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Sunday Essay - Immigration Nation fails the test
I really struggled with the last episode of SBS's Immigration Nation. I thought it was unbalanced; it really made me wonder what conclusions people would draw from it. I was sufficiently depressed by it that I actually didn't want to write about it. To my mind, there were sufficient code words built in to obscure it's final message.
Let me start with a parody.
The Liberal Country Party Government of Sir Robert Menzies started the Colombo Plan because of fear of communism, little realising that it would destroy the White Australia policy. Having met Asians, Australians decided they were quite nice.
In the face of agitation led by Charles Perkins and student radicals especially from Sydney University and in part energised by the Prasad case, Minister for immigration Hubert Opperman was forced to change. This was aided by the departure of Menzies. There is then a long segment on the fight in the ALP to change it's approach, to abolish its support for the White Australia Policy. Sadly, PM Whitlam when faced by the challenge of Vietnamese boat people went to water, really maintaining a racist stance. Surprisingly, it was left to Malcolm Fraser as the leader of the incoming Liberal-CP Government to make the dramatic gesture to really end the policy by the wholesale admission of Vietnamese refugees. In all this, there are shots that continue to equate support for ten pound poms with racial discrimination.
This really is a parody. Let me start with a brief historical summary. Here in Migration Matters - A Personal Perspective: Times of Change I noted that the White Australia Policy
was not killed by a single major decision, but by a series of incremental changes:
During the war years Australia had admitted a number of non-European refugees, some of whom had married Australians. Moves to deport them created protests, and Harold Holt, the Immigration Minister in the newly elected Menzies Government, allowed 800 to stay while also allowing Australian soldiers to bring back Japanese war brides.
In 1957 non-Europeans with 15 years residence in Australia were allowed to become Australian citizens. This was followed in 1958 by a revised Migration Act introducing a simpler system of entry permits and abolishing the controversial dictation test. Some restrictions on non-European migration remained, but entry was eased while the revised Act avoided references to questions of race.
In March 1966 after a review of the non-European policy, Immigration Minister Hubert Opperman announced that applications for migration would be accepted from well-qualified people on the basis of their suitability as settlers, their ability to integrate readily and their possession of qualifications positively useful to Australia. This was a watershed decision, effectively ending the White Australia policy.
The last remnants of the old policy were removed in 1973 by the newly elected Whitlam Labor Government, putting a completely non-discriminatory policy in place.
If you look at this chronology, what a remarkable thing it was that a migration policy deeply entrenched in 1949 should have effectively collapsed by 1966, equally remarkable that thirteen years later Australia would be welcoming large numbers of Vietnamese boat people.
There is no doubt, as the SBS program suggested, that the Colombo Plan played a major role in changing Australian attitudes. Here I wrote in 2006:
The Colombo Plan played a major role in facilitating this change in migration policy.
Australia faced a dark and clouded international environment at the end of the war
. The old security provided by membership of the Commonwealth and Empire had been swept away, lost with the fall of Singapore to the Japanese. War with Germany and Japan had been replaced by the cold war between East and West, fear of the spread of communism and the threat of nuclear war. Decolonisation was underway, requiring Australia to develop new international relations.
In late 1949 Australia was invited to attend a meeting of British Commonwealth Foreign Ministers to be held in Colombo. Australian officials had been discussing policy options towards Asia including a possible aid program. The Australian Government believed that economic development would improve political stability and help stop the spread of communism.
In January 1950, an Australian delegation led by External Affairs Minister Percy Spender took the Australian aid plans to the Colombo meeting. Commonwealth foreign ministers agreed to establish a Commonwealth Plan for Co-operative Economic Development in South and South-East Asia, modelled in part on the Marshall Plan. The plan, although then sometimes referred to as the 'Spender Plan', came to be called the 'Colombo Plan'.
The Plan began with seven members of the British Commonwealth - Australia, Canada, Sri Lanka (then Ceylon), India, New Zealand, Pakistan and the United Kingdom. By 1954 these countries had been joined by Burma, Cambodia, Indonesia, Japan, Laos, the Philippines, the United States, Thailand and Malaya.
Prior to the Plan few Australians had had any day to day contact with people from Asia. The plan changed that in a quite dramatic way. Over the next 35 years some 40,000 Asian students studied in Australia under the Plan, bringing large numbers of Australians into contact with Asia and Asians for the first time.
At a purely personal level I added:
Personal contact with Asia and Asians widened. My geography honours class focused on Asia. I met more, especially among Dad's students. The first Asian students came to school as boarders, although they had a pretty hard time of it initially. The local deli was now carrying Asian ingredients, I ate my first Asian food including Indonesian cooked by some of those students, mum started incorporating some Asian elements into her cooking. And all this in a family that five years before had rarely used even garlic in cooking!
By the time I started University in 1963 I had become something of an Asiaphile. I do not think that I was unique. Rather, I simply belong to the first Australian generation that really discovered Asia.
University extended this process. There were only 1,200 or so full time undergraduates on campus, some 10 per cent of these from overseas. Including its affiliate members (only overseas students were eligible for full membership), the Overseas Students Association was the largest student society. Many overseas students occupied senior places on campus. Soo Khoo edited the student newspaper, Ahdi - an Indonesian student - was the paper's chief cartoonist.
Culture shocks continued. Which foods did people eat or not eat? What was acceptable behaviour in different cultures?
A small but not insignificant example. In Australia boys and girls hold hands. In many Asian societies boys or girls held hands, not boys and girls. Australia was then a homophobic society. I still remember my sense of shock when, standing on the Union steps, a Pakistani friend took my hand and held it while talking to me! I gulped inaudibly, and allowed him to do so.
The next photo shows overseas students at the University o f New England attaching a banner for overseas week 1960. The impact of the Columbo Plan was not limited just to students. There was, in fact, a broader international movement that both affected and was influenced by the Colombo Plan.
Two examples to illustrate. One personal, none general.
At a purely personal level, the biography of Uncle Horace records:
During the Second World War Belshaw collaborated with colleagues in Auckland and with fellow members of the New Zealand Institute of International Affairs in promoting discussion of key issues of post-war organisation, development and security in New Zealand and internationally. In 1944 he was appointed research secretary to the Institute of Pacific Relations in New York. Two years later he became professor of agricultural economics at the Davis campus of the University of California and also economist at the Giannini Foundation of Agricultural Economics. His writing in this period reflects his growing interest in rural welfare and agrarian reform in developing countries. With others, he produced a survey of reconstruction problems and needs for the Economic Commission for Asia and the Far East in 1947. His background made him an ideal appointee to the post of director of the Agricultural Division of the Rural Welfare branch of the United Nations' Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) in 1948. With typical energy and enthusiasm, he organised surveys, conferences and action-oriented programmes, and motivated constructive work by others.
