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A slaughterhouse, abattoir i/ˈæbətwɑːr/ or meatworks is a facility where animals are killed for consumption as food. Slaughterhouses that process meat not intended for human consumption are sometimes referred to as knacker's yards or knackeries, used for animals that are not fit for consumption or can no longer work on a farm such as horses that can no longer work.
Slaughtering animals on a large scale poses significant logistical problems, and public health requirements and public aversion in many cultures influences the location of slaughterhouses.
Animal welfare and animal rights groups frequently raise concerns about the methods of transport, preparation, herding, and killing within some slaughterhouses under the example of animal rights activists such as Howard Lyman and Ric O'Barry.[1]
Typically 45–50% of the animal can be turned into edible products (meat). About 5-15% is waste, and the remaining 40–45% of the animal is turned into byproducts such as leather, soaps, candles (tallow), and animal glue.
Until modern times, the slaughter of animals generally took place in a haphazard and unregulated manner in diverse places. Early maps of London show numerous stockyards in the periphery of the city, where slaughter occurred in the open air. A term for such open-air slaughterhouses was shambles, and there are streets named "The Shambles" in some English towns (e.g. Worcester, York) which got their name from having been the site on which butchers killed and prepared animals for consumption.
Reform movement
The slaughterhouse emerged as a coherent institution in the nineteenth century.[2] A combination of health and social concerns, exacerbated by the rapid urbanisation experienced during the Industrial Revolution, led social reformers to call for the isolation, sequester and regulation of animal slaughter. As well as the concerns raised regarding hygiene and disease, there were also criticisms of the practice on the grounds that the effect that killing had, both on the butchers and the observers, "educate[d] the men in the practice of violence and cruelty, so that they seem to have no restraint on the use of it."[citation needed] An additional motivation for eliminating private slaughter was to impose a careful system of regulation for the "morally dangerous" task of putting animals to death.[citation needed]
As a result of this tension, meat markets within the city were closed and abattoirs built outside city limits. An early framework for the establishment of public slaughterhouses was put in place in Paris in 1810, under the reign of the Emperor Napoleon. Five areas were set aside on the outskirts of the city and the feudal privileges of the guilds were curtailed.[3]
As the meat requirements of the growing number of residents in London steadily expanded, the meat markets within the city attracted increasing levels of opprobrium (public disapproval). Meat had been traded at Smithfield Market as early as the 10th century. By 1726, it was regarded as "without question, the greatest in the world", by Daniel Defoe.[4] By the middle of the 19th century, in the course of a single year 220,000 head of cattle and 1,500,000 sheep would be "violently forced into an area of five acres, in the very heart of London, through its narrowest and most crowded thoroughfares".[5]
By the early 19th century, pamphlets were being circulated arguing in favour of the removal of the livestock market and its relocation outside of the city due to the extremely poor hygienic conditions[6] as well as the brutal treatment of the cattle.[7] In 1843, the Farmer's Magazine published a petition signed by bankers, salesmen, aldermen, butchers and local residents against the expansion of the livestock market.[5]
An Act of Parliament was finally passed in 1852. Under its provisions, a new cattle-market was constructed in Copenhagen Fields, Islington. The new Metropolitan Cattle Market was also opened in 1855, and West Smithfield was left as waste ground for about a decade, until the construction of the new market began in the 1860s under the authority of the 1860 Metropolitan Meat and Poultry Market Act.[8] The market was designed by architect Sir Horace Jones and was completed in 1868.
A cut and cover railway tunnel was constructed beneath the market to create a triangular junction with the railway between Blackfriars and Kings Cross.[9] This allowed animals to be transported into the slaughterhouse by train and the subsequent transfer of animal carcasses to the Cold Store building, or direct to the meat market via lifts.
At the same time, the first large and centralized slaughterhouse in Paris was constructed in 1867 under the orders of Napoleon III at the Parc de la Villette and heavily influenced the subsequent development of the institution throughout Europe.
Regulation and expansion
These slaughterhouses were regulated by law to ensure good standards of hygiene, the prevention of the spread of disease and the minimization of needless animal cruelty. The slaughterhouse had to be equipped with a specialized water supply system to effectively clean the operating area of blood and offal. Veterinary scientists, notably George Fleming and John Gamgee, campaigned for stringent levels of inspection to ensure that epizootics such as rinderpest (a devastating outbreak of the disease covered all of Britain in 1865) would not be able to spread. By 1874, three meat inspectors were appointed for the London area, and the Public Health Act 1875 required local authorities to provide central slaughterhouses (they were only given powers to close insanitary slaughterhouses in 1890).[10]
Attempts were also made at reforming the practice of slaughter itself, as the methods used came under increasing criticism for causing undue pain to the animals. The eminent physician, Benjamin Ward Richardson, spent many years in developing more humane methods of slaughter. He brought into use no less than fourteen possible anesthetics for use in the slaughterhouse and even experimented with the use of electric current at the Royal Polytechnic Institution.[11] As early as 1853, he designed a lethal chamber that would gas animals to death relatively painlessly, and he founded the Model Abattoir Society in 1882 to investigate and campaign for humane methods of slaughter.
The invention of refrigeration and the expansion of transportation networks by sea and rail allowed for the safe exportation of meat around the world. Additionally, Meat-packing millionaire Philip Danforth Armour's invention of the 'disassembly line' greatly increased the productivity and profit margin of industrial meatpacking businesses: "according to some, animal slaughtering became the first mass-production industry in the United States." This expansion has been accompanied by increased concern about the physical and mental conditions of the workers along with controversy over the ethical and environmental implications of slaughtering animals for meat.[2]
In the latter part of the 20th century, the layout and design of most U.S. slaughterhouses was influenced by the work of Dr. Temple Grandin.[12] She suggested that reducing the stress of animals being led to slaughter may help slaughterhouse operators improve efficiency and profit.[13] In particular she applied an understanding of animal psychology to design pens and corrals which funnel a herd of animals arriving at a slaughterhouse into a single file ready for slaughter. Her corrals employ long sweeping curves[14][15][16] so that each animal is prevented from seeing what lies ahead and just concentrates on the hind quarters of the animal in front of it. This design – along with the design elements of solid sides, solid crowd gate, and reduced noise at the end point – work together to encourage animals forward in the chute and to not reverse direction.[17]
As of 2011, Grandin claimed to have designed over 54% of the slaughterhouses in the United States as well as many others around the world.[citation needed]
Mobile design
By 2010 a mobile facility the Modular Harvest System had received USDA approval. It can be moved from ranch to ranch. It consists of three trailers, one for slaughtering, one for consumable body parts and one for other body parts. Preparation of individual cuts is done at a butchery or other meat preparation facility.[18]
International variations
The standards and regulations governing slaughterhouses vary considerably around the world. In many countries the slaughter of animals is regulated by custom and tradition rather than by law. In the non-Western world, including the Arab world, the Indian sub-continent, etc., both forms of meat are available: one which is produced in modern mechanized slaughterhouses, and the other from local butcher shops.
