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Johnny Horton ~ I’m A One Woman Man

July 31st, 2010 No comments

CLICK here for a brief biography on Johnny Horton.

Johnny Horton: The Eerie Demise of Johnny Horton
Of all the singers who broadened the country music landscape in the ’50s, Johnny Horton is probably the least known. Johnny, who made his name as a honky-tonk singer with strong rockabilly tendencies, skyrocketed to fame in 1959, with his recording of The Battle of New Orleans. Horton began his career working on the Home Town Jamboree in El Monte, California. By the mid-’50s, he was a regular on The Louisiana Hayride originating on station KWKH, Shreveport, Louisiana. Johnny came eerily close to predicting the manner of his death. He believed he would be killed by a drunk in a bar. His premonitions come to pass when he died from a fatal car crash in 1960. His career may have been cut short, but his music reverberated for decades.

Johnny Horton was born in Los Angeles in 1925, the son of sharecropping parents. His mother taught him how to play guitar at an early age. After Horton graduated from high school in 1944, he began traveling across the country, eventually moving to Alaska in 1949. While there, he began writing songs in earnest. The following year, Horton moved to east Texas, where he entered a talent contest hosted by Jim Reeves, who was then an unknown vocalist. He won the contest, which motivated him to pursue a musical career. By early 1951, Horton was in California working on the televised Town Home Jamboree in El Monte, California, where he performed under the name “the Singing Fisherman.” At the end of 1951, Horton relocated from California to Shreveport, Louisiana, where he became a regular on the Louisiana Hayride. During 1952, Hank Williams rejoined the cast of the Hayride and became a sort of mentor for Horton. After Williams died on New Year’s Day of 1953, Horton became close with his widow, Billie Jean and the couple married.

Even though Horton had stints with Cormac (1951), Abbott (1951-52) and Mercury (1952-54), his recording career was going nowhere. Things turned around during the latter half of 1955, when he hired Tillman Franks as his manager. Franks and Webb Pierce helped Horton secure a recording contract with the more upscale Columbia Records in 1956. The change in record labels breathed life into Horton’s career. At his first Columbia session, he cut I’m a One Woman Man and Honky-Tonk Man, his first singles for the label, got him into the top-ten. After this, he settled into a string of minor hits that ran until 1963. In 1959, he hit the top of the charts with When It’s Spring Time in Alaska followed by The Battle of New Orleans and Horton was well on his way to becoming a star.

By the time North to Alaska was riding the airwaves in 1960, Johnny was getting strong premonitions of an early and violent death. Speaking to Merle Kilgore, he said that the spirits had told him he was going die within a week. Horton said an intoxicated man would kill him. He thought it would be a drunk in a bar at one of the gigs he was going to play in Texas. To the outside world, Horton seemed have it all: good looks, charm, a great singing voice and incredible athletic talent. His appeared to be a charmed life. But Horton’s premonitions of death grew stronger the more popular he became with country and pop audiences. He cancelled an appearance at the premiere of the movie ‘North to Alaska’ and tried to get out of his gig at the Skyline Club, but to no avail. Johnny was booked into the Skyline Club in Austin, Texas on November 4, 1960. He stayed in his dressing room at the Skyline, convinced a drunk would kill him if he went back to the bar. After two sets, he started the 220 mile drive back to Shreveport, Louisiana. He was headed to a lake in Southern Louisiana for the start of the duck hunting season.

With bass player Tommy Tomlinson in the back seat and manager Tillman Franks in the front, they set off for Shreveport. Tillman noted Horton was driving too fast, but that was not unusual. Horton always drove fast, as if propelling along his own prophecy. As they approached the Little River Bridge on Highway 79, near Cameron, Texas, James Evan Davis was driving a pick-up truck that smashed head-on into Horton’s car. Davis’ pick-up bounced off both sides of the bridge before plowing into Horton’s vehicle. Both Franks and Tomlinson were taken to a hospital in Cameron. Horton was alive when ambulances arrived on the scene but died en route to the hospital. Franks suffered head injuries and Tomlinson suffered multiple leg fractures that eventually led to the amputation of his leg. Davis, who was not injured, was charged with intoxication and manslaughter.

Although Johnny Horton died early in his career, he left behind a recorded legacy that proved to be very influential. Artists like George Jones, Marty Stuart and Dwight Yoakam have successfully covered his songs and echoes of Horton’s music can still be heard in the amateur and professional music realm.

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how can i look up death records in michigan 1965 for free?

July 29th, 2010 No comments

I’m trying to find out information on my grandmother.she was born in michigan and also died in michigan.in 1965.i’m doing a family tree with ancestry.com and i’m stuck.i need some where to look up free vital record.

Yo could try www.findagrave.com
too. The best entries have a copy of the obit, a couple of memories by family members and links to spouses, children and parents. Not all of the entries have them, of course.

If she died in 1965, she was probably born before 1930. She could have been married with 3 kids in 1930. If you post a new question with her name, birth year and children alive before 1930, one of us may look her up on the census for you. There is a 10% chance one of the people living with her family will be an aged parent.

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Where can I find information about dead relatives?

July 29th, 2010 3 comments

My dad committed suicide almost 12 years ago and I wanted to know if there is a website or place where I can get information about his death. Does the US and/or state of California even record everyone’s death???

Thanks for your help =)

In the United States, deaths are recorded by death certificates.

There are many websites online where you can search legal documents for a price.

Mother Cow Report Card

July 28th, 2010 No comments

In one respect, possibly the best person to do a preliminary assessment of a cow protection program is an accountant, because of his or her training to evaluate performance in terms of names, dates and numbers. These factors reveal a lot about the quality of cow protection, even before the project is visited.

Let’s evaluate the Mother Cow program by a set of standards (abbreviated here) that I posted a year ago. The point here is not to attack Mother Cow, but rather by revealing positive standards of cow protection to promote the defense of Dharma in all cow protection programs.

