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Chicken fans passed a one-year test of keeping a few of the birds at home in West Columbia with flying colors.
City Council gave the go-ahead to allowing a maximum of four hens to be kept in backyards after no complaints were received during the trial.
So far, two homeowners are raising the birds, officials said.
The plan was approved 7-1 Tuesday, with Councilman Tommy Parler opposed.
Council members set up the one-year test to see whether the practice created problems in the Lexington County city of 15,000 residents.
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You guys know I love quotes for inspiration and guidance in everyday scenarios, and today I thought I would share some words of wisdom regarding health and the choices we make.
One of the biggest changes for me since becoming vegan has been the journey I have had with my health. I used to have a pretty unhealthy relationship with food, I would restrict myself, eat junk food, go on diets, eat healthily, diet some more, and felt stuck in a cycle. I didn't truly make the connection with the nutrients I was putting into my body. That each meal is a choice.
Now I can eat in abundance, with no restriction, and I find so much joy in nourishing my body with what it needs.
Don't get me wrong, I'm nowhere near perfect, it's about balance. But I feel like I'm on the right track for the first time in my adult life. I hope these words of wisdom can give you a push in the right direction if you need it.

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Teachers are now trading their bodies for money and foodstuffs in order to survive the harsh situation of things in the rural areas.
Some female teachers who accept posting to rural Ghana after undergoing training have to be in amorous relationships with some opinion leaders and some village chiefs in the communities to survive, according to a report by Adom News.
The report revealed that teachers are selling their bodies for money in order to survive and not starve to death. The teachers, it has been revealed are enticed with foodstuffs and bush meat into accepting to be in amorous relationship with the village champions due largely to the failure of government to provide the needs of the teachers when posted.
This situation has caused many young female teachers to refuse postings to rural Ghana after school, a situation which calls for urgent attention.
First National Trustee of the Ghana National Association of Teachers (GNAT) Madam Victoria Affram confirmed on Adom FM's Morning Show, 'Dwaso Nsem' that the teachers become vulnerable because government fail to take care of them after they have been posted.
She said, because government don't pay newly posted teachers on time, the vulnerable female teacher have to go through this in the village while others who can't cope with the situation do not go at all.
Madam Victoria Affram called on government to ensure prompt payment of salaries to newly posted teachers in rural Ghana to curb the situation.
"They are not given T and T and when they go to the village, they are accommodated by opinion leaders in the community who later make love proposals to them…many become pregnant later, are forced to become the 2nd and 3rd wives of the opinion leaders and lose their respect as role models for the young girls…," she said.
Madam Victoria Affram who said this forms part of the main reasons for some female teachers denying posting to rural areas called on government to build teaching quarters to accommodate teachers.
Young male teachers, he said also become drunkards because of the lack of facilities in the rural areas. To her, until the government works to rectify all of these, newly trained teachers would continue to deny posting to rural areas.


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How many of us really care for the walls of our house? I am sure most of us are very careful in cleaning the carpets and wooden floor. Though they are too cautious about the floor most of them neglect the wall. May be your wall is painted or decorated with wall paper. In both cases cleaning wall is necessary in a fixed period of time. Comparing to the floor, wall is less affected with dirt. So we do not need to clean walls everyday. Instead we need to clean walls once in two or three months. Now let us check some tips to clean walls.
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Dry cleaning, primarily, uses a dry cleaning power, which is effective enough to get the stubborn dirt out of dirty carpets. All you have to do is to use the solution on the target area and hang on for at least 15 minutes. Next, you need to use the buffer machine on the target area to make the power go deeper into the padding of the carpets. Lastly, use a vacuum cleaner to extract the mixture out of carpet fibers. This method is relatively simpler.
The process of cleaning stains involves a lot of restrictions and to avoid them all, it is always better to prevent them from appearing in the first place. You need to stop dirt from entering the house, a good way to do that is to place a throw rug at the entrance of the house and avoid walking with the footwear. In case, you spill something on the carpet, try to clean it as soon as possible. Always blot all the liquid from the carpet, using a soft rag. In case of stains, use appropriate cleaning solution how to clean carpet stains with baking soda a piece of a soft cloth.
Drying: Tilt your squeegee or wrung-out sponge, and, pull the squeegee across horizontally. After the window is dry, squeegee again–this time, vertically. Make sure you dry your squeegee or sponge with a paper towel between strokes.
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Pop Art meets Street Art. This woman is in the glaring light of an unseen person, so she shades her face with her hand and says "I'M BLINDED BY YOUR LIGHT - You Dazzle Me.'' Text dances across the shadow her hand throws on her face. Do you know someone who dazzles you?
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Released in 1977, three years after the final demise of his band Traffic, Steve Winwood's first solo album was regarded by some critics as a disappointment, being accused of not being distinctly different from the sound of Traffic. What had originally begun as a Winwood solo record in 1970 evolved into the third Traffic album 'John Barleycorn must die', but with Steve becoming even more the dominant musical force in the band 'Barleycorn' perhaps indicated his own preferred musical direction. The 'Steve Winwood' album has elements in common with the later Traffic albums in that it comprises relativelymore… long tracks (the longest reaching 8:30), with plenty instrumental passages, and at times complex rhythms. Furthermore, Winwood plays all guitars and keyboards, with drums and bass provided by session players, whilst former Traffic collaborators Jim Capaldi and Rebop contribute song lyrics and percussion, although the flute and sax work of Chris Wood is absent.Though very different from the slick American production of his very successful 'Back in the high life' album nine years later, 'Steve Winwood' represents a credible solo progression beyond Traffic, and on the song 'Midland Maniac' Steve plays all the instruments, indicating the approach he would use for his next two albums. Although this first solo album did not achieve the critical acclaim or sales of its successor 'Arc of a diver', in terms of performance quality I feel that it is better; it gels better musically through involving several musicians working together on the basic rhythm tracks instead of one working alone and overdubbing.It's hard to pick one stand-out track but in my view 'Vacant chair' perhaps sums up the qualities of this album best. In short, if you appreciate Steve Winwood's music, you are likely to enjoy this underrated album.
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I thought I'd cover this week's topic, "Where is there unbiased news," in two posts. This one is about where Americans actually get their news and which sources they trust. Later I'll outline a few key concepts about the rapidly growing alternative sources of news and link to some criticisms of the news media that I think are better than the "they're too right-wing/left-wing" stuff you usually see.
Every year, the Pew Research Center does a survey to find out where Americans get their news. Here's the latest study's top-line results.
This confirms the obvious: TV and newspapers are hemorrhaging viewers, while use of the Internet is climbing fast. However, traditional news sources still are heavily used: Two thirds of Americans still say they get most of their news from the TV, and one-third still rely on newspapers.
Duh. Yet, these aggregated numbers hide some important facts and trends.
- Young and educated people are switching to the Internet and away from TV and newspapers in droves, while the elderly and less educated still rely heavily on TV.
- Two-thirds of people under 30 say they the Internet is their main source of news, while almost 80% of people over 65 say TV is.
- College graduates and people who make over $75,000 a year are more likely to use the Internet than less-educated, lower-income folk.
- In other words, the people who vote are switching to the Internet, except the elderly, who rely heavily on traditional sources (TV and newspapers).
[UPDATE: What about specific websites? Here are the 15 most used news websites. All but two are the websites of mainstreeam media organizations; e.g., CNN.com, MSNBC.com, Yahoo News, etc. The other two are the very liberal Huffington Post and the very conservative Drudge Report. The same group's list of most popular "political news" websites is where the blogs come out. By my count, 4 are liberal, 8 are conservative, and 3 are more straightforward news.
But, notice the differences in sheer size between the giants and the upstarts. The #15 "news" website gets more hits per month than 13 of the top 15 "political news" sites.]
Another poll asked which (television only) news sources Americans trust, and they broke it down by political affiliation. — Conservative, Liberal, and moderate The results showtwo disturbing facts.
- Many Americans distrust TV news, whether it's the networks, the cable networks, or PBS
- But, there is a huge divide between conservatives and liberals: Basically, liberals trust all news sources except Fox, while conservatives trust only Fox. A year ago, Fox was the most trusted network overall, but since then moderates and liberals have abandoned it in droves.
- I agree with this commentator who said it's hard to overstate the importance to our politics of this partisan split.
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South Park: The Fractured But Whole has received a new release date, after the game was delayed numerous times by publishing studio Ubisoft.
The sequel to the successful South Park: The Stick of Truth is set to release on Oct. 17, 2017, nearly ten months after the initial release date following it's E3 reveal in 2016. Like its predecessor, The Fractured But Whole has been delayed several times.
Three months after the game's announcement, Ubisoft said that the game would be delayed from its Dec. 6 release to the first quarter of 2017. In February, the game was delayed again without a concrete release date. These delays led to many digital preorders being canceled on both Xbox One and PlayStation 4.
The Fractured But Whole picks up shortly after where The Stick of Truth left off, where the player continues to role-play as the towns new kid from the previous game. Although you are crowned king at the end of the game, once the boys decide that they want to pivot from fantasy to superheroes, you are back at the bottom of the pecking order.
