Simply offering a horse for sale is no guarantee of finding a suitable home for that animal, even if young and sound. The process is even more challenging if the horse is older, untrained, or has behavioural or physical issues, or if the economy is poor. While most shelters and rescues are likely at capacity, a study conducted by the Research and Development/Community Outreach arm of the ASPCA found that there do appear to be untapped resources that could be called upon to re-home horses within the general public.
The question posed by the study is whether there are enough private homes to accommodate the number of unwanted American horses currently being sent to slaughter. Using Edge Research to conduct a telephone survey, the researchers attempted to pre-qualify people who would be willing to adopt unwanted horses, determine what characteristics were required of horses to be considered "adoptable" in the respondent's opinion, and whether potential adopters thought they had adequate resources to keep a horse. The criteria for establishing initial interest was that the respondent currently owns a horse, has owned a horse in the past 5 years, or is interested in acquiring a horse in the near future.
"There are approximately 200,000 unwanted horses annually in the United States. This study aimed to better understand the potential homes for horses that need to be re-homed. Using an independent survey company through an Omnibus telephone (land and cell) survey, we interviewed a nationally projectable sample of 3036 adults (using both landline and cellular phone numbers) to learn of their interest and capacity to adopt a horse.
Potential adopters with interest in horses with medical and/or behavioral problems and self-assessed perceived capacity to adopt, constituted 0.92% of the total sample. Extrapolating the results of this survey using U.S. Census data, suggests there could be an estimated 1.25 million households who have both the self-reported and perceived resources and desire to house an unwanted horse. This number exceeds the estimated number of unwanted horses living each year in the United States.
The ASPCA estimates that a more realistic, true count is more likely to be about .72 million households. Still, these numbers may not reflect an objective set of adopters though, since people often overstate or overestimate their ability or available resources to care for a horse properly, or their circumstances change after the survey. Nevertheless, the study results suggest that new channels of communication between potential horse owners and organizations/rescues are needed to grow the horse industry by engaging new audiences and creatively promoting horse adoption.
Phenylbutazone or "bute" was at one time marketed for humans use under the trade name of Butazolidin. It was a Non-Steroidal Anti-Inflammatory (NSAID) used for arthritis and other inflammatory ailments that worked by inhibiting an enzyme that synthesizes chemical mediators called prostaglandins. It was ultimately withdrawn by the FDA for causing a wide range of serious side-effects. It remains however, on the market for treatment for horses and is an effective anti-inflammatory. It is also prohibited in the food chain as residues of bute and its metabolite, oxyphenbutazone are not known to have safe limits. None of this is new information to experienced horse advocates. Therefore, it's always personally surprising to me when I come across another horse advocate who takes the position that we needn't be concerned about bute adulteration in food. It's a pretty rare position to take, IMO, and reaffirms to me that not all champions of the horse are on the same page when it comes to advocacy. This position not only harms our advocacy, it's also scientifically illiterate IMO.
Writing in a recent blog post, Founder and President of the Equine Rescue Network Janine Jacques goes all-in and on the record as being in doubt that bute is harmful to people. Jacques also assumes that the only possible toxic result from consuming bute or metabolites can be aplastic anemia.
While investigation and surveillance of overdoses and poisonings by phenylbutazone are available, there is a tendency to believe that, in order to be hazardous to health, only large amounts of a chemical are needed to cause poisoning. This is not necessarily so. A highly toxic chemical can have a low health hazard if it is used with proper precautions and care. On the other hand, it is possible that a chemical of low toxicity may present a high health hazard if it is used inappropriately, such as in the food supply. The domain of published works in the field of toxicology contain many presuppositions such as this; regulators have always had difficulty establishing acceptable levels of chemicals and they are expected to show evidence that a level of exposure is harmful before they can ban its use.
Virtually all evidence we have about harmful dosages of drugs come from animals where extrapolations are made from high doses (LD50, Draize, and ADME – Absorption, Distribution, Metabolism, and Excretion tests for example) . It is also said that effects found in animals in relatively short-lived species cannot necessarily be used to estimate the effects in a long-lived species such as human. Humans live much longer than most of the species used for drug testing, so we have a longer period of time in which to manifest disease. Compounding this, we know that much of human disease is idiopathic in nature – without known causes. Forensic toxicology testing can detect drugs in the blood stream or urine and overdoses in the emergency room, but it can't predict the cause of idiopathic disease.
There are several factors which can influence the degree of poisoning caused by a chemical.
Biological variation in the person consuming the chemical/drug determines response – slow metabolizers may be affected in addition to those who have susceptibility to phenylbutazone due to different metabolic genes (polymorphisms) that encode enzymes that are involved in the metabolism of drugs.People who are poor metabolizers of a drug may overdose while taking less than the recommended dose. Altered or enhanced drug metabolisms in individuals have been known to cause fatal drug reactions.
Another layer of complexity is added when humans are exposed to chemicals at very low doses – the chemicals may reside in certain regions of the body that are more susceptible to organ damage which is impossible to measure directly. Studies have shown that many chemicals impact cancer-causing pathways at low doses. Taken directly, phenylbutazone is associated with various hematologic disorders, including aplastic anemia. Bute is also a cause of agranulocytosis, which can also be fatal. Hypersensitivity reactions can include anaphylactic shock, arthralgia, fever, angiitis (polyarteritis), vasculitis, serum sickness, adenitis, hepatotoxicity, allergic alveolitis, lymphadenopathy, Lyell's syndrome, activation of systemic lupus erythematosus, and aggravation of temporal arteritis in patients with polymyalgia rheumatica. Asthma may be precipitated or aggravated by phenylbutazone, especially in aspirin sensitive patients. We also know that phenylbutazone interacts with many other drugs. When administered to lactating cows, it was found that phenylbutazone was distributed into their milk.
When the drug was used therapeutically in humans as Butazolidin, the dose rate would have been around 2 to 6 mg/kg, similar to the current dose for the horse of 4.4 mg/kg. The question is whether the presence of bute in horsemeat can present a risk to human health even in small amounts. Around the time of the 2013 horse meat adulteration scandal in the EU, the highest amount of bute found in a horse carcass was 1.9 mg. If a human had been taking Butazolidin in the 50s, they might have taken 200-400 mg a day in total, if we compare it to the current-day dosage of Tylenol or Advil. Obviously, we would have to consume a significant amount of contaminated horsemeat in order to reach the level of a therapeutic drug dosage. What is not clear, despite reassurances, is the level that is necessary for the average person to consume in order to experience a toxic effect. If a therapeutic dose of Butazolidin was once considered "safe" at 200-400 mg, then how do we know that some individuals are safe at 1.9 mg? If Butazolidin was withdrawn from the market as being unsafe for some people at that dosage, we don't know whether sensitive individuals may have experienced toxicity at lower levels as well.
If it still seems as though a negligible trace of bute in meat might not be enough to cause harm, there is an analogous cautionary tale of another NSAID – diclofenac, which was also used in human medicine for decades, and was recently introduced for veterinary use in India. Obviously, the dynamics are not the same, but vultures appear to have been exposed to the drug while scavenging livestock carcasses, their main food source, and this has accounted for death by renal failure of many vultures examined in a three-year study by the scientific journal Nature. Further investigation showed tissue residues in livestock treated at the labelled dose rate were sufficient to cause death in vultures. These findings confirmed that diclofenac is the primary cause of the Asian vulture decline.
Food safety laws are clear. Companies that produce, trade or sell food or food ingredients are legally obligated to implement a quality assurance system called Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point (HACCP), which maximizes food safety by minimizing chemical, physical and microbiological hazards. There is something wrong with a food system whereby the food animal must sit on a feedlot for six months in order that veterinary drugs "degrade" before it can be eaten.
"When it comes to human and environmental safety there should be clear evidence of the absence of risks; the mere absence of evidence is not enough." This is the essence of the Precautionary Principle, which states that "when an activity raises threats of harm to human health or the environment, precautionary measures should be taken even if some cause-and-effect relationships are not fully established scientifically." The toxicity of a chemical cannot be changed, but the hazard it presents can be controlled.
Have Your Say In The "Safe Food For Canadians" Public Consultation!
The presence of drugs in meat (the CFIA refers to these as "non-food agents") and the low testing rate of carcasses. Focus should be testing kidneys and liver rather than skeletal muscle. Carcasses must be held until all laboratory results are received.
Transport issues – horses can remain in transport for up to 36 hours with no food, water, or rest. Transport guidelines, such as they are, do not reflect current science regarding the handling of animals by land, sea, and air. Late term pregnant mares are sent to auctions and subsequently to slaughter, and sometimes foals are born in transit (this information was obtained through CHDC Access-To-Information documents). Were any penalties meted out to the transgressors?
No traceability. Horse owners will not pay for a system to track horses from cradle to grave in order to satisfy a food safety requirement. The fact that no group in Canada – neither Equestrian Canada or Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC) has so far developed a workable system for horses is a testament to how unworkable such a system would be. Horses are not food.
In June 2016, a butcher shop in Montreal was caught adding horsemeat to hamburger patties advertised as being entirely made of beef. An investigation by Radio-Canada (and not the CFIA) found the meat sourced from La Maison du Rôti, which supplied many hotels and commercial establishments in Montreal, advertised as being 100 per cent beef. This is consistent with a study from 2015 that found that nearly 5% of all ground meat products tested in California had horse meat in the product. What did the CFIA do to address this adulteration? It does not appear that the company was ever fined or had their operations suspended – if not, why not?
Wild horses ending up in the food supply – in 2014, 3 wildies from the Williams Creek cull were sent to the Bouvry plant. Complaints to the CFIA resulted in an investigation, because a permit holder cannot determine if he has captured a truly wild horse, or a barn yard escapee. The CFIA, concluded that Bouvry did slaughter two of the Wildies, and that a kill buyer purchased the horses from the permit holder without having the required 6 month history as required by the EID (Equine Information Document). The third horse could not be verified (lack of traceability once again). If punishment has not been meted-out against these two individuals, ask the CFIA why? How will the CFIA prevent this from happening in future?
Native owned horses in British Columbia are rounded up and sent to slaughter periodically despite roaming free on private land and being unaccounted for during much of the year.
I do not wish to throw any animals under the bus, but unlike "traditional" farm animals, there is truly no verification system in place to ensure that horses who do go to slaughter are sent there by those with rightful legal ownership. Horses sold to slaughterhouses or kill buyers without the owner's knowledge or permission are sold with Equine Information Documents (EIDs) that were fabricated during the last leg of the horses' journey to the plant, often by someone who has owned the horse for a few days or weeks if that. Such individuals have no basis to make any claim that the horse has not received any prohibited substances. EIDs do not sufficiently identify horses who look similar and it cannot differentiate between them with any degree of certainty. Once again, any form that only asks for voluntary declaration of drugs is unlikely to be complied with when the seller wishes to profit from the sale of that horse.
EIDs (Equine Information Documents) are property of slaughterhouses. Some EID forms are even branded with the name of the slaughterhouse and not the CFIA. This is a food safety issue and should not be decentralized to the slaughterhouse – the CFIA needs to exert control over EIDs and publish the results of audits in the interest of transparency.
The recent and well-publicized cases of missing horses Sargon and Apollo (Sargon was sold to slaughter by someone other than his legal owner). Urge the CFIA to take action against false statements made on EIDs and to report the results of audits to satisfy public interest. Send them information on the impact on victims of stolen horses.
EIA (Equine Infectious Anemia) has now appeared in Quebec after a years-long absence. Are the presence of slaughterhouses in Massueville and Saint-André-Avellin, in Quebec risk factors? Private owners of horses are required to have a Coggins test when moving practically everywhere, but slaughter-bound horses are not. Now that there is an expectation by the EU that American horses will need to reside in Canada for six months prior to slaughter, you may feel that this residency requirement increases the risk of disease transmission in Canada. Do you feel that slaughterbound horses from the US should require a Coggins? Why should slaughter haulers be allowed to evade what amounts to a biosecurity issue for every place they travel through, since Equine Infectious Anemia is incurable and biting insects the principal vector? We live in an era where animals are hauled long distances and to'from different countries – large numbers of unvaccinated and untested animals are coming into Canada. This is surely a threat to any responsible horse owner and this law could be easily changed though the slaughter buyers would have to bear the costs (as everyone else already does) when purchasing and transporting a horse for any purpose.
Write now to Dr. Richard Arsenault before April 21st!
In Japan, "premium consumption," a philosophy in which consumers do not mind spending large amounts of money on trendy products or services, is on the increase. The Japanese are embracing "members-only" clubs and resorts to the tune of ¥355 billion ($4,176,200,000 CDN), up 13 percent from 2015. Horsemeat is increasing in popularity in Japan due in part to a boom in sushi restaurants and exclusive dining clubs, and is sold as sakura nikku (cherry blossom meat) or raw as basashi.
The English language paper The Japan News, provides a first look at these exclusive and often very secretive restaurants serving what must be our Canadian draft horses, who are live exported almost every week on 16-18 hour flights during which time they are neither fed nor watered, generally by Atlas Air. Prior to shipment to Japan, our "gentle giants" are fattened up to gross proportions, and at risk for laminitis. Each horse is worth approximately $20,000 CDN.
In Tokyo, The Roast Horse is a members-only restaurant that has a set course menu of ¥7,500 ($88.00 CDN). The Roast Horse solicited its clientele via crowdfunding to collect money for a custom-made stone oven. The restaurant was able to generate about ¥6 million ($70,000 CDN). Membership at the restaurant is considered a privilege for the investors.
Photo from an Acess-To-Information Request by the CHDC. We know that horses are dying while enroute to Japan, where horsemeat is preferred "fresh," hence the live export. These flights are illegal as Canada is in breach of two sections of our own Health of Animals Regulations and IATA Live Animals Regulations.
If you're not familiar with the entire sordid live horse export business to Japan, please read the Canadian Horse Defence Coalition's comprehensive investigative report here.
Please sign and share the active petition to Atlas Air to end the horrid practice of live export to Japan.
What Is The Truth Behind One Of The Most Brutal Horse Slaughter Images On The Internet?
How many times have we seen the picture below depicted as gruesome evidence of horse (and foal) slaughter? I've no doubt that many people have been disturbed or reduced to tears by what it depicts, a dead mare and foal on a cold floor, seemingly devoid of any sort of compassion in their final moments. Ever since I first saw the picture, I wondered what was happening – was it a picture of a slaughter operation? If so, it seemed to be uncharacteristic in many ways from what we've seen elsewhere and know about slaughter, stunning and evisceration.
Google and Tin Eye's reverse image search engine are great tools that can be used to find the date that any image first appeared on the internet. This image first appeared on a Polish website in 2011, and has been copied on many social media channels since then. Because the entire site is in Polish, and the video in question no longer seems to work, I wouldn't advise visiting it because I don't know if there's anything malicious about the website itself in terms of viruses or harmful codes. But if you want to view the original video that has been recently copied to Youtube, you can see it here [graphic and disturbing].
I shared this picture with a veterinarian and asked that person to comment on what they saw. Because this image was captured in a foreign country we can't be absolutely certain what we're looking at, but our veterinarian found the image to be inconsistent with a slaughter operation and more likely to be an example of a necropsy or possibly an effort at an emergency caesarian.
Horses are generally stunned in a chute, then hoisted with one rear leg and hung from the line where they are bled out. They then travel along the line where they reach the evisceration area. As many of us have seen from the Canadian Horse Defence Coalition youtube videos, it's a brutal operation where horses are left bloody and covered in excrement and urine.
In this screen cap, there's no chute, the mare has not been hung and is instead shackled. She is still wearing a halter, which in a slaughter operation would have been long removed. There is a channel in the floor for removing bodily fluids. There is no evidence that the mare's throat was slit and no evidence that she was bled out. We don't know how she died, whether her death was natural or sudden in a large animal clinic, or whether she was euthanized with barbiturates.
We know mares and foals are dying in feedlots and slaugherhouses in real life in Canada. Through Access-To-Information requests, the CHDC has publicized evidence that pregnant mares are being shipped to slaughter, sometimes delivering in trailers or in the actual slaughterhouse itself (both are issues of non-compliance and/or violations of Canada's Health of Animals Regulations). We know mares are enduring transport in late stage pregnancy and giving birth to their foals in these places of death. We don't really know the context in this sad photo, but the above clues suggest (but don't confirm) that this is not a photo of a horse being slaughtered for food. At least this is what I am going to choose to believe based on my conversation with a veterinarian who is familiar with commercial slaughter operations. Despite all the evidence of cruelty toward horses already available and assaulting us every day, I want to believe that this is one less example.