MONITORING AND RECORDS

1. The entire herd should be counted daily.

  • Whether Mother Cow follows this standard is unknown, but probably it would not be difficult at least to count the cows still being maintained at Mother Cow.

2. Every cow should have a name.

  • It appears that all Mother Cow’s milking cows have names, but it’s worth noting that the website doesn’t give names of any calves or bulls. Thus it’s harder to know what becomes of them, and less noticeable when they are missing.

3. Records should be kept with the name, sex, date of birth of each cow. When a cow or calf dies, the cause of death and date of death should be recorded. Annual records should be provided to members each year.

  • Unknown. Website does not specify whether members receive an annual cow census.

4. Calf mortality should be less than 10%. In the absence of proper records, this can be determined retroactively by seeing how many cows have been milking in the last 2-3 years and determining how many of their calves are still alive.

  • Website indicates over 50 calves born to 22 milking cows – yet Mother Cow states it is protecting only 12 calves. What happened to the other 40 calves?

5. Analyzed by sex, the herd should be approximately 50% cows, 50% bulls or oxen. If there are far more females than males, it’s a sign of a discrepancy – either in the organization’s incomplete understanding of cow protection, or in substandard protection for bull calves.

  • Website indicates over 50 calves born to 22 milking cows – yet Mother Cow states that it has only one bull and one ox. Of the total of 70 animals, only 2 males are currently protected by Mother cow (less than 3 percent). The oxen shown in the website’s photo don’t appear to be from Mother Cow, since all the cows are taurean breeds, but the oxen shown are Indic or Brahmin breed.

6. Any cow who has taken shelter on Krsna’s land or in Krsna’s temple should never be subsequently sold, traded, given away or killed.

  • Statistics show that several dozen cows are missing from the herd. We’re assured that bull calves are given to a Jain project where they will be “protected for life.” Out of site, out of mind. On one hand, if the Jain temple is protecting these cows, why not donate money directly to the Jains? On the other hand, getting rid of unprofitable cows by giving them to others makes Mother Cow’s claims of providing life-time protection unconvincing.

BREEDING AND AQUIRING COWS

7. No cow should be bred for milk production alone, without plans for the resulting calf. No cow should be bred unless there is a clear and concrete plan for the care of the calf for its entire life, which may be 10-20 years. This means there must be adequate land, adequate funding and adequate trained personnel to care for the resulting calf.

  • The statement of goals indicates that cows are being bred primarily for milk production: “Our plans for expansion include the purchase of 6 acres of land (in addition to our present 3 acres of land), 40 milk cows.” Cows are not being bred to produce working oxen, nor is there any description of training the resulting bull calves, who appear to be simply unwanted offspring.

8. Cows should not be acquired based on sentiment alone. A goshalla should not allow itself to be exploited by those who “donate” animals with mixed motives.

  • Mother Cow cannot be accused of this flaw.

9. Milking should be a pleasurable experience for the cow.

  • Milking techniques are unknown. This is generally difficult to assess without being on-site. There seem to be enough cowherds to prevent the necessity of machine milking.

10. Milk production should not be developed primarily as a profit-making venture. “You say we must have a gosala trust, that is our real purpose. krsi-goraksya-vanijyam vaisya karma svabhava-jam, [Bg 18.44]. Where there is agriculture there must be cows. That is our mission: Cow protection and agriculture and if there is excess, trade. This is a no-profit scheme…

  • It seems clear that this project has been developed primarily as a profit-making venture, which is why most of the calves are missing. It’s simply not profitable to keep them. Profit-motive, especially in a competitive capitalist system, always endangers the welfare of cows. (See also my article, “Why Commercial Dairies Can’t Stop Killing,” Back To Godhead, Vol. 30, No 6, 1996.)

TRAINING OF OXEN OR BULLOCKS

11. In general, all bull calves should be trained to work. As Srila Prabhupada stated, “If you do not use the bulls for plowing, one day you will say, let us cut their throats.”

  • Out of 70 animals, it appears that one ox is being trained to work.

12. No ox should be overworked or worked by force only.

  • Not relevant at this point, since no oxen are working.

13. In general, bull calves should be castrated by the time they are 1 year old, or whatever age is appropriate for that breed. This can be done with minimum discomfort by using a bloodless emasculator or burdizzo, which only pinches the semen tubes to achieve sterilization.

  • Whether oxen are castrated before being given to the Jains is unknown.

SHELTER, GRAZING AND FEED

14. The cows’ living conditions should be clean and comfortable.

  • The 30 animals who have been permitted to remain at Mother Cow appear to have clean facilities. The living conditions of animals donated to the Jain goshalla are unknown.

15. All cows should have adequate shelter.

  • Again, the 30 animals who remain at Mother Cow seem to have adequate shelter. It is unknown what kind of shelter the other 40 animals have.

16. Adequate fencing should be maintained.

  • Apparently the fencing is adequate since the goshalla stresses that cows are not permitted to wander the streets eating hazardous garbage. Thus they are also protected from street injuries and from slaughter by rustlers.

17. Cows must be provided sufficient grazing opportunity. And, as stated by Bhismadeva in the Mahabharata, no cow should be kept always tethered.

  • Grazing opportunities unknown.

18. The program should maintain adequate pasture for animals. Generally the minimum would be at least 1/2 acre (1/4 hectare) per animal, preferably 1 acre per animal.

  • 30 cows on 3 acres of land means 1/10 acre of land for each animal, probably less, because buildings occupy some land. Mother Cow plans to purchase more land, but indicates land will be for 40 more cows (and presumably their 40 more calves). “Our plans for expansion include the purchase of 6 acres of land (in addition to our present 3 acres of land), 40 milk cows, 2 fully equipped barns…” It appears that to increase profitability of the dairy, conditions will become more crowded, not less crowded.

