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- Welcome!
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- animals ~ be a guardian not an owner
- animals and the catholic church
- Bill & Lou
- forgotten lessons of human-animal system
- Scientists declare: nonhuman animals are conscious ~ Cambridge Declaration on Consciousness from July 7, 2011
- Gandhi was vegetarian, whether you like it or not
- selective compassion >
- let compassion be your guide
- Vegan: more than a diet, more than a lifestyle
- animals' natural rights>
- universal declaration of animal rights
- ACTIONS by Occupy for Animals
- Our petitions to the EU (European Union)
- Europe's homeless animals>
- Europe's homeless animals - campaign
- EU, when do you think it is time to act?
- Tom Animalpastor in Brussels ~ Quo Vadis Europa?
- EU: make spaying and neutering compulsory!
- European tourist countries ~ the ugly truth
- Italy ~ the Mafia involved in shelter activities
- Sofia ~ Corruption and shady practices hinder the management of stray animals population
- Turkey intends to kill all stray animals
- the EU on animal welfare>
- The European Institutions and the power of inaction
- We demand that the EU create a Directorate-General for Animal Welfare
- The spotlights have been switched on and they are shining brightly into the bedrooms of the EU and our EU-Sleeping Beauty has already opened her eyes. But when will she get up, at last?
- On the press conference given on 12th of February, 2014 by MEP Andrea Zanoni and MEP Janusz WOJCIECHOWSKI regarding their visits in Romania and the mistreatment of Romanian dogs
- Our observations to IREC's 'Right to Reply' from 7th of March, 2014 concerning the article called 'Neglect of Stray Dogs - MEPs Deliver Damning Indictment of Romania's Mismanagement' published by Dr Rita Pal on Huffington Post
- animal cloning for food production in the EU
- EU Animal Health Law
- Cosmetics: the final ban will come into force in March 2013 and no cosmetic products or ingredients will be allowed to be sold in the EU if tested on animals
- REACH ~ we have until 2018 to save up to 54 million animals from being poisoned and killed
- John Dalli denis his commitments regarding animal transports made publicly on June 7, 2012 after one week!
- MEPs demand an end to hotch-potch laws, with EU-wide measures to protect all animals
- MEP Tiziano Motti: "Europe should apply non-bloody solutions for strays" (Press Release)
- New EU-strategy fails to highlight benefits of animal welfare for animals and people
- Proposed animal tests for GM food and feed ignore science and are totally unnecessary
- Thousands of dogs and other animals spared cruel chemical tests in Europe
- European convention for the protection of pet animals
- written declaration on dog population management in the European Union
- News from Eurogroup for Animals>
- Tom Animalpastor will be at St Peter's Square on 4th of October 2013
- this & that>
- ACTA: The new threat to the net
- Stop PIPA & SOPA
- a message received and our answer concerning the 'traditional funeral ceremony' in Sumba Island, Indonesia
- Is there Racism in the Animal Rights movement?
- 80-year-old lady faces charges for feeding birds
- For the producers and management of 7 stars TV
- Who the heck is Rick Berman?
- famous activists>
- inspirational stories...>
- Act as if what you do makes a difference
- "Animals are our friends, not our food," says Lo Hung-hsien (駱鴻賢), a former pork raiser
- Bella & Tara ~ real love and friendship knows no differences!
- Canelo ~ 12 years waiting for his friend
- Change comes with the children
- Gülümser, the miracle cat
- a homeless man, a dog, a cat... and a rat!
- Lucky's incredible fight for life
- Masrya's story
- Rats - the APOPO HeroRATS detect landmines and Tuberculosis
- The Witness
- The worlds' bravest mouse
- how children from Khalsa Montessori School in Arizona have helped dogs in Bosnia Herzegovina
- Masrya's story
- OFA's selection of newsletter written by Dr Carmen Arsene, FNPA
- Video project
- 269
- International Global Consciousness Day ~ November 25
- all connected
- do you want to become extinct?>
- Study predicts imminent irreversible planetary collapse
- Arctic oil drilling
- Climate change rate could be faster than thought, study suggests>
- the global water crisis>
- Dead oceans, dead planet>
- Earth's lung ~ deforestation and the construction of the Belo Monte dam are destroying the Amazon
- Earth tipping point study in Nature Journal predicts disturbing and unpredictable changes
- in the era of Ecocide...
- Fukushima ~ the fate of Japan and the whole world depends on reactor No.4
- Oil sands, tar sands or, more technically, bituminous sands, are a GLOBAL threat
- UN urges global move to meat and dairy-free diet
- UN issues 'final wake-up call' on population and environment
- meat, the truth>
- are humans designed to eat meat?
- human starvation
- killing fields ~ the battle to feed factory farms
- Raising Resistance explores Latin American farmers' struggle against the expanding production of genetically modified soy in South America
- meat consumption and the destruction of our planet>
- meat demand and deforestation
- meat production and water shortage>
- meat is murder? more like suicide!>
- factory farms>
- making the connection
- dangerous food>
- the Monsanto Monster>
- Study reveals that "safe" levels of Monsanto's GM corn and the chemical herbicide Roundup (glyphosate) are directly linked to causing cancerous tumors
- How GMO foods alter organ function and pose a very real health threat to humans
- Monsanto & The Genetic Conspiracy
- Huge victory against GMOs as Monsanto driven out of the UK by consumer protests
- animal cloning for food production in the EU
- A quarter of all burgers tainted with drug-resistant bacteria
- FDA admits chicken meat contains cancer-causing arsenic
- Food Inc.
- MRSA found in British milk: Superbug strain can cause serious infections in humans and is resistant to antibiotics
- pesticide in agriculture ~ the slow poisoning of India
- GMO pig development gets $500,000 from USDA
- Enviropig - mouse and e coli genes injected into a Yorkshire pig embryo
- Rendering... the grotesque and disrespectful way we continue to exploit animals, objectify them and commodify them even in death
- You and your cat and Mad Cow Disease
- the Monsanto Monster>
- organic ~ the green revolution
- palm oil
- hurt an animal, hurt a child!>
- Mexico's historic Oil Reform could plunge the country in even more poverty and misery, and protected natural areas would lose that status
- articles of interest>
- The Benefits of Being Kind
- Europe watches as a nation's psychological health erodes on a hitherto unimaginable scale
- do you want to become extinct?>
- fashion
- alpaca
- angora
- cashmere
- down
- fur ~ general>
- fur ~ fur farms
- fur ~ fur traders & manufacturers
- fur ~ Karakul lambs don't live older than three days
- fur ~ fur is NOT green
- fur ~ fur free
- ban fur farms in the European Union
- ban fur farms in Sweden
- Kopenhagen Fur partnerships with Tivoli - Boycott them both!
- black bears – the source of fur for Britain's Royal Guards' caps
- seal hunt in Canada
- seal slaughter in Namibia>
- leather ~ general>
- shahtoosh
- shearling
- silk
- vicuña
- wool
- food
- ALL about meat (including petition)
- animal kill counter>
- from farm to fridge>
- factory farms - definition
- factory farming
- livestock auctions
- transportation>
- Australia ~ shocking new evidence of live export breaches>
- John Dalli denies his commitments regarding animal transports made publicly on June 7, 2012 after one week!