Anybody still shooting with a 1Dmk3?
I remember this when it came out.. There were a few videos out there of people setting up a few of them to catch Barry Bonds Record HR..
Go look at the 1D iii discussion thread. It gets updated regularly. But I have been thinking about getting one as a good general purpose camera with an AF system better than the 40-60D line.
Yes and love it, use it as much as my 7d.
Yep. Still doing the job for me.
I think I might have a little C.A.S. going on now..
I've just got rid of my 7d to get a 1d Mkiii in the last month and absolutely love it.
Wishing I changed sooner than I have.
^ This. I sold my 7d for a 1d mark 3 a couple months ago, and i too wish i had made the switch sooner.
Still using mine, and if it vanished today, I'd buy another one tomorrow. This kind of performance for under $1k is ridiculous.
I need to resist temptation..
I was going to start a thread asking if it was worth it to sell my 5D Classic and add a little cash to get a 1DMk3, but it seems like I got my answer. I was already a obsessing a bit about getting one, this thread doesn't help.
For the current 1DMk3 owners: anything I should be looking out for when buying a used one? Thanks.
How would that work with crop sensor lenses? I imagine it wouldn't be as bad as the 5DM2 but there would still be dark spots on the corners.
Bought mine a little over a year ago, and I still love it. Worthy upgrade over my MKII.
i got my 1d mk3 about 2 months ago and just love using it,but the thing can out shoot me all day long!i'm still reading though the manual though to come to grips with the camera!truly an amazing camera.


