When it comes to being productive, a lot of people and organisations strive to be more efficient. They want to tick off more to do list items per day, reach out to more leads per month, or otherwise do more of something in less time.
While efficiency can be a good thing, it can also be a distraction from your real goals. It's all very well to do something efficiently, but if it's not furthering you or your organisation's purpose, then it doesn't really matter. Efficiency and effectiveness aren't the same thing.
Let's dig in and explore the differences between being efficient and being effective—and look at when to strive for each one. You'll discover why effectiveness is important.
If you're thinking about whether to be effective vs. efficient, it's important to look at what efficiency and effectiveness mean as well as the result of being efficient versus the result of being effective.
According to the dictionary, efficiency is all about doing specific tasks in an optimised way. You're more efficient if you find a way to do something two times or five times or ten times in the time it used to take you to do it once.
Let's look at an example of efficiency: lead generation. A very efficient way to reach out to a lot of leads is to send mass emails, all with the same marketing text. You can reach out to hundreds or thousands of leads per day this way. At your next team meeting you'll be able to stand up and say you contacted 5,000 potential customers in a single afternoon. That's about 30 leads contacted per minute—pretty efficient, right?
Now let's look at what effectiveness is. Checking the dictionary again we find that effectiveness is all about doing the right tasks regardless of the time it takes. Continuing with our lead generation example above, if your actual goal is to generate a sale a mass email blast is normally really ineffective. Sure, you contact a lot of people at once, but how often do they actually open and read your generic marketing email, let alone click through and buy whatever you're selling?
A much more effective way to make a real sale is to take the time to research a potential client or customer and send them a custom email detailing how your product could help their specific situation with a few ideas on how they could implement it. They're much more likely to respond to a message like this with very clear steps than to a generic message. Boom! You've got one sale, even if it has taken you an entire afternoon—or even longer—to make it.
These, however, are the two extremes. While you should try to be effective first, you also have to consider whether you're efficiently spending your time and resources. While creating a well-researched custom email is going to be a very effective way to convert leads into sales, they're very time-consuming. If you're selling a multi-thousand dollar per month subscription service, then they're probably worth doing. On the other hand, if you're selling a $0.99 app, then a custom email is so inefficient that you'd probably spend 100x the potential profit from any one lead if you researched it to create a customised email.
This is where balancing effectiveness and efficiency comes in. After all, efficiently doing the wrong tasks is a waste of time, but efficiently doing the right ones is how you succeed.
Let's take a look at a process you can use to balance efficiency and effectiveness.
The first step towards achieving any goal—or anything really—is to make sure you're going in the right direction, or that your actions are Relevant. If you're trying to lose weight, you need to stop eating unhealthy foods before you do anything else! Going to the gym won't do anything about the huge pizza or bowl of ice-cream you had for dinner last night.
It doesn't matter, at least at first, how long it takes you to do something that gets you closer to your goal, as long as it moves you in the right direction. Start with the most effective possible thing you could do, like directly reaching out to customers. Optimisation comes later. Before you can even begin to optimise, you first need to have done the effective action enough times so you know what bits can be automated, batched, sped up, streamlined, or even skipped.
Going back to lead generation and converting leads to sales, regardless of whether you're selling an expensive software service or a cheap app, your first step should be to reach out to potential customers and try to make a sale directly. It's the single most effective action you can take to sell your product.
Once you've made a few dozen sales by trying to be as effective as possible, regardless of cost, you now have enough information to start trying to make the effective process more efficient.
Once you've identified the right tasks for you or your organisation to be doing, it's time to look at doing them efficiently. Effectiveness trumps efficiency, but being efficiently effective is obviously the best. Getting the right things done is more important than getting random things done well, but doing the right things well is what creates a profitable business.
Look at what actions you took to be effective and break them down into different steps. Then, start looking at ways to speed up and optimise each step. Let's continue to use contacting leads and converting them to sales as an example.
Say you've sold your app or service directly to 20 different customers. You now have a huge amount of information about what they were looking for and what sales techniques worked. If, for example, you found that there were three broad categories of companies that were interested in your product and each group had different reasons for being interested in it. That's more than enough information to start doing much more targeted email marketing.
Instead of researching each individual lead in detail, you could research them just enough to find out if they were a potential Category A, B, or C client. Then, you could send them a semi-personalised email with text written to address the needs of whichever category company they are. You'd really only have three different emails with some gaps where you could fill in some specifics about the potential client.
While this semi-personalised approach probably won't be as effective as fully researching each potential lead, you'll be able to reach out to a lot more of them in the same time. Whatever small drop in effectiveness there is will (hopefully) be more than offset by the increased efficiency.
With the example we're using, we'd want our Cost of Customer Acquisition to come down and we'd probably look to see an increase in overall sales as well. That would tell us that we were reaching more customers with less resources and that by doing so, we were able to reach enough more customers that the increased efficiency was good for the bottom line.
The key with this sort of strategy is to always be looking for ways to increase both efficiency and effectiveness, and, at every step, to look back and assess the impact any changes you've made have had.
As I mentioned above, setting a baseline value for key metrics and then comparing them once you've implemented some changes is really important. It really lets you see how what you're doing is affecting the organisation. At every step you should be prepared to roll back your changes if they aren't giving you the results you're looking for. Striving to be too efficient can seriously dent effectiveness. You never want to be in a situation where the overall health of your business suffers.
With that said, it's important not to put too much stock on hitting numbers. Key metrics serve as a good guideline, but they aren't the be all and end all. As Ted Coiné says, "If it can be measured, it can be manipulated." You want metrics to help your performance, not become mindless targets for people to strive to hit however they can.
Also, remember other non-measured organisational goals like keeping staff happy. If your drive for efficiency is starting to affect staff happiness, in the long term you're likely to see a higher staff turnover, which will have serious negative effects. Effectiveness and efficiency are always a balance.
Again, to continue our lead generation example. It might turn out that the sales people like having a relationship with their individual clients. While those relationships might not be as efficient as the whole sales team covering every client, the slight performance hit may be worth the additional (although hard to measure) staff happiness.
Take the most effective steps and actions that, regardless of cost, get you close to your goal.
Perform those actions enough times that you know what works and what doesn't.
Analyse the actions for ways to automate, speed up, remove, batch, reduce costs, or otherwise do thing more quickly without sacrificing (too much) effectiveness.
Analyse the results and repeat the process.
Here's another example: I'm a freelance writer. If I want to get more clients, my first task should be to spend time crafting individual pitch letters to a few prospective sites.
Once I got the responses—either positive or negative—back, I can assess what worked and what didn't for different kinds of sites.
Then, it's time to send out another round of pitches, this time incorporating what I learnt from the first round and especially trying to look at ways to send out more pitches in the same amount of time.
After that, it's another assessment. Did the changes I made lead to more work? Or did they lead to less work? For me, I actually need to do highly individualised pitch letters to get work. For you, it may be different.
Now that you've compared being effective vs being efficient, you'll want to put the process into practice. The process works whatever you're trying to do. Do it effectively, make it efficient, test, repeat. Try it out, you won't be disappointed.


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preciousjules1985	Against Animal Cruelty, Animal Abusers, Animal Anatomy, Animal Control, Animal Euthanized, Animal Health & Welfare, Animal Neglect, Animal Relocation, Animal Services, Animal Welfare, Courtroom sentencing, Equine Diseases, Euthanized, Gross Neglect, Guilty, Horse Abuse, Horses Malnourished Neglected, Humans That Offend & Disgust Me, Irresponsible Animal Owners, R.I..P, Riverside County Department of Animal Services., Sentencing Not Severe Enough, Sentient beings, Should Get Prison Term For Offence	Cruelty to animals	Comments Off on Disturbing Horse Cruelty Case Lands Temecula Area Couple Work Release, Probation Terms
"This just pisses me off! Pitiful sentence; anyone who can neglect such a regal & loyal animal as a horse…does not deserve the right to own & abuse another one…PERIOD!!! The fly mask was probably put on to obscure the severe skin ailment. It wasn't just the hair loss, the horse was very skinny too; this poor horse must have been going mad through itching! BUT NO EXCUSE FOR LACK OF FOOD, THAT'S JUST CRUEL & LAZY!!"