- Truck with 31 bulls stranded at the Bulgaria/Turkey border
- EU: report on animal transport successfully adopted in plenary
- Jill Phipps - tribute to a heroine
- Killing for a living
- slaughter
- Ritual slaughter for halal and kosher meat - all you need to know>
- Ban religious slaughter throughout Europe>
- The last moments of their life ~ an investigation by Elige Veganismo
- Rendering... the grotesque and disrespectful way we continue to exploit animals, objectify them and commodify them even in death
- You and your cat and Mad Cow Disease
- bushmeat
- cattle and cows>
- dog meat>
- Dog meat trade in Bali
- dog meat trade in China
- Thousands of dogs massacred for instant noodles in Jilin Province, China
- Yulin Dog Meat Festival in China
- the truth about 'pressed dog' actually known as 'waxed meat' in Mandarin
- dog meat consumption in Nigeria
- dog meat trade in South Korea
- Dog meat trafficking
- elephant meat
- fish>
- goat milk
- horse >
- Kopi luwak or civet coffee
- lambs & sheep >
- live sushi
- pigs>
- pig business>
- Canada: Pig abuse exposed at pork supplier to major Canadian grocery stores
- Canada - about 1,300 weanlings were shot dead at Manitoba hog farm
- Thousands of dead pigs found in Shanghai river, China
- Shocking brutality at East Anglian Pig Co. revealed by Animal Equality
- Pigs brutally stabbed with swords on Spanish pig farm to supply leading UK Supermarket Morrisons
- Shocking cruelty inside Harling Farm (AJ Edwards & son) UK>
- Sickening scenes at Freedom Food Pig Farm
- Walmart's pork supplier exposed
- pig business>
- poultry>
- reindeer
- green turtles are considered a delicacy in Bali and are being smuggled and slaughtered under the disguise of ritual and religious purposes
- Killing for a living
- animals should be off the menu!
- The Emotional World of Farm Animals ~ a documentary
- articles of interest>
- Will the amendment to the Farm Bill introduced by Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa) nullify laws against animal cruelty?
- Ag Gag Bill dead in Florida
- Five states now have 'Ag-Gag' laws on the books
- California's slaughterhouse law overturned by Supreme Court
- Farmers on red alert over outbreaks of new livestock disease
- more about food...>
- animal cloning for food production in the EU
- bugs as food?
- grow your own food
- mad cow disease has hit the U.S. (April 25, 2012)
- meat is murder? more like suicide!
- going vegetarian has never been easier
- why meat is addictive?
- why are you addicted to cheese?
- Swedish agricultural authorities are recommending a tax to reduce meat consumption and say such a levy should be adopted across the European Union
- U.S. vegan population doubles in only two years
- 'Italian & Vegan' ~ vegan alternatives to Italian food
- fun
- greed
- Earth's lung ~ deforestation and the construction of the Belo Monte dam are destroying the Amazon
- 'Art' ~ animals killed/used in the name of 'art'>
- bear baiting>
- bear bile farming *
- breeding *>
- corruption>
- Prihvatilište KS Prača, commonly known as 'Praca', is a dog concentration camp in Sarajevo (B&H)
- Sofia ~ Corruption and shady practices hinder the management of stray animals population
- India ~ cow slaughter and the illegal cattle mafia
- Italy ~ the Mafia involved in shelter activities
- Romania - what you should know before visiting
- The Romanian 'extermination enterprise'
- Romania - THE GOOD, THE BAD, AND THE UGLY
- Romania ~ organized crime & stray dog business>
- the mayor of Botosani wants to send the city's stray dogs to Constanta, on a dubious 'pilot project'
- Romania ~ a country cries out for revenge after the tragic death of a four-year-old boy who had been attacked by dogs
- Oradea-dog-shelter, once Romania's privately funded pilot project par excellence, has become a living hell for the animals since the municipality has taken it over
- Timisoara - the municipality pays huge sums of taxpayer's money to Danyflor to care for the stray dogs, but they receive not even a drop of water in their shelter. So where does the money go?
- cock fighting *
- dog fighting>
- horse fighting *
- horse races in Italy
- Italian Mafia making millions from brutal horse races
- ivory trade>
- rhinoceros (Rhino) horn
- Romania's homeless animals... no-one ever wanted them. Except PROTAN!
- Romania ~ Roșia Montană, Europe's largest gold mine: a lot of gold, a lot of money and a lot of cyanide
- China reopens trade in tiger and leopard skins (2011)
- wildlife trafficking
- wombat Forest and its waters under threat of gold mining contamination
- labour
- research
- animal experimentation ~ hidden crimes>
- animal experimentation & vivisection>
- inside laboratories >
- AstraZeneca: please set the Beagles free!
- Donetsk Medical University, Ukraine ~ appalling living conditions and barbaric experiments conducted on dogs and other animals
- Europe's biggest vivarium in Azambuja, Portugal
- Green Hill, Montichiari, Italy
- Mansoura University ~ merciless killing of donkeys as a mean of education
- Animal testing and monkey business at Monash University, Australia
- Monkeys killed for being of the 'wrong size'
- University of Texas
- University of Wisconsin–Madison conducts horrific experiments on cats
- Wayne State University's Inhumane Dog Experiments: Queenie's Story
- animal cloning for food production in the EU
- animal experimentation - good science versus bad science
- 1,000 doctors (and many more) against vivisection
- animal experiments - safer medicines>
- Beagles are the dog breed most often used in animal testing, due to their size and passive nature
- Cosmetics: the final ban will come into force in March 2013 and no cosmetic products or ingredients will be allowed to be sold in the EU if tested on animals
- India, Government bans use of live animals for education and research
- Iran plans to send monkey into space
- Italy ~ 86% of Italians want to abolish vivisection >
- List of animal derived ingredients and additives
- Make vivisection history!
- NIH Decision signals the beginning of the end for medical research on chimps
- REACH ~ we have until 2018 to save up to 54 million animals from being poisoned and killed
- UK - Government opens laboratory gates to lost pets, protects secrecy, poisoning and electrocution
- Western beauty giants selling their brands to China's fast-growing middle classes are threatening to reverse years of progress in reducing animal testing
- sport
- society
- animal abuse>
- animal abusers - named & shamed!>
- Staff of the Faculty Of Veterinary Medicine Cairo University (FOVMCU) threw dogs off the third floor after experimenting on them
- Alabama, "Purple Hearted Puppies" charged in an extreme case of animal neglect and abuse
- Brazil, Camilla Corrêa Alves de Moura Araújo - a practicing nurse killed a little Yorkshire in front of her child
- Bulgaria ~ Lynch mob enters private property and beats defenseless crippled doggy while TV-reporters film the scene and the police does nothing
- Bulgaria, Raycho Ivanov, from Topolovo, tied his dog to the drawbar of his car and dragged him for many kilometers ~ 'Making The Link' initiator, Malcolm Plant, writes to the prosecutors
- Cyprus - stray puppy thrown into cardboard crushing machine on the orders of the manager of 'Anastasia Beach Hotel' in Protaras
- Derek Fierro, a CPS teacher charged with beating his dog to death
- Greece, priest shot dog for trespassing the convent yard in Patra
- Greece, a so-called shepherd systematically neglected his dog, brutally beat it and gouged out its eyes
- Greece, Salamina ~ a man shot in cold blood a stray for trespassing his garden
- Greece, a man of Albanian nationality tried to kill three dogs with a sledgehammer
- Animals being mistreated at the University of Guadalajara, Mexico
- UK, Robert Payne, ex-councillor for Keighley West, killed four kittens in barbaric attack
- three Vietnamese soldiers tortured and skinning alive before eviscerating and barbecuing two rare monkeys
- Bulgaria - Mrs Zinaida Zlatanova, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Justice, confirmed that the penalties for cruelties for animals will NOT be lessened
- cruelty to animals and connections (incl. petition to the EU)
- animal abuse - how to report
- never be silent!
- animal abusers - named & shamed!>
- animal crush videos
- bestiality zoophilia >
- baby bear torn away from her mother to be used as tourist attraction in Ukraine
- Egypt ~ when migrating birds collide with wind turbines
- British Government euthanizes 800 war dogs!
