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Amazon announced it has suspended more than 3,900 selling accounts in the U.S. for "violating our fair pricing policies" amid the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.
The company said Monday it has also removed over 500,000 offers from stores due to "coronavirus-based price gouging."
Amazon said it is monitoring its stores for unfair prices and listings that "make false claims in regards to COVID-19."
"We began taking these enforcement actions promptly upon discovering this kind of misconduct, and we've been partnering directly with law enforcement agencies to combat price gougers and hold them accountable," Amazon said in a blog post.
Earlier this month, Amazon said it blocked or removed over 1 million products for suspect or misleading claims.
RELATED: $10 toilet paper? Coronavirus gouging complaints surge in US
RELATED: Amazon looks to hire 100,000 to keep up with orders amid coronavirus pandemic
The company's Selling Policies and Seller Code of Conduct requires all sellers to adhere to a list of policies when selling products on its site. Some offenses and prohibited content can result in the suspension of an Amazon account.
The company announced on March 17 that it will only accept shipments of cleaning equipment, medical supplies and household goods from suppliers at its warehouses for the next three weeks to fill surging demand of those items. The online retailer has been sold out of items like disinfecting wipes and toilet paper as the new coronavirus spreads and more people shop online at home.
Amazon said the restrictions will last until April 5. It applies to large vendors and third-party sellers, who list items to sell on Amazon.com directly.


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Before You People gather to give thanks to Jebus for fried avian carcasses and deep discounts on crap you don't need, check out these links for truth, justice, and the American Way™, Amen.
Were you under the impression that Kenyan Prime Minster B. Hussein NOBAMA won reëlection comfortably earlier this month, just as Intrade and the number-crunching geniuses Nate Silver and Sam Wang suggested he would?
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Get in the van, Charles Koch has candy.
A conservative mogul worth $43 billion says he knows the secret to helping poor people. According to Charles Koch, the U.S. needs to get rid of the minimum wage, which he counts as a major obstacle to economic growth.
On Wednesday, the Charles Koch Foundation launched a $200,000 media campaign in Wichita, Kansas, with a hint of expanding it elsewhere. [...]
In an interview with the Wichita Eagle published Tuesday, Koch said that the minimum wage is one policy he is working against.
The existence of minimum wage was clearly a massive impediment to the Koch Brother's Success which they inherited.


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Petition; European Pharmaceutical Companies Use & Want Pregnant Mare's Blood To Speed Up Factory Farming!
January 19, 2017
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Ag-Gag FAIL: Idaho Ordered to Pay $250 Thousand in Legal – Very Graphic Video
June 22, 2016
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|by Joe Loria
"Please, Note there is a video at the end of this post. however it is very graphic"
According to the Idaho Statesman, Idaho has been ordered to pay nearly $250,000 in legal fees for a case, that could have been avoided.
In response to the investigation, the Idaho Dairymen's Association drafted and sponsored an ag-gag bill, which was passed by the Idaho legislature and signed by Governor Otter in February 2014. This law created a new crime: "interference with agricultural production." It essentially criminalized undercover investigations on factory farms.
A federal judge overturned this dangerous and un-American law last August for violating the First Amendment and Equal Protection Clause of the Constitution. U.S. district judge B. Lynn Winmill stated in his ruling:
The effect of the statute will be to suppress speech by undercover investigators and whistleblowers concerning topics of great public importance: the safety of the public food supply, the safety of agricultural workers, the treatment and health of farm animals, and the impact of business activities on the environment.
The coalition of nonprofit groups that challenged the law has now been awarded $249,875.08 in legal fees. Clearly ag-gag laws are not only unconstitutional, but a huge waste of taxpayer resources. Idaho is now appealing the court ruling, which will result in an even greater waste of taxpayer money.
The governor and lawmakers of Idaho should be ashamed. They clearly don't value their hard working constituents and will accept money from big corporations at the taxpayers' expense.
We urge Idaho lawmakers to focus their efforts on improving animal welfare and rewarding the brave whistleblowers who uncover criminal activity in the state's agricultural operations.
This ruling should also be a wake-up call to the meat, dairy, and egg industries that attempt to keep consumers in the dark about where their food comes from will not be tolerated.
For more information, please visit NoAgGag.com.
VERY GRAPHIC – This is just one of Mercy For Animals Video's taken in an Ohio Dairy Farm (not the video in question)
Animal activists stage protest in Beijing against China's barbaric annual dog meat festival which sees tens of thousands of canines beaten to death and cooked
June 10, 2016
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"Nobody will die if dog & cat are taken off the menu!!!"
- Around 30 animal campaigners carried out the protest today in bid to stop Yulin dog meat festival in China
- The controversial festival sees as many as 10,000 animals butchered and eaten on summer solstice
- A petition signed by over 11 million people has been submitted to the authority, animal charity claimed
- During the event, activists called Yulin in rural Guangxi Province a 'scumbag' and 'a total embarrassment' to China
A group of animal activists staged a protest today in Beijing in a bid to stop a Chinese dog-eating festival set to occur later this month.
This must stop: A group of around 30 animal activists staged a protest today in Beijing in a bid to stop the Yulin dog meat festival
The demonstration, initiated by three animal protection groups, submitted a petition allegedly signed by over 11 million people, calling on the Chinese authorities to end the Yulin dog meat festival.
The annual festival, which takes place in south China's Guangxi Province, sees tens of thousands of animals beaten to death, cooked and sold on the market to celebrate summer solstice.
Around 30 activists carried out the protest outside of the Yulin government office as the petition was presented to the authority by three animal charities: Humane Society International, VShine and Beijing Mothers Against Animal Cruelty.
Pictures from today's event show animal campaigners, many of whom brought their own pet dogs, holding signs saying 'Scumbag of China' in English and 'Shame on Yulin' in Simplified Chinese.
Wendy Higgins, the Director of International Media at Humane Society International, said over 11 million signatures had been collected worldwide through the internet to demand the festival to stop.
The petition also included signatures gathered by four other international animal welfare organisations. They are RaiseURPaw in Canada as well as the Duo Duo Project, Care2 and Avaaz from the United States.
The petition has been accepted by officials from the Yulin government in Beijing, according to Ms Higgins.
Peter Li, the China Policy Expert at Humane Society International, attended the protest in Beijing today.
Mr Li told MailOnline:
'There was a huge presence of police, but our hand-in went very peacefully. It was a great feeling to join with our Chinese partner group activists in Beijing today, there was a tremendous sense of determination to get our voices heard to the global media, and to let the world know that many people across China want the brutal Yulin dog meat festival shut down.
He added: 'We gave a show of strength and defiance against the dog thieves and the blatant animal cruelty, to say loudly – you will not steal our best friends!
'I hope that the authorities listen, they really should do as the strength of public upset about Yulin and the trade here in China is really growing.
'Next stop for me is Yulin, where I have been a number of times before, for the grim task of visiting the slaughterhouses before the festival starts.'
Sickening feast: Residents in Yulin tucked in their dinner made with dog meat during last year's festival. Many of the animals, which were caged and beaten before being slaughtered, are thought to be stolen pets!
Xu Yufeng, founder of Beijing Mothers Against Animal Cruelty who were also present at the protest, said: 'Yulin is a total embarrassment to China.
'Its failure to stop mass dog slaughter and mass dog consumption shows that the local authorities are not doing their job to protect the people, especially young children.
'We urge the Yulin authorities to stand on the right side of history and to end the "festival" in the interests of public security, food safety, social morality and China's reputation.'
Another member of the protesters, Pan Danyang from China-based small animal protection group VShine, said:
'This is the third year of our participation in the nation-wide campaign against the Yulin dog meat festival. 'Since we have over the last few years helped accommodate dogs rescued from the dog meat trade, we know Yulin's dog meat market relies on dogs from suspicious sources. 'I hope that Yulin authorities will take actions to stop the dog trucks from going into their city so that the mass slaughter on the summer solstice day won't happen.'
