you caught any aerosol graffiti artist "red handed?" <br /><br />Colossus of Roads: I live in such an out of the way place I haven't <br />encountered any spray-paint people. If I did I certainly wouldn't be <br />confrontational. <br /><br />GTS: When will you hang up the paint sticks? It seems like freight monikers <br />are sometimes handed down... Do you mind another artist carrying on your <br />name? <br /><br />Colossus of Roads: Certainly would be easy to embrace the rocking chair <br />and stay on the porch, but I'm still urged on by the instincts to continue my <br />Main Sledge / Major Opus even as futile as it seems.I would be honored if <br />someone continued the tradition of marking the American loner outsider riding <br />the rails out in the network, but I would hope the image would mimic the <br />author's own identity and individuality, should that transpire. <br /><br />GTS: Are you religious? <br /><br />Colossus of Roads: There a caption to my icon out there somewhere, which <br />addresses this question. "Schooled: Church of The Level Track", a <br />reference to my own family dedication to the supremacy of the railroad as <br />provider of livelihood, given that both my father and grandfather were <br />railroad men in track maintenance, and in the case of my father, required to <br />move all over the system to the degree, we were never integrated into any <br />community, especially church, where we seemed to be decidedly poorer <br />than the other parishioners, thus kicking in our shame-based aversion. For <br />that reason I tried determining the human condition explained more by <br />philosophy than religion. Although I never attend church much, I've certainly <br />been subjected to many sermons of condemnation by Bible scholars and <br />deacons, awaiting trains in sidings, in switchman shanties, and depot <br />evangelists' warnings of Hell. In the face of this berating I viewed Nietzsche's <br />Will to Power about right as explaining human motives, but the absence of <br />God and the aspiration to Heaven can cause greater harm to the collective <br />psyche of mankind than the continuing atrocities of delusional righteous <br />divine inspiration. Yin/Yang measure of all the world's dualities has me on the <br />sidelines contemplating my navel as a Zen Existentialist. <br /><br />GTS: How do you feel about America? Do you pay much mind to politics? <br /><br />Colossus of Roads: I love America. I am an American.<br /><br />Of course I mind the path of America at the moment, now that the fascists <br />subverted the 2000 election, and started a war that was the dumbest foreign <br />policy move in the history of the nation, especially as a tactic for fighting <br />global terrorism, the new paradigm of east/west world split Holy Wars. The <br />arrogance of power caused our Oedipal Prez Rich Boy to be provoked by <br />pleb Osama Rich Boy into attacking the usurper to Babylon, thus giving a <br />rallying point for radicalism in Islam. It may seem absurd to think America's <br />moral compass will ever be back to true, but that is my wish. But what do I <br />know, I'm a liberal democrat. <br /><br />GTS: Any last words? <br /><br />Presumptuous Colossus of Roads: Yes, Peace Please! <br /><br />GTS: Thank you for your time...<br /><br /><img src="http://www.50mmlosangeles.com/images/stories/small/train%20yard1_1121748222.jpg" style="cursor: pointer;" onclick="popImage('%2Fimages%2Fstories%2Flarge%2Ftrain+yard1_1121748222.jpg','500','375');" border="0" vspace="20" /><br /><img src="http://www.50mmlosangeles.com/images/stories/small/trainyard2_1121748222.jpg" style="cursor: pointer;" onclick="popImage('%2Fimages%2Fstories%2Flarge%2Ftrainyard2_1121748222.jpg','500','375');" border="0" vspace="20" /><br /><img src="http://www.50mmlosangeles.com/images/stories/small/train%203_1121748222.jpg" style="cursor: pointer;" onclick="popImage('%2Fimages%2Fstories%2Flarge%2Ftrain+3_1121748222.jpg','500','346');" border="0" vspace="20" /><br /><img src="http://www.50mmlosangeles.com/images/stories/small/COR%201_1121748222.jpg" style="cursor: pointer;" onclick="popImage('%2Fimages%2Fstories%2Flarge%2FCOR+1_1121748222.jpg','500','375');" border="0" vspace="20" /><br /><img src="http://www.50mmlosangeles.com/images/stories/small/cor2_1121748223.jpg" style="cursor: pointer;" onclick="popImage('%2Fimages%2Fstories%2Flarge%2Fcor2_1121748223.jpg','500','355');" border="0" vspace="20" /><br /><img src="http://www.50mmlosangeles.com/images/stories/small/cor3_1121748223.jpg" style="cursor: pointer;" onclick="popImage('%2Fimages%2Fstories%2Flarge%2Fcor3_1121748223.jpg','500','375');" border="0" vspace="20" /><br /><img src="http://www.50mmlosangeles.com/images/stories/small/cor4_1121748702.jpg" style="cursor: pointer;" onclick="popImage('%2Fimages%2Fstories%2Flarge%2Fcor4_1121748702.jpg','700','525');" border="0" vspace="20" /><br /><img src="http://www.50mmlosangeles.com/images/stories/small/cor5_1121748569.jpg" style="cursor: pointer;" onclick="popImage('%2Fimages%2Fstories%2Flarge%2Fcor5_1121748569.jpg','700','636');" border="0" vspace="20" />Jesse Heartshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17914563383823104130noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6903392072357874022.post-49566856374769547222008-07-04T12:14:00.000-07:002008-07-04T12:22:50.198-07:00Thank you Learn & LackSo in honor of last Saturday's events, I decided to do a post dedicated to some genuinely nice chill dudes.<br /><br /><br /><div style="width:800px; 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Heat a wok or heavy skillet over high heat. when hot, add the oil. When the oil is hot, add the tofu and stir-fry until lightly browned. Add the green onions, garlic and chili garlic paste. Stir fry for 1 minute. </p><p> Add the bell pepper and brown bean paste. Stir fry for 2 minutes. </p><p> Stir the broth, 1 tablespoon cornstarch and sugar together, and add to the pan. Stir until thickened. Sprinkle the peanuts on top and serve immediately with rice.</p></div>Jesse Heartshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17914563383823104130noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6903392072357874022.post-90550496545840541292008-06-28T09:42:00.000-07:002008-06-28T09:43:32.781-07:00I really hate Fox News! How are these people allowed to be news anchors!!!???<span style="font-family:Arial, Verdana, sans-serif;font-size:85%;"><table align="right" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tbody><tr><td id="boxholder"> <table style="border: 1px solid grey; margin-left: 10px; margin-bottom: 5px;color:#ffffff;" bg cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="220"><tbody><tr><td style="padding: 10px;"><span><span style="font-family:Arial, Verdana, sans-serif;font-size:85%;color:black;"><span style="font-family:Arial, Verdana, sans-serif;font-size:85%;color:black;">Click here to <span style="font-weight: bold;">tell FOX:</span></span></span></span><span style="font-family:Arial, Verdana, sans-serif;font-size:85%;"> <table bg width="100%" style="color:#434392;"><tbody><tr><td style="padding: 10px;"><center><span style="font-family:Arial, Verdana, sans-serif;font-size:85%;"><a rel="nofollow" style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank" href="http://pol.moveon.org/stopthesmears/o.pl?id=13021-9012341-6zch1px&t=1" class="white"><span style="color:white;">"FOX must stop injecting racism, prejudice, and fear into our political dialogue. We intend to hold FOX, its advertisers, and its personalities accountable for FOX's attempts to smear the Obamas."