- Camel cull in Australia
- capitivity>
- Chernobyl - life in the dead zone
- China ~ live animal key-rings for sale on street markets
- companion animals ~ pets>
- black cat superstitions & black dog syndrome
- companion animal overpopulation
- So you're thinking about giving up your pet? You might want to reconsider!
- gas chambers>
- Helping Animals in Gaza
- portraits taken on the very day in which the animal depicted is about to be put down or mercifully killed
- Puppy mills (puppy farms) - prisoners for profit
- the economic benefits of no kill animal control
- a NO KILL NATION for just one day!
- We want justice for Buddy
- dogs ~ man's best friends>
- the sad of case of Lennox, the dog>
- July 11 ~ International Lennox Day
- Lennox ''humanely put to sleep' , Belfast City Council confirmed on July 11, 2012
- World declares war on Belfast!
- One last push of urgent e-mails needed for a Lennox miracle
- First Minister Peter Robinson has made a last-minute intervention to try and save the life of Lennox
- China, a new policy proclaimed in Harbin Province prohibits large dogs
- Denmark - 13 dog breeds are now banned, 12 more are lined up!
- The Riot Dog
- lost dogs
- the sad of case of Lennox, the dog>
- stray dogs - the anonymous>
- Bosnia & Herzegovina: on 3rd of October, 2013 the parliament will vote on whether to implement the "Romanian model" or not - if they, too, will kill all homeless dogs 2 weeks after capture
- Bosnia & Herzegovina: if the law from 2009 gets suspended, the killing of stray animals would resume!>
- Bulgaria, the stray dogs of Sofia are in eminent danger!>
- Egypt has organized intensive campaigns against stray animals. The animals are being poisoned with strychnine and/or shot dead with rifles
- EU, when do you think it is time to act?
- Humane dog population management guidance
- India ~ Send stray dogs to China, Mizoram or Nagaland, for "whatever they do to them"
- Italy ~ the Mafia involved in shelter activities
- The history of Romania's homeless dogs
- Romania - Laws regarding the management of stray dogs
- The Romanian 'extermination enterprise'
- The Eleventh Commandment of Romania: 'Thou Shalt Not Love!'
- The life of an animal rescuer>
- A Thousand Tears fall for Luana... a Life taken too soon!
- Romania tourism
- I am a citizen of Romania - Sunt un cetatean al Romaniei
- Romania - on the greatest animal genocide in European history, government initiated anarchy, violations of human rights and children rights
- Romania ~ a country cries out for revenge after the tragic death of a four-year-old boy who had been attacked by dogs
- Romania - Daciana Sarbu: 'A Head with Two Faces' - One face smiling at the death-bringers, the other face smiling at the protectors!
- MEP Daciana Sarbu, aka Daciana Ponta, makes an impressive election "pledge" to help animals
- on the press conference given on 12th of February, 2014 by MEP Andrea Zanoni and MEP Janusz WOJCIECHOWSKI regarding their visits in Romania and the mistreatment of Romanian dogs
- Our observations to IREC's 'Right to Reply' from 7th of March, 2014 concerning the article called 'Neglect of Stray Dogs - MEPs Deliver Damning Indictment of Romania's Mismanagement' published by Dr Rita Pal on Huffington Post
- Romania - ASPA raided a private shelter and the adjucent clinic of Vier Pfoten in Bucharest on 21st of March, 2014
- Romania - ASPA's illegal 'blacklist'
- Exposing ASPA - From Animal Protection to Animal Extermination
- Romania - FPAM takes legal actions against the Romanian government and ANVSA
- Romania – the nazification of social relations
- Romania – Our tacit approval of the evil will make us the evil's accomplices
- The invisible rape of Romania and psychology of violence
- The Romanian Extermination Enterprise
- The Romanian Extermination Enterprise - Who is going to pay the price?
- The Romanian Extermination Enterprise - Fueled by EU-taxpayers' money?
- Romania - PROTAN and where the Romanian stray dogs "go"
- Romania ~ organized crime & stray dog business
- Romania's public shelters - Come in, and die!
- the mayor of Botosani wants to send the city's stray dogs to Constanta, on a dubious 'pilot project'
- Romania - Craoiva lets the dogs to starve to death in the municipal shelter and wants to become a 'European Capital of Culture' .
- Romania - what really happened in Craiova during the night from 3rd to 4th of February, 2014.
- Romania - 'Dog Town' near Bucharest is the biggest animal shelter of its kind in Romania
- Oradea-dog-shelter, once Romania's privately funded pilot project par excellence, has become a living hell for the animals since the municipality has taken it over
- Timisoara - the municipality pays huge sums of taxpayer's money to Danyflor to care for the stray dogs, but they receive not even a drop of water in their shelter. So where does the money go?
- the mayor of Valcea considers killing all stray dogs after 7 days if not adopted
- Romania - the mayor of Drobeta-Turnu Severin, Gheorghe Constantin, will apply the 'Slaughter Law' and kill all 577 dogs that are currently in the public shelter because he rather prefers spending the money that is needed for their 'maintenance' on the eld
- The Romanian 'extermination enterprise'
- OFA's selection of FNPA-newsletters written by Dr Carmen Arsene
- Russia's homeless animals
- Serbia - dogs eating each other at the horror-shelter in Leskovac is 'normal' says official
- Turkey intends to kill all stray animals!
- For a rabies-free future
- Trap-Neuter-Release
- Stray cats are starving to death in Belarus basements that authorities have sealed to control rats
- deforestation and the construction of the Belo Monte dam is killing the Amazon
- Over 1,000 dolphins killed by villagers of a remote Solomon island in conservation dispute
- electrocution of wild animals *
- electronic waste ~ the truth
- European tourist countries ~ the ugly truth
- event preparations>
- extinction >
- famous animals *
- fireworks and animals
- Fukushima ~ animals left behind>
- Kerala - tourist information
- Killer whales trapped by ice near Inukjuak, in northern Quebec
- loss of habitat *
- military training exercises
- over-population control *
- politics>
- pollution>
- Puppy farms (campaign)>
- religion>
- Romania - The Shameful Chronology of Abandonment
- U.S. Congressmen compare undercover investigators to arsonists and terrorists
- zoophilia - bestiality>
- animal abuse>
- tradition
- animal sacrifice >
- Aid al-kabir or Eid al-Adha
- Eid animal slaughter funds Pakistan terror groups
- Dashain festival, Nepal
- Gadhimai festival in Nepal
- Animal sacrifice at Halavatha Munneswaram Kovil, Sri Lanka
- Animal sacrifice in India
- India ~ Owl sacrifice during Diwali, the Festival of Lights
- traditional funeral ceremony and sacrifice, island of Sumba, Indonesia
- Kapparot
- the goats of Khokana
- During the Lomisoba celebration in Georgia, hundreds of sheep, calves and chickens are sacrificed
- Malaysia - ritual slaughter of cattle during Hari Raya Aidiladha in schools
- The brutal festival at Nem Thuong village, Vietnam
- Ukweshwana, the festival of fresh fruits
- bullfighting - corridas>
- Spanish fiestas>
- Dog spinning or "trichane" is a ritual celebrated in Brodilovo, a village in Bulgaria
- Horse races in Italy
- Salburun, which means "Hunter's Zest" in Kyrgyz language, has been held annually since 1997
- Thanksgiving, Christmas & Easter>
- Traditional Chinese Medicine TCM>
- animal sacrifice >
The suffering of
farmed cattle and cows
Calf being pulled out by farmer pulling rope. After the agony of giving birth, the mother will not benefit from the reward of a baby.
Veal calf, a product of the diary industry - born into pain, suffering, isolation and death.