In some communities[which?] animal slaughter may be controlled by religious laws, most notably halal for Muslims and kashrut for Jewish communities. These both require that the animals being slaughtered should be conscious at the point of death,[citation needed] and as such animals cannot be stunned prior to killing. This can cause conflicts with national regulations when a slaughterhouse adhering to the rules of religious preparation is located in some Western countries. In Jewish law, captive bolts and other methods of pre-slaughter paralysis are generally not permissible, due to it being forbidden for an animal to be stunned prior to slaughter. Various halal food authorities have more recently permitted the use of a recently developed fail-safe system of head-only stunning where the shock is non-fatal, and where it is possible to reverse the procedure and revive the animal after the shock. The use of electronarcosis and other methods of dulling the sensing has been approved by the Egyptian Fatwa Committee. This allows these entities to continue their religious techniques while keeping accordance to the national regulations.[19]
In many societies,[which?] traditional cultural and religious aversion to slaughter led to prejudice against the people involved. In Japan, where the ban on slaughter of livestock for food[specify] was lifted only in the late 19th century, the newly found slaughter industry drew workers primarily from villages of burakumin, who traditionally worked in occupations relating to death (such as executioners and undertakers). In some parts of western Japan, prejudice faced by current and former residents of such areas (burakumin "hamlet people") is still a sensitive issue. Because of this, even the Japanese word for "slaughter" (屠殺 tosatsu) is deemed politically incorrect by some pressure groups as its inclusion of the kanji for "kill" (殺) supposedly portrays those who practice it in a negative manner.
Some countries[which?] have laws that exclude specific animal species or grades of animal from being slaughtered for human consumption, especially those that are taboo food. The former Indian Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee suggested in 2004 introducing legislation banning the slaughter of cows throughout India, as Hinduism holds cows as sacred and considers their slaughter unthinkable and offensive. This was often opposed on grounds of religious freedom. The slaughter of cows and the importation of beef into the nation of Nepal are strictly forbidden.
Freezing Works
Refrigeration technology allowed meat from the slaughterhouse to be preserved for longer periods. This led to the concept as the slaughterhouse as a freezing works. Prior to this, canning was an option.[20] Freezing works are common in New Zealand, Australia and South Africa. The countries where meat is exported for a substantial profit the freezing works were built near docks, or near transport infrastructure.[21]
Most countries have laws in regard to the treatment of animals at slaughterhouses. In the United States, there is the Humane Slaughter Act of 1958, a law requiring that all swine, sheep, cattle, and horses be stunned unconscious with application of a stunning device by a trained person before being hoisted up on the line. There is some debate over the enforcement of this act. This act, like those in many countries, exempts slaughter in accordance to religious law, such as kosher shechita and dhabiha halal. Most strict interpretations of kashrut require that the animal be fully sensible when its carotid artery is cut.[citation needed]
The novel The Jungle detailed unsanitary conditions in slaughterhouses and the meatpacking industry during the 1800s. This led directly to an investigation commissioned directly by President Theodore Roosevelt, and to the passage of the Meat Inspection Act and the Pure Food and Drug Act of 1906, which established the Food and Drug Administration. A much larger body of regulation deals with the public health and worker safety regulation and inspection.
Animal welfare concerns
In 1997 Gail Eisnitz, chief investigator for the Humane Farming Association (HFA),[22] released a book Slaughterhouse. Within, she unveils the interviews of slaughterhouse workers in the U.S. who say that, because of the speed with which they are required to work, animals are routinely skinned while apparently alive, and still blinking, kicking, and shrieking. Eisnitz argues that this is not only cruel to the animals, but also dangerous for the human workers, as cows weighing several thousands of pounds thrashing around in pain are likely to kick out and debilitate anyone working near them.[23]
This would imply that certain slaughter houses throughout the country are not following the guidelines and regulations spelled out by the Humane Slaughter Act, requiring all animals to be put down and thus insusceptible to pain by some form, typically electronarcosis, before undergoing any form of violent action.
According to the HFA, Eiznitz interviewed slaughterhouse workers representing over two million hours of experience, who, without exception, told her that they have beaten, strangled, boiled, and dismembered animals alive, or have failed to report those who do. The workers described the effects the violence has had on their personal lives, with several admitting to being physically abusive or taking to alcohol and other drugs.[24]
The HFA alleges that workers are required to kill up to 1,100 hogs an hour, and end up taking their frustration out on the animals.[24] Eisnitz interviewed one worker, who had worked in ten slaughterhouses, about pig production. He told her:
Hogs get stressed out pretty easy. If you prod them too much, they have heart attacks. If you get a hog in the chute that's had the shit prodded out of him and has a heart attack or refuses to move, you take a meat hook and hook it into his bunghole. You try to do this by clipping the hipbone. Then you drag him backwards. You're dragging these hogs alive, and a lot of times the meat hook rips out of the bunghole. I've seen hams — thighs — completely ripped open. I've also seen intestines come out. If the hog collapses near the front of the chute, you shove the meat hook into his cheek and drag him forward.[25]
Historically, some doubted that fish could experience pain. However, laboratory experiments have shown that fish do react to painful stimuli (e.g. injections of bee venom) in a similar way to mammals.[26][27] The expansion of fish farming as well as animal welfare concerns in society has led to research into more humane and faster ways of killing fish.[28] In large-scale operations like fish farms, stunning fish with electricity or putting them into water saturated with nitrogen so that they cannot breathe, results in death more rapidly than just taking them out of the water. For sport fishing, it is recommended that fish be killed soon after catching them by hitting them on the head followed by bleeding out, or by stabbing the brain with a sharp object[29] (called pithing or ike jime in Japanese).