</span></a><a rel="nofollow" style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank" href="http://pol.moveon.org/stopthesmears/o.pl?id=13021-9012341-6zch1px&t=2" class="white"><span style="color:white;"> </span></a></span></center></td></tr></tbody></table><br /></span><center><span style="font-family:Arial, Verdana, sans-serif;font-size:85%;"><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://pol.moveon.org/stopthesmears/o.pl?id=13021-9012341-6zch1px&t=3"><img src="http://www.moveon.org/images/buttons/button_red_signpetition.gif" style="display: block;" border="0" height="36" width="196" />Sign the petition<br /><br /></a></span></center> <span style="font-family:Arial, Verdana, sans-serif;font-size:85%;"><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://pol.moveon.org/stopthesmears/o.pl?id=13021-9012341-6zch1px&t=4"><img style="width: 200px; height: 130px;" src="http://colorofchange.org/images/babymama.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <p style="overflow: hidden;"> </p> </td></tr></tbody></table> <span><span><span><span>Dear MoveOn member,</span></span></span></span> </span><p> <span style="font-family:Arial, Verdana, sans-serif;font-size:85%;"><span><span><span><span>Right now, FOX is trying to paint Barack Obama as foreign, un-American, suspicious, and scary. They're trying to send Americans the message that our country's first viable black candidate for President is not "one of us." </span></span></span></span></span></p> <p> <span style="font-family:Arial, Verdana, sans-serif;font-size:85%;"><span><span><span><span>We've seen this before from FOX. They won't stop until it becomes too painful to continue—until the public calls them out and advertisers start getting worried. </span></span></span></span></span></p> <p> <span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family:Arial, Verdana, sans-serif;font-size:85%;"><span><span><span><span>Now is the time to draw a line in the sand by putting FOX on notice that their behavior won't be tolerated. Over 100,000 Americans have already expressed their outrage.</span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family:Arial, Verdana, sans-serif;font-size:85%;"><span><span><span><span> Can you make that number even bigger by adding your name to this message?</span></span></span></span></span></p> <p style="margin-left: 40px;"> <span style="font-family:Arial, Verdana, sans-serif;font-size:85%;"><span><span><span><span>"FOX must stop injecting racism, prejudice, and fear into our political dialogue. We intend to hold FOX, its advertisers, and its personalities accountable for FOX's attempts to smear the Obamas." </span></span></span></span></span></p> <p> <span style="font-family:Arial, Verdana, sans-serif;font-size:85%;"><span><span><span><span>Clicking here will sign the petition:<br /></span></span></span></span></span></p> <p style="overflow: hidden;"> <span style="font-family:Arial, Verdana, sans-serif;font-size:85%;"><span><span><span><span><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://pol.moveon.org/stopthesmears/o.pl?id=13021-9012341-6zch1px&t=5">http://pol.moveon.org/stopthesmears/o.pl?id=13021-9012341-6zch1px&t=5</a><br /></span></span></span></span></span></p> <p> <span style="font-family:Arial, Verdana, sans-serif;font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:Arial, Verdana, sans-serif;font-size:85%;"><span><span><span><span>FOX's longtime pattern of smearing Obama and the black community is well documented.</span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family:Arial, Verdana, sans-serif;font-size:85%;"><span><span><span><span><sup>1</sup></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family:Arial, Verdana, sans-serif;font-size:85%;"><span><span><span><span> But the outrageous moments have increased in the last month.</span></span></span></span></span></span></p> <p> <span style="font-family:Arial, Verdana, sans-serif;font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:Arial, Verdana, sans-serif;font-size:85%;"><span><span><span><span>First, a paid FOX commentator accidentally confused "Obama" with "Osama" and then joked on the air about killing Obama.<sup>2</sup> Next, a FOX anchor said a playful fist bump by Barack and Michelle Obama could be a "terrorist fist jab."<sup>3</sup> And then, FOX called Michelle Obama "Obama's baby mama"—slang for an unmarried mother of a man's child, and</span></span></span></span></span> a clear attempt to associate the Obamas with negative stereotypes about black people.<span style="font-family:Arial, Verdana, sans-serif;font-size:85%;"><span><span><span><span><sup>4</sup><br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></p> <p> <span style="font-family:Arial, Verdana, sans-serif;font-size:85%;">If you know others who'd find FOX's recent actions despicable, please ask them to sign the petition too. The more people who sign, the bigger our impact will be.</span></p> <p> <span style="font-family:Arial, Verdana, sans-serif;font-size:85%;"><span><span><span><span>Our friends at ColorOfChange.org—an online advocacy group focused on the issues of importance to the black community—are leading this charge. They will deliver thousands of petition signatures as a group to FOX's headquarters (in front of other media cameras, so FOX feels more heat). Here's how they describe the situation: </span></span></span></span></span></p> <div style="margin-left: 40px;"><span style="font-family:Arial, Verdana, sans-serif;font-size:85%;"><span><span><span><span>After each of the incidents mentioned [above], FOX issued some form of weak apology. But what does it mean when you slap someone in the face, apologize the next day, then slap them again? It means the apology is meaningless.</span></span></span></span> </span><p> <span style="font-family:Arial, Verdana, sans-serif;font-size:85%;"><span><span><span><span>Now is the time to call out FOX for these attacks and their fake apologies. The first stop is FOX. Next will be their advertisers and the FCC. If we don't push back now, we will see more of the same from now until November. Please join us to demand that FOX answer for its behavior: </span></span></span></span><br /></span></p> </div> <p> <span style="font-family:Arial, Verdana, sans-serif;font-size:85%;"><span><span><span><span><span style="font-family:Arial, Verdana, sans-serif;font-size:85%;color:black;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Add your name to this important cause by clicking here—then tell your friends:</span><br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></p> <p style="overflow: hidden;"> <span style="font-family:Arial, Verdana, sans-serif;font-size:85%;"><span><span><span><span><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://pol.moveon.org/stopthesmears/o.pl?id=13021-9012341-6zch1px&t=6">http://pol.moveon.org/stopthesmears/o.pl?id=13021-9012341-6zch1px&t=6</a> </span></span></span></span></span></p> <p> <span style="font-family:Arial, Verdana, sans-serif;font-size:85%;"><span><span><span><span><span style="font-family:Arial, Verdana, sans-serif;font-size:85%;color:black;">Thanks for all you do.