Home Welcome to the Monroeville community website!
Welcome to the Monroeville community website!
Founded in 1851, we are a community of around 1,200 residents within town limits and many more county residents calling Monroeville home.
With pride and confidence to the Northeast Indiana Region, we endeavor to progress while respecting our heritage.
We welcome you to our community to share a meal, an ice cream cone, a laugh or story about how our town history has impacted the county and region. Welcome home!
Join us as we offer a variety of holiday activities for both young and old.


text:
The Good and Bad of Brexit for Lawyers
As law firms and clients wait out the legal and regulatory uncertainty after Britain's decision to leave the European Union, another factor could complicate matters: the falling British pound.
After plummeting more than 12 percent against the dollar on Friday following news of Britain's exit, the largest same-day dip in the currency's modern history, the pound tumbled again on Monday to $1.32, its lowest price in three decades.
For deal lawyers, a descent far enough could set off a shopping spree in the M&A space, a best case scenario. For now though, deal activity remains frozen amid the economic uncertainty, lawyers say.
"I think we're all trying to figure out where the bottom is," said Doug Getter, head of Dechert LLP's corporate practice in Europe. "We don't know whether this is a revaluation or we'll get stability back over time."
Getter and other lawyers said clients have pressed pause on large transactions in the UK, and M&A activity is likely to remain stagnant while they wait for the UK and the EU to iron out Brexit details, but a falling pound could lure new buyers into the British market.
"Some people may want to see how things play out. But on the other hand, the pound is at historic lows, so if you're a private equity shop or a company you may be able to get an asset you've been eyeing for a long time at a very attractive price," said John Bick, head of Davis Polk's corporate department.
Jeremy Parr, an Allen & Overy partner in London, echoed Bick: "Even if conditions remain volatile, if exchange rate movements or market drops are sufficiently dramatic, opportunistic moves will come from those with a strategic view and an aggressive outlook."
How far would the pound have to fall before clients started snapping up assets? Getter suggested another 10 to 15 cents could do it: "The most aggressive banks have been calling down to $1.20. If we actually breach numbers like that, I really think people would start to question what the values are here generally."
For now, clients are sitting tight, observers said, noting it's unclear how long the uncertainty will last. Although British voters have called for Britain's exit, legally the process can't begin until the UK invokes Article 50 of the Lisbon Treaty, the agreement between EU nations which governs membership.
In a speech to the British Parliament on Monday, Prime Minister David Cameron said there are no plans to invoke Article 50 "at this stage." Cameron, a leader of the campaign to remain in the EU, has announced he's stepping down from office in September.
"Maybe the markets get comfortable with the unknowns, maybe it's three to six months of uncertainty," Bick said. "But if the political situation worsens, and negotiations between the UK and EU over withdrawal become acrimonious, you could see it stretching to a year or two."
In the mean time, the fallout of a troubled pound will be more personal for lawyers. For those like Getter who work for U.S. firms in London, and get paid in U.S. dollars, a cheaper pound means lower costs of living. But for lawyers working for UK firms, who live abroad and get paid in pounds, life just got more expensive.
"For a British expat living in Hong Kong, being paid in pounds, it's difficult," Getter said.
For lawyers in London, Getter said a cheaper pound is a nice hedge against slowing M&A activity, but hardly a good tradeoff. "We'd rather be in an environment where business is booming," he said.