Horace Belshaw was just one of a number of Australian and New Zealand academics actively involved in international agencies in the forties, fifties and sixties. These included my father and two cousins. So regardless of the White Australia Policy, there was a strong ANZ outreach.
The second example is the foundation of International House at Sydney University in 1967. This was driven in part by Rotary and its members who saw international houses as a way of facilitating international understanding.
It may be, as the SBS program suggested, that Australia's role in the Colombo Plan was intended in part to "sell' the White Australia Policy, although I would need a fair bit of convincing on evidence that this was significant as compared to political window-dressing. However, it was also a pragmatic response to change.
Let me give another example. In 1957, Country Party Leader and Deputy PM John McEwen steered through a trade agreement with Japan. Coming just twelve years after the war, this was a pragmatic but highly risky political gesture, one that laid the basis for subsequent economic expansion.
My point here is that there were a whole series of engagements with Asia during the period over which the policy was abolished. The policy had to go because it now stood in the way of Australia's national interest.
Student activities at Sydney University and the Prasad case make good TV. They are indicative of changing attitudes. However, and this links to my earlier points, that agitation was part of a broader process.
It's actually very interesting from my perspective because of some other writing I am doing on social change in New England during the same period involving the same players. At the time, I saw the Prasad case as an example of the injustice of the White Australia policy. Today, and here I am influenced by the Howard period, I see is more as an example of the injustice associated with the application of rigid rules by officials bound in with current policy.
In 1972 I ran for Country Party pre-selection for the Federal seat of Eden-Monaro.
As a candidate, I had to take into account the attitudes of the Party, my own views and and those of the pre-selectors. At a personal level, I was strongly opposed to the policy. At a Government level, the policy had gone. Yet, at an electorate level, many still supported it.
Asked a question on White Australia, I carefully explained why the policy could not be maintained. After the meeting Ian Sinclair, who was representing the Federal Party, came up and congratulated me on my answer.
My point here is that the process of change was far more nuanced, more graduated, than Immigration Nation allowed. I wonder how many viewers would understand that the policy had gone by 1972, that the issue at an electoral level was how to sell the changes.
I want to finish this post with a few brief comments on Vietnamese boat people.
Living in Canberra in the late sixties and seventies, I was part of a strongly Asiaphile group, several of whom had Vietnamese girlfriends. We ate Vietnamese food, talked about Vietnam, looked at photo albums of life in Saigon over many generations.
As South Vietnam collapsed over 1975, as it became clear that the Whitlam Government would not help rescue people who had been involved with Australia, the group started to try to lobby for change. I had been strongly opposed to Australian participation in the Vietnam War and had registered as a conscientious objector, but I regarded Mr Whitlam's actions as betrayal and so tried to help. All I did was to write to Ian Sinclair seeking his support.
This episode, the Whitlam Government refusal to help refugees, was dealt with at some length in Immigration Nation and put in the context of White Australia. Maybe this is right, maybe Mr Whitlam was concerned about Party attitudes. I can only say that this thought never occurred to me at the time. Rather, I saw it as the application of rigid ideology that, coming out of the war conflicts, regarded helping those supporting the South Vietnamese Government as wrong. There were also some broader foreign policy issues, including relations with China.
I had something of the same reaction to the presentation of Mr Fraser's later role with Vietnamese boat people. By then, the White Australia policy had been well and truly buried and for some time, yet this was presented as its real end. Certainly I did not see it this way at the time. White Australia was an irrelevancy, something past. Yet maybe the program was partially right, in that this was a mass Asian entry into Australia.
I am not a strong supporter of Mr Fraser. However, as I learn more, I have to regard Mr Fraser's role here as a major contribution to Australia.
Well, finishing here, I think that my final judgement on immigration Nation is that it has failed in a most fundamental sense: it will not convince anybody not already convinced. I think that's a pity.
Posted by Jim Belshaw at 12:44 am
Labels: Australian history, Australian life, migration, personal reflections, politics
Neil said...
It strikes me that you disagree less with the program's presentation than you seem to: the broad outline is much the same.
I too knew Colombo Plan students at school and at university. What we all knew was that they weren't staying! Nonetheless I learned a lot from my Psych Tute partner Abdullah -- including the fact his father owned a rubber plantation in Malaysia.
But I only began seriously to interact with Asians after 1975.
8:38 am, January 25, 2011
On Vietnamese refugees and Fraser: In 1979 I have to confess I worried about Fraser welcoming so many Vietnamese. I wondered how they would, um, assimilate! (We all grow, don't we?)
And unusual as it is for ne to commend Quadrant, Hal Colebatch is quite right here.
...Labor Senator Lionel Bowen also invoked anti-Asian white Australia imagery on July 27, 1976, claiming Australia was in danger from the "teeming millions in the North ... And these people are on the move."
The leftist Nation Review of June 1–7, 1978, carried an article referring to Vietnamese refugees as "bourgeois capitalist exploiters on the run" and ridiculing efforts to help them. In the issue of August 18–24 it referred to them as "political extremists and soft-life seekers". The pro-Moscow Socialist Party of Australia organ, the Socialist, of May 31, 1978, carried a headline: VIETNAMESE REFUGEES VICTIMS AND TOOLS OF ANTI-COMMUNISM and referred to them as "right-wing Vietnamese who betrayed their country". The CPA's Tribune of June 7, 1978, claimed: BHP PREFERS VIETNAMESE and quoted South Coast Labour Council Secretary and CPA National Committee member Merv Nixon to the effect that the situation was disgraceful and that: "We can do without these right-wing elements." Tribune elaborated on this in the following issue and warned of "right-wing people organizing private armies". At the University of Western Australia, ALP Left Caucus member Graham Droppert published an article in the student newspaper Pelican, Number 4 of 1978, under the heading REFUGEES OR RATS?, claiming they included "the pimps, the wealthy merchants, the racketeers, the standover men and other exploiters"...
I was in Wollongong at the time and recall Merv Nixon very well.
No, the White Australia attitude was not dead and buried, and Fraser's courage in this is highly significant in the story.