19. Cows should be sufficiently well fed.

  • It appears that the 22 milking cows are well fed. The conditions of the animals sent to the Jain goshalla are unknown.

20. Ideally, feed for the cows should be grown on site, not purchased from outside.

  • Given the small amount of land, most feed must be purchased from outside, but it appears from the photos that some is grown on site.

FUNDING AND ACCOUNTING

21. The goshalla should have an accurate and clear method of keeping accounts, and members should be presented with an annual statement of accounts.

  • It is unknown whether members are presented with an annual statement of accounts. Since the endeavor is set up primarily as a profit-making dairy rather than as a cow protection program, it seems doubtful that the standard of public accounting exists at this stage.

22. Ideally, funds collected for a goshalla or cow protection program should be kept separate from other accounts, such as that of a temple or community facility. Funds should not be invested in any speculative business enterprise.

  • Unknown.

COWHERD TRAINING AND SUPPORT

23. Cowherds should be recognized as important members in the spiritual community.

  • Whether cowherd are regarded as members of the spiritual community is unknown. The fact that their photos are highlighted on the website seems positive. When cowherds are publicly praised, they take pride in their work. This usually results in better care for the cows.

24. Ideally, the goshalla should maintain a well designed program for training cowherds and ox-power farmers.

  • Training program for cowherds is unknown, but probably there is some program in place or the facilities would not look as good as they do. It is doubtful that there is a training program for teamsters, since most bull calves are sent away,

25. Cowherds should be facilitated and supported so they can have a decent, if simple, standard of living… Without proper training, facility and care of its cowherds, a cow protection program is threatened by constant turnover of staff and may eventually collapse.

  • Standard of living and rate of turnover among the cowherds is unknown.

MEMBERSHIP AND OUTREACH

26. A goshalla should use its cow protection program as a means of attracting the public to Krsna consciousness.

*Difficult to assess at this point.

27. Activities of the cow protection program should be highlighted on community websites and during religious holidays and festivals such as Gaura Purnima, Janmastami, Govardhana Puja and Ratha Yatra. The Deities can be read accounts of the activities of the year, not only how much milk or burfi was produced, but also how many oxen were trained, how much area they plowed, how much wood they hauled, how many bushels of vegetables they produced, etc ­ showcasing the offerings of the animals to the Lord.

  • Unknown.

28. A cow protection program should provide opportunity for members’ input and participation. This can be achieved through questionnaires, newsletters, workshops, and pre-festival meetings.

  • Members are invited to come to the farm, and they exchange letters at Mother Cow’s public website.

CONCLUSION

Though established primarily as a profit-making dairy, Mother Cow displays interest in some aspects cow protection. An informed membership can guide this interest to greater incorporation of the principles of Dharma, especially through proper protection, training and utilization of Father Bull, which will be more in keeping with the practice of Krsna consciousness.

Victor Epand
http://www.articlesbase.com/causes-and-organizations-articles/mother-cow-report-card-72430.html

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Johnny Horton ~ I’m A One Woman Man

July 26th, 2010 No comments

CLICK here for a brief biography on Johnny Horton.

Johnny Horton: The Eerie Demise of Johnny Horton
Of all the singers who broadened the country music landscape in the ’50s, Johnny Horton is probably the least known. Johnny, who made his name as a honky-tonk singer with strong rockabilly tendencies, skyrocketed to fame in 1959, with his recording of The Battle of New Orleans. Horton began his career working on the Home Town Jamboree in El Monte, California. By the mid-’50s, he was a regular on The Louisiana Hayride originating on station KWKH, Shreveport, Louisiana. Johnny came eerily close to predicting the manner of his death. He believed he would be killed by a drunk in a bar. His premonitions come to pass when he died from a fatal car crash in 1960. His career may have been cut short, but his music reverberated for decades.

Johnny Horton was born in Los Angeles in 1925, the son of sharecropping parents. His mother taught him how to play guitar at an early age. After Horton graduated from high school in 1944, he began traveling across the country, eventually moving to Alaska in 1949. While there, he began writing songs in earnest. The following year, Horton moved to east Texas, where he entered a talent contest hosted by Jim Reeves, who was then an unknown vocalist. He won the contest, which motivated him to pursue a musical career. By early 1951, Horton was in California working on the televised Town Home Jamboree in El Monte, California, where he performed under the name “the Singing Fisherman.” At the end of 1951, Horton relocated from California to Shreveport, Louisiana, where he became a regular on the Louisiana Hayride. During 1952, Hank Williams rejoined the cast of the Hayride and became a sort of mentor for Horton. After Williams died on New Year’s Day of 1953, Horton became close with his widow, Billie Jean and the couple married.

Even though Horton had stints with Cormac (1951), Abbott (1951-52) and Mercury (1952-54), his recording career was going nowhere. Things turned around during the latter half of 1955, when he hired Tillman Franks as his manager. Franks and Webb Pierce helped Horton secure a recording contract with the more upscale Columbia Records in 1956. The change in record labels breathed life into Horton’s career. At his first Columbia session, he cut I’m a One Woman Man and Honky-Tonk Man, his first singles for the label, got him into the top-ten. After this, he settled into a string of minor hits that ran until 1963. In 1959, he hit the top of the charts with When It’s Spring Time in Alaska followed by The Battle of New Orleans and Horton was well on his way to becoming a star.