Like how The Stick of Truth related to the console wars trilogy based loosely on HBO's Game of Thrones, the game will follow along to a similar setting from the television series. The Fractured But Whole parallels the Coon and Friend's story arc, during which Cartman has organized his own version of Marvel's Avengers with the purpose of making lots of money off of a superhero media franchise.
But when some of the boys think that they aren't going to get enough screen time, they decide that it's time for a civil war, and the boys split into warring franchises, much like Marvel and D.C. today.
From gameplay trailers, the game is improving on the turn-based combat from the previous game by adding movement. The game also features the crude humor the television series has been both praised and vilified for, and continues to deliver fart jokes in the same way that The Stick of Truth did.
The game will release for PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC. Preorder bonuses include a free digital copy of The Stick of Truth and Towelie bonus content for The Fractured But Whole.


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The U.S. farming community awoke on Friday morning July 7th to the reality of a trade war. Threatened tariffs on imported Chinese equipment including auto parts and medical devices valued at $34 billion came into effect at midnight triggering retaliatory tariffs imposed by China. These amount to 500 categories of U.S. products. Additional tariffs are proposed on as much as $500 billion in products shipped by China to the U.S. in an ongoing reciprocal series of countermeasures.
Soybean and hog producers will be the most affected in the short term. China imported U.S. soybeans valued at $14 billion in 2017. Imposition of a 25 percent duty following tariffs on steel and aluminum from China in April effectively eliminated trade in soybeans now dominated by Brazil. Hog farmers will be excluded from their market in China based on a price differential represented by newly imposed tariffs, including VAT will represent an 81 percent ad valorem boost in price. The implications for companies exporting hogs to China is self-evident. It is estimated that currently one out of every four U.S. hogs is exported to China. A prominent family-owned integrator in the Midwest estimates that the company will lose $100 million on 5.5 million hogs spread across ten states.
To add to the woes of the hog industry, Mexico has imposed a 10 percent retaliatory tariff on chilled and frozen pork with a 20 percent rate effective Friday July 6.
Secretary of Agriculture Dr. Sonny Perdue has commented on "a plan to help protect farmers and agriculture businesses." EGG-NEWS has previously noted that any compensatory payment to farmers will increase the national debt and will engender opposition from Congress.
It is hoped that the present situation is only extreme brinkmanship and that China and the U.S. will recognize the folly of "assured mutual destruction" and will negotiate a satisfactory resolution to the outstanding problems of an imbalance in trade and misappropriation of intellectual property. Failure to restore free trade will have both social and political implications for the U.S. and especially for the agricultural sector of the economy.
In the second jury trial filed against Smithfield Foods, a jury in Raleigh, Wake County ruled in favor of plaintiffs on Friday June 29th. The case involved a bellwether couple living in the vicinity of a 4,700 hog unit contracted to Smithfield Foods. At issue is the apparent odor, alleged contamination of ground water and deprivation of property rights as a result of operating a lagoon and pasture-spray system of manure disposal. Although the jury awarded compensatory and punitive damages, state law will restrict compensation to $250,000 per plaintiff and the $25 million total award will probably be reduced to $650,000.
The current case in Duplin County follows a previous verdict against Smithfield in a U.S. District Court in which ten neighbors were awarded $51 million which was subsequently reduced to $3 million. This case was regarded as the best opportunity for Smithfield to mount a defense since the bellwether plaintiffs moved to the area after the hog farm commenced operation.
The Duke Environmental Law and Policy Clinic at Duke University has emerged as the champion of homeowners in their opposition to hog farms using lagoon storage and spray disposal of manure. North Carolina has 9 million hogs concentrated in the eastern segment of the state located among 2,000 farms contracted to a few integrators.
Alternative technology including biodigestors which could displace lagoons and are considered to be too expensive to install and operate. Smithfield Foods, a subsidiary of the WH Group of China has indicated that should hog production become uneconomical as a result of lawsuits they will withdraw from North Carolina. The North Carolina Pork Council commented that the two verdicts would have "unforeseen economic consequences for our farmers, the state's pork industry and North Carolina agriculture."
During the first week of June, the North Carolina legislature overrode a veto by Governor Roy Cooper allowing to stand a law limiting the ability of residents to join a class action lawsuit against farmers and integrators as a result of nuisance.
The National Pork Producers Council president, Jim Heimerl stated, "We are deeply troubled by the decision against a farm that has operated responsibly and in compliance with state law since 1985 and maintains the highest standards of environmental and community stewardship."
The two cases have established precedents which will result in a spate of claims of doubtful validity against operators of CAFOs. These may well include egg producers especially in areas where suburban encroachment on farms occurs.
The USAPEEC MondayLine posted on June 29th quoted Ted McKinney USDA Undersecretary for Trade and Agriculture as opining "I think we're very near with Mexico. There are some things we've got to work through, but I think we're very near." He was referring to an agreement to revise NAFTA, generally considered to be dead, given reciprocal retaliatory action by both Mexico and Canada following threatened and imposed U.S. tariffs on products emanating from both nations.
The president of the Mexican Association of Poultry Producers (UNA) has called for retaliatory tariffs on U.S. poultry products imported into Mexico. Cesar Quesada of UNA and also the Mexican Agricultural Council are soliciting support from the Government of Mexico to facilitate expansion requiring investment in the poultry industry. The UNA action is basically a request for protection.
As with all demands by producers over tariffs, the concern of any government is to balance the social, political and economic benefits of inexpensive imports relative to the contribution from protected poultry industries. The situation with respect to India, China and the Republic of South Africa is to favor local production to support employment. In contrast, governments tend to relax protection prior to elections or with prevailing high inflation or an economic downturn. Waivers are granted over import restrictions to support an inexpensive "chicken in every pot" policy, if only as a temporary expedient to placate supporters of the ruling party.
The optimism expressed by the USDA with regard to Mexico may be premature given attitudes expressed by the Administration and future intransigence in negotiations under an Obrador Presidency.
Jesse Laflamme, CEO of Pete and Gerry's Organics is to be complimented on his initiative to file a citizens petition with the FDA to amend the definition of "healthy". The FDA considers that eggs are too high in total and saturated fat and cholesterol to be designated "healthy" by food processors. In contrast, the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the Department of Health and Human Services consider eggs to be a part of a "healthy diet".
Current knowledge of nutrition has proven that dietary cholesterol does not raise serum cholesterol to any appreciable degree in consumers without a genetic predisposition to hypercholesterolemia. The petition filed by Jesse Laflamme emphasizes the nutritional value of eggs and the contribution of Vitamin D and choline. Nutritionally enriched eggs achieved through dietary supplementation have even higher nutrient values. This is the basis of the success of Eggland's Best LLC, a producer cooperative which dominates the specialty egg segment.
The role of eggs in diets is now accepted with companies such as Weight Watchers International, Inc., adding eggs to the range of foods members can consume without the need for dietary tracking. This concession is based on the nutrient value of eggs and a contribution to satiety.
In a statement, the FDA stated that the definition of healthy is undergoing review and the Agency is considering "a large body of information and analyses". The FDA may be out of step with current knowledge of nutrition and is apparently still under the influence of the studies conducted in the 1970s and 1980s which demonized fat. Subsequent investigations have revealed that many of the trials were directly supported by associations and companies marketing sugar and sugar-containing products introducing bias and distortion.
The difference in approach between the FDA and federal departments with respect to eggs is further evidence of incoordination and suggests that consumers would be better served by a single Food Agency staffed by experts with a commitment to safety, quality and nutrition.
The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Agency (ICE) recently carried out a raid on a large flower and garden center in Sandusky, OH. The current policy of strict enforcement of immigration regulations is justified in law and is politically acceptable to the Administration and supporters.
The problem of illegal immigration and the arrest-and-deport approach is analogous to trying to maintain the level in a leaky bucket by adding more water. All the time there is a demand for labor and a ready supply of willing workers, simple economics will perpetuate a system of illegal employment.
It is high time that the Government recognizes the realities including a disinclination by U.S. citizens with deficient skills and no prospects in cities to undertake agricultural employment. It is absolutely necessary for the proposed temporary H visas to be issued to foreign agricultural workers under the control of the Department of Agriculture.
Although many large egg producers have stabilized their labor by employing citizens and legal alien workers, there are many operations not in compliance and are vulnerable to raids and disruption. Employers must transition to the E-Verify system. This will preclude the problem of fraudulent documents in circulation.
The use of employment agents who round up illegal workers is strongly condemned and should cease. These coyotes function at the interface between a willing workforce and potential employers under pressure to fill labor complements.
In reviewing farm operations and in conversation with owners and managers, it is evident that there is a disinclination for native-born citizens to demonstrate required reliability, diligence and responsibility. Drug use and alcohol abuse are responsible for absences from work, failure to follow biosecurity procedures and operational procedures. The problem is especially evident when a farming operation is in proximity to a large industrial enterprise that can afford to pay higher wages for workers who are prepared to be productive, abstain from substance abuse and conform to work routines.
Building border walls, stricter enforcement of immigration laws and restricting social benefits for unemployed citizens are not practical solutions to a long-standing problem. U.S. agriculture, and specifically, the poultry industry require workers available and willing from our southern neighbor. The Administration and Congress should face reality and provide requisite visas to maintain the efficiency of operations. This implies that acceptable wage rates will be offered including appropriate housing, health and other benefits. In the short term, all producers should transition to legal compliance and conform to the DHS rules incorporating E-Verify.
