It’s Michigan Week! (IV)

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We’re less than 24 hours away from The Game.  It will be a noon start tomorrow, which is the way it should be, because it’s the way it has always been.

The Game will be at the Big House in Ann Arbor.  Like the Horseshoe in Columbus, Michigan Stadium is one of college football’s most fabled venues, a huge, cavernous bowl dug out of the ground.  It’s where Woody Hayes and Bo Schembechler prowled the sidelines during the 10-Year War.  It’s where the Buckeyes tore down the “M Club” banner in the early ’70s, sending the Michigan radio announcer into a frenzy.  The field is thick with memories and legends.  Tomorrow the members of Buckeye Nation will try to fill a significant part of that colossal edifice, cheering on the Men of the Scarlet and Gray.  Michigan fans have experienced a tough and disappointing season, and many of them have…

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FYI: 10 Banned Foods!

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To Your Health

Heal Thyself!  http://eatlocalgrown.com
10 American Foods that are BANNED in Other Countries:

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Americans are slowly waking up to the sad fact that much of the food sold in the US is far inferior to the same foods sold in other nations. In fact, many of the foods you eat are BANNED in other countries.

BANNED FOODS
eatlocalgrown.com/article/11944-banned-foods.html

Here, I’ll review 10 American foods that are banned elsewhere.

Seeing how the overall health of Americans is so much lower than other industrialized countries, you can’t help but wonder whether toxic foods such as these might play a role in our skyrocketing disease rates.

#1: Milk and Dairy Products Laced with rBGH  Where it’s banned: Australia, New Zealand, Israel, EU and Canada

#2: Genetically Engineered Papaya  Where it’s banned: The European Union

#3: Ractopamine-Tainted Meat  Where it’s banned: 160 countries across Europe, Russia, mainland China and Republic of China (Taiwan)

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Shining Path

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Webner House

IMG_5513It’s rare for the ground to be snow-covered in central Ohio over Thanksgiving; typically the temperature is in the 40s or low 50s, well-suited to a turkey bowl pickup football game or a turkey trot 5K.  This year, however, the snow came early and the temperatures are cold.  Our icy walking path is treacherous but shimmering in the bright morning sunshine.

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