</span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family:Arial, Verdana, sans-serif;font-size:85%;">–Adam G., Peter, Anna, Justin, and the rest of the team<br /> </span></p><p> <span style="font-family:Arial, Verdana, sans-serif;font-size:85%;"><span><span><span><span><span style="font-family:Arial, Verdana, sans-serif;font-size:85%;color:black;">Sources:<br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></p> <p> <span style="font-family:Arial, Verdana, sans-serif;font-size:85%;"><span><span><span><span><span style="font-family:Arial, Verdana, sans-serif;font-size:85%;color:black;">1. "Fox Attacks Obama." Brave New Films at FoxAttacks.com, February 2007<br /><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/573-fox-attacks-obama">http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/573-fox-attacks-obama</a><br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></p> <p> <span style="font-family:Arial, Verdana, sans-serif;font-size:85%;"><span><span><span><span><span style="font-family:Arial, Verdana, sans-serif;font-size:85%;color:black;">"Fox Attacks: Black America," </span></span></span></span></span><span><span><span><span><span style="font-family:Arial, Verdana, sans-serif;font-size:85%;color:black;">Brave New Films at FoxAttacks.com</span></span></span></span></span><span><span><span><span><span style="font-family:Arial, Verdana, sans-serif;font-size:85%;color:black;">, June 2007<br /><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://foxattacks.com/blog/572-fox-attacks-black-america">http://foxattacks.com/blog/572-fox-attacks-black-america</a> </span></span></span></span></span></span></p> <p> <span style="font-family:Arial, Verdana, sans-serif;font-size:85%;"><span><span><span><span><span style="font-family:Arial, Verdana, sans-serif;font-size:85%;color:black;">"Fox Attacks: Obama, Part 2," </span></span></span></span></span><span><span><span><span><span style="font-family:Arial, Verdana, sans-serif;font-size:85%;color:black;">Brave New Films at FoxAttacks.com</span></span></span></span></span><span><span><span><span><span style="font-family:Arial, Verdana, sans-serif;font-size:85%;color:black;">, March 2008<br /><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://foxattacks.com/blog/32376-fox-attacks-obama-part-2">http://foxattacks.com/blog/32376-fox-attacks-obama-part-2</a> </span></span></span></span></span></span></p> <p> <span style="font-family:Arial, Verdana, sans-serif;font-size:85%;"><span><span><span><span><span style="font-family:Arial, Verdana, sans-serif;font-size:85%;color:black;">2. "Fox News Jokes About Killing Obama," YouTube video posted May 25, 2008<br /><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BjYpkvcmog0">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BjYpkvcmog0</a><br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></p> <p> <span style="font-family:Arial, Verdana, sans-serif;font-size:85%;"><span><span><span><span>3. "Fox News' E.D. Hill teased discussion of Obama dap: "A fist bump? A pound? A terrorist fist jab?" Media Matters, June 6, 2008<br /><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://mediamatters.org/items/200806060007?f=h_clips">http://mediamatters.org/items/200806060007?f=h_clips</a></span></span></span></span></span></p> <p> <span style="font-family:Arial, Verdana, sans-serif;font-size:85%;"><span><span><span><span>4. "Fox News in trouble again over Obama smear: 'baby mama'" <span style="font-style: italic;">Los Angeles Times</span>, June 12, 2008<br /><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.moveon.org/r?r=3855&id=13021-9012341-6zch1px&t=7">http://www.moveon.org/r?r=3855&id=13021-9012341-6zch1px&t=7</a><br /></span></span></span></span></span></p> <p> <span style="font-family:Arial, Verdana, sans-serif;font-size:85%;"><span><span><span><span><span style="font-family:Arial, Verdana, sans-serif;font-size:85%;color:black;"><br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family:Arial, Verdana, sans-serif;font-size:85%;">Want to support our work?</span></span> <span style="font-family:Arial, Verdana, sans-serif;font-size:85%;"> We're entirely funded by our 3.2 million members—no corporate contributions, no big checks from CEOs. And our tiny staff ensures that small contributions go a long way. <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://political.moveon.org/donate/email.html?id=13021-9012341-6zch1px&t=8">Chip in here</a>.</span></p>Jesse Heartshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17914563383823104130noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6903392072357874022.post-28637169706039283002008-06-28T08:46:00.000-07:002008-06-28T09:35:17.649-07:00Anti-Vivisection PostSo my friend Ray of <a href="http://whatwouldraydo.blogspot.com/">What Would Ray Do?</a> made a post to his blog about Rock for Life saying that March of Dimes is evil, but not for their extensive animal testing and vivisection, but for their pro-choice stance on abortion. Ray was touching on the fact that Rock for life, a hugely absurd Christian Fundamentalist group, is pushing their religious views on the right of science and pro-choice. I am pro-choice, and very anti Rock For Life, but however I do feel that March Of Dimes is very evil indeed. Not for their research and pro-choice stance on abortion, but their horrible animal testing.<br /><br />So therefor, I figured I should do a little post on Vivisection/Animal Testing, and the fact that it is totally unnecessary, unreliable, ineffective, and inhumane.<br /><br />A short little overview of animal testing<br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/pk_fjc5g8dQ&hl=en"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/pk_fjc5g8dQ&hl=en" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /><br /><center><p>If you think Animal Experiments are Necessary Consider The Following:</p><p>* Less than 2% of human illnesses (1.16%) are ever seen in animals. Over 98% never are.</p><p>* At least 50 drugs on the market cause cancer in lab animals. They are allowed because it is admitted that animal tests are not relevant.</p><p>* When asked if they agreed that animal experimentation can be misleading because of anatomical and physiological differences between animals and humans, 88% of doctors agreed.</p><p>* Rats are 37% effective in identifying what causes cancer in humans. Flipping a coin would be more accurate.</p><p>* According to animal tests lemon juice is deadly poison, but arsenic, hemlock and botulin are safe.</p><p>* 40% of patients suffer side effects as a result of prescription treatment.</p><p>* Over 200,000 medicines have been released most of which are now withdrawn. According to the World Health Organisation, 240 medicines are essential.</p><p>* Thousands of drugs passed safe in animals have been withdrawn or banned due to their effect on human health.</p><p>* Aspirin fails animal tests, as do digitalis (heart drug), cancer treatments, insulin (causes animal birth defects), penicillin and other safe medicines. They would be banned if results from animal experimentation were accurate.</p><p>* When the producers of thalidomide were taken to court, they were aquitted after numerous experts agreed animal tests could not be relied on for human medicine.</p><p>* At least 450 methods exist with which we can replace animal experiments.</p><p>* Morphine puts humans asleep but excites cats.</p><p>* 95% of drugs passed by animal tests are immediately disgarded as useless or dangerous to humans.</p><p>* One is six patients in hospital are there because the drug they have taken had been passed safe for us on humans after animal tests.</p><p>* Worldwide, at least 22 animals die every second in labs. In the UK one animal dies every five seconds.</p><p>* The contraceptive pill causes blood clots in humans but it had the opposite effect in dogs.</p><p>* We use aspirin for aches and pains. It causes birth defects mice, rabbits and rats.</p><p>* Researchers refused to believe that benzene could cause cancer in humans because it failed to in animal tests.</p><p>* Dogs failed to predict heart problems caused by the cardiovascular drugs encainide and flecainide, which led to an estimated 3,000 deaths in the USA.