The dust has not settled on the extensive outbreak of listeriosis in South Africa claiming close to 1,100 victims with 200 fatalities. The outbreak was traced back to a plant operated by leading food manufacturer Tiger Brands with a sausage product termed "polony" as the vehicle of infection.
Currently South Africa operates on a standard of 100 cfu per 100 grams in contrast to the U.S. and the E.U. which have imposed a zero tolerance for Listeria monocytogenes in food products and especially ready-to-eat items.
According to the CEO of Tiger Brands, Lawrence MacDougall, the Government of South Africa should be responsible for establishing a standard, in accordance with the formation of a food safety council. This self-exculpatory attempt has the apparent intent of absolving his Company of an independent and meaningful response. An apology would seem to be more in order. This will presumably be left to his successor.
Following outbreaks of listeriosis traced back to their plants, Maple Leaf Foods in Canada, Blue Bell Creamery and the Rocky Ford Cantaloupe Growers Association immediately announced conformity to the zero tolerance standard and established preventive measures based on HACCP principles.
MacDougall stated that, "Enterpise has not seen anything that would indicate negligence." Although conceding that the implicated Listeria monocytogenes ST6 strain was present in both the Polokwane plant and in Enterprise products. Lawyers will have no problem invoking the principle of res ipsa loquitor. Wake up Mr. MacDougall, take your head out of the sand or wherever it might be and acknowledge responsibility and commit to following world trends.
Ready-to-eat meats especially when derived from off-cuts and low-value pork, beef and chicken ingredients are highly susceptible to contamination with Listeria. Plants producing deli cuts and ready-to-eat meats have comprehensive programs to ensure that machinery and work surfaces are thoroughly decontaminated with routine disassembly. HACCP programs incorporate a structured program of monitoring. Anything less will result in a reoccurrence of infection.In the absence of effective control and detection programs, Tiger Brands operated the plant negligently and will be responsible for both criminal and civil penalties.
As with Chipotle Mexican Grill in the 2016 and 2017 multiple foodborne outbreaks, causation involves both incompetent top management and a lack of knowledge at the middle levels of the company involved in production and quality control. Failure to run a food company in accordance with international standards and demonstrating willful unconcern for the operational procedures applied by companies in the E.U. and North America effectively represents negligence.
Tiger Brands does not have to conduct a "root cause analysis of the outbreak" as suggested by the GM. Enterprise should appoint knowledgeable QC personnel and the Company should just knuckle down and follow the example of successful companies producing ready-to-eat foods.
The May 26th edition of Food Safety News issued by the law firm of Attorney Bill Marler includes a commentary by Roy Costa. A practicing sanitarian and professional expert witness, Costa is apparently out of his depth in commenting on the epidemiology of foodborne Salmonella infections. The topic is a lot more intellectually challenging than counting cockroaches and rodent droppings under the sinks of restaurants. His article denotes a non-objective bias against commercial egg production exemplified by his opening sentence, "The disgusting truth about industrial egg production is it stinks".
The article contains numerous inaccuracies and misconceptions in relation to the recent case of Salmonella Braenderup infection among consumers involving 35 diagnosed cases over a three month period. The cluster of cases has been attributed by the FDA correctly or otherwise to a North Carolina complex holding three million hens.
Costa should differentiate between vertically transmitted egg-borne infections such as SE and non-group D Salmonella serotypes which have an entirely different epidemiology. It is important at the outset to recognize that there is no epidemiologic commonality between the 2010 outbreak of Salmonella Enteritidis (SE) and the 2018 case involving Salmonella Braenderup. In the 2010 SE outbreak approximately 2,000 cases were diagnosed within a two month period and the incidence rate declined precipitously within a week of the mandatory recall. The Iowa flocks in question had at least a five-year history of infection with SE, a Group-D serotype known to be vertically transmitted from the reproductive tract of hens to their eggs. The outbreak was probably amplified by improper handling of product including failure to maintain storage temperatures below 45F. A second possible contributory factor was extended storage suggested by evidence of illegal misstatement of use-by dates for both packed product and graded-egg and nest-run sales. A combination of prolonged storage and thermal abuse will increase the quantum of infection transmitted vertically from the hen to the consumer. A proportion of eggs may have only 102 CFU per egg at the time of lay but proliferating to 108 CFU within ten days under suboptimal conditions of storage.
In the case of the Salmonella Braenderup trace-back study, there is some question as to the source of the pathogen among specific cases which were apparently related by whole genome sequence assays performed by the Food and Drug Administration. Given the initial laboratory findings by the FDA, and a site visit by FDA inspectors, the company concerned elected to withdraw shell eggs from the market, initially dumping 2.4 million eggs each day in landfills. It is understood that more recently eggs are transported to a USDA-FSIS approved and inspected plant for breaking and pasteurization.
Costa apparently believes or implies that Salmonella infection originates from rodents and flies. This is totally incorrect. In the case of Salmonella Enteritidis, the infection is vertically transmitted from parent stock to commercial progeny. Admittedly mice are susceptible to SE and the survivors become carriers and can disseminate SE infection among houses on a complex but they are not intrinsically responsible for introduction of infection. Mice on a farm with flocks shown to be free of SE will not introduce infection and cannot influence the prevalence rate of the pathogen in eggs irrespective of the level of rodent infestation. If the flock is free of infection neither mice nor flies will have any role in dissemination of SE. In the case of the North Carolina complex the FDA has not released any data relating to the prevalence of Salmonella Braenderup in flocks, environmental samples from houses and the packing plant, presence of the pathogen in reproductive tracts of hens of various ages, egg pools or recovery from rodents, flies or manure or from workers on the farm.
Since the late 1990's, breeder flocks at the Great-grandparent, Grandparent and Parent levels have been free of SE infection with primary breeders and multipliers conforming to the statutory NPIP Salmonella Enteritidis prevention and detection program. Rarely "breaks" occur but these are detected in parent stock by repetitive and routine environmental drag-swab litter assays usually at three-week intervals preventing delivery of infected chicks. At the commercial level, consignments of day-old pullets are assayed by examination of chick-box papers collected at the time of delivery.
There is little known about the epidemiology of Salmonella Braenderup in livestock and poultry. This pathogen is not generally regarded as associated with eggs and previous limited outbreaks documented in the literature have been attributed to contaminated meat pies and fresh produce. While investigations are in progress any comments as to the origin of Salmonella Braenderup and possible dissemination among flocks on the implicated complex are speculative. It is possible that the infection could have been introduced through contaminated animal by-product meal if this ingredient was in fact incorporated into diets fed to the hens or it the pathogen may have been tracked on to the complex through deficiencies in structural or operational biosecurity involving defective decontamination of personnel, vehicles or equipment.
Costa is reminded of the ongoing FDA Final Rule on the Prevention of Salmonella and the numerous state EQAP programs and individual company initiatives to prevent and detect SE involving biosecurity, vaccination and monitoring which have proven to be decidedly effective.
There have been no documented cases of egg-borne SE attributed to a farm complying with the FDA program or an industry or state EQAP since the 2010 outbreak.
Including the implicated company alleged to be responsible for the 2018 Salmonella Braenderup cases and the extensive SE outbreak in 2010 in the same sentence is a disservice to breeders and commercial egg producers. The limited outbreak of Salmonella Braenderup does not necessarily indicate a "failure of the food safety system". In contradistinction the diagnoses among consumers serve as a confirmation of the sensitivity of data-based detection systems introduced by the CDC including FoodNet and PulseNet (now using whole genome sequencing). It is an achievement to detect an outbreak of 53 cases in a multi-state population of 100 million at risk over a period of three months.
It is hoped that if Roy Costa is to serve as an expert witness in any action brought by his Client, Marler Clark, that he should at least become familiar with the epidemiology of vertically transmitted Salmonella Group D serotypes and the obvious distinction in transmission and detection of Group B and C Salmonella serotypes. It would behoove him before submitting to a deposition to be more familiar with aspects of commercial production, industry standards and preventive practices employed. Above all if he is to serve as an expert in relation to a disease outbreak he should refrain from broad generalizations which demonize an industry and generate concern among consumers. The U.S. egg production industry with 315 million hens is responsible for producing a wholesome, nutritious and inexpensive food product.
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Following an egg-borne outbreak of Salmonella Oranienburg (SO) in Midwest states in 2015, researchers at the U.S. FDA Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition conducted trials to ascertain whether the pathogen could be vertically transmitted through consuming table eggs.*
Twenty-eight week old laying hens were challenged with an oral dose of SO ranging from 107 to 109 CFU and were evaluated over the subsequent four weeks.
Although S. Oranienburg was isolated from spleen, liver and the reproductive tract, vertical transmission was a rare observation. The immune system appeared to inactivate infection after four weeks.
The authors concluded that infection with Salmonella Oranienburg did not result in contamination of eggs by the vertical route and that colonization of the ovary and oviduct was of short duration. Limited survival but not proliferation of the organism in eggs stored at 42F to 46F for weeks is expected.