You are looking at a newborn baby whose mother was not even allowed to clean him off before he was torn away from her.
They can't use him for dairy, so he will end up isolated in a tiny dark crate, unable to move (to make his flesh tender), for four to six months, living in his own excrement, being fed a low-iron formula (to keep his flesh white) and then slaughtered.
This will not stop until people stop demanding cheese, ice cream, and yogurt from bovine milk. For every glass of milk you consume, a calf is chained in a filthy crate somewhere, lowing for his mother, sentenced to become veal.
You are looking at a newborn baby whose mother was not even allowed to clean him off before he was torn away from her.
They can't use him for dairy, so he will end up isolated in a tiny dark crate, unable to move (to make his flesh tender), for four to six months, living in his own excrement, being fed a low-iron formula (to keep his flesh white) and then slaughtered.
This will not stop until people stop demanding cheese, ice cream, and yogurt from bovine milk. For every glass of milk you consume, a calf is chained in a filthy crate somewhere, lowing for his mother, sentenced to become veal.
Veal calves on their way to slaughterhouse. They had a very short, sad and lonely life.
Cows, slaves of the meat and dairy industry
This so called weaning nose ring is fitted into the nose of the calf and tightened against the septum in order to stop the calf
from trying to drink milk and to stop the reflex of nursing. This is also used in organic farming.
from trying to drink milk and to stop the reflex of nursing. This is also used in organic farming.
A slave of the flesh and dairy industry gives loving affection to a cat passing by. All that she wants is to live happily, yet we label her as "livestock", exploit her, torture her and strip away her ability to live said life.
She will spend her short existence being utilized as a machine to generate inordinate amounts of milk whilst enduring severe stress, pain and be forced to watch her babies taken to slaughter. When she has endured more abuse than her body can cope with and her milk yield grows poor, she will then be horrifically slaughtered, herself.
Milk-producing machines
In an unfettered state, a cow will feed her calf for approximately six to eight months. Milk is secreted at a maximum rate of about eight to ten litres per day, which the calf suckles on four to six occasions. The mother produces less than 1,000 litres throughout the duration of her lactation, storing approximately two litres in her udders at any one time.
In modern dairy farming, cows can be expected to produce between 6,000 and 12,000 litres during their 10 month lactation. This means she may be carrying in excess of 20 litres at any one time - ten times as much as would be required for her calf.
Exploitation of the reproductive system
The most common technique used to impregnate dairy cows is artificial insemination (AI). But, increasingly, powerful hormones are being used to force high quality cows to produce large numbers of embryos, which are surgically removed and inserted into lower grade females who then bring the calves to term.
Dairy cows are usually kept outside on pasture for the duration of the summer months. For the remainder of the year they are kept indoors, typically in concrete cubicle houses. Each cow has a cubicle to stand or lie in, which should have straw or wood shavings provided. Behind each animal a passageway collects urine and faeces, requiring cleaning twice daily. Accumulated waste is stored in huge slurry lagoons, later to be spread on the land.
Many cubicles still in use were designed decades ago and have become too small for the modern, larger animal. This has compounded welfare problems, resulting in cows standing in the dunging passageway. It also has major health implications.
Around 20% of British dairy cows are lame at any one time. In fact, inspections of the feet of cull cows at slaughter reveal evidence of past or present foot damage in nearly all animals. Lameness is caused by a number of factors. These include the quantity of bedding available, the move towards cubicle housing and the now near universal practice of feeding animals wet, fermented grass (known as silage), rather than dry hay. Silage produces wet faeces and acidic slurry in the dunging passageway, which eventually softens the feet and causes infection.
Also implicated in lameness is the reliance on concentrated feed supplements, which are difficult for these slow-digesting ruminants to cope with. The result is the release of inflammatory substances into the bloodstream, which lead to a condition known as laminitis, an acutely painful foot disorder.
Another important reason for dairy cow lameness is the vast size and weight of the modern animal's udder. It is so large and distended that most cows simply cannot stand or walk properly.
Dairy cows are prone to infection of the udder caused by bacteria and other environmental pathogens entering via the teat canal. This acutely painful condition is known as mastitis. Incidence varies from between 30 to more than 60 cases in every 100 cows during a year.
Other illnesses
About 5% - 8% of cows suffer from the condition known as "milk fever". This is caused by the sudden depletion of calcium reserves each year from the heavy burden of calf-birth and lactation.
Many also get "grass staggers" from lack of magnesium in the diet. General depletion of nutrients caused by increasing intensification also triggers cases of brucellosis and viral infections and susceptibility to salmonella bacteria.
Cows would naturally live for as long as 25 years, but by the time they reach four or five on modern farms, they are likely to be physically exhausted, lame and infertile. These worn-out animals are sent to a slaughterhouse.
Beef cattle
There are around 1.6 million adult beef cows in the UK. As well as suckling their own calves, around 70% of youngsters born to dairy animals are also raised within beef herds. From the beef farmer's point of view, the heavier and "beefier" his calves the better. Specialist companies dealing in bull semen for artificial insemination (AI) provide the means to achieve this.
The most popular breed chosen to provide semen is the Belgian Blue. This animal carries a recessive gene for "double muscling", so-called because of the enormous muscles, particularly on the hindquarters. Belgian Blue stud bulls have to be born via Caesarean section because their sheer size makes natural delivery impossible.
Mutilations performed on cattle
Male calves reared for beef are often castrated, despite being slaughtered before they reach sexual maturity. Methods commonly used include surgical castration, tight rubber rings that restrict blood flow, and appliances that crush the spermatic cord of each testis - the so-called "bloodless castrator".
Both dairy cows and beef cattle are de-horned - a painful procedure - to prevent animals injuring each other. Horns contain both blood circulation and nerve endings, and so local anaesthesia and cauterisation are necessary to stem bleeding. If horns have already developed, they are removed with saws, horn shears or cutting wire.
Young animals whose horns are not established can be disbudded. A hot iron is applied to the horn-forming tissue when the calf is 4-6 weeks old, permanently preventing growth.
The BSE crisis was followed in the winter of 1996/97 by a serious outbreak of food poisoning created by meat infected with E. coli 0157 bacteria. Twenty people died in a series of outbreaks in Scotland.
More than 700 types of E.coli have been identified. They are mainly harmless and inhabit the intestinal tract of people and other warm-blooded animals but a few strains, including the notorious O157:H7, can be deadly.
O157:H7 is found in the guts of many animals, but mainly cows. The increased number of human cases has been attributed to the intensification of farming practices and the consequent widespread use of antibiotics. Studies in France, Sweden and Canada have identified a positive correlation between the cattle density of an area and rates of human infection.
Consuming contaminated beef products is the most common source of infection, but the disease can be spread by any food or drink that has been tainted by animal manure.
Slaughterhouses are an obvious place for contamination of meat. Operators are urged to ensure the animals' skins are not covered in faeces, and prevent the spillage of the digestive tract contents during and after organ removal. However, in 2008, secret filming by BBC journalists found carcasses at a number of Welsh abattoirs which had been health-marked by inspectors yet were contaminated by feces.
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Current EU rules allow cattle to travel for 14 hours without a rest or water. They must have a rest period of at least one hour after a 14 hour journey, after which, they may be transported for a further 14 hours. If the destination can be reached within another 2 hours then they may go a full 16 hours. After the second 14 hour journey, if the destination has not been reached the cattle must be unloaded, given food and water and rested for 24 hours. The journey times can then be repeated and this pattern can be repeated infinitely.