</p><p>* Heart by pass surgery was put on hold for years because it didnt work on dogs.</p><p>* If we had relied on animal tests we would still believe that humans dont need vitamin C, that smoking doesnt cause cause cancer and alcohol doesnt cause liver damage.</p><p>* It was denied for decades that asbestos caused disease in humans because it didnt in animals.</p><p>* Polio researchers were mislead for years about how we catch the disease because they had experimented on monkeys.</p><p>* As one researcher points out, the ultimate dilemma with any animal model of human disease is that it can never reflect the human situation with complete accuracy."</p><p>* Only 2% of animal tests has found or lead to a discovery of a disease.</p><p>* A little over 2% of animal tests have lead to a cure for a disease.<br /></p></center>Jesse Heartshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17914563383823104130noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6903392072357874022.post-18669823651368700152008-06-28T08:43:00.000-07:002008-06-28T08:46:03.532-07:00<div id="banner"> <h1><a href="http://www.amidabuddha.org/">Buddhism</a>: Your Daily Meditation </h1></div> <table border="1"><tbody><tr><td> <img src="http://www.amidabuddha.org/news/amida3a.jpg" alt="Amida Buddha" height="115" width="94" /> </td> <td> When you are deluded and full of doubt, even a thousand books of scripture are not enough. When you have realized understanding, even one word is too much. - Fen Yang</td></tr></tbody></table>Jesse Heartshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17914563383823104130noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6903392072357874022.post-56151954379349250052008-06-27T15:05:00.000-07:002008-06-27T15:08:53.077-07:00Talent is pretty talented!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_fKLBPm2mwLc/SGVk1k91DJI/AAAAAAAAABo/BfGRf8bxiWI/s1600-h/post-283-1212542798.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_fKLBPm2mwLc/SGVk1k91DJI/AAAAAAAAABo/BfGRf8bxiWI/s400/post-283-1212542798.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5216686614997437586" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><img src="file:///C:/DOCUME%7E1/STEVEN%7E1/LOCALS%7E1/Temp/moz-screenshot.jpg" alt="" />Jesse Heartshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17914563383823104130noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6903392072357874022.post-52345680678900164222008-06-27T14:58:00.001-07:002008-06-27T14:58:58.791-07:00<div id="banner"> <h1><a href="http://www.amidabuddha.org/">Buddhism</a>: Your Daily Meditation </h1></div> <table border="1"><tbody><tr><td> <img src="http://www.amidabuddha.org/news/amida3a.jpg" alt="Amida Buddha" height="115" width="94" /> </td> <td> Having found no self that is not other, The seeker must find that there is no other that is not self, So that in the absence of both other and self, There may be known the perfect peace, Of the presence of absolute absence. "The Tenth Man" by Wei Wu Wei</td></tr></tbody></table>Jesse Heartshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17914563383823104130noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6903392072357874022.post-72335346085620169732008-06-27T14:28:00.000-07:002008-06-27T14:39:17.629-07:002 skate videos and a cool music videoThis little kid is a bastard!<br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/hkPRQSIMoH4&hl=en"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/hkPRQSIMoH4&hl=en" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /><br />I hate skate competition announcers!<br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/FI1HE7sNe3Y&hl=en"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/FI1HE7sNe3Y&hl=en" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /><br />You ain't artsier than me!<br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/LCHV2I_Xog0&hl=en"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/LCHV2I_Xog0&hl=en" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>Jesse Heartshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17914563383823104130noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6903392072357874022.post-1480319804691807622008-06-25T07:11:00.000-07:002008-06-25T07:13:54.037-07:00One of the many emails I get from savedarfur.org I can't believe this shit is still going on!<table style="border: 1px solid rgb(153, 153, 153); padding: 0px; width: 600px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tbody><tr><td valign="top" width="600"><img src="https://img.getactivehub.com/08/custom_images/savedarfur/emailbanner-middle.jpg" border="0" height="95" width="600" /></td></tr> <tr><td style="padding: 8px 16px 32px 35px; color: rgb(85, 85, 85); line-height: 18px; text-align: left;" valign="top" width="600"> <table bg="" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255); width: 432px; height: 946px;" align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <tbody><tr> <td> <p style="margin: 0em 0em 1em;"><span style="color:black;">Dear Jesse,</span></p> <p> </p><table style="border: 2px solid rgb(0, 102, 0); margin-top: 0em; margin-left: 10px; width: 220px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" align="right" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="0"> <tbody> <tr> <td style="width: 100%;"> <p style="margin: 0em 0em 1em;" align="center"><span style="color:black;">Arbitrary shootings.<br />Merciless beatings.</span></p> <p style="margin: 0em 0em 1em;" align="center"><span style="color:black;"><strong>Our common humanity demands an urgent response.</strong></span></p> <p style="margin: 0em 0em 1em;" align="center"><span style="color:black;">Only 5 days left to reach $200,000.</span></p> <p style="margin: 0em;" align="center"><span style="color:black;"><strong><u><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://donate.savedarfur.org/08/protect_darfur/ncp3g9M4qHjqJ?">Please make your gift today.</a></u></strong></span></p> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p style="margin: 0em 0em 1em;"><span style="color:black;">A college student shot by Sudanese security forces because the color of his hair and skin resembled that of Darfuri rebels.</span></p> <p style="margin: 0em 0em 1em;"><span style="color:black;">Paramilitary and security forces going from house to house, arresting men and boys, throwing them in trucks and speeding them off to unknown destinations.</span></p> <p style="margin: 0em 0em 1em;"><span style="color:black;">These are fragments of daily life in Sudan. This is more than a crime scene. <strong>This is genocide.</strong></span></p> <p style="margin: 0em 0em 1em;"><span style="color:black;">We cannot stand idly by as genocide continues. <strong>Nearly a year has passed since the U.N. resolved to send peacekeepers to Darfur—we need your support to make sure they don't forget their promise.</strong></span></p> <p style="margin: 0em 0em 1em;"><span style="color:black;"><strong><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://donate.savedarfur.org/08/protect_darfur/ncp3g9M4qHjqJ?">We have only 5 days left to raise $200,000. Please make a secure online donation today.</a></strong></span></p> <p style="margin: 0em 0em 1em;"><span style="color:black;"><strong>There are hopeful signs, and your activism has made a profound difference. </strong>The recent joint statement on Darfur from Senators Clinton, McCain, and Obama was historic—the first time since World War II that presidential rivals have come together on a foreign policy issue.