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Former "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" actress Eliza Dushku has upset animal rights activists after she revealed she hunts elk and deer. The actress proudly showed off her bow and arrow skills on late-night talk show "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" on Wednesday and boasted about killing a deer in Oklahoma last Christmas. She also revealed she was hunting for elk in Colorado when she landed her role in the upcoming TV series "Dollhouse." Realizing the studio audience had turned on her over her Bambi-killing antics, Dushku joked, "My mother called me herself and said, 'You're a liberal from New England, what the...

It might be a while before they appear on the shelf at Tesco. But scientists claim adding insects to our diet would be good for us and the environment. Crunching into crickets or snacking on grilled caterpillar is apparently a means to a nutrient-rich diet that also helps reduce pests and puts less strain on the planet than eating conventional meat. Enlarge insects Some insects in their dried form are said to have twice the protein of raw meat and fish, while others are rich in unsaturated fat and contain important vitamins and minerals. Experts believe they could one day...

Experts believe they could one day be marketed as a healthy alternative to fatty snacks. In most of Europe, bug-eating is largely restricted to the belated realisation that there has been an unwelcome addition to the salad. It is common elsewhere, however, with some 1,700 species of bug eaten in 113 countries. In Taiwan, stir-fried crickets or sauteed caterpillars are delicacies. A plate of maguey worms - larvae of a giant butterfly - sells for £12.50 in smart Mexican restaurants. Sago grubs wrapped in banana leaves go down well in Papua New Guinea, as does dragonfly in Bali. In many...

Getting Forgetful? Then Blueberries May Hold The Key ScienceDaily (Apr. 12, 2008) — If you are getting forgetful as you get older, then a research team from the University of Reading and the Peninsula Medical School in the Southwest of England may have good news for you They have found that phytochemical-rich foods, such as blueberries, are effective at reversing age-related deficits in memory, according to a study soon to be published in the science journal Free Radical Biology and Medicine. The researchers working at the Schools of Food Biosciences and Psychology in Reading and the Institute of Biomedical and...

(MAYUGE) - If you are a farmer, you may want to think twice about flushing your urine down the toilet. Urine may be a waste product but it also has many uses, and the best part of it is that it comes with no price tag. Farmers in various parts of the country use human urine as fertilizers and to fight crop diseases. The method started in Baitambogwe Village in Mayuge District but has now spread to over 21 districts. Through knowledge sharing via telephone Short Message System commonly known as SMS, farmers in Baitambogwe are propagating the method to...

A new Helen Thomas thread!!!

The search for the perfect latke is the search for the one thing you'll never find: the one your mom used to make. Thick or thin, cakey or dense, laced with shredded potato or smooth and fritter-like: Whatever your childhood memories hold, that is the right way to fry a latke. My mom never made latkes. Presbyterians generally don't. But I am now married to a man who craves potatoes, onions, and grease as soon as the sun starts to set around five o'clock in the evening. My search, then, is for the latke my mother-in-law used to make. In...

Julie Banderas is filling in for John Gibson today. Is anybody watching her? She is visibally upset about the comments made about President Bush by Chavez and The Iranian pipsqueek. I appreciate the fact that she kept ferering to president Bush as "Our Commander in Chief" and was angered that thse desopts can speak so freely in "our country" as she put it. It is good to see the there are some in the media with a sense of patriotism.

NINE of every 10 whales killed by Japan last summer were in Australia's Antarctic whale sanctuary. Federal Environment Minister Ian Campbell said a report by the Japanese Whale Research Program confirmed 50 humpback whales would be killed next summer, as well as 850 Antarctic minkes and 50 fin whales. He said maps in the report showed 90 per cent of kills last summer were in the Australian sanctuary. "The killing of whales by Japan in the Australian sanctuary is in clear breach of International Whaling Commission policy," said Senator Campbell. He told The Australian he was particularly concerned by the...

In some ways, the traveling taco stand has become a symbol of the rise of Hispanics in the US. Here in Gwinnett County, Ga., it wasn't any different - until lawmakers outlawed the $1 street-corner taco vendor last month. Hispanic purveyors of the workingman's lunch represent an immigration policy many Americans feel has gone haywire. In many interior states where the Hispanic immigration had been minimal until recently, residents are encountering more new faces speaking an incomprehensible language and infiltrating street corners with their cilantro-spiced fare. In resisting the sudden and growing influence of Latino culture, some cities and towns...

Canadians have spoken, and they'd like you to pass the Nanaimo Bars. Thanks in part to a heartwarming display of civic pride, the little dessert bar that could can now proudly call itself Canada's Favourite Confection. The build-up to this triumphant moment began on Monday, when we kicked off the Great Canadian Confection Election to find this country's greatest treat just in time for Canada Day. Our ballot included Coffee Crisp, Nanaimo bars, Beaver Tails, Old Dutch chips, Cherry Blossom, McCain's Deep 'n' Delicious Cake, Jos. Louis, Tim Hortons' Iced Capp, Laura Secord Chocolate, Mr. Christie's cookies and a spot...