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaCommonCrawl


text:
Ask Temi Badmus
Fitness and Sex
HOW MANY HAMBURGER COMES FROM COW?
by Temi Badmus
Have you ever wondered how many hamburgers come from one cow? Online
Magazine Today I Found Out reports that with an average cow, which yields
about 200 kilograms (or 440 pounds) of usable meat, you could make 4,500
hamburgers at McDonald's .
The Iowa Beef Industry Council reports a different number based on quarter-
pound hamburgers. They note that you could make nearly 1,000 quarter-
pound burgers from the ground beef from one 1,000-pound steer.
These numbers may not be as far off as they seem, considering the original
McDonald's hamburger is considerably smaller than a quarter-pound burger.
Suffice to say, you can feed quite a few hungry mouths with the meat from
one cow and, in fact, joining a local food coop and going in on an entire side of
beef is often a more economical choice as well. In that case you can have the
meat processed any way you'd like; and you needn't fill your freezer with
thousands of burgers…
One Hamburger Might Come from Hundreds of Cows…
Ironically, while one cow can provide meat for thousands of burgers, that
doesn't mean your burger came from one cow, particularly if it's a burger
made out of CAFO (concentrated animal feeding operation) meat.
Ground beef is typically an amalgam of meat from different cows, from
different slaughterhouses. So one burger could have come from hundreds of
animals and different parts of the world. This raises the risks of contamination
significantly, even beyond the risks of CAFO meat alone.
For instance, in 2000 the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) released a
study that found 89 percent of US ground beef patties contained E.coli
O157:H57, a particularly deadly strain known to kill one in 20 of those
infected.
The rate applied to ground beef from large batches, about 3,000 pounds or
more, that were mixed together before being ground into hamburgers.
Most CAFO cows are fed grains (oftentimes genetically modified grains, which
make matters even worse), when their natural diet is plain grass. Grain diets
create a much higher level of acidity in the animal's stomach, which E. coli
bacteria need to survive.
Although only very low levels of the bacteria were detected in some cases, the
USDA's Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) notes:
"While the actual infectious dose is unknown, most scientists believe it takes only
a small number of this strain of E. coli to cause serious illness and even death,
especially in children and older adults."
In addition, according to FSIS:
"If the pathogens are present when meat is ground, then more of the meat surface
is exposed to the harmful bacteria. Also, grinding allows any bacteria present on
the surface to be mixed throughout the meat."
Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria Also Detected in the Majority of Ground Beef
It's not only E. coli you have to worry about in your beef. In 2013, the US Food
and Drug Administration (FDA) released a report that found 55 percent of
ground beef tested contained antibiotic-resistant bacteria (and so did 81
percent of ground turkey, 69 percent of pork chops and 39 percent of
chicken).
Antibiotic-resistant bacteria infect 2 million Americans every year, causing at
least 23,000 deaths. Even more die from complications related to the
infections, and the numbers are steadily growing.
Nearly 25 million pounds of antibiotics are administered to livestock in the US
every year for purposes other than treating disease , such as making the
animals grow bigger faster.
The drug-resistant bacteria that contaminate your meat may pass on their
resistant genes to other bacteria in your body, making you more likely to
become sick.
Drug-resistant bacteria also accumulate in manure that is spread on fields and
enters waterways, allowing the drug-resistant bacteria to spread far and wide
and ultimately back up the food chain to us.
You can see how easily antibiotic resistance spreads, via the food you eat and
community contact, in the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's
(CDC) infographic below.
Source: CDC.gov, Antibiotic Resistance Threats in the United States, 2013
A USDA Inspector General Report also revealed that beef sold to the public
has been found to be contaminated with a staggering 211 different drug
residues, as well as heavy metals.
Hazardous growth-promoting drugs like Zilmax and Ractopamine are also
routinely used in American CAFOs, and as much as 20 percent of the drug
administered may remain in the meat you buy. Their use is disturbing when you
consider that side effects in cattle include brain lesions, lameness, heart
failure, and sudden death…
All Hamburgers Are Not Created Equal…
I've often said that the differences between organic, pastured (grass-fed) beef
and that from animals raised in confined animal feeding operations (CAFOs) is
so great that you're really talking about two completely different animals (and
the same applies to other animal meats, and animal products such as dairy
and eggs).
Aside from the contamination risks, the animals' radically altered diet also
affects the nutritional composition of the meat. For example, when raised on a
grass-only diet, levels of conjugated linoleic acid (CLA) are three to five times
higher in the meat compared to CAFO beef.
CLA has been found to have a wide array of important health benefits, from
fighting cancer to decreasing insulin resistance and improving body
composition. Grass-fed beef also tends to be leaner, and have higher levels of
vitamins and minerals such as calcium, magnesium, and potassium. It also has
a healthier ratio of omega-6 to omega-3 fats.
Unless labeled as grass-fed, virtually all the meat you buy in the grocery store
is CAFO beef, in which still other tests revealed that nearly half of the meat
sold in US stores is contaminated with pathogenic bacteria —including
antibiotic-resistant strains.
Grass-fed beef is not associated with this high frequency of contamination,
and their living conditions have everything to do with this improved safety. This
doesn't only apply to beef, of course. It also applies to poultry, which should
be organic and pasture-raised (or free-range certified), as well as fish, which
should be wild-caught – not farm-raised .
Grass-Fed Beef Is Better for You, Better for the Planet, and Better for the
It's important for so many reasons to seek out meat that comes from
responsibly raised sources. For example, a joint effort between the USDA and
Clemson University researchers determined a total of 10 key areas where
grass-fed is better than grain-fed beef for human health. In a side-by-side
comparison, they determined that grass-fed beef was:
Lower in total fat
Higher in beta-carotene
Higher in vitamin E (alpha-tocopherol)
Higher in the B-vitamins thiamin and riboflavin
Higher in the minerals calcium, magnesium, and potassium
Higher in total omega-3s
A healthier ratio of omega-6 to omega-3 fatty acids (1.65 vs 4.84)
Higher in CLA (cis-9 trans-11), a potential cancer fighter
Higher in vaccenic acid (which can be transformed into CLA)
Lower in saturated fats
Another troubling aspect of grain-fed cattle involves the well-being of the
animal and, consequently, the health effect this has on you. Common
consequences among grain-fed CAFO cattle include:
1. Acidosis . During the normal digestive process, bacteria in the rumen of cattle
produce a variety of acids. Saliva neutralizes the acidity from grass-based
diets, but grain-based eating in feedlots prohibits saliva production. The net
result is "acid indigestion."
Animals with this condition are plagued with diarrhea, go off their feed, pant,
salivate excessively, kick at their bellies, and eat dirt. Over time, acidosis can
lead to a condition called "rumenitis," an inflammatory response to too much
acid and too little roughage and results in inefficient nutrient absorption.
2. Liver abscesses. From 15 percent to 30 percent of feedlot cattle have liver
abscesses, which result when bacteria may leak out through ulcerated rumen
in cattle and are ultimately transported to the liver.
3. Bloat. During digestion, cows produce gas and when they are on pasture, they
belch up the gas without any difficulty. Grain-based feeding causes these
gasses to become trapped and results in bloat. In more serious cases of bloat,
the rumen becomes so distended with gas that the animal is unable to breathe
and dies from asphyxiation.
4. Feedlot polio . A highly acidic digestive environment may result in the
production of an enzyme called "thiaminase," which destroys vitamin B1,
starving the brain of energy and creating paralysis.
5. Dust pneumonia . In dry weather, the feedlot can become a dust bowl, which
springs the cattle's immune system into action and keeps it running on a
constant basis, ultimately resulting in respiratory ailments and even death.
Where to Find Naturally Raised Healthy Meat
Currently, meat in supermarkets will be labeled 100 percent grass-fed if it
came from pasture, but if it contains no label it's probably CAFO-raised. An
alliance of organic and natural health consumers, animal welfare advocates,
and anti-GMO activists are working together to tackle the next big food
labeling battle: meat, eggs, and dairy products from animals raised on factory
farms, or CAFOs.
This campaign, which aims to have CAFO foods labeled, includes a massive
program to educate consumers about the negative impacts of factory farming
on the environment, on human health and on animal welfare, and hopes to
organize and mobilize millions of consumers to demand labels on beef, pork,
poultry and dairy products derived from these unhealthy and unsustainable so-
called "farming" practices.
In the meantime, you can boycott food products from CAFOs and choose to
support farmers who produce healthy pastured grass-fed meat, eggs and dairy
products using humane, environmentally friendly methods. You can do this not
only by visiting the farm directly, if you have one nearby, but also by taking
part in farmer's markets and community-supported agriculture programs, many
of which offer grass-fed meats. The following organizations can also help you
locate grass-fed beef and other farm-fresh foods in your local area, raised in a
humane, sustainable manner.
© 2019 Gimmehear.


text:
Gavazzeni is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:

Gianandrea Gavazzeni (1909–1996), Italian pianist, conductor, composer, and musicologist
Giovanni Gavazzeni (1841–1907), Italian painter

