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Go backstage with Karlie Kloss, the 19-year-old American beauty who insiders like photographer Mario Testino say is destined to be fashion's next supermodel. The last year has been an extraordinary journey for Karlie Kloss and we captured some of those moments in this exclusive behind the scenes video.
In the last year, Karlie graduated from high school, walked in every top designer fashion show from Dior to Lanvin, appeared in numerous editorials and ad campaigns and was shot for the cover of LIFE Magazine by fashion photographer Gabrielle Revere. Karlie is the first model to appear on LIFE's cover in over 20 years, a true honour for this former ballet dancer who grew up in St Louis and is represented by IMG Models.
We followed Karlie behind the scenes at New York, Milan and Paris Spring 2012 fashion week, and caught up with her backstage at Victoria's Secret Fashion Show to find out what life has been like for this icon in the making. Watch our exclusive behind the scenes fashion video featuring interviews with Mario Testino, Gabrielle Revere and hair stylist Sam McKnight.
Find out why Gigi Hadid and Cara Delevingne adore hair genius Sam McKnight and why Karl Lagerfeld says he is the "best hair stylist in the world."
Sam McKnight is a professional hair stylist and legend who's been working in fashion for 40 years. Sam was Princess Diana's stylist for seven years and he's styled every supermodel on the planet from Cindy Crawford to Kate Moss, who is also one of his closest friends.
"Sam has been doing this so long, he is a genius. He just flips his finger and the hair looks amazing", Gigi Hadid told us backstage at Balmain Spring 2017 collection in Paris.
Sam's new book "Hair by Sam McKnight', published by Rizzoli was released this week, it's a personal visual diary of his remarkable career, "it's forty years of fashion through hair".
Sam creates the looks for the biggest fashion runway shows in the world, including Chanel, Fendi, Balmain and DSquared2 and has been working with Karl Lagerfeld for the last decade. We've been filming backstage with Sam during that entire time and had the opportunity to produce this mini-documentary film about Sam McKnight for Allure Magazine. Featuring interviews with Karl Lagerfeld, Gigi Hadid, Cara Delevingne, Karlie Kloss and Doutzen Kroes.
Read more about Sam McKnight's career, his new book and his advice on how to make it in fashion on Allure.Com.
Interviews by Karen Morrison, Executive Producer & Director. Camera: Giovanni Sicignano, Karen Morrison. A production of MODTV Fashion Network.
Kendall Jenner Backstage Fendi 90th Anniversary
Kendall Jenner takes us backstage at Fendi 90th Anniversary Couture show by Karl Lagerfeld at the legendary Trevi Fountain in Rome.
"It's an amazing, timeless brand, every piece you see you can tell there is love and care put into it" Kendall said before the show. "I just think the brand is just so amazing, every time I get to work with them and I walk in and see the clothing, the shoes, bags and the accessories I'm always in awe".
Karl Lagerfeld has been Creative Director for Fendi for over 50 years and explained the historic show at the Trevi Fountain was inspired by Danish illustrator Kay Nielsen "there is a kind of fairytale story because the theme of the collection is "Legends and Fairytales" it's a feeling and a mood".
The models walked on a plexiglass catwalk across the water with the famous fountains and pools form the 1960's film, La Dolce Vita. This was the first fashion show to take place at the Italian landmark.
"In 2012 Fendi restored the Trevi Fountain, and we thought could you imagine if we could do a show here" Silvia Fendi explained backstage before the show, "it's the best way to celebrate 90 years of stories".
Karl Lagerfeld on Fendi, iPads and Digital Fashion
On July 7th, 2016 Fendi will celebrate its 90th anniversary with a "haute fourrure" Couture show in Rome. Karl Lagerfeld has been Fendi's Creative Director for over 50 years and in our exclusive interview at his Fall 2012 Fendi fashion show, Karl Lagerfeld talks about his love of the iPad and fashion in the digital age.
The beauty look of Fendi's Fall 2012 collection has a dark, northern Victorian feel about it. Sam McKnight gave the models small tight braids and makeup artist Peter Philips kept the focus on the eyes with a feathered out white chalky eyeshadow that he feathered out on the eye. Watch our exclusive backstage video at Fendi Fall 2012 with designer Karl Lagerfeld, Silvia Fendi and top models Natasha Poly, Magdelena Frackowiak.