By Renee Schiavone (Patch Staff) – June 28, 2016 5:50 pm ET
"I could see her spine, hip bones and rib cage. Her entire body was covered with a severe skin ailment causing hair loss, crusty patches."
Skinny horse –Temecula, CA
Temecula, CA – A local couple who didn't properly care for their mare have been sentenced to work release custody and probation in Riverside County Superior Court, officials said Tuesday.
According to to John Hall of the Riverside County District Attorney's Office, 56-year-old Charity Wilson was convicted of the more severe charges of the duo, including felony animal cruelty and a misdemeanor of keeping an animal without proper care. Daryl Willliams, 51, was convicted of the same misdemeanor charge, but the jury was hung on the felony charge against him.
The case goes back to August 2013, when Riverside County Animal Services got word of a "skinny horse with a skin condition" at a property in the 44000 block of De Portola Road in the unincorporated Temecula area, according to John Welsh of the Riverside County Department of Animal Services.
"I observed an emaciated chestnut-colored Arabian mare in a corral," Riverside County Animal Services Sgt. Lesley Huennekens wrote in her declaration in support of an arrest warrant upon visiting the property. "I could see her spine, hip bones and rib cage. Her entire body was covered with a severe skin ailment causing hair loss, crusty patches of skin and stocking (swelling) up in her hind legs."
Animal Services told the couple to get the horse examined by a veterinarian, but the woman told them she was treating the animal herself, Welsh said. "
"Ultimately, the horse was relocated and proper veterinary records were never supplied to Riverside County," he said. "The horse was later found in October 2013 at a Winchester property, and Riverside County seized the horse. The seizure was later ruled justified by a hearing officer."
About a month later, on Oct. 24, 2013, the horse was euthanized and taken to a state lab for testing, according to Welsh. It was then that he was diagnosed with an autoimmune disease called pemphigus foliaceus.
This image shows the horse's skin disorder. Courtesy: Riverside County Department of Animal Services.
"The horse was described as being in poor nutritional condition with a body score of 3.5 out of 9," Welsh said. "The lab report indicated that her poor body condition was likely due to, at least in part, a consequence of the severe, often pruritic (itchy) and/or painful skin disease."
"It was a shame that this horse went so long without medical care and deteriorated to the state where it needed to be euthanized," Riverside County Chief Veterinarian Dr. Allan Drusys said.
According to the DA's office, Wilson was sentenced to 120 days in a work release program and three years of formal probation. She is not allowed to own a horse for 10 years.
Williams was also sentenced to work release, for 90 days, the DA's office said. He's not allowed to own a horse for five years.
"We are pleased with the judge's sentencing," Huennekens said. "This couple never considered what was best for this poor horse. They tried to hide the horse from us – but we found her. Ending her suffering was a humane act, and seeing her abusers get convicted was a just conclusion to this sad case."
News Link:–http://patch.com/california/temecula/disturbing-horse-cruelty-case-lands-temecula-area-couple-work-release-terms
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No reason to try to rehabilitate or reuse terrible facility
The situation at the Edmonson County Animal Shelter should have never been allowed to happen.
Animals were discovered very malnourished, without water, covered in their own urine and feces, with urine burns on some of the animals' feet, and some of them had obvious wounds.
Last week, the shelter's director, Kim Carroll, of Bee Spring, was cited and charged with second-degree animal cruelty following the discovery of dozens of cats and dogs – including dead ones – in what police called an "extremely poor environment."
It's very unfortunate that a year after a Daily News investigative team visited the shelter numerous times and reported conditions that appeared to fall short of guidelines for shelters offered by the Association of Shelter Veterinarians that the same conditions still exist. In that investigation, it was revealed that animals were in cages too small, some were underweight and some were without water.
It's quite obvious the newspaper's story had no impact on those running the shelter as the conditions remained the same.
After the animals were discovered last week, several of them had to be euthanized due to the cruel conditions of this shelter.That's a shame and a good indication that Caroll and her husband, Greg, have no business running an animal shelter. The conditions these animals were found in is a clear evidence of that.
It's truly reprehensible that someone would let animals live in these types of conditions. There is some good news out of this and that is that the shelters doors have been shuttered for now and 47 dogs and 17 cats were removed from the property. Other county agencies as far away as Owensboro also took animals from the property to their shelters.
The question now is, where does Edmonson County go from here in regards to the future of this shelter? Edmonson County Judge-Executive Wil Cannon says the county doesn't condone wrongdoing and that the county government doesn't own or operate the shelter in Bee Spring. He is correct. It is a for-profit business owned by the Carrolls.
Bowling Green-Warren County Humane Society Director Lorri Hare has been invaluable in getting some animals out of their shelter and getting them here. Hare has called for this shelter to be closed and has been invited to speak by Cannon before the Edmonson County Fiscal Court next week.
Hare expects the county will ask the Bowling Green shelter to take in Edmonson County animals with a contract agreement. Hare said there will only be a chance for that if the Carrolls are no longer involved at all in animal control in Edmonson County.We agree with Hare that it's time for the Carrolls to move on to a new profession because this one certainly isn't for them.
Cannon seems to be on the same page as Hare, which is good. Edmonson County government will have to hire, equip and properly train someone to take the animals to Warren County if something is worked out with the Warren County shelter. Barring some legal reason, Cannon plans to ask fiscal court to dissolve the county's contract with the Carrolls.
Cannon is being proactive and taking the right approach. He should be commended for doing so. Cannon made a very good point when he said the Carrolls were given a chance last year to right whatever wrongs that may have been occurring at the shelter and they didn't.The Carrolls simply dropped the ball and in doing so put animals at risk which in some cases resulted in animals being euthanized.
In the final analysis, this should've never happened. We're glad to see that the county and Hare are working on correcting this bad situation and providing a better home for these animals. Our view is that this shelter needs to be closed permanently and we sincerely hope that is the final decision.
News Link:–http://www.bgdailynews.com/opinion/our_opinion/edmonson-shelter-must-be-closed/article_d0c68420-8ae7-5178-ae75-a6d60b691a15.html
Horses Hooves Not Trimmed For 15 years – Grow to 3 Feet Long
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"OMG…can you believe the picture below?? I've only seen hooves like that once before; on a dead horse!! How can the owner have let them get into such a state they could barely move? It's not like their so skinny they haven't been fed, ok not a lot of food, but somebody had to have been giving them something; they couldn't have lived to their ages without any food or water!! I just can't understand how anyone, even someone with no knowledge of horses at all, is that dumb, to think it's ok to just leave them! The poor horses must have been agony, any horsey person knows to keep a horse fit & pain free, a farrier is God; horses hooves need trimming between 6-8 weeks it varies; even if they don't have shoes on, they still need to be trimmed!!
"I just pray whoever owns these horses, get what they deserve; in this instance prison without probation, along with having to pay in full, all vet & farrier bills. It's going to take a lot of work from a very good farrier to get their hooves back into shape….but even if they do, the horses may be unfit to ride; due to irreversible damage to the structure of their hooves. I'm just in shock & have nothing but utter disgust at the owner's blatant abuse & disregard for the health & welfare of these poor innocent horses!! R.I.P little one. Many thanks to (http://www.defhr.org/)USA for taking care of these equine!"
By Charlotte Ricca-Smith on 25th-Aug-2015
'Critical condition'
The emaciated animals were discovered standing knee-deep in muck and with hooves more than three feet long.
A miniature mare had to be euthanised at the scene due, because ruptured ligaments had caused the fetlocks to dislocate. The two others – one a full-sized stallion and one a miniature stallion – were in a 'critical condition'.
"It's the worst we've seen in our 26-year history," Caroline Robertson, the development director of Days End Farm Horse Rescue told Caroll County Times. "They could barely move without being at risk of getting tangled in their own hooves."