AMSTERDAM, Netherlands May 15, 2006 (AP)— Bears killed and ate a monkey in a Dutch zoo in front of horrified visitors, witnesses and the zoo said Monday. In the incident Sunday at the Beekse Bergen Safari Park, several Sloth bears chased the Barbary macaque into an electric fence, where it was stunned. It recovered and fled onto a wooden structure, where one bear pursued and mauled it to death. The park confirmed the killing in a statement, saying: "In an area where Sloth bears, great apes and Barbary macaques have coexisted peacefully for a long time, the harmony was temporarily...

COMPTON, Calif. -- A man was mauled to death by three guard dogs after he jumped the fence at a metalworking company in Compton Sunday. Authorities said the man, whose identity has not been released, suffered severe head and back injuries and was pronounced dead on arrival at a hospital. The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department said the dogs, all pit bull mixes, attacked the man after he jumped the fence at the Cal State Steel Company. Security guards who heard his screams called 911. Sheriff's deputies arrived to find the man badly mauled and still under attack. They said...

Today is Wednesday. In my house that means American History is our History/Geography topic. We are also learning about the individual states. The best way to learn is always through hands-on experience. Since we can't travel to each state at this time, I hoped all the good Freepers could bring their states to us. What recipes do you have that are specific to your area and can rarely be found anywhere else?

"Picture two steaks on a grocer's shelf, each hermetically sealed in clear plastic wrap. One is bright pink, rimmed with a crescent of pearly white fat. The other is brown, its fat the color of a smoker's teeth.">Which do you reach for?

In Vitro Meat By RAIZEL ROBIN Published: December 11, 2005 In July, scientists at the University of Maryland announced the development of bioengineering techniques that could be used to mass-produce a new food for public consumption: meat that is grown in incubators. The process works by taking stem cells from a biopsy of a live animal (or a piece of flesh from a slaughtered animal) and putting them in a three-dimensional growth medium - a sort of scaffolding made of proteins. [snip] Scientists at NASA and at several Dutch universities have been developing the technology since 2001, and in a...

People who have high levels of high-fat dairy foods and conjugated linoleic acid, a component of dairy foods, in their diet may have a reduced risk of colorectal cancer, according to a report in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. "High-fat dairy, and not only low-fat dairy, may be beneficial," Dr. Susanna C. Larsson from Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, told Reuters Health. Larsson and colleagues examined the association between long-term consumption of high-fat dairy foods and the rate of colorectal cancer among more than 60,000 women between 40 and 76 years old who participated in the Swedish Mammography Cohort. Women who...

Yesterday I watched Food TV. Emeril had the winners of his Italian cuisine contest on. Wow! There were some yummy dishes on there. One I need to make next week is a dish called Chicken Meatball Soup. Wine lovers will love it because you can use wine liberally in this dish. There is a newsletter I would like to recommend. I have subscribed to it for years. It's called Real Food for Real People. You can take a look at the site for it at http://www.realfood4realpeople.com

Maggot Treatment Saves Mich. Woman's Foot Sun Jul 24, 9:38 AM ET BAY CITY, Mich. - Barbara Enser wasn't very comfortable at first with the idea of using maggots to clean the wound on her right foot. But if it meant saving it from amputation, she was willing to give it a try. The 57-year-old Bay City woman was diagnosed with diabetes 40 years ago and subsequently lost her left leg to the disease. She also suffers from neuropathy, meaning she has no feeling in her foot or leg, and ulcers or wounds can develop from constantly putting pressure on...

Last week I told my husband I had started this thread. He asked if I could get a recipe for toast. He thinks he's funny. This week's topic is family recipes. You don't have to devulge your secret recipes that are too precious to give out. But, maybe those loved and cherished ones from when you were a kid or those that bring back great memories. For years the big treat at Christmas time in my husband's family were the yummy Sweet and Sour Meatballs that his grandma made. After she died I overheard his aunts talking and asking about...

It's been suggested, so let's do it. I am forming a Freeper food list (pictures optional). Since we are in the middle of summer, this week's theme is obviously summer. Have recipes? Have some food memories of summer? Just have fun with this. I will be posting a new theme every Friday or Saturday. Once these recipes are tested, perhaps a little feedback on what others thought. Freepmail me if you would like to be put on the Freeper Kitchen ping list

WINSTED, Conn. -- A Winsted man believes the sweet smell of the vegetable oil he uses to fuel his car attracted a bear who damaged the vehicle trying to get at the biodiesel. Larry Joy, a 53-year-old electrician, said the bear shattered a window on his 1981 Volkswagen Rabbit, tipped the plastic fuel tank on its side and gnawed on car hoses about two weeks ago. He said the evidence included muddy paw prints around the broken window and a pool of cooking oil on the rear floorboard. "I knew what it was after," Joy told The Sunday Republican of...