Tom Ford Spring 2016 Fashion Video ft Lady Gaga
TOM FORD is one of our favorite fashion designers on the planet and we have to confess we are obsessed with what ever Tom does. We can't stop watching the fashion film he produced for the Tom Ford Spring 2016 Collection featuring Lady Gaga.
It features some of our favorite top models Mica Arga, Lexi Bolling, Kayla Scott, Xaio Wen Ju, Valery Kaufman, Aymeline Valade, Lida Fox, Lucky Blue Smith, Alex Dunstan, David Agbodji and Tarun Nijjer.
Lady Gaga appears and models in the film, a runway video of the collection, which was directed by Nick Knight. In the video, Gaga also sings a cover of I Want Your Love.
"I Want Your Love" produced by Nile Rodgers the track is a Gagalicious cover of the original with the same name performed by Chic, which appeared on their 1978 album, "C'est Chic".
The film is brilliant and we of course love the beauty look – makeup by Stephane Marais, hair by Sam McKnight.
CREDITS: Designer: Tom Ford | Direction: Nick Knight | Photographic Direction: Benoît Delhomme
Art Direction: Trey Laird at Laird and Partners | Set Design: Gideon Ponte | Styling: Carine Roitfeld | Choreography: Stephen Galloway
Music: Lady Gaga – "I Want Your Love" (feat. Nile Rodgers), Produced by Rene Arsenault and Billy Mohler for Riot City (weareriotcity.com), mixed by Matty Green
Discover more and shop online at TomFord.com
Balmain Spring 2015 Backstage Beauty
"We're the Balmain army – we all look like Balmain warriors, strong confident women – don't mess with us", Karlie Kloss explained backstage at Balmain Spring 2015. Get an exclusive look at Balmain, one of the shows at Paris Fashion week with designer Olivier Rousteing, hair stylist Sam McKnight and makeup artist Tom Pecheux. "Simplicity and strength is the modern sexy" explained Sam McKnight, who gave the models slicked back, wet looking tough hair.
Designer Olivier Rousteing has the best casting at Paris Fashion week, all the hottest models of the moment walk in this show from Kendall Jenner, Rosie Huntington-Whiteley and Joan Smalls. Watch our award-winning Allure Backstage Spring 2015 video series on Allure.Com.
Reported and produced by Karen Morrison, Executive Producer & Director. Filmed & Edited by Giovanni Sicignano and Karen Morrison. Allure Backstage is a production of MODTV Fashion Network.
DSquared2 Spring 2015 Backstage x Coco Rocha
DSquared2 Spring 2015 backstage with top models Coco Rocha and Daphne Groenveld at Milan Fashion Week. Dean and Dan Caten's woman for spring is an arty New York girl. The makeup look that Mac Cosmetics Gordon Espinet created is "a geeky girl playing dress up". Espinet piled on the mascara and Sam McKnight gave all the models a sleek ponytail – a perfect compliment to the chic graphic clothes.
As designers Dean and Dan Caten explained backstage before the show "is a nod to our big American push – she's an arty girl but she's not overworked or over studied".
Watch our exclusive DSquared2 Spring 2015 backstage video here now and for stock lists and to shop the collection at DSquared2.Com
Interviews by Karen Morrison, Executive Producer & Director. Filmed & Edited by Giovanni Sicignano and Karen Morrison. A production of MODTV Fashion Network.
Fendi Spring 2015 Backstage
Head backstage at Fendi Spring 2015 with makeup artist Peter Philips and hairstylist Sam McKnight and find out what top model Georgia May Jagger had to say about the look. Watch our Allure Backstage Spring 2015 series on Allure.Com.


Wash the dill and parsley in cold water and shake dry (or pat dry on paper towels). Trim off the thick stems below the leafy part of the herbs. Don't worry about the thinner stems; those will be fine after a whirl in the food processor.
Add the garlic to the food processor, pulse until it's in small bits. Add the dill and parsley and pulse until the leaves are minced. Add the ground walnuts, the pecorino romano, salt and pepper and pulse a few times to mix. Add the extra virgin olive oil and pulse until blended.