Three neglected horses have been found, with feet so overgrown it is believed they were locked up for at least 15 years.
Hooves removed
Before the horses could be removed from the scene, they had to be sedated so they could lie down and have the excess hoof removed. They were then taken to Days End Farm Horse Rescue (DEFHR) in Maryland, (http://www.defhr.org/)USA for rehabilitation.
The horses were discovered when a member of the public called the Humane Society of Washington County with concerns about pet pigeons kept there. It was during the welfare inspection that the equines were found.
'Long road'
Both horses have been aged at around 18. The horse has been called Quest, while the surviving pony has been named Rio. Both have received further treatment from a farrier and vet and are now on the "long road" to rehabilitation.
An investigation into the case is on-going and cruelty charges could be brought."Never mind could be…they definitely should be!!"
Days End Farm Horse Rescue is a non-profit organisation which currently provides rehabilitation and ongoing care for 78 rescue horses
News Link:–http://www.horseandcountry.tv/news/2015/08/25/horses-hooves-not-trimmed-15-years
Graphic Video – Animals Australia; Greyhound Racing, What Everyone Needs To Know – Petition To Sign
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Greyhound racing authorities publicly call it 'abhorrent'. They also say it has been 'outlawed'. But that hasn't stopped high profile trainers across the country from subjecting defenceless animals to barbaric live baiting rituals in an attempt to gain a 'winning' edge on the racetrack.
Viewer Discretion Advised
They're the victims you'll never see at the racetrack. Tied up, terrified, and savagely mauled in widespread 'live baiting' sessions. Groundbreaking Animals Australia / Animal Liberation Qld investigations uncover the shocking truth. More @http://www.GreyhoundCruelty.com
***WARNING*** Please note that this video contains footage of which many will find distressing. To take immediate action to help animals without watching the video, head to http://www.GreyhoundCruelty.com
POSSUMS
Native possums — a protected species — were also tied to lures and flung violently around training tracks. Before being used as live bait, one mother possum watched on helplessly as her baby was killed in front of her.
Piglets — one of the most intelligent and sensitive of all species — were a common choice among live baiters. Their futile squeals could be heard as their bodies were torn apart.
After several laps, rabbits with pieces torn from their bodies twitch and writhe in agony. Their spine-chilling screams ring out across the training track.
While investigation footage captured only piglets, rabbits and possums — kittens have long been reported to be among the victims of live baiting, too.
Investigation footage shows naturally gentle dogs provoked into displaying aggressive and violent behaviour in 'blooding' sessions. Those who don't race fast enough to turn a profit are often killed — sometimes they are shot.
The inherent conflict of interest presented by those 'promoting' the sport also 'policing' it could not be more damning. While self-regulation continues, there can be little hope that live baiting will ever be eradicated from this industry.
You can help put a stop to this cruelty. Make your voice heard today.
PLEASE CLICK HERE TO SIGN THE PETITION
The damning Animals Australia and Animal Liberation Qld investigations have revealed that this sadistic training method is all too common.Terrified piglets, rabbits and native possums are all victims of live baiting — tied to lures, flung around racetracks at breakneck speeds, and then mauled to death. Some animals who survived their first attack were 're-used' multiple times…
'Bait' animals are not the only victims of this industry. Greyhounds themselves — naturally gentle dogs — are often kept in deplorable living conditions off-track. Live baiters will taunt and incite their dogs to chase, attack, and ultimately kill small animals.
If dogs fail to 'perform', they too may be killed. Industry-wide, some 18,000 greyhounds are killed every year because they aren't deemed fast enough to win races.
The big question is — how can state governments and sponsors continue to support an industry that has been exposed for such abhorrent widespread illegal activity?
With the horrific revelations of live baiting cruelty in the greyhound racing industry following our investigations, I have been desperate to share with you a side to greyhounds that didn't make it to the media this week. This little video has gone viral — watch it now and you'll see why!
If you've ever wanted a gentle, loyal, loving couch-potato to share your home with, consider adopting or fostering a greyhound today:http://www.AnimalsAus.org/beg
Despite their deep pockets, greyhound racing authorities have utterly failed to take effective action to address shocking brutality and illegal activity at the heart of this 'sport'. Apparently, they didn't even know about it. That is, until investigations by two small charities on a shoestring budget exposed routine and systemic 'live baiting'…
Something else that will you make you smile: Schweppes, Hyundai and Bendigo Bank are just some of the big names to end their support of this cruel industry in recent days:
In fact, of all the major corporate supporters, just one company continues to support greyhound racing. Click here to see who's left.
The greyhound racing industry is on notice. Those who are willing to tie up, torture and kill animals in pursuit of a 'win' now have a national spotlight on their activities for the first time. With dozens of trainers now suspended, thousands of possums, rabbits and piglets will now be spared from the horror of being used as 'live bait'. But while greyhound racing continues, we fear that innocent animals will still be tied up and mauled to death on private training tracks — albeit more carefully hidden.
If you haven't already, please click here to add your voice to over 100,000 people taking a stand against greyhound racing cruelty. If you have — please share this with your friends and family today.
Together we can end greyhound racing cruelty, once and for all.
Lyn White AM
Campaign Director
Animals Australia and our colleagues at Animal Liberation Qld have been overwhelmed by the response to our investigations into the greyhound racing industry. Because you spoke out, this industry is under more scrutiny than ever before. State governments have launched inquiries; industry heavyweights have been stood down; sponsors are backing out; and commentators are questioning the future of the 'sport'. Importantly, thousands of animals will be spared from the terror of being used as 'live bait'. But there's still much to do.
Please keep your voices loud, for the animals.
GREAT BRITAIN – Dark side of Greyhound Racing Investigation by BBC Panorama full Documentary 2014
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Published on 4 Nov 2014
Panorama –
The integrity of greyhound racing has been called into question by a Panorama investigation which has exposed blatant cheating and the drugging of dogs at the heart of the sport.
The undercover investigation caught a trainer revealing how he dopes greyhounds in order to effect betting coups – some of which he claims to have paid out up to £150,000.
The programme's findings have prompted animal welfare campaigners to call for the government to reconsider the sport's self-regulatory status.
Animal Aid: TWO HORSES DIE AT PLUMPTON'S SUNDAY RACES
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"All horses love to run, my horse loves to gallop (without any coaxing, i.e. kicked, whipped) on the beach; then she stops when she has had enough! But there is a big difference between letting them run freely & forcing them to carry on galloping, when they have given their all, by whipping etc. This just totally pxxxxs's me off! Why? Because it's all down to money!"
Two horses, both aged six-years-old, lost their lives at Plumpton Racecourse yesterday afternoon (Sunday 11 May).
In the first race of the day, Head Rush was pulled up injured, halfway through the two-mile hurdle race in which he was competing. Then, in the final event of the day, a National Hunt flat race, grey gelding Eastbury fell to the ground injured and was seen struggling to get up.
Horse deaths at Plumpton are not rare. Two other horses, Ironically and Business Mover, were killed in almost identical circumstances to yesterday's victims on the same race day in May 2013. And a total of 29 horses have perished at the East Sussex course since March 2007.
Animal Aid says that urgent action is required by both the racecourse and the British Horseracing Authority to prevent further horse deaths.
For press enquiries, please call Andrew Tyler or Dene Stansall on 01732 364546.
Visit Race Horse Death Watch for full listings of on-course deaths.