Visitors play with rescued dogs at a shelter ran by Yang Xiaoyun in Tianjin, China, July 8, 2015. Yang said she spent 300,000 RMB (48,248 USD) to purchase 500 dogs to rescue them from dog meat dealers at Yulin's annual dog meat festival last month. She keeps more than 1,000 dogs in her shelters, mostly abandoned or she purchased from dog meat traders. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon
To learn more & signn other petitions, please visit the following, just a handful of sites that contain very informative material:-
- https://twitter.com/2016yulin
- http://stopyulinforever.org/
- http://blog.change.org/gb/feed/more-than-19million-people-back-petition-calling-for-an-end-to-the-yulin-dog-meat-festival
- http://www.wildlifeplanet.net/stop-the-yulin-2016-festival.html
- http://www.wildlifeplanet.net/400-dogs-and-cats-saved-from-slaughter-at-the-yulin-dog-meat-eating-festival.html
- http://dailycaller.com/2016/06/08/activists-to-picket-chinese-embassy-over-massive-dog-meat-festival/
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3634923/Animal-activists-stage-protest-Beijing-against-China-s-barbaric-annual-dog-meat-festival-sees-tens-thousands-canines-beaten-death-cooked.html
GRAPHIC MEDIA: SLICE OF CRUELTY; Hidden-Camera Video Reveals Secret Pizza Topping – Disgusting Animal Animal Abuse
September 30, 2014
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"This is my personal opinion, it should have been posted a while ago, but its taken a while to write, due to pain. If people want to eat meat & dairy, I can't stop them. But I feel they have a duty as the consumer to demand the meat they buy, hasn't been kicked, punched or shocked around its genitals to get it moving; so it can go to slaughter! It's plain to see (on the video) that downer dairy cows, that simply can't move unaided, due to illness or broken bones are moved by brute force; instead of being PTS on the spot! I want the consumers to demand CCTV around farms & slaughterhouses, at the end of the day, it's the consumer who pays for the meat & dairy products, they should care how the animals are raised! Consumers should be assured the meat & dairy products, came from animals given the best welfare standards possible!! It has been well documented that stressed animals, like those seeing their buddies killed in front of them or those that have been beaten or abused; affects the quality of their meat! Have you ever seen a joint of beef in the supermarket fridge, that looks like the skin is bruised? well it probably is bruising; caused by the neanderthals who enjoy kicking & punching the shit out of the animals; because there is nobody to stop them!!" Please read this, regards the above:-http://www.fao.org/3/a-x6909e/x6909e04.htm
"I have seen MANY undercover farm videos showing cruelty before…I find this, the most shocking. The public have a right & need to know how the animals they eat, are actually treated before slaughter!! If there is one video to make you ditch cheese & dairy products…hopefully it's this one! I became a vegetarian years ago, because I didn't want to be a party to the abuse, farmed animals suffer daily; although I know not all farms allow their animals to be treated this way! Then a few years later, I saw what happened to the dairy cows, it stopped me immediately drinking milk or eating cheese; all I could see was the images of the animals suffering. I now only drink plant-based "Alpro" milk, I prefer the Hazelnut variety which is made by taking the best whole hazelnuts & blending them with pure spring water (plus a few added vitamins & calcium of course) which I feel is far better for you than milk from a dairy cow; who has been abused her whole life!"
"Many dairy cows suffer beatings or heinous bodily abuse, throughout their life, especially on the conveyor belt of large mega dairy farms, where cows will never feel the grass beneath their feet! The only thing you can be certain of, is that the poor cow (constantly kept producing milk by artificial insemination) has its babies taken away at birth!! These farmers want the last bloody drop out of these poor dairy cows; before they will let them go to slaughter. I should imagine the cows are actually grateful, for an end to their lives of appalling abuse! I am a picky eater, but have found Quorn alternatives, to make any normal meat dishes! I love Linda McCartney's burgers & sausages, they are tastier than the quorn versions….you name the recipe & there will be some produce, able to make it; without harming any living animal; which is the diet I choose to eat!!
Is your pizza topped with horrific animal cruelty? A new Mercy For Animals undercover investigation reveals shocking animal abuse at a milk producer for Leprino Foods – the world's largest mozzarella cheese maker and major cheese supplier to Pizza Hut, Domino's and Papa John's.
PLEASE SIGN PETITION:-https://www.change.org/p/james-leprino-stop-sickening-animal-abuse-at-world-s-largest-pizza-cheese-supplier
To maximize profits, the dairy industry keeps cows in a constant cycle of pregnancy, birth, and lactation. Typically, baby calves are dragged away from their mothers within a day of birth so that all of their milk can be sold for profit.
Female calves are either sold for meat or used as replacements for the "spent" cows in the dairy herd. Male calves, since they don't produce milk, are often chained by the neck in tiny wooden boxes until they are killed for veal.
Like dogs, cats, zebras, and all other mammals, including humans, cows only produce milk when they are pregnant or nursing — and for the same reason: to nourish their young. The dairy industry steals this milk from calves for humans.
An undercover investigator with Mercy For Animals documented horrific animal abuse at Winchester Dairy in New Mexico, a milk supplier to Leprino Foods — the world's largest mozzarella cheese producer. Leprino Foods is a primary cheese supplier to Pizza Hut, Domino's and Papa John's restaurants nationwide. The hidden-camera video footage shows:
- Workers viciously kicking and punching cows, and stabbing them with screwdrivers, causing bloody wounds and injuries
- Cows being violently whipped in their faces and bodies with chains and metal wires
- Workers maliciously shocking sick and injured cows and dragging them with tractors
- Sick or injured cows suffering from open wounds, infections, and injuries left to suffer without proper veterinary care
Expert Opinions
After reviewing the undercover footage, renowned animal welfare experts Drs. Bernard Rollin and Terry Engle and Mr. William Wailes from the animal science department at Colorado State University wrote: "Of all the atrocity videos I have examined on behalf of various animal advocacy groups, this one may well depict the most prolonged, and severest pain being inflicted on innocent, non-ambulatory dairy cattle. … It is clear that the workers enjoy this infliction of pain and suffering, and even make remarks to that effect. … Of equal concern is the overall lack of training in animal care husbandry practices as well as in the importance to the social ethic of these types of unacceptable animal abuse. We all hold the owners/managers equally responsible for this egregious behavior!"
Dairy's Dark Side
Treated as mere milk-producing machines, cows exploited and killed for milk and cheese endure lives of near constant misery and deprivation.
In order to keep producing a steady supply of milk, the cows are repeatedly impregnated. Several times a day, dairy cows are hooked by their udders to electric milking machines that can cause them to suffer electrical shocks, painful lesions, and mastitis (an infection of the udders). Some spend their entire lives standing on concrete floors; others are crammed into massive mud lots.
Cows have a natural lifespan of nearly 25 years, but the stress caused by factory farm conditions leads to disease, lameness, and reproductive problems that render cows worthless to the dairy industry by the time they are four or five years old.
These highly intelligent and social animals suffer unimaginable abuse from the time they are born and ripped from their mothers' sides until they are so physically worn out from repeated pregnancies and constant milk production that they are sold for slaughter.
Although unconscionable cruelty and violence are standard practice in the dairy industry, caring consumers can help end the needless suffering of cows by choosing vegan alternatives to milk, cheese, and ice cream. Please visit ChooseVeg.comto learn more.
Published on 16 Sep 2014
Is your pizza topped with horrific animal cruelty? A new Mercy For Animals undercover investigation reveals shocking animal abuse at a major pizza cheese supplier — Leprino Foods. Workers were caught viciously kicking, punching, and stabbing cows with screwdrivers, and violently whipping them in their faces and bodies with chains and metal wires. Take action at SliceOfCruelty.com
News Link:http://www.sliceofcruelty.com/
Cruelty Critics:-
"The video shows workers hitting, kicking and punching cows with hands, boots and sharp objects to get them into the milking parlor. The workers are clearly abusing the cattle and causing distress for no reason." Dr. James Reynolds
"The handling of the dairy cows and calves by workers in this facility is unacceptably rough and overtly abusive. … This facility should cease operations due to severe animal welfare deficiencies and overt animal cruelty." Dr. Debra Teachout
"Of all the atrocity videos I have examined on behalf of various animal advocacy groups, this one may well depict the most prolonged, and severest pain being inflicted on innocent, non-ambulatory dairy cattle." Dr. Bernard E. Rollin, William Wailes and Dr. Terry Engle of Colorado State University
"The handling of the cows in this facility is inexcusably harsh, vicious and inhumane. The cows are kicked, beaten, jabbed with electrified prods and struck with sharp objects. … This behavior is gratuitous and unnecessary, as the workers go out of their way to beat the cows…" Dr. Lee Schrader
"I recommend that charges of animal cruelty be brought against the workers and managers involved, and that the facility be shut down. Such despicable cruelty to animals is beyond sickening and must not be tolerated." Dr. Armaiti May
"The actions of the barn staff in this video are unacceptable, willful acts of abuse. … The callous acts depicted in this video footage do not meet expectations for humane animal handling." Dr. Sara Shields
"The use of the hip lifter to drag and hoist a cow above the ground was definitely abusive. … Management should be partially to blame for the abusive handling because they failed to provide both training and appropriate equipment for moving downer cows." Dr. Temple Grandin
"Seriously after watching this, I just don't understand how any humans with a heart, can contribute to this torture; by purchasing the meat or milk?? It actually breaks my heart that the public don't know or if they do, don't want to watch this…but these poor animals suffer from the day they are born…FOR GODS SAKE… PLEASE HELP THEM BY SIGNING THE PETITION BELOW: OPEN YOUR EYE'S!! PLEASE ONLY PURCHASE ORGANIC DAIRY PRODUCTS OR THOSE WITH THE RSPCA LOGO ON, STAND UP FOR THOSE THAT GIVE THEIR LIFE FOR YOU, TO STOP THE ABUSE…IT'S NOT A LOT TO ASK!!!