Pen and ink drawing by Frederick Charles Maisey of architectural details from the Nilakanth Temple at Kalinjar, taken from an album of 60 drawings dated 1847-1854. This drawings depicts the details of some of the columns of the temple. The shafts and bases are carved with floral and geometrical motifs and the capital has figures of dwarves, ganas, which support the entablature. Kalinjar is a very ancient site in Bundelkhand. Its fort, one of the oldest in India, was referred to by Ptolemy as Kanagora. It crowns a plateau of the Vindhya mountains 375 metres high. It was taken by Qutub-ud-Din Aybak in 1202 who also destroyed the temples. A few centuries later, with the rise of the Mughal Empire, a new series of attacks took place. In 1812 Colonel Martindell attacked the fort and the fortifications were dismantled in 1866. Within the fort there are numerous archaeological remains.
The Nilakanth Temple is the holiest shrine of Kalinjar. In the Archaeological Survey of India Report of 1883-84 A. Cunningham wrote, "The great lingam of Nilakantha is situated in an outwork in the middle of the west face of the fort. The upper gate, leading in the outwork, is attributed to Raja Parmal, or Paramardi Deva, who reigned from A.D. 1167 to 1203. ...A second gate, which leads into the courtyard of the temple, has no inscription. But on the rock on the right hand of the descent there are numerous small caves and niches...The actual shrine of the Nilakantha lingam is a small cave with the remains of a fine mandapa, or hall in front. The facade of the cave has been very rich, but is now much broken...On the jambs of the door there are figures of Siva and Parvati with the Ganges and Yumna Rivers. These are of the Gupta period. The pillars of the hall are later, and belong to the time of the Chandels.The roof of the Mandpa is now gone, bust most of the pillars and pilasters still remain, forming a square with four on each side, and four in the middle."


What is Waqf or Gift in ISLAM?
1. Ye will not attain unto piety until ye spend of that which ye love. And whatsoever ye spend, Allah is aware thereof.
The institution of waqf, thus, got its roots when verse 92 of chapter Three of the Holy Qur'an was revealed and the well-to-do companions of the Prophet sought his guidance expressing their desire to donate their property in the path of Allah. So the followers of Islam throughout their history have been maintaining this institution to earn the pleasure of Allah in this world and in the Hereafter. As stated earlier, a Muslim can bequeth one-third of his property for charity after his death. But during his lifetime he has right to spend whole of his property in the way of Allah. According to law of gift, one can donate or gift as much of his property as he likes to any person during his life. Good-natured and virtuous believers, who are rich, exercise their powers under the law of will or the law of gift and establish waqf for a charitable cause.
Waqf, in the language of Shariah, means the dedication of the corpus of property to Almighty God. The property thus transfers from the dedicator (waqif) to the ownership of Allah but its usufruct or benefit is dedicated to the poor, sick, travellers, or any other noble cause recognised by Islam.
The institution of waqf helps elimination of poverty, misery, disease, illiteracy and in this way promotes the cause of equitable distribution of wealth.
From a linguistic point of view, "waqf" means forbidding movement, transport or exchange of something. The root meaning of the word applies to the act and praxis, and the same meaning applies to the object of the action, i.e. the endowed object. In this sense, the plural is "awqaf" and "wuquuf". Thus, we say " I endow someone when I stop him from movement and transport; i.e., I order and oblige him to stop. One can also say, "I endow the Holy Book", which means I forbid its ownership and its removal from its place. Also, "He endows his house for the benefit of orphans" means that he forbids his heirs and himself from owning or using it. In this sense, waqf endowment has always the connotation of forbidding. The meaning adapted to it depends on the context of each separate usage thereof.
The meaning of "waqf endowment" is very close to that of "habs" (literally "locking up") linguistically and conventionally. In fact, both words have become synonymous in the conventional use; so much so that they are used interchangeably as we will see shortly.
Endowment is a canonical Islamic concept, which refers to a special kind of charity given for the purposes of benevolence. The word is used for charities and gifts that have permanence and continuity, so that people can benefit from them for years, generations or even centuries. This means that Waqf endowment is made of entities from whose usefulness, yield and fruit people can benefit, while the capital asset of the entity lasts and stays for a short or long period of time, such as a lot, a construction, a well and a tree.
What gives this definition a connotation and denotation strength is the fact that it is quoted from the Prophet's words Peace Be Upon Him (PBUH) in his advice to Omar Ibn Al Khattab, when the latter consulted him about a land lot of his: "Bequest its stock and dedicate its progeny.' The whole Hadith will be given shortly.