By the time North to Alaska was riding the airwaves in 1960, Johnny was getting strong premonitions of an early and violent death. Speaking to Merle Kilgore, he said that the spirits had told him he was going die within a week. Horton said an intoxicated man would kill him. He thought it would be a drunk in a bar at one of the gigs he was going to play in Texas. To the outside world, Horton seemed have it all: good looks, charm, a great singing voice and incredible athletic talent. His appeared to be a charmed life. But Horton’s premonitions of death grew stronger the more popular he became with country and pop audiences. He cancelled an appearance at the premiere of the movie ‘North to Alaska’ and tried to get out of his gig at the Skyline Club, but to no avail. Johnny was booked into the Skyline Club in Austin, Texas on November 4, 1960. He stayed in his dressing room at the Skyline, convinced a drunk would kill him if he went back to the bar. After two sets, he started the 220 mile drive back to Shreveport, Louisiana. He was headed to a lake in Southern Louisiana for the start of the duck hunting season.

With bass player Tommy Tomlinson in the back seat and manager Tillman Franks in the front, they set off for Shreveport. Tillman noted Horton was driving too fast, but that was not unusual. Horton always drove fast, as if propelling along his own prophecy. As they approached the Little River Bridge on Highway 79, near Cameron, Texas, James Evan Davis was driving a pick-up truck that smashed head-on into Horton’s car. Davis’ pick-up bounced off both sides of the bridge before plowing into Horton’s vehicle. Both Franks and Tomlinson were taken to a hospital in Cameron. Horton was alive when ambulances arrived on the scene but died en route to the hospital. Franks suffered head injuries and Tomlinson suffered multiple leg fractures that eventually led to the amputation of his leg. Davis, who was not injured, was charged with intoxication and manslaughter.

Although Johnny Horton died early in his career, he left behind a recorded legacy that proved to be very influential. Artists like George Jones, Marty Stuart and Dwight Yoakam have successfully covered his songs and echoes of Horton’s music can still be heard in the amateur and professional music realm.

Duration : 0:2:14

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Where can I find information about dead relatives?

July 26th, 2010 No comments

My dad committed suicide almost 12 years ago and I wanted to know if there is a website or place where I can get information about his death. Does the US and/or state of California even record everyone’s death???

Thanks for your help =)

In the United States, deaths are recorded by death certificates.

There are many websites online where you can search legal documents for a price.

Categories: California Death Records Tags:

Mother Cow Report Card

July 25th, 2010 No comments

In one respect, possibly the best person to do a preliminary assessment of a cow protection program is an accountant, because of his or her training to evaluate performance in terms of names, dates and numbers. These factors reveal a lot about the quality of cow protection, even before the project is visited.

Let’s evaluate the Mother Cow program by a set of standards (abbreviated here) that I posted a year ago. The point here is not to attack Mother Cow, but rather by revealing positive standards of cow protection to promote the defense of Dharma in all cow protection programs.

MONITORING AND RECORDS

1. The entire herd should be counted daily.

  • Whether Mother Cow follows this standard is unknown, but probably it would not be difficult at least to count the cows still being maintained at Mother Cow.

2. Every cow should have a name.

  • It appears that all Mother Cow’s milking cows have names, but it’s worth noting that the website doesn’t give names of any calves or bulls. Thus it’s harder to know what becomes of them, and less noticeable when they are missing.

3. Records should be kept with the name, sex, date of birth of each cow. When a cow or calf dies, the cause of death and date of death should be recorded. Annual records should be provided to members each year.

  • Unknown. Website does not specify whether members receive an annual cow census.

4. Calf mortality should be less than 10%. In the absence of proper records, this can be determined retroactively by seeing how many cows have been milking in the last 2-3 years and determining how many of their calves are still alive.

  • Website indicates over 50 calves born to 22 milking cows – yet Mother Cow states it is protecting only 12 calves. What happened to the other 40 calves?

5. Analyzed by sex, the herd should be approximately 50% cows, 50% bulls or oxen. If there are far more females than males, it’s a sign of a discrepancy – either in the organization’s incomplete understanding of cow protection, or in substandard protection for bull calves.

  • Website indicates over 50 calves born to 22 milking cows – yet Mother Cow states that it has only one bull and one ox. Of the total of 70 animals, only 2 males are currently protected by Mother cow (less than 3 percent). The oxen shown in the website’s photo don’t appear to be from Mother Cow, since all the cows are taurean breeds, but the oxen shown are Indic or Brahmin breed.

6. Any cow who has taken shelter on Krsna’s land or in Krsna’s temple should never be subsequently sold, traded, given away or killed.

  • Statistics show that several dozen cows are missing from the herd. We’re assured that bull calves are given to a Jain project where they will be “protected for life.” Out of site, out of mind. On one hand, if the Jain temple is protecting these cows, why not donate money directly to the Jains? On the other hand, getting rid of unprofitable cows by giving them to others makes Mother Cow’s claims of providing life-time protection unconvincing.

BREEDING AND AQUIRING COWS

7. No cow should be bred for milk production alone, without plans for the resulting calf. No cow should be bred unless there is a clear and concrete plan for the care of the calf for its entire life, which may be 10-20 years. This means there must be adequate land, adequate funding and adequate trained personnel to care for the resulting calf.

  • The statement of goals indicates that cows are being bred primarily for milk production: “Our plans for expansion include the purchase of 6 acres of land (in addition to our present 3 acres of land), 40 milk cows.” Cows are not being bred to produce working oxen, nor is there any description of training the resulting bull calves, who appear to be simply unwanted offspring.

8. Cows should not be acquired based on sentiment alone. A goshalla should not allow itself to be exploited by those who “donate” animals with mixed motives.

  • Mother Cow cannot be accused of this flaw.

9. Milking should be a pleasurable experience for the cow.

  • Milking techniques are unknown. This is generally difficult to assess without being on-site. There seem to be enough cowherds to prevent the necessity of machine milking.