See also
- Ag-Gag
- Beef ring
- Bubbly Creek
- Controlled-atmosphere killing (CAK)
- Environmental impact of meat production
- Pig slaughter
- Pig scalder
- Union Stock Yards
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- ↑ Dodd, George (1856). The Food of London: A Sketch of the Chief Varieties, Sources of Supply, Probable Quantities, Modes of Arrival, Processes of Manufacture, Suspected Adulteration, and Machinery of Distribution, of the Food for a Community of Two Millions and a Half. Longman, Brown, Green and Longmans. p. 228.<templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>
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- ↑ Snowhill (London Railways) accessed 13 April 2009
- ↑ Chris Otter (2006). "The vital city: public analysis, dairies and slaughterhouses in nineteenth-century" (PDF). Cultural Geographies.<templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>
- ↑ This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Power, D'Arcy (1901). "Richardson, Benjamin Ward". In Sidney Lee. Dictionary of National Biography, 1901 supplement. London: Smith, Elder & Co.<templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>
- ↑ Grandin, T. "Best Practices for Animal Handling and Stunning"", Meat & Poultry, April 2000, p.76.
- ↑ Grandin, T. and Deesing, M. "Humane Livestock Handling" 2008. Storey Publishing, North Adams, MA, USA.
- ↑ Grandin, Temple (September 2011). "Directions for laying out curved cattle handling facilities for ranches, feedlots, and properties". Dr. Temple Grandin's Web Page. Dr. Temple Grandin. Retrieved 2012-12-10.<templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles> "Round crowd pens and curved single file chutes work better than straight ones, but they must be laid out correctly. A curved chute works more efficiently than a straight one because it prevents cattle from seeing people and other activities at the end of the chute." "A round crowd pen will work better than a straight crowd pen because, as cattle go around a 180° turn, they think they are going back to where they came from "
- ↑ Grandin, Temple (July 2011). "Sample Designs of Cattle Races and Corrals". Dr. Temple Grandin's Web Page. Dr. Temple Grandin. Retrieved 2012-12-10.<templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles> Why does a curved chute and round crowd pen work better than a straight one? As the animals go around the curve, they think they are going back to where they came from. The animals can not see people and other moving objects at the end of the chute. It takes advantage of the natural circling behaviour of cattle and sheep.
- ↑ Grandin, Temple (1993). "Teaching Principles of Behavior and Equipment Design for Handling Livestock". J. Anim. Sci. J. Anim. Sci. Retrieved 2012-12-10.<templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles> Some of the design principles that are taught are the use of solid sides on chutes and crowd pens to prevent animals from seeing out with their wide-angle vision and layout of curved chutes and round crowd pens. Some people believe the animals can smell or hear death, however, and these may be area that need improvement, such as the use of scent masking agents or acoustical barriers. As well, some animals in some situations may grow to learn that after their fellows are corralled in that area, their fellows never return. An improvement could be made by detouring off some of the animals so that they return to the pack (after the odors and sounds are masked so they will return untraumatized). A circular crowd pen and a curved chute reduced the time spent moving cattle by up to 50% (Vowles and Hollier, 1982 [Vowles, W. J., and T. J. Hollier. 1982. The influence of yard design on the movement of animals. Proc. Aust. Soc. Anim. Prod. 14:597]).
- ↑ Grandin, Temple (July 2010). "Improving the Movement of Cattle, Pigs, and Sheep during handling on farms, ranches, and slaughter plants". Dr Temple Grandin. Retrieved 2012-12-10.<templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles> Cattle will move more easily through a curved race. Solid sides which prevent the cattle from seeing people and other distractions outside the fence should be installed on the chutes (races) and the crowd pen which leads up to the single file chute. The use of solid sides is especially important in slaughter plants, truck loading ramps, and other places where there is lots of activity outside the fence. Solid sides are essential in slaughter plants to block the animal's view of people and equipment. A curved chute (race) with solid sides at a ranch facility. It works better than a straight chute because cattle think they are going back to where they came from. The outer fence is solid to prevent the cattle from seeing distractions outside the fence... The facility must be located in a pasture that has no nearby equipment, moving vehicles or extra people, or put inside a building that has solid side walls. In many facilities, adding solid fences will improve animal movement... Solid sides in these areas help prevent cattle from becoming agitated when they see activity outside the fence -- such as people. Cattle tend to be calmer in a chute with solid sides. Cattle move more easily through the curved race system because they can not see people and other distractions ahead.
- ↑ Muhlke, Christine (23 May 2010). "FIELD REPORT; A Movable Beast". The New York Times. p. 22.<templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>
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- ↑ http://www.techhistory.co.nz/19thcentury/Meat.htm
- ↑ http://www.teara.govt.nz/en/agricultural-processing-industries/page-7
- ↑ Humane Farming Association Website
- ↑ Eisnitz, Gail A. Slaughterhouse. Prometheus Books, 1997, cited in Torres, Bob. Making a Killing. AK Press, 2007, p. 46.
- ↑ 24.0 24.1 "HFA Exposé Uncovers Federal Crimes", Humane Farming Association. Retrieved March 8, 2008.
- ↑ Eisnitz, p. 82, cites in Torres, Bob. Making a Killing. AK Press, 2007, p. 47.
- ↑ Sneddon, LU (2009). "Pain perception in fish: indicators and endpoints". ILAR Journal. 50 (4): 38–42. PMID 19949250.<templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>
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External links
|Look up slaughterhouse in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
|Wikisource has the text of the 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica article Abattoir.
|Wikimedia Commons has media related to Slaughterhouses.
- Slaughterhouse designer Temple Grandin's official site detailing her design principles, as well as many of the regulations affecting slaughter in the United States.
- Surveys of Stunning and Handling in Slaughter Plants Grandin's listing of various surveys, 1996–2011, US, Canada and Australia
- Slaughter video Video footage (graphic) of a slaughterhouse in New Zealand.
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You can add a "Split" to any of your groups, similar to the way you'd add a location or a photo. Add the total price, and anyone with a credit card can chip in. They just click the "chip in" button and their card number. Price is divided equally, and the more people that join, the more the price drops. Once you're ready to cash in, just click collect and after entering in your bank account info, GroupMe says you'll see the funds within 24 hours.
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Grats man,everyone who says "lol get a life bro" fuck off,if you been playing the game since release then you're bound too have a lot of the achievements,it's his life and his time so piss off.
Grats man,everyone who says "lol get a life bro" fuck off,if you been playing the game since release then you're bound too have a lot of the achievements,it's his life and his time so piss off.