1:21 pm, January 25, 2011
I posted a further comment on the Vietnamese boat people and Fraser story. It seems to have disappeared. My memory is that White Australia views were invoked in 1979 on this matter, ironically by the Left. Even I worried about whether all these Vietnamese could "assimilate"!
See Hal Colebatch in support of my memory. He pretty much gets it right.
The White Australia attitude (as distinct perhaps from Policy) was alive and well in 79.
Neil, sorry both for the delay in responding and for the fact that your comments got caught in spam. A proper response follows in a moment.
Now responding properly. This is part one.
Our views are all conditioned by our own experiences. I grew up in a university city and then lived in Canberra/Queanbeyan. These are not typical Australian experiences.
I guess that I was what, twelve or thirteen, when I met my first Asian students. Some of Dad's staff were Asian. As a twenty year old I visited Asia staying in Singapore with an Indian family and then in Malaysia with one of Dad's former staff members.
At university, and like others, I absorbed ideas from the US civil rights movement. This was very influential and especially at Sydney. But its influence spread beyond students.
In Canberra from 1967 I mixed with the Foreign Affairs cadets and with Embassy people. Then, campaigning in Queanbeyan, I mixed with multiple, mainly European. migrant groups, trying to work my way through the political complexities of migrant politics.
The group of friends I belonged to were all Asiaphiles. So by 1975 I had had the best part of half my life dealing with mixed communities.
Campaigning in country Australia I came across plenty of support for White Australia. I found this deeply uncomfortable.
As I alluded to in regard to Mr Whitlam, there were deeply held ideological positions on the left that got in the way of a sensible discussion on the boat people. South Vietnam = evil, Vietcong and North = good.
The left views had annoyed me for some time. In 1964 I got pissed off with the left views that equated Australia=colonialism=racism while the USSR or China = anticolonialist = non-racism = good. So my fellow editor and I ran parallel stories on racism in South Africa, China and the USSR.
All this surfaced again in the period that you talked about. In some cases, it did get wrapped up in what we would now think of as racist rhetoric.
Popular attitudes changed more slowly than policy, hence the 1972 Eden-Monaro case I talked about. The attitudes are still there, although the form has changed.
One of the reasons that I find White Australia so interesting, and this issue really wasn't addressed adequately in IN, was just how the change actually happened. If you look at the Fraser case and the arguments mounted against it, there really wasn't the type of popular outcry that you might have expected then or, indeed, today.
You may be right about me really disagreeing less than might actually be the case. Really, many of the elements in the framework are the same. It's the cladding and paint that I objected too.
I want to check some dates before going on any more. IM is mission TV. But on the history, and to the degree that IM claims to be a history program, it is bound by the same canons of evidence as I am when writing as an historian.
You saw my expanded comment? I hope to fool your spam catcher by putting the link under my name.
I did indeed, Neil, and responded in my last comment. Bloody spam catcher. It often gets KVD and now you. Still, it also catches spam from time to time!
Your spammer thing makes no distinction between Neil's common sense and my lack of; it's all about the length of comment - and never mind breadth or depth.
Volubility is the key Jim.
Thanks, KVD. That's helpful. I will have to monitor more closely, for I do like longer comments! I get notification of comments by email, so I don't always realise that they haven't gone up.
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Assassin's Creed Origins' first DLC is out next week, free Discovery Tour in February
Update, January 16 2018: Ubisoft have detailed the rollout for Assassin's Creed Origins DLC over the next few months, including a date for the free Discovery Tour mode.
If you've got all you can out of the historical Egyptian murder in Assassin's Creed Origins, Ubisoft have some welcome news: the DLC will be out soon, as will the free, combat-less Discovery Tour mode.
We spoke with Egyptologist about the possibilities of discovering history in Assassin's Creed Origins.
The releases kick off with The Hidden Ones on January 23, which is the first major piece of the game's season pass. This follows the growth of the Brotherhood four years after the events of the main game, increasing the level cap to 45 and giving you access to new weapons including Legendaries, new mounts, and a new outfit.
The Discovery Tour mode will allow you to explore the world without combat to see the game's depiction of Egyptian history and daily life starting February 20. You will also have the option to follow guided tours curated by historians. If you're purely interested in digital Egypt rather than Assassin's Creed, you'll be able to get this mode as a standalone purchase.
Finally, the second DLC, The Curse of the Pharaohs, releases on March 6. Similar to the other new content, this expansion adds new outfits, gear, and weapons, and bumps the level cap again to 55. This one features a "completely new storyline" set in Thebes, centered around Egyptian mythology, bringing you face-to-face with mythical beasts and long-dead pharaohs.
If you need more Assassin's Creed Origins in your life, the season pass is available for $39.99 / £34.99 / €39.99. But remember:chocobos are free.
Original story, October 10 2017:After a two-year break, Ubisoft's historical murder franchise is returning with Assassin's Creed Origins on October 27. Today, Ubisoft have detailed all the additional content coming to the game post-release, including both paid story content included with the season pass and free updates offering a variety of new challenges.
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Dem Lawmakers Demand Pence Pay Back Costs Of Traveling To NFL Game For Political Stunt
A group of House Democrats on Thursday demanded that Vice President Mike Pence pay back the expenses of his travel this month to Indianapolis for an NFL game he abruptly left after players kneeled during the national anthem.
In a letter to Pence, the lawmakers urged the vice president to reimburse taxpayers the cost of attending the game, where the Indianapolis Colts faced off against the San Francisco 49ers.
Pence's travel to and from Indiana cost taxpayers about $242,500, according to a CNN report. The amount doesn't include the cost of Secret Service or advance staff. The Democratic lawmakers also asked that Pence make clear exactly how much public funds were spent on the trip.
"Flying across the country and back at taxpayer expense simply to enter and then immediately depart a football stadium serves no discernible public interest," Democratic Reps. Ruben Gallego (Ariz.), Ted Lieu (Calif.), Pramila Jayapal (Wash.), Brendan Boyle (Pa.) and Jamie Raskin (Md.) wrote.
"Instead, the fact that your campaign immediately sought to capitalize on this exercise in order to solicit donations leaves the distinct impression that this trip was purely political in nature and was unrelated to your official duties."
Pence's office said that he had been planning to attend the Colts game for weeks. But Pence walked out of the game after athletes knelt during the national anthem to protest police brutality and racial inequity in the U.S.
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President Trump tweeted that Pence left the game at his suggestion, saying that "I asked @VP Pence to leave stadium if any players kneeled, disrespecting our country."