A number of organisations and politicians have created an online petition campaign to limit the maximum overall journey length to 8 hours. Whilst this would be a considerable improvement on current legislation, it is still a long time to be spent in a confined space with no room to turn around, lie down and without access to water. You can add your signature to this important petition at the link http://www.8hours.eu/
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Throwaway Lives:
the massacre of pregnant animals
by Viva!
How many pregnant animals are killed?
DEFRA (Department of Environment, Food & Rural Affairs) say that they do not see any justification for recording the number of pregnant animals who are slaughtered. However, a scientific paper published by the British Cattle Veterinary Association* reveals that 150,000 pregnant cows are sent to slaughter each year. At least 40,000 of these cows are in the last stages of their pregnancy and are bearing calves who may be capable of independent life.
Why are pregnant cows being killed?
90% of the cows are dairy cows and the majority of farmers do not even realize that they are pregnant. In the BCVA survey, 50.9% thought the cow wasn't pregnant and 27.3% said they did not know. Infertility was cited as the most common reason for culling an animal, followed by mastitis (a painful swelling of the udders common in dairy cows) and then old age. So some cows are being sent to slaughter because they are assumed to be infertile when they are in fact pregnant. Dairy cows who are over thirty months of age must be slaughtered and incinerated under BSE regulations. The compensation payment structure encourages the killing of pregnant cows. Animals sent through market are weighed liveweight and the farmer is compensated per kilo. If the animal is pregnant, the farmer will receive extra money.
How are the animals killed?
There are no special regulations in place to protect pregnant animals in slaughterhouses. Viva! has filmed in abattoirs and conducted a full investigation of the UK's slaughter industry. We found that stunning techniques are frequently inadequate and that animals routinely regain consciousness whilst bleeding to death.
Each year, 5 million electrically stunned sheep regain consciousness before they die from loss of blood.
1.8 million electrically stunned pigs a year regain consciousness before they die. 244,800 pigs a year are incorrectly stunned and do not lose consciousness at all.
Each year, up to 230,000 cattle are not correctly stunned with the captive bolt pistol. They will have to endure the pain of being shot in the head and will then have to be shot again or knifed whilst conscious.
Do unborn animals suffer as their mothers are slaughtered?
The RSPCA's chief veterinary officer states, "The problem with killing heavily pregnant ewes is that if you shoot them in the head, the foetus does not die instantly with the mother and it is a prolonged and rather horrible death."
After animals have been stunned, they are knifed and left to bleed out for 20 seconds (sheep and pigs) or 30 seconds (cattle). When asked about the slaughter of pregnant cows, Professor Donald Broom (Cambridge university animal welfare specialist) said, "After stunning and bleeding the cow will be dead. The calf will also die but a little later - probably 30-90 seconds" . This means that the foetus would still be living while its mother's front feet, head and possibly hide are removed.
Nobody is sure of the exact moment when foetuses die. It is possible that they may still be living when the mother is disembowelled.
Gabriele Meurer MRCVS, a former official veterinary surgeon in UK abattoirs, says, "What is happening right now in British slaughterhouses is quite simply a scandal. Sometimes when these creatures are hanging on the line bleeding to death, you can see the unborn calves kicking inside their mothers' wombs. I, as a vet, am not supposed to do anything about this. Unborn calves do not exist according to the regulations. I just had to watch, do nothing and keep quiet. It broke my heart. I felt like a criminal. I left the Meat Hygiene Service and the country - completely disillusioned and full of disgust."
Is there legislation in place to protect pregnant animals and unborn babies?
Animals are not supposed to be transported if they are likely to give birth during transport. However, Viva! campaigners have filmed animals giving birth at market when they were about to be loaded up for the slaughterhouse. The BCVA paper also shows that pregnant cows are frequently slaughtered in the third trimester of their pregnancy.
There is no legislation to protect unborn animals in abattoirs - even if they are days away from being born.
Christopher Day MRCVS says, "The routine slaughter of known pregnant animals in the UK should be made illegal forthwith, on humane grounds. In this country we make pretensions to be compassionate to animals. This practice is wholly inconsistent with such pretensions."
What happens to the foetus?
DEFRA says that, " The uterus and dead foetus is sent with the green offal from the slaughterhouse for disposal by rendering from any pregnant animals which are under thirty months when slaughtered. All material from animals over thirty months (which is the majority of cows slaughtered) has to be separated, stained yellow and destroyed by rendering and incineration."
Is the government doing anything to stop the slaughter?
When Viva! asked what the government planned to do to prevent so many pregnant cows from being sent to slaughter, DEFRA replied, "We do not believe that the slaughter of pregnant cows presents a specific welfare concern... We do not believe further legal measures are necessary to protect the welfare of pregnant cows or unborn calves."
However, they say that, "Effective pregnancy detection lessens the risk of inadvertently sending pregnant animals for slaughter". The department is currently consulting on proposals to change the law to allow 'per rectum' ultrasound scanning in cattle to be carried out by, "trained and competent non-veterinarians as well as by veterinary surgeons."
DEFRA has been consulting on these proposals for over three years. Consultation papers reveal that, "Concern has been expressed by the veterinary profession and some animal protection societies that use of this procedure by untrained non-veterinarians to detect pregnancy in cattle could cause welfare problems. Invasive techniques of this nature have the potential to cause serious injury, such as perforation of the rectal wall."
Source: Viva!
In addition to the trauma of still being alive inside their mothers during the latter's death, fetal calves may also be cut from their mother's womb while still alive--so that their blood can be drained for use in science, without anesthesia (see the page: fetal bovine serum or fetal calf serum) - the calf's skin is used to make 'high quality' leather.
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Fleischwirtschaft 90 (8), S. 100 -106, 2010
Schlachtung gravider Rinder - ethische und rechtliche Aspekte
Von Katharina Riehn, Gottfried Domel, Almuth Einspanier, Jutta Gottschalk, Goetz Hildebrandt, Jörg Luy und Ernst Lücker
Der Tierschutz hat in der Europäischen Union einen hohen Stellenwert, und die Sicherheit von Lebensmitteln im Rahmen des "farm-to-fork" Konzeptes der EU wird auch durch die Einhaltung von Tierschutzstandards in der Nutztierhaltung mit beeinflusst. Die Harmonisierung der Gesetzgebung bezüglich des Lebensmittel- und Fleischhygienerechts auf der einen und des Tierschutzrechts auf der anderen Seite haben dazu beigetragen, die diesbezüglich gewonnenen Erkenntnisse innerhalb der Europäischen Union umzusetzen.
Für die Schlachtung tragender Tiere wurden in diesem Zusammenhang bislang weder im gemeinschaftlichen noch im nationalen Recht Regelungen getroffen. Ein Grund hierfür ist sicherlich die Tatsache, dass die Schlachtung tragender Tiere von Seiten der Kommission als ein selten vorkommendes, unbeabsichtigtes Ereignis betrachtet wird. Erste eigene Untersuchungen haben jedoch gezeigt, dass bis zu 10% der weiblichen Rinder in verschiedenen Europäischen Mitgliedstaaten tragend zur Schlachtung kommen. Ziel der eigenen Untersuchungen ist somit die Erfassung von Daten zur Prävalenz trächtig geschlachteter Rinder in Deutschland sowie tierschutzrelevanter Parameter zu Transport, Schlachtung und Schicksal der Feten bzw. ungeborenen Kälber.
Im Rahmen eines 12-monatigen Erhebungszeitraums werden in diesem Zusammenhang verschiedene deutsche Schlachtbetriebe mittels eines Erhebungsbogens zur Häufigkeit der Schlachtung tragender Tiere sowie zu tierschutzrelevanten Parametern bezüglich Transport, Schlachtung und Schicksal der Feten bzw. ungeborenen Kälber befragt.