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Congrats...I guess. Is he an asian as well? How do you kill someone with no life? Please, go get a girlfriend, a job, or some sunlight. Later.
No one should put that much time into a game.
If I could be bothered quoting everyone who referred to "time" and replaced that word with "effort", I would.
It's not insanely difficult by any means to complete all of the achievements, it just requires that you spend that time that you usually are doing nothing (Transient in cities, dicking about, trolling, sucking at the game, etc) and doing something productive, efficiently.
Gratz, don't mind retarded kids-haters around here, there are awfully lot of them (most of them don't have job/life either, I'm not even saying anything about GF, but hey, it's internet we can pretend to have it to flame someone who's better!). Well done anyway, pity you'll probably quit the game now hah
No rest for the wicked...
Well Congratulations... its an hobbie and he worked hard so congratulate him I think its awesome to have the drive to manage something so hard... makes me look at all the stuff i'll never be able to acheive now since I started only 7 months ago. heh good luck finding new stuff to do.
Wow, that's quite an "achievement" to do. And as someone stated earlier in this thread, just prioritize your activities and you'll be able to get this done as well, just add some time into the equation.
"In-game-achievements are as pointless as the game itself. You could all be banging beautiful women in a 20ft yacht and be as awesome as me, but you decide not to."
ps. Congrats for completing your personal goals and also being very awesome, well atleast in game
edit: ofc I forgot the quotation marks -.-
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i wonder what he´ll think when he´s about 75 and looking back at his life: uhm i have 3 beautiful children, a bunch of grandchildren, a nice home..oh and yeah, all achievment points in world of warcraft =D
nah seriously, he put a lot of dedication into this so i guess grats(although a few months too late lol)
Gratz. It's an never-ending story, because in Cataclysm he can start again.. ^^
Gratz. Really though. How many hours do 80s spend doing nothing sitting in a home city or something. I know i waste a lot of time doing it. This guy just did achievements instead.
Yay for basement dwellers!


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The definitive guide to benchmarking with DOOM 3 (Page 1)
On the 3rd of August 2004, ID Software unleashed Doom 3 to gamers all over the globe. Shop stores all around the world replaced the empty promotional boxes with actual copies and online stores shipped all the pre-orders to gamers who have been eagerly waiting many years for the next version of the cult-type game series which is Doom.
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After playing single player Doom 3 for only an hour I was automatically compelled to figure out exactly how to benchmark the game on my hardware - and I am tipping most people reading TweakTown would have felt the same way. I was genuinely interested in benchmarking all of the latest graphics cards we have in our labs from our generous suppliers. In this line of work, when you are benchmarking or seeing products being benchmarked almost 7 days a week for years on end, it can become difficult to appreciate the process.
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Signs of clinical depression can be mistaken for advancing HIV disease.
Over half of all people with HIV are likely to end up with clinical depression.
Women (HIV+ or HIV-) are twice as likely to suffer from depression as men.
Clinical depression is one of the leading causes of non-adherence to HIV medications.
For years, we have been focusing on physical health in HIV. But mental health is a key factor in quality of life, and in survival itself. Depression can kill you -- or make you wish you were dead.
Having the Blues
Clinical depression doesn't mean "having the blues" for a day or two and then feeling better. Clinical depression causes real changes in your body chemistry and in your brain. Depression can last weeks or months at a time, or even years if it is not treated.
Why is depression such a problem for women living with HIV? People with HIV are more vulnerable to depression; so are women. Certain HIV medications can contribute to mood changes or depression, particularly protease inhibitors and efavirenz (Sustiva). If you're low on certain vitamins, such as B-12, or certain hormones, such as testosterone (yes, women need testosterone, too!), you will end up with depression.
Warning Signs
When you're positive, it's normal to blame any changes in your body on HIV. If you're tired all the time, if you have no energy or motivation, if you've lost interest in sex, if you're having insomnia, if you have no appetite, it's easy to think that it's due to HIV. But these can also be signs of clinical depression.
What are other warning signs of depression? Look for the following: loss of interest or pleasure in activities. Irritability or losing your temper easily. Social withdrawal, especially when you're screening your calls or avoiding friends and family. Crying a lot or feeling like you want to cry but can't anymore. Depression can even cause concentration and memory problems that can be mistaken for dementia.
|"Mental health is a key factor in quality of life, and in survival itself. Depression can kill you -- or make you wish you were dead."
The bad news about depression is how bad it makes you feel. Depression makes you feel bad about yourself and your environment, as well as hopeless about the future. The good news about depression is that it usually responds to treatment. Possible treatments include psychotherapy, Western medications, and alternative treatments.
Remember that nutrition is important no matter what other options you choose. In particular, when you're HIV+, you may need extra B-12. This is often not absorbed well into the stomach, so look for injections, sublingual (under the tongue), or oral sprays. Exercise is very effective in treating depression, too. And don't forget about sunlight! The worst thing you can do when you're depressed is stay inside all day long, especially for days at a time. Get out and walk around outside for ten minutes, even if you haven't had a shower and you just throw on some grubby clothes to do it.
The best herbal treatment known for depression is St. John's Wort. However, there are some brands that have no active ingredients. If you decide to try this, look for hypericum at 0.3% and hyperforin at 6%; try 300 milligrams three times a day.
Not all Western antidepressants are the same. Be careful if you are taking ritonavir (Norvir), which interacts with many antidepressants! Also, the tricyclic antidepressants (such as amitriptyline/Elavil, desipramine/Norpramin, imipramine/Tofranil, nortriptyline/Pamelor) can have interactions with HIV medications as well as numerous side effects. Many HIV specialists prefer a class of medications called SSRIs (serotonin specific re-uptake inhibitors). SSRIs such as Paxil, Zoloft, and Celexa are widely used in the treatment of depression in HIV, as is an "atypical" antidepressant known as Serzone.
Of course, it's a pain to think about taking one or two more pills a day. But in many cases, they can make a huge difference in quality of life. Best of all, you don't necessarily have to stay on them.
The Key
Psychotherapy is very effective in treating depression. If you live in an urban area check for therapists who specialize in working with people with HIV, your local AIDS Service Organization may be able to help you. If you have to work with a therapist who is not HIV savvy, insist that she/he does the homework to find out more about the issues people with HIV have to deal with. If you live in a rural area or don't have much access to care, try to do as much as you can on your own and if possible attend some of the HIV conferences aimed at women; frequently scholarships are available for women who are HIV+.
