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The House and Senate are about (in a week and a half) to vote on bill that will OUTLAW ORGANIC FARMING (bill HR 875)

I know we are all busy, but really, take a moment to call your local representative. We have a right to non-gmo non-pesticide ridden food. WHAT: US House and Senate are about (in a week and a half) to vote on bill that will OUTLAW ORGANIC FARMING (bill HR 875). WHEN: There is an enormous rush to get this into law within the next 2 weeks before people realize what is happening. Main backer and lobbyist is (guess who) Monsanto - chemical and genetic engineering giant corporation. This bill will require organic farms to use specific fertilizers and poisonous insect sprays dictated by the newly formed agency to "make sure there is no danger to the public food supply". This will include backyard gardens that grow food only for a family and not for sales. If this passes then NO more heirloom clean seeds but only Monsanto genetically altered seeds that are now showing up with unexpected diseases in humans. There is a video on the subject. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=...

Action Alert! Support California State Univerities!

ACTION ALERT! To: Supporters of the California State University March 13, 2009 YOUR EMAIL NEEDED TO STOP THE BLEEDING THREAT LOOMS OF THIRD DEEP FUNDING CUT THIS YEAR TO OUR STATE UNIVERSITY SYSTEM Dear CSU supporters, The California State University is on the verge of being slashed a third time this school year alone - this time by $50 million more dollars. State funding for the CSU was already reduced by $634 million this year. Right now, thousands of new students are being turned away, teachers are being laid off, class sections are being eliminated, and students are giving up on their college education because they can't get the classes and advising they need to graduate. Yet, the governor's budget now in place says that if the federal government does not send at least $10 billion dollars for the state's "general fund," the CSU will lose another $50 million. Speak out! Send email to State Treasurer Bill Lockyer telling him, "Not another cut!" To se...

Scraper Bike Video

Hey folks. So those who subscribe to this blog via email did not get to see the video that I posted. To see it, please go directly to: http://www.crescentdiamond.blogspot.com and it will be below this post. Let me know what you think! Thanks, Crescent http://www.crescentdiamond.tv

Scraper Bikes

Hi Folks. This was a class project that I worked on in a group last semester. Rafael Flores directed and produced it, and I edited this version for class. A good example of editing something that I did not direct or produce (I was the Assistant Director). Rafael Flores, the Director/Producer has his own version (with more footage and music) that he edited and is submitting to film festivals. He is raising money to submit to festivals by selling dvds of his film. To buy one contact: Green Eyed Media Film Now on Sale: "The Scraper Bike King" "The Scraper Bike King" - Directed by Rafael Flores A touching documentary about the original creator of the Oakland-based Scraper Bike Movement: Tyrone Stevenson Jr. (a.k.a."Bay-be" Champ). This film investigates how the 19 year-old entrepreneur first began the bicycle movement as a way to get kids off the tough streets of East Oakland. His recent fame generated by his Scraper Bike Theme Song on "YouTube"...