"Seriously, if you have had the balls to view this video or any other farm animal video (good for you); can you truly eat or drink animal products, knowing what happens?? Knowing they are tortured throughout their short lives?? Please just give it a go, swap your normal diet slowly, i.e milk, swap it for Alpro (probably the Almond milk is the easiest to try first) Look for enriched soymilk, too, which is also fortified with calcium and vitamin D. Then use Quorn mince to make a spaghetti Bolognese, lasagna, shepherds pie & other meat dishes. Try the Linda McCartney sausages & burgers…I'm sure you will be surprised, at how good they actually taste!!!"
Top 10 Eco-Friendly Reasons to Buy Organic Meat & Dairy
Read more: http://www.care2.com/greenliving/why-buy-organic-dairy-meat.html#ixzz3EkMTxdct
GRAPHIC VIDEO: MFA Undercover – Confined, Chained And Abused, Canadian Veal Industry Exposed. Petition To Sign
April 23, 2014
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"I can't deny shedding tears for these little ones, chained up in tiny boxes, they can't even turn around in; before their short lives end at the slaughter plant! These sentient beings may be, just a by product, but they still deserve to be treated with kindness & respect…it doesn't cost anything to show empathy etc. Animals are far more humane than humans are & always will be!
"As with all animals, especially those that are raised for human consumption; at the very least, surely they deserve to have the 5 Freedom acts adhered to. The five freedoms that no animal kept by humans for whatever reason; should ever be without, it's not much to ask for, is it?
- freedom from hunger and thirst
- freedom from discomfort (shelter from heat and rain)
- freedom from pain, injury and disease
- freedom to express normal behaviour (without inconveniencing or harming others)
- freedom from fear and distress.
Please sign petition: http://www.cratedcruelty.ca/
Please sign petition: http://www.cratedcruelty.ca/
From December to February 2014, a Mercy For Animals Canada investigator worked at a Délimax veal factory farm in Pont-Rouge, Quebec. Our hidden camera captured horrific animal cruelty and neglect, including:
- Calves crammed into feces-covered wooden boxes barely larger than their own bodies
- Baby animals chained by the neck, unable to even turn around or lie down comfortably for their entire lives
- Animals driven mad from boredom and stress, denied even their most basic natural behaviours
- Workers violently kicking, punching, and tormenting baby animals
- Animals painfully stuck in the wooden slats of their crates
- Sick and injured animals left to suffer and slowly die in their own filth without proper veterinary care
After reviewing the undercover footage, Dr. John Webster, Professor of Animal Husbandry at the University of Bristol, and Europe's leading expert on dairy cattle welfare, stated: "In all my experience, this is the worst, cruellest system that I have ever seen, in every sense, housing, health and stockmanship. [T]he system as seen on the video is now illegal in Europe, both in regard to individual housing, and denial of access to solid feed containing sufficient digestible fibre."
Dr. Sara Shields agreed, concluding: "Veal crates are the epitome of a poor animal housing system, and it is almost shocking to see them still being used… Studies have shown that calves tethered in stalls have higher physiological stress responses than those kept in groups or in pairs."
Veal is a direct by-product of the dairy industry. Since they will never produce milk, male calves born into the dairy industry are ripped away from their mothers' sides shortly after birth and end up in veal factory farms like this one.
These calves spend their short, wretched lives languishing in their own waste inside a tiny wooden box. They never get to see the sun, breathe fresh air, feel the grass beneath their feet, walk, run, play, or do anything that makes life worth living. Their short lives are filled with misery, violence, and deprivation.
Although cruelty and violence are standard practice for Canada's veal industry, caring consumers can help end the needless suffering of calves and other farmed animals by choosing a compassionate vegan diet.
"If you cant go fully vegan then help by trying to be a vegetarian & don't drink milk (It's made for animals offspring, not humans) drink soya milk instead. I drink Soya milk, Almond & Hazelnut are my favourites. They taste great to drink when cold & have quite a sweet taste (ditch the sugar) so it's great in coffee & on cereals. Think about it, do you really want to be a party to the horrific & abusive ways, theses sentient little babies are kept in? Would you deny them the right to be with their mother's?? Many people think being vegetarian means eating nut cutlets, rice & beans; personally I hate that type of stuff. Whatever recipes that require meat, can be made just as well with Quorn. Go to my Pinterest site to see recipes made with Quorn & also the pre-made Quorn burgers, mince, chicken etc. The Linda McCartney range of meat free foods are also delicious, especially the sausages! My daughter isn't vegan or vegetarian like me; but she eats what I do; with no complaints because she finds it so tasty!
MY Vegan & Vegetarian Pinterest site:-http://www.pinterest.com/presciousjules/vegan-vegetarian/
Please sign petition: http://www.cratedcruelty.ca/
"In all my experience, this is the worst, cruellest system that I have ever seen, in every sense, housing, health and stockmanship. [T]he system as seen on the video is now illegal in Europe, both in regard to individual housing, and denial of access to solid feed containing sufficient digestible fibre."
John Webster, PhD
"Cows are highly intelligent and sentient, feeling beings, and it's clear that the calves in this video are suffering. Deep fear and pain can be seen in their eyes and in their behavior. Calves are just as sentient as dogs – we would never tolerate such abuse inflicted upon a dog."
Marc Bekoff, PhD
"Psychologically, the isolation and restricted movement [of veal crates] thwarts the calves need to suckle from their dam, prevents social interaction with their mother and with other calves, severely limits mental stimulation and investigative behavior, and disallows any sort of play."
Debi Zimmermann, DVM
"Veal stalls… we need to get rid of, plain and simple."
Temple Grandin, PhD
"This video provides clear evidence of deliberate institutionalized animal abuse in Canada's veal industry. Veal calves are shown imprisoned in narrow stalls on slatted floors. Many animals are chained so tightly that they can barely move or can only perform a few short movements, which they do repeatedly."
John Sorenson, PhD
"No animal should be so physically limited in its' movement. The calf can stand or lie in one place only. He can't turn around, lick his back, or stretch out. The chain around his neck ensures that he can't lie down flat (something that calves do naturally). Not surprisingly, stereotypies are common. "
Mary Richardson, DVM
Please sign the petition: http://www.cratedcruelty.ca/
Please view at your own discretion – WATCH: Baby Calves Kicked, Beaten, and Chained in Crates for Veal
Published on 19 Apr 2014
Sickening cruelty to animals at a veal factory farm was captured on hidden camera by an investigator with Mercy For Animals Canada. Workers violently kick, punch, and torment baby calves who are crammed into filthy wooden crates so small they can't even turn around or lie down comfortably for nearly their entire lives. Learn more and take action at: http://www.CratedCruelty.ca
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GRAPHIC VIDEO: SHELL TO HELL Mercy For Animals Investigation – Petition To Sign
April 15, 2014
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"This is a sadistic, disgusting & shameful way, in which the Canadian hatchery's treat baby chicks. Employees laugh & find it hilarious when chicks get stuck; or are thrown to a basket but miss & end up being injured. Seriously these workers have no morals or empathy for these new-born chicks; they are literally heartless. God help any animals they have at home, if they think it's funny to watch these gentle innocent little chicks be ground up alive! As sentient beings, chicks are more than capable of feeling pain & distress etc. this practice needs to end: PERIOD. So please sign the petition. All animals who's lives end for human consumption; should be treated with respect & kindness; from their first breath to their last!"
SHELL TO HELL Please sign the Petition:-http://mercyforanimals.ca/hatchery/#petition
A new Mercy For Animals Canada undercover investigation at a Maple Leaf-owned hatchery in Ontario reveals chicks thrown by their fragile wings, drowned in scalding water, and ground up alive.
From February to March of 2014, a Mercy For Animals Canada undercover investigator worked at Horizon Poultry — a Maple Leaf-owned hatchery in Hanover, Ontario. Our hidden camera captured horrific animal cruelty and neglect, including:
After reviewing the undercover footage, Dr. Sara Shields, a leading expert in chicken welfare, stated: "[I]n a commercial hatchery, there is very little consideration for the behavioral biology of the animals, the pain, stress and fear they may experience as they are conveyed through the equipment, and little regard for the occasional animal who is mauled by the machinery. Much better safeguards are needed to ensure that every chick is treated humanely."
Veterinarian Dr. Mary Richardson agreed, concluding: "Because there are huge numbers of birds being processed and speed is important, birds are given no more care than if they were widgets. The workers fling, throw and drop the birds without any regard for their welfare."