Posted 13 May 2014: News Link:-http://www.animalaid.org.uk/h/n/NEWS/news_horse/ALL/3099//
Battlefront Dies on the First Day of the Grand National Meeting
Cheltenham Claims Another Victim – Matuhi :Deathwatch 2012 New Report Shocking Death Toll
Animal Aid: Horse Racing
Petition: Please Ban the Grand National
Champion jockey has seen an incredible 20 mounts die during the last five years
The Grand National – Please Don't Back the Cruelty
Recession doubles the number of racehorses being destroyed in abattoirs
Death threats for star Cheltenham jockey in row over dead horses
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"I have always disagreed with horse racing because most of the horses are usually too young to compete"
By JOHN STEVENS
PUBLISHED: 00:00, 14 March 2014
Ruby Walsh attacked on Twitter for comments describing animals as replaceable
Ruby Walsh created controversy when he said animals are replaceable after Our Conor suffered fatal fall at Cheltenham on first day
One tweet: 'Ruby Walsh I hope you get your skull crushed by one of the horses you're so heartlessly flippant about…'
On Wednesday, Mail reported how Walsh, who has twice won the Grand National, said there is a difference between death of a human and a horse
A star jockey has received death threats after he played down the death of a horse during a race.
Star jockey Ruby Walsh (above) has received death threats after he played down the death of a horse during a race. Above, Walsh on Faugheen celebrates victory in the Neptune Investment Management Novices' Hurdle during Ladies Day at Cheltenham on Wednesday
Animal rights campaigners have accused the 34-year-old Irishman of being callous, while others have bombarded him with threats.
One tweeted: 'Ruby Walsh I hope you get your skull crushed by one of the horses you're so heartlessly flippant about. Animals should not die for sport.'
Another added: 'Shame more jockeys aren't killed instead of beautiful horses!!!!!! All jockeys are complete c**ts!! No horse is replaceable!'
Ruby Walsh created controversy when he said that animals are replaceable after Our Conor suffered a fatal fall at Cheltenham on the first day of racing. Above, Our Conor (right) ridden by jockey Daniel Mullins
While another wrote: '@Ruby Walsh Don't worry if you die in a race, there'll be someone to replace you too.'
On Wednesday, the Mail reported how Ruby Walsh, who has twice won the Grand National, said that there is a difference between the death of a human and a horse.
He said: 'It's sad, but horses are animals, outside your back door. Humans are humans. They are inside your back door.
'You can replace a horse. You can't replace a human being. That's my feeling on it.'
Dene Stansall of campaign group Animal Aid told the Mail: 'He has shown callousness for the animals that have earned him a good living.
'It's completely disrespectful. To treat the death of a horse in such a way shows that they are merely machines for people to make money.
'Ruby Walsh is the leading jockey at Cheltenham and wants to support the event as much as he can, but you cannot disregard the lives of horses just because they are not humans.
'We would expect more from him. This shows he has got little empathy for a horse that really suffered before it died.'
'Lacking respect': Ruby Walsh, seen after taking a record sixth Mares' Hurdle title at the Cheltenham Festival on Tuesday, has been attacked by animal rights activists
Ingrid Newkirk, founder of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (Peta), said: 'Walsh's comments expose the true emotion behind horseracing: greed. They are deeply offensive to anyone who has ever loved and lost a horse or other beloved animal companion.
'Unlike Walsh, horses are not unfeeling but experience joy, anxiety, fear and affection, just as human beings do.'
Mr Walsh last night declined to comment on the threats against him. He told the Mail: 'I didn't even know about it.' Dozens of messages criticising Walsh have been sent directly to his Twitter account.
One user, with the profile name Amy, wrote: 'Do you hate horses because you are so short and this makes you angry?'
Another posted: 'YOUR (sic) AN IDIOT!! 'A horse can be replaced' really??? So can jockeys so I hope you fall off a horse & get trampled!'
Since the furore, Mr Walsh's father, trainer Ted Walsh, has compared Britain's attitude on the issue to that in Ireland.
He said of the UK: 'It's a funny country. They can remember the names of horses that got blown up by the bombs in London but not the names of the people riding them.'
The British Horse racing Association has stressed that the welfare of horses is 'paramount' at races such as Cheltenham. "So I have to ask….why are they racing horses on flat or over jumps when the horses are not mentally & physically ready for such a task>"
A spokesman said: 'Cheltenham Racecourse employs eight veterinary surgeons, whose sole responsibility it is to provide care to the horses throughout their time at the racecourse.
'In the event of an incident on the racecourse, any horse affected will receive immediate attention and treatment from the racecourse's veterinary team." I.E put them to sleep, because they can be fixed but wouldn't be worth any money to the owners or syndicate if they are not bring the money home;plenty more being bred for this very reason!!!"
'Qualified paramedics and doctors are also on hand in the case of any incident involving a jockey.
'If necessary, horses and riders will be transported from the course to receive further treatment at the most appropriate equine hospital or Accident & Emergency hospital.
'British Racing is open and transparent about the risks involved in the sport – the BHA Veterinary team monitors injury rates at every licensed racecourse. Over the last 15 years, the equine fatality rate has fallen by one third to 0.2 per cent of all runners. "OK, then go look at the Animal Aids " Race Horse Death"? That will tell you exactly where, when & who was the jockey….I don't know of any other site where I could get that information from!! http://www.horsedeathwatch.com/"
'Despite the best efforts of all involved, as with participation in any sport involving speed and athleticism, there remains an inherent risk of injury.'
News Link:-http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2580575/Cheltenham-rider-Ruby-Walsh-gets-death-threats-row-dead-horses.html#ixzz2vxVLOWYQ
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A four-year-old horse, inexperienced over the jumps and ridden by a young, inexperienced jockey, became the second victim of the 2014 Cheltenham Festival. Akdam broke a foreleg racing in the 16.40 Juvenile Handicap Hurdle. On the Festival's opening day (Tuesday), Our Conor suffered what turned out to be fatal spinal injuries in the Champion Hurdle race.Akdam was running in a hotly contested, crowded race, featuring 24 horses. His 'conditional' jockey, Josh Hamer, was up against leading riders including, AP McCoy, Tom Scudamore and Ruby Walsh.Akdam had been entered into 20 previous races, 11 of them hurdle events, the others on the flat or all-weather courses. In fact, he was bred to race on the flat but ended up at a very young age being put over jumps.Says Dene Stansall, Horseracing Consultant, Animal Aid:
'Akdam died in a race that was rough messy and hazardous. No doubt racing's apologists will offer yet another unconvincing excuse for why this horse suffered this violent end.
Animal Aid's recent report points to Cheltenham as being the course on which more horses die than any other in the country. Akdam's brutal end brings to 50 the number who have perished at the Gloucestershire course since Animal Aid launched the online Deathwatch database in March 2007.'
Stop press: It is reported this evening (Wednesday) that the Festival has claimed a third victim. Five-year-old Stack The Deck was destroyed after fracturing a knee in the 17.15 Champion Bumper.News Link:–http://www.animalaid.org.uk/h/n/NEWS/news_horse/ALL/3066//
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Baby Girl Is Mauled To Death By Pitbull: Neighbours Say They Warned Police Of The Danger As Couple Are Arrested
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"How many times do we have to go over this; it's the bloody owners that give this breed a bad rap! Irresponsible owner's are one of the major causes for all the problems the breed faces today. Pitbulls have long been selectively bred, over the years to be fighting machines, they are sturdy & strong with a powerful bite force; genetics & training play an important role in how the dog will respond to other dogs or humans. Pitbulls are not inherently aggressive to people; unless taught to be!
Some owners (Perhaps the boyfriend) just want a pitbull to use as a power status or for intimidating others; which is just an accident waiting to happen; and it did! This tragedy could have been avoided had the owner been a responsible one & kept the dog under control; instead of it being allowed to roam freely around the house, whilst they watched TV? The mother must have been aware of the dogs temperamentt; why didn't she insist the dog be put in a crate or a locked room; whenever the baby was around? No dog should be left unattended with children; especially babies! The owner would have known, without doubt, what his dog was capable of doing; for that reason, I think they should both be held responsible for this terrible tragedy! R.I.P little one x
By JAYA NARAIN and ROSIE TAYLOR and JAMES TOZER –PUBLISHED: 07:10, 11 February 2014 | UPDATED: 09:09, 12 February 2014
11-month-old Ava-Jayne Corless attacked by pet late last night
Neighbours report seeing 'vicious and terrifying' pit bull type dog
Victim's mother and stepfather arrested on suspicion of manslaughter and bailed this morning
Baby's father pays tribute to 'the most beautiful and adorable little girl'
Lancashire Police say dog involved in the attack was a banned breed
A baby girl was mauled to death by a dog that neighbours had allegedly warned was dangerous.