10. Milk production should not be developed primarily as a profit-making venture. “You say we must have a gosala trust, that is our real purpose. krsi-goraksya-vanijyam vaisya karma svabhava-jam, [Bg 18.44]. Where there is agriculture there must be cows. That is our mission: Cow protection and agriculture and if there is excess, trade. This is a no-profit scheme…

  • It seems clear that this project has been developed primarily as a profit-making venture, which is why most of the calves are missing. It’s simply not profitable to keep them. Profit-motive, especially in a competitive capitalist system, always endangers the welfare of cows. (See also my article, “Why Commercial Dairies Can’t Stop Killing,” Back To Godhead, Vol. 30, No 6, 1996.)

TRAINING OF OXEN OR BULLOCKS

11. In general, all bull calves should be trained to work. As Srila Prabhupada stated, “If you do not use the bulls for plowing, one day you will say, let us cut their throats.”

  • Out of 70 animals, it appears that one ox is being trained to work.

12. No ox should be overworked or worked by force only.

  • Not relevant at this point, since no oxen are working.

13. In general, bull calves should be castrated by the time they are 1 year old, or whatever age is appropriate for that breed. This can be done with minimum discomfort by using a bloodless emasculator or burdizzo, which only pinches the semen tubes to achieve sterilization.

  • Whether oxen are castrated before being given to the Jains is unknown.

SHELTER, GRAZING AND FEED

14. The cows’ living conditions should be clean and comfortable.

  • The 30 animals who have been permitted to remain at Mother Cow appear to have clean facilities. The living conditions of animals donated to the Jain goshalla are unknown.

15. All cows should have adequate shelter.

  • Again, the 30 animals who remain at Mother Cow seem to have adequate shelter. It is unknown what kind of shelter the other 40 animals have.

16. Adequate fencing should be maintained.

  • Apparently the fencing is adequate since the goshalla stresses that cows are not permitted to wander the streets eating hazardous garbage. Thus they are also protected from street injuries and from slaughter by rustlers.

17. Cows must be provided sufficient grazing opportunity. And, as stated by Bhismadeva in the Mahabharata, no cow should be kept always tethered.

  • Grazing opportunities unknown.

18. The program should maintain adequate pasture for animals. Generally the minimum would be at least 1/2 acre (1/4 hectare) per animal, preferably 1 acre per animal.

  • 30 cows on 3 acres of land means 1/10 acre of land for each animal, probably less, because buildings occupy some land. Mother Cow plans to purchase more land, but indicates land will be for 40 more cows (and presumably their 40 more calves). “Our plans for expansion include the purchase of 6 acres of land (in addition to our present 3 acres of land), 40 milk cows, 2 fully equipped barns…” It appears that to increase profitability of the dairy, conditions will become more crowded, not less crowded.

19. Cows should be sufficiently well fed.

  • It appears that the 22 milking cows are well fed. The conditions of the animals sent to the Jain goshalla are unknown.

20. Ideally, feed for the cows should be grown on site, not purchased from outside.

  • Given the small amount of land, most feed must be purchased from outside, but it appears from the photos that some is grown on site.

FUNDING AND ACCOUNTING

21. The goshalla should have an accurate and clear method of keeping accounts, and members should be presented with an annual statement of accounts.

  • It is unknown whether members are presented with an annual statement of accounts. Since the endeavor is set up primarily as a profit-making dairy rather than as a cow protection program, it seems doubtful that the standard of public accounting exists at this stage.

22. Ideally, funds collected for a goshalla or cow protection program should be kept separate from other accounts, such as that of a temple or community facility. Funds should not be invested in any speculative business enterprise.

  • Unknown.

COWHERD TRAINING AND SUPPORT

23. Cowherds should be recognized as important members in the spiritual community.

  • Whether cowherd are regarded as members of the spiritual community is unknown. The fact that their photos are highlighted on the website seems positive. When cowherds are publicly praised, they take pride in their work. This usually results in better care for the cows.

24. Ideally, the goshalla should maintain a well designed program for training cowherds and ox-power farmers.

  • Training program for cowherds is unknown, but probably there is some program in place or the facilities would not look as good as they do. It is doubtful that there is a training program for teamsters, since most bull calves are sent away,

25. Cowherds should be facilitated and supported so they can have a decent, if simple, standard of living… Without proper training, facility and care of its cowherds, a cow protection program is threatened by constant turnover of staff and may eventually collapse.

  • Standard of living and rate of turnover among the cowherds is unknown.

MEMBERSHIP AND OUTREACH

26. A goshalla should use its cow protection program as a means of attracting the public to Krsna consciousness.

*Difficult to assess at this point.

27. Activities of the cow protection program should be highlighted on community websites and during religious holidays and festivals such as Gaura Purnima, Janmastami, Govardhana Puja and Ratha Yatra. The Deities can be read accounts of the activities of the year, not only how much milk or burfi was produced, but also how many oxen were trained, how much area they plowed, how much wood they hauled, how many bushels of vegetables they produced, etc ­ showcasing the offerings of the animals to the Lord.

  • Unknown.

28. A cow protection program should provide opportunity for members’ input and participation. This can be achieved through questionnaires, newsletters, workshops, and pre-festival meetings.

  • Members are invited to come to the farm, and they exchange letters at Mother Cow’s public website.

CONCLUSION

Though established primarily as a profit-making dairy, Mother Cow displays interest in some aspects cow protection. An informed membership can guide this interest to greater incorporation of the principles of Dharma, especially through proper protection, training and utilization of Father Bull, which will be more in keeping with the practice of Krsna consciousness.

Victor Epand
http://www.articlesbase.com/causes-and-organizations-articles/mother-cow-report-card-72430.html

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illuminati.. human sacrifices, dead celebrities ..O.O wow?

July 24th, 2010 1 comment

The premature death of dozens of icons and pop stars over the past decades has left the world bereft of natural talent, allowing the music and entertainment industry to promote manufactured bands, like Busted or Blue! Plane crashes are a common cause of death for the rich and famous, many more, like Marilyn Monroe or Brian Jones, have died in mysterious circumstances.