</span></p> <p style="margin: 0em 0em 1em;"><span style="color:black;">But the people of Darfur shouldn't have to weather seven more months of unspeakable atrocities until a new U.S. president takes office. We will continue to demand accountability from the current president, from those who want to be president, and from everyone with the power to address this humanitarian crisis.</span></p> <p style="margin: 0em 0em 1em;"><span style="color:black;"><strong>But we can't do any of that without your support.</strong></span></p> <p style="margin: 0em 0em 1em;"><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://donate.savedarfur.org/08/protect_darfur/ncp3g9M4qHjqJ?"><strong>We are still $165,000 away from our $200,000 goal for this critical campaign. 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To learn more, please visit <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.savedarfur.org/">http://www.SaveDarfur.org.</a> </span></div></td></tr></tbody></table>Jesse Heartshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17914563383823104130noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6903392072357874022.post-25279281573656404032008-06-25T06:52:00.000-07:002008-06-25T06:55:27.953-07:00Good luck Hope!This is so sad to read, why her family of 10 years would do this to her is beyond me. I guess it just further proves that the average person still thinks that an animal is less than them with no feelings. I just don't get it, if I lived in that area and had the money to do so, I would adopt her. Good luck Hope!<br /><br /><a href="http://www.msplinks.com/MDFodHRwOi8vczExNS5waG90b2J1Y2tldC5jb20vYWxidW1zL24zMTkvYXJtZTAxLz9hY3Rpb249dmlldyZjdXJyZW50PWhvcGUxLmpwZw==" target="_blank"><img src="http://i115.photobucket.com/albums/n319/arme01/hope1.jpg" border="0" alt="Save Hope!!" width="429" height="556" /></a>Jesse Heartshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17914563383823104130noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6903392072357874022.post-36681912306938962132008-06-25T06:06:00.000-07:002008-06-25T06:40:28.413-07:00Unleash the Future video series....Barack Obama!So in light of the insurmountable amount of evidence of global warming and the decline of the entire eco-system on this planet the <a href="http://www.edf.org/home.cfm">Enviromental Defense Fund</a> came up with this little video series called <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Unleash the Future.<br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-style: italic;"></span></span><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br />It focuses on alternatives to the energy crisis, and the people that are innovative in creating "green" energy alternatives.<br /><br /></span></span></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span></span></span></span></span></span>Intro<br /><object height="344" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/rixIubW5wiI&rel=0&color1=0x234900&color2=0x4e9e00&hl=en"><param name="wmode" value="transparent"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/rixIubW5wiI&rel=0&color1=0x234900&color2=0x4e9e00&hl=en" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" height="344" width="425"></embed></object><br /><br />Solar<br /><object height="344" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/nDnPoYSj0LY&rel=0&color1=0x234900&color2=0x4e9e00&hl=en"><param name="wmode" value="transparent"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/nDnPoYSj0LY&rel=0&color1=0x234900&color2=0x4e9e00&hl=en" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" height="344" width="425"></embed></object><br /><br />Biofuels<br /><object height="344" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/ySnUAAihUjg&rel=0&color1=0x234900&color2=0x4e9e00&hl=en"><param name="wmode" value="transparent"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/ySnUAAihUjg&rel=0&color1=0x234900&color2=0x4e9e00&hl=en" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" height="344" width="425"></embed></object><br /><br />Wave<br /><object height="344" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/74IVv3ocUGY&rel=0&color1=0x234900&color2=0x4e9e00&hl=en"><param name="wmode" value="transparent"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/74IVv3ocUGY&rel=0&color1=0x234900&color2=0x4e9e00&hl=en" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" height="344" width="425"></embed></object><br /><br />Geothermal<br /><object height="344" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/R02sy5TI4bs&rel=0&color1=0x234900&color2=0x4e9e00&hl=en"><param name="wmode" value="transparent"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/R02sy5TI4bs&rel=0&color1=0x234900&color2=0x4e9e00&hl=en" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" height="344" width="425"></embed></object><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://s23.photobucket.com/albums/b357/j_duncan/?action=view&current=2309098294_074b01cb3f.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b357/j_duncan/2309098294_074b01cb3f.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /></a><br />For the first time in my life I can really believe in a presidential candidate. If we as the people actually elect<a href="http://www.barackobama.com/index.php">Barack Obama</a> the above things could actually happen. As well as taking our troops out of war, working on rebuilding our economy, improving our schools, and protecting our environment and the living creatures who inhabit this earth, not just the humans. These and many others things are needed, and Obama is the first candidate that I have seen with such a revolutionary spirit and drive to try and actually fix this fucked up earth. Obama is also the first candidate to have a huge grassroots movement that is actually working, and if you were for Clinton before, now that she is not a candidate anymore she is fully backing Obama.<br />In order for Obama to win, we need to get everyone we know to vote. Especially the young vote, as this society right now is full with old rich white christian republicans.Jesse Heartshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17914563383823104130noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6903392072357874022.post-6256669461963626022008-06-17T12:16:00.000-07:002008-06-17T12:20:45.555-07:00YAY!So, after some frustrastion, anger and dissappointment, I am able to sign back in to this account, and you know what that means don't you?!<br />More posts.<br />Awhile back I video taped a running train, and decided to make a little video using the footage, here is the final project. Let me know what you think!<br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/IuRhkfiDN1c&hl=en"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/IuRhkfiDN1c&hl=en" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /><br />Also, I am looking for jobs for my artwork and/or selling some of my artwork. I can also do requests. Please visit my art page at www.myspace.com/zomb_oneJesse Heartshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17914563383823104130noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6903392072357874022.post-58320487261614423882008-04-03T07:27:00.000-07:002008-04-03T07:36:16.825-07:00Finally I got to put together a real post! I hope you all like!So, the other day I got to see the indie flick In Bruges, about two hit men hiding up in a small town in Belgium. This film was great and I would strongly recommend it to everyone! I was surprised at Collin Farrel's performance, I'm not usually a fan of his, as a person and an actor, but he did a phenomenal job!