Ava-Jayne Corless, who was just 11 months old, suffered horrific injuries when the American pitbull terrier attacked her while she slept.
Her mother, Chloe King, 20, and boyfriend Lee Wright, 26, heard the commotion and rushed upstairs to rescue her from the jaws of the beast.
Paramedics were called and took Ava-Jayne to hospital where doctors were unable to save her life.
Victim: Ava-Jayne Corless, aged 11 months, has been mauled to death by a pet dog
Miss King and Mr Wright were questioned on suspicion of manslaughter and child neglect, and were today released on bail.
Lancashire Police said: 'The two people arrested in connection with the death of Ava-Jayne Corless at Blackburn have both been released on bail pending further inquiries.'
Parents: Ava-Jayne pictured with her father Dean and mother Chloe, who are no longer together
A police spokesman said last night that the animal was banned under the Dangerous Dogs Act of 1991.
Senior officers have launched an investigation into reports that neighbours had called Lancashire Constabulary to complain about dangerous animals at the property in Blackburn.
Faisal Shahzad, 35, fled after two dogs broke through his garden fence. 'I had to run quickly into the house and barricade the door because they were tearing after me,' said the taxi driver.
'I've got three children and they were all in the house absolutely terrified. The two dogs were scary. I called the police and they said something would be done and my neighbour also called the RSPCA.'
Another neighbour, 80-year-old Brian Harrison, said: 'That dog was a nightmare for neighbours and people were worried about approaching it.
'It's an absolute tragedy that should never have happened. 'Only last year it mauled to death a neighbour's cat and nothing was done about it.'
Kyle Perry, 19, was chased down the street by the dog. 'It was a big dog and it used to just bark and bark,' he said. 'I have been chased by it down the street. It was terrifying.'
Blackburn MP Jack Straw said: 'What will it take to convince people not to keep dogs like this – and to get across to all dog-owners, of every breed of dog, that no dog should ever be left unsupervised with a baby?'
The incident happened at around 11pm on Monday while Miss King was visiting Mr Wright at his home 40 yards from hers.
The pair are understood to have put the baby to sleep in a bedroom and were watching television downstairs when they heard the attack begin. By the time they reached Ava-Jayne she had suffered catastrophic injuries. The dog was destroyed.
Chief Superintendent Chris Bithell said previous contact with neighbours would form part of the police investigation.
Last night, police said the dog had been identified by experts as a pitbull.
Owners cannot be prosecuted for dog attacks on private property until new legislation comes into force this spring.
Arrest: The victim's stepfather Lee Wright is being questioned by police on suspicion of manslaughter
Tougher sentences will be introduced under the Anti-Social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Bill.
Rachel Cunningham, of the Blue Cross animal charity, said: 'We can only hope the Government's planned changes to the bill will allow authorities to step in at the first sign of a dangerous dog and help prevent terrible events like this.'
Jennie Rudd, of animal welfare campaign group Naturewatch Foundation, said dog attacks were caused by irresponsible owners.
Danger: The dog was described as a 'menace' before the attack and previously killed a neighbour's cat
She added: 'If it has aggressive tendencies it is the owner's responsibility to make sure it never gets near a child, and that it isn't forced into situations where it feels it has to attack – because there is always a reason for a dog to bite.'
Last night Ava-Jayne's father, Dean Corless, 24, said he was devastated by the tragedy: 'I rushed to the hospital to see her straight away.
'She was the most beautiful and adorable little girl, she was just the best. She was my whole world. Her mum and I aren't together any more, but I saw Ava-Jayne all the time. I will miss her every single day, I just don't know what to do now.
'It is just so tragic. I have my family around me now, but we are all devastated.' The RSPCA confirmed the charity had been contacted after a dog at the address killed a neighbour's cat. The death was treated as an accident with no action taken.
News Link:-http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2556514/Baby-girl-dies-attacked-mauled-dog.html
Proposed Sale Of 'Puppy Doe' Figurine Upsets Animal Activists
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Monday, January 6, 2014 11:32 PM EST -By LISA BACKUS STAFF WRITER
The proposed sale of a figurine of "Puppy Doe," a young pit bull mix who Massachusetts authorities say was tortured by a man later found in a New Britain hotel room is drawing the ire of animal welfare advocates.
Puppy Doe, a pit bull that faced horrifically brutal torture, had to be euthanized because of her injuries. Police are now searching for her abuser. | Animal Rescue League of Boston
The Puppy Doe case drew national media attention after the severely injured dog was found in Quincy, Mass. and had to be put to sleep due to the torture that was inflicted on the young female dog named Kiya by one of her former owners. Radoslaw Czerkawski, 32, of Quincy, Mass, pleaded not guilty in December to 12 counts of animal cruelty, and one count of misleading a police investigation in the case after he was found in a New Britain hotel room in October.
Czerkawski is also wanted for larcenies involving a New Bedford, Mass church. He is currently being held without bail as a flight risk, according to the Norfolk State's Attorney's Office in Massachusetts which is prosecuting the Puppy Doe case.
Herobuilders, an Oxford, Connecticut-based action figure company owned by Emil Vicale, announced Sunday they would be producing a figurine of the dog estimated to be one to two years old at the time of her death with 10 percent of the proceeds going to animal welfare groups. "I heard about the story and thought it would be a good thing," Vicale said Monday. "I wanted to make a donation in Puppy Doe's name."
But animal welfare advocates who have been raising money in the dog's name and staging peaceful protests outside the Norfolk courthouse when Czerkawski appears are appalled at the idea, said Deanna Terminiello of Leominster, Mass. "I was shocked," Terminiello said when she saw Facebook posts promoting the product. "To see that made me sick that someone is trying to make a profit off of a dog that was tortured."Several other animal welfare advocates also posted similar comments on Terminiello's Facebook page, "The Truth About The Puppy Doe Vigil," which has close to 300 members.
The figurines which will go into production this week can be purchased for $29.95. Vicale, who will only produce 2,000 of the resin statues, will donate 10 percent of the profits between the Animal Rescue League of Boston, which is involved in the Puppy Doe case, and the national ASPCA.
Vicale said he expects to make about $10 per figurine after he donates $3 per figurine to the two animal welfare groups. "We are not a charitable organization but we are trying to do something good," Vicale said. A spokesperson for the Animal Rescue League of Boston said they had not been notified by Homebuilders of the potential donation but confirmed they had received other donations in the name of Puppy Doe. "If someone wants to give to the Animal Rescue League of Boston we recommend that they give directly to our organization," said Ami Bowers, director of marketing for the group."They could be giving us the proceeds but at this point we don't know because we haven't heard from them."
A spokesperson for the Connecticut state Humane Society of the United States which offers rewards in animal abuse cases and help in prosecuting animal cruelty cases applauded the sale of the figurines. "It does seem like a well intentioned effort to raise awareness and help fund groups that support animal welfare," said Ami Hornish, the director of the Connecticut chapter of the HSUS.
But Terminiello, who along with others helped raise $2,500 to donate to the Quincy animal shelter after the dog's death and who attended a protest in December at the courthouse called the sale of the figurines "sickening." "This is not about fame, it's not about fortune," she said. "Anyone who would profit off this dog is unimaginable." David Traub, a spokesperson for the Norfolk State's Attorney's Office said Czerkawski is due back in court Feb. 11.