Newly hatched chicks have well-developed nervous systems and are sensitive and fragile. In nature, chicks are protected by their devoted mothers who have been known to put their own lives at risk for their babies.
In hatcheries, each worker is expected to process over 1,700 chicks an hour by callously grabbing and throwing them. The animals are treated as inanimate objects rather than the sensitive and intelligent animals they are.
In nature, a mother hen peeps to her chicks while they are still in the eggs, and the chicks peep back to her. When hatched, chicks stay close to their mother and find warmth, comfort, and protection under her wings.
In hatcheries, mother hens are replaced with massive machines, fast-moving conveyor belts, harsh handling and frightening noises. Young chicks are sorted, discarded, and treated as mere cogs in a machine.
In nature, newly hatched chicks find warmth and comfort under their mother's wing. In hatcheries, their mothers are replaced with massive machines, fast-moving conveyor belts, harsh handling, and frightening noises. Young chicks are sorted, discarded, and treated like mere cogs in a machine.
Although cruelty and violence are standard practice for Canada's hatcheries, caring consumers can help end the needless suffering of chicks and other farmed animals by choosing a compassionate vegan diet.
"Workers are clearly desensitized to the animals' suffering, joking and laughing about playing 'football' with chicks who have fallen from the machines, animals being boiled alive or mangled in the macerator."
John Sorenson, PhD
In a commercial hatchery, there is very little consideration for the behavioral biology of the animals, the pain, stress and fear they may experience as they are conveyed through the equipment, and little regard for the occasional animal who is mauled by the machinery."
Sara Shields, PhD
"Because there are huge numbers of birds being processed and speed is important, birds are given no more care than if they were widgets. The workers fling, throw and drop the birds without any regard for their welfare."
Mary Richardson, DVM
- Chicks flung by their fragile wings and slammed into metal dividers
- Live chicks sent through a scalding washing machine, burned, and drowned
- Chicks overloaded and roughly crammed into macerators to be ground up alive
WATCH: Baby Chicks Ground Up Alive at Maple Leaf Hatchery
Published on 14 Apr 2014
New hidden-camera video taken by a Mercy For Animals Canada investigator exposes horrific cruelty to baby chicks at a Maple Leaf chicken hatchery. Workers fling birds by their fragile wings, slam them into metal dividers, drown them in scalding hot industrial washing machines, and roughly cram chicks into a macerator machine to be ground up alive. Learn more and take action at:http://www.MercyForAnimals.ca/Hatchery
Petition & News Link:-http://mercyforanimals.ca/hatchery/#petition – http://mercyforanimals.ca/hatchery/readmore.php


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Monthly Archives: September 2012
Lake Powell Report
Guide Trip
Sept. 23 & 24, 2012
Another spoon fest. 2 days with the Keller brothers from the LA area fishing 2 "split" days, 4 hours in the morning and another 4 in the evening. Sunday morning, we did very well on small stripers in Gunsight with spoons and a good number on topwater poppers. The bigger fish from a week prior just didn't eat that day. In the evening, we headed to Warm Creek and it was on for the bigger fish. We drifted north with the wind and stayed on the fish for about a mile. Again spoons were the hot ticket and just before darkness fell a massive boil blew up very near where were fishing. Many of these fish were 3-4 pounders. Excellent end to day 1. Day 2 and we headed straight to Warm Creek again. This time the fish were fussy and we didn't get many into the boat. After a while, we turned to fishing for small and largemouth with topwaters and caught a few from the flooded brush. The evening session was very productive again. Despite windy conditions, we spooned up many fish from yearling to 4 pounders. I love my job!
Lake Powell Report
Guide Trip
September 17, 2012
Excellent spoon bite. I guided my former dentist and his wife/ dental partner from Tucson plus 4 others on 9/17 off their houseboat parked in Gunsight. We found the first school 200 yards from the house boat and stayed on it for over 2 hours. They kept me busy with 5 at a time hooked up. No room in the fish cooler after about an hour. Most of the fish in this pack were of the 1-2 year old size with several 3 pounders to keep everyone happy. This was one of the biggest striper schools I have ever been in. Then that school suddenly disapperaed. We graphed for a while to find them but they must have went the opposite way we were looking. We soon found a different school about a mile away and it was on again, this time there were many fish over 3 pounds and we released most of them because of lack of space. After an excellent meatball sandwich lunch and over an hour filleting fish, we cruised over to the west side of the pass in directly in front of Gunsight point and graphed until we found a smaller school in 50 feet and spooned some more yearlings. Another awesome day on the lake
Lake Powell Report
Guide Trip
Sept. 9, 2012
A very nice Israeli couple, Elihay and Lilah called last minute for a trip. I was happy to show them our beautiful lake. Lilah had never fished before and naturally, she was the first one hooked up to a hard pulling 3 pound striper. I have been on a school of stripers close to Page and they were right where I left them after the last trip. Elihay was and experienced angler and was used to the jigging spoon method we used on the 50′ deep fish. We managed to stay on these fish for over 2 hours and the couple had a great time. When the stripers disappeared as they sometimes do, We went smallmouth fishing with 5″ Yamamoto grubs with success and finished up the day with a active school of smallies from a small island.
Lees Ferry Report
Personal Trip
Labor Day, 2012
Lees Ferry was on fire today! I didn't even fish above 3.5 miles above the dock. Steady 8000 CFS and wading all over 3 mile was great with dry/ tungsten beaded dropper on the Sage 4 weight. Spin fished on the drift from 3.5 mile to 2.5 west bank with 3″ salt-free Yamamoto green pumpkin grub on a 1/8 jig head. The rainbows chomped it just like they a week ago when we were filming with Jarrett Edwards and Roland Martin. Quality fish were eating the grub too. I landed at least 10 fish 14-16 inches in that 1 mile of drift. The light was just right and I saw most of the fish eat the grub. I parked the boat at 2.5 mile and saw a ton of fish in a foot or less and they were rising to midges. Time for the Sage 1 weight SPL . After trying several midge dries, I found they would take a Griffth's Gnat on 7X. All of these fish were 10″ or smaller. I could see bigger fish but they were too wise for the gnat. I then switched to the trusty dry/ dropper rig and that was the ticket. I tried several of my custom versions of Zebra Midges in size 18. Fish were eating the dropper on nearly every drift. All of these fish were on the 1 weight and were great fighters. Most were 10-13 inches but I wanted some bigger fish. I rigged up a 6 weight Sage rod with a 5 foot sink tip and a black bugger. I stuck a chubby 15 incher on the first swing and proceeded to get bit at least every 3 casts. I worked the bar from top to bottom and landed at least 15 fish on the bugger. Most were bigger than the 1 weight fish. 3 were 15-16 inches. I switched back to the 4 weight, this time with a tungsten beaded brown San Juan Worm as the dropper. The bigger fish really liked the worm and I finished the day with several fish 14-16 inches. The last fish of the day was the prettiest by far. I saw him holding in a small depression just below a rock in the lower part of the flat. I could see the red side and gill plates and he was obviously bigger than the 2 other fish holding in the same depression. After about 10 casts and landing one of the other neighboring fish, I saw him turn and the dry fly took a dive indicating he had the worm. After a few minutes of good battle, I slid him up up on a flat boulder just under water and took his portrait. I can't tell if he was smiling, but I sure was.


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Found this recipe on-line and it is fantastic!!! We have this one quite often. I also add mushrooms, they are great!Read more
Ingredient: salt
Chocolate Pudding
I had a craving for some chocolate pudding. I wanted an alternative to the box stuff, so I found this on the internet. It's pretty good!Read more


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In a speech today El Presidente Barack Obama del Republica Bananera revealed that he wants to raid tax rates on small businesses up to 40% while lowering tax rates on corporations to 28%.
Just for comparison individual tax rates average around 35%. Additionally, about 41% of government revenue comes from individual income taxes and about 40% come from payroll taxes. Corporate tax source make up about 9% of federal revenue from income taxes. This according to the Joint Committee on Taxation for fiscal year 2010.
Getting back to Obama's speech today he did not explain why he wanted these new tax rates on corporations and small business nor did he explain just how he thinks such a move would do anything good for the US economy. What he proposed today is actually an old proposal to lower the corporate tax rate from 35% to 28%. For manufacturers the tax rate would be lowered to 25%. This comes less than a year after the government raised the top tax rate for individual to 39.6% which is also the average rate in taxes paid by many small businesses.
Although Obama did not explain his reasoning for this nor why he thinks such a move would be a sound economic idea he did say that the US tax code is currently riddled with "loopholes" and that corporations end up paying little to nothing in taxes while small businesses end up paying 35% or more. He said he wants to simplify the tax code so that loopholes are closed. He also said he wants to fix the US to stop giving incentives to ship US jobs overseas and he wants to lower tax rates on businesses that create jobs in and for America. He gave no further details on exactly what loopholes he was referring to. Ironically, during the 2012 presidential race the Obama camp came down on the Mitt Romney camp for not identifying which loopholes Romney would close.
