There is NO need for animal foods in human nutrition. An entirely healthy — and indeed superiorly healthy — diet can be had from the "four vegan food groups" (fruits, vegetables, grains and legumes).

So, give it some thought. It wasn't that easy to even go vegetarian when I made that choice back in the early 1970s, but today even the big supermarket chains carry a lot of vegan foods from tofu to Boca Burgers, and of course whole grains and legumes and fresh fruits and vegetables, and it is a lot easier than you might think to go vegan and just withdraw ALL of your energy from the completely needless cruelty of raising and slaughtering sentient beings for food.

Call them canapes, antipasto or appetizers

Tomato pesto, crumbled bacon, and chopped toasted nuts are good. Heat in the oven until warm and creamy. If dairy isn't your thing, use beans as the base for dips. Ashton says combine a can of beans (black, pinto or navy are good), a chopped chipotle chile, lime juice and salt in a food processor and pulse until smooth. Alternatively, buy a tub of hummus and doctor it with pesto or tapenade. For another dairy-free option, Sandy Gluck, food editor at Everyday Food magazine, says to puree a small jar of roasted red peppers, a tablespoon of tomato paste, paprika and 1/4 cup toasted almonds.Now, on to the canapes and appetizers, or antipasti, if you prefer. These ideas are from Mary Ann Esposito, host of Public Television's long-running "Ciao Italia" cooking show and author of the recent "Ciao Italia Slow and Easy" cookbook."I like to do an antipasti that is unexpected," she says.

RFU Anti Doping

There are two types of TUEs, a standard TUE and an abbreviated TUE.

(a) Beta 2 Agonists – (formoterol, salbutamol, salmeterol and terbutaline) administered by inhaler only to prevent and /or treat asthma and exercised induced asthma/broncho-constriction.

Whole Grain Diets Lower Risk Of Chronic Disease, Study Shows

ScienceDaily (Feb. 11, 2008) — Diets with high amounts of whole grains may help achieve significant weight loss, and also reduce the risk of chronic diseases such as diabetes and cardiovascular disease, according to a team of Penn State researchers at University Park and the College of Medicine.

Letter From a Young American

I watched as the passion and hope of the sixties evaporated into the hopelessness of the seventies and the BIG LIE of the eighties. I know your anger. It is an energy that can and must be harnessed. Let the old politics of privilege and power end with the election of President Obama. We the people can make this happen with our $25, and $50 donations. If you're tired of the Insurance companies, banks and oil companies; argi-businesses, wall street tycoons and the ultra rich running this country for their own benefit - give what you can, do what you can but most of all say who you are. Talk about this movement at church, at work, in your neighborhood. Put your reputation on the line. Stand up and be counted. We can retake this nation for the people and make it an agent of change in the world.

Auburn elementary school sees test scores, fitness both rise from ...

It's Morning Madness, and the kids at Pioneer Elementary School in Auburn are pumped up as usual. Armed with their portfolios outlining skill tasks, they arrive an hour before school starts, heading for the school gym to play with a purpose. As many as 70 youngsters, grades three to five, show up three days a week. There is no pressure. It's voluntary.

NASA extends shuttle mission by one day

While the U.S. space agency refrained from commenting on the nature of the illness or whom it afflicted, ESA officials revealed some details earlier today on their blog chronicling Atlantis' mission to deliver the European Columbus laboratory to the ISS.