May. 11, 2005 Kramer orders inquiry of killing of 5 buffaloes By R. SCOTT RAPPOLD THE GAZETTE City Manager Lorne Kramer on Tuesday ordered an investigation into the killing of five buffaloes by police after the animals escaped from a west-side slaughterhouse. The buffaloes were shot Monday in a front yard in the 1500 block of West Colorado Avenue. Three officers armed with semiautomatic rifles fired up to 120 rounds of .223-caliber bullets. Shots also were fired by a meat-packing plant employee armed with a rifle. Bullets struck nearby houses that had been evacuated and at least one parked car....

FACED with worsening food shortages, president Robert Mugabe’s officials have resorted to killing elephants to pacify hungry Zimbabweans, it was claimed yesterday. Game rangers near the western resort town of Kariba were told to kill at least four elephants ahead of celebrations to mark Zimbabwe’s 25th anniversary of independence this week, said Johnny Rodrigues, the chairman of the Zimbabwe Conservation Task Force (ZCTF). Elephant meat is not traditionally eaten by Zimbabweans but other kinds of meat are increasingly scarce in this once prosperous farming nation. Mr Mugabe used Monday’s independence celebrations to boast about Zimbabwe’s "enormous" achievements since independence in...

NEW YORK - New York police have ticketed a man they say set up a table on a Brooklyn sidewalk to sell Girl Scout cookies without a license. advertisement But the suspect’s 13-year-old daughter disputes the account and says her father was only helping her deliver pre-ordered cookies in the neighborhood. Officers issued a summons for unlicensed vending to Hoi ”Howard” Louis over the weekend. “An adult 55-year-old male who had set up a table along a busy stretch was given a summons,” Deputy Commissioner Paul Browne said Wednesday. “No Girl Scouts were seen by officers at the time the...

Argentina's dangerous direction February 11th, 2005 Buried deep in the appalling announcement of Cuba's new place on the UN's Human Rights Commission was the name of the country that nominated that outpost of tyranny for the honor: Argentina. It's not the first time the southernmost country in the New World has done the bidding of Cuban dictator Fidel Castro. Last December, a Cuban dissident who sought de-facto asylum in Havana's Argentine embassy was unexpectedly denied an exit visa and forced back into the hands of Castro's waiting agents. Such events underline Argentina's political direction. A few years ago, Argentina was...

Looked for another thread and did`nt find one.She is on with Ellis whatever his last name is.Black shirt,jeans,sweet dreams tonight.Kicking his silly butt again too.I know the rules,I don`t know how to post pics yet someone plese help and spare me the wrath.

Ala Mike Tyson: Angry Russell Crowe Bites mate's ear while shooting Boxing Movie - (August 23, 2004) RUSSELL Crowe has reportedly bitten the ear of his bodyguard Mark "Spud" Carroll during a drunken clash while filming his new boxing movie. According to Britain's Daily Mirror, the fiery Australian star's "Mike Tyson" moment allegedly happened during a drinking session on the Toronto set of The Cinderella Man. Crowe allegedly turned on Carroll, a former Australian Test rugby league player, when the bodyguard told him it was time he went home to his wife Danielle Spencer and son Charles. "Something must have...

Two farmers have been sentenced to prison terms of up to nine years for eating a rare Manchurian tiger after leaving it to die in a trap, the Beijing Evening News Reported...

This story gets increasingly more curious. When it broke two days ago the common comment was - this 23 year old teacher must have had severe emotional or psychological problems to be chasing 14 year old boys down to have sex with in their cousin's car. She was also newly married to a handsome husband and supposedly was a dedicated teacher. The Tampa Bay Tribune has the first of any background stories I have seen on LaFave. From initial appearances it does not seem readily obvious that she was someone who had suffered from some sort of pattern of abuse....

A 23-year-old female teacher in Tampa, Fla., was arrested Monday for the second time on charges of having sex with a 14-year-old male student. Debra Lafave, (pictured, left) was accompanied by her new attorney, John Fitzgibbons as she surrendered to Marion County deputies in Ocala. Lafave, who is married, is a reading teacher at Greco Middle School in Temple Terrace, just northeast of Tampa. The new charges accuse Lafave of pursuing the 14-year-old student to Ocala, Fla., while he was visiting his 15-year-old cousin. Detectives said Lafave had sex with the student twice in Ocala - once in the back...