Italian-language surnames

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaWikipedia


text:
Sign the Civility Pledge
Civility Cities
Civility Proclamations
Civility Churches
Civility School Districts
Civility Month
Thoughts of the Month
What You Can Do to Reduce Polarization
We, supporters of Civility First, are a group of citizens representing a wide range of political views. We have come together to repudiate the divisive language and hate speech permeating our society.
For our democracy to work effectively and to solve society's problems, the voices, values and opinions of citizens need to be heard – we do not want to suppress vigorous political activism or dissent. However, being heard and hearing others will not happen without respectful listening.
Civility First promotes listening and learning from people with differing perspectives. We aspire to model civility and respectful behavior in public life, including our online presence.
Civility First asks civic and community leaders, civic groups, religious groups, and concerned citizens to commit to respectful listening, civil behavior, and to being role models for our children. We want our communities, schools, and public meetings to be/become safe places for honest discourse.
Civility First-So we can work together seeks to raise the profile of Civility as a necessary and foundational practice in meaningful public Discourse. It intends to bring information and resources to citizens that will help them become more aware of, and skilled in, remaining civil and respectful in public dialogue. It involves individuals, organizations, and governments who value the role of civility in accomplishing the important work of today.
We want to live in a community where we all treat each other with civility and respect. We want our communities, schools, and public meetings to be safe places for honest discourse. We want adults to be better civic role models for children and youth. We want the voices, values, and opinions of all citizens of our democracy to be heard. We want everyone taking part in public discourse, online and otherwise, to enjoy the benefit of being listened to respectfully.
Our core values underpin all our planning and decisions. As we work raise the profile of civility, we hold these values as our guideposts:
We respect the individual
We respect people for who they are and for their knowledge, skills, and experience as individuals and as citizens. We are neighbors. We share space - in communities, states, nations, and the planet - and want that shared space to be safe for diverse opinion -sharing.
Honest, respectful communication is the first step toward any solution.
We understand the difficulties in expressing views and values that differ from others. In order to work together in government and other shared arenas, we must first listen respectfully to the views of others, and present our own views in a courteous and civil manner.
We lead by example.
We want others to see that civility is possible in most situations, and begins the process of meaningful communication. Children, co-workers, neighbors and family members can benefit from the example we set. When we do this imperfectly, as we will, being human, we take responsibility for mistakes and aspire to a higher level of respect in the future.
Will you join us by signing the Civility First Pledge so we can work together?
Click here to sign.
Donations help us reach a larger audience and provide important training!
Please see our Donate page.
Civility First is a Washington State and IRS 501(c)3 tax-exempt, nonprofit corporation founded in 2017 on Whidbey Island.
Meet Our Current Board of Directors
Kate Bracy, Director
Kate Bracy is a retired nurse educator living in Clinton. She spent her career in public health focused on serving vulnerable populations as a nurse practitioner, supervisor, and educator. She grew up in northern New York, then lived many years in Minnesota, completing her Master's Degree in Nursing and working as the Adolescent Health Coordinator for the Minnesota Department of Health. Once in the Pacific Northwest she held positions as nursing supervisor at the King County Correctional Facility and as the Nursing Staff Development Specialist for King County Public Health. She has worked extensively with individuals and groups interested in improving communication in order to function more effectively together.
Kate is also a medical writer and novelist who hopes to continue writing in her retirement. She and her partner Anne have lived on Whidbey Island for fourteen years, and look forward to being here for many more. Her hobbies include quilting, knitting, clog dancing, and collecting hilarious quotations from her three grandchildren, who also live on Whidbey.
Charlotte Fairfield, Director
Charlotte grew up on a farm in Minnesota until graduating from Parkers Prairie High School.
After graduation, she moved to Minneapolis and worked for an insurance company and later an independent insurance agency.
Charlotte moved with her husband to the Coupeville area in 1980 and they commuted quarterly to Minneapolis to service their business clients for 35 years. During this period Charlotte went back to college and obtained a BS from City University and obtained her CPA certification. Charlotte is currently self- employed.
Charlotte fills her spare time with her vegetable garden and crocheting, needlepoint or knitting.
Ken Harvey, Director
Ken Harvey is a Podcaster and TEDxSnoIsleLibraries Organizer. He has called Island County and Camano Island home for over 5 years. Born in the Deep South into a military family, he was exposed to multiple ethnic and regional cultures, each steeped in their own traditions, norms and histories. He has lived, travelled, served, and worked across the United States, Canada, Mexico, Great Britain, and Spain and feels fortunate to have been born in this country and time in history.
Most recently, Ken served as Communications Director of the 2-county Sno-Isle Libraries. He is an award-winning communicator, podcaster, video producer, a nationally-regarded speaker, presenter, communications coach and voice talent.
Ken was born to parents who had experienced Mississippi in the 1930's through the 1960's. It was a family in which education was paramount to escape poverty and prejudice. The extended family included farmers and sharecroppers, soldiers, builders, civil rights trailblazers, penetrating historical researchers and free-thinkers. They practiced politeness, kindness, and caring mixed with a sharp recognition of the things which divide us. His patriotic family would have once been characterized as staunchly Democratic until experiencing a generational shift into compassionate, progressive conservatism and libertarianism, mixed with personal responsibility and accountability.
Ken and his wife have been involved in ministry and the practice of caring for the earth, for animals and the people around them for over 42 years. As he retires, they intend to continue their love of the flowers, shrubs, trees and people around their home.
Sandi Peterson, Founder and Director
Sandi grew up, mostly, in the Skagit Valley. She moved to Whidbey Island, for the second time, in 2010.
Active in the Republican Party, Sandi grew up in a family of Democrats. Having spent a good part of her life having conversations with people of opposing views, she knows full well that civil discussions about policy can happen.
Sandi has served as a Planning Commissioner for the City of Oak Harbor, is currently serving as a Civil Service Commissioner, is a member of the Patriot Guard and is awaiting admission into the Daughters of the American Revolution.
Sandi and her husband have 4 children, 8 grandchildren, and 2 great grandsons. They enjoy watching their family grow and prosper, traveling, playing cards and board games, wildlife and each other.
Charles Terry, Director
Charles has always been interested in bridging differences, and bringing people and organizations together — collaboration to help bring about a better world. He has several decades of experience establishing, leading and advising nonprofit organizations, philanthropies and foundations. He served as Director of Philanthropy for the Rockefeller family, and been a retreat facilitator for a number of wealthy families and family foundations. He was a co-founder and Executive Director of The Door—a Center of Alternatives for Youth which provides health, mental health, social services and arts to thousands of teenagers in New York City. He founded the NYU Law School Program in Urban Law.
He is a founding board member of Enso House on Whidbey Island and is a long-term board member of Partners for Youth Empowerment, which provides programs and training for youth and adults in 15 countries around the world. He is a graduate of Dartmouth College and Harvard Law School.
His current passions include digital photography, particularly documenting the lives of children around the world, and writing.
Cathy Whitmire, Founder and Director
Cathy grew up in St. Louis and moved to Wenatchee Washington in 1970 where she worked for the War on Poverty, started an alternative high school, was director of Family Planning and served on the Central Washington State University Board of Trustees.
She made a mid-life career change to attend divinity school in Boston where she worked as inner-city hospital chaplain and later supervised community empowerment projects in New England for the American Friends Service Committee.
After retiring, she published books on Quaker spirituality and peacemaking. She is married, has five beloved grandchildren and since moving to Whidbey Island in 2006, has led spiritual retreats and been involved in community activities.
Gary Wray, Director
Gary Wray is a long-time island resident active in Republican politics and civic affairs. He is vice President of the construction company, Wray Brothers LLC and has a commitment to public service with a special interest in housing issues. He is on the Human Services Housing Advisory Board for Island County, the Skagit/Island Counties Builders Association and the Habitat for Humanity Board. He also has an ongoing commitment of many years to Hearts & Hammers and is current president of that North Whidbey chapter organization.
Richard Bacigalupi
Matt Chambers
Elizabeth Guss
Rev. Jim Lindus
© Civility First. All rights reserved.


text:
Community rallies round for five-year-old Costessey girl who has inoperable brain tumour
Sophie Wyllie
Christina Thomas, 5, from Old Costessey, who has terminal cancer. Her family are hoping to raise just over £300,000 for treatment in Mexico. Picture: KENNY THOMAS - Credit: KENNY THOMAS
She was given six months to live after being diagnosed with an inoperable brain tumour aged just four years old.
But nine months on from that day at Addenbrooke's Hospital in Cambridge, Christina Thomas, from Old Costessey, has defied the odds and started school after doctors discovered the tumour was not growing as fast as expected.
Her musician parents, Kenny and Francisca Thomas, decided against their daughter going through chemotherapy and brought their daughter home soon after the diagnosis in February 2017.
The five-year-old has a midbrain giloma – a tumour which developed on her brainstem – and doctors said the treatment would not cure the cancer, according to Mr Thomas.
Her parents, who have three other children, adopted an holistic approach, including changing their youngster's diet to plant-based food, juices and supplements.
The couple are also on a mission to raise £300,000 for a new non-invasive treatment being used at a hospital in Monterrey, Mexico. So far, nearly £114,000 has been raised.
Mr Thomas, 49, who has a degree in traditional Chinese medicine, said: 'We made the decision to not allow her to go through chemotherapy treatment with all of its unavoidable dreadful side effects. It will not cure her.
'We felt that her time might even be reduced by this treatment and most definitely be made more intolerable. We could not do that to our little girl, so we have chosen quality of life over an extended period of suffering.'
He added medical experts agreed with their decision.
Christina had her first day at school at St Augustine's Catholic Primary School in Costessey, in September, which was 'a minor miracle'.
'She is laughing, has more energy and is happy. She is in a better place compared to how she was a few months ago,' Mr Thomas added.
He thanked the Costessey community for its support with the £300,000 fundraising appeal.
Residents have organised a fundraiser at the Costessey Centre, Longwater Lane, on December 9, from 11am-5pm. To donate items visit christinasfundraiser2017@gmail.com. Visit www.chuffed.org/project/christinathomas