Rising star Otis Reading was one of the first recording artists to die in an airplane, when he crashed into the ‘Dock of the Bay’ at the tender age of twenty-six. Other legends who met their demise this way include, Jim Reeves, Patsy Cline, Buddy Holly, Ronnie Van Zant and most recently, the young, beautiful and gifted singer, Aaliyah. Political figures also have trouble flying.

President Samora Machel perished in an air disaster and Congressman Larry McDonald was killed on board Korean Flight 007, shot down by Soviet missiles. The aircraft carrying John F. Kennedy Jr. plunged into the sea at 5,500 ft per minute off Martha’s Vineyard and Senator Paul Wellstone died with his wife and daughter in a plane crash near Minnesota two years ago.

The 1970’s saw the loss of enigmatic Jim Morrison of The Doors, raunchy Janis Joplin and the guitar prodigy, Jimi Hendrix, all attributed to the excesses of Rock n’ Roll. Martial art exponent, Bruce Lee died of cerebral edema while making ‘Game of Death’ in 1973 and coincidentally, his son Brandon was killed as the result of a shooting accident on the film set of ‘The Crow.’

By the 1980’s we had witnessed the killing of political activist Steven Biko, the death of wacky ‘Who’ drummer, Keith Moon and the murder of John Lennon. Peter Tosh was shot and Bob Marley wasted away from cancer at the clinic of former Nazi SS Officer, Dr. Joseph Issels. Another uplifting reggae singer, Garnett Silk, died next in a tragic house fire.

Kurt Cobain allegedly shot himself, but the nineties saw gun crime on the rise and rappers were often the target. Hit men sent Christopher Wallace, aka Notorious B.I.G. to his grave, followed by Tupac Shakur and Jam Master Jay. Michael Hutchence is said to have died by accidental strangulation and Lisa ‘Left-Eye’ Lopez was killed in a car crash, like James Dean and others.

We lost two gifted musical composers when George Harrison and Frank Zappa succumbed to disease. However, Princess Diana’s ‘car accident’ which she predicted, was the cruelest of all high-profile murders and left a void. Like the assassination of JFK, Martin Luther King or Malcolm X, it sent shock waves around the globe. How could they? How dare they!

While some celebrity deaths may be self-inflicted, such as Sid Vicious, who died from a drug overdose, aged twenty-one, the majority are suspicious. Personalities or performers with originality and ingenuity are martyrs of ‘Operation Mockingbird’ to be replaced by mediocre, compliant clones. But the NWO can’t kill music; true talent is irrepressible and

this is soo scary and unreal… its just horrific..what are your thoughts
Im sorry i wasn’t exactly sure where to post this
im sorry i posted here i know you guys are tired of hearing this..also i heard jay-z is in w/ them and is supposed to be god or "HOVA" of the cult o.0

I’d just like to point out (I’m not sure if it’s been removed from Youtube)

But there was a video of tupac and in the video he says something EXTREMELY similar too (as I can’t remember correctly) "We need to get rid of this Illuminati s**t"

And then he dies.
Also from now on, I want you to look for a symbol which is a pyramid with an eye in it, it’s the Illuminati’s most known symbol, it’s EVERYWHERE if you look far enough, even down to things like the aol sign. The muse album cover for "The resistance" <– they are against the illuminati though, look at their lyrics to "Uprising" and their song called "MKUltra" which was an operation where the government were putting things in vaccines and drugs etc for MIND CONTROL.

search up "Iluminati american dollar bill". and you will be like o___o

Michael jackson was against the Illuminati (and no i’m not an MJ die hard fan or anything) but you should look up some videos about him and the illuminati etc

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Mother Cow Report Card

July 23rd, 2010 No comments

In one respect, possibly the best person to do a preliminary assessment of a cow protection program is an accountant, because of his or her training to evaluate performance in terms of names, dates and numbers. These factors reveal a lot about the quality of cow protection, even before the project is visited.

Let’s evaluate the Mother Cow program by a set of standards (abbreviated here) that I posted a year ago. The point here is not to attack Mother Cow, but rather by revealing positive standards of cow protection to promote the defense of Dharma in all cow protection programs.

MONITORING AND RECORDS

1. The entire herd should be counted daily.

  • Whether Mother Cow follows this standard is unknown, but probably it would not be difficult at least to count the cows still being maintained at Mother Cow.

2. Every cow should have a name.

  • It appears that all Mother Cow’s milking cows have names, but it’s worth noting that the website doesn’t give names of any calves or bulls. Thus it’s harder to know what becomes of them, and less noticeable when they are missing.

3. Records should be kept with the name, sex, date of birth of each cow. When a cow or calf dies, the cause of death and date of death should be recorded. Annual records should be provided to members each year.

  • Unknown. Website does not specify whether members receive an annual cow census.

4. Calf mortality should be less than 10%. In the absence of proper records, this can be determined retroactively by seeing how many cows have been milking in the last 2-3 years and determining how many of their calves are still alive.

  • Website indicates over 50 calves born to 22 milking cows – yet Mother Cow states it is protecting only 12 calves. What happened to the other 40 calves?

5. Analyzed by sex, the herd should be approximately 50% cows, 50% bulls or oxen. If there are far more females than males, it’s a sign of a discrepancy – either in the organization’s incomplete understanding of cow protection, or in substandard protection for bull calves.

  • Website indicates over 50 calves born to 22 milking cows – yet Mother Cow states that it has only one bull and one ox. Of the total of 70 animals, only 2 males are currently protected by Mother cow (less than 3 percent). The oxen shown in the website’s photo don’t appear to be from Mother Cow, since all the cows are taurean breeds, but the oxen shown are Indic or Brahmin breed.