Sadly, Obama and Company fail to understand that it is small business that drives America and it is small business that creates the MOST jobs for Americans in America. Obama's desire to lower tax rates for corporations and raise tax rates for small business is yet one more proof that Obama is NOT a Socialist, Communist, Anarchist, or anything thing of the sort. What he is is a Fascist Corporatist and this proves it so. He does the corporate bidding and he serves the corporations. He has a history now of trying to cut the throats of small business while at the same time promoting corporatism. Continue Reading


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Recently I embarked on the task of submitting a new directive to angular js. I am involved in several open source projects and am familiar with the process of contributing but I wasn't ready for the carefully contstructed contribution process to Angular. I thought I'd get out a quick post about some trouble I ran into and how I solved it.
**This is up to date for angular.js repo as of June 17th 2015**
Submitting A New Directive to Angular
First things first. Read the README.md file on the angular/angular.js repo and the contribution documentation. I will just run through a brief synopsis of that.
Getting Started
You will need to have node, npm, bower, and grunt installed on your machine. These are some basics that every developer should already have and be familiar with. To learn more click the links below:
Grunt Task Runner
Forking the Repository
It is standard practice when wanting to contribute to an open source project that you fork the project onto your personal GitHub account, make the changes, and submit a Pull Request. Angular is no different so we will do this before submitting a new directive to angular.
Building AnguarJS
Once you have forked the repo into your personal account you need to build AngularJS locally. The following is an excerpt from Angular's Contribution Documentation:
# Clone your Github repository: git clone "email@example.com:
/angular.js.git" # Go to the AngularJS directory: cd angular.js # Add the main AngularJS repository as an upstream remote to your repository: git remote add upstream "https://github.com/angular/angular.js.git" # Install node.js dependencies: npm install # Install bower components: bower install # Build AngularJS: grunt package
It was here that I ran into my first issue. When running grunt package I was getting multiple errors. In the end I believe the cause of all my troubles was that I was on a Windows machine using a combination of Cygwin and CMD to try and run all the necessary commands. Some of my issues were caused by not running an elevated level of CMD (Run As Administrator) so npm install wasn't functioning as expected. In the end I switched over to my Mac and everything worked fine first shot… I know this avoiding the problem rather than fixing it but it is on the developer to know their setup and machine to be able to work through these kinks so the path you take may be different.
Something that I found very useful was to understand the inner workings of the grunt package command. It was by studying this that I found the solution to most my problems.
Here is a brief run through of what is happening when we run grunt package
In your basic setups everything is usually contained in one file. For example you would never have to look outside the Gruntfile.js file to see what Grunt is doing. This is not the cast for most things in the Angular repo. Notice in the Gruntfile.js file this snippet of code:
Seeing this I followed that path to find a utils and plugins file that gave insight to some of the tasks specified in the package command.
Subtasks of grunt 'package' task
The first thing that happens before each task in Grunt is a fresh npm install. The following code is responsible for that:
if (!process.env.TRAVIS) {
Next the bower task is ran. The logic for this can be found in the ./lib/grunt/plugins.js file. This is doing a bower install
Next we have the clean task. This cleans out the build and tmp folders.
Next is the buildall task. This can be found in the ./lib/grunt/plugins.js file. This task runs all the subtasks of the build tasks found in Gruntfile.js. There are 14 subtasks all together which include building your angular.js file.
Next package runs minall. The logic for this is also found in the plugins.js file and like buildall it runs all the subtasks for the min task in the Gruntfile.js file
Next collect-errors is ran. The logic for this can be found in ./lib/grunt/utils.js and it does just what it sounds like it does…
Okay now package will run the docs task. The logic for this can be found in the plugins.js file, what it is doing is running the gulpfile.js found in the /docs directory. This task is run:
gulp.task('default', ['assets', 'doc-gen', 'build-app', 'jshint']);
You can use the same logic we have been using to track back the Grunt tasks to discover what these tasks are doing.
Next the copy task will run. This runs an i18n task. You can learn more about what that means here but basically this task is creating files for different regions around the world.
Next is the write task which is creating the version files for your build.
Lastly is the compress task. This creates the ZIP file of your project build located in the build folder.
Okay now that we actually know what is happening when we run grunt package we will be able to better deduce the work required by us to submitting a new directive to angular js.
Our New Directive
The directive I created (which was rejected 🙁 because they had decided as a team already in previous discussions to not include this directive in the CORE Angular code) was ngVisible and ngInvisible. Here is a brief description of what that directive does:
ngVisibleInvisible works a lot like ngShowHide except that rather than toggling the display property it toggles the visibility property. This is useful when you want to hide an element but preserve the space it takes up in the DOM.
Because my directive is very similar to ngShow and ngHide I decided to mimic the code I found for ngShowHide in the angular.js repo.
Adding Directive's Code
When searching through the angular.js repo I found ./src/ng/directive/ngShowHide.js. I created a new file in the directory called ngVisibleInvisible.js. The ngShowHide.js file is over 300 lines long while the actual JS logic is about 30 lines of code. The reason for this is because all of the code/text for documentation, protractor testing, and examples are also found in this file.
The meat of the ngShowHide directive is simply adding the two classes .ng-hide and .ng-hide-animate. When the ng-show or ng-hide attribute on the directive changes the animation class is temporarily added and then the hide/show class is either added or removed. Simple.
I went through and customized the javascript, documentation, examples, and tests for my visible and invisible logic and saved my file.
Also noticing that it was a CSS class that was being added and removed I added the following snippet to css/angular.css
.ng-invisible:not(.ng-invisible-animate) {
visibility: hidden !important;
Re-Building angular.js
Now that I created my new directive I wanted to rebuild my environment and test it out! So.. lets run grunt package. I ran grunt package, followed the instructions on launching a webserver, and navigated to my directives in the documentation.
First thing I saw was what all that commented out code did. The documentation was updated with my new text and the examples and code source were updated with my new text. The next thing I saw was that my directive wasn't working…
Tracking the problem
Now to find out why. First thing I did was check if the directive was being added to the example code. It was, I saw this upon inspection:
Next I opened the angular.js file that the documentation was using. While searching through here I noticed that my directive code was missing. So I went to track down why my build file didn't include my new work.
I noticed that the source for the build/angular.js was pulling from files['angularSrc'] which I tracked down to a angularFiles.js in the repo root. Opening this file I saw that each directive path was manually listed, this suprised me that the task wasn't dynamically pulling js files into the build process, but none the less I added my directive files here.
I rebuilt the project and fired up my webserver, only to find that my code still wasn't working… I got stuck here and decided to inspect the angular.js for all mentions of ngShow to see where else I needed to add ngVisible logic. I found this bit of code:
ngInclude: ngIncludeDirective,
ngInit: ngInitDirective,
ngNonBindable: ngNonBindableDirective,
ngPluralize: ngPluralizeDirective,
ngRepeat: ngRepeatDirective,
ngShow: ngShowDirective,
ngStyle: ngStyleDirective,
ngSwitch: ngSwitchDirective,
ngSwitchWhen: ngSwitchWhenDirective,
ngSwitchDefault: ngSwitchDefaultDirective,
ngOptions: ngOptionsDirective,
ngTransclude: ngTranscludeDirective,
When searching the repo for this chunk of text I found it in src/AngularPublic.js and added my directives to it:
ngInvisible: ngInvisibleDirective,
ngVisible: ngVisibleDirective,
**Note: After more trial and error I discovered I had to also add the code snippets to the commented out portion at the top of the page**
Now when i run grunt package and launch my webserver I can see that my new directive is working!!
Testing Your New Directive
I am making the assumption that you have some basic understanding of testing Angular with Karma. If not you can learn more about that with Lukas Ruebbelke's guide.
The test file for ngShowHide was located in test/ng/directives/ngShowHideSpec.js. So this is where I stuck my ngVisibleInvisible unit test. I had to create a new helper function toBeVisible() which I stuck in the test/helpers/matcher.js file.
To run my new unit tests i used the following command:
grunt test:unit
Submitting A New Directive To Angular
The team at Angular request that you run a check before committing. To do this run:
grunt test
This is going to run all the linting, compilation, unit tests, etc. along with e2e tests. This is the first time we have ran e2e tests so you will found out now how your protractor tests do. In my case I had to make a slight change by checking for a css property rather than visibility due to this clause.
Once you are passing all your tests you can go ahead and create a pull request. Here are the recommended steps:
$ git checkout -b my-fix-branch master
$ git commit -a
$ grunt test
$ git push origin my-fix-branch
Now log into GitHub and submit a PR. Again please read the CONTRIBUTING.md doc to learn about how to write proper commit messages, etc..