As with studies conducted at the USDA-ARS laboratory in Athens, GA high levels of challenge were used. Under practical conditions, hens acquiring infection from fomites including mouse droppings in feed would probably ingest 101 to 102 organisms. Salmonella Oranienburg is a serotype C1 and it is doubtful whether S. Typhimurium mutant vaccine would provide protection. It is presumed that the hens used in the FDA study were not vaccinated.
It can be expected that currently the FDA is repeating the evaluation with S. Braendrup isolated from a North Carolina farm and apparently responsible for 35 cases of salmonellosis associated with egg consumption. Irrespective of the potential vertical transmission, there is no accepted eradication or NPIP Certification program at the breeder level as with Salmonella Enteritidis.
Obviously effective biosecurity procedures, inclusion of acidifiers in feed where appropriate, feeding all-vegetable diets and rigorous suppression of flies and rodents are appropriate preventive measures. Given that the U.S. industry does not use antibiotics routinely in rearing or in laying flock, the possibility of inducing drug resistance is extremely remote.
It is presumed that primary breeders are actively monitoring for the presence of Salmonella, and feeding pasteurized diets to GGP and GP level breeders if not to parents. Breeders and multipliers apply strict preventive measures to interdict exposure to Salmonella which could result in intestinal colonization.
*Babu, U.S. et al.(2018) In vivo and in vitro Evaluation of Tissue Colonization and Survival Capacity of Salmonella Oranienburg in Laying Hens. Poultry Science May 25: 1-6 (doi.org/10.3382/ps/pey189)
Although lettuce would appear to be far removed from eggs, both produce growers and our industry fall under the jurisdiction of the FDA. An outbreak of E.coli 0157:H7 infection attributed to Romaine lettuce which commenced in mid-March and continued through early May has claimed at least 125 victims with one fatality in 29 states. The outbreak is characterized by an approximately 40 percent hospitalization rate with 10 percent of the patients developing hemolytic uremic syndrome.
Organizations including the United Fresh Produce Association are frustrated in that their offer to assist the FDA has apparently been spurned. Clearly the FDA does not understand the practices involving the growing and distribution of produce. The Agency is now confronted with a poorly documented system of tracing the supply chain inhibiting identification of the source.
The FDA appears to be concentrated on unraveling the supply chain to determine the source of the affected chopped and whole Romaine lettuce grown in the Yuma, AZ region. The Agency is however aware through an epidemiological happenstance that inmates in a prison in Alaska affected by the implicated strain of E.coli consumed Romaine lettuce heads from a specific farm.
It would behoove the FDA to quit temporizing over a fruitless trace-back and evaluate the methods of production including irrigation, harvesting and processing since the Yuma season for production, if not over, is drawing to a close. In three weeks' time, the FDA will still be no further in their investigation given the opacity and convolution of the supply chain, but will have missed the opportunity to survey fields and packing plants both in Yuma and also in California which will soon be the principal supplier to the U.S.
Now returning to eggs, it is evident that the FDA does not understand the industries under their jurisdiction. This can be discerned by reading between the lines of the FDA 483 Document served on a large egg producer arising from an inspection following a limited outbreak of Salmonella Braenderup. Deficiencies in understanding were in any event glaringly evident in 2010 with the introduction of the FDA Final Rule on Salmonella Prevention. Wasting time in trying to pinpoint a specific farm or farms in the Romaine lettuce E.coli outbreak is really an exercise in futility. Ascribing an outbreak of salmonellosis to the presence of flies or a few mice or workers in a plant scratching their noses or "gluteal clefts" is equally inane. A thorough and structured field investigation carried out by trained professionals of the Epidemiology Intelligence Service of the Centers for Disease Control would be more appropriate and productive.
It is evident that produce growers should get their house in order and establish a system of trace-back. Given the introduction of blockchain technology, this may be an opportune time to move from paper and pencil records to electronic data.
FDA should confine itself to drugs and medical devices where it has expertise albeit with insufficient field staff to monitor pharmaceutical plants in Asia and leave eggs and produce to agencies with appropriate technology and experience.
The solution to the problem of enhancing food safety does not lie in a complicated Food Safety Modernization Act and the derived regulations but in the development of a new food safety entity paralleling agencies in the E.U.
The SC Johnson Company spent upwards of $100,000 for a full-page advertisement in the May 3rd edition of The Wall Street Journal. The diagram noted 68 organic structures found in a raspberry. The compounds include lipids, minerals, flavanones, vitamins, sugars, and other nutrients all by definition "chemicals".
In recent years, exponents of "clean labels" have railed against additives including those approved by the Food and Drug Administration. These compounds most of which have natural analogues are included in formulations to enhance keeping qualities, shelf-life, flavor and to protect against pathogens.
A leading adversary of additives has been the self-styled Food Babe who earned a degree in computer science and has no formal training in either biochemistry or medicine. She has initiated campaigns directed against QSRs and food processors through dissemination of false information and innuendo. The criterion which she applies to the acceptability of additives is whether or not she can pronounce the name. Given this crude and simplistic approach, she would obviously be opposed to docosahexaenoic acid and beta cryptoxanthin. These compounds are respectively the essential fatty acid DHA and a pigment related to Vitamin A. The former is required for cell membrane structure and function especially relating to the development of the brain. The latter metabolite is involved in various metabolic pathways at the cellular level. The Food Babe would probably reject phylloquinone also known as Vitamin K and epigallocatechin 3-gallate a flavan.
Unfortunately the web has given a large megaphone to well-meaning but ill-informed commentators promoting fad diets and distorted science which appeal to the affluent "worried well" The web has also provided a platform for the unscrupulous purveyors of misinformation who generate a following to sell books, CDs and " systems" based on fear and uncertainty.
The SC Johnson Company is commended for introducing realism into the appreciation of chemicals since no one can have any complaint with the composition of a raspberry. Unfortunately the advertisement in The Wall Street Journal will not reach the demographic where it will do the most good. As with the agribiotech-industry which imperfectly promoted GM technology two decades ago, food manufacturers have been stampeded into the so called "clean label" movement. Hopefully there will be a reversal of the trend with an improved understanding of biochemistry and nutrition.
A jury in Bladen County, NC awarded ten plaintiffs $50 million following a trial alleging nuisance from odor and depreciation of property values. The verdict was rendered against Murphy-Brown-Smithfield Foods with respect to the hogs they own at Kinlaw Farm in the County. The contractor operating the farm was not a defendant.
The award to each plaintiff in the class was based on $75,000 for substantial and unreasonable interference with use and enjoyment of their property. The additional $5 million for each plaintiff represented punitive damages. The magnitude of the award will be reduced since the case was held in Federal court which limits the ratio of compensatory to punitive damages to a ratio of 1 to 10. Had the case been held in a North Carolina state court, compensatory damages would have been limited to $225,000 per plaintiff. The Defendant claims that the trial was unfair as the jury was not allowed to visit the plaintiff's properties or hear expert evidence on odor-monitoring procedures.
Civil rights organizations have hailed the verdict as a "significant victory for community members who live next to factory feed lots". Michelle Nowlin, a Professor of law and a supervising attorney for the Environmental Law and Policy Clinic at Duke University noted "The plaintiffs have suffered indescribable insults not just from the immediate impacts of the feed lots themselves, but also from decades of government failure to come to their aid."
The case has obviously established a precedent and attorneys may well be attracted to the prospect of large jury verdicts against intensive livestock facilities including egg production complexes. Variations on the complaints of odor, flies, dust and environmental impact will obviously be raised. Even if cases are dismissed or if juries reject the plaintiffs' allegations, the costs to of defend lawsuits will be substantial whether settled or tried.
Hog producers are obviously in a more vulnerable position than egg producers based on systems of manure handling. The North Carolina use of lagoons is the obvious source of nuisance as liquid hog waste is sprayed on land adjacent to residential areas. In the case of the egg production industry, flush systems and lagoons were abandoned decades ago to be replaced by high-rise houses. These 1970 and 1980-vintage systems present problems of flies and odor compared to the later belt-manure systems with on-farm drying or composting.
The Smithfield verdict should evoke contemplation of risks of lawsuits and the costs associated with defending these actions and the expense of settlements or adverse verdicts, even if punitive damages are not levied.
Epidemiologists are frustrated by the absence of traceability documentation in their investigation of the source(s) of an outbreak of E. coli O157:H7 with severe complications. To date over 100 patients have been diagnosed in 22 states. More than half the cases have required hospital treatment with 10 developing kidney failure.
All that the CDC and health authorities can offer in the way of advice to prevent the condition is to refrain from eating Romaine lettuce derived from the Yuma Valley in Arizona. This based on retrospective surveys disclosing that all but eight patients ate chopped Romaine lettuce in restaurant or home-prepared salads prior to onset of symptoms. The eight cases in a prison in Alaska consumed Romaine lettuce from a specific farm near Yuma. Investigations to confirm the presence of the outbreak strain on this unit and from neighboring area farms are in progress. The outbreak was first identified during the first week of April. New supplies of lettuce should now be sourced from California. Incident cases are expected over the next two weeks until lettuce from the Yuma area is removed from the supply chain
Following the 2006 outbreak of E.coli due to contaminated leaf spinach the produce industry established a traceability initiative. Growers and intermediates in the supply chain have not adopted the system as an industry. Apparently the cost of labels, non-standardization of recordkeeping and disinclination to innovate have served as barriers to application of traceback. Successive, and in some cases extensive, outbreaks of foodborne disease attributed to produce and uncooked foods cries out for application of blockchain technology.