News Link:-http://www.newbritainherald.com/articles/2014/01/06/news/doc52cb810414b5f378122785.txt
Related:– https://preciousjules1985.wordpress.com/?s=Radoslaw+Czerkawsk
Facebook Group:–https://www.facebook.com/pages/Justice-for-Puppy-Doe/730535090297199
Facebook Related:-Reflections on Puppy Doe, Animal Cruelty, and Freezing for a Cause:– http://southend.patch.com/groups/announcements/p/reflections-on-puppy-doe-animal-cruelty-and-freezing-for-a-cause?a_dgi=aolshare_facebook
Petitions:–
http://www.change.org/petitions/justice-for-puppy-doe-tell-craigslist-to-help-stop-violence-against-pets
http://www.change.org/petitions/ask-ellen-degeneres-to-share-puppy-doe-s-story-please-help-us-find-the-monster-responsible-for-this-horrible-crime
https://www.change.org/petitions/william-f-galvin-and-massachusetts-representatives-please-enact-kiya-s-law-aka-puppy-doe-a-law-specifically-aimed-at-battered-pet-syndrome
http://www.change.org/en-AU/petitions/punish-the-man-responsible-for-the-torture-of-puppy-doe-also-known-as-kiya
More petitions:-http://www.change.org/en-GB/search?_csrf=LOIHuNxTnUGN45PA3b2xVc0OaONHBQ7YU9cj7RdSzz4%3D&authenticity_token=LOIHuNxTnUGN45PA3b2xVc0OaONHBQ7YU9cj7RdSzz4%3D&q=Puppy+doe
96 Petitions Added Regards Stopping Bestiality etc. In The 'New Petitions Constantly Added' Page
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I have just added 96 petitions (as is ) for & on behalf of my friend & animal warrior Cassiopea Valentina regards stopping bestiality & related despicable acts against animals!
All 96 petitions are in the above 'New Petitions Constantly Being Added' page.
HELP PLEASE SIGN THESE PETITIONS THANKS
IL 96% DEGLI STUPRATORI DI ANIMALI USANO LO STESSO TRATTAMENTE NEI CONFRONTI DEI BAMBINI (PEDOFILIA) E DELLE DONNE.
THE 96% OF RAPIST OF ANIMALS USING THE SAME TREATMENT UPON THE CHILDREN (PEDOPHILES) AND WOMEN.
96 Petitions against BESTIALITY : animal rape
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UPDATE INC: Justice Demanded For Tortured 'Puppy Doe,' Pit Bull Given Away On Craigslist And Brutally Abused
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22/11/213 UPDATE by Kiri Blakeley :-
Puppy Tortured to Death Finally Gets Justice She Deserves
Radoslaw Czerkawski. He is charged with 12 counts of animal abuse, remains behind bars on $500,000 bond, and faces 55 years in prison. Czerkawski had gotten Doe for $40 on Craiglist.
Never, EVER give away an animal for free! And if you're going to sell it or ask for a donation, thoroughly investigate who you are giving an animal to. Check vet references and visit their home. (Czerkawski lied and said he had a farm in Connecticut. Asking to visit the farm that he did not have would have immediately kept the puppy out of his hands.)Czerkawski is also accused of stealing checks from a church and misleading police.
Police are confident Czerkawski is their man — they say they found Puppy Doe's blood on his apartment floor. Disgusting! This "man" deserves everything he gets and more.It's about time that animal killers and abusers get hard time for their crimes. If Czerkawski gets the max, he won't be out until he's almost 90 — if he makes it out at all.Through it all, vets say that Puppy Doe, despite what she'd been through, was loving and friendly to all. Can you imagine? Animals are certainly better than humans in a lot of ways, and anyone who takes advantage of that doesn't deserve freedom.
Above Snippet From News Link:–http://thestir.cafemom.com/in_the_news/164591/puppy_tortured_to_death_finally
"WTF…what sort of Evil walk amongst us? It could be a next door neighbour, these people don't advertise their perverse activities! This may be the first, or one of many cases that this sick pathological psychopath may have carried out! Who knows how many more may have been grotesquely tortured & just not found! Sick bastards like this, soon tire of torturing the same living being. God forbid this person hasn't played out these perverse actions on a child yet!! It may or may not be the first attack, but I doubt it will be the last! I know many people don't want to get involved etc. but there is such a thing as anonymity…so come on guy's; these animals rely on the kindness & voices of others to save them!!"
The Huffington Post | By Cavan Sieczkowski Posted: 09/23/2013 12:16 pm DT | Updated: 09/23/2013 2:01 pm EDT
Internet users have united to get justice for a dog so brutally tortured that she had to be euthanized.
On Aug. 31, a female pit bull was found on Carrolls Lane in Quincy, Mass., near a playground, according to Boston's Animal Rescue League, or ARL. The dog, who was likely 1 to 2 years old, weighed half what she should have. She had suffered starvation and abuse "sadistic" in nature, including stabbings to the eye and a sliced tongue. Her injuries were so severe that she had to be euthanized.
Veterinarians working on the animal, named Puppy Doe, were sickened by her state.
"They're a freak, a total freak," Dr. Martha Smith-Blackmore, who performed the autopsy on the tortured pup, told Boston's WBZ of the alleged abuser. "Splitting her tongue, burning her nose, stabbing her eye, it's the totality of the types of injuries. Not only was she beaten, she was stabbed [and] she was burned. It's all kinds of injures. It's a sick mind that can do this to an animal."
The Quincy Police Department and animal rescue groups are asking for help. The ARL is offering a $5,000 reward for information leading to the prosecution of the perpetrator. Animal groups Misty's Journey and Second Chance Rescue NYC have already raised more than $11,000 on YouCaring.com toward a reward for information provided.
A Facebook group titled "Justice for Puppy Doe" already has more than 25,000 likes and has attracted support from as far away as Brazil.
"We need anyone who knows who owned and abused this dog to contact authorities," District Attorney Morrissey said, via the ARL. "The injuries cataloged in the post-mortem examination are grotesque and indicate consistent starvation and abuse over an extended period of time. It is highly unlikely that this level of sadistic cruelty could be shown to one animal and not be part of a pattern involving other animals or perhaps vulnerable people. We need to find the person who did this and see what else they are doing."
Meanwhile, the dog's alleged original owner, Laura Hankins, has come forward. Hankins told the Boston Herald she and her boyfriend bought the pit bull mix last December for $200 on Craigslist. But her landlord eventually told her the dog had to go. So, she put the dog back on Craigslist.
She gave the animal to a woman from Grafton who "seemed wonderful," according to the Herald. The new owner sent updates, but those stopped in July.
The Puppy Doe case has reignited the fight against free pets on Craigslist, a practice that has been linked to abuse and death. A Change.org petition set up in memoriam of Puppy Doe demands Craigslist CEO Jim Buckmaster end the practice.
Via Change.org:
It's beyond words that this sweet, innocent dog, that once knew love had to suffer this violent, evil fate, but at the very least, if … "giving away" of pets was banned on Craligslist there would be a small amount of justice in her name.
The petition has nearly 20,000 signatures.
As of Saturday, police were following up on six specific tips, according to the Herald. The Patriot Ledger reports that a memorial has been set up for Puppy Doe along a fence at the playground near where she was found.
Anyone with information, is asked to contact the Animal Rescue League at 617-226-5610 or Quincy Police Det. Thomas Pepdjonovich at 617-745-5774.
News Link:–http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/09/23/puppy-doe-tortured-craigslist_n_3975506.html
Petition Link:–https://www.change.org/petitions/justice-for-puppy-doe-tell-craigslist-to-help-stop-violence-against-pets/sponsors/new?aftersign=true

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Charles Barkley arrested
The man who has aspirations of being the governor of Alabama in 2014 was arrested on suspicion of drinking and driving last night.
Charles Barkley was arrested on suspicion of drinking and driving early this morning. An officer with a law enforcement task force that targets drunken driving saw the former NBA star run a stop sign around 1:30 a.m., said Gilbert police Lt. Eric Shuhandler. Barkley declined to submit to a breath test but was given a blood test. The results weren't immediately available. After Barkley was processed, he was cited and released. He left in a cab, Shuhandler said.