The key when you're depressed is the same as the key when you're HIV+: educate yourself and take action to get the treatments you need!


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Critical Thinking: How Can Publishers Improve Newsroom Morale?
By: Nu Yang
Q: In today's depressed economy, how can publishers improve morale in the workplace and keep staff motivated and happy?
Yasmeen Abutaleb, 20, junior, University of Maryland (College Park, Md.)
Abutaleb is a journalism and microbiology major as well as editor-in-chief of The Diamondback, the university's award-winning independent student daily newspaper. She also served as a business reporting intern for USA Today this past summer.
A: When I filled out my college applications three years ago, I wrote that I wanted to go to medical school, but all of that quickly changed when I began writing for The Diamondback, the University of Maryland's independent student newspaper. I was hooked. Journalism was my passion, and I was going to pursue that career no matter what it took.
It may not be the highest paying field, but no journalist goes into this because of a fat paycheck. It may sound cliché, but that's because it's true: Becoming a journalist is about seeking the truth and working toward informing the public, even at the risk of upsetting some. And in a world where everything seems to be driven by generating as much revenue as possible, the seeking-truth mentality seems to get lost.
As college students, we have hundreds of job possibilities, but it essentially boils down to two options: We can pick a career we're passionate about that may not provide us with tons of spending money, or we can pursue something that will almost guarantee us a solid paycheck. Anyone pursuing a career in the writing or publishing industry almost certainly picked the first option. Working in today's economy is no simple task. We're constantly in a state of panic, it seems, and there's always impending doom.
It's easy for publishers to get caught up in how to simply stay afloat. While it's certainly important, staff members need to remember why they wanted to enter the industry in the first place: because of the adrenaline behind every story and the assurance that their work is meaningful.
Maybe publishers can't afford to give their staff members bonuses or other expensive perks as an incentive to continue working hard. But if employers truly hired the right people, striving to accomplish the ultimate goal of any publishing business — working to inform the public, increasing transparency, and holding people accountable — should be enough.
Laura Hollingsworth, 45, president and publisher of Des Moines Register Media
Hollingsworth is president and publisher of Des Moines Register Media and Midwest group president for Gannett's U.S. Community Publishing Division, overseeing 22 media markets in seven states.
A: Our business challenges today require top talent. Publishers must purposely strategize to improve the employee experience to be competitive employers. Here are seven steps I've taken to not only maintain morale, but to grow it:
1) Be visible: I frequently roam the building, engaging employees in all departments. This isn't just one-minute manager stuff; it's my opportunity to offer feedback on issues and send a signal that I am attuned to the challenges and opportunities our employees face.
2) Be communicative: It's an everyday commitment — from personal visits to emails, town halls, newsletters, phone calls. My staff must know that I'm engaged and paying attention to their efforts. I work to keep employees plugged in with strategic moves we're making, as well as to share successes within our organization.
3) Celebrate successes: Sometimes, it's as simple as a Starbucks card and a note. Bigger successes deserve bigger rewards. Employees must know their hard work gets recognized and that we reward great efforts. It inspires them to continue to do big things for our customers and readers.
4) Be inclusive: Publishers don't have all the right answers or solutions to every issue. I often lean on the great critical thinking skills of my staff to tackle complex challenges. Employee-led think groups can offer creative solutions, and their buy-in guarantees greater success.
5) Demonstrate long-term vision and commitment to change and growth: I take every opportunity to do so. Many in our business still don't see our future, and it's my job to help them see it, believe in it. Providing and communicating an exciting vision is an imperative to morale and satisfaction.
6) Rethink work styles: Workplaces are changing drastically, and the way in which work gets done most productively is changing, too. Solicit and utilize employee ideas for better ways to do things, including mobile work options and flexible scheduling.
7) Have some fun: We all enjoy a little downtime — from an employee picnic to providing opportunities for employees to volunteer together. Have a running calendar of "fun" events, big or small.
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- data Shell = Shell
- shellPrompt :: XPConfig -> X ()
- prompt :: FilePath -> XPConfig -> X ()
- safePrompt :: FilePath -> XPConfig -> X ()
- unsafePrompt :: FilePath -> XPConfig -> X ()
- getCommands :: IO [String]
- getBrowser :: IO String
- getEditor :: IO String
- getShellCompl :: [String] -> String -> IO [String]
- split :: Eq a => a -> [a] -> [[a]]
- In your
import XMonad.Prompt import XMonad.Prompt.Shell
- In your keybindings add something like:
, ((modm .|. controlMask, xK_x), shellPrompt defaultXPConfig)
For detailed instruction on editing the key binding see XMonad.Doc.Extending.
shellPrompt :: XPConfig -> X ()Source
Variations on shellPrompt
See safe and unsafeSpawn in XMonad.Util.Run. prompt is an alias for safePrompt; safePrompt and unsafePrompt work on the same principles, but will use XPrompt to interactively query the user for input; the appearance is set by passing an XPConfig as the second argument. The first argument is the program to be run with the interactive input. You would use these like this:
, ((modm, xK_b), safePrompt "firefox" greenXPConfig) , ((modm .|. shiftMask, xK_c), prompt ("xterm" ++ " -e") greenXPConfig)
Note that you want to use safePrompt for Firefox input, as Firefox
wants URLs, and unsafePrompt for the XTerm example because this allows
you to easily start a terminal executing an arbitrary command, like
safePrompt :: FilePath -> XPConfig -> X ()Source
unsafePrompt :: FilePath -> XPConfig -> X ()Source
Utility functions
getCommands :: IO [String]Source
Ask the shell what browser the user likes. If the user hasn't defined any
$BROWSER, defaults to returning "firefox", since that seems to be the most
common X web browser.
Note that if you don't specify a GUI browser but a textual one, that'll be a problem
getBrowser will be called by functions expecting to be able to just execute the string
or pass it to a shell; so in that case, define $BROWSER as something like "xterm -e elinks"
or as the name of a shell script doing much the same thing.
getBrowser, but should be of a text editor. This gets the $EDITOR variable, defaulting to "emacs".


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If you blog and call yourself a blogger then you probably have a pretty full RSS reader. Mine has been added to considerably over the years. Well I signed into my Google reader account today and I realised that there is a lot of blogs that either I don't read anymore or that the blog itself has made its way to blogger heaven and is no longer being published too. So as we approach the end of the year I am going to clean up this list, mainly to make it more readable and also to allow me to add new blogs, that maybe I have not yet read to my reader in 2013.