What property then is left for the person who makes the bequest if that person or his heirs have no right to sell or give that property as a gift? These are in fact the sum of rights and dealings which define the notion of property. Once they are taken away, ownership over the bequest that has been made is withdrawn. Moreover, the bequest is an offering to Allah Almighty, for the benefit of His subjects to whom the property is bequeathed. Bequests become like mosques, which are the houses of Allah. A mosque is used and benefited from, but does not belong to anybody; be it the mosque endowment maker, its builder, or its caretaker.
It follows then that the bequeathing person is not responsible for expenditure, maintenance or care of the bequest unless he volunteers to do so. Hence, he is not obliged to repair the construction, clean the wells or take care of the animals. But all these expenses are taken care of by the bequest itself, and whoever is responsible for it, in conformity with the regulations devised to each bequest or to the general rules of endowments, as we will see below, by the Will of Allah Almighty.
In addition to what has been said above, there are many texts from the Holy Qur'an and from the Hadith sayings that advocate religious bequest, advise making it or explain its canons.
As for the Holy Qur'an, there are general texts that comprise all kinds of charity and beneficence, including Waqf endowment and other deeds, as stated in Allah Almighty's verse: "O ye who believe! Bow down, prostrate yourselves and worship your Lord; and do good, that haply ye may prosper.(*)"(7) And bequest is one of the best kinds of charity that this verse advocates, for its benefit lasts and a large number of people gain advantage from it.
Also from His saying Praise Be To Him: "Ye will not attain unto piety until ye spend of that which ye love"(8) Most of what mankind loves in wealth is permanent and lasting property such as houses, land and trees. The verse then encourages the pious to spend from the most cherished of their property.
There is also Allah Almighty's verse:" Lo ! We it is Who bring the dead to life. We record that which they sent before (them), and their footprints."(9) Thus, Allah the Great and the Dignified records people's deeds and the impact of their deeds before and after their death, be they good or bad. There is no doubt that bequeathed property leaves good effects after the death of the person who did it, while its reward lasts as long as it benefits one of Allah's subjects or mankind in general.
It was said that this well belonged to a man from Bani Ghaffar, who used to sell a waterskin full for a dry measure (mudd) of cereal. The prophet PBUH asked him: "Do you want to sell it to me for a water source in Heaven?" The man answered: "That's the only source of income that my children and I have". When Othman heard about this, he paid for it thirty five thousand Dirhams. Then he came to the Prophet PBUH and said: "Can you make me the same offer?" He said, "Yes". "Then I offer it to the Muslims "(15).
From then on, Waqf endowment has become one of the pillars of the religious, social, scientific, economic and political life of the Islamic society. In this way, it became a big support for scientific and holy war movements as well as for the protection of inlets and the source for living and beneficence for the needy in society. It served also as a source for financing and developing many economic and development sectors.
It is uncontroversial that Waqf endowment is permissible for property (land, buildings, trees, wells…) because this kind of property is stated in Shariite canonical texts and because it fully satisfies the requirements of Waqf endowment. Canonists, on the other hand, differ over movable property, "such as animals, clothes, money, books, food, and industrial and war machinery." Are they permissible for Waqf endowment or are they just mere charity that is not governed by the Waqf endowment canons?
The best form of thankfulness for a beneficent gift should be in the form of a gift of the same kind. Thus, thanking for the gift of property should be to spend from that same property, while thanking for the gift of knowledge must be through teaching and enlightening others. Bequest in the cause of Allah is a kind of gratitude to the Beneficent, May His Sublimity be Greater, and an acknowledgement of His blessing and gift.
Short term charities for present necessities is short-lived. Societies may experience times when either these charities become scarce because the supremacy of greed and selfishness prevails, or simply because of natural disasters. Likewise, and in spite of its continuity and renewal, almsgiving may become smaller in value while the circle of poverty widens. The same thing applies to the public treasury.
The issue to be discussed here completes the previous one. However, it is meant to make people get used to thinking of the future and planning for it, with a sense of responsibility towards the generations to come. Usually, while the bequest giver is deciding upon his bequest, he takes into consideration the needs of the coming generations. Those who run endowment administrations have the obligation to take all these factors into consideration. Therefore, Waqf endowment is considered as a process of anticipating and managing the future: a hereafter future for the person making the Waqf endowment, and a worldly future for the person benefiting from it.