text:
Career Events for Students
Log in to view selected recordings of past events.
Career Services Overview
For MIDS students. Are you thinking of making a job or career change? We can help!
5th Year MIDS Alumni Job Club
Jan 21, 2021, 11:00 am to 12:00 pm
Job-search support for Class of 2020 5th Year MIDS graduates
MIDS Career Services Virtual Office Hours
Join Rebecca and Laurie for virtual office hours.
MIMS Internship Club
First-year MIMS students: drop in for informal internship search advice, updates, and support from Rebecca & Eva.
MIMS Job Club
2nd-year MIMS students: drop in for informal career advice, updates, and support from Rebecca & Eva.
MICS Career Services Overview
Feb 3, 2021, 5:30 pm to 6:30 pm
For MICS students. Are you thinking of making a job or career change? We can help!
Feb 4, 2021, 11:00 am to 12:00 pm
Feb 10, 2021, 3:30 pm to 4:00 pm
Feb 18, 2021, 11:00 am to 12:00 pm
Mar 4, 2021, 11:00 am to 12:00 pm
Mar 10, 2021, 3:30 pm to 4:00 pm
Mar 18, 2021, 11:00 am to 12:00 pm
Apr 1, 2021, 1:30 pm to 2:00 pm
Apr 14, 2021, 3:30 pm to 4:00 pm
Sep 18, 2018, 5:30 pm to 6:30 pm
For MIDS students. Are you thinking of making a job or career change during or after the MIDS program? We can help!
2018 Cal Career Fair
Sep 12, 2018, 11:00 am to Sep 14, 2018, 4:00 pm
Preparing for a Career Fair: Engineering Recruiter Panel
A panel of engineering/tech employers answering questions about how to prepare for the career fair
Resume Review Night
Sep 5, 2018, 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm
An informal evening of networking and resume-review speed-dating with employers and alumni.
EECS Career Fair
Sep 5, 2018, 11:00 am to 4:00 pm
Aug 29, 2018, 3:45 pm to 5:00 pm
Networking best practices, including events, cold emails, and informational interviewing.
Career Connections: Consulting
Find out first hand from Cal alumni and professionals what it's like to make a living advising other organizations.
MIDS Alumni Panel: Working at Google
Aug 7, 2018, 5:30 pm to 6:30 pm
Q&A session with three MIDS alumni currently working at Google: Zach Beaver, Natarajan Krishnaswami, and Boris Kletser.
LinkedIn & Resume Tips
Jul 26, 2018, 9:30 am to 10:30 am
An overview of resume best practice and how you can use your LinkedIn most effectively during graduate school.
Jun 28, 2018, 9:30 am to 10:30 am
For incoming first-year MIMS students: learn more about the career resources for your internship and full-time career goals.
Revamp Your Resume
Jun 26, 2018, 5:30 pm to 6:30 pm
For MIDS and MICS students: Is your resume looking old and tired? Join us for content and formatting tips that will help you create a resume that grabs attention.
May 31, 2018, 5:30 pm to 6:30 pm
Are you thinking of making a job or career change during or after the MIDS program? We can help!
UC Berkeley Just-in-Time Job Fair
Apr 18, 2018, 12:00 pm to Apr 19, 2018, 4:00 pm
Design Panel at LinkedIn
Visit the LinkedIn San Francisco office, hosted by the LinkedIn UX Team.
Women in Tech Career Panel
A career panel with women in different areas of the tech industry.
Microsoft Azure University Tour
Demystifying Tech Interviews
How to land a tech interview, and an overview of the interview process & common questions.
Social Impact & Policy Networking Night
Meet non-profits and organizations focused on creating a positive social impact through technical solutions and/or information policy.
Salary Negotiation Webinar
Negotiation techniques and strategies to help you negotiate your salary with confidence
McKinsey & Company Information Session
Learn more about McKinsey & Company's New Ventures.
Add Career Events for Students to my calendar


Advas Business flats offers multiple 2 bedroom apartments, ideal for short term rent or rent for a fixed period in time. We offer completely new or renovated apartments, all with great eye for detail and providing you a comfortable and relaxing place to stay .
If you would be looking for an apartment kindly e-mail valerie@businessflatsghent.com or visit our website www.furnishedapartmentsghent.com. Upon your request, we will provide you an offer with pictures and price of our available apartments.


A) Noblemen - annual membership - $150.00 (USD) Subscription period: 1 year Automatic renewal (recurring payments) - This membership level is good for one full year of membership with The Noblemen organization!
- Your membership will renew automatically every year or you can turn this feature off after you join by logging into the website or by contacting us.
- You can easily cancel your membership anytime by logging into the website or by contacting us.
B) Noblemen - monthly membership - $12.50 (USD) Subscription period: Monthly Automatic renewal (recurring payments) - The Noblemen monthly membership renews automatically every month by drafting directly from your bank account.
C) Noblemen "Under 30 Years Old" Monthly Membership - $10.00 (USD) Subscription period: Monthly Automatic renewal (recurring payments) - The Noblemen monthly membership renews automatically every month by drafting directly from your bank account.
- You must be under 30 years old to qualify for this membership. Your membership will automatically switch to the $15 a month level after you turn 30 years old.
G) Noblemen Fellowship - annual membership - $1,000.00 (USD) Subscription period: 1 year Automatic renewal (recurring payments) - This Fellowship membership level is good for one full year of membership with The Noblemen organization!
H) Noblemen Fellowship - monthly membership - $84.00 (USD) Subscription period: Monthly Automatic renewal (recurring payments) - This Fellowship membership will automatically renew each month.
- Your Fellowship membership will renew automatically every month.
- Your membership will renew automatically every year or you can turn this feature off after you join.


Diane Costanza Studio: Great news from my studio!
Great news from my studio!
One of my hand painted handbags has been spotlighted in the newest issue of Haute Handbags published by Stampington & Co.!
I am a great fan of the whole line of Stampington titles, from the original Somerset Studio for mixed media artists to Belle Armoire, Jewelry Affaire & Haute Handbags for artists, like myself, that love to create wearable art!
If you are not familiar with these wonderful publications stop over their website or blog and get acquainted; you won't be sorry!
Congratulations Diane! Your handbags are beautiful!
Portrait Series #6 ~ The Reveal!


About 2 mins in... red capsule?
Isn't that so called LES (Launch escape system), that is a small rocket, that pulls away the capsule with an astronaut in case of emergency? Astronaut would sit in the "cone" under that red thing. Just think about the scale of the rocket if he was in the red part.
The future is unpredictable, but I agree that keeping JS simple and robust should be the way to go.


Are you planning something very special for your birthday or the birthday of a loving person? A beautiful birthday party with family and friends would be ideal? If you are looking for the perfect location for a smaller or larger birthday party, we have the perfect solution for you – Koli's Bar & Lounge.
Our Cafe Cocktail Lounge Bar is located in the center of Munich and is ideal for any kind of event including birthday parties. With elegant and stylish furnishings and a warm ambiance, both you and your guests will fully relax and enjoy the beautiful, shared moments.
Depending on your personal wishes and needs, we offer you several variants of the organization to choose from. If you want to personally take care of all the details, food and drinks, you have the option to rent only the Bar & Lounge. Of course, the whole planning and organization can be taken over by our professional team and you only have to bring good mood on the day of the birthday party.
Do you have questions or just want to find out more? Please contact us. We look forward to meet you very much.