If a blog hasn't published a post in the last 3 months I'm going to unsubscribe. If I also have more than say 10 unread posts then I'm probably not reading them either so they will be culled too. I'll backup my list before I unsubscribe so they can be quickly added back if I miss them too much.
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DubWarrior wrote:Personally I think one can not judge about a man in a 1v1 game. If you want a nice 1v1 map you should make one with this specific purpose. The +3 is working fine in all games I've done and seen. BUT!
I can agree with you on a +4 for Arras, because you will also face this problem (a player taking too much control too fast due to his +2) not only in a 1v1 but also in an Assassin or terminator game.
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Arras +4
and Brugge +3
how about this?
ben79 wrote:still think it's a stupid idea to have 3 neutrals instead of 4 and even 5, you guys should play the map then you aswell will think it's pretty stupid to have only 3 neutrals, you'll find that out as soon as you play the map
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Karen Moss' 'Off-Kilter' opens WSRC's 2013 schedule
New works by Boston artist tackle society's ills with humor and fantasy
The Women's Studies Research Center kicks off its 2013 schedule with 'Off-Kiltera seductive and provocative exhibition of new mixed-media works by Boston artist Karen Moss on Jan. 22 at the Kniznick Gallery in the Women's Studies Research Center and will run through March 22.
Not afraid of social commentary, Moss explores the roots of society's problems using pop culture imagery, imaginative drawing and text, among other tools, which she employs with great dexterity and humor. Her inspirations often come from news items on eating disorders, youth violence, homelessness, consumerism and environmental devastation.
The work also questions traditional gender roles, depicting Barbie-like figures along with animals in high-fashion clothing pushing baby strollers carrying hybrid offspring through decimated landscapes. Nothing seems as it should; everything is tipped on its head. Using materials from camouflage fabric to tulle and techniques from ink drawing to collage, Moss's experimental works critique the course we are on as a society and place us at the threshold of something either magnificent or devastating.
Karen Moss received a BFA in painting from the Rhode Island School of Design and an MFA from the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. For over 25 years, Moss taught drawing and painting in Massachusetts public schools, private schools, colleges and universities, including Wheelock College, Massachusetts College of Art and Design, the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, and Harvard University. Her work has been exhibited throughout the United States and is included in numerous public and private collections, including the Graham Gund Collection, deCordova Museum and Sculpture Park, Boston Public Library, Vassar College Art Gallery, Rose Art Museum, and the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.
An artist reception will take place on Jan. 24 from 5-7:30 p.m.
The Women's Studies Research Center (WSRC) is a place where research, art and activism converge. Bringing together scholars, students and artists, the WSRC is a community that thrives on the sharing of knowledge and ideas. The WSRC is home to the Kniznick Gallery, which is committed to feminist exhibitions of artistic excellence that reflect the activities of the Women's Studies Research Center Scholars and engage communities within and beyond Brandeis University.
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Many people who have studied eschatology know that many ancient Jews expected the coming of the Messiah to be preceded by a period of eschatological tribulation. And many also may be familiar with the fact that the messianic tribulation is frequently referred to by the Rabbis as "the birth pangs of the Messiah"—an expression which appears in both the Talmud and the Gospels (b. Sanh. 98b; Mark 13:3-8). But what many people are not familiar with is that the Rabbis had another expression—a very ancient expression—for referring to the time of tribulation. The Rabbis also spoke of "the footsteps (or footprints) of the Messiah". We find an ancient reference to this in the Mishnah, which reads:
With the footprints of the Messiah presumption shall increase and dearth reach its height… the wisdom of the Scribes shall become insipid and they that shun sin shall be deemed contemptible, and truth shall nowhere be found. Children shall shame the elders, and the elders shall rise up before the children, for "the son dishonors the father, the daughter rises up against her mother, the daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law: a man's enemies are the men of his own house." The face of this generation is as the face of a dog… (Mishnah Sotah 9:15, citing Micah 7:6).
The signs which herald the coming of the Messiah at the end of the time of exile. (Danby, The Mishnah, 306 n. 9)
Do not think that I have come to bring peace on earth; I have not come to bring peace, but a sword. For I have come to set a man against his father, and a daughter against her mother, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law; and a man's foes will be those of his own household. (Matt 10:34-36; cf. Lk 12:51-53)
So far, so good. This should be old hat for some of you out there. But what I learned this morning, which I had never known, was this: Not only do the Rabbis refer to the Messianic Tribulation as "the footsteps of the Messiah," but they derive this expression from the sufferings of David described in Psalm 89! Consider the following texts, one from the Midrash Rabbah and the other from the Babylonian Talmud, which speak of the tribulation as accompanying the coming of the Davidic Messiah:
Rabbi Jannai said: If you see one generation after another cursing and blaspheming, look out for the coming of the Messiah, as it says, "Wherewith thine enemies have taunted O Lord, wherewith thine enemies have taunted the footsteps of thine anointed" (Midrash on Song of Songs 2:13, citing Ps 89:52 [trans. M. Simon, p. 127]
Our Rabbis taught: "In the seven year cycle at the end of which the son of David will come… the arrows of hunger will be sent forth; in the third, a great famine, in the course of which men, women, and children, pious men and saints will die, and the Torah will be forgotten by its students; in the fourth, partial plenty; in the fifth, great plenty, when men will eat, drink, and rejoice, and the Torah will return to its disciples; in the sixth, sounds; in the seventh, wars; and at the conclusion of the septennate the son of David will come… Wherewith thine enemies have reproached, O Lord; wherewith they have reproached the footsteps of thine anointed [Ps 89:52]. It has been taught, Rabbi Judah said: In the generation when the son of David comes, the house of assembly will be for harlots, Galilee in ruins, Gablan lie desolate… the wisdom of scribes in disfavour, God-fearing men despised, people be dog-faced, and truth entirely lacking. (b. Sanhedrin 97a; trans. I. Epstein)
Thou has renounced the covenant with thy servant;I won't say anything about the prominence of the "servant" imagery; Michael's already covered that in his awesome post below.
Thou hast defiled his crown in the dust…
Lord, where is thy steadfast love of old,
Which by thy faithfulness thou didst swear to David?