Among the most dangerous plagues that afflict nations and societies and drive them towards disintegration, paralysis and inefficiency is the plague of resigning from thinking about and practising public matters. You would find people leaving these matters entirely to government officials and institutions. All they do is criticize negatively, blame and make claims constantly. They also lay responsibility and rely on each other.
Within the realm of these verses -and so many like them in the Qur'an and Hadith- all people feel that they are the ones addressed and concerned, whether they are wealthy, poor or average, as the firm koranic rule indicates : "Allah asketh naught of any soul save that which He hath given it."(30),"Allah asketh no soul beyond its scope"(31).
This is what made the Companions spend enthusiastically and compete for it, especially spending via Waqf endowment; so much so that whoever could put something in Waqf endowment would do it, as it was related above by Jaber. Thus, the whole society became involved in dealing with people's needs, present and future. The Islamic society knew an activity and efficiency seldom found in history. This activity lasted for centuries giving and building and strengthening, which allowed for the building of an Islamic civilization and glory that prevailed the world for a long time. Bequest and endowment institutions had a leading role in all this as will be shown below, Allah willing.


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Home GENERAL NEWS We are not leaving this area – Mindolo SQUATTERS
We are not leaving this area – Mindolo SQUATTERS
houses built on illegally acquired plots in Mindolo North Township in Kitwe have been demolished
SQUATTERS in Mindolo North in Kitwe whose illegal structures have been demolished by the Kitwe City Council (KCC) have vowed not to leave the area because the land was duly offered to them.
A combined team of KCC and State police two weeks ago swung into action demolishing more than 600 houses which were allegedly built on land belonging to Mopani Copper Mines (MCM) and Phoenix materials.
But a check by the Times yesterday found the squatters had erected makeshift stalls while others had put up bricks to make temporal shelters.
Ernest Kapembwa, whose house was demolished, said he would not leave the family because he had lived in the area for four years and had nowhere to take his family.
Mr Kapembwa said the plots in question were allocated to them by council officials and that the residents did not demarcate the land on their own.
He suggested that the council should legalise the area and allow them to pay penalty fees.
"We are not leaving this area, we did not offer these plots to ourselves and as far as we are concerned there is no title indicating that the land belongs to someone else. So let them just legalise the area and we are ready to pay penalty fees," he said.
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This year's Material Handling and Logistics Conference in Park City, Utah, includes Avetta Strategic Advisor Tom Cecich, who will be a featured presenter during one of the event's many instructive breakout sessions.
The conference, which takes place September 10–13, 2017, at the Canyons Village at Park City Resort, is a 3+ day event of over 50 incredible educational sessions, a dream lineup of keynote speakers and presenters, and lots of networking.
Cecich, who in 2016–17 served as the 102nd president of the American Society of Safety Engineers (ASSE), will present on Tuesday, Sept. 12, 11:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m. Below is a summary of what he will discuss. For more information and to register, visit https://www.mhlc.com/index.cfm.
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Q: Making a list using api in google sheets I am attempting to pull faction information from torns api but it puts all data into a single cell rather than listing.  heres what ive got so far.
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A: You could try to parse the information using JSON.parse. Something like:
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Compton Crook Award
The Compton Crook Award is presented to the best English language first novel of the year in the field of science fiction, fantasy, or horror by the members of the Baltimore Science Fiction Society at their annual science fiction convention, Balticon, held in Baltimore on Memorial Day weekend. The award, also known as the Compton Crook/Stephen Tall Award, has been presented since 1983.[1][2][3]
The list of eligible books is published in the monthly newsletter so that all club members will have a chance to read and vote. The winning author is invited to Balticon (BSFS pays transportation and lodging) for two years, and presented with the cash award of $1,000. Compton Crook, who wrote under the name of Stephen Tall, was a long-time Baltimore resident, Towson University professor, and science fiction author who died in 1981.