Trump's Make America Great Again Committee sought to raise money off of Pence's walkout the next day, adding fuel to criticism that the move was pre-orchestrated to stoke cultural tensions over the NFL protests.
Trump sparked debate over the act of players kneeling during the national anthem during a campaign rally in Alabama last month, at which he called on NFL leaders to fire athletes engaging in the protests.
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However, Sri Lankans are still faced with the dilemma of accepting international payments. There have been several discussions amongst the financial regulators to evaluate the loss of opportunity due to the lack of availability of international payment platforms in Sri Lanka.
Although there are trusted services such as PayPal for online transactions, as we all know, it does not allow us to direct the money towards our Sri Lankan bank accounts. This is why many of them were asking the government to bring PayPal to Sri Lanka for years. Although several efforts were made by the Central Bank in reaching PayPal's Singapore regional office, PayPal argued that they weren't interested in entering the Sri Lankan market because it was too small.
This becomes a major issue for freelancers and SMEs in Sri Lanka. For most of the freelancers, with no business registration or a business bank account to directly receive money, the alternate option is to provide the SWIFT code of the bank account and receive the money directly to their account.
However, this option takes approximately 3-10 working days. The disadvantage is that the freelancers are forced to deliver the work without getting the payment instantly. Similarly, the client is also not happy if the freelancer refuses to deliver the work without receiving the payment on time, since the money is in transit. So the need of the hour was real time settlements.
When analysing the context, the issue faced by local e-commerce companies, start-ups and skilled freelance workers was that, they needed the ability to move money. In 2017, Cheryl Edison delivering the opening keynote at Disrupt Asia argued that we need a payment gateway that empowers entrepreneurs to move money at any time and at any place. This is where she introduced the #letmegetpaid campaign with the goal of investing money into implementing a payment gateway for Sri Lanka.
This challenge gave rise to a number of local start-ups in terms of solving the problem. One such company that took the initiative was PayHere, founded by Dhanika Perera. Originally launched in 2016, PayHere is a locally built online payment gateway. Dhanika saw that businesses had trouble accepting online payments. Unlike the options offered by the banks, there was no costly set-up or annual fees. It seemingly solved many of the problems that plagued existing online payment options.
However, three short months after its launch, PayHere had to halt its operations in order to get the clearance from the regulators. Ultimately, it wasn't until October, 2017 when PayHere partnered with Sampath Bank, that they found a solution to their problems. Following the approval of this partnership by the Central Bank of Sri Lanka, PayHere was permitted to resume operations.
But it took a few additional months to ensure PayHere was 100% compliant with regulations and with Sampath Banks systems. And finally, on the 1st of March 2018, after a lengthy struggle, PayHere officially resumed operations. It became the first non-bank Internet Payment Gateway (IPG) service in Sri Lanka.
Around the same time, WEBXPAY was launched, providing a variety of essential solutions – website building tools, embedded shopping carts, and an array of payment gateways. Thereafter, companies such as DirectPay and Genie, also started looking at solutions for local commerce and e-commerce IPG with Direct Debit combined. Subsequently, the other payment app providers such as UPay, IPay, OrelPay, mCash and eZ Cash, also started taking quite a lot of initiatives in terms of facilitating such transactions and to promote local commerce.
With innovation and technology as the backbone, innovation in products, processes, payments, and customer service, have helped FinTechs in Sri Lanka grow significantly and become more efficient. PayHere, WEBXPAY, DirectPay and Genie are alternatives to PayPal and Stripe. While they facilitate simple way to accept payments from customers, they are definitely a viable alternative to PayPal as far as easier acceptance of payment is concerned.
These FinTechs are now in operation as they have got the required licenses and the authority from the Central Bank. Moreover, entities such as Lanka Clear and the FinTech friendly banks, namely, Sampath Bank, Cargills Bank and HNB have been the frontiers, supporting such initiatives by the FinTechs.
Similarly, there are also quite a few competitive solutions being offered by MasterCard. MasterCard committed to FinTech for many years, fostering partnerships with pioneers who have grown into global brands. Likewise, MasterCard has taken initiatives to support the local FinTech eco system by enabling FinTechs to ride on MasterCard innovation and to further innovate and support cross border payments.
By providing these tools for success, MasterCard is allowing these new companies to both promote and grow their businesses, and ultimately fuel growth in financial technology as a whole.
Moreover, solutions such as MasterCard Send, easily supports peer to peer (P2P) fund transfers across countries, where freelancers don't need to really worry about how they get paid. In addition to that, Simplify Commerce by MasterCard is another such platform that is aimed at making it easier for businesses to accept electronic payments, regardless of a payment brand, in Sri Lanka.
However, one problem at hand is that the Sri Lankan Internet Payment Gateways (IPG) still doesn't have credibility since their brand is not established. It is definitely not due to the lack of technology but purely due to the poor brand presence.
Now the question is, whether we still need PayPal, Stripe, Skrill and other such international players to actually come to Sri Lanka or will the Sri Lankan start-ups alone will cater the market demand. There is more than enough potential and resources to build better IPGs in Sri Lanka and there certainly is enough talent available.
While digital banking and technology evolves to encompass payments, the needs and wants of consumers are also evolving (though at different pace and with different preferences, depending on the country or region). Merchants and payment providers will rise to the occasion to meet these challenges and gain a stronger global foothold. Country-governments will also play their role in welcoming cross-border ecommerce and encouraging digital payment innovation.
The next few years will certainly be exciting for those of us in the FinTech, mobile and e-commerce arenas, as we work together to deliver a truly borderless commerce experience regardless of where the consumer may be.
As the reader, you can express your views on this article so that we could probably have a forum with the local FinTechs, Banks, The Ministry of Digital Infrastructure and The Central Bank with the intention to see what else could be done in order to support Sri Lankan freelancer, start-ups and SMEs.
Founder Chairman of Pelwatte Dairy Industries Ariyaseela Wickramanayake dismissed the dairy import statistics of Sri Lanka, claiming that the numbers have been "grossly exaggerated".
As the debate on the merits of the Singapore FTA rages on, China's Ambassador Cheng Xueyuan has warned that Sri Lanka could become an isolated nation if it does not pursue Trade liberalization.


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Managing Partner Michael Wildes, a Former Federal Prosecutor and the current mayor of Englewood, New Jersey, attends a Sips for Sunrise networking event and fundraiser at the newly constructed Bristal Assisted Living at Englewood. The Bristal at Englewood presented a check to Sunrise Day Camp – Pearl River to benefit its campers, made up of children who have cancer and their siblings. June 2019.