Die Auswertung der Fragebögen von bislang 53 teilnehmenden Betrieben hat ergeben, dass in mehr als der Hälfte der Schlachtbetriebe regelmäßig gravide Rinder in verschiedenen Trächtigkeitsstadien geschlachtet werden. Der Anteil tragender Tiere an der Gesamtzahl der weiblichen Rinder macht bis zu 15% aus. 90% der tragend geschlachteten Rinder befanden sich im 2. oder 3. Trimester der Gravidität. Die bisherigen Ergebnisse zeigen deutlich, dass es sich hier keinesfalls um ein Einzeltierphänomen handelt, sondern tragende Tiere offensichtlich bewusst der Schlachtung zugeführt werden. Dies wirft die Frage auf, inwieweit die Schlachtung gravider Tiere der im Tierschutz geforderten angst- und schmerzlosen Tötung entspricht und ob eine gesonderte Euthanasie der Feten tragender Tiere im Anschluss an die Schlachtung notwendig wird.
English Summary (original article is only in German language available)
Slaughter of pregnant cattle - ethical and legal aspects
The EU has the among the world's highest standards of animal welfare in the world, and the safety of the food chain is indirectly affected by the welfare of animals, particularly those the cattle farmed for food production. The welfare of food producing animals depends largely on how they are managed by humans. A range of factors can impact on their welfare including housing and bedding, space and crowding, transport conditions, stunning and slaughter methods. Harmonised EU rules are in place covering a range of food safety- and welfare-affecting issues, but a regulatory framework which governs the slaughter of pregnant farm animals is still missing. A need for action on this part has not been seen by the Commission yet, because it was assumed that pregnant heifers are only slaughtered in exceptional cases.
However, first own investigations show, that the proportion of pregnant heifers raised in different European member states amounts to up to 10%. The objects of this study are the collection of data concerning the frequency of slaughter of pregnant heifers in different German abattoirs, acquisition of animal welfare relevant parameters during transport, stunning and slaughter, and fate of the foetuses and unborn calves. For this purpose, a mail questionnaire was sent to different German slaughterhouses.
Until now feedbacks from 53 slaughterhouses could be gathered and evaluated. More than 50% of the participants reported that they slaughter pregnant heifers. The percentage share of pregnant animals on the total number of female cattle is approximately 15%. More than 90% of the affected animals were slaughtered during last two trimesters of pregnancy.
Pregnant heifers in different states of gravidity are regularly slaughtered as the first results of our study show and questions concerning animal welfare particularly with regard to an animal welfare conform way of euthanasia for both the mother and the unborn calf have to be discussed in this context.
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The Amlin Challenge Cup final will take place at Cardiff Arms Park on May 23 between the teams who currently occupy second and third positions in the Aviva Premiership table.
The match was delayed by five minutes due to heavy traffic and Bath were late to arrive into both the ground and the game as Andy Goode put Wasps 3-0 ahead 90 seconds in.
Ford wiped out the deficit 10 minutes later but parity lasted just three minutes before Goode struck again.
Goode was beginning to orchestrate proceedings and his angled cross-kick to Tom Varndell presented the first try-scoring opportunity, only for the Wasps flier to see the chance, and ball, slip from his grasp with the whitewash in sight.
The hosts were made to pay for that miss on 25 minutes when Bath got some momentum behind their first significant driving maul and Perenise crashed down.
Ford's conversion put Bath 10-6 to the good but with half-time approaching Wasps produced the play of the match to forge ahead.
Outside centre Eliot Daly set off on a mazy run down the right wing, offloaded his pass to Helu to perfection and he cut inside to score under the posts.
Wasps were celebrating again four minutes after the restart when Kearnan Myall scampered over, however the try was ruled out by the TMO due to a forward pass in the build-up.
With Wasps pressing they then became the architects of their own demise as Italy international Carlo Festuccia inexplicably threw straight over the shortened line-out and Webber gleefully accepted the gift to crash down against his former club.
The Bath maul was causing more problems for Wasps and, after twice deliberately collapsing, Wasps were helpless to prevent Webber bundling over for his second of the match.
Ford's conversion gave Bath a healthy 24-13 advantage before Wasps struck back to set up a grandstand finish.
Clearly taking note of their opposition's prowess at the maul, Johnson stretched out to cross in the corner, however Bath, despite losing Matt Garvey and Eastmond to injury and the sin-bin respectively, held on.
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Musician and blogger from Caguas, Puerto Rico. He holds a Bachelor's Degree in Music from the Puerto Rico Conservatory of Music and is currently working on a Master's Degree in the History of Puerto Rico and the Caribbean at the Centro de Estudios Avanzados de Puerto Rico y el Caribe. He is passionate about music, books, and the right to free speech. Ángel blogs at dialogolibre.blogspot.com.
Músico y bloguero de Caguas, Puerto Rico. Posee un Bachillerato en Música del Conservatorio de Música de Puerto Rico y actualmente completa su Maestría en Historia de Puerto Rico y el Caribe en el Centro de Estudios Avanzados de Puerto Rico y el Caribe. Le apasionan la música, los libros y el derecho a la libre expresión. Ángel bloguea en dialogolibre.blogspot.com.
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SPOKANE, Wash.--An accused killer appeared before a Spokane judge on Tuesday. Donna Perry, born Douglas Perry, underwent a sex change operation 14-years ago. Perry is charged with the murders of three women in the 90s.
Perry refused to appear in court on Monday. KREM 2 News learned that is something the court system sees on a regular basis. It costs the community money because it can tie up staff and add time to cases.
Perry voluntarily appeared in court in Tuesday, but KREM 2 News looked into what the options were if she had refused to come again.
Detectives believe 26-year-old Yolanda Sapp, 34-year-old Nikkie Lowe and 38-year-old Kathlene Brisbois were shot to death by Perry.
"It still brings tears to my eyes and my heart gets heavy when I think about my sister," said Richard Brisbois, one of the victim's siblings.
Brisbois said he waited a long time to see his sister's accused killer. He said he drove over an hour to be at Perry's first court appearance on Monday afternoon. He said he was blown away when he heard Perry not only refused but that it was even an option to show up. Brisbois said he was worried Tuesday would be a repeat.
"It was quite aggravating. We talked about it on our drive home, we were pretty upset about that. We talked about it on the way in too, wondering 'are they going to make him come down?'" said Brisbois.
Perry voluntarily agreed to come to court on Tuesday. If Perry had decided not to, officials would have had options.
Prosecutors would not comment specifically on the Perry case on Tuesday but said first appearance refusal is something that occurs frequently.
"The court has a vested authority to compel an individual to appear before the court," said Deputy Prosecutor Tony Hazel.
What that means is up to each individual judge.
Perry was not the first accused murderer to refuse to appear. A man named Josh Tillery did it too. In both cases, the suspected killers did eventually come on their own. Had they not come on their own, a judge could have issued a drag order to the jail requiring guards to use force, if necessary, to get them to appear.
READ: Court docs: Suspected serial killer tells cellmates about murders
The drag order can require extra jail staff but KREM 2 News was told it very rarely comes to that.
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AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICA - "The whole country is terrorized": new testimonies on the drama of Central Africa
Bangui (Agenzia Fides) - Fides received further dramatic testimony from the Central African Republic, gripped by clashes between former Seleka rebels and "anti Balaka" self-defense groups, while the French troops of the African Union are doing their best to ensure a minimum of security.
"The whole country is terrorised" refers to Caritas Internationalis Fr. Anicet Assingambi of the parish of St. Carlo of Lwanga, in the north of Bangui, the capital. Tens of thousands of people are seeking shelter in Bangui's church buildings and church compounds throughout the country.