In 1987 Audiophone was founded and today is part of Agatres group, since then we have been expanding our presence within these three decades of success, being one of the biggest importer and distributor in Paraguay. Specialized in the most innovative and trending electronics and accessories in consumer goods and always looking after new brands/products to keep our portfolio updated in Latin America market. More than 30 years of confidence, quality and reference in Latin America.
Being reference on all technology products in Latin America.
Offer the best in quality products, fare price and confidence.
© 2017 • AgaTres • Todos os direitos reservados.


Sometimes we can and sometimes we can't. At times you may have been able to work through challenges on your own but there are times when more support is needed. People that seek therapy realize they need this support and are motivated to make a change. This is a positive step in making changes that could last a life-time.
Therapy is tailored to meet your unique needs. We will discuss your goals for therapy and how the issues are impacting your life. You may be asked to do homework or exercises outside of sessions like read an article, watch a video, or track certain behaviors. Successful therapy can be expected to have ups and downs. You may be very anxious to make changes at first and move very quickly. This is normal. At other times you progress more slowly, which is also normal.
You may feel some relief after few sessions however therapy may take more time to be optimally beneficial. Processing and working through issues can take time just like how it took time to develop the issue. Therapy doesn't have to be long-term to be effective and we'll work together to determine the best plan for you.
What if my partner/spouse doesn't want to come to therapy but I do?
You can come in and work on your relationship on your own. This individual time will give you a place to reflect on your feelings, think about what changes you are willing to make to be a better partner and to get an outside perspective.


New Homes in San Mateo Final Home Now Selling. Open House this Sunday, April 29th from 12-4. Sales Office Now Located at The Russell! Meadow Walk is just minutes from shopping, dining, entertainment, business centers, and is conveniently located within the charming urban village of Bay Meadows, a progressive new urban village on the Caltrain Line in the heart of San Mateo.Join our Interest list and be among the first to know all of the exciting community details.
Have you been to this community? If so, help other home shoppers and leave a review for Bay Meadows.


text:
The Ryder Cup and Brexit
By Robbie Butler
Those of us from Europe that stayed up to watch the wonderful display of golf (primarily displayed by Team USA) woke up disappointed in Monday morning. During the course of the week, golf headlines collapsed as people moved on from last weekend's event at Hazentline National. Much of this week has been domianted by talk of BREXIT, the potential trigger of Article 50 in the Treaty of the European Union, and the collapse of the pound sterling on world markets this week.
It got me thinking. I wonder did Brexit have any impact on the team spirit or togetherness of Team Europe? The last number of decades, Team Europe has become known for the bond between players, team spirit and sense of believe. Team USA has often been criticised in the past for lacking this same team spirit.
The single matches on Sunday saw twelve Europeans compete against Team USA. Five players were from mainland European countries all in the EU. These were Belgium, Germany, Spain and Sweden. Six players were from England (five were born there while Justin Rose was born in South Africa but moved to England as a child). One (Rory McElroy) was born in Northern Ireland.
The table below presents the points won, matches played, and points per match of the players from Brexit (Red) and non-Brexit (Blue) countries. McElroy (Green) is a special case. While the Brexit referendum passed, a majority in Northern Ireland rejected the proposal in June.
The European score in the Singles Matches on Sunday reads EU 4.5 - 0 Britain and Northern Ireland.
Of course, this is not the reasons for this. Pieters, Cabera-Bello, Garcia, Stenson, and Kaymer played exceptional well on Sunday and were deserving of their points.
The most efficient Team Europe players over the course of the three days were rookies Cabera-Bello and Pieters. This is probably a first for Team Europe and even the Ryder Cup.
Let's hope this is just a blip, in what has been a remarkable two decades for Team Europe, and that the trophy will return once more to these shores following the event in Paris in two years time.


text:
'use strict';
var SinglyLinkedList = require('./sll.js');
//Return kth to last of SinglyLinkedList
SinglyLinkedList.prototype.kthToLast = function(k){
  if(this.head === null || k < 1 || k === null) return null;
  var current = this.head;
  var currentIndex = 1;
  var kthToLast = current;
  while(current){
    if((currentIndex - k) > 0){
      kthToLast = kthToLast.next;
    }
    current = current.next;
    currentIndex++;
  }
  return kthToLast.val;
};
SinglyLinkedList.prototype.kthToLast2 = function(k) {
  if(!this.head || k < 1) {
    return undefigned;
  }
  let current = this.head;
  let kthToLast = current;
  for (var i = 0; i < k - 1; i++) {
    current = current.next;
    if (!current.next) {
      return;
    }
  }
  while (current.next) {
    kthToLast = kthToLast.next;
    current = current.next;
  }
  return kthToLast.val;
};

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaGithub


A California man who heard a bump in the night found a mother bear and her offspring inside his Mammoth Lakes home.
"I couldn't believe what was happening," Rodney Ginn, the shocked resident, told Inside Edition. Nonetheless, he managed to start filming with his cell phone.
"I saw a momma bear and her two cubs looking for food."
"There's a bear in the house!" Ginn can be heard saying as he began filming his plight.
Not long into the video, the momma bear emits a grunt and bounds up the stairs after him. Ginn lets out a high-pitched scream and runs into a bedroom, slamming the door.
"Holy f***ing s***!" he yells.
The bear can be heard breathing heavily outside the door. Ginn and his roommates stayed in their rooms for about 30 minutes, he said, before coming out to find an empty house.


Can the upward swing in global power infrastructure investment be sustained?
Daniel I. Blanchard is a consultant at Taylor-Dejongh. Contact him at dblanchard@taylor-dejongh.com.
The global power sector is now in year three of a strong cyclical recovery. As infrastructure investment cycles go, in theory at least, the power-sector cycle over the past decade has been short in duration, and volatile. The current recovery is being driven not only by rising demand for power, but also by the huge levels of liquidity in the global financial markets. As asset valuations rise, investors are beginning to question just how long the current up-cycle will last, and at what valuation levels it will top off. And as power utility balance sheets and projects become increasingly leveraged, they might also begin to consider the likely shape of the next inevitable down-cycle.
We examine these questions in the context of an overview of the sector from a global perspective.
The globalization of the power sector began in the 1980s and accelerated in the 1990s following deregulation initially in North America and Europe, and later in Australia and Asia. Then, as the deregulation and privatization of power sectors elsewhere around the world became the norm, a wave of investment activity was set off primarily by U.S., European, and Asian power companies.


Over 15 years of experience in developing digital marketing strategies that help our clients strengthen their brand, increase market-share and improve their customers' buying experience. By incorporating marketing best practices with the latest innovative technologies, we are able to connect data and insights to effective strategies that are measurable and scalable.
We hired InnerActivate at Champion. Rarely do you find the combination of soft and hard skills in a partner: warm, engaging, forward-thinking, strategic, analytical, and able to execute.
We are thankful to have found such a valued resource for Champion!
Eric is an incredibly intelligent consultant with an expert level of strategic thinking in the digital space. My organization hired InnerActivate to help us develop the digital strategy for a line of business that had very little exposure to anything online beyond our own website.
They spent considerable time and effort to develop an understanding of our business and the complexities of the consumer purchase process. They tailored a comprehensive strategic framework that addressed our business objectives and resource capabilities. The roadmap they developed is immediately actionable and created complete alignment between our internal marketing team and external agencies.
If you're looking for a reliable partner with a high level of creativity and up to date on the latest findings in the digital marketing space – I would recommend InnerActivate without hesitation.
At Performics, Eric was instrumental in growing a multi-million dollar marketing practice that is applied globally today. He led the redefining of our service offerings as an agency and in developing the next generation of leadership that leads the business.
I have seen him apply time and again his boundless energy, passion, innovativeness, and drive to build businesses and teams – with the goal to add real value and make a material difference.
He is a true growth driver.
©2019 InnerActivate. All rights reserved.