From left, Bristal at Englewood Executive Director Tiffany Nelson; Michelle Warsoff, Regional Director, SunriseWALKS Pearl River; Dean Brown, Director of Business Development, Ultimate Care Assisted Living Management; Aileen Hoffman, Vice President of Sunrise WALKS; and Englewood Mayor Michael J. Wildes
Wildes & Weinberg is a boutique law firm specializing exclusively in the practice of U.S. immigration and nationality law and was founded in 1960 by Senior Partner Leon Wildes, whose best-known accomplishment was his successful representation of John Lennon in his widely publicized deportation proceedings, the circumstances of which have inspired several films, books, and documentaries.
Today the firm, which has offices in New York City, Englewood, New Jersey, Miami, Florida, and by appointment in Los Angeles, California, services a distinguished domestic and international clientele and covers all areas of U.S. immigration law, including employment and investment-based immigration, work permits, permanent residence for qualified individuals, family-based immigration, asylum applications and all temporary and permanent type visas.
In addition to running a highly successful immigration law practice, Michael is also of counsel to Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts and two international/corporate law firms. A former Federal Prosecutor with the United States Attorney's Office in Brooklyn (1989-1993), Michael has testified on Capitol Hill in connection with anti-terrorism legislation, and is a frequent participant on professional panels and commentator on network television and radio with regard to US immigration law, employer sanction work and compliance.
Michael, the author of Safe Haven in America: Battles to Open the Golden Door, was recently sworn in for a third term as Mayor of Englewood, New Jersey, was appointed to the District Appeals Board of the Selective Service System for the State of New Jersey, was a member of the New Jersey Governor's Blue Panel on Immigration, and has been a guest lecturer at many distinguished forums and institutions including Yale University, New York University, Brooklyn Law School, and The Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, where Michael is an Adjunct Professor of Business Immigration Law.
Despite difficulties currently being encountered in dealing with U.S. immigration authorities, Wildes & Weinberg has maintained an extraordinary track record for success for its cases. Moreover, the firm's multilingual staff is known for its experience and special expertise in processing each foreign national's case with nothing less than the highest level of professionalism.
To learn more about Wildes & Weinberg, please view the firm's website at www.wildeslaw.com or contact Managing Partner Michael Wildes at michael@wildeslaw.com to schedule a consultation or for media inquiries.


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I opened my gift from my family, and it was a few things that I absolutely adore. Truly thoughtful and precious.
Yet, here I am unable to really celebrate the birthday. I know part of me feels 25 is old and like I have not done enough with my life by this point, but I also know that is an inner critic lie. I work most of my day but can relax and enjoy tonight so maybe that will help.
For now trying to think of it as celebrating the progress of the last year and maybe get past my feelings of dread.
If celebrating isn't the word, maybe honoring all you've done that fits into the category of progress. So here's a salute for your continued growth and good vibes as you continue to step forward.
I'm glad you're here - you add so much to this forum. With that in mind, it is a happy occasion that you were born.
I remember feeling quite old when I turned 25. At 62, my outlook has changed and I see that you are very young, just getting started in life, yet wise beyond your years.
What you feel is what you feel Elph and there are always good reasons for that b/c of trauma. That said, I do hope tonight you will be able to relax a bit and celebrate the day of your birth and how far you have come in recovery.
Thank you Kizzie, it is validating to hear that tbh. I have been trying to make myself feel one way or another all day. I normally at least enjoy my birthday's this one is just different. Too much going on and attached to it I guess.
I do intend to relax tonight and at least allow myself to enjoy the night, if not the occasion itself. I do get to enjoy some company tomorrow night that is intended as a birthday celebration for all of us (we all have birthdays in a two week span) so that should be nice.
Wishing you all the best for your Birthday today, Elpha.


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Titans travelled to league leaders Wortley on a bright but windy day looking to regain some winning form after last week's heavy defeat. On an uneven sloping pitch the conditions were difficult and the game was a pretty even affair for the first 20 minutes. Titans were looking to take the game to Wortley though, and when Bens' strong run and shot saw the ball break loose in the Wortley penalty area Mikey was on hand to coolly slot home his first goal for the club and give Titans the lead. Titans were working hard and Ben doubled the lead with a strong shot, before Matty added a third after latching onto a great through ball from Callum. There was then a lengthy delay as one of the Wortley players received treatment for a suspected broken wrist, and after the restart it was the home side who pulled one back to make it 1-3 at half time.
Titans reshuffled the team at half-time and immediately signalled their intentions by putting pressure on the Wortley goal. It wasn't long before Ben added his second of the game with a run and shot, and then Matty made it 1-5 with a fine strike from the edge of the area that left the home keeper with no chance. Titans were now well on top of the game and the Wortley players looked rattled at being behind. However when they pulled another goal back Titans seemed to stop doing all the good things that had given them such a commanding lead, and with renewed belief Wortley bagged another 2 to reduce the deficit to a single goal at 4-5. The Titans' goal was now the one coming under pressure and there were signs of panic in their defence. Fortunately keeper Ewan kept them in the game with a string of fine saves to deny the league leaders, and to everyone's relief the clock ran down and the referee blew to signal a terrific victory.
There were lots of positives to take from this performance in all areas, and the win was a result of a great squad effort overall. Man-of-the-match was a tough choice, but the award went to keeper Ewan for a calm and confident display when the pressure was on near the end.


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I'm happy, happy to have gold. I have gold as a hedge against inflation. I know that this is the only thing that represents real money and it's not the price of gold it's the value of gold that's important and that's the real deal, it's the value. I've had a portfolio of, of course stocks because stocks was the big thing. I mean, you know, Wall Street, you're doing stocks and bonds, but no one ever talked about gold as part of your portfolio. Until I happened to come across U.S. Money Reserve and I made a phone call and I happened to get a representative and I told him right away, look, I'm new at this. I don't know anything about gold. Well, this gentleman, he treated me as if I was some big executive and he explained the process. I never felt rushed. He was very sincere. He was very knowledgeable and he gave me the information that I needed. He didn't try to sell me anything. All he did was tell me the facts about gold. To make a long story short, I ended up buying gold for the first time and boy was I excited. What I like about owning physical gold is that I'm in control of my money. No one else has his hands on it, but I can put my hands right on it right now. I don't have to wait for days to get it if I need it right away, it's there. It's solid, belongs to me, U.S. Money Reserve is a company that I feel is trustworthy. It's a company of know how and I feel that U.S. Money Reserve knows how to do business. I will always be buying gold from this company.