<br /><br />In Bruges Trailer<br /><object height="355" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/7mR-sIf-w1w&hl=en"><param name="wmode" value="transparent"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/7mR-sIf-w1w&hl=en" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" height="355" width="425"></embed></object><br /><br />In Bruges was filmed on location; Bruges (pronounced “broozh”), the most well-preserved medieval city in the whole of Belgium, is a welcoming destination for travellers from all over the world. But for hit men Ray (Colin Farrell) and Ken (Brendan Gleeson), it could be their final destination; a difficult job has resulted in the pair being ordered right before Christmas by their London boss Harry (two-time Academy Award nominee Ralph Fiennes) to go and cool their heels in the storybook Flemish city for a couple of weeks. Very much out of place amidst the gothic architecture, canals, and cobbled streets, the two hit men fill their days living the lives of tourists. Ray, still haunted by the bloodshed in London, hates the place, while Ken, even as he keeps a fatherly eye on Ray’s often profanely funny exploits, finds his mind and soul being expanded by the beauty and serenity of the city. But the longer they stay waiting for Harry’s call, the more surreal their experience becomes, as they find themselves in weird encounters with locals, tourists, violent medieval art, a dwarf American actor (Jordan Prentice) shooting a European art film, Dutch prostitutes, and a potential romance for Ray in the form of Chloë (Clémence Poésy), who may have some dark secrets of her own. And when the call from Harry does finally come, Ken and Ray’s vacation becomes a life-and-death struggle of darkly comic proportions and surprisingly emotional consequences.<br /><br /><br />H2O is back!!!!<br /><br /><a href="http://s23.photobucket.com/albums/b357/j_duncan/A%20Wild%20Change/used/?action=view&current=H2O_nothingtoprovePoster.jpg" target="_blank"><img style="width: 439px; height: 800px;" src="http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b357/j_duncan/A%20Wild%20Change/used/H2O_nothingtoprovePoster.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /></a><br /><br />H2O needs no introduction.<br /><br />After four albums and over 300,000 copies sold on Blackout, Epitaph, and MCA Records and almost a decade of constant touring with the likes of the Misfits, Sick Of It All, the Mighty Mighty Bosstones, and Warped Tour, H2O is joining Bridge Nine Records for their fifth and long-awaited full-length album<br /><br /><a href="http://s23.photobucket.com/albums/b357/j_duncan/A%20Wild%20Change/used/?action=view&current=h2olive3.jpg" target="_blank"><img style="width: 460px; height: 467px;" src="http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b357/j_duncan/A%20Wild%20Change/used/h2olive3.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /></a><br /><br />The band was given time to pursue other interests that they didn't have the chance to pursue in that breakneck schedule. H2O still played shows and still wrote songs, but in the meantime, Toby became the proud father of Maximus Morse, expanded his musical range with Hazen Street and founded the SXEOG clothing line. Todd hit the road as lead guitar player in Juliette Lewis and the Licks. Rusty focused on his company, Pnut Jewelry, which became a busy enterprise in its own right. TF played drums for various NYC punk bands, and Adam played with rockers Alston. With five members split between LA and NYC, it was never a matter of IF H2O was going to get back to full-steam, but a matter of when.<br /><br /><a href="http://s23.photobucket.com/albums/b357/j_duncan/A%20Wild%20Change/used/?action=view&current=h2olive2.jpg" target="_blank"><img style="width: 460px; height: 467px;" src="http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b357/j_duncan/A%20Wild%20Change/used/h2olive2.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /></a><br /><br />In 2005, H20 went back to what made them a household name in the first place: touring, and while getting ready for their next record, they went out with The Used and Pennywise and they headlined the Peta2 tour with future members of B9's own Ambitions (then known as With Honor). In 2006, the new record was still in the works when the band headlined South America and the USA again, as well as supporting Rancid and headlining the inaugural "This Is Hardcore" Fest in Philadelphia. 2007 came around and after returning to Japan and doing some small stints in the US, that unnamed new record was still in progress all along. As the story goes according to Chris Wrenn, "[Label Manager] Karl [Hensel] and I were in the office listening to H2O and talking about the first time we both saw the band play, and then the conversation became 'They’re still an awesome band. We should do the next H2O record' not thinking that it would actually happen. But here we are." said Chris Wrenn. And the rest is history.<br /><br /><a href="http://s23.photobucket.com/albums/b357/j_duncan/A%20Wild%20Change/used/?action=view&current=h2olive1.jpg" target="_blank"><img style="width: 457px; height: 467px;" src="http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b357/j_duncan/A%20Wild%20Change/used/h2olive1.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Anyone who knows will tell you: H2O is best experienced live-and the band is ready to do that with a new album of songs to play. Bassist Adam Blake said, "You won't get the full picture of who H2O are from reading an interview or even from listening to a record. To really get it, you need to come to a live show and hang with us. We want our fans to feel like we're all part of one family,that we're all in this together. We appreciate every kid who has come out, and who still comes out- this album will not disappoint anyone."<br /><br />Look for H20's highly anticipated Bridge Nine debut to hit stores in May 2008 and get ready to see H20 to support the album with full world touring throughout the new year!<br /><br /><a href="http://s23.photobucket.com/albums/b357/j_duncan/A%20Wild%20Change/used/?action=view&current=h2olive.jpg" target="_blank"><img style="width: 440px; height: 384px;" src="http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b357/j_duncan/A%20Wild%20Change/used/h2olive.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /></a><br /><br />H2O was formed in the summer of 1994 in NYC by childhood friends, vocalist Toby Morse and guitar player Rusty Pistachio. Almost immediately the band began making waves with their blend of searing hardcore riffs and catchy melodic punk. Recruiting bass player Eric Rice, drummer Todd (TF) Friend and Tobys brother Todd on guiter the band entered the studio to record their now classic, self titled, debut record. Soon after the release Eric left the band to be replaced by English born bass player Adam Blake. The band were quickly signed to legendary punk rock label Epitaph records and immediately set to work on their second release Thicker Than Water and followed it up with a whirlwind of touring with such legendary names as the Misfits, Pennywise and The Mighty, Mighty Bosstones. Fresh from the road the 5 piece once again went back to the studio, this time under the guidance of Epitaph head honcho Brett Guerwitz of Bad religion fame, and cranked out the FTTW record. Once again it was time to hit the road and hit the road they did, this time taking out then up and comers Saves the Day for their first tour. After all this touring (almost 6 years of straight touring and recording) you would think the band needed a break, not these workaholic, hardcore guys! Signing with MCA records the