Contrary to the situation in the U.S. egg production industry there is no identification of green produce and many other uncooked foods, complicating the identification of potential sources of infection. A specific restaurant chain in New Jersey was identified as the immediate source of infection of some patients and traceback to a distribution center in Ohio was established. Tracing further back the chain becomes murky with multiple distribution channels consistent with the extent of the outbreak. A spokesperson with the FDA stated, "We are tracing back from multiple groupings of people reported ill that are located in diverse geographic areas. The reason for this is to avoid redundant distribution channels that converge on a single source of grower.
The CDC efforts to identify cases through reporting systems appears to have functioned well. The ability of the FDA to mount an intensive and rapid field investigation is questioned. This outbreak and similar episodes suggest that consumers could be best served by a single comprehensive food safety agency analogous to the EPA with scientific and field operatives trained in prevention, investigation and suppression of foodborne disease.
The Centers for Disease Control issued an update on the prevalence of drug resistant pathogens in their Vital Signs report. The CDC operates the Antibiotic Resistance Laboratory Network (ARLN) established in 2016 to detect and monitor antibiotic resistance with specific reference to carbapenemase genes. At the present time the ARLN coordinates 56 state and local cooperating laboratories.
There are presently five known carbapenem-resistant (CRE) genes:
Screening of 1,489 contacts of infected patients in 50 medical facilities yielded pathogens carrying one of the five carbapenemase genes in 11 percent of the isolates.
The National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN) has monitored resistance genes over ten years through 2015 in Enterobacteriaceae with either carbapenemase or extended-spectrum beta-lactamase genes. It was determined that Klebsiella pneumoniae and E. coli with an ESPL phenotype remain stable at a level of approximately 17 percent of isolates. A proportion of isolates with a CRE phenotype declined from 10 percent in 2007 to 3 percent in 2015.
The difference is attributed to proper identification of pathogens carrying resistance genes followed by intensive measures to suppress environmental contamination.
When a specific gene (IMP) was identified in Proteus sp. isolated from urinary tract infections affecting residents in a nursing home, prompt corrective action was implemented. Patients carrying the bacteria with the resistance genes were isolated and treated. Procedures were modified to reduce cross-transmission. This action reduced the incidence rate within the facility with no additional cases after a few weeks.
According to Dr. Arjun Srinivasan Associate Director for Healthcare-associated Infection programs at the CDC "One of the messages we want to send with this report is that no provider has to work in isolation." He added, "Once a problem is uncovered resources are available to suppress infection."
The CDC report indicates the role of medical facilities and current approaches to antibiotic therapy in the emergence, spread and persistence of antibiotic resistance in pathogens. This is a human medical problem unrelated to livestock production.


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Once landed, we was served with breakfast at the Bandung Airport. Right after that we had a lil city tour before heading to our hotel. Our tour guide provides a commentary on the features and history of the location around there.
Here's some info about Bandung City.
Located 180 kilometer southeast of Jakarta, Bandung is the capital city of West Java province. It takes only 2 hours by car from Jakarta via Cipularang highway. Or you can also take a three-hours train ride with nice mountain scenery. Bandung is surrounded by mountain range gives the city a cool climate throughout the year. With population of over two million, everything moves in slower pace here compare to metropolitan life in Jakarta. Bandung is an important city of education that lures many students to study in various universities. Now, Bandung is one of the most popular city in Indonesia for shopping and tourism.
Shots taken from the tour bus.


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Now that I've covered the basics as far as an internet introduction is concerned, I want to share a little bit of my art before I start posting new things from this semester as I'm working on them. This is just a little chunk of my fav & portfolio pieces. Let's see…
|Probably one of my all time fav diptychs I've made, this is a collage portrait of my daddy (left) & his brother (right). It's graphite drawings over xeroxes from old photos my daddy took & brown packing paper mounted on sturdy drawing paper.
|My first figure drawing class was taught by one of the most incredible artists I've ever met, Anne Harris. She changed the way that I look at the figure & pushed me to draw in a very sculptural, graphic way. This portrait is of my favorite figure drawing model, Laura, who I actually got to draw again in my first Anatomy figure drawing class last week ! This drawing is graphite & charcoal (note: we weren't allowed to use erasers in this class !)
|Oh boy, this one breaks my heart a little bit, but it's one of the silliest collages I've done. It's a photo of an old friend of mine in front of a fiberglass sculpture of Merlin at Mark Cline's Foamhenge attraction in Lexington, VA (one of our fav haunts). The rest of this is pretty self explanatory in that it isn't supposed to make sense beyond the initial goofiness & size hierarchy drama. It's just a photo on cardboard with white acrylic paint, colored pen, & various paper cutouts.
|This is probably the most crucial point in my art education thus far. I made this 16" ceramic hamburger candy jar (the top bun comes off & reveals a smooth, red & white striped interior) in my first college ceramics class taught by another awesome artist, Mie Kongo. This was our first assignment, to make a vessel that resembled an animal. Unfortunately, I lost this when I moved at the end of that semester. Hopefully, it's found a nice new home with someone who loves it as much as I do !
|While I was at Hollins, I had a really cool professor, Alison Hall, who retaught me a lot of drawing basics I'd forgotten or else never learned. This is one of my favorite media I've learned: charcoal powder. I did a couple pieces like this outside of class to learn how to manipulate the medium & ended up loving this picture of my bestie Katie & her boyfriend. It's completely done with charcoal powder & a soft cloth from a photo.
|This is just a cute fashion illustration from my Advanced fashion illustration class last semester. Drawn from a model in a costume illustration exercise with pen & colored pencil.


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Stop the politics at the waters edge. We are at war
First allow me to acknowledge that I know none of you politicians give a damn. I get it. However I am going to make my plea and my case here. In this fashion, the rest of us are able to voice our opinions.
Since before this war began, I am referring to the whole war-not just one theatre, you have been calling it a quagmire. I remember when you did so in Afghanistan. You said we could not do what the Communist USSR could not do. I'm glad to see how much faith you have in your own country's ability to defend herself. Not.
Then there were the so-called pre-war protests. Then the anti-Bush protests. Never was there an actual pre-war protest that did not have the interests of our enemies involved with them, and you fell for it. How sad of a human being you are.
Now you are acting like the French. Let me revise that. At least the French are not putting up their white flags this time. How much of a coward can you be to be less than the French?
You have been beating the same drum since your inception. You have not even changed a word. You are so familiar and so stale.
You also know that if you repeat your big lies often enough, people that do not know anything about that topic will start to believe you. Great. You have given Stalin what he never could have gain on his own. Oh, what useless idiots you are!
Now. When our men and women go to war to defend our country, our lives, our way of life; shut up. We have only one commander-in-chief, and you are not he. You have every opportunity you need at your fingertips to speak to him. Do not express your weakness of fear to the enemy. It is not you who will pay the price for your reckless disregard of our troops, but it is you whose hands will be stained with our blood. Al-Jazeera will make sure of that.
I do not know why we are not following the Constitution and throwing you in prison for treason. It very well could be due to the idiot AG who is giving his testimony today about how much he does not know. What a terrible shame.
Why do you tell the media not to show our successes? Why do you not allow us to participate in this war? Why do you continue to give our secrets to the New York Times? Why are they not in prison for aiding and abetting our enemies?
Just a few questions the AMERICAN PEOPLE are asking. Oh, I know you have the big mouths. I know they get most of the attention. That is because you agree with them, and you are using them as a surrogate.
A word to wise, if there are any to be found, in the Democrat party. (Republican Party, too.) You did not win this election based on anything for which you ran. Many of us did not bother fighting for either party because we are AMERICANS, and we want you to start acting like it as well. We want this politicizing the Global War on Terrorism stopped. Now.
What has caused my ire? Iraq war 'lost' says top Democrat by al-Jazeera.
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Month: April 2016
We Can't Get Enough of The PCCT!
On Sunday evening, following our attendance at a very moving and spiritual closing session of General Conference April 3, 2016, we trekked our way down to Provo to see the newly dedicated Provo City Center Temple (PVCCT). To our delight, the area was bustling with families and couples who had the same idea. Dozens of people were admiring the temple and the adjacent grounds. We took photos every half hour until the sun disappeared over the horizon. While we have plenty more images to post, we love the way this classic black and white captures the historic relevance of this beautiful building and had to share.
'Utah's Castles' – Beautiful Drone Footage of all 16 Utah Temples | LDS Daily
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Source: 'Utah's Castles' – Beautiful Drone Footage of all 16 Utah Temples | LDS Daily
Four New Mormon Temples Announced by President Monson
President Monson announced plans to build four new temples, located in Harare, Zimbabwe; Quito, Ecuador; Belém, Brazil; and Lima, Peru.