"There are five thousand people hiding in our parish buildings. A woman told me she'd seen her brother gunned down. All men are shot at if they go outside. There is a young man dead on the street outside, but it's too dangerous to go outside to remove his body", says Fr. Assingambi.
"We have nothing to give them" - says Fr . Assingambi. "Their homes have been looted. They're mourning their dead. When they arrived in the church, the children were crying. We sang hymns and said prayers and that has helped calm people down. We have never seen anything as bad as this before. We're at the mercy of God, please pray for us".
The statement sent to Fides says that at the moment it is impossible for Caritas workers to reach out to the people in need.
In Bossangoa in the north of the Country , Caritas fears for the safety of over 40,000 people camped out in the Catholic mission compound and 1,600 people who are hiding in a school. Yesterday, December 6, a rocket landed in the mission miraculously not killing anyone.
The Catholic Church in Central African Republic is calling for an immediate cease-fire and for humanitarian aid to be allowed. (L.M.) (Agenzia Fides 07/12/2013 )
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Big Food by Elissa Altman
Book Review 2009
One problem I don't have is having, say, a dozen boneless skinless chicken breasts in my freezer. That's because, as most of you know, I live in Manhattan with a tiny refrigerator and no Costcos in walking distance (I buy my groceries on foot). However, I am well aware of the fact that much of America, and increasingly the world, shops in bulk.
Elissa Altman, a food writer and essayist, has written a book that addresses everything you ever wanted to know about cooking with and shopping for bulk foods. Six pounds of chicken parts on hand? Elissa recommends a Pan-Braised Chicken with Lemon Thyme and Black Olives (see below for the recipe.) Two pounds of fresh mushrooms? Mushroom and Barley Soup with Fromage Blanc Croutons sounds great.
Title & Publisher: Big Food: Amazing Ways to Cook, Store, Freeze and Serve Everything You Buy in Bulk, by Elissa Altman. Published by Rodale, 2009.
First impressions: A timely volume of recipes and guides for people who buy food in bulk. The recipes are all accessible, the ingredients not too expensive or hard to find (no gold leaf or lardo) but there are little touches of sophistication throughout that indicate Altman isn't only focused on cheap cooking.
Number of recipes: Over 100.
The angle: Recession specials from your freezer and pantry, with recipes plus helpful guides like the Big Food Action Chart which matches recipes by ingredient so you can scan through your choices for getting rid of those two dozen eggs.
Strengths: Totally timely and practical.
Weaknesses: If you like photos with your cookbook, you'll be disappointed. If you're looking for a way to use up that 10-pound bar of chocolate you won or a bushel of peaches, you'll have look elsewhere or eat them straight because there are no dessert recipes in Big Food.
Recommended? If you shop big, definitely.
Pan-Braised Chicken with Lemon, Thyme, and Olives
Nearly every Mediterranean nation lays claim to a version of this delicious one-pot dish. A slow braise that combines the flavors and textures of chicken, lemon, olives, garlic, wine, and herbs, this recipe calls for the addition of two whole lemons, cut into eighths and tossed into the pan with the olives (which, in turn, provide most of the salt in this dish). When the meal is served, the lemons can be sliced and squeezed into the sauce at the last minute.
What You Have On Hand
• 3 (3-4 pound) shrink-wrapped whole chickens, or 6-8 pounds of chicken parts
• Containers of black or green olives, or both
• Fresh thyme
• Chicken Stock
What to Do With It
• Set aside 1 whole chicken for this dish. Keep the other chickens wrapped in their original wrapping, place in a dated freezer bag, and freeze for 6 to 8 months.
• If using chicken parts, set aside 3-4 pounds for this dish. Use the balance within 3 days or double plastic-wrap them, place in a dated freezer bag and freeze for up to 6 to 8 months.
How Long It Will Last • This dish will last in the refrigerator for up to 3 days, double plastic-wrapped and sealed in a heavy-duty dated freezer bag or container.
• This dish will freeze for up to 4 to 6 months, sealed in a labeled, dated, heavy-duty freezer bag or container.
Secondary Dishes
Pappardelle with Chicken Ragu
Pan-Braised Chicken with Lemon, Thyme, and Olives
Serves 4 to 6
3 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
1 3-4 pound chicken, cut into 8 pieces
5 garlic cloves, 2 of them peeled and finely minced, 3 peeled and smashed
8 sprigs fresh thyme or 1 tablespoon dried, divided
Freshly ground black pepper
2/3 cup chicken stock
1 cup dry white wine
Juice of 1 large lemon
2 lemons, cut into eighths
3/4 cup pitted green olives
1/2 cup pitted black olives
Kosher salt
Preheat oven to 350° F.
In a large, oven proof, straight-sided saute pan, heat the oil until shimmering. Add chicken pieces, skin side down, taking care not to crowd the pan (do this in batches if necessary). Brown well, remove to a platter, and carefully wipe out all but approximately 1-1/2 tablespoons of oil from the pan.
Add minced garlic and saute until softened, about 4 minutes. Lay 4 sprigs thyme, or sprinkle ½ tablespoon of dried thyme, over minced garlic. Return chicken pieces to the pan, skin side up, arranging them on top of the thyme.
Add smashed garlic cloves, scattering them around the chicken, and season lightly with pepper.
Add stock, wine, and lemon juice, and bring to a low boil. Reduce to a simmer, add lemon wedges, and scatter remaining 4 thyme sprigs or 1/2 tablespoon dried thyme over the chicken. Add olives, cover, and place in oven for 45 minutes, basting frequently with the pan sauce.
Remove cover, increase heat to 425° F, and continue to cook for an additional 15 minutes. Remove from oven and let rest for 5 to 8 minutes. Drizzle chicken with pan sauce, and serve hot in shallow soup bowls with a slice of crusty bread.
Variations: Replace lemons with Meyer lemons, if available.
• Buy the book: Big Food by Elissa Altman, $17.05
• Check out Poor Man's Feast is Elissa's wonderful blog.
More 2009 Book Reviews
• Edible Schoolyard, by Alice Waters
• The River Cottage Meat Book, by Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall
• Milk, by Anne Mendelson
• The New Steak, by Cree LeFavour
• Cooking For Two, by Jessica Strand
• A Homemade Life, by Molly Wizenberg
• Fresh Food From Small Places, by R. J. Ruppenthal
• Picture Yourself Cooking with Your Kids, by Beth Sheresh
• Eat Feed Autumn Winter, by Anne Bramley
• The Complete 15-Minute Gourmet, by Paulette Mitchell
• Heirloom Beans, by Steve Sando of Rancho Gordo
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looks like it could be a useful book but unfortunately i do have a 10lb bar of really really dark chocolate that needs used up so it might not be quite right for me
Robotknees, chocolate keeps for years if properly stored (not that I've ever been able to make it last that long) so you should be okay. Or break it & give a pound to different friends with a fun recipe!
Man, is this a book whose time is now! And I, too, have a 10 pound bar of chocolate, so may have to buy a very large brownie pan.
I'm not really seeing the point of this book, at least by the recipe shown. It uses only 3-4 pounds of chicken, and feeds 4-6. I could do this using any other cookbook already on my shelf. The recipe itself sounds lovely, it just doesn't really accomplish what it says it's supposed to.
Either way, I buy in bulk simply to reduce trips to the store. I also find the quality compared to cost much higher at places like Costco rather than the regular grocery store. Unless I'm cooking for a party, using up the whole shebag in one go isn't something I really ever need to do.
I'm with meleyna. Shopping in bulk doesn't mean you have to cook it all up at once--refrigeration is pretty common. And ditto to the cost/quality ratio. Altman's a pretty well-regarded food writer, but I don't think she's known for creating recipes.
ill buy things i bulk but I usually like to portion them for individual meals before freezine, then thaw and cook as needed, because well... I like to cook and try new things! (obviously because im reading this blog...)