WinnersEdit
1983 - Donald Kingsbury, Courtship Rite
1984 - Christopher Rowley, War For Eternity
1985 - David R. Palmer, Emergence
1986 - Sheila Finch, Infinity's Web
1987 - Thomas Wren, Doomsday Effect
1988 - Christopher Hinz, Liege-Killer
1989 - Elizabeth Moon, Sheepfarmer's Daughter
1990 - Josepha Sherman, The Shining Falcon
1991 - Michael Flynn, In the Country of the Blind
1992 - Carol Severance, Reefsong
1993 - Holly Lisle, Fire in the Mist
1994 - Mary Rosenblum, The Drylands
1995 - Doranna Durgin, Dun Lady's Jess
1996 - Daniel Graham Jr., The Gatekeepers
1997 - Richard Garfinkle, Celestial Matters
1998 - Katie Waitman, The Merro Tree
1999 - James Stoddard, The High House
2000 - Stephen L. Burns, Flesh and Silver
2001 - Syne Mitchell, Murphy's Gambit
2002 - Wen Spencer, Alien Taste
2003 - Patricia Bray, Devlin's Luck
2004 - E. E. Knight, Way of the Wolf
2005 - Tamara Siler Jones, Ghosts in the Snow
2006 - Maria V. Snyder, Poison Study
2007 - Naomi Novik, His Majesty's Dragon
2008 - Mark L. Van Name, One Jump Ahead
2009 - Paul Melko, Singularity's Ring
2010 - Paolo Bacigalupi, The Windup Girl
2011 - James Knapp, State of Decay
2012 - T. C. McCarthy, Germline
2013 - Myke Cole, Control Point
2014 - Charles E. Gannon, Fire With Fire
2015 - Alexandra Duncan, Salvage
2016 - Fran Wilde, Updraft
2017 - Ada Palmer, Too Like the Lightning[4]
2018 - Nicky Drayden, The Prey of Gods
2019 - R. F. Kuang, The Poppy War
2020 - Arkady Martine, A Memory Called Empire
2021 - Micaiah Johnson, The Space Between Worlds
2022 - P. Djèlí Clark, A Master of Djinn[5]
^ "Compton Crook Award". Fancyclopedia. August 17, 2017. Retrieved August 17, 2017.
^ "Compton Crook Award". Science Fiction Awards Watch. August 20, 2007. Retrieved June 25, 2012.
^ David Langford (15 April 2020). "Compton Crook/Stephen Tall Memorial Award". In John Clute, David Langford (ed.). The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction. SFE/Ansible.
^ "2017 Compton Crook Award Announced". SFWA. August 17, 2017. Retrieved August 17, 2017.
^ "Compton Crook Award Winners [V. 2017-5". www.bsfs.org. Archived from the original on 1 August 2017. Retrieved 17 April 2018.
Compton Crook Award Winners Page


To a large extent they are right but compared to all the other solutions, especially that adopted in England, vaccination combined with proper cattle control measures is the only viable long term alternative.
I still find it difficult to believe that any responsible Government minister could conceive of a cull method that involves free-shooting marksmen targeting unsecured badgers at night.
There is no guarantee that a clean kill can be taken every time, leaving the possibility of badly wounded animals crawling away to die in pain. When you throw in the likelihood of protestors on the scene it seems that we are facing an accident waiting to happen.
The Government are seeking to cull 70% of the badgers in any one area but they have no idea how many of this protected species are in any one place at any one time. That means that there is a real danger that they could illegally wipe out every badger in the cull zones.
They are acting in defiance of scientific opinion. The Independent Scientific Group on Cattle TB, after nine years of research concluded that "badger culling cannot meaningfully contribute to the future control of cattle TB in Britain". Rather than suppressing the disease, killing badgers appears to spread it.
Badgers are not the only animal that can spread bovine TB. Farm cats can pass on the disease for example as can a number of other animals. It is correct that a vaccine cannot cure a badger with the disease but equally the remaining animals after a cull could also be infected. The difference is that these badgers will be fleeing the scene and spreading the infection. Vaccinated badgers cannot catch the disease, survivors of a cull can.
The Government's problem is that they are trying to tackle this disease on the cheap. If they do not commit the resources now then they will not eliminate the problem.
In Wales we are vaccinating. That work will help to develop sustainable solutions to bovine TB. England should do the same so as to contribute to this research. The time has come to put vested interests to one side and do what is right.


Mary McDonough is best known for the 11 years she played Erin Walton on the hit series "The Waltons," however, many recognize her as a respected voice with regards to women's health and especially body image issues. Among the many topics Mary McDonough discusses in her new book, LESSONS FROM THE MOUNTAIN, is her own struggle with Body Image, Chronic Fatigue, Fibromyalgia and being diagnosed with Lupus. As a result, she has become a an expert on women's health issues, testifying before Congress on many occasions.