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,i-' f l ''«>» <?* , it •E-, ' Pa'ge H PH6RS W431 8 A.M. <intl 4 P.M. y Calendar j Saturday November 8 The Intel-.-midiales of Dept Tuni Of the The First Bnpilsl Church' will have n hay ride'Saturday Nov- bmuor 8. The group will meet at , 111? church at 7 p r.i. and tach member may invite n finest. Manday, Ndvewbec 15 I Wesleyan Service Guild No. 2 of The First Methodist Church will hove their regular meeting MOM- , day, November 10 at 7:30 p, in. in the home of Mrs. Bill Wray. •Circle No, 4 of The Presbyterian ' Church will meet In the home of Mrs. Thomas Hays 1401 Edge-wood on Monday, November 10 at 7 30 , p. in. Mrs. \\Mlllam Tolleson, chair-, man. I \ Monday, November 1C The Wesleynn Service Guild No. 1 Will meet Monday 7:30 p. m, in the home of Mrs. Garland Meddors With Mrs. Rachel Edmiaston as associate hostess, All members are reminded to bring their week of prayer offering. meeting. Thursday. Nov. 0 at the Masonic Hnll for nil members of iho chapters in the district. Tho Thanksgiving theme was cocried nut in the table decorations of orange and yellow chrysanthemums in pumpkins nnd place ciards were pine cone turkeys. After the pot luck supper, games were enjoyed by about 50 ladies, who represented chapters at Magnolia, Texarkana, Prescott. Gur« don, Delight and Dortge City, Kan. as well as Hope. The regular meeting was held following the festivities. It was presided over by Worthy Matron Jewell Cobb. The Monsters Finally Got Him at Last ' The Ann Wollerman Circle of the First Baptist Church will meet in the home of Mrs. .7. T. Bowden. Jr., 'at 310 West Ave. G at 7.;30 p. m. Monday. All members tire urged to '. be pre'sent. , V" "Tuesday November 11 T? The tegular November meeting */ of the Jr.-Sr. Hisn School P.T A. ft- Jr. called "Parents Night" arid will """be I'held'in the High School aucli- 'f Jui-ium November II at 7r30 p.m. ". ~AH, "parents- are urB"d to attend. 'The Friendship Class of the First', Baptist Church' will meet at the church for a pot luck, supper Tuos- , Nov. 11 at 7 p. m. Hostesses rc Mr"s. Jack Fountain, Mrs. Denver, Hornaday and Mrs. Jack Hogg. vAll members and associate mem- tiers are urged to be present. Women's Society of Christian Service of First Methodist Church Has Pot Luck Luncheon The Women's Society of Christian Service of the First Methodist Church met at the church with a potluck luncheon Thursday, November Cth at 12:30 p. m. The tables were beautifully decorated with red roses and yellow and bronze mums. The luncheon was followed by a devotional by Mrs. J. W. Maney, preliminary to beginning the Study of Concerns of the Continent directed by Mrs. 1.,. D. Tooley. To open the study Mrs. K. P. Young, Jr. presented facts and statistics on Canada followed by an interesting story on immigration to Canada by Mrs. Vic Henderson. Mrs'. R. B. Moore, 'Mrs. Jack Gardner, Mrs. R. T. While and Mrs Ed Aslin gave informative talks on the United States. The study was dismissed with ii prayer by Mrs. L. B. Tooley The next meeting- of this Study Will be Monday, November 10th at "2:30 p. m. with Alaska and Hawaii as the subjects. By RALPH DlGHTON VAN NUCS, Calif. 'AP' - The monsttrs finally got him -hen it turned out they were more like '"- Hope Iris Garden Club will meet Tuesday, Nov. 11 at 2:30 'p.m. in the home of Mrs. Owen Nix with "Mrs. W. 1. Stroud as co-hostess. -v' Practical Nurses will meet !,** '-Tuesday, Nov. 11 at 7:30 p.m. in I'the- dourt room of the City Hall. members aVe cordially invited r 'i1to attend. ' Coming and Going Mrs. J. 1.. Jamison left Friday for Dallas where she will attend a meeting of the Field Enterprises Inc. the company for whom she works. '^Wednesday, November 12 ^~ ,The John Cain Chapter of DAR f"f*7wjll 'inept at 12 noon Wednesday, P^Nov, 12 V in the'* Trimble home in ^Washington. Mrs. H, L. Searcy, • v : Mrs. James Martindale, Mrs. Dick arid. Mrs,, Charles Taylor ' . , .?| -will \serve' as hostesses. Chapter 328 Ord e r of Eastern -4 ; Star Hold Friendship Meeting If -^Chapter 328, Order of the Eastern f §\aY, had its annual Friendship SAENGEH Sgt, l-c Jack A. "Ray Jr., '•vy'ho is stationed with the U.'S. Army in Iceland, ( is on leave until Nov Hi with his wife "and children at Contervillo. His parents live at McCaskill. He is .alsp visiting with them and other relatives and friends in this area. UAST DAY T«* FORT MASSACRE THUNDERING ; JETS SHOW XtONITE 10:45 SIZZLING : -•_ , ' SEXY JANE RUSSEl NIGHTGOWN STARTS SUN DAY th? AeHpn Packed Stwy »f rjie Pint Man te Open MissCallas Triumphant at Dallas By IRWIN FRANK DAiULAS (A-P) — A triumphant •Maria Callas was given a six- minute standing ovation Thursday night for her ' performance in the opera '-Medea" just hours after she was fired from the Now York Metropolitan Opera by Rudolf Bing. She expressed pain nnd amazement at the action taken by the Met's general manager. Bing Thursday canceled the singer's $18,000 contiaet for the 1958-59 season, citing her refusal to fulfill terms of the pact. He accused the 35-year-old star ot trying to force through n last- minutc change of the repertoire agreed upon for the curent Met season, iM'iss Callas said she objected to singing two "Trnviatas' or two "Uicias," both light roles, between performances of "QVtae- beth', a heavy part. She termed the alternation of roles "really dangerous technically." Bing said "ample rest had been provided between the roles. H wired MJss Cullas last Wednes day, asking her to abide by the existing agreement. The telegram snid her contract wpuld be considered canceled if she did not reply py 10 a.m. Thursday. iMjss Callus did not reply. Jo Dallas she said she was too busy Will) dress rehearsals for Thursday night's 'iMxdoa.' to answer What she called Bmg's "ultima turn." , t . "j am shocked, sorry abput th 'action taken by-Mr, Ping" sh said at a party after 3\er Thai's the way H wns will) Mm f'rick. the slray Doberrnan Pinsch- M- Who eluded bailed traps and nets for four years, lie alrno.--, drove Ihe dogcatcher crasiy before hd was shot down with a trail- fiullizer dart. Me went lo sleep and woke tip Ifl a cage. The two-legged being.' who had harassed him all trios- years came lo look and marvel and bid for the right to own him One day the cage door opene I Bhd Mnverlck was driven away i' a place that must be pretty clnse to a dog's Idea of hcoven. Me has his own bedroom. wi:h an oil painting above his klng'-si/e hed. A veterinary presrribes hi. diet— all he can eat, three times a day. And he has two king-si/e playmates, Afghans Sheba and Sahib, to teach him the ways oi civlllxution. "Not that he needs much te.'ich- Jng," says his mistress. Mrs. Doris Crown, who paid $130 for Maverick at an auction last month. "It's nol training that he needs. 'but pampering and he's getting it." Life with Doris' and Marry Crown is quite a change for Maverick, who used to sleep in alleys and raid garbage pulls, On the other hand, life with Maverick is quite a change 'fm- the Crowns. "It's almost grounds for divorce," says Doris, a tall attrac- Uvc blonde. She said her husband sometimes pays more attention to the dog than he* does to her. Despite some inconveniences, however, the Crowns figure Maverick is worth far more than he cost. "We've had to give up our social life," says Doris "You can't imagine how much, money we'vs saved thai way. And Harry has had to give up cigars because Maverick doesn't like them." Doris and Harry have found they are healthier since Maverick came. Every morning and evening they take the dog for a stroll around their 2'/ 2 -acre estate. It's the only way they can get him to exercise. Maverick has attached himself to Harry like a leech," says Doris. 'He doesn't know how to play by limself or with Ihe other dogs.' All ho wonts to do is stay right it Harry's side. 1C Maverick needs i walk, Harry has to la-ke one oo. So, to avoid losing Harry com- ilelely, 1 join them." DIXIE BRlYi-IN THIATRI TONIT1 & SMH? §> This young housewife has learned to make her daily chores pay off in the terms of-exercise that keeps her figure trim. Working with a m«p (left) helps her to develop good posture since she must keep her back straight as,she'works. It also strengthens abdominal and back muscles. She uses small strokes, working to the left and right. Bending is part of daily routine and good for the waistline. When this housewife Wipes off,lower cabinet* or,refrigerator (center) with a sponge dipped Into a special no-rinse'cleaner,.she never tires herself by bending front'the waist. With feet apart,.she bends knees, keeping her back straight. When she has to reach (right); she makes this a" stretching exercise. This is good for shoulder muscles, too. She is'careful to keep weight evenly distributed on both feet; this prevents fatigue. , OROTHY Relatives Have No Claim For Free Room and Board Dear Dorothy Dix: When I graduated from ,col- Wants Moslems to Seek Office PARIS (/P) — Premier Do Gaulle's government is waging' a :iuiet but determined campaign to gel reluctant Moslems in Algeria .0 offer themselves as candidates lege 1 came to the city and got a very good job. M'y brother followed me and later our sister came here, too. Last year we got tired trying to fine! an apartment big enough for all of us and bought a house just out of town. At least we thought we v ere buying a house for us but what we actually were doing was setting up a free hotel. We have scads * of aunts, uncles and cousins. Never a weekend passes but we aren't forced to play hosts to someone !on a shopping spree. It nev'er occurs to anyone to phone or write ahead. Wo have many invitations for a few days in the country and invariably have to turn them down at the last minute because of unexpected (and unwanted) visitors Wo love our relatives — but not in our home every week, We're all working hard, trying to get ahead, and 'need "' our weekends for relaxation and recreation. Help please. — Anita S, Dear Anita; Issue- a- general statement to the effect that you absolutely, positively will not be home on weekends. Pack your suitcases Friday