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We are blessed that I was born in this country. Uh, I wouldn't think of anywhere else to live. We have a very good life. I wanted another avenue to look at to see where my money could be saved for me and not just for me but my family, my children. And I was looking at my investments at that point, thinking, well, if this economy starts to go primarily, all my assets have been in paper. So that was another trigger to this why I wanted to… divert divergence into something other than a mutual fund or a stock as a simple way of ensuring my future and my family's future. Gold to me is insurance on what this economy is going through, and it's cheap insurance to cover my financial paper assets, but it's good insurance. We have insurance on our home, our car, on everything. Why not have insurance on your money? I felt very comfortable purchasing my gold, silver, platinum from the U.S. Money Reserve, you know, I called and we were actually talking about the weather and hockey and all sorts of things before we even got into our discussion of the metals and the coins. They're not in a rush to get off the phone. They're not in a rush for a quick sale. And that's what I found very exceptional about the U.S. Money Reserve. Uh, I wouldn't think of any other company to deal with. I'm very, very impressed. The U.S. Money Reserve… I highly recommended it to anybody out there looking for an alternative to these dangerous times. And that's all I can say, these dangerous Financial Times. I like physical gold because it's in my hand. I can hold it, I can touch it. And it's, it's valuable when it comes out of the mother earth from the raw stage, from the mining to the minting stage to the customer. It's another form of currency. It's money, it's money in your hand that you can hold, that you feel you can touch. You can't replicate that. And uh, that's why the precious metals in my view, my family's view, is a preservation of wealth. It's cheap insurance on an economy gone crazy. And that's why U.S. Money Reserve is part of my portfolio to help me and my family get through these very difficult and frightening times.
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Bill: 18:02 I'm happy that I have gold. I have gold as a hedge against inflation. I know that it's not the price of gold it's the value of gold that's important. I've had a portfolio of, of course, stocks, but no one ever talked about gold as part of your portfolio until I happened to come across U.S. Money Reserve.
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What I like about owning physical gold is that I'm in control of my money. I don't have to wait for days to get it. If I needed right away, it's there. It belongs to me.
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Don't wait until it's too late. Call to get your free copy of my new U.S. Gold Report. Inside, you'll find the top 25 reasons I've covered on gold ownership and why you need to start owning gold today. This exclusive list of 25 reasons covers my views on the real issues impacting gold and silver, including the inflation conundrum. Is it a bigger problem than we expect the tick-tock of the Wall Street time bomb? It's only a matter of time. Are you prepared? And of course the new and real threat of cyber attacks, including ransomware. What will you do if your bank or financial institution gets hit? And finally, for those of you who call right now, be sure to ask how you can get a copy of our never before released. 2018 annual gold global forecast. This is the U.S. Money Reserve exclusive many months in the making. There are more than 20 pages of information on gold and gold price influencers in this one of a kind special report from U.S. Money Reserve. We cover everything including federal and global debt, central banks and their purchasing activities, new impending congressional actions such as tax reform, net neutrality and immigration among others, and finally we cover supply and demand issues and we provide insight into many of the precious metals experts are saying about the future of the global gold market. Pick up the phone and call America's Gold Authority right now. Start protecting your hard earned money today. You have car insurance, you have homeowners insurance, and you have life insurance. Don't you think you should have wealth insurance as well? Get started by calling toll free to give more than 75 pages of exclusive information on how you can begin protecting your assets with physical gold.
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Good News for Animals at the Washington University
November 4, 2016 alexandrasanimalawarenessagainst animal testing, animal abuse, animal welfare, gegen Tierversuche, Tierquälerei, Tierschutz 2 Comments
Some good news for animals in animal testing:
Physicians Committee Commends Washington University for Ending Animal Labs
Last Pediatrics Program in the U.S. Known to Use Animals Ceases Practice
ST. LOUIS—Washington University has ended the use of live cats and ferrets in its pediatrics program, as announced in an e-mail to the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine. The Physicians Committee—a national nonprofit of 12,000 concerned physicians—applauds the university's decision to join all other surveyed programs in the United States in using human-relevant training methods, like advanced medical simulators.
"The best way to teach emergency airway intervention is on human-relevant training methods. I commend Washington University for switching to modern methods," says John Pippin, M.D., F.A.C.C., director of academic affairs for the Physicians Committee. "With this decision, Wash U's pediatrics training has progressed into the 21st century."
On Oct. 14, Washington University Chairman of the Department of Pediatrics Gary Silverman, M.D., Ph.D., responded to a Physicians Committee inquiry by writing: "Yes, we ended this and are looking for adoptive 'parents' for the cats." Prior to this decision, pediatrics residents at the school were instructed to force a breathing tube down the throats of live cats and ferrets to practice endotracheal intubation.
Washington University announced in 2013 that it would stop using cats for the same procedure in a different course. In addition, the Department of Defense ended the use of animals in pediatrics residency courses and neonatal resuscitation training as of Jan. 1, 2015.
Now all of the 198 U.S. pediatrics programs surveyed by the Physicians Committee use only nonanimal, human-based education methods. Only one of the 17 Canadian pediatrics residencies continues to use animals: Laval University of Quebec. Dr. Pippin will submit a letter to Laval University Rector Denis Brière, Ph.D., to inform him of the news.
To interview Dr. Pippin, please contact Reina Pohl at 202-527-7326 or RPohl@PCRM.org.
Founded in 1985, the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine is a nonprofit health organization that promotes preventive medicine, conducts clinical research, and encourages higher standards for ethics and effectiveness in research.
Please share this widely and let people know that there are other and better training methods than live animals.
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Good News: TripAdvisor Will Stop Selling Tickets to Some of the Cruelest Tourist Activities
October 31, 2016 alexandrasanimalawarenessanimal abuse, animal rights, animal welfare, say no to animals in entertainment, Tierquälerei, Tierschutz, tiger Leave a comment
There was a time when it was believed that dolphins enjoyed swimming with humans. That might have been true when the animals were able to swim with someone by choice but being held captive to perform this kind of action is cruel and inhumane.
There also might have been a time when elephants would have helped a human by letting this person sit on their back. But being forced to carry tourists around has nothing to do with choice or pleasure or freedom.