Remember, O Lord, how thy servant is scorned;
How I bear in my bosom the insults of the peoples,
with which thy enemies taunt O LORD, with which they mock
the the footsteps of thy messiah. (Ps 89:39, 49-51)


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Dialect Coaching
Chema Bazan
Chema Bazan is a well known voice over talent, artistic director and producer with 25 years+ experience in the media. He is in charge of multinational productions in the UK, France, Germany, USA and Spain.
His voice range is categorized as young adult - adult, and he also sings as a tenor / baritone.
Chema Bazan is also a prominent dubbing actor and has appeared in multiple documentaries and series in the Spanish television. His voice is also well known in the field of Spanish as a foreign language, as he has appeared in hundreds of textbooks all over the world as 'the voice of Spain'.
He works also as dialogue coach in movies, artistic director for actors of all ages, consultant for animation, etc., to the delight of his many international clients. As he is also an active user of the standard tools of the industry for audio, video and multimedia*, he can always offer good advice in front and behind of the camera or the microphone.
Chema Bazan is a voice coach as well, and has taught hundreds of students about diction, good pronunciation and voice building skills. Currently he offers seminars in Spain, the UK and USA, and also online.
His knowledge of the Spanish language is top-notch at many levels: He holds a degree in Translation and Interpreting in English and German, and is currently working on his PhD in Audiovisual Translation. His attention to detail and managerial skills make him the perfect match for any audiovisual production.
Chema Bazan is always on the move between Madrid, London, New York, Los Angeles, Minneapolis, Cologne, Heidelberg, Paris, Alicante... So get in touch with him right away for your next production!


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Alexander Archipenko
American (born in Ukraine), 1887–1964
Boxers (The Fight), 1914
59.5 x 41.9 x 41.2 cm
Collection of the Winnipeg Art Gallery; Acquired with funds from the Alpha Omega Women's Alumnae, the Ukrainian Community of Winnipeg and The Winnipeg Foundation
Alexander Archipenko was one of the most innovative and independent European sculptors of the early twentieth century. Born in Kiev in present-day Ukraine, he studied at the Kiev Art School before moving to Paris where he joined other émigré Russian artists. He became associated with the avant-garde in the city, experimenting with a variety of styles and techniques including Cubism and Expressionism. Boxers, produced in 1914, demonstrates how Archipenko had begun to radically pare down his figures into geometric forms and hollowed-out spaces to create connections between solid and void. Here, the two fighters—represented by dynamic, interlocking planes and angles—are pierced with open cavities revealing the physical tension between the sculpted and negative spaces. At this stage in his work, Archipenko was interested in and inspired by the primitive and highly expressive forms of African carvings.
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zcommands: Read gzip Compressed Text Files On a Flylast updated in Categories Linux, Tip of the day, UNIX
Linux and Unix like operating systems comes with z* commands. These commands allow you to read gzip compressed text files using zless, zcat, zmore and friends commands. The gzip command reduces the size of the files using Lempel-Ziv coding (LZ77). Whenever possible, each file is replaced by one with the extension .gz, while keeping the same ownership modes, access and modification times. z* commands has some cool usage too; such as display the current time in different zonename.


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The Innovation Center for U.S. Dairy released its 2013 U.S. Dairy Sustainability Report this morning, showing gradual but continual improvement in identifying energy savings and reducing greenhouse gas emissions. You can read the full report here.
For example, DMI worked with dairy producers to complete another 188 dairy farm energy audits last year. The total number of completed audits is 667 since the program was started in 2011. Since that time, the audits have identified 55,500 million btus in potential energy savings on these farms and the potential to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 11,500 million metric tons of CO2 equivalent.
In addition, 12 more methane digesters have gone into operation on U.S. dairy farms, bringing the total number of digesters on farms to nearly 200. Since 2011, the digesters have generated more than 7.6 million btus of renewable energy and have reduced GHG emissions by 4.7 million metric tons. That's the equivalent of taking nearly one million cars off the road.
While GHG emissions from dairy farms represent only 2% of the nation's total, the dairy industry has committed to reducing even that amount by 25% by 2020. The entire DMI news release follows:
Rosemont, Ill. — The Innovation Center for U.S Dairy®, established under the leadership of dairy farmers, today announced the publication of the 2013 U.S. Dairy Sustainability Report. In the report, the Innovation Center outlines its progress to measure, communicate and improve the social, environmental and economic performance of the dairy industry. This progress has helped strengthen dairy's role in a sustainable food system.
"Together, we can meet the challenge to provide nourishing dairy foods and beverages to a growing population while facing a changing climate and finite natural resources," said Tom Gallagher, CEO of the Innovation Center and Dairy Management Inc.™, the nonprofit organization that manages the dairy checkoff. "We are building partnerships, sharing knowledge and taking collective action to develop innovative, sustainable solutions that will help us meet this challenge efficiently and responsibly."
Since the Innovation Center's inception in 2007, steps the industry has taken include:
• Completing a series of comprehensive life cycle assessments to understand the environmental impacts of dairy products from farm to table
• Piloting a set of science-based Smart Tools to help the industry measure, manage and improve on those impacts
• Developing the Stewardship and Sustainability Guide for U.S. Dairy to provide a voluntary framework for tracking and communicating the industry's continuous improvement
A focus on food waste
Forty percent of all food produced in the U.S. is never eaten. Meanwhile, 49 million Americans are food-insecure. A 21st century sustainable food system must not only increase production with limited resources, but also address food waste and inefficiencies. The U.S. dairy industry is focused on developing partnerships that enable a cycle of feeding people first, then feeding animals and finally returning the nutrients to the land that grows our food.
Delivering a range of healthy choices
Through individual and collaborative efforts with the Innovation Center, National Dairy Council® and Dairy Management Inc., dairy food companies, retailers and brands invest significant resources in nutrition research and product innovations that meet the needs of consumers. Through new product development and reformulation of existing products, dairy foods and beverages can meet a range of tastes and nutrition and health needs, as well as address other factors such as price and convenience.
Wholesome milk starts with a cow's healthy diet
To keep cows healthy and productive, dairy farmers work with animal nutritionists to combine ingredients that meet the nutritional requirements of their cows. Thirty-five percent of a cow's feed is grown on the dairy farm, and the rest is usually sourced from local farmers and businesses. In addition, after producing food and beverages (such as orange juice) and material (such as cotton) for people, many companies pass along to dairy farmers the leftover, unused plant parts for use as nutritious feed for cows.