morning, take them to work, and leave from your various oflices. You 'might have one or two extra keys made and offer them to anyone who wants to ', use vour house as a . hotel (with- 'or the new French Parliament With the deadline for filing Sun day midnight, only a few Alger ans have formally declared their j out su-vicc), provided they give candidacies, ' you enough time to forward the The territory's moderate Mos-! key Be gracious hosts one week- lems fear reprisal? from the nn- :iona!Ut rebels. end a month — or once in two months — and let it be known that In the elections Nov 58-30, At- this is entertaining time, Even so, treria is to name 70 represent;]-1 insist on advance notice,. Your relives to Parliament, De Gaullo I lalives proba'bly don't intend to toe has decreed that at least two-1 thoughtless. They've heard so thirds of these, or, 40, must ho much about lonely people in the moslcms. city that they're trying cheer you up, - : to Howard Lndsay (author of many Broadway ,hHs with Russel Grouse j Dear Dorothy Dix; in the modern idiom) was educated at Boston Latin Schol, . Al and I have been going 'fop three months. Although I'm only 17, and he's 18, both our families approve. He's leaving next week for a three-year hitch in the Army. I feel that he should .be free to go with other girls svhile he's away from home. I know he's not the kind of boy to go steady with a girl at home and at the same time run around with others. Should I hold him to this going- steady arrangement or let him be free? All I want is his happiness. — Glenda Dear Glenda: It would be unfair to him,, and you, to tie yourselves to a relationship that would outlaw other social activities. This I never approve. Let him have no restrictions other than those imposed by Uncle Sam. Dear Dorothy Dix: I'm 14 and my folks insist on my going everywhere with them. I can't go anywhere on my own — not to dances, parties or snows, Instead, I must visit, go to the movies they like or on rides. — Lonesome ' Dear Lonesome: At 14 a girl should be allowed some social lite of her own 'but it is difficult to convince your parents of that. Perhaps . the parents of your girl friends would have better luck. Get them to help. Dear Dorothy Dix: I've, been engaged to Bert for three years and do not love him, I'have broken my engagement many times but ho swears he will do something drastic if I don't take .him back'. I never have fun When I'm out with him, All we do is argue — chiefly about his drink- jng; — End of the flops fpear Sister; 'Break the engagement with finality this time and paj^ r>o attention to the drastic threats, He'll drown them in drink. The fteart of Darkness Hard to Put on TV By WILLIAM EWALD 'United Press International NEW UORK (UPD— I had the feeling on re-reading "Heart of Darkness" recently that it was an impossible -piece, to transfer lo the TV 'screen. After - watching the, CBS - TV "Playhouse 90" ' treatment of the Joseph Conrad story Thursday night,' I still -have "that 'feeling, However, this may be' unfair -because, ".Playhouse 90" didn't do "Heart ot Darkness" so much as it did something that might be called "Varia.tions.on a Theme by Joseph Conrad.'.' Stewart Stern, writer of the TV play, performed a' strange' operation on the Conrad novel — he padded it and turned it inside out. Conrad's story dealt with a voyage up the Congo and into the heart of Africat Conrad was working with twilight meanings — •..in- formulated, x inconclusive — and what he seemed to imply was that the journey was one into evil and perhaps into the heart of man itself. • <• *' What Stern did i was to take Conrad's implications and bawl them loud /and, often so that the dullest memb'er of the audience could keep the play's "meaning," And conversely, he took Conrad's real physical -world (where symbols were suggested)" and changed it into a symbol world (where ro. ality was ^hardly ever suggested ) As.- a x r e's u 1 1 ' "Playhouse 90" churned "out* a kind of Pilgrim's Progress-cabinet of Dr. Caligari whej-e njghtmarjsh little lesson* were ready for 'the learning at Refugees Have a Right to Be Protected NEW YORK PAP) Refugees irom the 1956 Hungarian revolution who came to this country without visas have a right to full protection of the U.S. Constitution, the U,S. Court, of Appeals has ruled. A government contention that such refuges could be deported without a hearing was overruled by the court Thursday in a 2-1 decision. The court held that the Hungarian refugees have a spccia Istatus, because they were invited to come here under t tf.S. foreign policy as afihti>ufic>a by', -Pi»sideht _ Eisoiv hoWt'f. fn tioniTtEll rases, -aliens resid* Ing Were While in the lechtiieal custody of the atloiney general may be departed th'roligh i-evoca' liofl ot thWr far-file by the altoyj^ riey general. The ruling involved the case of Gyttla Paklorovics, 44, a former Hungarian army raptaih who is now living in Baltimore with his wife, Szereh, 44, ?)1d their two daughters, He is a milKman, Some tima after the family's arrival here as refugees, irnrnigra<- lion officials learned that Paktur- ovics had been a member ot the Communist parly after his re* lease from a concentration earn® ill i&sr lmhiii|rSti ( or», officials, charging that, {he ^tfu'gce had concealed the , Cojrrfmiifllsl party member* ship, ^v'bKetl 'h'is parole on Alt?. 14. ' 1^57', '''pVt'ktbrovics has denied any conceaftii'e'nt. The VnUie 'family was ordcfd depot-led ''Id'. "Austria. The family sought '^writ 'of habeas corpus 'to hfilt")lWd ..tfepo'ftation. The gov* erhmenC sHiifim* tactics, then dropped .tblil 1 phase of the case atur ^ted ''a'g'rfihst the family oh the . r' round that they lacked visas, The hew issue Wns taken -before U.S. Dist. Judge Irving R. Kaufman here. He granted a writ of habeas ccrptis to Mrs. Paktorovics and the children and they were IhLis enabled to slay In this country, The judge ruled, however, that the attorney general had the right to revoke the husband's parole. i% The decision by the appeals^ court sends the case back to the Immigration and Naturalization Service for a full hearing. This year, legislation gave the retuges status as permanent residents—instead of parolees— after approval by the Immigration and Naturalization Service, In their nesv status, they later will be able to start proceedings' to become citizens. The case ruled on Thursday started before enactment of the residence legalization, and Paktor- ovics has f not been granted status as permanent resident. BIGGEST TANKER NEWPORT NEWS, Va. (ff>) — Tha 'Sansinena, 600,000-ton tanker and the largest-over built in the United States, has a beam wider than the liner United t States — 104 feet against 101%. Built for the Unio^J Oil Co', the Vessel will be 810 feet long'an dits capacity will be 490,000 barrels of oil. , once before 3,500 persons at the! Dallas Music Hall. | She said Bing was "disappointing a lot of New Yorkers who were lipping to hear me.' She snid, "We are born to give art and they (the people) only love me for that." Prescott News • > . v . v * , T * "* i'lf" > "- ' 'Dr. CPQVV Rotary SpeaK?r , . ," , , Tho Prescott Rotary',Club held' Her performance m "Medea" their regular meeting at the kp ,vas hailed by local music critics! son Hotel Tuesday. Fred Ryu and amenamerk's through the j'pas's. Visiting Rgtariflns were Stewart, Sari P'fjesl o{ Ji George T, Thpmas o{ JfOi'iiil was nailed by local music critics j son Hotel Tuesday,' Fred as an outstanding success, . na d charge of the program". He She stood in the center of the ! gavc a sho ,^ ts ^ ab _ 0 \j t ^ g pbfpgt huge stage at .the end of the opera 1(lcl ib en e|Us derived from being 8 and threw kisses at the east, the Kotaiuan ' thousands of persons standing and] ait , Ry m or intro^wsefl Dr-, P, shpuUng "bravo 1 i and to the or- C . Crow of Hope as guest SJjeaH'erv cnestra m the pit who also ap-1 rj Fi crosy. an attorney, spoHe on plauded her. Th? audience crowd- j t h e constitution pfthe " --• • ed around the orchestra pit and demanded encore after encore. A,fttrwa,vd, Miss Callas told jiewsmpn that "J live for just two reasons, pne is (o please and content my husband. *Tho second is for art, I have no children no other interests,' 1 She said the program outlined by Bing \vas "loo routine,", "i cannot do old/ decayed rau< tines and I told Mr, that, 1 she add?4, "He has 60 artists to 4o, Jftose things— they' woujd. be happy t« do thenv" She said she wanted at least one Mrs. Twelve m?jni)grs of the Women flf • fif wern !i\ her tempestuous career has Jed (rom one to With the of Ou}- pible Reading," Mj'S, 5 Ar|hur Turner had charge of the " prpgyarri entitled "A Horn 6 Hojne." She was assisted Huey who. told a- 'Blj?a Bowman School. f}e??ert course and cpffee was serye.d by Jhe hostess, gniertains Swild when 1 the row J>n Qrantt \vs co-hosiess Sevyicp herim M.Mrs, sjmon jyjrs,- u. H. eypning in the to? was , yjtual. The deyotiona} by -Mn, 'J. A. QV& Mrs- Jin gav* study , 19 members' aod 'Mr?. P-. Awer met 041 Moosiay afjfjra»»n gram, Mrs, 0. tf, charge of U\e on each stop, It ^was almost impos sible to feel 'any contact with tho proceedings— it was n little like watching .the' lecture pf a talented lunatic 'through- the bottom of twb martini' glasses'. Roddy McDowell, as a gentleman pursued by the fvjries, turned in a performance that packed fjis and stqrts 'of excellence, Ing'er Steypps JooHed^ lovely and. acted fairly Ipveiv, Earths Kitt was, to put it KwdJy, inadequate, poris Karloff was there, The Gbanriel §wim; cps , TV's Arthur Qodftew h,as had such fa, vovabjo ;-e'sppnse to his chats this week with, JaqHie^QJeason that he wjll talk- .with a sucpegsion o> quests all 'next, week on his rnonv ing show, ,^r Yiptor Borge, John Faye J5merson, at]?} flupie Cronyn- son Will appear o« \l>p, QosJfrey . 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Second term declaration: Your health first, Ladoja cautions Buhari
A former governor of Oyo State, Sen. Rashidi Ladoja, has advised President Muhammadu Buhari to be sure his health can carry him through another term in office.