And to believe that baby tigers would willingly leave their mothers to sit on a tourist's lap is either very naive or worse.
Trip Advisor has listened. The company will stop supporting this kind of cruelty.
https://www.worldanimalprotection.us.org/news/tripadvisor-stop-selling-tickets-some-worlds-cruelest-tourist-activities?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=us_wine&utm_content=general_supporters_27_october_2016_1700
You can write to Trip Advisor and tell them how much you appreciate their decision:
https://www.tripadvisorsupport.com/hc/en-us
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Good News: Trip Advisor Will Stop Supporting Cruel Wildlife Experiences
October 18, 2016 alexandrasanimalawarenessanimal abuse, animal welfare, say no to animals in entertainment, Tierschutz 2 Comments
There is strength in numbers. The more people sign petitions and speak up against animal cruelty, the better chances are that those involved will listen:
"TripAdvisor announced they will stop selling tickets to cruel wildlife experiences where tourists have direct physical contact with captive wild animals.
As the world's largest travel site, the influence TripAdvisor has on the industry is immense and the impact they can have for animals is enormous. This is a significant step towards ending elephant rides, tiger selfies, swimming with dolphins and other forms of cruel tourist entertainment.
The power of the people
Over the past six months, more than 558,000 supporters across the world including around 70,000 Australians called upon TripAdvisor to stop profiting from the sale of tickets to cruel wildlife tourist attractions. And they listened!
In addition to ceasing the sale of tickets we will work with TripAdvisor as they establish an animal education portal on their website to help millions of tourists become aware of the cruelties wild animals face for tourism entertainment.
There is more work to be done
Sadly, however, certain venues that involve animal suffering where direct contact doesn't occur will still be bookable via TripAdvisor or its Viator brand."
There is more work to be done, so please keep spreading the word on animal awareness, thank you!
https://www.worldanimalprotection.org.au/wildlife-not-entertainers
TripAdvisor Garners Rave Reviews for New Ethical Policies
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Meet the Real Veggie Meat
September 25, 2016 alexandrasanimalawarenessanimal welfare, cow, factory farming, food, Kuh, Tierschutz 4 Comments
Even "hard core" carnivores might be tempted by this "meat":
http://www.pri.org/stories/2016-09-23/veggie-burger-bleeds-might-convince-some-carnivores-eat-green
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Wolves Wiped out in Washington State
August 30, 2016 alexandrasanimalawarenessanimal welfare, hunting, killing, Tierschutz, wolf 2 Comments
This sad news has just been released by the Center for Biological Diversity:
"More grim news out of Washington state: Snipers have killed four more wolves — three adults and a female pup. The Profanity Peak wolf pack family has been shattered, reduced to just one adult struggling to care for the four surviving four-month-old pups.
The killing of this pack — which, once it's done, will have wiped out 12 percent of the wild wolves in the state — has been authorized by Washington's wildlife agency despite evidence that a rancher placed his cattle right over the pack's den. Robert Weilgus, director of the Large Carnivore Conservation Lab at Washington State University, told reporters that "This livestock operator elected to put his livestock directly on top of their den site; we have pictures of cows swamping it." We can't allow this kind of provocation to keep leading to state-sanctioned wolf slaughter."
Please read more here and share widely:
Profanity Peak Wolf Pack To Be Culled By Washington Wildlife Officials
The Killing of the Profanity Peak Wolf Pack
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8 Amazing Piggy Facts & Faces
August 23, 2016 alexandrasanimalawarenessanimal welfare, farm animals, Massentierhaltung, pig, Tierschutz 1 Comment
Love pigs? No wonder when you read these fun facts, thanks to Animalista Untamed.
Animalista Untamed
Well, if we're going to be picky there are 11 faces, but who's counting. Just enjoy! And send good vibes and prayers for Anita Krajnc facing trial tomorrow with a probable prison sentence if she is convicted. Compassion is not a crime.
With thanks to ChooseVeg.com for this beautiful little compilation of amazing piggy facts and adorable piggy faces
1. Pigs are considered the fifth-most intelligent animal in the world—even more intelligent than dogs—and are capable of playing video games with more focus and success than chimps!
2. Mother pigs sing to their young while nursing.
3. Pigs enjoy snuggling close to one another and prefer to sleep nose-to-nose.
4. Pigs have excellent object-location memory. If they find grub in a specific spot, they'll remember to look there next time!
5. Pigs have a sophisticated sense of direction. They can find their way home from huge distances away.
6. In…
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Good News:Virtual Reality Surgical System Replaces Practice with Live Pigs
July 7, 2016 alexandrasanimalawarenessagainst animal testing, animal welfare, gegen Tierversuche, PeTA, Petition, pig, Schwein, Tierquälerei, Tierschutz 2 Comments
photo: Jo-Anne McArthur, WeAnimals
Technologies in many fields are advancing at an ever faster pace. Some of these save lives, and some of these also save lives of animals in a different ways.
Many doctors had to do their training on live animals, but now there are some fascinating replacement technologies that not only save human lives but also the lives of other beings.
Obstetrics and gynecology (OB/GYN) doctors-in-training at renowned Rush University Medical Center in Chicago will no longer practice surgical procedures on live pigs. Thanks to a collaboration between the hospital and PETA, medical residents will now train on a state-of-the-art virtual reality surgical system.
"The surgical experience of our residents takes a huge leap forward as we move toward a more humane and effective method of simulation training," said Dr. Xavier Pombar, the OB/GYN residency director at Rush University. "Representatives from PETA have worked steadfastly with our department toward this goal. I cannot thank them enough for their efforts."
Now this news has to spread so that more doctors can learn without harming other beings.
You can learn more here:
http://www.peta.org/blog/obgyn-residents-trade-practice-live-pigs-high-tech-simulators/?utm_campaign=063016%20OBGYN%20Residents%20Trade%20Practice%20Live%20Pigs%20High%20Tech%20Simulators&utm_source=PETA%20E-Mail&utm_medium=Alert
http://www.pcrm.org/media/online/may2016/hennepin-county-live-sheep-for-medial-training
http://www.rushu.rush.edu/education-and-training/rush-center-clinical-skills-and-simulation
https://www.digitalfrog.com
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The Worst Zoo in the World: Gaza
June 22, 2016 alexandrasanimalawarenessanimal habitat, animal rescue, animal sanctuary, animal welfare, Four Paws, rescue, say no to animals in entertainment, Tierquälerei, Tierrettung, Tierschutz, Wildtierrettung, zoo Leave a comment
Sadly, this "title" would probably still fit many small zoos and animal parks in the world. Luckily for the animals at the Gaza Zoo, the animal welfare organization Four Paws has started rescue efforts, but there still is much work to do.