6. Any cow who has taken shelter on Krsna’s land or in Krsna’s temple should never be subsequently sold, traded, given away or killed.

  • Statistics show that several dozen cows are missing from the herd. We’re assured that bull calves are given to a Jain project where they will be “protected for life.” Out of site, out of mind. On one hand, if the Jain temple is protecting these cows, why not donate money directly to the Jains? On the other hand, getting rid of unprofitable cows by giving them to others makes Mother Cow’s claims of providing life-time protection unconvincing.

BREEDING AND AQUIRING COWS

7. No cow should be bred for milk production alone, without plans for the resulting calf. No cow should be bred unless there is a clear and concrete plan for the care of the calf for its entire life, which may be 10-20 years. This means there must be adequate land, adequate funding and adequate trained personnel to care for the resulting calf.

  • The statement of goals indicates that cows are being bred primarily for milk production: “Our plans for expansion include the purchase of 6 acres of land (in addition to our present 3 acres of land), 40 milk cows.” Cows are not being bred to produce working oxen, nor is there any description of training the resulting bull calves, who appear to be simply unwanted offspring.

8. Cows should not be acquired based on sentiment alone. A goshalla should not allow itself to be exploited by those who “donate” animals with mixed motives.

  • Mother Cow cannot be accused of this flaw.

9. Milking should be a pleasurable experience for the cow.

  • Milking techniques are unknown. This is generally difficult to assess without being on-site. There seem to be enough cowherds to prevent the necessity of machine milking.

10. Milk production should not be developed primarily as a profit-making venture. “You say we must have a gosala trust, that is our real purpose. krsi-goraksya-vanijyam vaisya karma svabhava-jam, [Bg 18.44]. Where there is agriculture there must be cows. That is our mission: Cow protection and agriculture and if there is excess, trade. This is a no-profit scheme…

  • It seems clear that this project has been developed primarily as a profit-making venture, which is why most of the calves are missing. It’s simply not profitable to keep them. Profit-motive, especially in a competitive capitalist system, always endangers the welfare of cows. (See also my article, “Why Commercial Dairies Can’t Stop Killing,” Back To Godhead, Vol. 30, No 6, 1996.)

TRAINING OF OXEN OR BULLOCKS

11. In general, all bull calves should be trained to work. As Srila Prabhupada stated, “If you do not use the bulls for plowing, one day you will say, let us cut their throats.”

  • Out of 70 animals, it appears that one ox is being trained to work.

12. No ox should be overworked or worked by force only.

  • Not relevant at this point, since no oxen are working.

13. In general, bull calves should be castrated by the time they are 1 year old, or whatever age is appropriate for that breed. This can be done with minimum discomfort by using a bloodless emasculator or burdizzo, which only pinches the semen tubes to achieve sterilization.

  • Whether oxen are castrated before being given to the Jains is unknown.

SHELTER, GRAZING AND FEED

14. The cows’ living conditions should be clean and comfortable.

  • The 30 animals who have been permitted to remain at Mother Cow appear to have clean facilities. The living conditions of animals donated to the Jain goshalla are unknown.

15. All cows should have adequate shelter.

  • Again, the 30 animals who remain at Mother Cow seem to have adequate shelter. It is unknown what kind of shelter the other 40 animals have.

16. Adequate fencing should be maintained.

  • Apparently the fencing is adequate since the goshalla stresses that cows are not permitted to wander the streets eating hazardous garbage. Thus they are also protected from street injuries and from slaughter by rustlers.

17. Cows must be provided sufficient grazing opportunity. And, as stated by Bhismadeva in the Mahabharata, no cow should be kept always tethered.

  • Grazing opportunities unknown.

18. The program should maintain adequate pasture for animals. Generally the minimum would be at least 1/2 acre (1/4 hectare) per animal, preferably 1 acre per animal.

  • 30 cows on 3 acres of land means 1/10 acre of land for each animal, probably less, because buildings occupy some land. Mother Cow plans to purchase more land, but indicates land will be for 40 more cows (and presumably their 40 more calves). “Our plans for expansion include the purchase of 6 acres of land (in addition to our present 3 acres of land), 40 milk cows, 2 fully equipped barns…” It appears that to increase profitability of the dairy, conditions will become more crowded, not less crowded.

19. Cows should be sufficiently well fed.

  • It appears that the 22 milking cows are well fed. The conditions of the animals sent to the Jain goshalla are unknown.

20. Ideally, feed for the cows should be grown on site, not purchased from outside.

  • Given the small amount of land, most feed must be purchased from outside, but it appears from the photos that some is grown on site.

FUNDING AND ACCOUNTING

21. The goshalla should have an accurate and clear method of keeping accounts, and members should be presented with an annual statement of accounts.

  • It is unknown whether members are presented with an annual statement of accounts. Since the endeavor is set up primarily as a profit-making dairy rather than as a cow protection program, it seems doubtful that the standard of public accounting exists at this stage.

22. Ideally, funds collected for a goshalla or cow protection program should be kept separate from other accounts, such as that of a temple or community facility. Funds should not be invested in any speculative business enterprise.

  • Unknown.

COWHERD TRAINING AND SUPPORT

23. Cowherds should be recognized as important members in the spiritual community.

  • Whether cowherd are regarded as members of the spiritual community is unknown. The fact that their photos are highlighted on the website seems positive. When cowherds are publicly praised, they take pride in their work. This usually results in better care for the cows.

24. Ideally, the goshalla should maintain a well designed program for training cowherds and ox-power farmers.

  • Training program for cowherds is unknown, but probably there is some program in place or the facilities would not look as good as they do. It is doubtful that there is a training program for teamsters, since most bull calves are sent away,

25. Cowherds should be facilitated and supported so they can have a decent, if simple, standard of living… Without proper training, facility and care of its cowherds, a cow protection program is threatened by constant turnover of staff and may eventually collapse.