band once again entered the studio, this time with producer Matt Wallace (Faith No More/ Maroon 5). the result was GO which added more melody to the bands already signature sound. Once again the band hit the road again for almost 18 months including snagging the coveted main support slot on the Boxcar Racer tour. The band followed up Go with the All We Want EP, which also featured 3 live tracks from the bands hometown show at CBGB’s. Taking a well needed break the band went on and explored other areas of their lives. Toby became the pround father of Maximus Morse and expanded his musical range with Hazen Street, Todd hit the road as lead guitar player in Julliete Lewis and the Licks, Rusty took up guitar duties in NYC staples 9 Lives, TF played drums for various NYC punk bands and Adam played with rockers Alston. After a little over a year of inactivity the band once again hit the road and began writing songs for their as yet yet untitled 5th record, a record Alternative Press magazine slated as one of the most anticipated releases of 2005. The band expect the record to be released in mid 2006 and have been playing selections from it live.<br /><br /><a href="http://s23.photobucket.com/albums/b357/j_duncan/A%20Wild%20Change/used/?action=view&current=h20pressphoto.jpg" target="_blank"><img style="width: 438px; height: 399px;" src="http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b357/j_duncan/A%20Wild%20Change/used/h20pressphoto.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /></a><br /><br />So that is the story so far but that is far from the whole story. After 4 full length records, all the ups and downs of being in a band and literally thousands of live shows the bands core beliefs haven’t shifted since day 1. Explains bass player Adam Blake "Coming from hardcore, we have always had the belief that the band is only half the story, maybe even less. What is really important is the connection with our audience. We want them to feel like we all part of one family, that we’re all in this together". Says Toby Morse "Hardcore is not about what you eat, drink or wear. Its a way of life, the music and the message". The band are planning on hitting the road hard hard and its a good bet that they will be coming to your town soon. As Blake says "You won’t get the full picture of who H2O are from reading an interview or even from listening to a record. To really get it, you need to come to a live show and hang with us". Thats is where H2O lives....on stage and coming to your town soon.<br />--Taken from their myspace page.<br /><br />"Role Model" from the album "Go!"<br /><object height="80" width="300"><param name="movie" value="http://media.imeem.com/m/3zDGcHqlTv/aus=false/"><param name="wmode" value="transparent"><embed src="http://media.imeem.com/m/3zDGcHqlTv/aus=false/" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" height="110" width="300"></embed></object><br /><br />"Thicker than water" from the album "Thicker than water"<br /><object height="80" width="300"><param name="movie" value="http://media.imeem.com/m/Rn7RWGc9V5/aus=false/"><param name="wmode" value="transparent"><embed src="http://media.imeem.com/m/Rn7RWGc9V5/aus=false/" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" height="110" width="300"></embed></object><br /><br />"Family tree" from the album "H2O"<br /><object height="80" width="300"><param name="movie" value="http://media.imeem.com/m/wuq7k9bhXr/aus=false/"><param name="wmode" value="transparent"><embed src="http://media.imeem.com/m/wuq7k9bhXr/aus=false/" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" height="110" width="300"></embed></object><br /><br />"Everready" Music video<br /><object height="355" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/Yv68CY-QjCU&hl=en"><param name="wmode" value="transparent"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/Yv68CY-QjCU&hl=en" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" height="355" width="425"></embed></object><br /><br />"Here today, gone tomorrow" Live at Pound SF<br /><object height="355" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/lBOdm-QP8xo&hl=en"><param name="wmode" value="transparent"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/lBOdm-QP8xo&hl=en" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" height="355" width="425"></embed></object><br /><br />H2O live @ The Skinny - F.T.T.W. Tour 5.2.00 - Portland, ME (kind of shitty footage, but I was at this show, so I had to put this up!)<br /><object height="355" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/yxOMafD2uh8&hl=en"><param name="wmode" value="transparent"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/yxOMafD2uh8&hl=en" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" height="355" width="425"></embed></object><br /><br />For more info please visit their sites at:<br />http://www.myspace.com/h2ofamily<br />http://www.h2ogo.com<br /><br /><br />State Bird<br /><br /><a href="http://s23.photobucket.com/albums/b357/j_duncan/A%20Wild%20Change/used/?action=view&current=statebirdcover.jpg" target="_blank"><img style="width: 439px; height: 600px;" src="http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b357/j_duncan/A%20Wild%20Change/used/statebirdcover.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /></a><br /><br />"State Bird is a duo featuring the songs of Coby Hartzler and Jared Riblet. With help from a cast of other musicians, the two create loud, eccentric folk-rock. Originally from Dover, OH, State Bird have matured with an experimental cohesiveness on their new record, Mostly Ghostly. The sophomore album on The Record Machine label is catchy with unconventional "country and tribal Indian" themes.<br /><br />Mostly Ghostly has a folksy foreground with simple rhythm guitars and narratives. Melodic vocals form the base of each song, while the background shimmers with more eccentric, orchestral embellishments.<br /><br />In "I Saw The Light," a simple guitar riff leads off while another guitar riff, more colorful and more psychedelic, thunders in the background against fleeting drums and sparkling cymbals and tambourines. The duo relies on the tribal rhythms and choral chants to make the songs infectious, unexpected and exciting.<br /><br />In addition to a short tour in February, State Bird will release Mostly Ghostly on February 26, 2008."<br />-NPR.org, January 25, 2008<br /><br /><a href="http://s23.photobucket.com/albums/b357/j_duncan/A%20Wild%20Change/used/?action=view&current=statebird300.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b357/j_duncan/A%20Wild%20Change/used/statebird300.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /></a><br /><br />"Son of dust"<br /><object height="80" width="300"><param name="movie" value="http://media.imeem.com/m/1uYERwZYIo/aus=false/"><param name="wmode" value="transparent"><embed src="http://media.imeem.com/m/1uYERwZYIo/aus=false/" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" height="110" width="300"></embed></object><br /><br />"Where the water met the land"<br /><object height="80" width="300"><param name="movie" value="http://media.imeem.com/m/P7eGJV-4r3/aus=false/"><param name="wmode" value="transparent"><embed src="http://media.imeem.com/m/P7eGJV-4r3/aus=false/" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" height="110" width="300"></embed></object><br /><br />A performance at Corner stone music festival 2007<br /><object height="355" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/RdxZ1e1vP_s&hl=en"><param name="wmode" value="transparent"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/RdxZ1e1vP_s&hl=en" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" height="355" width="425"></embed></object><br /><br />For more info please visit their sites at:<br />http://www.myspace.com/statebirdmusic<br />http://www.statebirdmusic.com<br /><br />Have Heart<br /><br /><a href="http://s23.photobucket.com/albums/b357/j_duncan/A%20Wild%20Change/used/?action=view&current=haveheart.jpg" target="_blank"><img style="width: 438px; height: 250px;" src="http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b357/j_duncan/A%20Wild%20Change/used/haveheart.