"Dear animal friends,
FOUR PAWS has returned to the Gaza Strip.
Over the last few days, a FOUR PAWS team has been helping the desperate, suffering animals at the Khan Younis Zoo, described by some media outlets as "the worst zoo in the world".
There are still several animals living at the zoo, including Laziz, the last remaining captive tiger in Gaza, along with monkeys, birds, emu, deer, turtles and a couple of porcupines, all of which are still sadly living in very poor conditions.
Thanks to the support of generous people like you, FOUR PAWS has been able to provide much-needed food to the undernourished animals, which has led to visible improvements in the health of the animals, including Laziz the tiger.
In addition to providing food, we were able to check on all of the remaining animals, provide veterinary treatment, and even relocate some of the animals to larger enclosures, including a pelican, the two porcupines and some turtles.
Even though our team was only permitted to stay for a limited time in Gaza, we've met with the responsible people on site and we will continue helping beyond our departure.
We are still working to find a permanent solution for the animals in Gaza, and we will continue to keep you updated on the situation."
"P.S. We are 100% funded by voluntary donations. Your gift today means we can do more!"
http://www.four-paws.us/news-press/press-releases/four-paws-back-to-work-in-gaza/
Thank you for spreading the news on animal welfare!
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Good News Is in Reach: US Congress Approves Bill Reducing Animal Testing
June 9, 2016 alexandrasanimalawarenessagainst animal testing, animal abuse, animal welfare, gegen Tierversuche, legal, Tierquälerei, Tierschutz 4 Comments
The European Union has set the pace when banning animal testing for cosmetics. Now the United States Congress has approved a bill that specifically gives "preference for the development and use of alternative methods and strategies" instead of animal testing.
The road towards the elimination of all animal testing remains bumpy and deadly for many animals, but this is an encouraging step in the right direction.
Wayne Pacelle, Humane Society of the United States, writes: "The Senate gave final approval to a bill that revamps a 40-year-old federal law regulating the use of chemicals. The bill contains – for the first time in any broader environmental and health protection statute – an explicit decree from Congress to minimize animal testing and to create a clear preference for the development and use of alternative methods and strategies. The section of the bill relating to animal testing, championed by Senators Cory Booker, D-NJ, and David Vitter, R-La. – and strongly supported by Senators Tom Udall, D-NM, Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., Sheldon Whitehouse, D-RI, Chairman of the Committee on Environment and Public Works Jim Inhofe, R-Okla., and committee ranking member Barbara Boxer, D-Calif. – was its own hard-fought battle, and the inclusion of this language will almost certainly accelerate the movement away from animal tests for chemicals, pesticides, biocides, cosmetics, and other potentially dangerous substances in risk assessment protocols or for safety substantiation.
Once President Obama signs this legislation, as he is expected to do in the next few days, it gives the Environmental Protection Agency an unmistakable mandate from Congress that it must continue to embrace 21stcentury science and wean itself off outdated animal testing protocols, which are expensive, slow, and often non-predictive of the human circumstance. I wrote recently that the EPA is dramatically decreasing animal tests for pesticide hazard assessments, and is now working to replace animal tests in its endocrine screening program. In fact, in 2016, the EPA proposed to waive skin lethal dose tests for pesticide formulations.
The National Institutes of Health, the largest funder of biomedical research in the world, has allocated tens of millions more in funding to the development of non-animal methods and approaches, and this work will build on the battery of non-animal-testing methods already in use and increasingly widely accepted by scientists. In testimony before a key Senate panel this year, NIH director Francis Collins predicted "that ten years from now, safety testing for newly developed drugs as well as assessment of the potential toxicity of numerous environmental exposures will be largely carried out using human biochips that are loaded with cells accurately representing heart, liver, kidney, muscle, brain and other tissues. This approach, made possible by the dramatic development of induced pluripotent stem cells (IPS cells), will mostly replace animal testing for drug toxicity and environmental sensing, giving results that are more accurate, at lower cost, and with higher through-put."
The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, a consensus body of 36 member nations, has embraced the concept of using the best new techniques and approaches for risk assessment, and that will also accelerate the move away from animal testing on the international stage.
To be sure, this is a global movement, and there is progress on many fronts. In 2013, the European Union banned cosmetic animal testing and trade, and India followed suit the next year. Earlier this week, we announced that Australia will soon join that club.
We are making gains in other domains where animal testing has long been a feature of risk assessment. In 2012, our Humane Society International team in Europe worked to reduce animal testing requirements, perhaps by as much as 50 percent, for risk assessment for pesticide and biocides. We've also succeeded in convincing Brazil, Canada, the EU, and India to delete the requirement for a notorious one-year dog pesticide-poisoning study requirement (the United States deleted the requirement back in 2007).
In the past year HSI also convinced the EU to adopt animal replacement methods for skin/eye irritation, skin allergy, skin lethal dose testing and a reduced animal use test for reproductive toxicity under its chemicals law – potentially sparing 2.6 million animals the effects of these painful tests, while the Indian health ministry banned repeat animal testing of new drug imports.
In all, there is evidence around the globe that a combination of moral intention to reduce and eliminate animal testing and new technologies that give us superior options are ushering in a new paradigm in the realm of safety testing and drug efficacy work. This is the humane economy in action. The long-established practice of poisoning animals for a variety of purposes is on the way out, and it will be replaced by human biology that will give us better results and not leave a trail of animal victims in our wake. The language in the TSCA reform legislation to be signed by President Obama is the latest and, in some ways, the clearest evidence of this trend. For that reason, this legislation may be the most important animal protection gain in the entire 114th Congress."
Congress sends landmark bill to reduce animal use in chemical testing to Obama
http://www.humanesociety.org/news/press_releases/2014/02/federal_bill_to_end_cosmetics_testing_introduced_in_Congress.html
https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/2576
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POLL: Which is Your Burger of Choice for the Future of Food?
June 4, 2016 alexandrasanimalawareness
Thank you to Animalista Untamed for this fascinating blog on the "meat" for a burger:
So let's dive straight into the world of the 'mad professors' who are turning science fiction into science fact – starting with the inventor of the first ever, headli…
Source: POLL: Which is Your Burger of Choice for the Future of Food?
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