Healthy people, healthy products, healthy planet
Efficiency will be critical for increasing the world's food production by an estimated 70 percent to feed a projected global population of 9.6 billion people by 2050. At the same time, responsibility is critical for assuring customers and consumers that the dairy foods and beverages they enjoy are nutritious, safe and environmentally sustainable.
Through the Innovation Center, the dairy industry is committed to action so that together, we can provide consumers with the nutritious dairy products they want, in a way that makes the industry, people and the earth economically, environmentally and socially better — now and for future generations.
Innovation Center for U.S. Dairy® is a forum for the dairy industry to work together pre-competitively to address barriers and opportunities to foster innovation and increase sales. The Innovation Center aligns the collective resources of the industry against common priorities to offer consumers nutritious dairy products and ingredients, and promote the health of people, communities, the planet and the industry. The Board of Directors for the Innovation Center includes dairy industry leaders representing key producer organizations, dairy cooperatives, processors, manufacturers and brands. The Innovation Center is staffed by Dairy Management Inc™. Visit USDairy.com for more information about the Innovation Center for U.S. Dairy
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November 2007 Update: Multi-campus RFPs due on Nov 30th
Highlights from current project web logs
October 2007 Call for Nominations for Multi-campus collaborations (PDF 160k)
The RFP seeks collaborations around high impact courses
October 2007 Update: Reducing Instructional Costs (PDF 144k) Summary of summer workshop participants' views and conclusions on reducing instructional costs.
September 2007 Update: Enhancing Learning Outcomes (PDF 176k) Summary of the summer workshop participants' discussions on learning outcomes.
July-August 2007 Update: Summer Events (PDF 152k) Short summaries of summer events.
May 2007 Update: 2007 RFP Awards (PDF 160k) Summarizes award recipients, award amounts, and project types.
April 2007 Update: Questions & Answers on 2007 RFP (PDF 168k) Includes TCD Index, Events and Projects open to collaboration, Website for RFP Q&A and RFP evaluation panel.
March 2007: Request for Proposal Complete RFP
March 2007: Program Overview (PDF 164k) Complete Program Overview
Seventeen CSU institutions are collaborating on two multi-campus initiatives in Transforming Course Design. Provosts nominated target 'high enrolment, low success' courses in Fall 07, and a short list prepared by the state-wide Academic Technology Advisory Committee was then circulated to all institutions for input on priorities. The two Design teams will engage in cooperative redesign of new course structures, activities and resources which will be available for incorporation into campus courses. They are supported by Review Teams who can provide evaluations and recommendations to insure that the work products delivered in June 2008 are fully informed by the needs and contexts across the CSU. More


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"To The Stars Through Difficulty"
If you can imagine it as your motto for this game and you are
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Looking for active players who can put some fire to the guild forum.
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Please Note: Only athletes who have created an Athlete Profile, are correctly affiliated with their club AND have opted into IRONMAN email communication will receive exclusive TriClub benefits, including priority race registration.
You may have friends and fellow club members that have not yet created a profile or affiliated with their club. Don't miss out on these valuable TriClub Program benefits! Get the word out to your teammates to get their profiles lined up.
A couple of links to help you get the word out:
Benefits for 2019:
Early Entry
For newly announced events and select events, TriClub members get the exclusive benefit of registering before general registration. With this, TriClubs have the chance to get all members in one race at the same time. Check your emails from IRONMAN TriClub Program regularly so you don't miss your chance!
Grow your club
The IRONMAN TriClub program can help build your membership. Once you're an official IRONMAN club you can use the TriClub logo on your club website and collect digital awards that can help promote your TriClub's legitimacy as one of the best!
Race Day Competition
At select events, the top 5 winning TriClubs with the most AGR points (top 5 affiliated athlete AGR points) will be awarded a TriClub Podium Trophy and a digital award. Excluding IRONMAN World Championship and IRONMAN 70.3 World Championship.
Championship Event
Keep your athletes motivated in their team training throughout the year by registering to race in the IRONMAN 70.3 Latin American TriClub Championship. Take a chance at snagging the champion crown proving that your club is the fastest IRONMAN TriClub in your region!
Global Ranking
The IRONMAN TriClub Program Global Rankings system provides TriClubs a way to measure their race performance against other TriClubs enrolled in the program globally. TriClub points are calculated using IRONMAN's age group ranking system. Any time an athlete races for their club at either an IRONMAN or IRONMAN 70.3 they generate age group ranking points for their TriClub.
On Course Hospitality
Select events will host a specifically designated TriClub Village area. The TriClub Village provides your Club with the opportunity to get right amongst the action on race day and creates a great meeting area for all your members.
Online Community
The TriClub Connect Facebook group as a great way to connect club members, share training tips, and receive the latest information on the IRONMAN TriClub Program. Connect with clubs in your region today!
TriClub Newsletter
We will keep you updated monthly on upcoming races, stories about clubs in your region or globally, great triclub discounts and information from our current IRONMAN partners, new benefits, and the current position of your club in the global online Ranking. Subscribe now.
Priority Bike Racks
At select events, the top five clubs with the highest number of registered members will receive priority bike rack. Members must be affiliated and registered 45 days out to event date. Excluding IRONMAN World Championship and IRONMAN 70.3 World Championship.


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Atex to Showcase Complete OneView Product Suite at IFRA Expo 2012
By: Press Release | Atex
At next week's WAN-IFRA Expo 2012 in Frankfurt, Germany, Atex will demonstrate its complete OneView product suite, which enables media companies to manage all Content, Advertising and Audience assets from a unified, browser-based framework.
With OneView and Atex's flagship Web CMS architecture, the leading software company helps publishers deliver the latest news and relevant advertising content across print, online, mobile, tablet and broadcast channels quickly and efficiently.
Atex works with media companies worldwide to make the transition to 'Digital First, Audience First' business models, thereby opening up new revenue opportunities. Atex products help engage and attract advertisers by delivering ads across multiple channels, with real-time access to print and digital inventory, and targeted delivery of contextually relevant and personalised content to buying audiences.
Atex will be showing how its market-leading Content, Advertising and Audience Management offerings are unified under the OneView architecture. The presentations will highlight the integrated Atex Content and Commercial portfolio, enabling media companies to gain a single view of content and a single view of customers across all print and digital brands.
IFRA Expo 2012 will be held at Messe Frankfurt, Ludwig-Erhard-Anlage 1, 60327 Frankfurt, from 29 – 31 October, 2012. Atex will be located in Hall 8, Stand 161.
For more information, please visit www.atex.com.