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /></a><br /><br />"Boston's Have Heart is a band that has caught the hardcore world by surprise. After releasing a demo and an EP, Have Heart caught the attention of Bridge Nine records and they recorded their debut LP The Things We Carry in 2006. Since then, Have Heart has been causing a fury with an intelligent, heart-felt, dynamic debut full-length and their passionate & energetic live shows around the globe.<br /><br /><a href="http://s23.photobucket.com/albums/b357/j_duncan/A%20Wild%20Change/used/?action=view&current=2199725835_bd778f604b.jpg" target="_blank"><img style="width: 435px; height: 333px;" src="http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b357/j_duncan/A%20Wild%20Change/used/2199725835_bd778f604b.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Taking the positivity of fellow Massachusetts bands like Bane and In My Eyes, Have Heart also takes influence from bands like Outspoken & Unbroken for a sound that is captivating everyone who hears or sees them."<br />-Taken from Bridge 9 records<br /><br /><a href="http://s23.photobucket.com/albums/b357/j_duncan/A%20Wild%20Change/used/?action=view&current=2081766493_937504d9b3.jpg" target="_blank"><img style="width: 437px; height: 486px;" src="http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b357/j_duncan/A%20Wild%20Change/used/2081766493_937504d9b3.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /></a><br /><br />"Lionheart" taken from the 2003 demo<br /><object height="80" width="300"><param name="movie" value="http://media.imeem.com/m/a5tOhh5bq8/aus=false/"><param name="wmode" value="transparent"><embed src="http://media.imeem.com/m/a5tOhh5bq8/aus=false/" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" height="110" width="300"></embed></object><br /><br />"Reinforced" taken from the EP "What counts"<br /><object height="80" width="300"><param name="movie" value="http://media.imeem.com/m/20NWpzNoBz/aus=false/"><param name="wmode" value="transparent"><embed src="http://media.imeem.com/m/20NWpzNoBz/aus=false/" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" height="110" width="300"></embed></object><br /><br />"Armed with a mind" taken from the album "The things we carry"<br /><object height="80" width="300"><param name="movie" value="http://media.imeem.com/m/dxcX033WPH/aus=false/"><param name="wmode" value="transparent"><embed src="http://media.imeem.com/m/dxcX033WPH/aus=false/" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" height="110" width="300"></embed></object><br /><br />"Something more than ink" taken from the album "The things we carry"<br /><object height="80" width="300"><param name="movie" value="http://media.imeem.com/m/awv_kPB2lC/aus=false/"><param name="wmode" value="transparent"><embed src="http://media.imeem.com/m/awv_kPB2lC/aus=false/" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" height="110" width="300"></embed></object><br /><br />"The Machinist" taken from the album "The things we carry" (My Favorite!)<br /><object height="80" width="300"><param name="movie" value="http://media.imeem.com/m/B64xawlu95/aus=false/"><param name="wmode" value="transparent"><embed src="http://media.imeem.com/m/B64xawlu95/aus=false/" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" height="110" width="300"></embed></object><br /><br />Have Heart "Armed with a mind"<br /><object height="355" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/2aApyMoD2DA"><param name="wmode" value="transparent"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/2aApyMoD2DA" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" height="355" width="425"></embed></object><br /><br />Please visit their sites for more info at:<br />http://www.myspace.com/haveheart<br />http://www.bridge9.com<br /><br />Very exciting releases coming from Bridge 9 Records soon!<br /><br />Have Heart have also just finished recording their follow-up to "The things we carry" and their new album with be out sometime in July! and yes, there are rumors of it being a double album, 41 tracks long, I really hope that is the case!<br /><br />Providence, RI's political hardcore band Verse finishes recording, and is just putting the finishing touches on their 3rd full length album titled "Aggression" due out June 10th.<br /><br />New Found Glory's Tip Of The Iceberg comes out in about two months, but Altpress.com blew the cover on the CD version of the new EP. With our blessing of course...but The CD version of Tip Of The Iceberg will now include the first offical release of International Superheroes of Hardcore Takin It Ova!. What happens when Jordan & Chad swap vocal & guitar duties, the band's sense of humor, and a combination of New York Hardcore influences with Crucial Youth? The result is a 12-song album that takes on the hardcore scene ills of talking shit, genres they find offensive, eBay, save driving & their open appreciation for Madball. Takin It Ova shows a side of the band people might not have known and after a self-released 7-song, limited edition CD of only 1000 copies, this is the first official North American release of the ISHC full-length album.Jesse Heartshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17914563383823104130noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6903392072357874022.post-7249014641566686462008-04-02T11:21:00.000-07:002008-04-02T11:29:26.836-07:00Sorry for the delay....Please read!!!So, it's been awhile since my last post, and I wanted to write a quick note, letting you all know that there will be a new post on here sometime later today or tomorrow. I have been really busy as of late, due to job searching, working part-time at the cinemas, and working at my new internship at Congressman Mike Michaud's Bangor office. I was also really sick last week, and my future sister in-law just flew in from Cali a couple of weeks ago. She's going to be helping me with zine as well, so get ready for some interesting posts from her in the near future. Until then you can go over to Ebay and check out a bunch of stuff I am trying to sell! Just follow the link below!<br /><br />http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQsassZthezombieapocolypseQQfrppZ50QQfsopZ32QQfsooZ2QQrdZ0<br /><br />Also, I suggest checking out the bands She & Him, Smart Birds, Every Smith Ever, and Immortal Technique, and if you ever get a chance go check out the movies In Bruges, and Be Kind Rewind!Jesse Heartshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17914563383823104130noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6903392072357874022.post-47652157872759214842008-03-17T05:54:00.000-07:002008-03-17T05:56:41.672-07:00Sorry...I'm sorry it's been a couple of days since I posted on this. I will either make a quick post today before I go to work, and I'll make one tomorrow.<br /><br />Either way, I wanted to let you all know that coming up soon here I am going to be making a huge post highlighting local musicians, and bands.Jesse Heartshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17914563383823104130noreply@blogger.com0