I hope this was helpful to you and makes it a little bit easier for the community to get involved and contribute to Angular JS!
If you want to see the files I committed to the angular.js repo you can click here:
If you are interested in using the ngVisibleInvisible directive you can find it here:
In The End
Submitting a new directive to Angular
- Clone the angular.js repo and install it's dependencies
- Install dependencies
- Learn the grunt package command and all that it does to allow for debugging when adding your new files
- Find an existing directive and use that as a template to create your new directive
- Read the contribution guidelines so you are ready to submit a PR
- Write tests before submitting a new directive to angular and test with grunt test
- Submit a Pull Request!
Pro Tip: Determining visibility
Before March of 2013 for something to not be visible it could have display: none, opactiy:0, or visibility: hidden. New standards say that an element with a width or height is visible (along with other metrics). This means "isDisplayed()" like tasks in test won't work for transparent and visibility hidden elements, you need custom logic.


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MAp up as it takes a step closer to independence, Fraport also up on "slight" recovery outlook
Under the proposed internalisation plan, MAp is seeking to regain management rights from Macquarie Group and become an independent entity, for a proposed cash payment of AUD345 million. According to the report, KPMG stated the internalisation is "reasonable" and "fair", and values the management rights at between AUD320.6 million and AUD400.6 million [full report].
Elsewhere in the Asia Pacific region, Hainan Meilan International Airport's shares gained 0.7% yesterday following the release of its Aug-2009 traffic results:
- Passenger numbers: 640,590, +18.3% year-on-year;
- Cargo volume: 9,232 tonnes, +14.1%;
- Aircraft movements: 5,007, +15.9%.
Fraport sees "slight" recovery in passenger traffic over the next two years
In Europe, shares in Fraport rose 2.5% as the operator of Frankfurt Airport expects a "slight" recovery in passenger traffic over the next two years, from the 6% decline it forecasts for this year.
Meanwhile, Switzerland's duty free retailer, Dufry's shares continue its upward trend, soaring 14.2% in trading yesterday.
Mexican traffic remains weak
In Mexico, shares in Grupo Aeroportuario del Sureste (ASUR) gained 4.0%. The airport operator last week reported its Aug-2009 traffic, which showed domestic traffic declines were improving at a faster pace than competitor, Grupo Aeroportuario del Centro Norte (OMA).
Grupo Aeroportuario del Sureste (ASUR) traffic highlights in Aug-2009:
- Passenger numbers: 1.3 million, -12.8% year-on-year;
- Domestic: 655,242, -5.6%;
- International: 664,445, -18.8%.
Grupo Aeroportuario del Centro Norte (OMA) traffic highlights in Aug-2009:
- Passenger numbers: 1.0 million, -12.9% year-on-year;
- Domestic: 896,000, -11%;
- International: 132,700, -24.1%.
Selected airports daily share price movements (% change): 07-Sep-2009


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text: June 14 marked our sixth annual Steve Rummler Day at Target Field and the unveiling of our rebrand; a new name, logo, and website. Formerly a Foundation, now, a Network of change makers. Supporters of the Steve Rummler Hope Network packed into the Budweiser Roof Deck at the Minnesota Twins baseball


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Being a bodybuilder is not a job, the people that pursue bodybuilding mostly do it for themselves, it's not a lucrative sport in any sense. Now, a lot of the bodybuilders are your neighbor next door type of people – just more muscular. We work normal jobs, we go to college, we are part of families, have a significant other, engage in social events…. Bodybuilders are "normal" people.
I have been a bodybuilder for about a year and a half. All throughout this time, I've been enrolled as a full-time student at a Liberal Arts College in Michigan.
Being in College makes it harder in some aspects of being a bodybuilder and also easier….
- Year long gym membership:
I am fortunate to be a student at a college with an amazing gym with 24/7 access.
- Focusing on myself:
I live in a single dorm room and only cook for myself.
- Environment:
Being a college student, you are surrounded by other athletes. there is barely a time when I am all by myself in the gym. Football team has practice at 6 am, while I get up to do my cardio… It makes it easier.
- Inspire and motivate:
You can be a role model to many others, people will look up to you, ask for advice etc. College is a time period of change. Be there to inspire and motivate others.
- Dorm kitchen:
I have to walk down 3 levels to get to the kitchen and share the kitchen with another bunch of people. I can't leave the pans or pots downstairs so it's always a little bit of a challenge.
- Environment:
Besides just being around athletes, you are also around college kids. Thirsty Thursday, Margarita Mondays, Sunday Funday, tailgating etc. It's sometimes hard not being able to drink. From personal experience I learned that most people accept the fact that you'd rather not drink though. And just a tip: Bring a bottle…. Whether it's water or vodka, nobody needs to know but it helps you to look like you are drinking so people don't offer drinks.
- Cafeteria food:
Our school usually has people be on a mealplan, in order to follow my coaches mealplan I couldn't eat the food at the cafeteria tough. Find a way around it and talk to someone if you can't eat at school.
- Eat in Class:
I used to not eat in class, just because it's not really something people do. I got used to it. Most professors don't care if you eat in class if you don't make a mess or are a distraction.
Being in College and being a bodybuilder is more of a blessing than a cure. All in all, I think it's always about you making the best out of the situation you're in. There will never be a PERFECT time. Make it perfect.


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The "Wine Planete" column of the April 2015 edition of The Revue du Vin de France (the Wine review of France) contained a piece called "The Long March of organic wine."
The production of organic wine in France has more than doubled in 7 years.
Just to be clear on the terminology here, organic (or "Bio" as it is called in France) refers to wines made with no chemical fertilisers or artificial pesticides and herbicides. Organic production has to be certified and there are several authorities that can certify a producer as complying with organic production. Biodynamic refers to additional steps taken by the producers who follow the methods of Rudolf Stein (burying a cows horn, producing according to the lunar cycle etc.) In this way biodynamic production is a subset of organic production. We have previously blogged about the topic.
In 2014 only 8% of production was organic, but nevertheless a doubling in 7 years from a miniscule base . If we include vineyards that are converting to organic production (and not yet earnt their certification) the area under organic production continues to grow rapidly. In comparison only a tiny proportion of vineyards in Australia follow organic production methods.
There is no sign of this trend slowing. For example in Champagne up until recently, there were practically no organic producers. In 2014 there were 120. Similarly Bordeaux, in the past had very few producers using organic methods, now Guiraud in Sauternes and Pontet-Canet in Paulliac are 2 well known proponents. Without much publicity the famous Chateau Latour and Chateau Margaux have converted some test plots to biodynamic production. It seems that the long march continues apace.
DiscoverVin stocks wine from a number of producers who are either organic or biodynamic….
Chateau de Saurs (Gaillac)- converted since 2012 vintage
Domaine de l'Ancienne Cure (Bergerac)- converted since 2012 vintage
Chateau Haut Peyrous (Graves)- in conversion
Domaine Bellegarde (Jurancon)-in conversion
Chateau Bouissel (Fronton)-in conversion
Chateau Semeillan Mazeau (Bordeaux/Listrac Medoc)-in conversion
Chateau Moulin Pey-Labrie (Fronsac)- in conversion
Domaine Roche-Audran (Cotes du Rhone)
Our biodynamic producers..
Tour des Gendres (Bergerac)- converted to organic since the 2005 vintage.


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The global toy market remains sluggish, but Danish firm Lego enjoyed a bumper 2013 with greatly increased sales and profit.
It said it should continue to outperform rivals this year, launching new products and expanding in emerging markets.
As well as its colourful, interconnecting bricks, the company has had great success with themed plastic figures.
Sales rose 10 percent to the kronor equivalent of 3.4 billion euros and net profit hit the equivalent of 820 million euros, a nine percent rise.
It is a big turnaround from 10 years ago when Lego was close to financial collapse.
We asked Lego chief executive Joergen Vig Knudstorp how they achieved that?: "Our development teams have been extremely good at reading kids, listening to kids, and really finding the kind of product expressions and concepts and ideas that bring us to the top of the children's wish list."
And Knudstorp said it appeals not just to children, which he believes is a recipe for further growth: "We are increasingly seeing many adults – we have seen that for many years – love playing with Lego and I think we will see that because Lego as a brand has existed for so many years, that seniors will also like building advanced Lego sets."
Sales this year should be bolstered by the runaway success of the recently released animated film based on its bricks and characters.
So where is Lego looking for future growth – movies, video games or smartphone apps?
Knudstorp told euronews the brick still dominates company thinking: "The main thing for us is to focus on our core idea and to continue to reinvent that – and then it's great that there is a movie and a video game, and it's certainly contributed very synergistically to our business as well."