Shuhandler said there was nothing remarkable about Barkley's arrest and that it is customary to release people after they've been arrested on suspicion of DUI. "There was nothing unusual about how he was taken into custody," Shuhandler said. "He was treated exactly like we treat anybody else." Barkley was arrested in Scottsdale's Old Town area, one of the trendiest spots in the Phoenix metro area.
The folks over at thedirty.com got some camera footage of Mr. Barkley prior to the arrest, while he was still in the club. My fellow drinkers will recognize the bottle in his hand – the man was chugging a bottle of Patron !! I can't tell what that first bottle is.
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Invest Europe - Zelmer S.A.
Zelmer is Poland's oldest and largest maker of small electrical appliances, such as vacuum cleaners and food processors. Enterprise Investors bought a minority stake in the business in 2005 and immediately began the process of transforming Zelmer from a state-owned manufacturer into a world class company.
During its investment, Enterprise Investors brought in new management, introduced new products in the mid and low-price ranges and helped the company enter new markets: Russia and Ukraine. After increasing sales, a drive to improve profitability included focusing on the region's largest markets and on products with the highest growth potential, plus the construction of a state-of-the-art manufacturing plant in Rzeszów. Enterprise Investors sold its stake to Bosch und Siemens Hausgeräte in 2012.
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Annunziata D'Alesandro (née Lombardi), the mother of Nancy Pelosi, was born in Fornelli in 1909.

Sister cities
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This is Sgt. Stone from Trenton, NJ. Wait a minute. Read the sign. Did the Marine Corps think we where going to issue the Viet Cong boots, utilities, and 782 gear? You got to be shitin me. Maybe we should burn the ammo with the trash to?


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Civil society strongly condemns Trump's decision to withdraw US from the Paris Agreement
Submitted by Secretariat on June 1, 2017 - 1:30pm
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1 June 2017: The decision to withdraw the US from the Paris Agreement signals that the Trump Administration is in total discord with both reality and the rest of the world.
The Agreement, ratified by 147 out of the 197 signatory countries, entered into force in 2016 with unprecedented speed, demonstrating that countries are determined to move forward with climate action.
Unfortunately, the first to suffer from this injudicious decision is the American people. This action is totally contrary to their best interests: their health, security, food supply, jobs and future.
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- Susann Scherbarth, climate justice and energy campaigner for Friends of the Earth Europe
"U.S. withdrawal from the Paris Agreement will erode America's standing in the world at a time when global cooperation is needed more than ever. Coming on the heels of a budget proposal that, if enacted, would increase suffering among the poorest and make the world a more dangerous place, the Trump Administration's intention to withdraw from the Paris Agreement is another failure of U.S. leadership. Addressing climate change is critical to the continued progress to combat extreme poverty and to alleviate humanitarian crises. Walking away from the Paris Agreement now is a sign that America is prepared, not only to stand in isolation, but also to walk away from its partners, from its moral responsibility, and from the promise it owes to future generations of a healthy and safe planet." -Michelle Nunn, president and CEO, CARE USA
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The rest of the world must move forward aggressively without the world's leading historical contributor of greenhouse gas emissions. Friends of the Earth U.S. calls on all nations to assert heavy economic and diplomatic pressure to compel the Trump Administration to take serious climate action to protect people and the planet.
The majority of Americans reject Trump's extreme agenda and demand climate action. Today's announcement only strengthens our resistance." - Erich Pica, Friends of the Earth U.S. President
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We welcome statements from other countries as well as those from states and cities in the US, reaffirming their commitment to continue working to combat climate change and all inequalities arising from it."
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- Jennifer Morgan, Greenpeace International Executive Director
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PHILOSOPHY > Great Thinkers > Modern Rabbinic Thought > R. Lipshutz's Attitude towards Non-Jews
R. Lipshutz's Attitude towards Non-Jews
Rav Yitzchak Blau
Shiur #03: R. Lipshutz's Attitude towards Non-Jews
By Rav <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" />Yitzchak Blau
While the Torah's ritual law applies mostly in an exclusively Jewish context, ethical obligations bear a more universal quality. Pirkei Avot, a tractate dedicated primarily to ethical responsibilities, thus may address the gentile world as well; ethical maxims in Avot might provide guidance for non–Jews along with Jews. Additionally, the ethical demands made upon Jews can also apply to their social interaction with gentiles. No rabbinic commentator developed this theme as extensively as R. Lipschutz.
Some background will provide a linguistic frame of reference for R. Lipshutz's comments. R. Shimon bar Yochai taught that non-Jewish cadavers do not convey ritual impurity to other items or people located in the same building with them (tumat ohel). The biblical verse about cadavers conveying impurity in this manner speaks of "adam" (Bamidbar 19:14), a term that excludes gentiles. The Rabbis, however, disagree with R. Shimon (Yevamot 61a).
Why does R. Shimon think that the term "adam" excludes gentiles? R. Zvi Hirsch Chajes offers the simplest explanation. Obviously, non-Jews are people just as Jews are. However, the Jewish legal code addresses the Jewish people, so it employs "adam" in a more restricted sense. In the same way, a teacher might use the term "everyone" but only refer to the students in that class and not those in other classes or outside the school altogether.
Tosafot (s.v. ve-ain) point out a contradictory passage. The gemara (Sanhedrin 59a) states that a gentile who studies Torah is like the High Priest because the verse refers to "ha-adam," a term that includes non-Jews. Rabbenu Tam suggests that the term "ha-adam" includes gentiles, whereas the term "adam" excludes them. These semantic issues will help us understand R. Lipshutz's commentary.
Hillel said that one should love "ha-beriyot" (Avot 1:12). R. Lipshutz suggests that the term "ha-beriyot" encompasses more than the term "adam"; it includes non-Jews along with Jews. It also instructs the teacher to speak compassionately towards the weaker students in his class. Hillel advises us to adopt a loving posture towards every person we encounter (Yakhin, Avot 1:46).
Shammai stated that a person should greet "et kol ha-adam" with a friendly countenance (Avot 1:15). Basing himself on Rabbenu Tam's distinction, R. Lipshutz suggests that Shammai employed the term "ha-adam" to include all - rich and poor, Jew and gentile (Yakhin, Avot 1:59). According to R. Lipshutz, the long-term rivals, Shammai and Hillel, both agreed that non–Jews deserve friendly treatment, either love or at least a pleasant greeting.
Adopting Rabbenu Tam's distinction may cause difficulty with a later mishna. R. Akiva taught: "Beloved is man (adam), who was created in the image of God. An extra love was made known to him that he was created in the image if God, as it says, 'He made man in the image of God' (Beresihit 9:6)." Since R. Akiva says uses the phrase "adam," one might suggest that he speaks only about Jews. Yet we normally assume that God created all of humanity in His image. R. Lipshutz says that the correct text for this mishna should read "ha-adam," as gentiles are clearly included. The next line of the same mishna says, "Beloved is Israel," indicating that the previous line referred to a different and broader group. R. Akiva cites a verse spoken by God immediately after the flood, when He addresses humanity as a whole, and not Jews alone.
Yehoshua lowered the hanging bodies of the king of Ai and of the five Canaanite kings before nightfall (Yehoshua 8:29, 10:26). The prohibition not to leave bodies hanging overnight stems from the fact that those bodies belong to beings created in the image of God; this example indicates that gentiles also bear the divine image (Yakhin, Avot 3:88).
R. Lipshutz's Boaz commentary on this mishna (Avot 3:1) includes one of the most remarkable rabbinic passages on this issues. He questions R. Shimon's statement that the term "adam" excludes gentiles: could R. Shimon possibly think that gentiles are comparable to animals? The Jewish people's status as a "treasure among the nations" (Shemot 19:5) would be meaningless if the other nations did not have significant worth. Furthermore, animals do not receive reward and punishment, but pious gentiles enter the world–to-come (Sanhedrin 105a). Obviously, R. Shimon would not equate gentiles with animals.
Paraphrase does not do justice to the following section, so I will translate an extended section of R. Lipshutz's commentary.