Local10.com Florida Teacher Accused Of Sex With 14-Year-Old Boy Woman Faces Charges After Boy Makes Accusations POSTED: 4:22 PM EDT June 24, 2004UPDATED: 5:19 PM EDT June 24, 2004 TAMPA -- A Tampa-area middle school teacher is under arrest, accused of having sex with a student.Reading teacher Debra Beasley LaFave, 23, is a newlywed who is accused of performing oral sex on a 14-year-old student at Greco Middle School twice in the past month.LaFave (pictured left, in wedding photo) is being held in the Hillsborough County Jail on $15,000 bail.The 2002 graduate of the University of South Florida was married...

EATEN BY HIS PET SPIDERS Feb 27 2004 Cops' macabre find in flat From Allan Hall In Berlin SPIDERMAN Mark Voegel became a gruesome feast for the creepy-crawlies he loved. They devoured his body after he got a lethal bite from his favourite pet Bettina - a deadly Black Widow. More than 200 spiders, several snakes, a gecko called Helmut and several thousand termites gorged on their former master for days. Police who were called in after neighbours complained about the smell said it was "like a scene from a horror movie". They found the remains of 30-year-old loner Voegel...

New Years Resolution.. FIND TRUE LOVE, AGAIN!Was your First Love, your True Love?  Can you go back?Is your first love your lone love?There must be something very special about our first love, as clumsy as they were, they have inspired enough love stories written about it, to fill libraries. Well, there must be something real about it, because there are growing numbers including scientist, that believe that your first blushing love, is your only true love, and everything that has followed are sadly, only weak and empty sequels. "If you love somebody, let them go. If they return, they were...

Someone Loves you, more than you know...Everyone, every single person on this earth has someone that loves them. Everyone!This magical time of the year is when we turn our attentions and our thoughts to all of the special people in our lives that we love above all others. Most every faith, creed, and nationality has some special season that is set aside to ponder on our emotions, and the real meaning of life. For many, this is a Holy time, the Holiest time of the year. It is a time of faith, of reflections on our past, rejoicing in our...

CORINTH, Miss. -- A 107-pound Virginia woman ate her way to a championship after she out-gulped seven males in the World Champion Barbecue Eating Contest. Sonya "The Black Widow" Thomas, of Alexandria, swallowed 23 barbecue sandwiches in 12 minutes to claim the title, $2,000 and the honor of wearing the champion's belt for a year."Sonya is the only one who can actually fit into the belt," joked David Baer, one of the announcers and director of business development for the International Federation of Competitive Eating.Spectators were stunned by the performance of the petite winner, who never paused Friday night as...

WE are a city of heroes. The rest of the country may clamor for po' boys and hoagies, grinders, subs, wedges or torpedoes, but New York knows what really constitutes a gigantic sandwich, and what raises the hero above those pretenders; what makes it gastronomic royalty. Let there be no misunderstanding by those who have never ventured to New York, or by those who have come lately, or by those who diet. The hero is a sandwich of cured Italian meats. These are layered into a forearm's length of fresh crusty bread, often with a few slices of Italian cheese...

    The 72oz. Steak There's no bigger steak-eating challenge anywhere! The famous 72 oz. steak is a legend across the US and around the world; so if you can't travel to Amarillo to try it on for size, you now can have one shipped right to your front door! View the latest 72oz. Champs! Big Texan Steak Ranch 72oz. Steak Facts and Stats Nearly 4800 people have succeeded in eating the 72oz. steak (since 1960). Almost 30,000 people have attempted to consume the free 72oz. steak (since 1960). Approximately two women each year successfully eat the steak of the...

BBQ Across the South Barbecue is pork. No, beef. How about mutton? Chicken? Goat? North Carolina has the best barbecue. Make that Texas. Memphis is barbecue heaven. Nope. Kansas City. Sometimes, home-cooking is best. The Gibson family's "pig-picking" begins in the early hours. On and on goes this debate about the South's best barbecue. While y'all argued, we ate. Charles Walton, the best food photographer in America, and I sniffed out nearly 100 restaurants, joints, and dives from Washington, D.C., to Kansas City, Missouri. We found that the heart of barbecue beats in Memphis. Tar Heels and Texans cook mountains...

<p>LONDON, England (Reuters) -- Humans make an attractive meal for all lions and not, as had traditionally been believed, just old and infirm animals unable to catch faster-moving meals.</p> <p>New Scientist magazine said on Wednesday that new research showed most man-eating lions were young and healthy.</p>

Tibbs Ribs owner dies after accident; Collides with whale off California coast By Jim Scott KGET 17 News 09/04/02 Bakersfield - The family of Bakersfield restaurant owner Jerry Tibbs is headed back to town to make funeral arrangements. The 51-year-old Tibbs died Sunday night in a fishing accident off the central California coast. The coast guard says Tibbs, who wasn't wearing a life-vest, fell into the ocean when a Grey whale collided with his fishing boat Sunday evening. Three other Bakersfield men survived the accident. One man suffered minor injuries. Tibbs' body was recovered Monday afternoon. Here at home,...