Ladoja was reacting to the presidents declaration that he would seek a second term in the 2019 elections.
Buhari made his intention known on Monday during a meeting with the National Executive Council (NEC) of the APC in Abuja.
Ladoja acknowledged that the president has the right to seek re-election in line with the constitution but he stressed that voters would use their votes to confirm his performance in the last three years. He cautioned that Buhari should be first convinced that his health is in a state to support his ambition.
Speaking through his media aide, Mr Lanre Latinwo, Ladoja said: "Yes, he can contest. Nobody can say he is not qualified to contest. The Nigerian constitution guarantees his right to do so. Nigerians will also determine whether or not he has bettered their lives in the last three years that he has been president through the ballot. But he first needs to convince himself that his health can support his aspiration. In the last two Jumats, he was unable to stand on his feet to observe his prayers. That is an issue."


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New York Fashion Week begins tomorrow – and your local Goodwill's involved!
This New York Fashion Week's Fashion Night Out, we'll be part of a fashion shopping charity event hosted by Hampton Daze Magazine called The Cruise on the Hudson Pop up Shop on Yacht Jewel!
Tomorrow, Thursday September 8 the Yacht Jewel will be open to the public from 7pm to 8:30pm at New York Sky Ports Marina East 23rd Street (at FDR Drive on the East Side of NYC).
Donations will be accepted on board for Goodwill, kicking off New York's biggest Fashion Week indulging in a shopping experience with break through designers for fall and multi-seasonal fashion wear to be sold.
At 8:30pm, ticketed passengers will depart for a cruise on the Hudson, complete with high-end raffle prizes, celebrity guests, gift bags, catered food from Bread & Tulips, a cash bar and gorgeous, sweeping views of New York City.
Tickets ($45 each) for the 8:30pm cruise are avaliable for purchase via EventBrite for $45 each: http://fashionnightoutcruise-zvents.eventbrite.com/
Community + fashion + donating to make a difference makes this the perfect event for Goodwill; we're delighted to be a part of this fantastic event pulled together by The Coutureman and Events Company Dining Engagement Group, Inc.
Hope to see you there!


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Oh man! Oh hi!! It feels like my heart is bursting just to be back here writing. Just sitting here for awhile typing words onto a blank page in my new beautiful home with HGTV muted in the background and a candle that smells deliciously of cactus (!) on the table. Blogging has always been my way to escape. I turned to this platform at a very young age. I was about 13 or 14 when I first did a program at Columbia University and I was introduced to the magic that is blogging. Being able to post my words in real time and then share them with the entire world is both terrifying, but also completely magical. It's the difference between seeing a friend in real life and via FaceTime, both are "real" per say, but later allows you a little more distance, a tad bit more space for self-reflection.
Recently my heart has been pulsing with words, but I haven't given it any space to allow them to hit the page. I've been transitioning between cities – New York to Boston – transitioning between counting days and having 97 days of sobriety, and transitioning from living with my ex-girlfriend to living completely alone. Lots of transition, and little time. My days have felt like they've been flying by. Maybe it's true what they say, when you're having fun time flies. I feel like I've never experienced that before though. Time usually doesn't skip by, it lags. I remember feeling like everyday over the summer took forever to finish. I couldn't see through them, I could only sit in them. Today and yesterday and the day before that flew by. I'm busy trying to check off a busy to-do list, making new, encouraging, loving friends, and reminding myself that self-care actually has to come first.
Whenever I get super passionate about something I tend to talk super fast. I've had a bunch of moments with new friends recently where I feel like I can't get the words out any fast, so much so that sometimes I forget how much information can be conveyed between he lines. Sometimes I don't need to say it all. Sometimes silence is another way to say, "I'm okay," or, "space would be nice." When it comes to boundaries I'm just trying to figure out what I ask for and what I let God do for me. Everything? Some things? Sitting on my meditation mat this morning I asked for His help and the response was short, simple, "you're okay." And then the light fractured just perfectly on the side of Buddha's head and my face was bathed in light and my heart which had felt tight for days, loosened. Leonard Cohen wrote, "there is a crack in everything, that is how the light gets in." It is one of my favorite quotes. For someone who has always tried to seal up my brokenness, tape together my pieces in one giant display of OKAY-NESS, permission to be fractured is so welcome. Sometimes I just need the reminder, from friends, from strangers, from the silly love notes I purchased for myself, or the strange shadow-play outside my window. You're okay. That's what they all say.
There are so many new things surrounding me: new sheets, new furniture, a new turquoise ring that somehow fits perfectly, looks natural and glistens in just the right light. There's new friends with new boundaries, new conversations, new days. I'm trying to spend more time between the lines: letting myself sit, breathe, and stop when I need to. Knowing that the days may feel short, but my life is long. Everything doesn't need to be done today. What needs to be done today is a lot of caring for my heart, checking in with my tribe those that remind me how to do this thing called life, and that's it. I stay sober. I breathe. I love. I show-up. All today. Maybe, hopefully tomorrow. What I hope for you this week is something Esther Hicks wrote:
Tell everyone you know: "My happiness depends on me, so you're off the hook." And then demonstrate it. Be happy no matter what they're doing. Practice feeling good, no matter what. And before you know it, you will not give anyone else responsibility for the way you feel-and then, you'll love them all. Because the only reason you don't love them, is because you're using them as your excuse to not feel good.


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Clevedon First is a fledgling group of Clevedon residents who all feel we have a town that has no strategy or leadership in reversing the decline of the town or in making it a more attractive place to live, work and shop. I personally joined the council as I was determined to bring about change on a council that I thought seemed detached from the reality of the people of Clevedon's lives and concerns. I have found the last year or so that I have been a councillor so disheartening and wrong that the 'old school' just keep on block voting against new initiatives or new ways of doing things. I also feel that often there isn't the fight there for resources for Clevedon from North Somerset Council. Over the past 18 months I have found that any new initiative is met with foot dragging and delaying tactics. A simple bollard costing £275 to protect children in Queens Square took four years to approve.
Clevedon First, which is non-party political and non-sectarian, plan to lobby for more to be done to protect the interests of residents and we eventually want to be able to contest all seats on Clevedon Town Council during the next round of elections in 2015. We will contest our first seat on the town council on October 4 when a by-election for the Walton ward is being held following the resignation of the councillor for that area. Andrew Withers will be our candidate.
Clevedon First feels there needs to be new blood on the council now to provide leadership and to fight for resources. The town council has £250,000 to spend each year – surely it should be spent in the way the town wants it to be.


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Sunday, November 18, 2007
We finally got some internet connectivity and I thought I'd throw in a quick post. It's been awesome with only a little rain today but it's definitely getting colder everyday. We checked out Portobello Road Market yesterday. It rocked! Today was Petticoat Lane, Brick Lane and Spitalfield's Markets. Spitalfield's also rocked and we got some great stuff! The British Museum was amazing and we were able to spend more time there and see even more goodies than last time. We also finally made it to Buckingham Palace, missed it the last time, and got some great shots. I'm going to have to sign up for flicker and show off all the pics. Here's a couple from the British Museum.
Posted by Amy Huff at Sunday, November 18, 2007
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Can't believe you took time to post! Have a great time across the pond.
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