Even without the holy words of our sages who told us this [i.e., that pious gentiles merit olam ha-ba], we would know this from our intellect because "God is just in all His ways and benevolent in all His deeds." We see that many pious gentiles recognize the Creator, believe in the divinity of Scripture, act compassionately toward Israel, and some have done great things for entire world. The pious [Edward] Jenner invented the vaccine that saves tens of thousands of people from disease [namely, smallpox], death and disability. [Sir Francis] Drake brought the potato to Europe, which has prevented famine on several occasions. [Johannes] Guttenberg invented the printing press.
Some of them never received their reward in this world, like the pious [Johannes] Reuchlin who risked his life to prevent the burning of the Talmud, which had been commanded by Emperor Maximilian in 1509 due to the incitement of the apostate [Johann] Pfefferkorn, who made an evil accord with the priests. Reuchlin exerted every effort to oppose this and convinced the Emperor to retract this decree. Due to this, his enemies the priests pursued him and made his life bitter until he died under pressure with a broken heart.
Could you imagine that these great deeds will not be rewarded in olam ha-ba? God does not withhold the reward of any creature. Even if you say that these pious ones who keep the seven Noachide commandments would not have the status of a ger toshav (resident alien) because they never made a formal acceptance before a court or because we do not accept gerei toshav in our day, since they do not act like Esau, they have a portion in olam ha-ba.
R. Lipshutz's sense of divine justice emerges quite powerfully from this selection. Decent people who did great things for humanity surely receive eternal reward. It is inconceivable that technicalities regarding the formal acceptance of resident aliens could hold back such reward from the deserving.
His universalistic orientation also emerges clearly. There are gentiles of outstanding character and achievement, and there is no reason to deny this truth. Note further that the good deeds listed extend far beyond being kind to the Jewish community; saving gentiles from disease or famine also commands great respect. This, too, reflects a more universalistic orientation.
The question regarding R. Shimon's statement thus remains in effect. R. Lipshutz explains that Jews and gentiles each have an advantage. Israel's advantage is the unique divine revelation bestowed upon them. Human intellect can achieve great things, but it can not match the supernal wisdom of the Torah. Conversely, gentile achievements in ethics and religion are purely the products of their own free choices and their own efforts.
This distinction mirrors the difference between the first man and subsequent generations. Human beings enter the world as little babies who need to struggle to learn new skills. In contrast, Adam was created as a fully formed adult. Thus, the term "adam" refers to those whom God raised up to a higher level; this is why R. Shimon said that it only encompasses Jews, the beneficiaries of revelation. "Ha-adam" cannot be talking about a particular person, because we do not employ the definitive article when referring to a specific person. This term has the broader meaning of humanity and, of course, it includes gentiles.
The above reveals R. Lipshutz's positive orientation towards the best of the non–Jewish world. He reads R. Shimon's statement in a way that does not insult that world. More strikingly, he states that our great advantage of revelation carries with it implications beyond the advantages. It implies that the gentiles deserve special credit for their accomplishments absent the supreme advantage of revelation.
Another mishna in Avot strengthens this point. R. Elazar ben Azariah taught: "If there is no Torah, there is no decency" (Avot 3:17). One could read this line as suggesting that decent behavior does not exist outside the community of observant Jews. As we have already seen, R. Lipshutz contends that reality belies such a reading. Here, too, he points out that there are pious and moral gentiles who do not observe the six hundred and thirteen commandments. He argues that "Torah" in this mishna means belief in revelation, reward and punishment, and immortality. Decent gentiles share these beliefs even if they do not put on tefillin or keep Shabbat. In this sense, such people have Torah and can have moral decency (Yakhin, Avot 3:114).
Even the above formulation does not account for ethically sensitive secularists, and were R. Lipshutz still alive, we would have to ask him about this. Leaving this question aside, we can identify further confirmation of his attitude towards the broader world, as two more sources outside of Avot provide more evidence about R. Lipshutz's worldview.
A Jew whose ox gores the ox of a gentile is exempt from paying damages (Bava Kama 4:3). This leads to two ethical questions. Why does a Jew have more financial responsibility when his ox damages the ox of another Jew? Where is the fairness of the above ruling, given that we charge the gentile when his ox gores that belonging to the Jew? R. Lipshutz argues that rational morality would not clearly obligate the ox's owner for damages committed by his ox in any situation, as the causal relationship between the owner and the damages is weak (Yakhin, Bava Kama 4:16). This reflects a common strategy to explain halakhic discrepancies between treatment of Jews and gentiles. The Torah demands basic moral treatment for all, but commands that we go beyond the norm for fellow Jews.
Such an approach may explain why the prohibition of lending money with interest applies only to other Jews. Interest is rationally defensible, as having money for a period of time truly is worth money, but the Torah demands that we go one step further for our brethren. R. Lipshutz adopts a similar approach regarding responsibilities for damages cause by a person's animal.
Why are gentiles responsible for the damages caused by their animals? R. Lipshutz echoes Rambam's explanation (Hilkhot Nizkei Mamon 8:5). Since Torah law does not apply to them, they have no incentive to watch their animals; if we did not impose liability upon them, society would suffer (Yakhin, Bava Kama 4:17). In other words, Jews must watch their animals whether or not they will be held liable if their ox gores a gentile ox. This is not the case for gentiles, so Halakha makes them liable.
In the Boaz section of the commentary (Boaz, Bava Kama 4:1), R. Lipshutz emphasizes the prohibition of theft from a non–Jew and of retaining money mistakenly given to us by a gentile. He cites the Be'er ha-Golah of R. Moshe Rivkes (Choshen Mishpat 348) that no good comes from those who take advantage of the monetary mistakes of gentiles. On the contrary, those who return mistaken money sanctify the name of God and will find greater business success as well. R. Lipshutz adds that the two hundred years between R. Rivkes and himself have only strengthened that point. Our "brethren among the nations" accept monotheism, recognize the sanctity of scripture, observe the Noachide laws, protect Jews, and support the Jewish poor. How can we behave towards them in an ungrateful fashion? R. Lipshutz appreciates the benefits that modernity bestowed upon the Jews and contends that these benefits demand more scrupulous honesty in our business transactions with the broader world.
A mishna in Sanhedrin (10:1) famously states that all Jews have a portion in the world–to–come, with a handful of exceptions. What about gentiles? The Rambam rules that the pious among the nations also achieve this exalted state (Mishneh Torah, Hilkhot Teshuva 3:5). In theory, this entry might be restricted to a very small group. R. Lipshutz infers, however, from the mishna's specific exclusion of Bilaam that even the average among the gentiles makes it to olam ha-ba. The gemara (Sanhedrin 105a) utilized the exclusion of Bilaam to infer that some non –Jews make it. R. Lipshutz takes this further and contends that a significant portion of them make it (Yakhin, Sanhedrin 10:2).
Interestingly, in the same commentary R. Lipschutz goes on to posit an inherent difference between Jew and gentile. Wicked gentiles receive their punishment and are destined to extinction. Jews who have committed serious crimes also receive punishments, but their upper soul remains and returns to the proximity of God. Apparently, a rabbinic thinker can believe in some intrinsic difference between Jew and gentile, and yet adopt a positive orientation towards the non–Jewish world. R. Avraham Yitzchak ha-Kohen Kook represents another example of this phenomenon, although the degree of difference between peoples is far more pronounced in his thought than in that of R. Lipshutz.
The growing rights that emancipation granted Jews probably influenced R. Lipshutz's thought. While anti– Semitism certainly lived on well into the nineteenth century, gratitude for decent treatment afforded by gentiles is morally obligatory. As mentioned in earlier lectures, R. Lipshutz saw value in secular studies, another point related to one's orientation towards non–Jews. If you view the non–Jewish world as decent, you are more likely to be interested in their ideas. Conversely, if you find their ideas profound, you are more likely to see the people themselves as decent. R. Lipshutz represents a powerful voice in our tradition for recognizing the decency in gentile society and the important ideas in their intellectual world.
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