Lego is targeting increased sales outside the developed countries, and the global success of the film should help to strengthen the brand in places where it is not so well known.


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Grammy nominated artist, Ben O'Neill (guitarist, singer, songwriter), has played with some of the best known names in Pop, Hip Hop and R&B including John Legend, Jill Scott, Common, Sting, Kanye West, Christina Aguilera, Kid Cudi, and more. As an original member of Tye Tribbett's famed "Soundcheck" band he was part of a movement that redefined the genre of Gospel music. He has co-written songs with Tye Tribbett and Bilal, and appeared on albums with Musiq Soulchild, Estelle, Vivian Green, Tre Songz, Jordin Sparks and famed musicians Adam Blackstone, Christian McBride, Jonathan Dubose Jr. and Chris Dave. Additional performance credits include: Miguel, Erykah Badu, Jennifer Hudson, will.i.am, Questlove, Black Thought, Pharell, CeeLo Green, Jazmine Sullivan, Jason Nelson, and TV shows such as GMA, Ellen, Kimmel, Conan, Letterman, Leno and Live from the Artists Den.
In addition to his varied work as a sideman, Ben is the frontman of his own Rock/Singer/Songwriter project, that aims to meld influences as diverse as Paul Simon, Bob Dylan, Duke Ellington and Pat Metheny into a richly melodic, lyrically insightful ecosystem that is both adventurous and accessible. This project has been played on WXPN, WSTW and has appeared at The Made In America and Taste of DC festivals as well as clubs large and small in the New York, Philadelphia and DC areas. Since 2012 he has released an album (Ghosts and Green Shoots), an album of remixes (More Ghosts), two collaborative EPs with electronic producer RVLVR, (Stiff Upper Lip and Vol. 1) a 12 part, live-in-studio, video series called "Songwriter Sessions: A monthly, year-long exploration of American song," and a host of other videos. His latest EP, Salt, was released in August of 2017.
Ben is currently a governor of the Philadelphia chapter of the Recording Academy and a member of the guitar faculty at The University of The Arts where he has taught private lessons, ensembles and a guitar recording class.


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Like all other forms of energy, electrical energy is the capacity to do work. Like other forms of energy, electrical energy can be converted into other forms such as light energy, heat energy etc. Energy can only be transferred when a difference in energy level exists.
Energy and Power
Power is the rate at which energy is converted into another form. The power is measured in terms of Watts. If the amount of power is high, large amount of energy will converted in a given time. Joule is the unit of energy.1watt is equal to 1 joule per second. Thus power can be calculated as
P= J / t W. Thus 1 joule is 1 Watt x 1 second
Hence joule is measured in watt seconds. If the power is measured in kilo watts and time in hours, then the unit of electrical energy is kilo-watt hour or kWh. Electricity tariff is based on kWh.
Energy consumption of appliances can be easily calculated. For example, if a computer rated 200 Watts is running 60 minutes, then the energy consumption will be
J = Pt
P is the power rating of computer – 200 W
t is the time in seconds. That is 60 minutes x 60 = 3600 seconds
Thus energy consumption J is 200 x 3600 = 720000 J or 720 kilo Joule
Electric energy form
AC power is graphically represented as Sine wave or Sinusoidal wave. It has two alternating cycles and one cycle is one complete repetition of the sine wave pattern. The domestic electric supply has 50 cycles and hence 50Hz. In some counties it is 60Hz.
Sine Wave
The important features of AC power are Amplitude, Cycles, Frequency, Peak-to-Peak, and RMS.
1. Amplitude
Amplitude is the maximum value of current or voltage. It is represented by either of the two "peaks" of the sine wave. This maximum voltage level is also called as t "Peak Voltage". It can be either positive or negative. Positive and negative refers to the direction of current flow. A negative number does not mean that the voltage is Zero but it represents the current flows in the opposite direction.
2. Cycles
In the Sine wave, one cycle is the one complete repetition of the sine wave pattern. The sine wave begins from zero, goes to positive through the Positive Peak, then to negative through zero, reaches the Negative Peak and to the zero.
3. Frequency
Frequency is the number of times the Sine Wave Pattern Cycle occurs in a second. The unit of measurement for Frequency is Hertz. The name is given in honor of the scientist Heinrich Rudolf Hertz.
4. Peak-to- Peak voltage
Peak-to-peak voltage is the voltage measured between the maximum Positive and Negative Amplitudes on the sine wave. Its value is twice that of Amplitude. Peak to peak voltage is the maximum voltage available. But this voltage not all usable in practical applications.
5. Root mean square – r.m.s
RMS value is the effective or usable value of a varying voltage or current.RMS is the standard way of measuring and reporting effective Alternating Current and voltage. It is not the peak voltage but the average voltage available. The RMS value can be determined by
The RMS is found by multiplying the Peak Amplitude by the Square Root of 2.That is approximately 0.707. RMS voltage (VRMS) is 0.707 or about 71% of the peak voltage (VPEAK).The domestic electricity is rated at 230 volt r.m.s. Hence the peak voltage is
Peak = 230 x 1.414 = 325 volts
The peak voltage is the maximum value present in a varying alternating voltage. That is from 0V to maximum positive voltage.
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It's the last day at work at the end of the year. You have finally had a full week when you don't need to worry anything but how to plan your itinerary to enjoying your week of freedom. Yes, that includes you waking up and go to bed late for a far more fun reason!
When you are an Indonesian, what's the first destination you can think of for that sweet escape! Your end of the year getaway. Yeah, I hear you. Don't worry, I think most of us, if not all, are thinking the same place. BALI.
The smell of the salty air, the sound of the ocean and the fun of Bali nightlife.
So, what are the best things to do in Bali at this time of year? Well, since I have been to Bali for so many times, I've always wanted to try something new in each visit so I could get to embark on a new experience and enjoy different shade of this island of gods.
I first touched down Bali on Christmas eve and headed to Sanur to go to Ceningan. Why Nusa Ceningan?
Answer is why not? ;p
After a long journey (bus ride, plane, taxi, boat, motor ojek, another boat and a pick up car from the hotel), I finally arrived at Le Pirate Nusa Ceningan, a really nice small resort situated by the beach.
This time, I am staying with a friend from Switzerland and it's his first time coming to Indonesia, and to Bali. So, I guess Nusa Ceningan is a perfect choice to showcase the beauty of Bali (if not Indonesia) before we head to Ubud and Seminyak for the next few days after the new year's eve.
Situated in an island environment, our hotel is a perfect stop to start our first days in Bali. Walking around barefoot, chilling by the pool, lazying around the hammock facing the ocean and the overlooking Nusa Lembongan. What else do I need?
Our first sunset was magical. The sky scattered in pink, the wind blew right onto our faces and the night rises and sun gets some rest.
What can you do when in Nusa Ceningan?
Not too far from Le Pirate, there are few sightseeing you can visit. All of them are within walk distance, that if you don't mind walking for 15-20 minutes (depends on how fast you walk). Or you can rent a motor bike which will save you more time. Spots you can visit are Blue Lagoon, Mahana Cliff Jumping Point and the beach right below it.
Should you want to visit Le Pirate, you could contact them through phone number +62 361 733 493 or +62851 0041 6833 for booking one of their huts. They could also arrange your transport all the way from airport or hotel in Bali until your arrival at their little heaven called Le Pirate!
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Everyone knows it's important to drink water, but it is even more important for growing children! Teachers may notice their students feeling irritable, unable to focus, and even hear them complain of headaches. All of these symptoms are indicators of possible dehydration.
When surveyed, 30% of 3rd, 4th, and 5th grade students report drinking their first glass of water for the day at dinner time. Also, 80% of students report drinking less than 4 glasses of water per day, with many of them reporting less than 2 glasses. It's recommended that children get between 5-8 glasses of water each day, depending on their age (Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics).
Using our Generals Mills grant, the students and staff at Ginter Park Elementary School in Richmond, were each given their very own Gator BPA-free water bottle. The school has a Hydration Station (pictured below), in the cafeteria, and students are encouraged to refill their water bottle when necessary. One teacher even brings multiple 2-Liter containers to school, and has a student fill up the jugs every morning to have easy access to water in their classroom throughout the day.
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By his side
I'm so proud of my sailor, my hubby. Through his life's his ups and down have risen him and broken him. He's overcome such pain and heart ache to pursue his dreams. He has been planning for 3 years to start his own business. A beautiful market urban garden. And now those dreams are becoming a reality. He has accepted partnership with 2 wonderful ladies and I. Its his baby, his vision his creativity. We are there to support him. As his wife I'm beyond proud of all he is doing. He blows me away in so many ways. His dedication inspires me. And I am proud to walk by his side, watch him grown and develop not only his business but himself as a man.