I can see this being really useful to people who dont like to cook. I have been seeing a rise in "OAMC" (once a month cooking) recipes on sites like Recipezaar etc. The idea you cook bulk and freeze portions for consumption throughout the month. I can think of a few people who this might be a good gift for!
I guess the strength i see in this book is knowing the recipes presumably freeze/reheat well. The information on how long it will keep is very useful too.
I actually own Big Food and have found it very useful. We often shop in bulk (also mostly due to time constraints) and as there are only two of us, the book allows us to prepare a larger amount of meat/grains/veggies/whatever than we might ordinarily make because it's full of secondary recipes for the leftovers. There's nothing worse than re-heated same-old-thing the next day, but with the secondary recipes I can turn the leftovers from any main recipe into completely new dishes. That's proven to be the real trick for us as far as being able to use up larger amounts of things without having to hack them up into smaller portions and then forget that they're in the freezer. I also believe Altman has been a recipe writer as well as an essayist for a long time - I read her newspaper column for years before leaving it's circulation area.


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Conference and Section Evaluation from APHA
Chair: Jim Rimmer
Prepare agenda and moderate monthly Disability Section phone conferences.
Prepare Chair's Forum for annual meeting.
Organize and Chair the annual Business meeting.
Serve as liaison between Section Council members and APHA Administrative offices.
Prepare annual workplan and submit to APHA.
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Membership Chair: George Jesien
Develop attractive display board and materials for APHA annual conference.
Develop brochure with new Disability Status section information including new logo.
Maintain and grow the membership
Develop strong student membership component
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Develop Disability Section website following APHA template
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Produce at least 2 Newsletters and send electronically to Section members.
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Program Chair – David Gray
Develop a quality conference program by selecting abstracts from a broad range of public health issues that adhere to the highest level of scientific integrity using qualified peer reviewers.
Any focus or emphasis (increase quality of research?)
Develop plan for increasing outreach of Disability issues to other sections and SPIGS
Plan, organize and execute quality scientific sessions and business meeting at annual conference.
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Prepare awards program for national conference.
Policy Process
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Prepare responses to proposed policies/resolutions that may impact Disability or be of interest to membership.
Accessible Conference Program
Accessibility Co-Chairs – Gwyn Jones, Kristine Mulhorn
Prepare and send documents to presenters and moderators encouraging them to adhere to the highest level of accessibility in both the preparation and presentation of their research.
Work with APHA to Increase and maintain the highest level of accessibility for all components at the national conference.
Maintain an ongoing working relationship with APHA's Accessibility Team to promote full participation at annual meetings for people with disabilities.
Archive of Minutes and Key Documents
Secretary – Jennifer Rowland
Ensure accuracy of minutes for monthly phone conference and annual business meeting and after approval by Section Council, send to Communications Chair for posting to website.
Review and update Disability Procedures Manual and submit to Section Council for their review with changes made to reflect Section status.
Post minutes on website
Business Meeting Social
Treasurer – Willi Horner-Johnson
Monitor expenditure of all Section funds, and report on balances monthly.
Solicit funds for Business Meeting Social and Section.
Organize Business Meeting Social.
Elections & Nominations
Nominations Chair: Gloria Krahn
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Complete nomination process in conjunction with the APHA elections process
Student Involvement
Student Liaison: Jana Peterson
Encourage more student involvement in the Disability Section.
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Residents are paid by University Medical Resident Services, P.C. (UMRS). A sample copy of the contract is available on the University at Buffalo Office of Graduate Medical Education website.
Our program offers access to the University at Buffalo Library and other facilities. We also provide to each resident:
The learning curve during residency is perhaps as steep as at any other time in a physician's life. To archive this learning and all the experiences during the training of our residents, we have established a Structured Portfolio for our residents.
The portfolio has all the sections and information necessary for the graduation of the residents, in compliance with the requirements of the Accreditation Council for the Graduate Medical Education (ACGME), American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM), University at Buffalo (UB) and all the other relevant organizations. We encourage applicants to review the portfolio with the program director during their interview.
To address core competencies mandated by ACGME, the completion of a Performance Improvement Project (PIP) is an integral part of the categorical resident training in the ambulatory setting. These projects are meant to train residents to apply best practices available for the management of their patients and measure improvements over a period of time. The resident's respective continuity clinic director will assist and review evidence-based medicine with the resident to establish these projects.
In addition to implementing practice-based learning and improvement competency through this initiative, PIP will also enhance resident understanding and learning of other core competencies in its implementation phase, especially patient care, medical knowledge, system-based practice and professionalism.
Space has been created in the resident portfolio for inclusion of all the performance improvement projects.
One of the core objectives of the training program is to help monitor, evaluate and provide feedback to the residents about their educational experiences through didactic lectures, observed learning during management and teaching rounds, continuity clinic experiences and elective rotations. The residents will be evaluated by multisource 360° evaluation at the end of each module.
This is an elaborate section of the portfolio that includes evaluation, performance and feedback on Mini-CEX, an in-service examination, ACP in-training examination, annual self-evaluation, self-reflections and the conventional evaluations after each rotation.
Resident scholarship is one of the strengths of the program, made possible with dedicated research time, especially during the second and the third year of training.
Formal research and presentation of the same at the Annual Research Symposium is required for graduation.
Residents frequently publish and/or make formal presentations at the regional and national meetings. The program provides an advisor to each resident on arrival to facilitate and assist residents to achieve their milestones. Click here to view our resident's research.
There is a required presentation in CPC, M&M, Journal Club, Medical Grand Rounds and Morning Report as per the schedule, which is finalized for the academic year in advance. All such presentations, posters and publications are archived in the resident portfolio and reviewed by the Program Director with the resident on a quarterly basis.
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Someone who has trouble playing with the Nintendo Wii. Someone who breaks something with the Wiimote.
He broke the T.V. with the Wiimote. He is Wiitarded.
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A label used to define an individual that is incapable of playing a Nintendo Wii with any amount of skill. Their coordination and kinetic abilities are so insufficient that they are laughed out of any Wii playing session.
" Hey! Gary hit himself in the balls with the Wii-mote again! He's so goddamn wiitarded. "
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The act of getting down with the Wii until it gets Wii-Tarded up in here.
Grant: Yo nigs, where you at?
Patrick: I'm getting Wii-Tarded!!!!!
Grant: Shit is mad gay.
Patrick: Nu-uh you're gay.
Patrick: I'm getting Wii-Tarded!!!!!
Grant: Shit is mad gay.
Patrick: Nu-uh you're gay.
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using other system's controllers like a Wii-mote
Dude, you look Wii-tarded waving that Xbox360 controller around.
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- The 2014 Big Picture on Cyber Security
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- Navigating Tough Choices in Government Cloud Computing
- The New Generation of Database
- Reimagining the Next Generation of Government
- Satellite Communications: Acquiring SATCOM in Tight Times
- Targeting Advanced Threats: Proven Methods from Detection through Remediation
- Transformative Technology: Desktop Virtualization in Government
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FEMA funds 'Disaster Hero' video game
Thursday - 6/17/2010, 2:21pm EDT
Legacy Interactive, a Los Angeles-based developer and publisher of video games, on Wednesday announced a contract with the American College of Emergency Physicians to develop a game designed to teach children and their families how to prepare for all types of hazards or emergencies. The project, expected to be complete sometime in 2011, is funded by a grant from the Department of Homeland Security. The Web-based game will be targeted to multiple audiences, including children, early teens, parents, caregivers and teachers, and will focus on what to do before, during, and after a disaster. Read more from OS&H Online.
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