text:
Q: bash to start keyboard light does not run I've created a bash script to allow my keyboard light to turn on at a certain time.
I have however not been able to get it running. I have verified the 'light' command and it does work. I've also included echo statements to check if conditions are met but it seems they are skipped all together.
I do know the script is running successfully because i have plotted the output 'test' to a file and that command is written...
Does anyone have an idea what I am doing wrong ?
sorry for the noob question.....
#!/bin/bash
currenttime=$(date +%H:%M)
echo test
if [[ "$currenttime" > "17:00" ]]; then
    if [[ "$currenttime" < "18:00" ]]; then
        light -Srs "sysfs/leds/chromeos::kbd_backlight" 25
        echo 1
    fi
fi

if [[ "$currenttime" > "18:00" ]]; then
    if [[ "$currenttime" < "19:00" ]]; then
        light -Srs "sysfs/leds/chromeos::kbd_backlight" 50
        echo 2
    fi
fi

if [[ "$currenttime" > "19:00" ]]; then
    if  [[ "$currenttime" < "20:00" ]]; then
        light -Srs "sysfs/leds/chromeos::kbd_backlight" 75
        echo 3
    fi
fi

if [[ "$currenttime" > "20:00" ]]; then
    if [[ "$currenttime" < "06:00" ]]; then
        light -Srs "sysfs/leds/chromeos::kbd_backlight" 100
        echo 4
    fi
fi

if [[ "$currenttime" < "07:00" ]]; then
    if [[ "$currenttime" > "06:00" ]]; then
        light -Srs "sysfs/leds/chromeos::kbd_backlight" 50
        echo 5
    fi
fi

if [[ "$currenttime" > "7:00" ]]; then
    if [[ "$currenttime" < "17:00" ]]; then
        light -Srs "sysfs/leds/chromeos::kbd_backlight" 0
        echo 6
    fi
fi

A: You're not testing against the value in $currentime but against a str with the value $currentime. You need to remove the quotes around "$currenttime"
Like so:
if [[ $currenttime > "17:00" ]]; then

But it may be waaaay simpler to run the commands in a cronjob. I dont know how you start this script, but if you do it with cronjob and execute every minute then every minute the light program receives a command to adjust the value. I would make more sense to execute the command only on the exact set time you would want to
0 18 * * * light -Srs "sysfs/leds/chromeos::kbd_backlight" 25 >/dev/null 2>&1

0 19 * * * light -Srs "sysfs/leds/chromeos::kbd_backlight" 50 >/dev/null 2>&1

0 20 * * * light -Srs "sysfs/leds/chromeos::kbd_backlight" 100 >/dev/null 2>&1

0 6 * * * light -Srs "sysfs/leds/chromeos::kbd_backlight" 50 >/dev/null 2>&1

0 7 * * * light -Srs "sysfs/leds/chromeos::kbd_backlight" 0 >/dev/null 2>&1

edit:
or run the script every minute and increase the light value by (max_light_val / minutes_till_next_setting). That can be fun :)

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaStackExchange


text:
Brazzaville Foundation
Falsified and Substandard Medicines
Vision, Mission and Method
Founding spirit
The Spirit of Brazzaville
Why Brazzaville
the Brazzaville Accords
The documentary Plot for Peace
Partnering with Africa
The work of Kabiné Komara, in charge of the Observation Mission in Burkina Faso
Kabiné Komara, former Prime Minister of Guinea and member of the Brazzaville Foundation's Advisory Board, led the Election Observation Mission to Burkina Faso on November 22, 2020.
Given his unfailing commitment to the consolidation of democracy in Africa, his proven knowledge of the region and his rich experience in institutional issues, the ECOWAS Commission asked the former Prime Minister of Guinea to lead this mission aimed at ensuring that the contending parties were all in agreement on the electoral register, the composition and functioning of the National Independent Electoral Commission as well as on the entire process of conducting the elections from the voting to the counting procedures and the aggregation of results.
Mission accomplished for the member of our Advisory Council and the 60 observers of the Observation Mission: the presidential and legislative elections of November 22nd and the proclamation of the results took place in a peaceful climate.
Read Kabiné Komara's op-ed on Jeune Afrique.
The work of Kabiné Komara, in charge of the Observation Mi…
The Brazzaville Foundation becomes a full member of CoNGO
The Foundation joins the Conference of Non-Governmental Organizations in Consultative Relationship with the United Nations (CoNGO) in order to participate in the debates and decision-making of the United Nations.
The Foundation launches its five-year report
On the occasion of its 5th anniversary, the Brazzaville Foundation launches its first report entitled "Partnering with Africa" to look back on its actions and project its future ambitions.
Dr. Aminata Touré joins the Advisory Board
Dr. Aminata Touré joins the Advisory Board of the Brazzaville Foundation. Former Prime Minister of Senegal from 2013 to 2014, she was recently President of the Economic, Social and Environmental Council of Senegal.
Three new Trustees strengthen the Foundation's governance
At the Board of Trustees meeting on 15 September, HRH Prince Michael of Kent and Mr. Jean-Yves Ollivier, Founding Chairman, welcomed Mrs. Martine Chayriguès (France), M. Tim Perry (United Kingdom) and M. Kishore Sakhrani (Canada) as the new trustees of the Brazzaville Foundation.
21 September: International Day of Peace
The United Nations invites people to celebrate peace every 21 September. Today, the organisation is also celebrating its 75th anniversary in New York, on the occasion of the opening of its General Assembly under the theme: "Shaping Peace Together". ...
World Elephant Day: species still endangered
Today, 12 of August, is the World Elephant Day. The lives of those huge, fascinating animals are threatened by poaching and habitat loss.
18 July 2020, a day to remember Mandela
On 18 July each year, the United Nations invites us to mark Nelson Mandela International Day by taking positive action in our communities.
Ratification of the Lomé Initiative by the Senegal
In an interview with the Financial Times, President Macky Sall announces the ratification of the Lomé Initiative, launched on 17 and 18 January 2020 in Lomé.
Libyan Peace Process : Ollivier method
"Getting the irreconcilable discussed." This is one of the mantras of the "Ollivier method" reported in an article by Jihad Gillon, journalist at Jeune Afrique,
The future evolution of our website
In order to better inform you, the Foundation's website will undergo a first evolution in the coming days. Discover the word of the executive director, Richard Amalvy.
Covid-19: a catalyst for a more equitable investment? by O…
Oliver Scutt, member of the Foundation's Board of Trustees, publishes a reflection on post-Covid investment in Philanthropy impact magazine.
Legal Contact us


text:
by Mary Ann Shaffer & Annie Barrows
Pub Date: Aug. 5th, 2008
The German occupation of the Channel Islands, recalled in letters between a London reporter and an eccentric gaggle of Guernsey islanders.
This debut by an "aunt-niece" authorial team presents itself as cozy fiction about comfortably quirky people in a bucolic setting, but it quickly evinces far more serious, and ambitious, intent. In 1946, Juliet, famous for her oxymoronic wartime humor column, is coping with life amid the rubble of London when she receives a letter from a reader, Dawsey, a Guernsey resident who asks her help in finding books by Charles Lamb. After she honors his request, a flurry of letters arrive from Guernsey islanders eager to share recollections of the German occupation of the islands. (Readers may be reminded of the PBS series, Island at War.) When the Germans catch some islanders exiting from a late-night pig roast, the group, as an excuse for violating curfew and food restrictions, invents a book club. The "Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society" is born, affording Guernseyites an excuse to meet and share meager repasts. (The Germans have confiscated all the real food.) Juliet's fractious correspondents, including reputed witch Isola, Booker, a Jewish valet who masquerades as a Lord, and many other L&PPPS members, reveal that the absent founder of their society, Elizabeth, loved Christian, a German captain. No one accuses Elizabeth of collaboration (except one crotchety islander, Adelaide) because Christian was genuinely nice. An act of bravery caused Elizabeth's deportation to France, and her whereabouts remain unknown. The Society is raising four-year-old Kit, Elizabeth's daughter by Christian. To the consternation of her editor and friend, Sidney, Juliet is entertaining the overtures, literary and romantic, of a dashing but domineering New York publisher, Markham. When Juliet goes to Guernsey, some hard truths emerge about Elizabeth's fate and defiant courage. Elizabeth and Juliet are appealingly reminiscent of game but gutsy '40s movie heroines.
The engrossing subject matter and lively writing make this a sure winner, perhaps fodder for a TV series.