Sometimes it's the small things
That make the difference. Wasn't exactly looking forward to work today. Waking at 5.30am did my normal routine, my girl again didn't want me to leave. She's missing me. Managed to get her amped about her day and headed off. Music pumping
Just as the sun was rising. I always marvel at the stillness of the local pond and the mirror imagine
Carried on my way cranked the music louder
By the time I got to work my mind had cleared and I was pumped
I started at my job 2 months ago. I really do enjoy it, it's a new style of food I'm not use to and the beginning of my career. But for the past 2 weeks I've had a sense of unease. The front of house manger is a bully. I'd had enough, with the backing of my head and sous chef had decided to lay a formal complaint. I chatted to a Co worker about it briefly. She said by all means go ahead, she's experienced being bullied by her to. But asked me to please be careful. I asked why. She said you know what happened to the woman who was in your job last. I relied, she was sick, she worked out her notice, left and passed away. She looked surprised. She said no. She was a current staff member, didn't turn up for her shift, which was unusual and she was found, she had passed by suicide. It happened a month before I started. She was bullied by the same lady, and the chefs use to hammer her. She doesn't know the reason why. It may have nothing to do with the work place.
Now I don't feel I had to be told the cause of death, that's not my business at all. But for my Co workers and boss to come up with lies and keep it going put me in an increasingly uncomfortable position. Working with these people knowing they've lied is hard, trust and respect has been lost.
The other day one Co worker made a comment "no wonder the last one jumped" in relation to this woman, the comment makes me sick.
I'm not sure how to proceed to be honest. I'm going in doing what I have to. But I watch our kitchen hand being either treated amazing or like utter shit. I stand up for him and the other staff and even told my head chef to pull his head in and stop picking on people today. After that he calmed. I want this job. But I don't want to be here either. If I leave, I could go job hunting but won't have a valid reason for my cv. If I stay I feel I'm compromising myself.
There is definite perks to the job. Reasonable hours which work with my family. Decent pay and just got my first pay rise. Generous staff discount. Most staff a great. New food which I'm learning so much including getting my food on the menu. Basically a dream come true for a newbie. But the few cons are huge. Hubby's backing either way. I'm torn.
Well I did it back in November I graduated
I now hold a diploma in patisserie, I passed with distinction averaging 90-96%. Such a proud moment after 2.5 years full time studying while being a mama, wife and cleaning. I finished school on the Friday started my new job in a vegan cafe the next day, 2 months on I just received my first pay rise. I have so much to catch up on here but here's a few of today's goodies
Vegan beetroot and chocolate cheesecake
Paleo orange cake with coconut and almond
Gluten free, dairy free and vegan savoury muffins
Dairy and gluten free raspberry and orange sweet muffins with vegan chocolate
Vegan chocolate torte
Please hug your babies a little tight, tell you partner you love them. Ring your mama or dad. Don't go to sleep angry. Life as you know it can be over in a flash. Last week I found out my ex mother in law passed away. The world I've created for myself is changed and due to not wanting to opening old hurt for my ex-step children I stayed away from the funeral. She wasn't part of my life anymore but she was for a long time. I have a lot of respect for the woman who hard a life that would've broken us. I had put her death into a box. Looking at my positives my new life, my loyalty and live is for my husband, my children, my mum. Plodding along this we're good. Until today when I got a message from my 15 yr old son. All it said was "mum". Then he told me he found out his best friend who changed schools last year had died yesterday. I raced to my baby he was with the school counselor. He saw me and just cried and let me hug him. His friend was only 15. And he's dead. He was chilling with 2 mates a few weeks ago, no drugs or drinking. 2 boys went to make something to eat and came back to this child unconscious. They preformed CPR and called an ambulance. He was taking to hospital, and put on life support. Yesterday his parents had to make the devastating decision to turn of his life support. They believe it was a unknown heart problems. The scary part this child had talked for a few years about suicide. It's broken my son he's blocked it. Pretending like nothing's changed. Its self protection. He's talked to me. But I don't know what to say. I want to protect him but I can't. A mama should protect. It's brought up so much. We have had in many ways a fantastic year. But the trumia we have suffered has been horrific. I nearly lost both my mum and husband this year, had two cancer scares, my daughter bullied severely, and normal life. And now at 15 fucken years old my son has lost his best friend. Yup life's not fucken fair. I just want to protect those closer to me and I can only watch as they go through there struggles. I just want to curl up in a ball and cry instead I have to study as I'm graduating in 5 weeks. I really need that magic wand about now.
Feeling a weight has been lifted
A few days ago felt like something shifted. A weight has been lifted. Things seemed more settled at home. Little things have eased my fears for the moment. Truly grateful for this. I really needed a break from my own mind. Yesterday my sailor went away for work. It's weird. I got so use to him being home for a month. Now he's off on another adventure for a week. As much as I'm missing him. I'm also so proud of him. This past week he has blown me away in so many ways. He's shown me a strength that I admire. The road to wellness can be a bumpy one. Highs and lows. But when change happens it brings a sense of Hope and pride. To see your best friend facing challenges in such positive and determined ways brings a sense of happiness. I wish my words could express how I'm feeling. Knowing he's allowing me to walk by his side as he faces the highs and lows of life and all it brings. It makes all worth it. I'm a proud wife and so grateful to my sailor
Wish someone
Had taken my son under their wing. 14 going on 15 soon. I meet his father at 17. I'd not long had a parnter died from a drug overdose. Life was challenging. His father left when I was 6 months pregnant. After cheating on me, throwing me across the room. Life was hard I had my beautiful boy and man my life changed. 18 years, a single mama to an amazing child. The last time his father saw him was 18 months old nothing since. Over the years it was just him and I. His sister come along when he was 6.
For years people would come into this child's life and he'd grow attached. Then they'd be gone. He develop trust issues. Preferring not to get close to people. Easier that way.
My hubby and son have gotten along, but they're so similar. They both escape into different electronics. My son his gaming and YouTube. My hubby YouTube and movies. Things went downhill for them I feel last year. When hubby left my son broke. Scared still he let hubby back in. I felt they gain a new kind of bond. Laughter, weirdness. They've never talked much. But my son looks up to him. Speaks of him highly. Loves him like a dad. Hubby to has been the same.
Lately they've been challenged again. Both dig their toes in. My hubby frustrated by small things he does. Alot is teenage stuff. But specially the gaming. And sulking when asked to do something. So in turn gets his back up. And retreats.
My boy feels like he's in trouble for small things. Many things hubby himself does.
I can see both sides. Six of one half a dozen of the other. My boy is scared he'll up in leave like everyone else so goes into himself. My hubby has talked of wanting him to become a great man able to fend for himself in life. I want the same. But we do have different ways of wanting to get to the same goal. I've tried to talk to both hubby n my son bout it this week. Both got their backs up. I know I get super protecive of my boy. But at the same time I do with hubby.
They have such different Hobby's and out looks on life. Where hubby loves the outdoors, gardening, building stuff etc. My son loves been safe at home in gaming world. They've tried doing things together before. The last thing, hubby wanted to do it all the time and my son began to not enjoy it and they both packed a shit n stopped. It's hard because it's all or nothing for them both. My son is more mainstream with goals and my hubby more unconventional.
Being a parent full-time brings different challenges. My hubby has 3 older children all girls. They're in a different country so he's had a very different parenting experience to me. I understand he's not gone through many o the the issues. I just wish he'd lighten up in someways. He's such a over all good kid. He doesn't drink, do drugs, smoke or girls. He's home, he is respectful. He does excellence at school. He in ways is a typical teen regarding chores but still. I know I've raised a good boy.
I wish hubby and son would find a way to share themselve and knowledge with each other. Theyre both so intelligent. They're kind and loving. They're humor is so different but they're so funny. I wish they'd tell each other the things they tell me.
I feel for my boy once his sister came along alot of people had more in common with her. She's a social kid people gravitate towards her. I've felt for years my son has missed out. Maybe it's their ages. It's not just with hubby but with many. She's easy to do thibgs with. My boy zause of experience has isolated away from people.
I just wish someone aside from me had taken this child which he still is under there wing. I can't force it. But I've cried about it many times. My only son has struggled In His short time and I wish he was more easily understood. I look at my boy wanting better then I had. I want him to believe in people. I hope my hubby and son can make changes and acknowledge what each do on the positive side not just the negatives. In just over 3 years my son's an adult. I want him to find his place in this world yet have us still with a feirce bond. Wmi want my boy to want to come home he he's an adult. I wish people would give my son the chance he deserves
When not everything
Is in my head. When gut instincts are correct. When there's tension between those you love. When changes are meet with resintance. When you know life will never be perfect, nor do you expect it to be. When you feel the fimilar slide of life and it tears at you heart. When you feel like you can't win. And despite your best efforts you realise that if change does not happen this could all be the beginning of the end…