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Minnesota has been hit with a devastating bird flu outbreak as the state prepares to provide much of the nation with turkeys for Thanksgiving. On Wednesday, officials announced Minnesota’s first major outbreak of bird flu in 2023. Minnesota is America’s largest producer of turkeys. State officials said Wednesday that a flock of 140,000 turkeys was killed at a Meeker County farm. The cull was commenced to mitigate the further spread of the highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI), according to the Star Tribune. HPAI, or bird flu, has seen a terrifying level of spread around the globe in the last few...

IF YOU HAVE FAMILY RECIPES POST THEM HERE!............. **************************************************************** NATIONAL STUFFING DAY November 21st is an ideal day for National Stuffing Day with Thanksgiving right around the corner. Since we are already thinking about the delicious turkey stuffing that is a traditional part of Thanksgiving dinner. #NationalStuffingDay Some cooks choose to stuff the bird with crusts of bread, vegetables, herbs, and spices. Others prefer to prepare a similar dish alongside the turkey using the drippings to moisten the dish. Either way, each preparation is a personal preference or family tradition. The difference is the first is called a stuffing, but...

Turkey, stuffing and pumpkin pie, all the scents of Thanksgiving food will have your family rushing to the table, even your pets. Per owners may be feel tempted to treat their pets to some of the leftover but Dr. Michael Mongue with Pace Veterinary Clinic said you really will do more harm than good if you feed them human food. "Their physiology is different, a dog is not a small human or a regular size human and the way they digest food and their whole system is different than humans," said Dr. Mongue. Many of the foods we enjoy can...

AUBURN, Alabama — Thanksgiving is a time where friends and family gather together to give thanks, enjoy one another’s company and share a good meal. It takes a village to bring these great holiday meals together, and the thought of overwhelming amounts of leftovers keeps everyone motivated to prepare. Two main dishes found at most Thanksgiving meals are stuffing or dressing. Here is the inside scoop on what defines these two dishes. Difference between the two “The major difference between the two dishes is that stuffing is popular in the north and dressing is popular in the south,” said Darlene...

This Thanksgiving I took on the daunting task of making my mother-in-law’s cornbread dressing. This isn’t just ordinary dressing; this is my husband’s very favorite dish. This is “Mamma’s Dressing”. There are entire family stories surrounding this dressing. The outcome of holidays has been determined by this dressing. Forget the presents, forget the company; it was all about the dressing. No pressure.

A former Holly High School music teacher accused of having sex with two students was sentenced to jail Wednesday and barred from most unsupervised contact with minors. Ranee Sue Proper hugged supporters before facing Oakland Circuit Judge Edward Sosnick, who sentenced her to five years probation, with the first nine months of that in Oakland County Jail. The judge also ordered her to participate in sex offender treatment and not to have any unsupervised contact with minors under 18 other than her own children and relatives’ children.

"Who knew the badge, the holster and the iconic dark blue threads worn by Los Angeles police officers could make punching the clock so complicated? A federal judge ruled this week that Los Angeles Police Department officers should be paid for the time it takes them to put on and take off their uniforms and safety equipment, a decision that could cost the city millions of dollars in back pay and higher salaries." "In a 39-page ruling, U.S. District Court Judge Gary Feess found that the several minutes it takes an officer to dress for duty is a vital part...

We will be in D.C. with our sonon Thanksgiving. Any suggestions for a great, moderately priced (max $35-40 per person) restaurant with a prix-fixe or traditional menu? We were told that Clydes of Georgetown was one to consider..... Thank you so much!

Shipwreck Yields World's Oldest Salad Dressing Jennifer Viegas, Discovery News June 20, 2008 -- Olive oil infused with fragrant herbs has been identified in an ancient Greek ceramic transport jar known as an amphora, along with another container of what could be the world's oldest retsina-type wine, according to a recent Journal of Archaeological Science paper. It is the first time DNA has been extracted from shipwrecked artifacts -- the two large jars were recovered from a 2,400-year-old wrecked vessel off the Greek island of Chios. If the second jar indeed contained a retsina-like wine, which is preserved and flavored...

Thousand Island dressing stirs Muslim row Website calls on Israeli Arabs to avoid dressing after consumer discovers it contains alcohol Roee Nahmias Published: 04.13.08, 10:28 / Israel Culture No dressing for you – another product banned by MuslimsPhoto: Dana Kopel A website affiliated with the northern branch of Israel's Islamic Movement warned its readers to avoid a brand of Thousand Island dressing produced by a well-known Israeli company. The warning was issued after a local Arab discovered that the dressing contains alcohol. The Palestine 48 website called on its readers to stay away from the dressing after being approached by...

Homecoming events say viva East High! Fun-filled week is planned THE DANCE: The "Viva Las Vegas" theme event will be from 7:30 to 10:30 p.m. Oct. 6 in the school gym. Tickets are $10 each and must be purchased in advance during homecoming week at the school. THE GAME: 7:20 p.m. Oct. 5 at Williams Stadium against Roosevelt. THEME DAYS: Monday, dress in Las Vegas-style apparel or as a famous person for Vegas Day; Tuesday, dress in clothing of the opposite sex for Gender Bender Day; Wednesday, dress as a person or occupation on "...er" Day; Thursday, dress as someone...

MISS Mexico is redesigning her Miss Universe pageant dress - because it is too violent. The floor-length dress, belted by bullets and including sketches of hangings and firing squads from Mexico's 1920s Catholic uprising, during which tens of thousands died, has outraged Mexicans.

Facing a fatwa for wearing skirts. Expelled for wearing sleeveless tops. Dismissed for wearing a hijab - stuffy anecdotes from the prude annals? Hardly. This is the harsh reality that Indians are facing globally. The self-appointed Dress Police - mostly government outfits, have taken away your freedom to choose what you wear. The fatwa issued against Sania Mirza by a ‘religious scholar’ for wearing ‘revealing clothes’ comes days after Orissa’s controversial decision to enforce its “uniform dress code’’ in all colleges of the state. The rule has made Orissa the first state in the country to bar girls from wearing...

"…though liberals do a great deal of talking about hearing other points of view, it sometimes shocks them to learn that there are other points of view."--William F. Buckley, National Review, Jan 11, 1956. On March 31, 900 students, faculty and community members gathered in a Western Michigan University lecture hall to hear Pat Buchanan talk about immigration and the culture war. The conservatives on campus, led by Young America's Foundation (YAF) supporter Matt Hall, had worked tirelessly to bring Buchanan to their campus. They had a track record of hosting and organizing many successful events featuring YAF speakers and...

Supernatural power dressingJewellery from Bronze Age graves is normally interpreted as a symbol of status. However, materials like jet, amber, faience and tin were also worn as talismans, writes Alison SheridanWhen archaeologists found the 4,300-year-old burial of an archer and metalworker at Amesbury in Wiltshire last year, they knew at once that they were looking at the remains of a great Bronze Age chieftain. The astonishing wealth of the possessions found in his grave declared him a man of power. This was, quite simply, the richest early Bronze Age grave ever found in Britain, with some of the country's earliest...