  • Standard of living and rate of turnover among the cowherds is unknown.

MEMBERSHIP AND OUTREACH

26. A goshalla should use its cow protection program as a means of attracting the public to Krsna consciousness.

*Difficult to assess at this point.

27. Activities of the cow protection program should be highlighted on community websites and during religious holidays and festivals such as Gaura Purnima, Janmastami, Govardhana Puja and Ratha Yatra. The Deities can be read accounts of the activities of the year, not only how much milk or burfi was produced, but also how many oxen were trained, how much area they plowed, how much wood they hauled, how many bushels of vegetables they produced, etc ­ showcasing the offerings of the animals to the Lord.

  • Unknown.

28. A cow protection program should provide opportunity for members’ input and participation. This can be achieved through questionnaires, newsletters, workshops, and pre-festival meetings.

  • Members are invited to come to the farm, and they exchange letters at Mother Cow’s public website.

CONCLUSION

Though established primarily as a profit-making dairy, Mother Cow displays interest in some aspects cow protection. An informed membership can guide this interest to greater incorporation of the principles of Dharma, especially through proper protection, training and utilization of Father Bull, which will be more in keeping with the practice of Krsna consciousness.

Victor Epand
http://www.articlesbase.com/causes-and-organizations-articles/mother-cow-report-card-72430.html

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Johnny Horton ~ I’m A One Woman Man

July 22nd, 2010 No comments

CLICK here for a brief biography on Johnny Horton.

Johnny Horton: The Eerie Demise of Johnny Horton
Of all the singers who broadened the country music landscape in the ’50s, Johnny Horton is probably the least known. Johnny, who made his name as a honky-tonk singer with strong rockabilly tendencies, skyrocketed to fame in 1959, with his recording of The Battle of New Orleans. Horton began his career working on the Home Town Jamboree in El Monte, California. By the mid-’50s, he was a regular on The Louisiana Hayride originating on station KWKH, Shreveport, Louisiana. Johnny came eerily close to predicting the manner of his death. He believed he would be killed by a drunk in a bar. His premonitions come to pass when he died from a fatal car crash in 1960. His career may have been cut short, but his music reverberated for decades.

Johnny Horton was born in Los Angeles in 1925, the son of sharecropping parents. His mother taught him how to play guitar at an early age. After Horton graduated from high school in 1944, he began traveling across the country, eventually moving to Alaska in 1949. While there, he began writing songs in earnest. The following year, Horton moved to east Texas, where he entered a talent contest hosted by Jim Reeves, who was then an unknown vocalist. He won the contest, which motivated him to pursue a musical career. By early 1951, Horton was in California working on the televised Town Home Jamboree in El Monte, California, where he performed under the name “the Singing Fisherman.” At the end of 1951, Horton relocated from California to Shreveport, Louisiana, where he became a regular on the Louisiana Hayride. During 1952, Hank Williams rejoined the cast of the Hayride and became a sort of mentor for Horton. After Williams died on New Year’s Day of 1953, Horton became close with his widow, Billie Jean and the couple married.

Even though Horton had stints with Cormac (1951), Abbott (1951-52) and Mercury (1952-54), his recording career was going nowhere. Things turned around during the latter half of 1955, when he hired Tillman Franks as his manager. Franks and Webb Pierce helped Horton secure a recording contract with the more upscale Columbia Records in 1956. The change in record labels breathed life into Horton’s career. At his first Columbia session, he cut I’m a One Woman Man and Honky-Tonk Man, his first singles for the label, got him into the top-ten. After this, he settled into a string of minor hits that ran until 1963. In 1959, he hit the top of the charts with When It’s Spring Time in Alaska followed by The Battle of New Orleans and Horton was well on his way to becoming a star.

By the time North to Alaska was riding the airwaves in 1960, Johnny was getting strong premonitions of an early and violent death. Speaking to Merle Kilgore, he said that the spirits had told him he was going die within a week. Horton said an intoxicated man would kill him. He thought it would be a drunk in a bar at one of the gigs he was going to play in Texas. To the outside world, Horton seemed have it all: good looks, charm, a great singing voice and incredible athletic talent. His appeared to be a charmed life. But Horton’s premonitions of death grew stronger the more popular he became with country and pop audiences. He cancelled an appearance at the premiere of the movie ‘North to Alaska’ and tried to get out of his gig at the Skyline Club, but to no avail. Johnny was booked into the Skyline Club in Austin, Texas on November 4, 1960. He stayed in his dressing room at the Skyline, convinced a drunk would kill him if he went back to the bar. After two sets, he started the 220 mile drive back to Shreveport, Louisiana. He was headed to a lake in Southern Louisiana for the start of the duck hunting season.

With bass player Tommy Tomlinson in the back seat and manager Tillman Franks in the front, they set off for Shreveport. Tillman noted Horton was driving too fast, but that was not unusual. Horton always drove fast, as if propelling along his own prophecy. As they approached the Little River Bridge on Highway 79, near Cameron, Texas, James Evan Davis was driving a pick-up truck that smashed head-on into Horton’s car. Davis’ pick-up bounced off both sides of the bridge before plowing into Horton’s vehicle. Both Franks and Tomlinson were taken to a hospital in Cameron. Horton was alive when ambulances arrived on the scene but died en route to the hospital. Franks suffered head injuries and Tomlinson suffered multiple leg fractures that eventually led to the amputation of his leg. Davis, who was not injured, was charged with intoxication and manslaughter.

Although Johnny Horton died early in his career, he left behind a recorded legacy that proved to be very influential. Artists like George Jones, Marty Stuart and Dwight Yoakam have successfully covered his songs and echoes of Horton’s music can still be heard in the amateur and professional music realm.

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